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A glass of fresh cold-pressed juice can really hit the spot by quenching your thirst and satisfying your tastebuds. But have you ever wondered what “cold-pressed” actually means?
Juice is jam-packed with all the good stuff: vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. Cold-pressed juice is created by inserting fruit and vegetables into a hydraulic press and pulverizing it to produce something you can drink.
Juice, in general, is a quick way for your body to absorb nutrients without having to digest whole pieces of food. If you don’t normally eat fruits or veggies, it can help you add more vitamins and minerals to your diet in an easy way.
Cold-Press vs. Traditional Juicing
Cold-press juicers separate the fiber from the cells of fruits and vegetables without using heat. Otherwise known as masticating juice extractors, the best cold-press juicers squeeze, chew and crush the pulp.
Traditional juicers, on the other hand, use sharp blades to pulpify the produce and, as the blade speeds up, they generate heat, which can degrade essential enzymes. These are labeled as centrifugal juicers but it might be easier to think of them as hot-press juicers. While they aren’t getting hot enough to cook the produce inside, centrifugal juicers use the rapid movement of the blades to slice produce into smaller and smaller pieces.
When certain enzymes and nutrients are heated, such as vitamin C, they break down, becoming less nutritionally dense. Oxidation can also occur, which happens when air gains access to the juice through processing or packaging. As centrifugal juicer blades cut through produce, they also force the juice into making contact with the air, which kicks off the process of oxidation. This can further degrade the nutrients. Vitamins B and C are quite sensitive to this. While coming into contact with air always causes produce to begin oxidizing, the cold press process minimizes this.
Pros and Cons of Cold-Pressed Juice
Cold-pressed juices that are bottled don’t typically contain added sugars or artificial sweeteners, which is a benefit for anyone trying to kick sweets. These also typically contain several different kinds of fruits or vegetables, which offers a broader assortment of nutrients per ounce than a single serving of fruit.
Unfortunately, the act of cold-pressing actually produces less juice than traditional juicing. Some argue that’s OK because it might be a more nutritionally dense product. It also takes longer than traditional juicing. Drinking juice, in general, also gives you less fiber than eating the fruit or vegetable in its original form.
Finding the Best Cold-Press Juicer
Rather than spending a lot of money on store-bought cold-pressed juice every time you hit the grocery, you could invest in your own cold-press juicer. We’ve already looked across the market and made our picks for the best cold-press juicers out there.
While there’s no scientific evidence that extracted juices — either from a cold-press juicer or a centrifugal one — are any healthier than eating the fruit or vegetables in their original state, it’s still a great way to get in your daily quota. It also can help you try more fruits and vegetables that you might not normally reach for.
Pro tip: Since fresh juice can grow bacteria rapidly, only make as much as you’d drink at once or within one to three days. If you want a big batch, opt for a commercially produced juice that’s been pasteurized instead. Happy juicing!
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LISBON, Portugal (AP) — The Portuguese government’s chief official in charge of transportation, including the fate of the troubled national airline and a long-postponed plan for high-speed train lines, has resigned.
Infrastructure and Housing Minister Pedro Nuno Santos quit late Wednesday amid an outcry over a 500,000-euro ($532,000) compensation payment made to a board member of state-owned flag carrier TAP Air Portugal while many other people face hardship due to a cost-of-living crisis.
The junior minister for infrastructure also quit, making a total of 10 senior government officials who have left their jobs since the center-left Socialist Party won a general election in a landslide last January. The departures have brought accusations from opposition parties that the administration is unsteady.
The TAP Air Portugal board member left the company earlier this year, half-way through her four-year term, after disagreements with the airline’s CEO. She was deemed to be entitled to the payout for the loss of projected earnings.
Santos, a minister in Socialist governments for the past seven years, said he wasn’t directly involved in the matter but was leaving his post due to the outcry.
“Given the public perception and the general sentiment created by this case, (the minister) feels that, in this context, he should accept political responsibility and has tendered his resignation,” a statement issued after midnight said. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Portugal-govt-official-quits-is-10th-to-leave-in-17682847.php | 2022-12-29 11:40:25 | 1 | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Portugal-govt-official-quits-is-10th-to-leave-in-17682847.php |
The practice unveils its first US location at The Shops at Merrick Park in Coral Gables
MIAMI, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sisu Clinic, a doctor-led aesthetic medicine destination offering a comprehensive range of advanced non-surgical beauty treatments, is pleased to announce the opening of its first US location today at The Shops at Merrick Park in Coral Gables, FL. Having established a solid foundation for the business with 14 clinics across Ireland and the UK, this opening signals Sisu Clinic's expansion into the US market, with plans for rapid development over the next few years.
"Over the past several years, we've built an exceptional practice in Ireland and Northern Ireland and have long had our sights set on US expansion," said Pat Phelan, Sisu Clinic CEO and co-founder. "Miami marks the first of many clinics we plan to introduce into the US market this year and we are thrilled to introduce our clinic and our mission to empower patients to overcome their physical insecurities and live their best lives in this vibrant city.
Since its inception in 2018, Sisu has obsessed over setting a new standard for the patient experience in cosmetic medical treatment, where people seeking treatment are often treated as consumers rather than patients. Their team is committed to ensuring the medical integrity of their practice, as reflected within their development of a rigorous hiring criteria and consistent investment in highly specialized training that evolves their universal techniques and protocols for administering treatment.
"What sets Sisu Clinic apart from other cosmetic medical practices and competitors is our patient-centric, empathetic approach to care," said Dr. Brian Cotter, co-founder and global medical director. "We take great efforts to ensure that our medical providers are trained to focus on the individual needs of each patient in an environment that offers a safe, professional experience, and we are excited to introduce this standard for care to the US."
The new Sisu Clinic Merrick Park location will offer best-in-class services with a hyperfocus on botox and dermal fillers, as well as permanent fat reduction and a collection of Sisu exclusive treatments tailored to the discerning individual and designed to refresh and restore the patient's natural beauty with timeless results.
In celebration of the first US Sisu Clinic location, Sisu is offering all new patients $100 off of their first treatment if booked by Sunday, July 31, 2022. To redeem, simply book a consultation online or by phone at (786) 635-1565, and mention this offer when arriving for your appointment. Terms and conditions apply.
Sisu Merrick Park is located at The Shops at Merrick Park, 358 San Lorenzo Avenue, Suite 2400, neighboring Neiman Marcus.To book an appointment or learn more visit sisuclinic.com.
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Sisu Clinic is a doctor-led cosmetic medicine destination offering a comprehensive range of advanced beauty treatments—including botox, dermal fillers, skin boosters and more. Sisu was created with the singular purpose of setting a new standard in aesthetic medical patient care by putting patients first. With 14 clinics across Ireland and Northern Ireland, Sisu is committed to administering a human-centric, empathic approach to care when administering bespoke, nonsurgical treatments based on patients' unique needs, desires and individual physiology. Sisu was created in 2018 in collaboration between veteran tech start-up entrepreneur and CEO Pat Phelan, with brothers Dr James Cotter and Dr Brian Cotter. To date, Sisu has raised $11 million, including a $5.5 million round to support the US expansion.
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HEBRON, West Bank (AP) — Dozens of Israeli peace activists toured the occupied West Bank’s largest city Friday in a show of solidarity with Palestinians, amid chants of “shame, shame” from ultra-nationalist hecklers.
The encounter in the center of Hebron signaled the widening rift among Israelis over the nature of their society and Israel’s open-ended military rule over the Palestinians, now in its 56th year.
After parliamentary elections last month, the most right-wing and religious government in Israel’s history is poised to be installed in coming days or weeks, with former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returning to power.
In coalition agreements, Netanyahu has already handed key authorities in the West Bank to ultra-nationalist faction leaders, including former fringe figure Itamar Ben-Gvir, known for his anti-Arab rhetoric. The new roles include oversight of Israeli settlement construction and the paramilitary border police, often deployed in Palestinian population centers.
At the same time, peace activists and pro-Palestinian rights groups have come under attack in recent years from right-wing politicians branding them traitors.
The immediate trigger for Friday’s tour was an incident in volatile Hebron that was caught on video last week. The video shows a soldier pushing a man to the ground and punching him in the face after a tense standoff with a small group of peace activists. Another soldier is heard telling the activists: “Ben-Gvir is going to sort things out in this place. That’s it, you guys have lost.”
The soldier uttering the taunts was initially sentenced to 10 days in military jail, but the army then reduced the sentence to six days.
As incoming national security minister, Ben-Gvir will have control over the border police whose troops are often deployed alongside regular soldiers in the West Bank.
As about 200 peace activists arrived in the center of Hebron on Friday, they were greeted by a group of protesters holding a banner reading: “The people of Israel demand: expel the anarchists from Hebron.” One man shouting through a bullhorn yelled, “shame, shame,” as the visitors listened to tour guides in a parking lot, separated from the right-wing protesters by security forces.
Friday’s visit was part of the regular offerings of anti-occupation groups, but turnout was larger than usual because of the election results and last week’s incident in Hebron, said Ori Givati, a spokesman for Breaking the Silence, one of the groups organizing the trip.
He said activists were worried — but also determined to continue their work, including tours to West Bank hot spots like Hebron, where dozens of heavily guarded settlers live in a city of tens of thousands of Palestinians.
“There is definitely fear for the safety, first and foremost for Palestinians under this occupation that are now going to be under a government that promotes hate and racism more than ever toward them, and toward our organization and other organizations and activists that are now in a reality where their activity here is delegitimized, also more than ever,” Givati said.
Those chanting slogans against the peace activists portrayed themselves as defenders of Israeli settlements and soldiers. Matan Gerafi of the right-wing Im Tirtzu group alleged the activists aimed to discredit soldiers and branded them “anarchists.”
Palestinians were largely out of sight as the Israeli groups faced off.
Issa Amro, a Palestinian activist in Hebron, said he believes the hard-line ideology of Ben-Gvir and others will spread further in Israeli society. “The settlers here are celebrating the election of their fascist representatives in the government,” he said. “What happens in Hebron will end in Tel Aviv.” | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/international/ap-israeli-peace-activists-show-presence-in-west-bank-hot-spot/ | 2022-12-02 17:53:36 | 1 | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/international/ap-israeli-peace-activists-show-presence-in-west-bank-hot-spot/ |
ETOWAH COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) – A Rainbow City man was arrested on theft charges Thursday, Etowah County Sheriff’s Office said.
August Edward Scolaro, 52, of Rainbow City, was arrested and charged with 3rd degree Burglary, and 3rd degree theft of property.
According to investigators, Scolaro’s vehicle was spotted entering Whorton Bend ten minutes before the burglary occurred. Investigators found the stolen items and arrested Scolaro.
Scolaro was booked into the Etowah County Detention Center on $4,000 bonds. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/crime/rainbow-city-man-arrested-on-theft-charges/ | 2023-03-09 22:28:49 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/crime/rainbow-city-man-arrested-on-theft-charges/ |
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Biden Cabinet member's daughter lobbying Congress on issue her mom has final say on: 'Conflict of interest'
Industry group president says the situation highlights 'conflict of interest and lack of discretion' from Interior Secretary Deb Haaland
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland's daughter Somah Haaland traveled to Washington, D.C., last week to lobby federal lawmakers to support a moratorium on oil and gas leasing near a historical site in New Mexico.
Somah Haaland – who is a media organizer for the Pueblo Action Alliance, a cultural and environmental group in New Mexico – traveled to Capitol Hill alongside a group of fellow climate activists, according to the environmental group WildEarth Guardians. The activists argued that drilling near the Chaco Culture National Historical Park in northwestern New Mexico would cause irreparable damage to local communities and the environment.
"For over a century, the Greater Chaco region has been under siege by an onslaught of oil and gas drilling, negatively impacting public health, air, water, climate, and cultural resources," the WildEarth Guardians said in a release Thursday.
"In recent years, the Bureau of Land Management has skirted updates to its resource management plans, rubberstamping multistage horizontal fracking without ever analyzing the cumulative impacts of this technology," it continued.
BIDEN ADMIN SIDES AGAINST NATIVE AMERICANS IN CRACKDOWN ON OIL LEASING NEAR INDIGENOUS SITE
The WildEarth Guardians, Somah Haaland's group Pueblo Action Alliance and several other prominent environmental groups formed the Greater Chaco Coalition in recent years to advocate against fossil fuel drilling within a 10-mile radius of the historical site.
In addition to lobbying lawmakers, the activists screened a film narrated by Somah Haaland that "showcases the threats" posed by oil and gas leasing in the region," according to the WildEarth Guardians. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., and Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-N.M., attended the screening along with "agency officials."
NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES DEPENDENT ON FOSSIL FUEL RESOURCES RIP BIDEN ADMIN FOR DOUBLE STANDARD
Meanwhile, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), a subagency within Secretary Deb Haaland's Department of Interior (DOI) that is tasked with managing nearly 250 million acres of federal lands, is expected to soon finalize a rule acceding to activists' demands. Earlier this month, the agency closed a comment period for its proposal to withdraw 351,500 acres of public lands within 10 miles of the Chaco site for 20 years.
Secretary Deb Haaland, the second Native American to ever serve in a presidential Cabinet as a member of the Pueblo of Laguna, has previously signaled her support for the moratorium, saying it would protect the area's "rich cultural legacy." In 2021, she started the Honoring Chaco Initiative, a collective of stakeholders assigned with studying the impacts of continued oil and gas drilling on the land.
"In our comments on the withdrawal, we pointed out the conflict of interest Secretary Haaland already has as a member of a Puebloan nation that is advocating for the 10-mile buffer," Kathleen Sgamma, the president of the Western Energy Alliance, told Fox News Digital. "Her daughter actively lobbying for the buffer highlights the conflict of interest and lack of discretion."
Industry groups like Western Energy Alliance, locals and the Navajo Nation have expressed vehement opposition to the moratorium, arguing it would have a negative financial impact on the region. According to the Navajo Nation, there are currently 53 Indian allotments located in the 10-mile buffer zone that generate $6.2 million per year in royalties for an estimated 5,462 allottees and there are 418 unleased allotments in the zone that are associated with more than 16,000 allottees.
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"We're not destroying anything – we are Native Americans ourselves. Nobody is destroying the park," Delora Hesuse, a Navajo Nation citizen who owns allotted land in the Greater Chaco region, told Fox News Digital in September. "The oil companies sure aren't destroying the park. And they have new technology."
"It just seems like they are listening more to the environmentalist people," Hesuse added.
Opponents of the moratorium, including the Navajo Nation Council and Western Energy Alliance, have proposed a compromise proposal that would ban oil and gas leasing within five miles of the site, instead of the 10-mile moratorium backed by climate activists. The DOI, though, has yet to acknowledge the compromise, instead moving forward with the rulemaking process for the 10-mile buffer.
"The department is completely ignoring a compromise solution advanced by the Navajo Nation, whose lands are directly affected by the decision, whereas the Puebloan people are hundreds of miles away," Sgamma told Fox News Digital.
"As we stated in our comments, the Interior Department needs to restart the process and consider the compromise solution from the Navajos which balances the cultural interests of the Puebloan peoples while minimizing the economic harm to Navajos actually living in the Chaco area," she continued.
"It appears that Secretary Haaland’s interests and kinship ties are clouding her ability to make a reasoned, balanced decision."
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For years, Somah Haaland has been an activist for Indigenous causes. Haaland now works on activist work through artwork and filmmaking, according to a bio page on the Pueblo Action Alliance website.
"Somah’s introduction to grassroots work and organizing began when they became a voter registrar and started working as an intern on various democratic political campaigns when they were in high school," the bio states. "As they began to work with PAA in the summer of 2020, their worldview and understanding of colonialism began to expand."
"They currently view themselves in a liminal space of both learning and unlearning," it continues. "Somah is passionate about empowering youth, creating art as a form of resistance, and marrying their love of filmmaking and environmental justice through documentary work."
The DOI and Somah Haaland declined to comment. | https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-cabinet-members-daughter-lobbying-congress-issue-her-mom-final-say-conflict-interest | 2022-12-20 16:52:45 | 1 | https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-cabinet-members-daughter-lobbying-congress-issue-her-mom-final-say-conflict-interest |
WFO HOUSTON/GALVESTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, October 28, 2022
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
1150 AM CDT Fri Oct 28 2022
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Colorado, north
central Wharton, Austin, southeastern Grimes, southeastern
Washington, northwestern Fort Bend, southwestern Montgomery, Waller
and northwestern Harris Counties through 1230 PM CDT...
At 1149 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Hempstead to 9 miles east of Ganado.
Movement was northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Rosenberg, Brenham, Katy, Richmond, Sealy, Hempstead, Prairie View,
Brookshire, Bellville, Columbus, Eagle Lake, Pecan Grove,
southwestern Eldridge / West Oaks, Shelby, Hockley, Waller, East
Bernard, Magnolia, Wallis and Fulshear.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 2996 9657 3007 9662 3044 9576 2954 9573
2933 9653 2991 9662
TIME...MOT...LOC 1649Z 246DEG 37KT 3011 9615 2907 9636
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Jose Maria Sison, the founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines, whose armed wing has been waging one of Asia’s longest-running insurgencies, has died. He was 83.
Sison died peacefully late Friday after two weeks of confinement in a hospital in Utrecht, the Netherlands, the party’s spokesman, Marco Valbuena, said in a statement on Saturday. The cause of death was not disclosed.
Sison had lived in self-exile in The Netherlands since then-President Corazon Aquino released him from detention in 1986, shortly after the “People Power” revolt overthrew dictator Ferdinand Marcos, the father and namesake of the current Philippine president.
Sison died 10 days before the party he founded in 1968 was marking its 54th anniversary on Dec. 26. Its armed wing, the New People’s Army, was established months later in March 1969, numbering only about 60 Maoist fighters armed with nine automatic rifles and 26 single-shot rifles and pistols. But the movement gradually grew and expanded across the impoverished nation.
Battle setbacks, surrenders and infighting, however, have weakened the guerrilla group, which is considered a terrorist organization by the United States and remains a major Philippine security threat. The communist rebellion has left about 40,000 combatants and civilians dead. It also has stunted economic development, especially in the countryside, where the military says about 2,000 insurgents are still active.
Past administrations had engaged in on and off peace negotiations with communist rebels represented by the umbrella organization National Democratic Front of the Philippines, where Sison served as chief political consultant.
Former President Rodrigo Duterte ended peace talks in March 2019, and negotiations have not resumed.
“The Filipino proletariat and toiling people grieve the death of their teacher and guiding light,” the party’s statement said.
“Even as we mourn, we vow (to) continue to give all our strength and determination to carry the revolution forward guided by the memory and teachings of the people’s beloved Ka Joma,” the statement added, referring to Sison by his nickname.
Vice President Sara Duterte, daughter of the former president, issued a brief statement on Sison’s death, saying: “May God have mercy on his soul.”
The Department of National Defense said Sison was responsible for the death of thousands of civilians and combatants. It said his death “deprived the Filipino people of the opportunity to bring this fugitive to justice under country’s laws.”
A Manila court in 2019 ordered the arrest of Sison and 37 others for their alleged involvement in a massacre in 1985. A mass grave discovered by soldiers in Inopacan town on Leyte Island in 2006 supposedly contained skeletal remains of rebels killed by their colleagues on suspicion they were informants of the military.
Sison, in a Facebook post in September 2019, denied the accusations against him, saying it was a “fake plot” and that authorities had collected bones from cemeteries to frame him and the others. He said he and the other suspects were in jail at the supposed time of the killings.
Sison, a former youth activist and university professor before founding the Communist Party, played a key role in the bitter split in the ranks of the rebels in the 1990s over differences in strategies. A bloody internal purge left hundreds dead, further weakening the rebels whose numbers have dwindled from a peak of around 25,000.
“A new era without Jose Maria Sison dawns for the Philippines, and we will all be the better for it,” the Defense Department said.
The Communist Party gave no indication about a possible successor to Sison. | https://cbs4indy.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-philippine-communist-party-founder-sison-dies-in-exile-at-83/ | 2022-12-17 11:34:33 | 1 | https://cbs4indy.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-philippine-communist-party-founder-sison-dies-in-exile-at-83/ |
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Mom killed, 2 kids injured parasailing in Florida Keys
PIGEON KEY, Fla. - A tourist from Illinois was killed and two young children with her were injured when their parasail was cut loose, dragging them through the ocean and slamming them into a bridge during a sudden storm in the Florida Keys, authorities said.
A nearby boater saw them hit the water and rushed to rescue them, pulling the victims into his boat and taking them to waiting paramedics, the U.S. Coast Guard said in a news release sent Tuesday night.
The 33-year-old woman from Schaumburg, Illinois, had already died by the time they arrived at the nearby Sunset Grill Marina, authorities said. Her 10-year-old son and 9-year-old nephew were taken to hospitals for treatment.
John Callion, a fishing guide, raced around Pigeon Key to reach them, his fiancée, Kasey Platt, told WPLG.
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"He was pretty frantic on the call. He said, ‘Call 911 right away,’" Platt told the television station.
Callion told the Miami Herald that the Memorial Day storm developed suddenly.
"It was pretty much flat calm, but you could see the storm coming. All of [a] sudden, the temperature dropped by 10 degrees and the wind started blowing like crazy," Callion said.
The captain on the boat pulling the parasail "cut a line tethered to the three victims" because the parasail was "pegging," or dragging the boat, according to a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission report released Tuesday night.
The woman and children were then dragged "through and across the surface of the water" by the inflated parasail until they collided with the Old Seven Mile Bridge, the agency’s report said.
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Callion found the 10-year-old boy battered but awake. The 9-year-old boy was unconscious and wrapped in the parasail’s lines. WSVN reported that the younger boy had to be resuscitated and taken to a nearby hospital. He was later airlifted to Nicklaus Children's Hospital in Miami.
"It was pretty much the worst thing you could imagine," Callion said. "It was real bad."
The Coast Guard and the state's wildlife agency are investigating.
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Orange County Grand Jury: Status quo at county’s animal shelter is ‘unacceptable’
Orange County Animal Care’s shelter is too understaffed to provide adequate care for the pets it houses, its adoption process limits people’s ability to connect with potential companions, and euthanasia rates for stray cats and dogs are rising, according to a report released Wednesday.
The roughly 21 animal care attendants working at the shelter handle an average of 48 critters per shift, and in some cases as many as 90, according to the report. That allows staff roughly six minutes to clean and feed each of 350 to 400 cats and dogs housed at the facility any given day, just over a third of the 15 minutes recommended by the Assn. of Shelter Veterinarians’ guidelines of care.
Meanwhile, the portion of animals that wind up euthanized instead of getting adopted is climbing. The uptick in the number of dogs killed may have been as high as 60% since 2018, according to data compiled by Michael Mavrovouniotis, a former O.C. Animal Care volunteer who was let go of after speaking out about what he was observing.
“Status quo at the shelter is unacceptable,” the grand jury wrote in its report. “Appropriate remedial steps must be taken as animal welfare is paramount!”
O.C. Animal Care officials declined to comment on the report. They were reviewing the grand jury’s recommendations and must submit a formal response within 90 days, agency spokeswoman Jackie Tran said Wednesday.
The grand jury suggested O.C. Animal Care’s adoption procedure may be making it harder for families to bond with dogs at the shelter and less likely to take them home.
Cat and dog kennels used to be open to the public without prior notice, but the shelter moved to an appointment-only system to minimize contact during the height of the pandemic. Although the process has become somewhat less restrictive since then, walk-ins are limited, and kennels remain off limits to visitors.
A petition that began in July asking O.C. Animal Care to return to pre-pandemic practices had garnered over 22,000 signatures as of Wednesday.
“For many of the people I talk to, it’s, what happens when a person is at the shelter?” Mavrovouniotis said during a brief interview. “Can they go to the kennel buildings and look at a large number of the available dogs so they can connect with an animal, which may be based on the way that animal is looking back at them or the way it’s wagging its tail? Y’know, that whole impression one gets from an animal. That’s the crux of the matter.”
He went on to suggest that the current adoption procedure may be contributing to more dogs getting killed. Mavrovouniotis said the more time animals spend at a shelter without getting adopted, the more likely they become to develop problematic behaviors. The grand jury’s report indicated that behavioral issues accounted for a significant portion of the increase in euthanized canines.
“It raises the question of whether the behavioral issues are a side effect of stays that are too long and the adequate socialization,” he said.
Cat euthanization has also been growing according to the report. The grand jury’s investigation found that the rise coincides with O.C. Animal Care’s decision in early 2020 to end a practice known as trap, neuter and return, known as TNR, in which animal control officials take stray cats to get fixed and return them to where they had been living.
That decision was made after O.C. Animal Care received a cease and desist notice stating TNR may violate laws prohibiting the abandonment of animals, according to the grand jury’s report. However, the oversight body noted that the relevant law “has never been adjudicated in a reported California court decision.”
The grand jury went on to note that O.C. Animal Care resisted the jury’s efforts to learn more about the rationale to stop TNR. So far, they have not been able “to confirm the logic, reasoning or basis,” to end preventive efforts to sterilize stray cats.
“The performance of the shelter has been getting worse because bad policies have this feedback loop effect,” Mavrovouniotis said. “They don’t just lead to one step deterioration in performance, but they lead to ongoing deterioration in performance. And that’s what we’re seeing.”
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The woman who called police to report a family violence assault by Texas basketball coach Chris Beard said Friday that Beard did not strangle her and she never wanted him arrested or prosecuted.
Beard was suspended indefinitely without pay after his Dec. 12 arrest on a felony charge of strangling his fiancée, Randi Trew, who lives with him.
In a statement sent to The Associated Press by her attorney, Randy Leavitt, Trew said she is “deeply saddened” by the incident and said Beard was acting in self-defense from her.
“Chris and I are deeply saddened that we have brought negative attention upon our family, friends, and the University of Texas, among others. As Chris’ fiancée and biggest supporter, I apologize for the role I played in this unfortunate event. I realize that my frustration, when breaking his glasses, initiated a physical struggle between Chris and myself,” Trew said in the statement.
“Chris did not strangle me, and I told that to law enforcement that evening. Chris has stated that he was acting in self-defense, and I do not refute that. I do not believe Chris was trying to intentionally harm me in any way. It was never my intent to have him arrested or prosecuted. We appreciate everyone’s support and prayers during this difficult time,” she said.
Leavitt confirmed that Trew, whose name was redacted by police from charging documents, agreed to be named publicly. He declined further comment.
In a statement, the university said: “We are reviewing the statement from Randi Trew. This matter is the subject of an internal investigation and the university does not comment on pending investigations.”
Beard’s attorney, Perry Minton, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
According to the police affidavit in support of Beard’s arrest, Trew initially placed an emergency call from their house and told responding officers Beard had strangled her from behind to the point where she couldn’t breathe for several seconds, and bit her when an argument turned physical. The affidavit listed several visible signs of an altercation, including bite marks on her arm and abrasions on her face and leg.
According to the affidavit, Trew initally told police “he choked me, bit me, bruises all over my leg, throwing me around and going nuts.”
A separate Austin police incident report notes that Beard told police Trew had struck at him and that he had tried to grab her wrists to stop her. When asked if any punches were landed, Beard told police, “I think she was trying to hit my private parts,” according to the incident report.
Trew’s statement Friday didn’t address several details noted in the initial police reports, such as the bite marks and telling officers that he had slapped her glasses off her face. But her denial that he strangled her could be significant for prosecutors because Beard was charged with assault by strangulation/suffocation-family violence, a third-degree felony punishable by two to 10 years in prison if convicted.
A spokesperson for the Travis County District Attorney’s office did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Beard is in his second season of a seven-year guaranteed contract that pays him more than $5 million per year. Before that, he was 112-55 in five seasons with the Red Raiders. He was named The Associated Press coach of the year in 2019, when he guided Texas Tech to a 31-7 finish and lost in an overtime thriller to Virginia in the national championship game.
Texas is 3-0 since Beard was suspended. The Longhorns play Texas A&M-Commerce on Dec. 27 before starting Big 12 play at Oklahoma on Dec. 31.
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SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. (AP) — Minjee Lee appears to be on mission.
The 26-year-old Australian shot a 4-under 67 on Saturday to take a three-stroke lead over American Mina Harigae into the final round of the U.S. Women’s Open.
“My approach (Sunday) is going to be the same as the last three days — I’m just going to try and make as many birdies as I can and give myself as many opportunities as I can on the greens,” Lee said.
At 13-under 200, Lee was within striking distance of the U.S. Women’s Open scoring record in relation to par held by Juli Inkster, who finished at 16-under 272 in 1999 at Old Waverly. Inkster did that on a par-72 course, while par is 71 at Pine Needles.
“I haven’t really thought about it,” Lee said. “If I play good, it’s going to come with it, right?”
The fourth-ranked Lee won the Founders Cup three weeks ago in New Jersey in the tour's last stroke-play event for her seventh LPGA Tour victory. She's trying to win her second major title after taking the 2021 Evian Championship.
Harigae shot a 70. England's Bronte Law was third at 7 under after a 68.
South Korea’s Jin Young Ko and American Nelly Korda, the top players in the world ranking, failed to take advantage of moving day.
The top-ranked Ko struggled with her putter and finished at even-par 71, leaving her tied for fourth place at 6 under with three-time major winner Anna Nordqvist, Xiyu Lin, Lydia Ko, Hye-Jin Choi and amateur Ingrid Lindblad. Lydia Ko had the best round of the day with a 66, while Lin shot 67, Jim Young Ko 71 and Nodqvist and Choi 72.
Korda was 4 under after a 70.
“Definitely not the finish I wanted,” said Korda, who bogeyed the last three holes after battling to get to 7 under. “That was tough. I’m sure that was tough to watch, too.”
It appeared Harigae might make a run when she used a pitching wedge from 115 yards and her ball rolled within an inch from the cup. She tapped in for birdie and moved to 10 under, taking a one-shot lead over Lee.
But that seemed to awaken Lee.
Lee stormed back, making birdies on Nos. 9, 10, 11 and 12 to get to 13 under and took a four-shot lead after Harigae bogeyed 11 and 12. Lee repeatedly outdrove Harigae and used solid approach shots to set up putts of 12, 12, 8 and 6 feet, all of which she made during the four-hole run.
Harigae birdied the 16th to pull within three.
“She hit some great shots the next few holes, and I just couldn’t keep up with that,” Harigae said.
Said Lee: “I didn’t really think about how Mina was playing. I was just trying to make as many birdies as I could just to try and post a good score. I didn’t really notice her playing that much because I was really kind of in my zone.”
Lindblad provided a little excitement early on when she birdied three of her first four holes to move into the tie for the lead at 9 under, creating a buzz around course over whether she could become only the second amateur to win the U.S. Women's Open and the first since 1967.
However, the LSU player from Sweden played the final 14 holes in 3-over par.
“It was a good start, and then I kind of hit a really bad shot on five and made bogey,” Lindblad said.
If she wins, she would be unable to collect the $1.8 million first-place prize because of her amateur status. | https://www.mrt.com/sports/article/Minjee-Lee-shoots-67-opens-3-shot-lead-in-U-S-17220066.php | 2022-06-05 00:23:11 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/sports/article/Minjee-Lee-shoots-67-opens-3-shot-lead-in-U-S-17220066.php |
CA Marine Warnings and Forecast for Sunday, July 10, 2022
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SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area
244 AM PDT Sun Jul 10 2022
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT THIS MORNING...
...GALE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING...
* WHAT...Northwest winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt
expected.
* WHERE...Coastal Waters from Point Pinos to Point Piedras
Blancas California out to 10 nm.
* WHEN...Until 9 AM PDT this morning.
* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller
vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT THIS
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Northwest winds 10 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt.
* WHERE...Waters from Point Pinos to Point Piedras Blancas 10-
60 NM.
* WHEN...Until 3 PM PDT this afternoon.
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
9 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Southwest winds 5 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt and a
moderate chop expected.
* WHERE...San Pablo Bay, Suisun Bay, the West Delta and the San
Francisco Bay north of the Bay Bridge.
* WHEN...From 3 PM this afternoon to 9 PM PDT this evening.
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT MONDAY...
* WHERE...Coastal Waters from Point Arena to Point Reyes
California out to 10 nm.
* WHEN...Until 3 AM PDT Monday.
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT MONDAY...
* WHAT...Northwest winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt.
* WHERE...Waters from Point Arena to Point Reyes 10-60 NM.
* WHEN...Until 9 AM PDT Monday.
* WHAT...Northwest winds 10 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt.
* WHERE...Waters from Point Reyes to Pigeon Point 10-60 NM.
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM PDT EARLY THIS
MORNING...
Winds have fallen below advisory criteria and will continue to
diminish through the morning.
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT THIS
* WHERE...Waters from Pigeon Point to Point Pinos 10-60 NM.
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — The tiny clinic where physicians prescribe hormones and other medications to transgender teenagers shares the same campus where West Virginia kids travel to receive treatments for rare cancer, heart surgery and other health care difficult to get anywhere else.
In a rural state purported to have the highest number of transgender youths per capita and some of the nation’s worst health outcomes, West Virginia University Medicine doctors say transgender health care is just as essential as the other lifesaving services they provide.
But it could soon be banned. Ignoring doctors’ pleas, lawmakers are preparing to vote this week on a bill that would outlaw certain health care for transgender minors, including hormone therapy and fully reversible medication that suspends the physical changes of puberty, buying patients and parents time to make future decisions about hormones.
“There’s a lot of anxiety and fear in our exam rooms right now,” said Dr. Kacie Kidd, medical director of WVU Medicine Children’s Adolescent Gender and Sexual Development Clinic.
State lawmakers and West Virginia’s largest health care provider are at odds over how and when to treat adolescents with gender dysphoria — the severe psychological distress experienced by those whose gender identity differs from their sex assigned at birth.
WVU’s classification among the highest level of American research universities is often lauded by the same state leaders who have been unwilling to listen to experts when it comes to gender-affirming care. During a meeting last week at which Kidd testified before lawmakers, Senate Finance chair Eric Tarr described the treatments as “child abuse.”
“I was caught off guard to see that WVU Medicine has a clinic to change the sex of children in West Virginia,” the Republican said, leading a charge to reject amendments that would have allowed some care to continue. Two physicians on the committee — both Republicans — expressed concern, saying “medically uneducated” people shouldn’t be making such decisions.
Lawmakers in West Virginia and other states advancing similar legislation often characterize gender-affirming treatments as medically unproven, potentially dangerous in the long term and a symptom of “woke” culture.
Yet every major medical organization, including the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Psychiatric Association, supports gender-affirming care for youths.
The legislation in West Virginia also includes a ban on gender-affirming surgery for minors, something medical professionals emphasize does not happen in the state.
Lia Farrell, a WVU medical student from New York, said it was clear to her that lawmakers have “no idea what providing this care actually entails.”
“It’s really cutting off your nose to spite your face,” she said. “This isn’t going to accomplish anything except harming people and preventing us from doing our jobs.”
Opened in 2021, WVU Medicine Children’s Adolescent Gender and Sexual Development Clinic looks like any other health care setting — animal-shaped stickers cover the walls, examination rooms, machines to check blood pressure and heart rates. But providers wear lanyards with colorful buttons displaying pronouns and jackets decorated with a rainbow heart and stethoscope — something Kidd calls “visible reminders” of support.
Some families travel for hours on mountain roads to meet with providers, including therapists. While they talk, young people draw to calm their nerves. Kidd has several patients’ creations displayed in her workspace, including one favorite, a unicorn.
A West Virginia native, Kidd was training to be a pediatrician at WVU when she began meeting transgender kids hospitalized after suicide attempts.
Patients have described gender dysphoria to her as a profound, deeply rooted frustration — even sometimes anger — that the person in the mirror “isn’t who they are.”
“I’ve had young people tell me that they can’t imagine a future where they can be happy,” she said. “That’s one of the most heartbreaking things I ever hear.”
Dakota Kai, 17, spent childhood in and out of psychiatric care because of depression and anxiety related to gender dysphoria.
Kai said the testosterone gel they apply to their shoulders, which has caused their voice to deepen and facial hair to sprout, has saved their life.
“It’s literally going to kill people if they can’t access this care,” Kai said. “It’s difficult to try to exist in a place where it’s threatening just being yourself.”
Kai is now planning to start college this year and eventually become a cardiovascular surgeon.
Kai’s mother, Sherry, said she was apprehensive at first about hormone therapy. But after conversations with providers, she and her child confidently decided to pursue it and have no regrets. Transgender minors can’t begin medical interventions without parental consent.
“The amount of ignorance about the subject is honestly astounding,” she said. “Watching our society respond with such emotional fervor about something that they obviously logically don’t understand is terrifying.”
She said nothing about the care is pushed on patients, “lightly talked about or treated as if it’s no big deal.”
“They are not trying to play God,” Sherry said. “They’re out there trying to perform a service of helping people, and because of science and because of time and because of studying the concept of being trans are able to say, ‘This is not fictitious or just a whim. This is a scientific, medical fact.’”
As the ban advances through the Legislature, Kidd’s staff works late in the clinic, leaving long after dark to fit in appointments with frantic families.
“It is heartbreaking,” Kidd said, “to have to tell young people and families that we can’t provide the care that they need.”
This week, providers saw a 12-year-old patient, a transgender girl whose relatives said they’d known her identity since she was 3. She expressed distress about her voice deepening or growing hair on her underarms and face — concern about her body betraying her, of not being seen for who she is.
They talked through options, which included puberty-blocking medication lawmakers seek to ban — a fully reversible pause on puberty that provides significant relief for dysphoria.
Another was a 16-year-old patient who was hospitalized for the most recent time last year. When he came in, he couldn’t speak at all. His parents were terrified.
But on this visit, he chattered happily about a new pet and a video game he couldn’t put down.
“It’s such a joy, a year later for this particular patient, for this conversation to be profoundly different,” Kidd said.
Other children talked with therapists about anxiety over a school dance or asked for help on plans to talk to relatives about their gender identity. No medical interventions are provided to patients before the age of puberty.
El Didden, a WVU medical student who worked in the clinic as a researcher, said the providers are role models for “going above and beyond and acting like it’s the bare minimum.”
Didden, who is transgender, started hormone therapy the summer before starting medical school, when only a Planned Parenthood clinic was offering the service in the state. It inspires Didden as a future physician to see compassionate health care for people “who don’t normally get that level of respect and care.”
Kidd’s catchphrase for the clinic is “happy, healthy, thriving.” Didden wishes lawmakers understood.
“They think that in the choice between having a trans kid and having a dead kid, they prefer to have a dead kid,” Didden said, something that is “just existentially horrifying to think about.” | https://www.wivb.com/news/u-s-headlines/anxiety-fear-fill-west-virginias-transgender-health-clinic/ | 2023-03-09 15:44:49 | 1 | https://www.wivb.com/news/u-s-headlines/anxiety-fear-fill-west-virginias-transgender-health-clinic/ |
Mississippi woman charged with having sex with dog, says she was ‘forced’
LAUREL, Miss. - Authorities in Mississippi are left disturbed after a woman said she was forced to have sex with a dog.
Deputies in Jones County said they were made aware of a graphic video on Snapchat earlier this month that showed a woman having sexual intercourse with a German shepherd.
Authorities then located the woman at her home in Laurel.
The woman told investigators that she was the one in the video but said she "was forced to do it." According to the Laurel-Leader Call, the woman said people paid her for videos.
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The woman also told authorities that the incident happened a year ago. However, the video’s metadata suggested the video was filmed in February.
The suspect, 19-year-old Denise Frazier, was charged with unnatural intercourse and aggravated cruelty to an animal.
"In my 17 years in law enforcement, this is one of the most disturbing cases that I’ve ever investigated," Sgt. J.D. Carter of the Jones County Sheriff’s Department told a local news outlet.
If convicted, Frazier faces up to 10 years in prison.
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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Tuesday night’s Indianapolis Public School (IPS) board meeting discussed a review of the Rebuilding Stronger proposal plan and the proposed referendum.
Ahead of the meeting, IPS superintendent Dr. Aleesia Johnson said that this week is set to be a big one. She said engagement in feedback has been robust with over 75 school meetings with one staff meeting at each school, at least two family meetings at each school and 12 community-based meetings from Sept. 13 to Oct. 19.
There’s been more than 1,000 attendees in these meetings with the district receiving over 960 discreet comments of feedback and 660 questions submitted. IPS staff also distributed 900 packets and made 800 individual phone calls at target schools to ensure awareness with families about the proposal plan.
As a result of feedback received from district stakeholders, IPS said they’ve updated aspects of the plan to better reflect the voices of parents, students, staff and community partners, while still ensuring equity in student experience for all students.
RELATED: Minority parents to IPS leaders: Address equity gaps before vote on ‘Rebuilding Stronger’
A number of families have expressed support for IPS and Paramount to expand its partnership. Leaders from both organizations have been in communication over the course of recent months and are exploring possible opportunities for future partnership. The district will move forward with an innovation school partnership with the Near Eastside Innovation School Corporation for the continued operation of Washington Irving School 14. They expect an innovation agreement to be brought before the board in early 2023.
IPS will direct-manage the dual-language programming at Harshman rather than IPS charter partner Global Preparatory Academy. Dual-language and high-ability will be located at Harshman and operated as one school with two programmatic pathways. All staff at the school will be IPS employees. Students who qualify for both dual-language and and high-ability will be able to access both programs.
- Principal selection processes will begin in January 2023, specifically for new schools that are launching to allow for an extended planning timeline.
- For schools experiencing a program change, a supplemental administrator will be identified to support the school in SY23-24 to allow for additional planning and engagement capacity.
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“This preliminary determination hearing is the next step to being on the ballot in May of 2023. So, as we talk about Rebuilding Stronger and a number of opportunities that Rebuilding Stronger will provide to our students and the ways and which it will help to grow our system overall, as we think about how to finance this work we know that we need to ensure that we are continuing to align our budget with our values,” Superintendent, Dr. Aleesia Johnson said.
Rebuilding Stronger would be financed in three ways: Capitol referendum, operating referendum, and continued alignment of the district’s budget to their values.
The operating referendum would seek to propose a local property tax levy of no more than $0.25 on each assessed valuation. If approved, it would go into affect, January 1, 2024. The $0.25 rate would replace the current $0.19 local property tax levy. With this the money would support competitive salaries for staff, give students more educational opportunities and fund the expansion and replication of academic programming across the district.
The capital referendum would seek to generate $410 million to fund the Rebuilding Stronger plan, support new construction and renovations of IPS buildings.
Since 2013, state tuition support has increased 6% for IPS while increasing 21% for the state average. The district said there is a gap between funding needed to support students who have special needs with the funding received from the state and federal government. For the past 7 years, the gap for IPS according to the district has been $19 million for special education and $7 million for English language learners.
Board commissioners are scheduled to vote on the Rebuilding Stronger proposal during the action session this Thursday at 6:00 PM.
The action session will be livestreamed on our website at www.myips.org and the IPS Facebook page | https://www.wishtv.com/news/education/ips-board-meeting-discusses-referendum-and-rebuilding-stronger-proposal-ahead-of-vote/ | 2022-11-16 04:52:42 | 1 | https://www.wishtv.com/news/education/ips-board-meeting-discusses-referendum-and-rebuilding-stronger-proposal-ahead-of-vote/ |
The European Union’s planned legislation to effectively ban from 2035 the sale of new cars and vans still equipped with gas or diesel engines appear to be thwarted thanks to objections of ministers from Germany and several other E.U. member states.
The ministers, which include German transport minister Volker Wissing, have been seeking an exemption that would allow vehicles with internal-combustion engines designed to run on carbon-neutral e-fuels to still be sold beyond the cutoff date.
Frans Timmermans, head of the European Commission and the person overseeing the E.U.’s climate policy, took to Twitter on Saturday to announce an agreement on the exemption had been reached.
“We have found an agreement with Germany on the future use of e-fuels in cars,” he said in the tweet.
An e-fuel, also referred to as synthetic fuel, is any fuel in which the carbon circle is completely neutral so the carbon utilized to produce the fuel is the same quantity as the carbon emitted from burning the fuel in an engine. The production process typically involves some form of carbon capture technology. Porsche and its partners already have a pilot plant in Chile producing e-fuel. Aramco and Formula 1 are also working on separate efforts to develop e-fuels in commercial quantities.
The planned E.U. legislation calls for 55% less CO2 emissions from new passenger cars by 2030 versus 2021 levels as an interim goal, and eventually a 100% reduction by 2035. For vans, it will be a 50% reduction by 2030 and 100% by 2035. The legislation is part of the E.U.’s overarching plan to become climate neutral by 2050.
Citing an E.U. document outlining plans for the e-fuel exemption, Reuters reported on Monday the E.U. will create a new vehicle category in the legislation for cars that can exclusively run on e-fuel.
The agreement on the exemption now paves the way for the legislation to be finally approved, which is expected to take place on Tuesday.
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Ukraine: Explosions rock Kyiv, struck by waves of drones
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Explosive-laden suicide drones have struck Ukraine’s capital as families were preparing to start their week, the blasts echoing across Kyiv and sending people scurrying to shelters. Kyiv city Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the capital’s central Shevchenko district was hit, damaging several apartment blocks and setting fire to a non-residential building. There was no immediate word on casualties. The drones’ intended targets weren’t immediately clear but Russian strikes over the past week have hit infrastructure, including power facilities. Witnesses posted videos of drones buzzing across bright morning skies over Kyiv and of what sounded like gunshots of people trying to shoot them down.
Ukrainians' resilience persists despite new Russian barrage
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The resilience by Ukrainians in Russia’s nearly 8-month-old war continues to be unwavering, despite a rise in the past week in attacks that have been seen as President Vladimir Putin’s vengeful response to an explosion that damaged a Moscow-built bridge in Crimea on Oct. 8. Russian missiles and Iranian-made drones struck at least 10 regions across the country two days later, targeting critical infrastructures in major urban centers, leaving 19 dead and more than 100 wounded. But the more the Kremlin threatens to make the upcoming winter intolerable, the more Ukrainians seem to unite in their intent to defeat Putin.
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VENICE, Fla. (AP) — Former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn is influential in the far-right Christian nationalist movement that has growing stature in of the Republican Party. Flynn is making Sarasota County, Florida, a laboratory of sorts for his political agenda. Flynn's slogan is “Local action equals national impact,” and he has energized local conservative activists through social media and public appearances. He questions American democratic institutions, repeats lies about the 2020 election, attacks the news media and embraces conspiracy theories about COVID-19. One of the groups he’s welcomed into the fold is the violent extremist group the Proud Boys.
Iran prison fire death toll rises to 8 as protests continue
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s judiciary has raised the death toll in a blaze at Tehran’s notorious Evin prison, saying at least eight prisoners have been killed as protests continue nationwide. The judiciary’s Mizan news agency offered the new toll, saying the prisoners had succumbed to their injuries from the incident Saturday night. It said all those dead had been held on theft charges. Flames and thick smoke rising from Tehran’s Evin Prison had been widely visible Saturday night, as nationwide anti-government protests triggered by the death of a young woman in police custody entered a fifth week. In online videos, gunshots and explosions could be heard in the area of the prison.
Pregnant women struggle to find care after Pakistan's floods
RAJANPUR, Pakistan (AP) — Pregnant women are struggling to get care after Pakistan’s unprecedented flooding this summer that inundated a third of the country at its height and drove millions from their homes. The United Nations says around 130,000 pregnant women in flood-hit areas require urgent healthcare and more than 2,000 are giving birth every day, most in unsafe conditions. Months after unprecedented deluges stopped battering the country, survivors lack basics like clean clothing and food. Pakistan, the world's fifth most populous nation, has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in Asia, and experts fear there will be an increase in child marriage, infant mortality, and unwanted pregnancies because of the flooding.
China's party congress promises continuity, not change
BEIJING (AP) — The overarching theme emerging from China’s ongoing Communist Party congress is one of continuity, not change. The weeklong meeting is expected to reappoint Xi Jinping as leader, reaffirm a commitment to his policies for the next five years and possibly elevate his status even further as one of the most powerful leaders in China’s modern history. For many Chinese, weary of pandemic restrictions, the more immediate question is whether there will there be any easing of “zero COVID” after the party congress. The answer is probably not immediately, and changes when they do come will most likely be gradual.
Groups mobilize to help voters confronting new election laws
ATLANTA (AP) — Voters in Georgia, Texas and some other states are facing new hurdles to cast a ballot during the midterm election under laws passed by Republican-led legislatures following President Donald Trump’s false claims that voter fraud cost him re-election in 2020. The restrictions have prompted groups that assist voters to reorient themselves so they can avoid running afoul of new barriers. They anticipate confusion and conflict at the polls, and are redoubling efforts to register and educate. The Brennan Center for Justice says lawmakers in 21 states have passed at least 42 restrictive laws since 2021. At least 33 of those are in effect for this year’s midterm.
Agency says BTS members will serve in South Korea's military
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The management agency of K-pop group BTS says the singers will serve their mandatory military duties as required under South Korean law, effectively ending a public debate on whether they should be given exemptions because of their artistic accomplishments. In a notice issued to financial regulators on Monday following a board meeting, Big Hit Music said the band’s oldest member, Jin, will revoke his request to delay his conscription at the end of the month and undertake conscription steps required by the country’s Military Manpower Administration. The band’s six other members are also planning to serve in the military too, according to the statement. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/ap-news-summary-at-5-06-a-m-edt/article_d618c40d-1665-5a6e-81d7-430a5ead1e2a.html | 2022-10-17 09:49:02 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/ap-news-summary-at-5-06-a-m-edt/article_d618c40d-1665-5a6e-81d7-430a5ead1e2a.html |
Zoo Knoxville’s Jana The Elephant arrives at new home
Jana arrived at The Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tennessee, on Tuesday.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - One of Zoo Knoxville’s elephants found her new home, zoo officials announced on Tuesday. Jana arrived at The Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tennessee, on Tuesday.
“It was an emotional moment watching Jana’s departure,” said Lisa New, Zoo Knoxville president and CEO. “She is beloved and we will miss her greatly, but we have honored our commitment to Jana to ensure her wellbeing and care through every stage of her life. We all look forward to watching her continue to thrive under the care of our colleagues at The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee.”
A public farewell for the 42-year-old African elephant was hosted on April 14 through April 16.
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Jana is just the first elephant of three at Zoo Knoxville who will move to The Elephant Sanctuary. Her long-time companions Edie, a 39-year-old female, and Tonka, a 45-year-old male, will arrive at the sanctuary in the coming months, according to Zoo Knoxville officials.
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Zoo Knoxville representatives said that the move was necessary to ensure that the elephants’ social needs are met as they get older.
Jana’s transition to her new home can be observed via their live-streaming EleCams at www.elephants.com/elecam, and on social media @theelephantsanctuary.
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STOCKHOLM, Sept. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- During the period August 29 - September 2, 2022 AB Electrolux (LEI code 549300Y3HHZB1ZGFPJ93) has repurchased in total 895,290 own series B shares (ISIN: SE0016589188) as part of the buyback program initiated by the Board of Directors in order to optimize the company's capital structure. The buyback program that was initiated on May 2, 2022 is hereby completed as a total of 8,000,000 series B shares have been repurchased for a total amount of SEK 1,138 million.
The share buybacks form part of the buyback program of a maximum of 8,000,000 series B shares for a total maximum amount of SEK 1,250 million, which AB Electrolux announced on April 29, 2022. The buyback program, which runs between May 2, 2022 - October 21, 2022, is being carried out in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 ("MAR") and the Commission Delegated Regulation 2016/1052 (the "Safe Harbour Regulation"). The objective of the share buybacks is to optimize the company's capital structure and the intention is to reduce Electrolux share capital through subsequent share cancellations.
Series B shares in AB Electrolux have been repurchased (in SEK) as follows:
All acquisitions have been carried out on Nasdaq Stockholm by Citigroup Global Markets Europe AG on behalf of AB Electrolux. Following the above acquisitions, AB Electrolux holding of own shares as of September 2, 2022 amounts to 13,049,115 series B shares. The total number of shares in AB Electrolux amounts to 283,077,393.
A full breakdown of the transactions pursuant to article 5.3 of MAR and article 2.3 of the Safe Harbour Regulation is attached to this announcement.
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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia is proposing transferring at least 70 hippopotamuses that live near Pablo Escobar’s former ranch – descendants of four imported from Africa illegally by the late drug lord in the 1980s – to India and Mexico as part of a plan to control their population.
The hippos, which are territorial and weigh up to 3 tons, have spread far beyond the Hacienda Napoles ranch, located 200 kilometer (124 mile) from Bogota along the Magdalena River. Environmental authorities estimate there are about 130 hippos in the area in Antioquia province and their population could reach 400 in eight years.
Escobar’s Hacienda Napoles — and the hippos — have become a sort of local tourist attraction in the years since the kingpin was killed by police in 1993. When his ranch was abandoned, the hippos survived and reproduced in local rivers and favorable climatic conditions.
Scientists warn the hippos do not have a natural predator in Colombia and are a potential problem for biodiversity since their feces change the composition of the rivers and could impact the habitat of manatees and capybaras. Last year, Colombia’s government declared them a toxic invasive species.
The plan to take them to India and Mexico has been forming for more than a year, said Lina Marcela de los Ríos Morales, director of animal protection and welfare at Antioquia’s environment ministry.
The hippos would be lured with food into large, iron containers and transferred by truck to the international airport in the city of Rionegro, 150 kilometers away. From there, they would be flown to India and Mexico, where there are sanctuaries and zoos capable of taking in and caring for the animals.
“It is possible to do, we already have experience relocating hippos in zoos nationwide,” said David Echeverri López, a spokesman for Cornare, the local environmental authority that would be in charge of the relocations.
The plan is to send 60 hippos to the Greens Zoological Rescue & Rehabilitation Kingdom in Gujarat, India, which De los Ríos Morales said would cover the cost of the containers and airlift. Another 10 hippos would go to zoos and sanctuaries in Mexico such as the Ostok, located in Sinaloa.
“We work with Ernesto Zazueta, who is the president of sanctuaries and zoos in Mexico, who is the one who liaisons with different countries and manage their rescues,” said the official.
The plan is to focus on the hippos living in the rivers surrounding the Hacienda Napoles ranch, not the ones inside the ranch because they are in a controlled environment and don’t threaten the local ecosystem.
The relocations would help control the hippo population, and though the animals’ native habitat is Africa, it is more humane than the alternate proposal of exterminating them as an invasive species, said De los Ríos Morales.
Ecuador, the Philippines and Botswana have also expressed their willingness to relocated Colombian hippos to their countries, according to the Antioquia Governor’s Office. | https://www.wdtn.com/news/u-s-world/ap-international/ap-colombia-proposes-shipping-invasive-hippos-to-india-mexico/ | 2023-03-03 17:46:59 | 0 | https://www.wdtn.com/news/u-s-world/ap-international/ap-colombia-proposes-shipping-invasive-hippos-to-india-mexico/ |
LONDON, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Meco Limited (mecobit) unveiled the much-anticipated Ultimate Solar Power System (a solar power system with amazing backups and cryptocurrency miners) at an elite launch event at the Hong Kong Technology Bureau in August 2022.
Compact Solar Station Solar Panel Kit (Complete) Solar Array M4000 Highlights One of the most memorable solar powered crypto equipment in the world. Essential equipment that helps keep running or affects equipment such as appliances, dryers, pool siphons or electric car chargers, or even cryptocurrency mining equipment. We are looking for a boost from the global problems of fossil fuel by-products, high levels of electricity consumption. "It improves the way we approach imagination and planning. Moreover, make this progress reasonable for the customer," said B. FRANCI, CEO of MECO LIMITED.
With the solar-focused part of the controlled hash rate seemingly easy to develop, many see the potential for sustainable electricity use in Bitcoin mining as a cycle of justice – Mecobit provides an extreme boost to cryptocurrency mining by enabling the mission to use sustainable electricity. The cheapest electricity imaginable will encourage more tasks to focus exclusively on environmentally friendly sources such as solar energy.
Key features of our miners:
- Meco Rack:
Capacity: BTC-4850 TH/s, ETH/ETC-20000 MH/s
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It was launched in 2015 with the determination to create and demonstrate to the world a solar-powered digital currency mine, and depending on the miner's inclination, Ethash, SHA-256 or Scrypt innovations can be used. The organization says it is the absolute first solar-powered digital currency mining project on Earth. "We need to disrupt the solar charger business by providing more power at a more reasonable value than was recently thought to be the case." - B. Franci (founder). Based on Chiswick High Road in London, UK, Mecobit has locations in various urban communities around the world, including the US. Additional information about the organization and its projects is available on the organization's website www.mecobit.com
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BEIJING (AP) — A typhoon was headed toward the Chinese coast on Wednesday and forecast to make landfall near the port city of Ningbo later in the day.
Typhoon Muifa had maximum sustained winds of 145 kilometers (90 miles) an hour as it moved northeast, the Hong Kong Observatory said.
The storm's track would take it just east of the city of Shanghai and then inland through Jiangsu and Shandong provinces on China's northeast coast.
All flights were canceled at the Ningbo airport and more than 11,000 fishing boats returned to port in Zhejiang province, according to Chinese media reports.
A requirement for a negative coronavirus test within the last 72 hours, required in much of China to enter buildings and other public areas, was suspended in Ningbo except for at airports, train stations and highway entrances. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Typhoon-to-skirt-Shanghai-move-up-coast-of-17440144.php | 2022-09-14 03:24:18 | 0 | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Typhoon-to-skirt-Shanghai-move-up-coast-of-17440144.php |
BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP)Early U.S. Open leader Callum Tarren got a head start on his trip to Boston when he missed the cut in Canada last week. His clubs weren’t so lucky.
For the second time in two U.S. Open appearances, Tarren’s golf bag didn’t make it on the plane with him.
”Luckily, there was somebody in Canada who went to the airport and gave the airport staff a little kick,” said Tarren, who shot a 3-under 67 to finish the first round tied for the lead at Brookline. ”They arrived on Sunday at 2:00 p.m. It wasn’t bad.”
Tarren was in the first group off the 10th tee at The Country Club and he bogeyed his first hole. He was still 1 over through 13 before birdies on the fifth and seventh holes put him in the red.
Then the 31-year-old Englishman, who missed the cut at Pebble Beach in 2019, drove the ball about 350 yards on the 557-yard, par-5 eighth hole and hit a 7-iron onto the green. He sank a 4 1/2 foot putt for eagle.
”My caddie kept saying, `Pars are good. Pars are good,’ and I made a lot of pars,” he said. ”But to have a finish like that just tops the round off.”
Rory McIlroy, the 2011 champion, also was 3 under and tied for the lead through the morning rounds. David Lingmerth and Monday qualifier Joel Dahmen also shot 67 to tie for the early 18-hole lead.
”I’m kind of pinching myself, because I didn’t realize it was on the top of the leaderboard until I pulled that final putt on the ninth hole,” said Tarren, who got into the field by finishing second in the 36-hole qualifier at RattleSnake Point Golf Club outside of Toronto. ”Just excited with my start, and let’s see what the next few days holds.”
Tarren failed to make it to the weekend in eight straight PGA Tour events to start the season before placing 30th at the Honda Classic and then a tie for fifth in the Puerto Rico Open. He cashed four checks in a row before missing the cut in the RBC Open last week and heading to Boston on Saturday.
”I was at the airport four hours early because people warned me it’s a nightmare up there in Toronto,” Tarren said. ”I got here; no clubs. There was five other players on my flight. They all got golf clubs.”
So Tarren reached out to the St. George’s members he stayed with in Toronto, and one of them – Tamara – went to the airport to check on their status.
”She hustled them along,” he said. ”This time I got them a little bit faster than last. I didn’t actually get them until Wednesday in Pebble Beach a few years ago. So that was a nightmare.”
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US Marshals Service still recovering from ransomware attack
(CNN) - The U.S. Marshals Service is working on updating a computer system hit by a ransomware attack earlier this year.
An agency spokesperson shared Monday that it will soon bring a new version of the system online with better security after, back in February, hackers hit a computer network used by the secretive marshals service unit known as the Technical Operations Group.
The group uses high-tech surveillance methods to track fugitives.
The agency said at the time that the affected computer system held “law enforcement sensitive information.”
The data included personal information of subjects of U.S. Marshals Service investigations and employees.
The U.S. Marshals Service said most critical tools related to the network “were restored within 30 days of the breach discovery.”
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Our vision naturally changes throughout our lives. It's inevitable.
No matter how good your eyesight may've been when you were younger, you'll see changes in your vision as you age. It's nothing you're doing, it's a natural process our eyes go through. When most people hit middle age, the eye's ability to focus on things up close decreases. It's called presbyopia.
But that's not the only change that can take place in your vision. Some happen without you even noticing. Here are the subtle signs that you may need glasses.
For more health advice, see how to naturally stop itchy eyes and how to extend your life by sleeping.
As you're reading this, are you squinting? If so, relax your face. Are the words slightly blurry now? If so, you may need glasses.
Squinting is a natural reaction we do when we need to bring things into focus. By squinting, the eye's lens changes shape, and less light enters the retina, allowing things to look sharper. Constant squinting while looking at things is one of the most obvious signs of vision troubles.
Blurry vision is another one of the main reasons I went to the eye doctor. Over time, I noticed that the letters on my phone's keyboard were blurring while I was typing. In my case, it was caused by astigmatism. However, blurry vision may also be a sign of near or farsightedness. All of which can be corrected with glasses.
Eye strain results from several sources, including poor lighting, stress and fatigue. But it also can come from consistent computer use and underlying vision conditions that cause you to squint to see better. Eye strain can hinder your ability to concentrate and complete your usual routine. Essentially, eye strain means that your eyes are tired.
According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, common symptoms of eye strain include:
Do you ever start reading a book or magazine and realize you're holding it closer to your face than you used to? It's like it creeps closer and closer without your notice.
Most commonly, this happens because of presbyopia, or the decreased ability to focus and see things up close. It's often also called age-related farsightedness. It generally starts to happen around age 40. Presbyopia naturally happens as we age and can easily be corrected with glasses.
Night blindness, which describes the difficulty of seeing things in dimly lit settings or darkness, can also signify that you need glasses. There are many reasons this may occur; for example, it may be as simple as being nearsighted or having a difficult time seeing things that are far away.
More seriously, night blindness may also be a symptom of cataracts or the clouding of the lens, retinitis pigmentosa or tunnel vision caused by dark pigments in the retinas. Night blindness is particularly important to address as it compromises your driving ability.
Our eyes are designed to adjust to light thanks to the iris, the colored part of your eye. The iris is in charge of adjusting the pupil, the opening in the iris. When the pupil dilates, it allows in more light, which helps you see when it's dark. The iris contracts the pupil when it's bright. There are times when the iris doesn't adjust as quickly.
If your eye takes longer than usual to adjust, it's time to talk to your doctor to see if eyeglasses can help correct this.
Headaches can happen for various reasons, such as dehydration, diet, stress and hormones. Another common reason is vision problems. Understandably, with so many causes, it can be hard to attribute a headache to any one thing. That's why so many people go without glasses when they need them.
Take note of your habits. Are you squinting or holding things close to your face? Getting glasses can alleviate eye-related headaches.
Distorted or wavy vision is often described as things looking underwater. Lines and colors are distorted as it looks as if waves are rippling across them. Wavy vision can be a sign of macular degeneration or the deterioration of the retina and loss of central vision. Macular degeneration is not curable. However, you can slow the progression of the condition. Prescription glasses specifically for macular degeneration can help manage symptoms.
Have you noticed that lights at night tend to spread out? Like a halo around the source? Seeing halos around lights like headlights or street lamps is another sign that you may need glasses. Halos are symptoms of several vision problems: astigmatism, near and farsightedness and cataracts.
If any signs in this list sound familiar, it's time to schedule a comprehensive eye exam. Just because you're making it work doesn't mean your vision is as good as possible. Why not see life to the fullest?
But it's more than that. Ignoring vision problems can threaten your health. Poor vision can increase your risk of injury or decrease your quality of life. It also can feel incredibly isolating and contribute to depression or anxiety.
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ALBANY, N.Y. -- With the holidays here, the Firefighters Association of New York (FASNY) is reminding everyone to stay safe.
The holidays bring an abundance of candles, Christmas trees, lights and more, all of which can be a fire hazard.
“The holidays bring cheer, love, and joy to New Yorkers each year. Unfortunately, it historically also brings an increase in home fires. Dry trees, unattended cooking, and forgotten candles can all lead to tragedy. We want all New Yorkers to enjoy a safe and accident-free holiday,” FASNY President, Edward Tase Jr. said.
New York State has the second-most fire fatalities in 2022. According to the National Fire Protection Association, fire departments across the U.S. have responded to an average of 160 fires caused by dry Christmas trees and an average of 7,900 from candles.
FASNY and the National Fire Protection Association have offered these tips to help prevent fires:
- Be careful with holiday decorations. Choose decorations that are flame-resistant or flame-retardant.
- Keep lit candles away from decorations and other things that can burn.
- Some lights are only for indoor or outdoor use, but not both.
- Replace any string of lights with worn or broken cords or loose bulb connections.
- Use clips, not nails, to hang lights so the cords do not get damaged.
- Keep decorations away from windows and doors.
Fire Safety Tips For Your Christmas Tree
- Fresh trees are less likely to catch fire, so look for a tree with vibrant green needles that are hard to pluck and don’t break easily from its branches. The tree shouldn’t be shedding its needles readily.
- Always place your tree away from heat sources like fireplaces, radiators, candles, heat vents or lights, and keep the tree base filled with water to avoid a dry-out.
- Make sure all your indoor and outdoor Christmas lights have been tested in a lab by the UL or ETL/ITSNA for safety, and throw out any damaged lights.
- Any lights you use outdoors must be labeled suitable for exterior placement, and be sure to plug them into a ground-fault circuit interrupter-protected receptacle.
- Keep all your holiday candles away from your Christmas tree, surrounding furniture and décor.
- Don’t forget to turn your Christmas tree lights off each night. | https://www.wktv.com/news/the-holidays-bring-many-fire-hazards-heres-how-to-keep-safe/article_d74811be-7510-11ed-afcd-8b4529d979c4.html | 2022-12-06 04:37:43 | 1 | https://www.wktv.com/news/the-holidays-bring-many-fire-hazards-heres-how-to-keep-safe/article_d74811be-7510-11ed-afcd-8b4529d979c4.html |
- Fintech group Zepz, which owns money transfer brands WorldRemit and Sendwave, is laying off 420 employees, the company told CNBC exclusively.
- Zepz has a total headcount of around 1,600, meaning the cuts translate to about 26% of its workforce.
- Zepz said it was implementing what it called "workforce optimization" to account for duplication of roles following the combination of Sendwave with WorldRemit under one parent company.
Money transfer group Zepz is laying off 420 employees, the company told CNBC exclusively, as the fintech sector grapples with a tough macroeconomic environment.
The London-headquartered company began informing employees of the redundancies on Monday, with individual staff being told by their managers before larger communications were issued. By Tuesday, the whole company had been told about the move.
Zepz, which owns the WorldRemit and Sendwave brands, has a total headcount of around 1,600, meaning the cuts translate to about 26% of its workforce.
The reductions will mainly impact Zepz's customer care and engineering teams as Zepz looks to shift those operations from multiple countries to more centralized hubs, the company said.
The firm is headquartered in London but has regional offices in the United States, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, Poland, Kenya, and beyond.
Zepz said it was implementing what it called "workforce optimization" to account for roles that had been duplicated following its combination of Sendwave with WorldRemit under one parent company.
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Collectively, both money transfer services are used by more than 11 million users across 150 countries. Sendwave was acquired by Zepz in 2020 for an undisclosed sum.
It is the second time in just under a year that Zepz has laid off staff. In June 2022, Zepz implemented redundancies affecting around 5% of its workforce, according to Sky News.
Mark Lenhard, Zepz's CEO, said the decision marked "an important and necessary step in transitioning from two vast, segmented teams to one dynamic organization under Zepz, and laying ambitious foundations towards our long-term strategic direction as a portfolio business."
He added that the company took the decision to reduce its headcount due to a need to streamline its structure rather than macroeconomic pressures.
"Over the last year we have taken a serious look at how to optimize the organization to continue scaling in a mature fashion that sets up the business for long-term success," he said.
"The remittance industry has maintained robust growth despite global economic conditions, and we've seen this audience take great measures to ensure their loved ones are supported as costs rise around the world."
Employees will be offered support in the form of counseling, coaching and career, CV development, job applications, and interviewing skills.
Despite the job reduction measure, Zepz said it is still hiring for 200 roles.
The company enables users to send money abroad from a smartphone or computer with people on the other end being able to receive it in their bank accounts, by cash, to a mobile wallet, or as a mobile airtime top-up.
The service is a challenger to established money transfer services like Western Union, touting cheaper fees and the ability to transfer money rapidly. A close rival is Wise, which claims to offer cheaper international money transfers than the banks.
Fintechs like Zepz are facing a range of challenges including more cost-conscious consumers and heightened regulatory scrutiny. These have hit the value of various companies in the sector — both in the public and private markets. Funding has dried up and several fintechs have taken valuation cuts.
Even legacy banks have struggled to gain traction in the market, with Goldman Sachs recently pulling back on its fintech ambitions.
Zepz last raised cash in August 2021 at a $5 billion valuation when it announced $292 million of new funding from investors led by the hedge fund Farallon Capital. The startup is backed by leading venture capital firms including Leapfrog, TCV and Accel.
"Having hit profitability last year, the Zepz team has been focused on efficient growth and continuing to build a large, sustainable business," Harry Nelis, a partner at Accel, told CNBC.
"Following the acquisition of Sendwave a couple of years ago, the next stage in the integration of the two companies is to remove the duplication of roles across the brands' locations."
"The team's decision to optimise the workforce, while a difficult one, was important for the business's long-term growth and we're confident Zepz will continue to disrupt the industry," Nelis added.
Zepz has long been a darling of the U.K. fintech scene. It was founded in 2010 by British-Somalian entrepreneur Ismail Ahmed, who started the company after moving to the U.K. after fleeing civil war-torn Somalia.
Ahmed's idea for creating Zepz, then WorldRemit, stemmed from his own experience moving money across emerging markets; he would transfer funds to his family, who then lived in a refugee camp in Ethiopia, but the transfers were expensive and took months to complete.
Ahmed stepped down as Zepz's CEO in 2018, though he remains on the board as non-executive chairman. His replacement at the time was Breon Corcoran, an Irish businessman who formerly led British betting company Paddy Power Betfair.
In 2022, Corcoran was replaced by Mark Lenhard, a former executive at bill payments firm Bill.com, whose appointment reportedly came as the prospects of an initial public offering for the company had waned.
Lenhard said that Zepz "never announced a timeline for IPO and are not planning to announce exit plans at this time." The company achieved operating profitability in the first half of 2022, he said, adding that it is "on a sustainable track to increase profit margins." | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/business/money-report/western-union-rival-zepz-lays-off-26-of-employees-as-fintech-cuts-continue/3258661/ | 2023-05-16 12:37:25 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/business/money-report/western-union-rival-zepz-lays-off-26-of-employees-as-fintech-cuts-continue/3258661/ |
CA San Francisco Bay Area Zone Forecast for Tuesday, June 21, 2022
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233 FPUS56 KMTR 221001
ZFPMTR
San Francisco Bay Area/Central California Zone Forecast
National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area
301 AM PDT Wed Jun 22 2022
This is an automatically generated product that provides average
values for large geographic areas. For a more site specific
forecast...please visit weather.gov/sanfrancisco
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CAZ505-230100-
Coastal North Bay...Including Point Reyes National Seashore-
301 AM PDT Wed Jun 22 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s. Northeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs in the 60s to mid 70s. South
winds 10 to 20 mph increasing to 20 to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy fog in the evening.
Areas of fog after midnight. Lows around 50. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Areas of fog in the morning. Highs in the lower 60s to mid 70s.
South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Areas of fog after midnight. Lows around 50.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph...becoming southwest after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. Areas
of fog. Highs in the 60s to lower 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Areas of fog. Lows around 50.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Patchy fog. Highs in the 60s to lower 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. Patchy fog. Lows in the lower 50s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower
60s to mid 70s. Lows in the lower 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s to mid 70s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Point Reyes 53 73 50 70 / 0 0 0 0
$$
CAZ503-230100-
Sonoma Coastal Range-
301 AM PDT Wed Jun 22 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. West winds 5 to
10 mph...becoming southwest 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. West winds
5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds around
5 mph...becoming west in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. West winds
5 to 10 mph in the evening...becoming light.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid
50s. Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
CAZ502-230100-
Marin Coastal Range-
301 AM PDT Wed Jun 22 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Northeast winds
around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 70s to lower 80s. West winds
5 to 10 mph...becoming southwest 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s. Southwest
winds 5 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. West winds
10 to 20 mph...becoming 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
50s. Highs in the 70s.
$$
CAZ506-230100-
North Bay Interior Valleys-
301 AM PDT Wed Jun 22 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 70s.
Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s to mid 90s. Southwest
winds 10 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s to lower
60s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s to lower 90s. Southwest
winds 10 to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear except patchy fog after midnight.
Lows in the upper 40s to lower 60s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper
40s to lower 60s. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 90s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Santa Rosa 57 92 53 90 / 0 0 0 0
San Rafael 61 86 57 85 / 0 10 10 10
Napa 61 89 56 89 / 0 10 10 10
$$
CAZ504-230100-
North Bay Interior Mountains-
301 AM PDT Wed Jun 22 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 70s. North winds 5 to
15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s to mid 90s. Northwest
winds 5 to 15 mph...becoming southwest 10 to 20 mph in the
afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest
winds 5 to 15 mph...becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph after
midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s to lower 90s. Southwest
winds 5 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the 50s to mid 60s. West winds
5 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s to lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s to lower
60s. Highs in the upper 70s to lower 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s to
lower 60s. Highs in the upper 70s to lower 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 70s
to lower 90s. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 90s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Lake Berryessa 71 96 64 94 / 0 10 10 0
$$
CAZ006-230100-
San Francisco-
301 AM PDT Wed Jun 22 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s to lower 60s.
West winds 10 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs in the 60s to 70s. Southwest
winds 10 to 20 mph increasing to 20 to 30 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Breezy. Lows in the lower to mid 50s. Southwest
winds 20 to 30 mph decreasing to 10 to 20 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s to lower 70s. Southwest
winds 10 to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Southwest winds 10 to
20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. Highs
in the upper 50s to lower 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
Highs in the upper 50s to lower 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
mid 50s. Highs in the upper 50s to lower 70s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the upper 50s to lower 70s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
San Francisco 57 76 55 72 / 0 10 10 10
Ocean Beach 53 70 52 65 / 10 10 10 10
$$
CAZ509-230100-
San Francisco Peninsula Coast-
301 AM PDT Wed Jun 22 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. South winds
10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny in the morning then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Southwest winds 10 to
20 mph...becoming 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the mid 60s to lower 70s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the lower 50s.
West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. Highs
in the mid 60s to lower 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower
50s. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. Patchy fog. Lows in the lower 50s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s to lower 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Patchy fog. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s to
lower 70s. Lows in the lower 50s.
$$
CAZ508-230100-
San Francisco Bay Shoreline-
301 AM PDT Wed Jun 22 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower to mid 60s. West
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny in the morning then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the lower 80s to mid 90s. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows near 60. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 70s to upper 80s. Northwest winds
5 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
West winds 5 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 70s to mid 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the 70s to mid 80s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
SFO Airport 57 82 58 77 / 10 10 10 0
Oakland 60 82 58 78 / 10 10 10 0
Fremont 61 91 62 88 / 10 10 10 10
Redwood City 59 94 60 89 / 10 10 10 10
Mountain View 61 89 63 85 / 10 10 10 10
$$
CAZ510-230100-
East Bay Interior Valleys-
301 AM PDT Wed Jun 22 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds
around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny in the morning then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the upper 90s. West winds 5 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 60s. West winds 5 to
15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 90s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 60. Southwest winds 5 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the 80s to
upper 90s. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Clear. Lows near 60. Highs in the
upper 80s to mid 90s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Concord 63 96 61 94 / 10 10 10 0
Livermore 61 97 64 95 / 10 10 10 10
$$
CAZ513-230100-
Santa Clara Valley...including San Jose-
301 AM PDT Wed Jun 22 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast winds
around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny in the morning then becoming partly cloudy. A
slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s.
Southeast winds around 5 mph...becoming southwest 5 to 15 mph in
the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly clear. A slight chance of rain in the evening. Lows in the
lower 60s. West winds 5 to 15 mph...becoming south around 5 mph
after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 60. West winds 5 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
San Jose 61 94 63 92 / 10 20 20 10
Morgan Hill 61 94 63 95 / 10 20 20 10
$$
CAZ512-230100-
Santa Cruz Mountains-
301 AM PDT Wed Jun 22 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the 50s to mid 60s. Northeast
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny in the morning then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the lower to mid 80s. North winds 5 to 10 mph...becoming
south 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly clear. A slight chance of rain in the evening. Lows in the
upper 50s to mid 60s. Southeast winds up to 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 70s to upper 80s. South winds up
to 5 mph...becoming southwest in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s. West winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s to mid 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s.
Highs in the 70s to 80s.
$$
CAZ515-230100-
East Bay Hills-
301 AM PDT Wed Jun 22 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 70s. Northwest winds
around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny in the morning then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the lower 90s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph...becoming
south 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southwest winds 10 to
20 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southwest
winds 15 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs
in the upper 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
upper 50s. Highs in the upper 80s.
.MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Clear. Highs in the mid 80s. Lows in
the upper 50s.
$$
CAZ514-230100-
Eastern Santa Clara Hills-
301 AM PDT Wed Jun 22 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 60s to lower 70s. North
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny in the morning then becoming mostly cloudy.
Highs in the mid 80s. North winds 5 to 15 mph...becoming
southeast 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the evening. Lows in
the 60s to lower 70s. West winds 5 to 15 mph...becoming southeast
around 5 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph...becoming southwest 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 60s. West winds 10 to
20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s
to mid 60s. Highs in the mid 80s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
$$
CAZ529-230100-
Northern Monterey Bay-
301 AM PDT Wed Jun 22 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny in the morning then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs around 80. Southwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph
in the evening...becoming light.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Southwest winds around
5 mph in the evening...becoming light.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Patchy fog. Lows in the lower 50s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Patchy fog. Lows in the lower 50s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Highs near 80. Lows in
the lower 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Santa Cruz 54 81 55 82 / 10 10 10 10
$$
CAZ530-230100-
Southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur Coast-
301 AM PDT Wed Jun 22 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. East
winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s. East winds
around 5 mph increasing to southwest 10 to 20 mph in the
afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s to
lower 60s. Highs in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 70s.
Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Monterey 55 80 56 76 / 10 10 10 10
Big Sur 58 81 58 82 / 10 10 10 10
$$
CAZ528-230100-
Northern Salinas Valley...Hollister Valley...and Carmel Valley-
301 AM PDT Wed Jun 22 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s to lower
60s. West winds around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny in the morning then becoming partly cloudy. A
slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the 80s to lower
90s. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph decreasing to around 5 mph after
midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s to lower 90s. Northwest winds
5 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
West winds 5 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 70s to upper 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s.
Highs in the mid 70s to lower 90s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Salinas 54 80 56 80 / 10 20 20 10
Carmel Valley 61 91 62 90 / 10 10 10 10
Hollister 58 89 62 91 / 10 20 20 10
$$
CAZ516-230100-
Southern Salinas Valley...Arroyo Seco...and Lake San Antonio-
301 AM PDT Wed Jun 22 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. A slight chance of showers. Lows
in the mid 50s. Light winds.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning. Highs in the upper 90s. Light winds...becoming south
5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows around 60. Northwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph in the evening...
becoming light.
.THURSDAY...Sunny in the morning then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the upper 90s. Light winds...becoming west 5 to 10 mph
in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northwest
winds 10 to 20 mph decreasing to up to 5 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Clear. Highs in the upper 90s. Lows in
the upper 50s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
King City 57 96 60 95 / 20 20 20 10
$$
CAZ517-230100-
Santa Lucia Mountains and Los Padres National Forest-
301 AM PDT Wed Jun 22 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s to mid
60s. Northeast winds 10 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s to lower 90s.
East winds 10 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the 60s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s to lower 90s. East
winds 5 to 10 mph...becoming northwest 10 to 15 mph in the
afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s to lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s to lower 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s to mid 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s to mid 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s to lower 90s.
$$
CAZ518-230100-
Mountains of San Benito and Interior Monterey County including
Pinnacles National Park-
301 AM PDT Wed Jun 22 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. A slight chance of showers. Lows
in the upper 50s to mid 60s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs in the lower 80s to mid 90s. East winds 10 to 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest
winds 10 to 20 mph...becoming north 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny in the morning then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the 80s to 90s. East winds 5 to 10 mph...becoming west
10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower to mid 60s.
Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph...becoming 5 to 10 mph after
midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs mid 80s to 100.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s to
mid 60s. Highs in the mid 80s to upper 90s.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Pinnacles NP 61 98 63 99 / 10 20 20 10
$$
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LONDON (AP) — Former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone will be charged with fraud by false representation following a government investigation into his overseas assets, British prosecutors said Monday.
Chief Crown Prosecutor Andrew Penhale said after reviewing evidence from the tax office, authorities have authorized a charge against Ecclestone over his failure to declare overseas assets worth more than 400 million pounds ($477 million).
Simon York, of Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, said the announcement followed a “complex and worldwide” investigation into the 91-year-old businessman's finances.
“The criminal charge relates to projected tax liabilities arising from more than 400 million pounds of offshore assets which were concealed from Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs,” he said.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The chief executive CNN pushed out of a job on Wednesday faced mounting problems in his first year leading the struggling network: viewership and profits were declining, programming blunders were growing and the network’s journalists were losing confidence by the day.
Chris Licht’s very bad year culminated in a damning magazine profile last week, and just a few days later his tumultuous 13-month tenure was over.
Licht, 51, was informed of his ouster Wednesday morning, and it was announced to the staff at the daily editorial meeting — the same place where Licht had said two days earlier that he would “fight like hell” to earn the trust of those around him.
The executive who hired and fired Licht — David Zaslav, the CEO of CNN parent company Warner Bros. Discovery — accepted some of the blame for the network’s turmoil over the past year, and he appointed a four-person interim leadership team. Zaslav promised CNN staff a thorough search for Licht’s replacement.
“This really caps a tumultuous year for CNN that has seen shrinking profits, programming mistakes and really low employee morale,” CNN media reporter Oliver Darcy said on his own network Wednesday.
Licht had a mandate to focus on news and try to and make CNN more palatable to both sides of the country’s political divide; Republicans had become increasingly suspicious of the network following repeated attacks by former President Donald Trump.
But some at the network saw the way that change was communicated as a repudiation of their past work. A live town hall interview with Trump last month drew widespread criticism, with the former president overwhelming moderator Kaitlan Collins with several misstatements, as a pro-Trump live audience cheered him on.
Earlier in the year, Licht revamped the network’s morning show, but that proved unsuccessful and led to the firing of longtime personality Don Lemon. Efforts to build a new prime-time lineup moved slowly, with Collins only recently appointed to fill at 9 p.m. hour that had been without a permanent host since Chris Cuomo was fired in December 2021.
Licht oversaw layoffs last year following Zaslav’s decision to shutter the CNN+ streaming service only weeks after it had started. There were other cutbacks: shows hosted by Lisa Ling and Stanley Tucci were axed, along with the “Reliable Sources” media program and its host, Brian Stelter.
Licht, who had produced MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” CBS’ morning news show and Stephen Colbert’s late-night show, was appointed by Zaslav just over a year ago to replace an internally popular predecessor, Jeff Zucker. Zucker was fired for not revealing a consensual relationship with a fellow CNN executive.
Ultimately, the promotion from a show producer to leading an international news organization proved too steep a challenge.
Zaslav said in a memo to CNN staff members that the job “was never going to be easy, especially at a time of great disruption and transformation.
“Chris poured his heart and soul into it,” he said. “He has a deep love for journalism and this business and that has been evident throughout his tenure. Unfortunately, things did not work out the way we had hoped — and ultimately that’s on me.”
Licht did not immediately return a message seeking comment.
A lengthy profile of Licht in Atlantic magazine that came out on Friday, titled “Inside the Meltdown at CNN,” proved embarrassing and likely sealed his fate. Author Tim Alberta discussed how Licht’s effort to reach viewers turned off by CNN’s hostility to Trump had failed and damaged his standing with CNN journalists.
“Licht’s theory of CNN — what had gone wrong, how to fix it, and why doing so could lift the entire industry — made a lot of sense,” Alberta wrote. “The execution of that theory? Another story. Every move he made, big programming decisions and small tactical maneuvers alike, seemed to backfire.”
In the piece, Licht talked about how some of CNN’s COVID coverage had been high-strung and lost touch with the country, a criticism that angered many in the newsroom.
Ultimately, Alberta could not get Zaslav to agree to an on-the-record assessment of Licht’s tenure, an ominous sign.
Some of CNN’s chief anchors — Jake Tapper, Anderson Cooper and Erin Burnett — had privately expressed their reservations about Licht’s leadership, according to a Wall Street Journal article that was posted Tuesday evening.
Meanwhile, viewers were disappearing, a decline exacerbated by the quickening trend of consumers cutting the cord from traditional cable. CNN’s prime-time viewership of 494,000 in May was down 16% from April and was less than half of its closest news rival, MSNBC. It was down 25% from the average of 660,000 in May 2022.
CNN’s profits have also been sinking. The network generated $892 million in profit in 2022, down from $1.08 billion in 2020, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence.
Zaslav appointed four current CNN executives — Amy Entelis, Virginia Moseley, Eric Sherling and David Leavy — to run the network while a search for a replacement is conducted. Leavy, a top Zaslav aide from Warner Bros. Discovery, was appointed chief operating officer last week to help shore up CNN’s management.
“We are in good hands, allowing us to take the time we need to run a thoughtful and thorough search for a new leader,” Zaslav said in the memo.
CNN also let go of two public relations executives on Wednesday — Kris Coratti Kelly and Matt Dornic.
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This story has been updated to correct that CNN generated $892 million in profit in 2022, not $892,000. | https://www.qcnews.com/business/cnn-head-chris-licht-out-at-news-network-after-brief-tumultuous-tenure/ | 2023-06-08 10:22:03 | 1 | https://www.qcnews.com/business/cnn-head-chris-licht-out-at-news-network-after-brief-tumultuous-tenure/ |
The Emerging Cincinnati Company Builds its Portfolio with First Ecommerce Acquisition; Company Looks to Acquire Additional Brands in 2022
CINCINNATI, July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cincy Brands, a technology-driven consumer products company that acquires and accelerates better-for-you brands, today announced the acquisition of Vitabox, an online seller of over 70,000 everyday essential products. This is the first acquisition for the company since launching in February of this year and is a pivotal addition to its emerging portfolio. The world-class team, marketplace solutions, and fulfillment capabilities at Vitabox will enable Cincy Brands to rapidly scale the brands they acquire while bringing products from these brands to Vitabox customers wherever they shop.
Vitabox was founded in 2019 to make shopping for everyday essentials, including vitamins, personal care products and pet supplies, more convenient and rewarding. Vitabox sources thousands of the highest quality products from top brands, leverages technology to sell at the lowest possible price, and offers customers a loyalty-based rewards program. Vitabox has recently been featured as a key strategic partner in Wish.com's earnings report, with BigCommerce as they launched Walmart.com capabilities, and as one of the first third-party sellers to launch on Kroger.com. The company ships over one million orders annually through the Vitabox.com, Amazon, Walmart, Wish, eBay, and Kroger marketplaces with a 99% customer satisfaction rating.
"Cincy Brands and Vitabox share the same mission: to serve consumers by providing high quality, sustainable products and the best possible purchasing experience. Vitabox has had tremendous growth over the last several years as a result of their value proposition, world-class operations, direct to consumer expertise and fulfillment capabilities. We are excited to continue investing in Vitabox while leveraging their technology and operational capabilities to accelerate the growth of our new brands," said Andy Cipra, CEO of Cincy Brands.
The innovative technology and fulfillment infrastructure of Vitabox will be a catalyst for the scaled operations platform Cincy Brands is building to accelerate brand growth. In addition to the operational capabilities provided, Cincy Brands will provide domain expertise, advisory, and capital to rapidly scale the Vitabox business to serve more consumers with unbeatable prices on everyday items.
"Founders who start ecommerce brands don't typically do so because they want to get into the technology, warehousing, operations, and distribution business. That's why order fulfillment, marketplace management, and direct-to-consumer operations often become a top pain point for founders as they build their brands and the capabilities of Vitabox solve those problems," added Sean Lee, President of Cincy Brands.
Cincy Brands is currently searching for additional ecommerce and consumer goods brands to acquire and accelerate within its portfolio. They are offering brand owners flexible terms and a seamless closing process. More information is available at www.cincybrands.com.
Cincy Brands is an innovative, agile, and modern-day consumer products company of better-for-you brands. We find, acquire, and grow better-for-you brands to get them in the hands of more consumers, so they can live healthier, happier lives. Founded by ex-Procter & Gamble and agency leaders, we are a digital-first company rooted in data, automation, and technology to provide amazing brands to consumers. Our scaled platform allows us to accelerate brand growth through technology, performance marketing, omnichannel distribution, product development, and supply chain expertise. We offer sellers a seamless acquisition process rooted in integrity that is flexible to their needs.
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NEW DELHI — Bangladesh’s prime minister was welcomed to India with a ceremony in the capital, New Delhi, on Tuesday during a four-day visit aimed at boosting bilateral ties.
Hasina said the two countries enjoy a friendly relationship focused on alleviating poverty and economic advancement. “We can work together so that people not only (in) India, Bangladesh, and also the South Asian people, they can get better life. That is our main focus,” she said.
In Bangladesh, her visit is seen as politically significant as it comes ahead of general elections next year. Hasina, who has maintained a warm relationship with India since becoming prime minister in 2009, will push to bolster investment and trade as well as make progress on long-standing issues such as water-sharing of common rivers, observers say.
Over the weekend, Bangladesh’s foreign minister told reporters that the two countries are likely to ink seven agreements covering science and technology, water management, and information and broadcasting.
“We hope the visit will be very successful. It will help achieve our goals,” Dr AK Abdul Momen was quoted as saying by The Daily Star newspaper.
The relationship between the neighbors is crucial, with India being Bangladesh’s largest trading partner in South Asia. While China is involved in almost all major infrastructure development schemes in Bangladesh, India is also more eager to take up joint projects.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh runs a significant trade imbalance with India, an issue that may be discussed during Hasina’s visit. In the fiscal year 2021-22, Bangladesh imported goods worth around $14 billion from India while exports to its neighboring country ran lower at $1.8 billion, according to official figures. Authorities and trade bodies often blame tariff and non-tariff barriers as well as anti-dumping obstacles imposed by India for the low exports.
Another priority for Hasina may be to make progress on agreements for water sharing of the Teesta River, a major transboundary river that begins in India’s Sikkim state and runs through the north of West Bengal state before flowing into Bangladesh.
For decades, there was no movement on this issue until 2011 when India agreed to share waters during the lean season, between December and March — but the deal never went through due to strong opposition from the West Bengal state’s chief minister, Mamata Banerjee.
When Modi visited Bangladesh last year, he reiterated India’s commitment to conclude this agreement but the impasse has dragged on.
Hasina last visited India in 2019, when she and Modi agreed on the need to boost efforts to facilitate the safe return of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees who fled violence in Myanmar and have since taken refuge in Bangladesh.
On Monday, the Bangladeshi prime minister met with Indian industrialist Gautam Adani, who recently became the world’s third-richest person, according to Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index. She also spoke with India’s foreign minister and will call on the vice president and president while in New Delhi before leaving for the Indian city of Jaipur on Thursday.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: , N.Y., August 15, 2022. Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of Terra Tokens, including UST, LUNA, KRT, ANC, WHALE, ASTRO, APOLLO, XDEFI, MINE, aUST, vUST, MIR, Mirrored Assets (e.g. mBTC, mETH, mVIXY, mTSLA, etc.), Liquidity Pool tokens (e.g. UST-mVIXY-LP, bLUNA-LUNA-LP, XDEFI-UST-LP, etc.) and/or Bonded Assets (e.g. bLUNA and bETH) (together "Terra Tokens"), between May 20, 2021 and May 25, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important August 19, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline in the securities class action lawsuit against Defendants TerraForm Labs Pte. Ltd ("TFL"), Jump Crypto, Jump Trading LLC, Republic Capital, Republic Maximal LLC, Tribe Capital, DeFinance Capital, DeFinance Technologies, GSR/GSR Market Limited, Three Arrows Capital Pte. Ltd, TFL's co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Do Kwon, and TFL's Head of Research, Nicholas Platias (Kwon and Platias together, "Individual Defendants").
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WHO: Monkeypox won’t turn into pandemic, but many unknowns
LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization’s top monkeypox expert said she doesn’t expect the hundreds of cases reported to date to turn into another pandemic, but acknowledged there are still many unknowns about the disease, including how exactly it’s spreading and whether the suspension of mass smallpox immunization decades ago may somehow be speeding its transmission.
In a public session on Monday, WHO’s Dr. Rosamund Lewis said it was critical to emphasize that the vast majority of cases being seen in dozens of countries globally are in gay, bisexual or men who have sex with men, so that scientists can further study the issue and for populations at risk to take precautions.
“It’s very important to describe this because it appears to be an increase in a mode of transmission that may have been under-recognized in the past,” said Lewis, WHO’s technical lead on monkeypox.
Still, she warned that anyone is at potential risk of the disease, regardless of their sexual orientation. Other experts have pointed out that it may be accidental that the disease was first picked up in gay and bisexual men, saying it could quickly spill over into other groups if it is not curbed. To date, WHO said 23 countries that haven’t previously had monkeypox have reported more than 250 cases.
Lewis said it’s unknown whether monkeypox is being transmitted by sex or just the close contact between people engaging in sexual activity and described the threat to the general population as “low.”
“It is not yet known whether this virus is exploiting a new mode of transmission, but what is clear is that it continues to exploit its well-known mode of transmission, which is close, physical contact,” Lewis said. Monkeypox is known to spread when there is close physical contact with an infected person or their clothing or bedsheets.
She also warned that among the current cases, there is a higher proportion of people with fewer lesions that are more concentrated in the genital region and sometimes nearly impossible to see.
“You may have these lesions for two to four weeks (and) they may not be visible to others, but you may still be infectious,” she said.
Last week, a top adviser to WHO said the outbreak in Europe, U.S., Israel, Australia and beyond was likely linked to sex at two recent raves in Spain and Belgium. That marks a significant departure from the disease’s typical pattern of spread in central and western Africa, where people are mainly infected by animals like wild rodents and primates, and epidemics haven’t spilled across borders.
Most monkeypox patients experience only fever, body aches, chills and fatigue. People with more serious illness may develop a rash and lesions on the face and hands that can spread to other parts of the body. No deaths have been reported in the current outbreak.
WHO’s Lewis also said that while previous cases of monkeypox in central and western Africa have been relatively contained, it was not clear if people could spread monkeypox without symptoms or if the disease might be airborne, like measles or COVID-19.
Monkeypox is related to smallpox, but has milder symptoms. After smallpox was declared eradicated in 1980, countries suspended their mass immunization programs, a move that some experts believe may be helping monkeypox spread, since there is now little widespread immunity to related diseases; smallpox vaccines are also protective against monkeypox.
Lewis said it would be “unfortunate” if monkeypox were able to “exploit the immunity gap” left by smallpox 40 years ago, saying that there was still a window of opportunity to close down the outbreak so that monkeypox would not become entrenched in new regions.
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Zach Anderson’s 18 points helped FGCU defeat Jacksonville 72-65 on Saturday in an Atlantic Sun Conference opener for both teams.
Anderson had 14 rebounds and three blocks for the Eagles (11-3). Isaiah Thompson scored 14 points, going 4 of 10 (4 for 8 from distance). Dakota Rivers was 4 of 8 shooting (1 for 3 from distance) to finish with 10 points.
The Dolphins (7-5) were led in scoring by Gyasi Powell, who finished with 16 points, six rebounds and two steals. Jordan Davis added 16 points for Jacksonville. In addition, Kevion Nolan had 12 points and six assists.
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Both teams next play Monday. FGCU visits Central Arkansas while Jacksonville hosts Jacksonville State.
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RENO, Nev., Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - i-80 GOLD CORP. (TSX: IAU) (NYSE: IAUX) ("i-80", or the "Company") is honored to announce that the Company is the recipient of two Mine Operator Safety Awards by the Nevada Mining Association ("NVMA") as well as two Individual Awards.
Awards are given to the top mines in designated categories based on their safety rate, which is calculated through a formula that factors the number of employees on site, number of hours worked, penalties for lost‑time accidents, number of reportable incidents, and lost-time days.
Lone Tree and Ruby Hill both received the Small Surface Operator Safety Award. Each mine site hosted a celebratory lunch to thank our employees for their ongoing dedication to safety.
The Nevada Mining Association also recognizes individuals and mine operators that exemplify the industry's dedication to workplace safety as a part of its annual Safety Awards.
Cammie Holland, Lone Tree Lab Superintendent, received the Supervisor Safety Award and Dillion Pollock, Ruby Hill Electrician, received the Safety Champion Award. 37 individuals were recognized at an awards luncheon on September 10, 2022, at the NVMA Convention in Lake Tahoe.
"In creation of i-80 Gold we brought together a collection of high-quality assets, and these assets have come with an exceptional team of dedicated professionals. This is evident with the Nevada Mining Association's recognition of two properties and two individuals as 2022 Safety Award recipients. Thank you to everyone at i-80 Gold for your exceptional performance in Health and Safety leadership." Stated Matthew Gili, President & COO of i-80 Gold Corp.
i-80 Gold Corp. is a well-financed, Nevada-focused, mining company with a goal of achieving mid-tier gold producer status through the development of multiple deposits within the Company's advanced-stage property portfolio with processing at i-80's centralized milling facility that includes an autoclave.
Certain statements in this release constitute "forward-looking statements" or "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Such statements and information involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the company, its projects, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements or information. Such statements can be identified by the use of words such as "may", "would", "could", "will", "intend", "expect", "believe", "plan", "anticipate", "estimate", "scheduled", "forecast", "predict" and other similar terminology, or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved. These statements reflect the Company's current expectations regarding future events, performance and results and speak only as of the date of this release.
Forward-looking statements and information involve significant risks and uncertainties, should not be read as guarantees of future performance or results and will not necessarily be accurate indicators of whether or not such results will be achieved. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements or information, including, but not limited to, the factors discussed below and elsewhere in this release, as well as unexpected changes in laws, rules or regulations, or their enforcement by applicable authorities; the failure of parties to contracts with the company to perform as agreed; social or labour unrest; changes in commodity prices; and the failure of exploration programs or studies to deliver anticipated results or results that would justify and support continued exploration, studies, development or operations.
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VANCOUVER, BC, Oct. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Sparx Technology Inc. (TSXV: SPRX) (OTCQB:STCXF) ("Sparx" or the "Company") is pleased to announce its results for the year ended June 30, 2022. All amounts are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise indicated.
"The growth achieved in revenues from the previous year was the result of the innovation from our product and sales teams. Achieving these results while only having access to the capital we raised for just over three months of our fiscal year shows the strong potential of the Sparx platform." said President and CEO, Al Thorgeirson.
OPERATING RESULTS
2022 ANNUAL RESULTS
Sparx recognized revenues of $930,777 and $698,188 for the same period in 2021. The increase in revenue in 2022, is primarily attributable to the addition of a Canadian Chartered Bank customer who utilized the Company's Sparx Studio platform during the second quarter of the 2022 fiscal year. In total, the Company added six new enterprise customers to their portfolio during the 2022 fiscal year. The remaining increase in revenues are predominantly related to increased scope of work provided for recurring customers.
Operating expenses saw an increase due to professional and consulting fees relating to the reverse takeover in Q3 of 2022. Further increases in the fiscal year 2022 are a result of the non-cash listing fee expense and stock-based compensation awarded to Sparx employees, consultants and directors, as part of the reverse takeover, which occurred between March 23, 2022 to June 30, 2022.
The Company recognized $63,291 relating to recovery on a payable as a part of the IRS penalty relief program during the 2022 fiscal year. In the previous year, the Company recognized $132,969 in other income through government grant income in relation to the Canada Emergency Business Account program. In addition, during the fiscal 2022 year $119,456 was recognized as government grant income as the US government forgave a material portion of the Company's Paycheck Protection Program loan.
Q4 – 2022
Revenues increased to $232,498 for the 3 months ended June 30, 2022, from $196,788 for the same period in 2021 as a result of additional contracts won by Sparx in the sports and media and entertainment space and recognized during the 2022 quarter.
Operating expenses decreased to $873,955 in Q4 of 2022 from $1,325,981 for the same period in 2021. The largest contributor to the decrease in operating expenses was the significant decrease in interest expense incurred, as the Company converted a significant portion of the Company's interest incurring debt on June 30, 2021, into common shares of the Company. Consulting fees saw an increase in Q4 2022 compared to the same period in 2021, as the Company increased the scope of services provided by their external IT consulting group to create a software as a service (SaaS) solution for the Sparx Studio product that the Company will bring to the public market in the 2023 fiscal year
Lastly, salaries and wages and stock-based compensation saw an increase in the fourth quarter of 2022 compared to the same period in the prior year as the Company added new employees while also providing some employees and directors with stock options in the Company.
On behalf of the Board
Al Thorgeirson
CEO and President
ABOUT SPARX:
Sparx is an interactive media technology company whose principal activities are providing media companies and sports teams with technologies to engage audiences. The patented Sparx platform enables broadcasters, streamers, and video producers to engage viewers for longer, generate new revenue opportunities, and create lean-forward experiences for audiences eager to join the action. Millions of users can connect to the Sparx platform and interact simultaneously on their mobile phone, tablet, or computer anywhere in the world, in real time.
For more information about Sparx, visit the Company's website at www.sparxtechnology.com
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Statements included in this news release, including statements concerning the Company's plans, intentions, and expectations, which are not historical in nature, are intended to be, and are hereby identified as, "forward‐looking statements". Forward-looking statements include, among other matters, the anticipated use of proceeds from the Financing. Forward‐looking statements may be, but are not always, identified by words including "anticipates", "believes", "intends", "estimates", "expects" and similar expressions. The Company cautions readers that forward‐looking statements, including without limitation those relating to the Company's future operations and business prospects, are subject to certain risks and uncertainties (including risks that the Transaction does not proceed, or proceed on the expected terms, geopolitical risk, regulatory, Covid-19 and exchange rate risk) that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward‐looking statements. There can be no assurance that any forward-looking statement will prove to be accurate or that management's assumptions underlying such statements, including assumptions concerning the Company or future developments, circumstances or results will materialize. The forward-looking statements included in this news release are made as of the date of this news release and the Company does not undertake to update or revise any forward-looking information included herein, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.
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Texas argues Biden immigration policy is illegal in U.S. Supreme Court
The Dept. of Homeland Security says they’re doing the best they can
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Texas argued in the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday, a 2021 Biden administration policy to focus national resources on the most dangerous immigrants is illegal.
The Immigration Reform Law Institute, which filed an amicus brief in support of the lawsuit, said choosing not to deport some immigrants is inconsistent with the laws Congress has passed.
“The law says, that’s sort of how we have the border,” Immigration Reform Law Institute Director of Litigation Chris Hajec said. “If you cross the border without permission, then you are subject to being removed at any time.”
The Department of Homeland Security argued in court Congress has not given the agency enough money to enforce the law and deport more than 11 million undocumented immigrants. The National Immigration Law Center filed an amicus brief opposing the lawsuit. The group said deciding where to selectively enforce laws is something every police department does across the country.
“Being able to choose to focus on alleged murders, alleged kidnappings, alleged rapes, as opposed to stopping every single person on the street for every single traffic citation,” National Immigration Law Center Vice President of Law and Policy Lisa Grabill said.
Also at issue is when a state can challenge the federal government on immigration. Texas argues they have standing because the policy costs them money.
“Their counties are being flooded with illegal aliens, and they have to deal with all the crime that results,” Hajec said.
The policy has been temporarily blocked by a Texas federal judge. The NILC said this lawsuit continues a troubling trend of Texas trying to dismantle federal policy by going to conservative judges.
“They filed this case in Victoria, Texas, which is over 200 miles from the nearest border, it’s not the state Capitol, and it doesn’t have a significant population of undocumented immigrants,” Graybill said.
DHS has asked the Supreme Court to address a district judges’ ability to block certain federal policy. A decision in this case could take months, with the Supreme Court usually finishing issuing rulings in June.
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AU in der HALLERTAU, Germany (AP) — Bright green vines snake upwards 20 feet (six meters) toward an umbrella of solar panels at Josef Wimmer’s farm in Bavaria.
He grows hops, used to make beer, and in recent years has also been generating electricity, with solar panels sprawled across 1.3 hectares (32 acres) of his land in the small hop-making town of Au in der Hallertau, an hour north of Munich in southern Germany.
The pilot project — a collaboration between Wimmer and local solar technology company Hallertauer Handelshaus — was set up in the fall of last year. The electricity made at this farm can power around 250 households, and the hops get shade they’ll need more often as climate change turbocharges summer heat.
Solar panels atop crops has been gaining traction in recent years as incentives and demand for clean energy skyrocket. Researchers look into making the best use of agricultural land, and farmers seek ways to shield their crops from blistering heat, keep in moisture and potentially increase yields. The team in Germany says its effort is the first agrivoltaic project that’s solely focused on hops, but projects have sprouted around the world in several countries for a variety of grains, fruits and vegetables.
Beer-making hops can suffer if exposed to too much sun, said Bernhard Gruber, who’s managing the project’s solar component — and since there were already solar installations on the farm, it made sense to give them a second purpose by mounting them on poles above the crops.
In addition to shielding plants from solar stress, the shade could mean “water from precipitation lasts longer, leaving more in the soil” and that “the hops stay healthier and are less susceptible to diseases,” Gruber said. A scientific analysis of the benefits for the plants will be concluded in October.
The farm is working with researchers to understand how to get the balance right, so the hops get enough shade and sunlight for the best harvests each year.
In the U.K., where weather is also getting hotter and more variable, a team of researchers is looking at how to retrofit solar panels onto greenhouses or polytunnels — frames covered in plastic where crops grow underneath — with semi-transparent or transparent installations.
“You can get your renewables from the land that you do have covered and you don’t need to do these massive solar arrays on good agricultural land, which is what you’ve tended to see around to date,” said Elinor Thompson, a reader at Greenwich University who’s leading the research.
Thompson, a plant biologist, and her team are working with a fruit farm in Kent in southern England to make sure the plants also get the best out of solar structures.
“Nobody can afford to lose crop, especially in current conditions,” she said. “We are assuming that British summers are going to get hotter, we have a problem with water shortages, we need to be efficient in all parts of agriculture.”
Having shade where it’s useful and monitoring the effects of different arrangements of solar panels on a variety of crops will help the world prepare for a more climate-variable future, Thompson said.
In East Africa, which has suffered from a long and punishing drought that scientists said was worsened by human-caused climate change, solar panels can also help keep moisture in plants and soil and reduce the amount of water needed, said Richard Randle-Boggis, a research associate at the University of Sheffield who’s developing two agrivoltaic systems in Kenya and Tanzania.
Randle-Boggis said the systems can be used for “climate change resilience and a way of improving the growing environment for crops, while also providing low carbon electricity.” He said that some of the crops under the partial shade of solar panels are using around 16% less irrigation.
The solar-covered farms saw increased yields for maize, Swiss chard and beans, and while growers experienced lower yields for onions and sweet peppers, they still had the added benefit of clean electricity generation.
But crop yields can also “vary depending on the weather conditions because we’re seeing the climate changing,” said Randle-Boggis, although he added he was “really surprised and impressed with some of the results that we’re seeing” for solar-covered crops.
“Maize is grown by about 50% of farmers in Tanzania. Maize is also a sun loving plant. So the fact that we had an 11% yield increase in maize … is a phenomenal result,” he said.
And Randle-Boggis said these projects can continue to be replicated around the world for many different crops, as long as systems are “designed with the local context in mind.”
A future with more crops under solar is Gruber’s hope for beer-making hops, too.
“At the end of the year we will set up another solar park over hops,” which will have about 10 times the electricity-generating potential as the current project, Gruber said.
But that’s still just the beginning.
“We’re getting lots of inquires from hop farmers,” he said, “even from abroad.”
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Beltaji reported from London.
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- Q1 2022 revenues were down year-over-year but comparable quarter-over-quarter, consistent with expectations set at the Company's full year 2021 conference call on April 4, 2022
- Q1 2022 AssetCare™ Over Time revenues were down 38% at C$4.0 million for the quarter compared to C$6.4 million in Q1 2021, comparable to the C$3.9 million seen in Q4 2021
- Q1 2022 total revenues were down 40% at C$4.4 million for the quarter compared to C$7.4 million in Q1 2021, modestly higher than the C$4.2 million seen in Q4 2021
- Added 774 new connected assets in the quarter including assets from large implementation of the Company's AssetCare indoor air quality solution at Slate Life Plaza building in Calgary
- As announced on May 5, 2022, Company closed first US$15 million in funding from partnership with Carbon Royalty Corp as demand for Company's EV charging optimization solution at auto dealerships off to a strong start in 2022
- Growth activities in the Middle East, Canada, and Europe expected to see significant ramp going forward into 2023
- Structure defined for retirement of the Company's 2019 convertible debenture by June 30, 2022
VANCOUVER, BC, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - mCloud Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ: MCLD) (TSXV: MCLD), ("mCloud" or the "Company") a leading provider of AI-powered asset management and Environmental, Social, and Governance ("ESG") solutions today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022 ("Q1 2022").
mCloud President and CEO Russ McMeekin commented on the results:
"mCloud's results in the first quarter of 2022 were in line with what was discussed at our last conference call for the fourth quarter and full year 2021 on April 4, 2022, reflecting the impact of impeded use of mCloud solutions up to the end of March."
"We saw a modest uptick in the addition of new connected assets this past quarter. Among the new assets we added in Q1 2022 was the installation of AssetCare at the Slate Life Plaza building in Calgary, which we originally announced in November 2021. This is mCloud's first major high-rise commercial building using our indoor air quality solution. The before-and-after results of buildings with our solution continue to showcase the measurable impact and positive benefits we have on buildings seeking the safe return of occupants to the workplace."
"In addition to the ongoing success we are seeing in our buildings business, we are well-positioned for growth across all segments. In June, we plan to begin scaling our business in Saudi Arabia. As evidenced by our recent press announcement in early May, our wind customers in Europe are returning to work. We believe our business in Europe will continue to grow throughout the year and beyond heading into 2023."
"Numerous customer sites tied to our upstream digital oilfield initiatives based out of our ESG-Digital Hub in Houston are now entering contracting. Recent moves in the United States to implement new stringent policies and reduce methane emissions coupled with high oil prices have made our AssetCare solutions at the wellsite especially relevant. As discussed at our last conference call, we are in a position to see strong growth in this segment."
"In the past quarter, Alberta and the rest of Canada began returning to work. We look forward to this return, bringing with it the opportunity for us to take our full portfolio of AssetCare solutions to new and existing customers across the country."
The Company noted today it had filed a registration statement on Form F-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on May 11, 2022. The Form F-1 outlines a proposed offering for sale of 9.0% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Shares, no par value, with a US$25.00 liquidation preference per share (the "Series A Preferred Shares").
Each Series A Preferred Share is proposed to be sold with one-half of one warrant (each, a "Warrant", and together, the "Warrants") to purchase one common share. The Warrants would be exercisable on the date of issuance and expire on November 29, 2026, at an exercise price per common share equal to $4.75. The Company currently intends to use the net proceeds of the offering for the retirement of the company's Convertible Debentures due on June 30, 2022.
The offering is subject to market conditions and the receipt of all required regulatory and stock exchange approvals, including the effectiveness of the registration statement on Form F-1, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the offering may be completed, or as to the actual size or terms of the offering.
Additional details are available in the Form F-1 available under mCloud's profile on EDGAR at www.sec.gov. This press release is being made pursuant to, and in accordance with, Rule 134 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and shall not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities. Any offers, solicitations or offers to buy, or any sales of securities will be made in accordance with the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
As announced on May 5, 2022, mCloud closed US$15 million in funds from its partnership with Carbon Royalty Corp in support of the Company's implementation of AssetCare EV charging optimization solutions at auto dealerships.
The Company reiterated its expectations for 2022 remain consistent with what was discussed at mCloud's last earnings conference call on April 4, 2022.
Q1 2022 Revenue Highlights
All figures in millions of Canadian dollars
In the table above, the Company has provided a summary of quarterly revenues compared year-over-year to the first quarter ended March 31, 2021 ("Q1 2021"), and quarter-over-quarter to the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2021 ("Q4 2021"). The Company believes the quarter-over-quarter comparison provides useful and relevant context to compare current quarter performance as it relates to current operating conditions.
Consistent with the discussion at mCloud's last earnings conference call on April 4, 2022, Q1 2022 revenues were down year-over-year. Q1 2022 AssetCare Over Time revenues were C$4.0 million for the quarter compared to C$6.4 million in Q1 2021, but consistent with the C$3.9 million seen in Q4 2021.
Q1 2022 total revenues were C$4.4 million for the quarter compared to C$7.4 million in Q1 2021, but higher compared to C$4.2 million in Q4 2021.
The Company added 774 new connected assets in the quarter reaching a cumulative total of 64,550 connected assets.
Operating EBITDA, defined as gross profit less all direct expenses, saw a loss of C$6.7 million in Q1 2022. As AssetCare revenues return to pre-pandemic levels, the Company expects gross profit contributions to exceed the costs incurred from direct expenses, which will drive a positive Operating EBITDA in late 2022.
Q1 2021 Conference Call
The Company will host a conference call at 10:00 am EDT on May 17, 2022 to discuss the financial results. The conference call will include prepared remarks from Russ McMeekin, Chief Executive Officer, and Chantal Schutz, Chief Financial Officer. After the prepared remarks, the Company will accept questions.
To access the conference call by telephone, dial 416-764-8659 or 1-888-664-6392 with the confirmation number 41593877. Please connect approximately 10 minutes prior to the beginning of the call to ensure participation. The conference call will be archived for replay by telephone until May 24, 2022 at midnight (ET). To access the archived conference call, dial 1-888-390-0541 and enter the reservation number 593877.
A live audio webcast of the conference call along with slides will be available at https://bit.ly/3wdaXTR. Please connect at least 15 minutes prior to the conference call to ensure adequate time for any software download that may be required to join the webcast. The webcast will be archived at the above website for one year.
About mCloud Technologies Corp.
mCloud is unlocking the untapped potential of energy intensive assets with AI and analytics, curbing energy waste, maximizing energy production, and getting the most out of critical energy infrastructure. Through mCloud's AI-powered AssetCare™ platform, mCloud offers complete asset management solutions for commercial buildings, renewable energy, healthcare, heavy industry, and connected workers. IoT sensors bring data from connected assets into the cloud, where AI and analytics are applied to maximize their performance.
With a worldwide presence and offices in San Francisco, Vancouver, Calgary, London, Perth, Singapore, and Beijing, the mCloud family includes an ecosystem of operating subsidiaries that deliver high-performance IoT, AI, 3D, and mobile capabilities to customers, all integrated into AssetCare. With over 100 blue-chip customers and more than 64,000 assets connected in thousands of locations worldwide, mCloud is changing the way energy assets are managed.
mCloud's common shares trade in the United States on the Nasdaq and in Canada on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol MCLD. mCloud's convertible debentures trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol MCLD.DB. For more information, visit www.mcloudcorp.com.
Non-GAAP Measure
Selected financial information for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2022, December 31, 2021, and March 31, 2021 set out above include reference to "Operating EBITDA," which is not recognized under International Financial Reporting Standards and is a non-generally accepted accounting principle ("Non-GAAP") measure.
The Company defines Operating EBITDA attributed to shareholders as gross profit less all expenses related to sales and marketing, wages, salaries, and benefits, research and development, and general and administrative activities.
The Company believes Operating EBITDA is a useful measure as it provides important and relevant information to management about the operating and financial performance of the Company. Operating EBITDA enables management to assess its ability to generate operating cash flow to fund future working capital needs, and to support future growth.
This information should be read in conjunction with the unaudited consolidated financial statements for the quarter ended March 31, 2022 and the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021 along with mCloud's MD&As for the corresponding periods, which are available under mCloud's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and EDGAR at www.sec.gov.
Forward-Looking Information and Statements
This press release contains certain "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation and may also contain statements that may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking information and forward-looking statements are not representative of historical facts or information or current condition, but instead represent only the Company's beliefs regarding future events, plans or objectives, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and outside of the Company's control. Generally, such forward-looking information or forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or may contain statements that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will be taken", "will continue", "will occur" or "will be achieved". The forward-looking information contained herein may include information related to the Company's plans to begin scaling its business in Saudi Arabia, plans to bring AssetCare solutions to new and existing customers in Canada, and the Company's expected growth in Europe and its wind business.
By identifying such information and statements in this manner, the Company is alerting the reader that such information and statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such information and statements.
A more complete discussion of the risks and uncertainties facing the Company appears in the prospectus supplement, the base shelf prospectus and the registration statement and in the Company's Annual Information Form and other continuous disclosure filings, which are available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and EDGAR at www.sec.gov. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking information and forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended.
In connection with the forward-looking information and forward-looking statements contained in this press release, the Company has made certain assumptions. Although the Company believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing, and the expectations contained in, the forward-looking information and statements are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on such information and statements, and no assurance or guarantee can be given that such forward-looking information and statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information and statements. The forward-looking information and forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of the date of this press release, and the Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking information and/or forward-looking statements that are contained or referenced herein, except in accordance with applicable securities laws. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking information and statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf is expressly qualified in its entirety by this notice.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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SEOUL/WASHINGTON — An American soldier facing disciplinary action fled across the inter-Korean border into North Korea on Tuesday and was believed to be in North Korean custody, U.S. officials said, creating a fresh crisis for Washington in its dealings with the nuclear-armed state.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin expressed concern for the soldier, who the U.S. military in Korea said joined an orientation tour of Joint Security Area between the Koreas and “wilfully and without authorization crossed the Military Demarcation Line into the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).”
The U.S. Army identified the soldier as Private Travis T. King, who joined in 2021.
“There’s a lot that we’re still trying to learn,” Austin told a news briefing. “We believe that he is in (North Korean)custody and so we’re closely monitoring and investigating the situation and working to notify the soldier’s next of kin.”
The crossing comes at a time of high tensions on the Korean peninsula, with the arrival of a U.S. nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine in South Korea for a rare visit in a warning to North Korea over its own military activities. North Korea has been testing increasingly powerful missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
determining the well-being of the soldier.
North Korea’s mission to the United Nations in New York did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
A dash across the border
The soldier was on a civilian tour with a group of visitors to the Panmunjom truce village when he crossed over the line marking the border, U.S. official say. The Joint Security Area in the demilitarized zone has separated the Koreas since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War.
But U.S. officials were stumped about why the soldier fled to North Korea and outlined a puzzling series of events on Tuesday.
King had finished serving time in detention in South Korea for an unspecified infraction and was transported by the U.S. military to the airport to return to his home unit in the United States, two officials said.
He had already passed alone through security to his gate and then, for whatever reason, decided to flee, one official said. Civilian tours of the demilitarized zone are advertised at the airport and King appeared to have decided to join one, the official added.
Two U.S. officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the soldier had been due to face disciplinary action by the U.S. military. But he was not in custody at the time he decided to flee, one of them said.
A person who said they were part of the same tour group was quoted by CBS News saying they had just visited one of the buildings at the site when “this man gives out a loud ‘ha ha ha,’ and just runs in between some buildings.”
Possible defection attempt
It was unclear how long North Korean authorities would hold the soldier but analysts said the incident could be valuable propaganda for the isolated country.
“Historically, the North holds these folks for weeks, if not months, for propaganda purposes (especially if this is a U.S. soldier) before a coerced confession and apology,” said Victor Cha, a former U.S. official and Korea expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
“It also sometimes requires an American official or ex-official to travel there to obtain the release,” he added. “Having high-level White House officials on the ground in Seoul …. might expedite this, if the North is willing to talk to them.”
The detention came as a high-level U.S. delegation led by White House Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell was in Seoul for meetings with South Korean officials on North Korea’s nuclear program.
Jenny Town, director of 38 North, a Washington-based North Korea monitoring project, said it was important that the soldier seemingly went to North Korea voluntarily.
“This isn’t a case of arrest, but whether North Korea will accept him as a defector. The last American who tried to defect to North Korea was denied and returned,” referring to Arturo Pierre Martinez, from El Paso, Texas, who entered North Korea in 2014 and gave a news conference there denouncing U.S. policy.
Defection attempts to isolated, authoritarian North Korea are extremely rare, although Americans have been detained there in the past.
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WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of LifeStance Health Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: LFST) pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and related prospectus (collectively, the "Registration Statement") issued in connection with LifeStance Health's June 2021 initial public offering (the "IPO"), of the important October 11, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Jalen Brunson had 38 points, nine rebounds and seven assists while playing all 48 minutes in a season-extending performance, and the New York Knicks beat the Miami Heat 112-103 on Wednesday night in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.
The Knicks denied the Heat’s first attempt to become just the second No. 8 seed to reach the conference finals and sent the series back to Miami for Game 6 on Friday night.
RJ Barrett added 26 points and Julius Randle had 24 for the fifth-seeded Knicks, who stayed alive in hopes of reaching the conference finals for the first time since 2000. They did that by getting by the Heat in seven games in the second round, a possibility that still exists.
The Knicks built a 19-point lead in the third quarter, then hung on when the Heat finally got their 3-pointers to start falling and cut it to two with 2 1/2 minutes remaining.
Jimmy Butler had 19 points, nine assists and seven rebounds for the Heat, getting held below 25 points for the first time in this postseason. Bam Adebayo added 18 points and Duncan Robinson had 17.
The 1999 Knicks, for now, remain the only No. 8 to get to a conference finals in the current playoff format that began in 1984. They got all the way to the NBA Finals after upsetting the top-seeded Heat in the first round.
The Heat used a pair of huge quarter-opening runs — 18-2 to begin the second and 23-7 in the third — to build a 73-54 lead midway through the third quarter. The Heat got it all the way down to 103-101 before Isaiah Hartenstein — in the game because the Heat were intentionally fouling starting center Mitchell Robinson — slammed home a follow dunk to start New York’s finishing kick.
Quentin Grimes also went all 48 minutes for the Knicks, finishing with eight points.
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Striking actors to start picketing with writers in fight over the future of Hollywood
LOS ANGELES - Striking screen actors will begin picketing alongside writers in New York and Los Angeles on Friday in what has become the biggest Hollywood labor fight in decades.
The double-barreled strike will shut down the small number of productions that continued shooting in the two months since screenwriters stopped working.
Many actors made a show of solidarity on the writers' picket lines, including Fran Drescher, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists president and former star of "The Nanny." The union's 65,000-member actors' branch will now formally join them as fellow strikers.
The two guilds have similar issues with studios and streaming services. They are concerned about contracts keeping up with inflation, residual payments in the streaming era and putting up guardrails against the use of artificial intelligence mimicking their work on film and television shows.
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The famous faces of Oscar and Emmy winners will likely be seen with some regularity on picket lines, adding star power to the writers' demonstrations outside studios and corporate offices.
No talks are planned, and no end is in sight for the work stoppage, the first time both guilds have walked off sets since 1960. During that strike, then-actor Ronald Regan was SAG's leader.
Drescher delivered a fiery rebuke of studios and streaming services when announcing union leaders' unanimous vote to strike Thursday.
"We had no choice. We are the victims here. We are being victimized by a very greedy entity," Drescher said. "I am shocked by the way the people that we have been in business with are treating us. I cannot believe it, quite frankly: How far apart we are on so many things. How they plead poverty, that they’re losing money left and right when giving hundreds of millions of dollars to their CEOs."
RELATED: Hollywood writers' strike begins, halting tv and film production
The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents employers including Disney, Netflix, Amazon and others, has lamented the walkout, saying it will hurt thousands of workers in industries that support film and television production.
The actors' strike will impact more than filming. Stars no longer will be allowed to promote their work through red carpet premieres and personal appearances, campaign for Emmy Awards or take part in auditions or rehearsals.
While international shoots technically can continue, the stoppage among U.S.-based writers and performers is likely to have a drag on those, too.
The writers' strike brought the immediate shutdown of late-night talk shows and "Saturday Night Live," as well as several scripted shows that have either had their writers’ rooms or production paused, including "Stranger Things" on Netflix," "Hacks" on Max, and "Family Guy" on Fox. Many more are sure to follow them now that performers also have been pulled. | https://www.fox4news.com/news/striking-actors-picketing-with-writers | 2023-07-14 15:28:17 | 0 | https://www.fox4news.com/news/striking-actors-picketing-with-writers |
As Orioles executives arrived at the Manchester Grand Hyatt for Major League Baseball’s winter meetings, the team’s fans hoped a splash. Instead, the front office left San Diego having supplied only a dose of reality.
During the week, executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias gave more direct assessment of his plans to increase the Orioles’ payroll, saying this offseason would represent the first step in a steady increase rather than the point from which it skyrockets. Two months remain in the offseason, and Elias made sure that was clear as he prepared to head back to Baltimore with the club’s only additions of the week being a back-end starter, a Rule 5 reliever and a handful of minor league signings.
“We still have a great deal of players out there,” Elias said. “It’s just really beginning of the offseason, so whether or not something comes together in the next day or two, I think there was a lot of information gleaned here.”
Some of that information might come to light in time. But for now, here are five things we learned from the Orioles’ time at the winter meetings.
It will be a quieter winter than hoped.
From the moment Elias declared “it’s liftoff from here” in the same post-trade deadline interview in which he said the Orioles would try to make significant additions this offseason, an idea was understandably planted in the minds of fans — even though that wasn’t the intent. The phrase became further entangled when, at the end of the season, Elias said “more significant investments in the major league payroll” were coming. “Liftoff” became a measuring stick.
That concept was countered quickly and often this week in San Diego, with Elias reiterating Monday that he used that word in reference to the state of the organization moving forward, not as a telegraph of its winter plans, before saying Wednesday that the Orioles won’t “flip a light switch” to maximize their payroll or playoff odds for 2023. Unless they deviate from that, the rest of the offseason figures to be a gauge of the veracity of Elias’ declarations.
Baltimore’s $10 million deal with veteran starting pitcher Kyle Gibson is comfortably the largest guarantee Elias has given to a free agent in his four years on the job, and it brought the Orioles’ projected opening day payroll more than 20% above last year’s mark. But a bump that still leaves the Orioles among the two lowest payrolls in the sport shouldn’t qualify as “significant.”
Their young core will be tested.
Manager Brandon Hyde described the state of the Orioles’ current roster succinctly but effectively.
“We have talented dudes,” Hyde said this week.
And largely, those dudes will be expected to carry Baltimore to playoffs, with Elias saying any additions, particularly on the position player side, will “supplement, … not block” the organization’s young talent.
The Orioles will benefit from full seasons of former No. 1 overall prospects Adley Rutschman and Gunnar Henderson. The same could be true of top pitching prospects Grayson Rodriguez and DL Hall, with another wave of minor league talent coming, too. After up-and-down seasons, Cedric Mullins, Ryan Mountcastle and Austin Hays could be more consistent contributors, while Anthony Santander might improve upon a season in which he led all switch-hitters in home runs. Dean Kremer, Kyle Bradish and Tyler Wells will all get the opportunity to build on their stretches of success in the Orioles’ rotation.
“We have a lot of internal talent in the organization, especially on a position player side to sort of plan forward, and we don’t want to run into a situation where we’re having to trade some of our core players away because we’ve signed a guy to take their spot,” Elias said. “It just doesn’t make much sense to us right now. I think we’re still on a very hopeful part of things, given the upward curve here for the organization. We feel great about where we’re at, and we want to be really careful and strategic about building on this group that we have.”
The rotation is a long way from being finalized.
Baltimore’s front office spent much of its time in San Diego seeking another starting pitcher, having finalized Gibson’s agreement Monday. Multiple free agents who would easily slot at the top of the Orioles’ rotation remain available, with Carlos Rodón, Chris Bassitt and Kodai Senga being the most notable of that group. Elias, though, noted in an interview with MLB Network Radio that Baltimore believes pitchers worsen after the first season of multi-year contracts and that the club is factoring that possibility into any pursuits.
Regardless of whether the Orioles actually add one more starter, they’ll head to Sarasota, Florida, in two months with plenty to decide about their rotation. With Gibson assured a spot if healthy, there are for now four openings for a group of contenders most likely to feature Kremer, Bradish, Wells, Austin Voth, Rodriguez and Hall.
Elias noted the Orioles aren’t prioritizing relievers this offseason, figuring that some of those rotation candidates could transition into bullpen roles. Wells, Voth and Hall have varying amounts of major league relief experience, with Hyde saying Hall, Baltimore’s No. 2 pitching prospect, would be stretched out “to be at least a multiple-inning guy” in spring before any decision on a role was made.
“As it stands, the way it is right now, I feel good about our guys,” Hyde said. “The more depth you can have in the rotation obviously the better. We’ve got to stay fortunate with injuries, and you always worry about things in spring training. But right now, the core guys we have rotation-wise had a lot of success that second half. And we want to see them build on it.”
The difficulty of the AL East remains a barrier.
This is true to the point that, when asked whether his efforts to improve Baltimore’s playoff odds this winter would be to the level that the Orioles could be classified as favorites for the American League East, Elias quickly dismissed the possibility.
“Look, in the division that we’re in and the teams that were at the top of the division this year, where we came from last year, I think it’s really hard to sit there and chart a course and say, ‘We’re likely to win the division,’” Elias said. “Now, you see young teams pop all the time, and that’s going to be our goal when spring training breaks, but with as daunting as the American League East is, I think our goal this year is to make the playoffs and put ourselves in a better position to make the playoffs, and that’s been the stated goal.”
The Orioles were the best AL team that didn’t make the playoffs but still finished fourth in their division, 16 games behind the New York Yankees for first place. Without major additions, it’s hard to envision them making up that gap, especially after the Yankees shelled out $360 million to retain reigning AL Most Valuable Player Aaron Judge.
The Boston Red Sox made moves to improve and could pursue more in the wake of losing shortstop Xander Bogaerts. The Toronto Blue Jays and Tampa Bay Rays were relatively quiet, but both, like the Orioles, have young talent that figures to take a step forward in 2023.
Gunnar Henderson’s home is on the left side.
In the final weeks before promoting Henderson for the stretch run, the Orioles had him experiment on the right side of the infield in Triple-A Norfolk. Before that stretch, he had played only five professional innings as a second baseman and none at first.
The organization pitched it as a way to increase his versatility in a playoff race, but it also read as an excuse to keep him in the minors long enough such that he would retain his rookie eligibility into the offseason. Once called up, Henderson spent only three games at second base. This week, Hyde expressed regret that it was even that many.
“That was probably unfair to him, honestly, when I did that,” Hyde said. “It was mainly because I wanted to get all those guys in the lineup at the same time, and Ramón [Urías] was playing so well at third base. Kind of put Gunnar in a tough spot, honestly.
“He’s already played two. To put him in a third, I wish that wouldn’t have happened.”
Henderson is regarded as an above-average shortstop and a plus defender at third base, and there’s no reason for the Orioles to ask him to be anything else. He’ll spend 2023 on the left side of Baltimore’s infield, which has flexibility elsewhere. Incumbents Jorge Mateo and Urías have established themselves as valuable, but not quite core, players. Elias is in the market for a left-handed hitter who would be a regular for Baltimore, with second base perhaps the most logical fit and Adam Frazier being the best available candidate in that case. But a wave of infield prospects is coming, and Elias was clear he doesn’t want to block them. Including Henderson, six of Baltimore’s top 10 prospects, according to Baseball America, are infielders, with all but one — 2022 first-overall draft pick Jackson Holliday — having reached Double-A.
“I do think we’re gonna want to take advantage of the fact that we’ve got this positional group that we have right now in the organization,” Elias said. “I think it allows us to be a little bit choosy.”
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PRAGUE (AP) — Slovak filmmaker Juraj Jakubisko, who was named the best movie director of the 20th century in his country, has died. He was 84.
Jakubisko died shortly before midnight on Friday in the Czech capital, Prague, where he had lived with his family since the 1993 split of Czechoslovakia, his daughter Janette told Slovak public radio and television. His death was also announced by the Czech Culture Ministry.
Jakubisko has dozens of feature films and shorts to his credit that won a number of awards at international film festivals.
For his movies, full of metaphors, symbols and poetry, he was sometimes called “Fellini of the East,” or “Slovak Fellini” after famed Italian director Federico Fellini.
Born April 30, 1938 in the village of Kojsov in what is now eastern Slovakia, Jakubisko graduated from Prague’s Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in 1966.
He debuted with the critically acclaimed “Crucial Years” the following year. With that, as well as “Deserters and Pilgrims” (1968) and "Birds, Orphans and Fools" (1969), he cemented his place as part of the Czechoslovak New Wave in cinema together with a number of other young directors of the time, including Milos Forman and Vera Chytilova.
All those films were banned by the hard-line communist regime that was established following the 1968 Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia that crushed a period of liberal reforms known as the Prague Spring.
For the next decade, he was allowed to make only documentary films. He returned to feature movies with “Build a House, Plant a Tree” in 1979 — which was soon also banned.
His major success was “The Millennial Bee,” in 1983, an epic family saga in the late 19th and early 20th century that won awards at film festivals in Seville, Spain, and Venice, Italy.
In 1985, Fellini’s wife, Giulietta Masina, starred in Jakubisko's fairy tale for children “The Feather Fairy.”
His biggest box-office success after the 1989 collapse communism was “Bathory” in 2008, a historical drama starring English actress Anna Friel as Elizabeth Bathory, a Hungarian countess who according to legend used to kill virgins in order to bathe in their blood. It was at the time the most expensive motion picture production in Central Europe. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/slovak-movie-director-juraj-jakubisko-dies-at-84-17805335.php | 2023-02-25 12:22:00 | 0 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/slovak-movie-director-juraj-jakubisko-dies-at-84-17805335.php |
LARGO (AP) — A man found dead in a Florida lake while searching for Frisbees and other flying discs was missing three limbs after a likely encounter with alligators, police said Friday.
Largo Police Department spokeswoman Megan Santo said in an email that the medical examiner’s final report on the death of Sean McGuinness would be finished in about two months.
McGuinness, 47, was found May 31 in the lake in Taylor Park, which is adjacent to a disc golf course. Authorities say McGuinness was known to frequent the lake to find discs and sell them.
It’s not clear whether McGuinness drowned, had a medical issue or was killed by alligators. But Santo said he was missing three limbs when his body was found.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The explosion in environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) investing has led to strong reliance on ESG ratings providers—and questions about the reliability of those ratings. This is not surprising given that trillions of dollars are at stake in ESG investing. A research paper by MIT Sloan School of Management research associate Florian Berg and Kornelia Fabisik and Zacharias Sautner of the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, validates these concerns, as they discovered "widespread and repeated" changes to the historical ESG scores by a leading vendor of this data.
"Is history repeating itself? The (un)repeatable past of ESG ratings" won the John L. Weinberg/IRRCi Research Award from the Weinberg Center at the University of Delaware, which was presented at the 2022 Corporate Governance Symposium by the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI).
Berg says, "The incredible growth of sustainable finance has created a billion-dollar market for ESG data. Yet, we found that the data is not reliable or consistent. The changes made in ESG scores at any particular time in history are massive."
He explains that the data for any specific point in time should remain the same for a firm unless there is a documented reason for a retroactive change. However, their study revealed significant unannounced and unexplained changes to the data provided by Refinitive ESG, which was previously owned by Thomson Reuters. For example, looking at two versions of the same Refinitive ESG data for identical firm years – one from September 2018 and the other from September 2020 – the median overall scores in the rewritten data were 18% lower than in the initial data.
"The score rewriting leads to large changes in what are deemed to be high- or low-ESG firms. This is important because the classification of firms is widely used in ESG research and the investment industry," says Berg, cofounder and research associate of the MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative's Aggregate Confusion Project.
In their paper, the researchers highlight how firms that performed better in a given year experienced upgrades in their E and S scores for that year through the data rewriting. Using predictive regressions, they showed that investing in firms with higher ESG scores in the initial data would not have led to economically or statistically significant performance gains. Yet, in the rewritten data, they found economically large, statistically significant positive effects of the E&S score on the firm's future stock returns.
"These large differences matter because this performance would not have been possible with the data available to investors when forming their investment strategies," says Berg.
He notes that the data rewriting occurs on an ongoing basis without any public announcements. To show this, the researchers compared ESG scores from February 9 and March 23, 2021 – just six weeks apart – and found that 85% of firms' scores changed. While the score changes were mostly small in magnitude, the ongoing retroactive changes affected the classification of firms and the link between ESG scores and returns.
Berg says, "Our study highlights the incentive of the data provider to introduce a positive relationship between ESG scores and returns in the data to demonstrate that their ESG scores are useful for data users developing ESG-related investing strategies. Investors should always beware and conduct due diligence, but this is particularly critical with ESG ratings."
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- Non-opioid, novel mechanism of action for pain, highly differentiated safety profile
- Potential to addresses significant unmet needs in acute and chronic pain
MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J., Dec. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tris Pharma, Inc. ("Tris"), a fully integrated, innovation-driven CNS company with a robust portfolio of FDA-approved products for the treatment of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and a pipeline of treatments for pain, addiction, spasticity and narcolepsy, today announced that it has acquired rights to TRN-261 a non-opioid drug candidate that Tris intends to develop for multiple indications within acute and chronic pain.
TRN-261 has been extensively studied, and a large amount of safety data exists supporting its further development. The drug was subject to a full development program supporting the filing of a New Drug Application with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a use within a non-pain indication. Subsequently, unrelated to safety, the FDA issued a Complete Response Letter to the Sponsor. Separately, several studies of TRN-261 established proof of concept within both acute and chronic pain conditions for which only opioid based treatment options exist today.
Tris intends to leverage TRN-261's established safety profile and continue further development of TRN-261 within target pain indications. The rights acquired by Tris to TRN-261 provide all commercial and regulatory rights to the drug and its associated intellectual property, including patents providing protection of the product until 2037.
James Hackworth, Ph.D., President, Brand Division at Tris commented, "There is a huge need for safer and non-addictive pain therapies worldwide. We have evaluated numerous drug candidates and pathways for pain and are impressed by the data supporting the development of TRN-261. TRN-261 shows potential to deliver strong efficacy and safety, while providing patients an alternative to traditional opioids".
Ketan Mehta, Founder and CEO of Tris Pharma said, "With the addition of this new late-stage asset (TRN-261) and together with Cebranopadol (TRN-228), we have built a comprehensive pain pipeline that is both in advanced stages and unique in the industry." Mr. Mehta further added, "I have been pleasantly surprised to see the depth and breadth of data underscoring these potential treatments for pain, which remain a huge unmet need. We are fortunate to have this opportunity to acquire a late-stage asset and look forward to working with the FDA for its approval".
Tris is a fully integrated, innovation-driven CNS company that provides a differentiated approach to target unmet medical needs, including the application of novel technologies designed to enhance patient benefits across therapeutic categories. Founded in 2000, Tris's CNS portfolio includes treatments for pain; addiction; spasticity in multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy; narcolepsy; and ADHD. For more information, please visit www.trispharma.com and www.trismedical.com.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia and REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Oct. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- To support increasing demand for the digital services essential to powering today's businesses, Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the world's digital infrastructure company™, today announced its expansion to Indonesia with plans for an approximately $74 million International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data center in the heart of Jakarta. Through this expansion, Equinix will enable Indonesian businesses, as well as multinationals with a presence in Indonesia, to leverage its trusted platform to bring together and interconnect the foundational infrastructure to power their businesses.
Driven by rapid business digitalization and a substantial digital-savvy population, Indonesia has emerged as Southeast Asia's largest digital economy in value,1 and is expected to be a key hub of interconnection in the region. With major cloud service providers, such as Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure and Alibaba Cloud, launching cloud regions in Indonesia, the country is forecast to become the second largest public cloud market in Southeast Asia.2 These trends collectively raise the need for increased digital services and data center services capacity in Indonesia.
Jeremy Deutsch, President, Asia-Pacific, Equinix said: "Our IBX data center in Jakarta will add a strategically important, high-growth market to Equinix's extensive network of interconnected data centers across the world. Having a presence in Indonesia allows Equinix to provide digital infrastructure that enables local businesses to tap growth opportunities abroad and support global organizations looking to access the expanding Indonesian digital economy. We look forward to working closely with local authorities, network providers and the broader industry ecosystem players to help unleash Indonesia's digital potential."
Highlights / Key Facts
- The eight-story facility is scheduled to open by the second half of 2024, expected to provide more than 1,600 cabinets and more than 5,300 square meters of colocation space when fully built. Located in Jakarta's Central Business District and in close proximity to major internet exchanges, the new IBX data center will provide Indonesian businesses and foreign businesses operating in Indonesia with the digital infrastructure and vibrant ecosystems for optimal performance.
- The facility will incorporate sustainability into its design, leveraging innovative technologies such as cool array to support economic and environmental goals for organizations in Indonesia. This is part of Equinix's Future First strategy that underscores the company's commitment to green the digital economy.
- Equinix's expansion to Jakarta is aligned with the Indonesian government's digital transformation initiatives, boosting the country's digital infrastructure objectives according to goals set out in the Indonesia Digital Roadmap 2021–2024.3
- Platform Equinix® currently spans 32 countries around the world, and this new data center in Jakarta will serve as a business conduit for local and global enterprises, cloud & IT service providers and network service providers.
- Inclusive of this recent announcement, Equinix has 50 major projects that are currently underway across 35 metros in 22 countries, including new data center builds in Dublin, Montréal, New York, Paris and Warsaw. Most recently, Equinix entered Chile and Peru with a total of five IBX data centers, with an enterprise value estimated at approximately $735 million. The company has also completed its acquisition of West African data center and connectivity solutions provider MainOne for an enterprise value of $320 million.
- In Asia-Pacific, Equinix announced an initial investment of over $86 million to build Equinix's third IBX data center in Mumbai and an investment of over $64 million for its first IBX data center in Chennai.
- Today, the global footprint of Platform Equinix spans 248 data centers across 71 metros and 32 countries, providing digital infrastructure for more than 10,000 of the world's leading businesses, including more than 50% of Fortune 500 companies. In Asia-Pacific, Equinix currently has 51 data centers in key metros across Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Singapore.
About Equinix
Equinix (Nasdaq: EQIX) is the world's digital infrastructure company. Digital leaders harness Equinix's trusted platform to bring together and interconnect foundational infrastructure at software speed. Equinix enables organizations to access all the right places, partners and possibilities to scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value, while supporting their sustainability goals.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from expectations discussed in such forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to, risks to our business and operating results related to the COVID-19 pandemic; the current inflationary environment; foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations; increased costs to procure power and the general volatility in the global energy market; the challenges of acquiring, operating and constructing IBX and xScale® data centers and developing, deploying and delivering Equinix products and solutions; unanticipated costs or difficulties relating to the integration of companies we have acquired or will acquire into Equinix; a failure to receive significant revenues from customers in recently built out or acquired data centers; failure to complete any financing arrangements contemplated from time to time; competition from existing and new competitors; the ability to generate sufficient cash flow or otherwise obtain funds to repay new or outstanding indebtedness; the loss or decline in business from our key customers; risks related to our taxation as a REIT and other risks described from time to time in Equinix filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In particular, see recent and upcoming Equinix quarterly and annual reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of which are available upon request from Equinix. Equinix does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this press release.
1 https://en.antaranews.com/news/204037/indonesias-digital-economy-largest-in-value-in-se-asia-indrawati
2 https://cdn.twimbit.com/uploads/2021/10/14164603/Uncover-2022_SEA-Cloud-Economy-1.pdf
3 https://www.trade.gov/market-intelligence/indonesia-digital-economy-opportunities
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Made in the USA, the boot will exclusively be available on Huckberry.com
ROCKFORD, Mich., Sept. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Wolverine, the 139-year-old boot and clothing brand, Buffalo Trace, the flagship bourbon from the world's most award-winning distillery, and Huckberry, the men's online retailer, are coming together to launch a special-edition Wolverine 1000 Mile boot exclusively available on Huckberry.com. Designed in Michigan and handmade in Arkansas, the tan leather boot celebrates American craftsmanship and three American-born brands.
"These boots truly encapsulate the heritage and quality our brands are collectively known for," says Scott Schoessel, VP of Global Marketing at Wolverine. "Through the design process, our team thoughtfully added unique details of each brand. We couldn't be more excited to celebrate these boots with our consumers during National Bourbon Heritage Month."
The Wolverine 1000 Mile x Buffalo Trace for Huckberry Wedge Plain-Toe Boot incorporates the classic features Wolverine is known for combined with elements that incorporate all brands into one stylish boot. The tongue of the boot is adorned with a gold foil Buffalo Trace logo while the back heel is stamped with the Huckberry tree icon. The boots are carefully crafted by hand and made to last for years of wear while providing the comfort you'd expect with a wedge outsole boot.
"We are thrilled to collaborate with Wolverine and Huckberry for this truly one-of-a-kind boot," said Sara Saunders, Vice President of Global Marketing for Buffalo Trace. "Bourbon drinkers choose Buffalo Trace for its hand-crafted, uncompromised quality and consistency, all of the same equities that Wolverine poured into this product. We know our fans will love it."
Beginning today, the Wolverine 1000 Mile x Buffalo Trace for Huckberry Wedge Plain-Toe Boot is available in limited quantities on Huckberry.com for $425.
Wolverine, the 139-year-old boot and clothing company, is on a mission to honor the spirit and tenacity of the American worker and build the next generation of skilled trades people. Taking pride in crafting durable boots with unrivaled craftsmanship and the highest quality materials, Wolverine is dedicated to serving hardworking people all over the world. Through Project Bootstrap, Wolverine has contributed nearly $2 million over the last 5 years to organizations in support of the skilled trades. For more information, visit www.wolverine.com. Wolverine is a division of Wolverine World Wide, Inc. (NYSE: WWW)
Buffalo Trace Distillery is an American family-owned company based in Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky. The Distillery's rich tradition dates back to 1775 and includes such legends as E.H. Taylor, Jr., George T. Stagg, Albert B. Blanton, Orville Schupp, and Elmer T. Lee. Buffalo Trace Distillery is a fully operational Distillery producing bourbon, rye and vodka on site and is a National Historic Landmark as well as is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Distillery has won 35 distillery titles since 2000 from such notable publications as Whisky Magazine, Whisky Advocate Magazine and Wine Enthusiast Magazine. Its George T. Stagg was named World Whiskey of the Year for 2022 and its Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye was named 2nd Finest Whiskey in the World for 2022. Buffalo Trace Distillery has also garnered more than 1,000 awards for its wide range of premium whiskies. To learn more about Buffalo Trace Distillery visit www.buffalotracedistillery.com. To download images from Buffalo Trace Distillery visit http://www.buffalotracedistillery.com/media
Huckberry is an award-winning men's retailer and digital magazine on a mission to inspire and equip adventures near and far. Millions of people look to Huckberry as a trusted resource for emerging brands, gear, and lifestyle inspiration. With top-notch products, unique collaborations, industry-leading content, and a die-hard customer base—Huckberry is building the most loved men's retailer in the world.
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MONTREAL, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - The Lion Electric Company (NYSE: LEV) (TSX: LEV) ("Lion" or the "Company"), a leading manufacturer of all-electric medium and heavy-duty urban vehicles, today announced that it will release its 2022 second quarter results on August 5, 2022, before markets open. A conference call and webcast will be held on the same day, at 8:30 a.m. (Eastern Time) to discuss the results.
To participate in the conference call, please dial (226) 828-7575 or (833) 950-0062 (toll free) using the Access Code 842480. A live webcast of the conference call will also be available at www.thelionelectric.com under the "Events and Presentation" page of the "Investors" section. An archive of the event will be available shortly after the conference call.
Lion Electric is an innovative manufacturer of zero-emission vehicles. The company creates, designs and manufactures all-electric class 5 to class 8 commercial urban trucks and all-electric buses and minibuses for the school, paratransit and mass transit segments. Lion is a North American leader in electric transportation and designs, builds and assembles many of its vehicles' components, including chassis, battery packs, truck cabins and bus bodies.
Always actively seeking new and reliable technologies, Lion vehicles have unique features that are specifically adapted to its users and their everyday needs. Lion believes that transitioning to all-electric vehicles will lead to major improvements in our society, environment and overall quality of life. Lion shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol LEV.
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Are you looking to sell your home in Nebraska? United Equity wants to buy it!
Owners Dan Thomas and Ryan Bouc have been buying properties throughout the state for more than 10 years. If you’re ready to sell your house, Thomas and Bouc want you to know that they are local guys, who can be trusted to help throughout the entire selling process.
“I think when you sell your house, it’s a big deal and it can be very stressful. So, you want to pick people that you can trust people that will make you comfortable during the selling process. And that’s exactly what Ryan and I will do,” says Thomas. “The other thing is we’re local, you know, we’re local guys. We were born and raised in Nebraska and are both University of Nebraska graduates. So, I think people can relate to us and know that they can trust us during the selling process.”
United Equity also offers a more convenient option for sellers.
“For a lot of people these days, you want to do something that’s easy, and it doesn’t get much easier than us,” Bouc says. “People might say why? Cash offers. There’s nothing better than a cash offer. When you get it, there’s no contingencies attached to it and you know that you’ve got to deal that’s going to go through that’s not contingent or reliant upon financing.”
The selling timeline to United Equity is also more flexible than most home sales, allowing for quicker sales, or longer timeframes as needed by the seller.
“If you need to sell your house fast, we can buy your house and literally two days,” says Thomas. “Now, if you need time to move out and get situated, we can wait two, three months. We’re willing to work with you, no matter what.”
The company also doesn’t have any commissions, closing fees, or repairs.
“So, you can imagine that’s thousands of dollars that people are saving, not having to pay,” says Bouc. “It’s also an as-is sale, so you don’t have to worry about any repairs. Which a lot of times you know, you go through a home inspection, there may be a lot of things that come up that you’re not even expecting.”
United Equity also doesn’t require sellers to completely empty the houses they sell.
“Another thing that people really like is no clean-out and no clean-up. Some places, people have maybe been living for upwards of 40 years, and so they need to have someone come in and get rid of that. [Instead] we will take care of that for them. Take what you want to, [and] leave the rest,” says Bouc.
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How the Supreme Court student loan decision affects you
NEW YORK (AP) — The Supreme Court has ruled the Biden administration overstepped its authority in trying to cancel or reduce student loan debt, effectively killing the $400 billion plan, which would have canceled up to $20,000 in federal student loans for 43 million people. Of those, 20 million would have had their remaining student debt erased completely.
The court’s decision means, barring an act of Congress, those Americans are on the hook for payments starting in October.
Still, borrowers who are worried about their budgets do have options. For instance, the government has other loan forgiveness programs that are still in effect, even if Biden’s plan was struck down.
Here’s what to know about how the decision will affect you:
WHEN WILL STUDENT LOAN PAYMENTS RESUME?
Student loan payments that have been frozen for the last three years because of the pandemic are set to restart in October. That was going to happen no matter what the Supreme Court decided. Interest will start accruing Sept. 1.
HOW SHOULD I PREPARE?
Betsy Mayotte, president of the Institute of Student Loan Advisors, encourages people not to make any payments until the pause has ended. Instead, she says, put what you would have paid into a savings account.
“Then you’ve maintained the habit of making the payment, but (you’re) earning a little bit of interest as well,” she said.
Mayotte recommends borrowers use the loan-simulator tool at StudentAid.gov or the one on TISLA’s website to find a payment plan that best fits their needs. The calculators tell you what your monthly payment would be under each available plan, as well as your long-term costs.
Katherine Welbeck of the Student Borrower Protection Center recommends logging on to your account and making sure you know the name of your servicer, your due date and whether you’re enrolled in the best income-driven repayment plan.
WHAT IF I CAN’T OR DON’T WANT TO PAY?
If your budget doesn’t allow you to resume payments, it’s important to know how to navigate the possibility of default and delinquency on a student loan. Both can hurt your credit rating, which would make you ineligible for additional aid.
If you’re in a short-term financial bind you may qualify for deferment or forbearance — allowing you to temporarily suspend payment.
To determine whether deferment or forbearance are good options for you, you can contact your loan servicer. One thing to note: interest still accrues during deferment or forbearance. Both can also impact potential loan forgiveness options. Depending on the conditions of your deferment or forbearance, it may make sense to continue paying the interest during the payment suspension.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER PROGRAMS THAT CAN HELP WITH STUDENT LOAN DEBT?
If you’ve worked for a government agency or a nonprofit, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program offers cancellation after 10 years of regular payments, and some income-driven repayment plans cancel the remainder of a borrower’s debt after 20 to 25 years.
Borrowers should make sure they’re signed up for the best possible income-driven repayment plan to qualify for these programs.
Borrowers who have been defrauded by for-profit colleges may also apply for borrower defense and receive relief.
These programs aren’t be affected by the Supreme Court ruling.
WHAT’S AN INCOME-DRIVEN REPAYMENT PLAN?
An income-driven repayment plan sets your monthly student loan payment at an amount that is intended to be affordable based on your income and family size. It takes into account different expenses in your budget, and most federal student loans are eligible for at least one of these types of plans.
Generally, your payment amount under an income-driven repayment plan is a percentage of your discretionary income. If your income is low enough, your payment could be as low as $0 per month.
If you’d like to repay your federal student loans under an income-driven plan, the first step is to fill out an application through the Federal Student Aid website.
HOW CAN I REDUCE COSTS WHEN PAYING OFF MY STUDENT LOANS?
— If you sign up for automatic payments, the servicer takes a quarter of a percent off your interest rate, Mayotte says.
— Income-driven repayment plans aren’t right for everyone. That said, if you know you will eventually qualify for forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, it makes sense to make the lowest monthly payments possible, as the remainder of your debt will be cancelled once that decade of payments is complete.
— Reevaluate your monthly student loan repayment during tax season, when you already have all your financial information in front of you. “Can you afford to increase it? Or do you need to decrease it?” Mayotte said.
— Break up payments into whatever ways work best for you. You could consider two installments per month, instead of one large monthly sum.
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Little Rock police on Tuesday arrested a woman who faces a murder charge in connection with a fatal shooting Monday night, according to a tweet from police.
Officers arrested Crystal Perkins, 40, who faces a first-degree murder count in the shooting death of Ricardo Sykes, 49, who was found shot at 7325 Fairfield Drive around 10 p.m. Monday after police responded to what they were told was a domestic altercation.
Sykes died at an area hospital shortly after the shooting, police said. Perkins was being held in the Pulaski County jail on Tuesday afternoon, an online inmate roster showed.
Perkins and Sykes were legally married, police spokesman Mark Edwards said Tuesday, but he did not know any further details of their relationship.
Perkins filed for a divorce from Sykes on March 9, court records showed. But that case was still ongoing in circuit court Tuesday.
On Oct. 31, she filed for an order of protection against him, writing in the petition that she feared for her life and those of her two children because Sykes was acting violently and had choked her.
She said he was in the Pulaski County jail on a battery charge at that time. Court records show he was charged with third-degree domestic battery, a misdemeanor, on Oct. 31 and released on bond on Nov. 2, 2022.
Sykes filed for an order of protection against Perkins on Nov. 3, 2022, court records showed. That case was dismissed on Nov. 17.
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By MATT O’BRIEN
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Microsoft is fusing ChatGPT-like technology into its search engine Bing, transforming an internet service that now trails far behind Google into a new way of communicating with artificial intelligence.
The revamping of Microsoft’s second-place search engine could give the software giant a head start against other tech companies in capitalizing on the worldwide excitement surrounding ChatGPT, a tool that’s awakened millions of people to the possibilities of the latest AI technology.
Along with adding it to Bing, Microsoft is also integrating the chatbot technology into its Edge browser. Microsoft announced the new technology at an event Tuesday at its headquarters in Redmond, Washington.
Yusuf Mehdi, a Microsoft executive who leads its consumer division, said a public preview of the new Bing launched Tuesday for desktop users who sign up for it, but the technology will scale to millions of users in coming weeks. Everyone can try a limited number of queries, he said.
The strengthening partnership with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has been years in the making, starting with a $1 billion investment from Microsoft in 2019 that led to the development of a powerful supercomputer specifically built to train the San Francisco startup’s AI models.
While it’s not always factual or logical, ChatGPT’s mastery of language and grammar comes from having ingested a huge trove of digitized books, Wikipedia entries, instruction manuals, newspapers and other online writings.
Microsoft Corp. CEO Satya Nadella said Tuesday that new AI advances are “going to reshape every software category we know,” including search, much like earlier innovations in personal computers and cloud computing. He said it is important to develop AI “with human preferences and societal norms and you’re not going to do that in a lab. You have to do that out in the world.”
The shift to making search engines more conversational — able to confidently answer questions rather than offering links to other websites — could change the advertising-fueled search business, but also poses risks if the AI systems don’t get their facts right. Their opaqueness also makes it hard to source back to the original human-made images and texts they’ve effectively memorized, though the new Bing includes annotations that link to sources.
“Bing is powered by AI, so surprises and mistakes are possible,” is a message that appears at the bottom of the preview version of Bing’s new homepage. “Make sure to check the facts.”
As an example of how it works, Mehdi asked the new Bing to compare the most influential Mexican painters and it provided typical search results, but also, on the right side of the page, compiled a fact box summarizing details about Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo and Jose Clemente Orozco. In another example, he quizzed it on 1990s-era rap, showing its ability to distinguish between the song “Jump” by Kris Kross and “Jump Around” by House of Pain. And he used it to show how it could plan a vacation or help with shopping.
Gartner analyst Jason Wong said new technological advancements will mitigate what led to Microsoft’s disastrous 2016 launch of the experimental chatbot Tay, which users trained to spout racist and sexist remarks. But Wong said “reputational risks will still be at the forefront” for Microsoft if Bing produces answers with low accuracy or so-called AI “hallucinations” that mix and conflate data.
Google has been cautious about such moves. But in response to pressure over ChatGPT’s popularity, Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Monday announced a new conversational service named Bard that will be available exclusively to a group of “trusted testers” before being widely released later this year.
Wong said Google was caught off-guard with the success of ChatGPT but still has the advantage over Microsoft in consumer-facing technology, while Microsoft has the edge in selling its products to businesses.
Chinese tech giant Baidu also this week announced a similar search chatbot coming later this year, according to Chinese media. Other tech rivals such as Facebook parent Meta and Amazon have been researching similar technology, but Microsoft’s latest moves aim to position it at the center of the ChatGPT zeitgeist.
Microsoft disclosed in January that it was pouring billions more dollars into OpenAI as it looks to fuse the technology behind ChatGPT, the image-generator DALL-E and other OpenAI innovations into an array of Microsoft products tied to its cloud computing platform and its Office suite of workplace products like email and spreadsheets.
The most surprising might be the integration with Bing, which is the second-place search engine in many markets but has never come close to challenging Google’s dominant position.
Bing launched in 2009 as a rebranding of Microsoft’s earlier search engines and was run for a time by Nadella, years before he took over as CEO. Its significance was boosted when Yahoo and Microsoft signed a deal for Bing to power Yahoo’s search engine, giving Microsoft access to Yahoo’s greater search share. Similar deals infused Bing into the search features for devices made by other companies, though users wouldn’t necessarily know that Microsoft was powering their searches.
By making it a destination for ChatGPT-like conversations, Microsoft could invite more users to give Bing a try, though the new version so far is limited to desktops and doesn’t yet have an interface for smartphones — where most people now access the internet.
On the surface, at least, a Bing integration seems far different from what OpenAI has in mind for its technology. Appearing at Microsoft’s event, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the “the new Bing experience looks fantastic” and is based in part on learnings from its GPT line of large language models. He said a key reason for his startup’s Microsoft partnership is to help get OpenAI technology “into the hands of millions of people.”
OpenAI has long voiced an ambitious vision for safely guiding what’s known as AGI, or artificial general intelligence, a not-yet-realized concept that harkens back to ideas from science fiction about human-like machines. OpenAI’s website describes AGI as “highly autonomous systems that outperform humans at most economically valuable work.”
OpenAI started out as a nonprofit research laboratory when it launched in December 2015 with backing from Tesla CEO Elon Musk and others. Its stated aims were to “advance digital intelligence in the way that is most likely to benefit humanity as a whole, unconstrained by a need to generate financial return.”
That changed in 2018 when it incorporated a for-profit business Open AI LP, and shifted nearly all its staff into the business, not long after releasing its first generation of the GPT model for generating human-like paragraphs of readable text.
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Suspected gang violence led to graduation shooting that wounded 3 in Louisiana, police say
HAMMOND, La. (WAFB/Gray News) - Three people were shot and a fourth person was injured when gunfire broke out at a high school’s graduation, held on Southeastern Louisiana University’s campus Thursday.
Hammond High Magnet students were graduating at the University Center, and families were leaving the activity center around 8:15 p.m. when superintendent Melissa Stilley said the shots rang out.
Shortly after the shooting, Trent Thomas, 20, of Hammond, was arrested, WAFB reported. Officials said more arrests are possible.
Thomas is charged with three counts of attempted second-degree murder, obstruction of justice, aggravated damage to property, and possession of a firearm on a gun-free campus.
Cell phone video circulated on social media shows crowds fleeing just after the shots were fired.
In a press conference Friday morning, Hammond Police Chief Edwin Bergeron said the shooting stemmed from a possible gang-affiliated altercation between Thomas and a group of people, specifically one unidentified juvenile, a former Hammond High student.
Three innocent bystanders were wounded by the gunfire, and a fourth was injured trying to escape, Bergeron said. All of the victims’ injuries appeared to be non-life-threatening.
As of Friday morning, three victims had been released from the hospital, and a fourth victim remained in stable condition.
Bergeron said it doesn’t appear Thomas has any criminal history, but “we know the people he’s affiliated with,” he said.
Thomas is being held at the Tangipahoa Parish jail in Amite.
Louisiana senators John Kennedy and Bill Cassidy tweeted in the moments following the shooting, issuing prayers and condemning the “senseless violence.”
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Collaboration to Support Sanofi's Commitment to Building Patient-Centric, Modern Clinical Research Infrastructure across the Global Enterprise
CARY, N.C., Jan. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- THREAD, the leading technology and consulting service provider enabling electronic clinical outcome assessments (eCOA) and decentralized clinical trials (DCTs), announced today its five-year collaboration with innovative global health care company, Sanofi. THREAD will serve as the sole provider of unified decentralized clinical trials (DCTs) and electronic clinical outcome assessments (eCOA) technology for Sanofi's Integrated Patient Platform (IPP), part of its global Act4Patients program.
Sanofi selected THREAD to support its enterprise-wide commitment to reshape its clinical research programs around technology with the power to improve diversity, inclusion, and accessibility for patients. THREAD's technology and services enable flexible, patient-centric, and inclusive clinical trials by providing an interconnected and uniform digital experience for patients, investigators, and sites across their clinical trials journey. By leveraging THREAD's configurable platform and global reach, Sanofi can conduct studies globally and improve access by customizing trial design to align with research participant and site needs.
Sanofi commissioned its ACT4Patients program to fundamentally reimagine clinical research across the development continuum to enable broader patient access to clinical research through technology and innovative research approaches. Sanofi chose THREAD as its sole collaborator under its Integrated Patient Platform to help drive this digital transformation, support the company's commitment to diversity and inclusion, and accelerate the clinical development timeline.
"At Sanofi, patients are at the heart of everything we do – and that includes helping them to participate in clinical trials. We are excited to partner with THREAD as we pursue our vision of transforming clinical research through the lens of the patient," said Sanofi's Senior Vice President, Global Head of Clinical Sciences & Operations Lionel Bascles. "This collaboration will enhance our efforts to connect and engage patients and investigators as we continue on our mission to decentralize clinical trials and extend these life-changing opportunities to more patients across the world."
"THREAD's technology platform is transforming clinical research through its ability to increase efficiencies, improve patient engagement, and most importantly, enable patients who previously did not have access to studies to participate in them," said John Reites, CEO, THREAD. "We are honored that Sanofi selected THREAD to support its bold and industry-leading commitment to put patients at the center of all their studies through its ACT4Patients Program."
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BEIJING (AP) — The mayor of a northeastern Chinese city on the North Korean border that has been under lockdown for more than 50 days has apologized for failures in his administration’s work amid widespread — but often disguised — dissatisfaction over the government's heavy-handed approach to handling the pandemic.
Dandong Mayor Hao Jianjun gave no specifics, but said government work and basic services had been “unsatisfactory,” for which he offered his apologies, according to a statement issued by the city government late Monday.
It is highly unusual for a ranking Communist Party official to publicly concede errors, particularly regarding the hardline “zero-COVID” policy that has been repeatedly endorsed by top officials under President and party leader Xi Jinping.
Despite reporting only a handful of cases, Dandong had seen one of the strictest lockdowns in China, with even deliveries of food and other necessities banned, according to unconfirmed reports.
In his reported comments at a meeting with residents, Hao acknowledged the sacrifices made by the city's 2.4 million citizens, along with the “complaining voices" among them over the government's work. Dandong would now be moving into a stage of pandemic control that would be “more proactive, more active and more effective," Hao said.
Unable to root out the source of new cases, Dandong officials took increasingly extreme measures, some of them of questionable scientific merit. That included recommending residents close their windows to prevent the virus being blown in from North Korea, even though its ability to spread through the air is extremely limited.
Authorities have also cracked down on smuggling across the Yalu River with North Korea, offering cash incentives for information on those involved. China has long held that the virus is spreading through packaging and other surfaces, despite little evidence showing that is a significant factor.
Officials at one point also transported residents of an entire apartment block to quarantine in the city of Shenyang, about 250 kilometers (150 miles) north of Dandong. Upon their release, it was discovered the positive case sparking the move had been in a resident of a neighboring building, leading to an angry confrontation between the residents and authorities.
Residents have been permitted out to shop, but no word has yet been given on when normal work can resume, said Li Yueqing, the owner of a wood processing factory in Dandong reached by phone. Rules still demand that any building where a positive case is found will be sealed off, Li said.
“We understand the epidemic situation in the city is still unstable. We don’t know when exactly we will be allowed to resume production," he said.
A restaurant worker said the 50 days of closure is majorly affecting incomes.
“Up to now, we still haven’t received any instruction from the government on restarting business and our incomes have been affected by doing nothing," said the worker, who gave only her surname, Guo.
A staffer at a maritime training academy who gave just his surname, Zheng, said they remained shuttered as a precautionary measure.
“The government feels it is better for us to remain closed longer, given the large number of trainees we have had. We have no idea when we will reopen,” Zheng said.
Lengthy lockdowns have become the norm in China's COVID-19 response, with Shanghai's ongoing predicament gaining the most notoriety. Most of the 25 million residents of China's largest city and key financial hub were confined to their homes or immediate neighborhoods for two months or more and hundreds of thousands continue to remain under restrictions.
The severity of the Shanghai lockdown and the apparent lack of preparation by authorities prompted confrontations at checkpoints between residents and officials, and a series of nightly sessions of banging pots and screaming from balconies. Criticisms of the government's policy were posted online, often in formats designed to thwart censorship software.
The relaxation of measures prompted an exodus from the city and foreign business leaders say confidence in its future as an international business hub remains in question.
The response in the capital Beijing has been more nuanced, possibly for political reasons, although many students have been forced to attend class online and a major shopping and nightlife district has been shut down following the detection of 166 cases linked to a nightclub.
Testing is required daily or every other day in most districts and failure to participate can result in a person's cell phone health condition app being flagged, barring them from public spaces. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/China-city-mayor-apologizes-over-COVID-19-17239821.php | 2022-06-14 07:06:11 | 1 | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/China-city-mayor-apologizes-over-COVID-19-17239821.php |
Milestones inspire reflection. Today’s column is one. It’s No. 200.
I’ve only missed one Sunday in the string, and that was from not putting one in the can following hip replacement surgery in April. I thought I could manage, but discovered opioids and 600 lucid words don’t mix. Fortunately, acetaminophen quickly replaced the hard stuff, and it was back the following week.
When New Mexican editor Phill Casaus casually asked me four years ago if I was interested in writing a weekly column after we wrapped up an interview of him for my weekly radio show, my “Sure, why not?” was impulsive.
I had written columns as a Midwestern college editorialist 40 years earlier and penned several My Views that ran in The New Mexican over 10 years as head of Santa Fe Area Home Builders Association, but a weekly commitment to the front page of Sunday’s Real Estate section for one of America’s best small daily newspapers deserved more than flippancy.
I’d subscribed to and was mailed the paper for six months before moving to Santa Fe from Boston in 1986. I almost made the move after college in 1979 and planned to apply for a reporting job at the paper, but a lovesick detour to Boston nixed that. By the time I got to Santa Fe, writing was over, and fatherhood financed by carpentry was the new gig.
The daily fix of TheNew Mexican never waned, and I became devoted to several columnists. A favorite was Marc Simmons, who helped slake a thirst for New Mexico history, especially from his deep knowledge of the Keresan-speaking pueblos of Cochiti and Kewa (Santo Domingo).
Another favorite was the late Bill Stewart, the veteran U.S. Foreign Service diplomat who enthralled readers for 20 years with his personal musings on international politics and trends. I also never missed a piece by the late Harlan McKosato, whom I’d listened to for years as the host of KUNM radio’s Native America Calling. That was a trio I knew I’d never measure up to.
The columnist whose writing never failed to wow me was Zane Fischer, the arts and culture columnist for the weekly Santa Fe Reporter for 10 years until giving it up in 2011. Fischer also worried me when he confessed the hardest part of writing a weekly column was coming up with the next one. From a writer like Fischer, that was an intimidating thought.
Happily, that’s not been a problem. Santa Fe just keeps on giving.
Like the project on Thursday’s Planning Commission agenda for a downzoning so an upzoning can happen on 31 acres along Paseo de Vistas. It’s the road on Santa Fe’s north side paralleling the old city dump that connects to Calle Nopal north of the West Alameda three-way stop sign.
Since it’s also accessible from N.M. 599 from the La Tierra interchange, one could argue it’s the last unspoiled entry into Santa Fe, but that’s not what makes it unique. It is, however, another example of the future land use map, a feature of the 1999 general plan, guiding land-use decisions.
The 31 acres is zoned R-1, one house per acre. The applicants want two homes per acre. The general-plan map designates it low-density residential, three to seven homes per acre. So, the general plan must be amended to change to very low residential, one to three homes per acre, so it can be upzoned from R-1 to R-2.
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DENVER (AP) — For National Park Service fisheries biologist Jeff Arnold, it was a moment he’d been dreading. Bare-legged in sandals, he was pulling in a net in a shallow backwater of the lower Colorado River last week, when he spotted three young fish that didn’t belong there. “Give me a call when you get this!” he messaged a colleague, snapping photos.
Minutes later, the park service confirmed their worst fear: smallmouth bass had in fact been found and were likely reproducing in the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam.
They may be a beloved sport fish, but smallmouth bass feast on humpback chub, an ancient, threatened fish that’s native to the river, and that biologists like Arnold have been working hard to recover. The predators wreaked havoc in the upper river, but were held at bay in Lake Powell where Glen Canyon Dam has served as a barrier for years — until now. The reservoir’s recent sharp decline is enabling these introduced fish to get past the dam and closer to where the biggest groups of chub remain, farther downstream in the Grand Canyon.
There, Brian Healy has worked with the humpback chub for more than a decade and founded the Native Fish Ecology and Conservation Program.
“It’s pretty devastating to see all the hard work and effort you’ve put into removing other invasive species and translocating populations around to protect the fish and to see all that effort overturned really quickly,” Healy said.
As reservoir levels drop, non-native fish that live in warm surface waters in Lake Powell are edging closer to the dam and its penstocks — submerged steel tubes that carry water to turbines, where it generates hydroelectric power and is released on the other side.
If bass and other predator fish continue to get sucked into the penstocks, survive and reproduce below the dam, they will have an open lane to attack chub and other natives, potentially unraveling years of restoration work and upending the Grand Canyon aquatic ecosystem — the only stretch of the river still dominated by native species.
On the brink of extinction decades ago, the chub has come back in modest numbers thanks to fish biologists and other scientists and engineers. Agencies spend millions of dollars annually to keep intruders in check in the upper portion of the river.
Under the Endangered Species Act, government agencies are required to operate in ways that will not “jeopardize the continued existence” of listed animals. That includes infrastructure.
Even before the discovery of smallmouth bass spawning below the dam, agencies had been bracing for this moment. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation recently enlisted a team of researchers at Utah State University to map the nonnative fish in Lake Powell and try to determine which could pass through the dam first.
A task force quickly assembled earlier this year to address the urgency the low water poses for native fish. Federal, state and tribal leaders are expected to release a draft plan in August containing solutions for policymakers who intend to delay, slow and respond to the threat of smallmouth bass and other predators below the dam.
There are a variety of solutions, but many will require significant changes to infrastructure.
In the meantime, National Park Service, U.S. Geological Survey and Arizona Game and Fish Department are moving quickly to try to contain the issue. During an emergency meeting, they decided to increase their monitoring efforts in other shallow areas and block off the entire backwater where the smallmouth bass were found so they can’t swim out into the river.
“Unfortunately, the only block nets we have are pretty large mesh, so it will not stop these smaller fish from going through, but it will keep the adults from going back out,” Arnold said, noting it’s the best they can do with available resources.
Experts say leaving more water in Lake Powell would be the best solution to ensure cool water can be released through the dam, although it’s tough to do in a river under so much stress.
Last month, the Department of the Interior notified the seven western states that depend on Colorado River water that they must devise a way to conserve up to 4 million acre-feet of water in 2023 — more than Arizona and Nevada’s share combined — or face federal intervention. It is unclear where that conserved supply would be stored, but Healy says he hopes Lake Powell is being considered.
“If we want to protect some of the values for which Grand Canyon National Park was established, we need to really think about how water is stored,” Healy said. “That issue needs to be at the table.”
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Increase in prevalence of cataract surgery, surge in adoption of advanced premium intraocular lens, and development of new intraocular lens by the large number of key players drive the growth of the global intraocular lens market.
PORTLAND, Ore. , June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Allied Market Research published a report, titled, "Intraocular Lens Market by Type (Monofocal Intraocular Lens, Premium Intraocular Lens), by Material (Polymethylmethacrylate, Silicone, Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Acrylic Materials), by End User (Hospitals, Ambulatory Surgery Centers, Ophthalmology Clinics, and Eye Research Institutes): Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2021-2031." According to the report, the global intraocular lens market size generated $3.8 billion in 2021, and is expected to reach $6.5 billion by 2031, witnessing a CAGR of 5.6% from 2022 to 2031.
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Drivers, Restraints, and Opportunities
Increase in prevalence of cataract surgery, surge in adoption of advanced premium intraocular lens, and development of new intraocular lens by the large number of key players drive the growth of the global intraocular lens market. However, unsupportive reimbursement scenario for premium lens and postoperative issues such as refractive errors restrain the market growth. On the other hand, technological innovations and rise in number of product approvals create new opportunities in the coming years.
Covid-19 Scenario
- During the Covid-19 pandemic, patients suffering from cataract and other eye-related issues were hesitant to seek immediate care due to possibility of cross-contamination in hospitals and clinics. Many ophthalmologists had to close their practices temporarily.
- The visits to eye clinics or hospitals lowered down significantly. According to the study conducted by National Center of Biotechnology Information in 2021, the patient visits to eye care hospitals reduced by 3.5% during the pandemic. This, in turn, reduced the demand for intraocular lens and impacted the intraocular lens market negatively.
The monofocal intraocular lens segment to maintain its leadership status during the forecast period
Based on type, the monofocal intraocular lens segment accounted for the highest market share in 2021, contributing to more than three-fifths of the global intraocular lens market, and is expected to maintain its leadership status during the forecast period. This type of lens is the preferred choice of numerous ophthalmologists, which, in turn, led to the dominance in terms of revenue for this segment. However, the premium intraocular lens segment is expected to witness the highest CAGR of 7.2% from 2022 to 2031, owing to their proficiency in treating patients suffering from intricate retinal issues.
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The hospitals segment to maintain its lead position during the forecast period
Based on end user, the hospitals segment held the highest market share in 2021, accounting for more than half of the global intraocular lens market, and is expected to maintain its lead position during the forecast period. This is due to surge in number of cataract procedures performed in inpatient settings. However, the ophthalmology clinics segment is projected to manifest the fastest CAGR of 6.8% from 2022 to 2031. This is attributed to rise in number of discrete ophthalmic clinics.
North America to maintain its dominance in terms of revenue by 2031
Based on region, North America contributed to the highest market share in terms of revenue in 2021, accounting for nearly two-fifths of the global intraocular lens market, and is expected to maintain its dominance in terms of revenue by 2031. This is due to favorable reimbursement policies for cataract treatment in this region. However, Asia-Pacific is projected to manifest the fastest CAGR of 6.9% during the forecast period. This is attributed to surge in awareness regarding advanced treatment options and huge geriatric population base susceptible to cataract.
Leading Market Players
- Alcon
- Bausch Health, Inc.
- Carl Zeiss Meditech
- EyeKon Medical, Inc.
- Humanoptics
- Hoya Corporation
- Johnson & Johnson
- Lenstec, Inc.
- Rayner Intraocular Lens Ltd.
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ARLINGTON, Va., June 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Eagle Hill Consulting has been named one of The Washington Post's Top Workplaces 2023 in the midsize company category. This is the sixth time Eagle Hill has earned top workplace accolades by The Washington Post, demonstrating the company's steadfast commitment to cultivating a work environment that places an equal importance on client and employee satisfaction.
Earlier this year, Eagle Hill earned top workplace and consulting awards from Forbes and Vault. ALM recently named Eagle Hill an employee well-being innovator.
"This year's recognition shows were are consistent in our commitment to a culture that deeply values its employees," says Melissa Jezior, president and chief executive officer of Eagle Hill Consulting. "The last several years haven't been easy for employees and employers. But we have remained intentional about listening to our employees and taking action to ensure we have a workplace that meets their needs."
"For example, we have been intentional about strengthening our employee connections in four key areas – self, team, leadership, and Eagle Hill – through communications, in-person and virtual gatherings. Our program already is showing results, with employee connection to the company up 18 percent in just six months. In the end, our clients are best served when our workforce feels connected, fully engaged, empowered, and fulfilled by their work," Jezior said.
Conducted in partnership with employee engagement firm Energage, LLC, the survey asked employees about the companies they work for to identify the highest ranked workplaces in the region. More than 6,865 organizations were invited to participate, and top companies were selected based on survey responses from employees on topics ranging from employee development to innovation.
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Eagle Hill Consulting LLC is a woman-owned business that provides unconventional management consulting services in the areas of Strategy, Performance, Talent, and Change. The company's expertise in delivering innovative solutions to unique challenges spans across the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. A leading authority on employee sentiment, Eagle Hill is headquartered in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, with employees across the U.S. and offices in Boston and Seattle. More information is available at www.eaglehillconsulting.com.
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It's been exactly 20 years since the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it returned to Earth, killing all seven astronauts on board: commander Rick Husband, pilot Willie McCool, mission specialists Kalpana Chawla, Laurel Clark, Michael Anderson, David Brown and payload specialist Ilan Ramon of Israel.
Their mission — the 28th flight for Columbia, which became NASA's first shuttle to fly in space some two decades earlier — was focused on research on physical, life and space sciences. The crew spent their 16 days in space conducting some 80 experiments before preparing to return to Florida's Kennedy Space Center on the morning of Feb. 1, 2003.
Instead, the shuttle broke apart over northeast Texas, near Dallas, shortly after reentering Earth's atmosphere and minutes before it was due to land.
Temperature and tire pressure readings from the left side of the shuttle vanished, Mission Control lost contact with the crew and Texas residents saw streaks of smoke in the sky as debris began falling to the ground.
Pam Melroy, NASA's deputy administrator and an astronaut who helped lead part of the Columbia investigation, told Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep that she remembers that day: She was in Florida getting ready to greet the crew.
"The space shuttle is coming back through the Earth's atmosphere at Mach 25, and so it's going to arrive within a second of when it's predicted," she recalled. "And so it was a moment where we all looked around and said, 'How could this be happening? The space shuttle isn't here.' And that's when we realized it wasn't coming back."
An investigation blamed physical and cultural problems
Over the next few weeks, NASA recovered thousands of pieces of debris, including the crew members' remains, across parts of Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana.
And an investigation board released a report later that year detailing the physical and cultural problems behind the disaster.
A piece of foam insulation had broken off the shuttle's propellant tank and hit the edge of its left wing just over a minute into its Jan. 16 launch, which was captured on camera. But the exact location and extent of the damage was not clearly visible to engineers, and NASA management reportedly did not address their concerns during the shuttle's time in space because they believed little could be done about it.
The report found that a hole on the left wing allowed atmospheric gasses to enter the shuttle during its reentry, which caused it to overheat and break apart. It said there were things NASA could have done, like having the crew repair the wing damage or rescuing them from the shuttle.
It also blamed "cultural traits and organizational practices" for minimizing safety issues over the years, as well as low funding and strict scheduling. Investigators called on NASA to be more proactive in its efforts and replace the shuttle with a new system, as well as for more government support.
Melroy says Columbia was top of mind when she commanded a mission to the International Space Station in 2007, especially because she had been part of the 2003 investigation, looking at crew training, equipment and procedures.
"I was very focused on doing everything in my power to use that learning to protect the crew in case of a mishap," she said. "And I think all commanders feel that way, but I know it was very much on my mind throughout the whole mission to use that knowledge and ensure that the crew was as safe as possible. Fortunately, I didn't have to."
NASA suspended space shuttle flights for two years after the Columbia tragedy and went on to retire the space shuttle program altogether in 2011.
NASA says lessons from the past shape its future goals
Melroy says the Columbia disaster had a substantial impact on NASA, as did two other major disasters: the Apollo 1, which caught fire during a pre-launch test in 1967, and the Challenger, which exploded seconds after liftoff on Jan. 28, 1986. She thinks the agency "evolved more" after each of those incidents.
"If people died for this knowledge, we're going to learn from it," she said. "And I think that was the first step. But beyond that, the key lesson that we learned from Columbia was around schedule pressure but also around organizational silence — making sure that voices are heard inside the agency that have concerns about safety and making sure that those concerns get elevated to the right decision-makers."
NASA holds an annual Day of Remembrance to honor astronauts who died in the line of duty. This year's had a special focus on the Columbia anniversary, as Houston Public Media reported.
Evelyn Husband Thompson, the wife of Columbia's commander, spoke on behalf of family members, according to HPM.
"In the past twenty years, the Columbia families have had celebrations, and sorrow, and life experiences," she said. "One of us became a parent, and some of us are now grandparents."
NASA is now preparing for a new era of spaceflight, hoping its Artemis mission will put the first woman and first person of color on the lunar surface by 2025.
Will lessons learned from tragedies like Columbia play a role in those efforts?
"Absolutely," Melroy says. "We are very proud of the lessons that we've learned and we're incorporating them now."
The audio for this story was produced by Ziad Buchh and Mansee Khurana, and edited by Jan Johnson.
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A glance at the world's deadliest earthquakes in past 25 years
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake shook Turkey and Syria on Monday, killing thousands of people in the two countries. The death toll is expected to rise as rescuers working in cold and snow look for trapped people in the rubble of toppled buildings.
Video above: Aerials of collapsed buildings in northern Syria after earthquakes
Here are some of the world’s deadliest earthquakes in the past 25 years:
— June 22, 2022: In Afghanistan, more than 1,100 people die in magnitude 6.1 earthquake.
— Aug. 14, 2021: In Haiti, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake kills more than 2,200 people.
— Sept. 28, 2018: A magnitude 7.5 earthquake hits Indonesia, triggering a tsunami and killing more than 4,300 people.
— April 25, 2015: In Nepal, more than 8,800 people are killed by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake.
— March 11, 2011: A magnitude 9.0 quake off the northeast coast of Japan triggers a tsunami, killing nearly 20,000 people.
— Jan. 12, 2010: In Haiti, over 100,000 people are killed by a magnitude 7.0 quake. Government estimates put the number at a staggering 316,000 dead.
— May 12, 2008: A magnitude 7.9 quake strikes eastern Sichuan in China, resulting in over 87,500 deaths.
— May 27, 2006: More than 5,700 people die when a magnitude 6.3 quake hits the island of Java, Indonesia.
— Oct. 8, 2005: A magnitude 7.6 earthquake kills over 80,000 people in Pakistan’s Kashmir region.
— March 28, 2005: A magnitude 8.6 quake in northern Sumatra in Indonesia kills about 1,300 people.
— Dec. 26, 2004: A magnitude 9.1 quake in Indonesia triggers an Indian Ocean tsunami, killing about 230,000 people in a dozen countries.
— Dec. 26, 2003: A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits southeastern Iran, resulting in more than 20,000 deaths.
— May 21, 2003: More than 2,200 people are killed in a magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Algeria.
— Jan. 26, 2001: A magnitude 7.6 quake strikes Gujarat in India, killing as many as 20,000 people.
— Aug. 17, 1999: A magnitude 7.6 earthquake hits Izmit, Turkey, killing about 18,000 people.
— May 30, 1998: Over 4,000 people are killed after a 6.6 magnitude temblor hits Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province.
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ARLINGTON, Va. (WRIC) — One of the original Tuskegee Airmen who passed away in January at the age of 102 was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery.
Brigadier General Charles E. McGee, who flew in more than 400 missions over the course of three decades and three wars, was laid to rest at Arlington Cemetery on Friday, June 17. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. C.Q. Brown, Jr. all spoke at the service.
McGee was one of the original members of the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of primarily Black military pilots who were educated at the Tuskegee Institute and flew in World War II. Prior to the Tuskegee Airmen, the U.S. Military had no Black pilots.
McGee enlisted on Oct. 26, 1942 and flew 108 combat missions in World War II, he would also fly in the Korean War and the Vietnam War. His outstanding service earned him several decorations, including the Distinguished Flying Cross, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Air Medal and the Presidential Unit Citation.
McGee was enshrined in the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 2011. After retiring from military service, McGee continued to mentor young people as well as current and former airmen.
“As a Tuskegee Airman and combat aviator with 409 missions across three decades, his years in uniform were nothing shy of heroic, and his example of integrity, service, and excellence endures,” said Brown following McGee’s passing. “His legacy is foundational to our service, and a daily inspiration for me personally, and to so many other Airmen.” | https://www.wric.com/news/northern-virginia/tuskegee-airman-laid-to-rest-at-arlington-cemetery/ | 2022-06-19 00:59:37 | 0 | https://www.wric.com/news/northern-virginia/tuskegee-airman-laid-to-rest-at-arlington-cemetery/ |
Bis-Man Transit is accepting applications for seats on its board of directors.
The Bis-Man Transit Board oversees the operation of the paratransit and CAT bus systems in Bismarck-Mandan. One-third of the board is up for election at the annual meeting on April 27. Current board members elect new members and choose officers.
People interested in serving can apply online at www.bismantransit.com. The application also can be emailed to info@bismantransit.com, or mailed to Bis-Man Transit Administration Office, 3750 E. Rosser Ave., Bismarck, ND 58501. The deadline is 8 a.m. on April 21. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/bis-man-transit-board-seeks-applicants/article_5363c71c-be94-11ed-9950-8bd221665821.html | 2023-03-09 17:32:16 | 1 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/bis-man-transit-board-seeks-applicants/article_5363c71c-be94-11ed-9950-8bd221665821.html |
A roundup of the week's most newsworthy financial industry press releases from PR Newswire
NEW YORK, Dec. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help journalists covering the finance industry stay on top of the week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a roundup of stories from the week that shouldn't be missed.
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- US Consumer Confidence Declined Again in November
"Inflation expectations increased to their highest level since July, with both gas and food prices as the main culprits. Intentions to purchase homes, automobiles, and big-ticket appliances all cooled," said Lynn Franco, Senior Director of Economic Indicators at The Conference Board. - ADP National Employment Report: Private Sector Employment Increased by 127,000 Jobs in November; Annual Pay was Up 7.6%
"Turning points can be hard to capture in the labor market, but our data suggest that Federal Reserve tightening is having an impact on job creation and pay gains," said Nela Richardson, chief economist, ADP. - StartupOS Launches Platform for Early-Stage Startups
The platform, which empowers founders through a series of learn-by-doing exercises that allow for assessment and benchmarking at any stage or need in a startup's journey, is perfect for validating ideas, building an MVP (minimally viable product), or achieving product market fit. - CrossTower to Acquire BEQUANT and Launches the Industry First ESG Crypto Fund
Kapil Rathi, CEO of CrossTower, said, "We are stabilizing an industry with incredible promise; regaining trust; and rebuilding the future of finance." - FTX Resumes Ordinary Course Payments of Employees and Certain Foreign Contractors
FTX Trading Ltd. (d.b.a. FTX.com), and approximately 101 additional affiliated companies, announced that most FTX subsidiaries around the world are resuming ordinary course payment of salary and benefits to employees worldwide and ordinary course payments to certain non-U.S. contractors and service providers. - Sabre, Conferma Pay and Mastercard Join Forces to Power the Travel Economy with Virtual Cards
Digitization of travel payments with virtual cards helps address the historic challenges associated with B2B leisure and corporate travel payments. The securely generated, single use card numbers provide a link between booking and associated payments to third party suppliers. - Locus Robotics Announces $117 Million in Series F Funding, Bringing its Valuation Close to $2 Billion
The Locus warehouse execution platform disrupts large-scale warehouse fulfillment and distribution with an industry-leading, intelligent, and dynamically scalable robotics-driven solution. - Cloverly to work with Visa to implement scalable climate action technology for financial institutions
Through this program, Cloverly will engage with banks, financial services, and fintech companies that want to help their customers drive climate action through contributions to high-quality carbon credits.
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Today’s Headlines: Strikes couldn’t come at a worse time for Hollywood
Hello, it’s Monday, July 17, and here are the stories you shouldn’t miss today:
TOP STORIES
‘A lot of blood in the water.’ Why actors’ and writers’ strikes are a big blow to Hollywood studios
Simultaneous strikes by the Writers Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists — the first joint work stoppage since Ronald Reagan led SAG in 1960 — couldn’t come at a worse time for traditional entertainment companies.
“There’s going to be a lot of blood in the water,” Jonathan Taplin, director emeritus of USC’s Annenberg Innovation Lab, said. “This is not going to end well.”
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More on the strikes across Los Angeles
- L.A. politicians are joining picket lines. The city attorney wants them to stay away
- A dangerous heat wave hits the ‘hot labor summer’
- Column: On the hotel worker picket line, retirement is out of the question for many
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Top L.A. police union official tells cops to go ‘somewhere that understands your worth’
Police union vice president Jerretta Sandoz advised LAPD officers on Facebook to work in a city that doesn’t have two or more council members “who hate you.”
In a comment that was apparently later deleted, the union leader for more than 9,000 LAPD officers laid out what she saw as the hardships of being a cop in L.A.: hostile City Council members, a ban on displaying the “thin blue line” flag and the lack of a “great” contract.
Risk of tap water exposure to toxic PFAS chemicals higher in Southern California
Tap water in urban areas of Southern and Central California appears more likely to be contaminated by PFAS “forever chemicals” than drinking water in many other regions of the nation, although rural Californians are far less likely to suffer similar exposure, according to new research by the U.S. Geological Survey.
Inside the world of L.A.’s gym-fluencer ecosystem
When visibility is currency, influencers have unveiled the most vulnerable activities: waking up, eating, getting dressed. Now, exercise — a sweaty, uncomfortable experience once executed under baseball caps and oversized sweaters to avoid attracting attention — has too become primed for public consumption.
Judging by the 190 billion video submissions filed under #gymtok, there’s a market for it. Between an undeniable emphasis on aesthetics and obsession with wellness, Muscle Beach is no longer confined to a strip of sand in Venice, but stretched across the entire city.
OUR MUST-READS FROM THE WEEKEND
After 10 years, is this the beginning of the end for Black Lives Matter? The short answer is probably not. But the movement is 10 years old and, after several controversies, public opinion is down. Some want a new strategy writes Erika D. Smith.
The ‘Un-Becoming’: A former gang member finds his resurrection tale. Jessi Fernandez is part of a swelling pipeline of ex-convicts who make it to a UC or Cal State school and find an unexpected path forward.
The ending of the new “Mission: Impossible” is a real train wreck. Just as they planned it. For the film’s gripping final sequence, the biggest in one of Hollywood‘s biggest action franchises, a spectacular crash is just the beginning.
PHOTO OF THE DAY
Being Asian American and LGBTQ+ can feel lonely, with institutions such as ethnic churches often disavowing non-heterosexual relationships while traditional LGBTQ+ spaces such as gay bars can be unwelcoming.
Welcome to the nightclub where where queer Asian Americans no longer feel like “black sheep.”
CALIFORNIA
New evidence may back Menendez brothers’ sexual abuse claims. But can it free them? Twenty-seven years after Lyle and Erik Menendez were convicted of killing their parents, attorneys say new evidence supports the brothers’ claims that they were sexually abused by their father.
Adam Schiff dominates rivals in fundraising for California’s U.S. Senate race. Schiff collected roughly double the combined total raised by his top Democratic opponents — Reps. Katie Porter and Barbara Lee — in the same period.
Rockhounds fight for access to their jewel in the desert: Mojave Trails National Monument. A fierce seven-year debate over whether to prohibit the removal of rocks and minerals from Mojave Trails National Monument threatens to end rock collecting within its 1.6 million acres.
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NATION-WORLD
DeSantis presidential campaign is cutting staff as new financial pressure emerges. DeSantis, the Florida governor, let go fewer than 10 paid staffers late last week to help reduce operating expenses, according to an aide granted anonymity to discuss internal campaign strategy
HOLLYWOOD AND THE ARTS
What to know about an actors’ strike: Five questions answered. The walkout will halt productions worldwide and cause more economic pain and disruption for the film and TV industry already shaken by the writers’ strike that began May 2.
A genre-hopping novelist reinvents the ghost story as a Mexico City horror film. Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s “Silver Nitrate” continues her tradition of overturning genres — this time in the chilling story of film horror fanatics in Mexico City.
“Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One” opens with $80 million at the box office. Paramount Pictures’ “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One,” starring Tom Cruise, opens with softer-than-expected ticket sales domestically.
BUSINESS
Have student loans? These employers will help you pay them off. Now that the Supreme Court has struck down President Biden’s loan forgiveness plan, companies are looking to offer student debt repayment as a benefit.
SPORTS
U.S. refs are poised to make history during the Women’s World Cup. A record number of U.S. referees, including one mother of three, are on track to call games during the Women’s World Cup.
Maxwell Lewis is living an NBA dream that shocks one Lakers-loving fan — his dad. Robert Lewis grew up a Lakers fan but never thought his son Maxwell would get a shot at playing for the team he idolized — until NBA draft night.
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OPINION
RFK Jr.’s left-wing appeal in L.A. is no joke. Kennedy’s popularity on Los Angeles’ Westside, a hot spot of “conspirituality” — where wellness and spirituality meet conspiracy theories — shows a growing left-wing distrust in democracy, columnist Jackie Calmes writes.
Newsom says California’s anti-housing environmental law is ‘broken.’ So why won’t he fix it? The California Environmental Quality Act, known as CEQA, blocks housing and climate-friendly infrastructure. But the governor’s recent reform falls woefully short, writes Chris Elmendorf, a professor at the UC Davis School of Law..
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They help people with disabilities scale mountains and win championships, and they’ve just opened a new chapter in Los Angeles. ParaCliffHangers primarily focuses on climbers with physical and vision disabilities, some of whom have limited or no use of their legs. Through a mechanical system using pulleys, adaptive climbers are able to take some of the weight off their legs.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
Disneyland opened in Anaheim on July 17, 1955, “across 160 acres formerly occupied by orange groves,” says the L.A. Times story. Entry at the time would run you $1 per person. That’s about $11 today, accounting for inflation.
But the park today costs much more than that, and in the 68 years since it opened, has become larger and more advanced. But its allure seems timeless. Read the Los Angeles Times’ great big highly specific guide to Disneyland to learn everything you might need to know to understand that magical kingdom today.
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In Alex Jones trial, a father testifies of pain inflicted by Sandy Hook deniers
WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — Ian Hockley testified Tuesday that he was ridiculed online as a “party boy” and an actor after posting a video of the memorial service for his 6-year-old son, who was killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre.
Hockley is the latest family member of the 26 victims of the shooting to testify at the defamation trial of Alex Jones, where a jury is deciding how much the conspiracy theorist must pay for spreading the lie that the shooting was a hoax.
Hockley, who lost his autistic son Dylan in the shooting, testified that he became the target of conspiracy theorists because he smiled during what he found as an uplifting memorial service.
“That is what that video started to attract is people saying this must be fake,” he said. “‘He’s an actor. He’s smiling. Oh, you’re out of character,’ all of those things started to appear until we took our video down.”
Earlier in the trial, other victims’ relatives gave often emotional testimony describing how they endured death threats, in-person harassment and abusive comments on social media by people calling the shooting a hoax. Some moved to avoid the abuse.
Judge Barbara Bellis last year found Jones and his company liable by default for damages to plaintiffs without a trial, a consequence for what she called his repeated failure to turn over documents to their lawyers.
The jury of six will determine how much in damages Jones and Infowars’ parent company, Free Speech Systems, should pay relatives of five children and three adults killed at the school, for saying the shooting didn’t happen and inflicting emotional distress. An FBI agent who responded to the shooting also is a plaintiff.
Last week, Jones got into a heated exchange with plaintiffs’ attorney Christopher Mattei, accusing the lawyer of “ambulance chasing” and saying he was done apologizing for claiming the shooting was staged. In recent years, Jones has acknowledged the massacre happened, but says the families of victims are being used to push a gun-control and anti-free speech agenda.
Outside the courthouse and on his Infowars show, Jones has referred to the proceedings as a “show trial” and a “kangaroo court” and called Judge Barbara Bellis a tyrant, posting an image of her with lasers shooting from her eyes.
On Tuesday, Bellis said she would refrain from issuing any gag orders against Jones, but said that could change.
Bellis has ordered Jones not to mention in his testimony several topics, including free speech rights and his claims he only discussed Sandy Hook in a small percentage of his shows.
Defense attorney Norm Pattis is arguing that any damages should be limited and accused the victims’ relatives of exaggerating the harm the lies caused them.
In a similar trial last month in Austin, Texas, home to Jones and Infowars, a jury ordered Jones to pay nearly $50 million in damages to the parents of one of the children killed in the shooting, because of the hoax lies. A third such trial in Texas involving two other parents is expected to begin near the end of the year.
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WAKE COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- The woman who set off a statewide AMBER alert will be in a Wake County courtroom Friday afternoon.
Crystal Walston has been charged with child abduction and theft of a motor vehicle.
Police said she left an involuntary commitment in Raleigh, injured two people and stole vehicle before abducting her daughter.
She then stole another car from a dealership in Sanford.
After seeing the AMBER alert, a woman spotted the stolen car on Interstate 40 in Johnston County.
She called 911 and the highway patrol was able to get Walston to stop and troopers were able to take her into custody and rescue the child.
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DETROIT, July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Lion Order, a cannabis lifestyle brand led by Rohan Marley, featuring strain genetics developed by Heavyweight Heads, and powered by 305 Farms, is honored to announce winning two awards at the 2023 HIGH TIMES Cannabis Cup: Michigan People's Choice:
- 2nd Place - Adult Use Topicals / Tinctures / Capsules / Sublinguals: Lion Balm
- 3rd Place - Medical Sativa Flower: King Clementine
Lion Order LION BALM Full Spectrum Cooling Stick is a topical herbal rub containing 500mg THC and 500mg CBD with a proprietary blend of essential oils that provide extra healing properties. This easy to apply roll-on applicator soothes the mind and body with an intoxicating lavender scent. CBD and THC work together using the "entourage effect" to provide localized relief from sore muscles, joint pain, and skin irritations. This potent balm is applied topically, directly onto the affected area, where it is absorbed by the skin and interacts with the body's endocannabinoid system.
Lion Order's King Clementine flower packs a delicious citrusy, clementine taste with a creamy exhale, easing stress and elevating mood as a true King's herb. Dubbed for its royal vibes, King Clementine is a cross between Heavyweight Heads' Sunfuel and the award-winning Tropicana Cookies strains.
Established in 1974, HIGH TIMES Magazine has become the definitive source for cannabis news, culture, and brands, appealing to dedicated enthusiasts and industry insiders alike. Boasting an unwavering reputation founded on trust, it provides a dependable platform, delivering in-depth reviews and comprehensive information covering every facet of the cannabis realm. The HIGH TIMES Cannabis Cup stands as an internationally acclaimed cannabis competition, cementing its position as the pinnacle event within the cannabis community.
"We are grateful for the community's votes that led to Lion Order winning second and third place at HIGH TIMES' prestigious Cannabis Cup. Our Lion Balm topical provides much needed relief to our customers and King Clementine is Lion Order's flagship strain, developed by one of the most innovative cultivation teams in the state, so we are thrilled to see these products win in their respective categories," said Aaron Cole, CEO of Heavyweight Heads.
"We are blessed to have such a dynamic team behind Lion Order, with carefully curated genetics co-developed by Heavyweight Heads, and scalability through our partnership with 305 Farms, who operate the largest cultivation campus in the state of Michigan," said Rohan Marley, son of legendary musician Bob Marley. "I am excited to bring our vision for a roots luxury brand that transcends the cannabis industry and represents the culture and our movement."
Lion Order herb is grown with a deep Love and Respect for the plant. From seed to sale, each of their proprietary strains are cultivated with care to meet their five-factor standard: Aesthetic, Aroma, Flavor, Efficacy, and Resin-Release. To provide the most elevated experience possible, Lion Order prioritizes freshness so that their rich terpene profiles can be fully enjoyed.
Lion Order has launched 6 unique strain cultivars in the Michigan market, including:
Island Sunshine (Sativa), King Clementine (Hybrid), Road Block (Indica), Hurricane (Indica-Dominant Hybrid), and Gully Kush (Sativa-Dominant Hybrid); the sixth strain, Lion Fuel (Indica-Dominant Hybrid), launched this month, with additional strains coming soon. Lion Order is also launching a line of proprietary vapes in the Michigan market in August 2023 through 305 Farms, who also won "Best Adult-Use Distillate Vape" in the 2023 HIGH TIMES Cannabis Cup: Michigan People's Choice with their Workers Cannabis "Unicorn Piss" vape.
Lion Order products are currently available throughout Michigan in 100+ retail stores, and Lion Order is looking to expand into other licensed markets soon. For more information on Lion Order, please visit www.lionorder.com.
ABOUT LION ORDER GROUP LION ORDER is a movement led by Rohan Marley and a collection of professional athletes, activists, musicians and visionaries around the world who seek everlasting change and commitment to the elevation and edification of consciousness via plant medicine.
The Lion Order crest is our commitment to excellence and the virtues of Rastafari, Peace, Love and Unity.
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Easy 5" game were:
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(seven, eight, twelve, eighteen, twenty)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Easy 5" game were:
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NEW YORK (AP) — Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has a memoir coming out this fall. “Bibi: My Story” will be published Nov. 22, three weeks after parliamentary elections are to be held in Israel.
“Born a year after the founding of the Jewish state, I have dedicated my life to combat the forces that seek its destruction and make peace with those that do not,” Netanyahu, 72, said in a statement released Tuesday by Threshold Editions, a division of Simon & Schuster that publishes conservative books.
“My story is one of tragedy and triumph, setbacks and successes, lessons learned and loved ones cherished. It is woven with that of Israel, which has proven that faith and resolve can overcome insurmountable odds to forge a brilliant future.”
Other Threshold authors have included former Vice President Dick Cheney and former President Donald Trump, a close ally of Netanyahu’s while he was in the White House. Netanyahu has previously written “A Durable Peace” and “Fighting Terrorism,” among other books.
Before being ousted in elections in 2021, Netanyahu was Israel’s longest-serving leader — and its most polarizing, supported and condemned for his hard-line stance against the Palestinians. He now stands at the center of Israel’s protracted political crisis, where a cluster of parties has refused to sit with him in government because he is on trial for corruption: Israel has held five elections in less than four years.
Netanyahu’s 12-year tenure included heightened settlement building in the occupied West Bank and the presiding over three wars against the Hamas militant group ruling Gaza. He was also a leading opponent of the 2015 nuclear accord between Iran and several world powers, including the United States. Iran resumed some of its nuclear activities after Trump withdrew from the agreement in 2018.
Netanyahu is the son of a prominent Zionist and educator, Benzion Netanyahu, and brother of Jonathan Netanyahu, who was killed while leading the famed 1976 rescue of hostages on a hijacked plane in Entebbe, Uganda. A longtime leader of the nationalist Likud party, Benjamin Netanyahu also served as prime minister from 1996-1999.
According to Threshold, “Bibi” will range from Netanyahu’s early years to “his singular perspective on the geopolitics of the Middle East” and “his negotiations with Presidents Clinton, Obama, and Trump to secure the future of his country.”
Known as a political wizard able to outmaneuver his opponents, Netanyahu has vowed to regain his old job. But he currently faces charges in three separate cases, including allegations that while in office, he accepted gifts worth hundreds of thousands of dollars from Hollywood film producer Arnon Milchan and Australian billionaire James Packer. He is also accused of trying to orchestrate positive coverage in a major Israeli paper in exchange for promoting legislation that would have hampered the news outlet’s chief rival, a free pro-Netanyahu daily.
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PHOENIX — It appears the Arizona Cardinals will have their Pro Bowl anchor on the offensive line for the 2022 NFL season.
Center Rodney Hudson, 32, has decided to return to the Cardinals a play in the upcoming season, a report said. NFL insider Ian Rapoport released the news on Twitter Monday afternoon.
Rapoport said Hudson informed the team he's returning and will play in 2022. He added Hudson will be with the veterans when they report next Tuesday.
Questions about Hudson's availability began to surface earlier this off-season when he was an "unexcused absence" at the Cardinals' mandatory minicamp.
When asked during minicamp, Head Coach Kliff Kingsbury didn't add any details about Hudson's absence when he spoke to reporters.
“We’re working through something with him,” Kingsbury said.
It appears that Hudson has worked through whatever caused his absence from team activities earlier this year.
The Cardinals traded a third-round pick to acquire Hudson and a seventh-round choice before the beginning of the 2021 season. Arizona and Hudson previously agreed to a three-year, $30 million extension that added two years to his deal that was set to expire this off-season.
Hudson spent 10 seasons with Chiefs, Raiders and Cardinals after being drafted out of Florida State.
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The city of Phoenix is home to five major professional sports league teams; The NFL's Arizona Cardinals, NBA's Phoenix Suns, WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury, MLB's Arizona Diamondbacks and NHL's Arizona Coyotes.
The Cardinals have made the State Farm Stadium in Glendale their home turf and the Footprint Center in downtown Phoenix is home to both the Suns and the Mercury. The Indoor Football League’s Arizona Rattlers also play at the Footprint. Phoenix has a soccer team with the USL's Phoenix Rising FC.
The Valley hosts multiple major sporting events on a yearly basis, including college football's Fiesta Bowl and Cactus Bowl; the PGA Tour’s highest-attended event, the Waste Management Phoenix Open; NASCAR events each spring and fall; and Cactus League Spring Training.
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Government & Private-Sector Leaders Also Discuss Formal U.S. Recognition of ECOWAS as Intergovernmental Body
NEW YORK, Sept. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On the heels of Climate Week NYC 2022, Climate Advocate and Zoetic Global Chairman Jerome Ringo convened members of the U.S. Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), dignitaries from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and leading Green entrepreneurs for a discussion on the global response to climate change. The group also discussed the imperative of gaining formal U.S. recognition of ECOWAS as an intergovernmental body representing the political and economic union of 15 West African nations.
"In every region of the world, from West Africa to the Global West, communities face the clear and present danger of climate change," said Mr. Ringo. "Building bridges between government leaders from ECOWAS nations, members of Congress, and leading private-sector entrepreneurs is an essential step in the international community's dialogue about how we rise to meet this urgent threat to our planet."
Present at the event were Dr. Omar Alieu Touray, a Gambian diplomat and President of ECOWAS, Ambassador Mahama Kappiah, the ECOWAS Permanent Representative to the United Nations and former Director of the ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18), and film and entertainment star Wesley Snipes.
The group of international and private-sector leaders also discussed the importance of securing the United States' formal recognition of ECOWAS as an intergovernmental body. "Collectively, the ECOWAS nations represent a population that exceeds that of the United States," said Mr. Ringo. "These nations and their citizens are not merely stakeholders in our global response to climate change; they are essential partners in developing and implementing climate-change solutions. Without ECOWAS at the table, it will be impossible to achieve successful, equitable solutions to the climate crisis — that's why the United States must take steps to formally recognize ECOWAS as an international partner."
ECOWAS includes the following member nations: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
A leading advocate for climate-change solutions, Mr. Ringo previously chaired the National Wildlife Federation, the United States' largest conservation organization, and the Apollo Alliance, a coalition of environmental, labor, business, and civil rights leaders. Mr. Ringo currently serves as Chairman of Zoetic Global, a U.S.-based Green-tech company that is accelerating climate-safe refrigerants to the global market. Zoetic Global represents Mr. Ringo's shift from climate-change advocacy to action. The company's mission is to transform the worldwide refrigeration industry from a primary culprit in the climate crisis to a pioneering leader in climate-change solutions.
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PEORIA, Ariz. — A 27-year-old man has been detained by the Peoria Police Department for allegedly trying to sexually assault a jogger on the Skunk Creek Trail on Jan. 28.
Steven R. Michael of Phoenix is facing several felony charges after he allegedly grabbed a woman jogging along the trail Saturday morning and threw her to the ground, police said.
The woman fought back and managed to get away from the assailant. She called 911 and police officers were able to locate the suspect.
Michael is facing charges of sexual abuse, aggravated assault, and attempted sexual assault.
Anyone with more information about this incident is encouraged to call Peoria police at 623-773-8874.
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What is the Valley?
“The Valley” is what locals call the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. It is considered the largest metropolitan area in the Southwest.
The Valley is made up of various major cities other than Phoenix, including:
- Mesa
- Chandler
- Scottsdale
- Tempe
- Glendale
- Surprise
- Peoria
- Gilbert
- El Mirage
- Avondale
- Litchfield Park
- Goodyear
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Whether a city is in the “East Valley” or “West Valley” depends on where it is in relation to Phoenix.
The cities of the Valley have a combined population of 4,845,832 people, according to the 2020 United States Census. This makes it the 11th largest metropolitan area in the country right behind the Boston and Atlanta areas.
How big is Maricopa County?
Maricopa County is the United States’ 4th largest county in terms of population with 4,485,414 people, according to the 2020 Census.
The county contains around 63% of Arizona’s population and is 9,224 square miles. That makes the county larger than seven U.S. states (Rhode Island, Delaware, Connecticut, Hawaii, New Jersey, Massachusetts and New Hampshire).
One of the largest park systems in the nation is also located in Maricopa County. The county has an estimated 120,000 acres of open space parks that includes hundreds of miles of trails, nature centers and campgrounds.
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ByHeart is positioned to reliably and safely meet the needs of families across the country and fully reopen to customers in Q2 of 2023 with an eye toward retail expansion this year
The acquisition and pending FDA registration of this manufacturing facility, together with ByHeart's existing facilities, will provide the company with sufficient manufacturing capacity to achieve its goal of feeding 500,000 babies annually
With ownership of three manufacturing facilities across the U.S., ByHeart will further expand the company's full control and oversight of its production process
NEW YORK, Jan. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, ByHeart announces the acquisition of an additional manufacturing facility that will enable the next-generation baby nutrition company to scale production capacity of its breakthrough infant formula and increase domestic infant formula supply. Recognizing that the formula industry, which historically has been dominated by three players who control 90% of the market, was in need of change, ByHeart founders Ron Belldegrun and Mia Funt began working with DairiConcepts' FDA-registered facility in Allerton, Iowa, in 2018 to proactively build redundancy into their production ecosystem.
ByHeart is acquiring the Allerton facility from DairiConcepts, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), the nation's largest dairy cooperative. ByHeart will be maintaining the facility's workforce and extending its best-in-class benefits to all existing employees. This announcement follows ByHeart's recent acquisition of Cascadia Nutrition, an FDA-registered packaging and blending facility in Portland, OR. Together, these facilities and the company's manufacturing plant in Reading, PA, will provide ByHeart with sufficient manufacturing capacity to achieve its goal of feeding an estimated 500,000 infants each year.
"Infant formula is a fundamental category and often the sole source of nutrition for babies. Since our launch, we've seen incredible demand for our product; the outpouring of positive feedback from ByHeart customers strengthened our conviction to double down on our supply chain in order to provide families with safe and reliable nourishment for their babies," says ByHeart CEO and Co-Founder Ron Belldegrun. "When we started ByHeart seven years ago, we committed to taking the longer path and building from the ground up to serve as an example for how this industry can and should evolve. By acquiring these additional facilities, we are not only providing critical product to more families, but also further strengthening the vulnerable infant formula supply chain in this country."
"Infant formula is one of the most value added dairy products in the world. We at Dairy Farmers of America are committed to producing high-quality milk and dairy ingredients in a sustainable way while building relationships that leverage the value of dairy nutrition for infant formula," says Martin Bates, president of DFA Ingredient Solutions. "We look forward to continuing to work with ByHeart, which we believe has the potential to unlock significant opportunity for our 11,500 family farmers across the country."
ByHeart's acquisition of an additional production facility dedicated to infant formula will yield a crucial incremental supply of infant formula in the US and ultimately contribute to safeguarding the country from future shortages. As the only infant formula newcomer able to use its clinical trials and manufacturing expertise to enhance the capabilities of existing facilities in the US, ByHeart is continuing to advance 21st-century nutrition to ensure access to a higher quality formula for more families.
When Belldegrun and Funt founded ByHeart in 2016, they set out to develop an infant formula that incorporated the advancements in modern nutrition science and breast milk research that had previously outpaced product innovation in this space. Building the company from scratch allowed ByHeart to personally source each ingredient, acquire their manufacturing and R&D, and apply rigorous quality standards to every touchpoint in the production process. This revolutionary approach yielded the first clinically proven, easy-to-digest infant formula with no corn syrup, maltodextrin, soy, or palm oil. ByHeart's patented protein blend gets closest to breast milk to drive "all in one" functional benefits for a baby. Results from ByHeart's breakthrough national clinical study have been published in the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. Investing in end-to-end US manufacturing and owning three domestic facilities should allow ByHeart to provide formula to more families and strengthen the supply of this vital first food.
Founded in 2016 and based in New York City with manufacturing facilities across three states, ByHeart is a next-generation baby nutrition company dedicated to empowering parents with choices for a better feeding future. ByHeart is the first new infant formula manufacturer to be registered with the FDA in over 15 years, and its next-generation, easy-to-digest infant formula is defined by nutritional excellence and a farm-to-formula verified™ quality program. For more information on ByHeart, visit https://byheart.com.
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) is a national, farmer-owned dairy cooperative focusing on quality, innovation and the future of family dairies. While supporting and serving more than 11,500 family farm-owners, DFA manufactures nearly every form, function and flavor of nutritional dairy products, including fluid milk, cheese, butter, ice cream, dairy ingredients and more that connect our Cooperative's family farms to family tables with regional brands such as Alta Dena® Dairy, Meadow Gold® Dairy, Friendly®'s, Borden® Cheese, Plugrá® Premium Butter and Kemps® to name a few. On a global scale, we work with some of the world's leading food companies to develop ingredients that deliver the greatest source of nutrition to consumers around the world, while staying committed to social responsibility and ethical farming. For more information, please visit dfamilk.com.
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MOOSIC, Pa. — Mike Stevens, one of the original co hosts of Pennsylvania Outdoor Life, revisits when he took the show fishing for panfish with a bamboo rod and cork bobber.
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MOOSIC, Pa. — Mike Stevens, one of the original co hosts of Pennsylvania Outdoor Life, revisits when he took the show fishing for panfish with a bamboo rod and cork bobber. | https://www.wnep.com/article/entertainment/television/pa-outdoor-life/bamboo-rod-panfishing-with-mike-stevens/523-0032ac8f-eac7-446e-809a-5d8a3ef9edb9 | 2023-01-22 17:55:22 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/entertainment/television/pa-outdoor-life/bamboo-rod-panfishing-with-mike-stevens/523-0032ac8f-eac7-446e-809a-5d8a3ef9edb9 |
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — A Gwinnett County police officer is being praised for implementing his life-saving emergency training.
On June 30, Sgt. Jerrald Leak was getting lunch after a SWAT detail at a Golden Corral on Satellite Boulevard. During Leak's visit, a customer started to choke on their food.
Restaurant surveillance video caught the moment of heroism.
A woman was seen struggling to help the man, who, despite his coughing, could not dislodge whatever was keeping him from breathing.
As diners watched on and passed the man's table, Leak walked over and performed an abdominal thrust.
"Without hesitation, Leak walked over to the man and performed the Heimlich maneuver," police said.
The department reported that Leak performed one abdominal thrust, which dislodged the food the man was choking on.
"Sgt. Jerrald Leak was in the right place at the right time," the department said.
The woman with the man seemed relieved, patting the man's back and conversing with the officer. Leak left the pair as the man was able to also converse with the man.
The department said each of its officers receive CPR, first aid and AED training every two years "so that we are prepared for an event like this."
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NEW YORK, Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW), the challenger network built to transform marketing, announced today that Mark Penn, Chairman and CEO, will join a fireside chat at Citi's 2022 Global Technology Conference on Thursday, Sept. 8 from 2:30-3:10 p.m. EDT. For more information, visit this link.
Penn will also be available for 1:1 investor meetings. To inquire about a meeting, please reach out to ir@stagwellglobal.com.
Stagwell is the challenger network built to transform marketing. We deliver scaled creative performance for the world's most ambitious brands, connecting culture-moving creativity with leading-edge technology to harmonize the art and science of marketing. Led by entrepreneurs, our 13,000+ specialists in 34+ countries are unified under a single purpose: to drive effectiveness and improve business results for their clients. Join us at www.stagwellglobal.com.
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Leldon Echols to become Chairman of the EnLink Board of Directors
DALLAS, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- EnLink Midstream, LLC (NYSE: ENLC) (EnLink) announced today that Chairman and CEO Barry E. Davis will retire from EnLink, the company he led the founding of, after more than 25 years of leadership. Davis will step down from his position as Chairman and CEO on June 20, 2022, at which point Jesse Arenivas will join EnLink as CEO and a director on the EnLink Board of Directors (Board), and Leldon E. Echols will become the Chairman of the Board. Davis will continue in an advisory role until August 31, 2022, to ensure a seamless transition.
Davis led EnLink Midstream's predecessor, Crosstex Energy, from its founding in 1996 through the 2014 merger of Crosstex with midstream assets from Devon Energy Corp., the transaction that created EnLink. Under Davis' leadership, EnLink evolved into a Fortune 500 integrated midstream company with a strong financial foundation and a diverse geographic footprint in several top U.S. basins, which is also pursuing innovative and sustainable energy transition opportunities, such as carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and sequestration (CCS).
"No words can adequately express my gratitude for what being a part of the EnLink family has meant to me," Davis said. "Building EnLink and serving as its CEO has been one of the great accomplishments of my life. I am immensely proud of what we've accomplished to date, growing from $15 million in adjusted EBITDA at the time of the initial public offering of Crosstex Energy in 2002, to a projected $1.2 billion in adjusted EBITDA at the midpoint of our 2022 guidance. I want to express my deep gratitude to our extremely dedicated employees, as well as our incredibly talented management team and Board of Directors who have guided EnLink to what it is today. I'm confident in EnLink's future success with this team and under Jesse's leadership."
Arenivas comes to EnLink after almost 20 years with Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI), where he helped the company grow to become the largest transporter of CO2 in North America. He served as President of the CO2 segment since 2014 and was appointed President of KMI's Energy Transition Ventures team upon its formation in early 2021. He joined KMI in 2003 and previously served in various financial, accounting, and business development roles, including Vice President of Finance and Accounting for KMI's CO2 business segment. Before joining KMI, Arenivas spent five years at ConocoPhillips Co. in financial and commercial roles.
"Jesse is the kind of visionary leader who will undoubtedly enable the EnLink team to realize our 'Future of Midstream' vision," Davis said. "EnLink has been on an upward trajectory, announcing record adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter of 2022 and signing our first CCS customer, Oxy Low Carbon Ventures. Jesse's deep experience in our industry, including most recently at the forefront of CO2 and the energy transition, combined with his background as a strategic and financially minded business development leader, will foster continued excellence in EnLink's business, as well as momentum in growing EnLink's role in the energy transition."
"I am grateful to Barry and the Board for this opportunity to lead EnLink at such an exciting time in EnLink's journey," Arenivas said. "I've long admired the robust gathering and processing platform integrated with key downstream demand markets that EnLink has built, as well as the 'EnLink Way' approach to operational excellence and innovation that the team has developed. I am confident in our management team, and I look forward to advancing EnLink's vision toward the future of midstream, which includes continuing to drive excellence in traditional midstream, while positioning the company to deliver energy solutions for the future."
Arenivas holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance from the University of Texas Permian Basin and is a certified public accountant (CPA).
Echols will become the Chairman of the Board on June 20. He remains the chair of the Board's Audit Committee and a member of the Board's Governance & Compensation Committee. Echols has a long history with EnLink, having been a director on the Board since the company formed in 2014 and a member of EnLink's predecessor company's board since 2008.
Davis' anticipated retirement from EnLink was a part of the succession plan developed and administered by EnLink's Board to maintain strategic leadership continuity, continue to focus on shareholder value, and secure EnLink's long-term success. The Board expresses gratitude to Davis for his service and confidence in Arenivas as the new chief executive.
"Barry successfully led the company through the industry downturn and now has helped position EnLink on an exciting growth trajectory," Echols said. "On behalf of the Board, we want to thank Barry for his leadership and innumerable contributions to EnLink. Looking forward, the Board and I are confident in Jesse's commitment to EnLink's vision and ability to lead the company in EnLink's next phase. I am also honored to be named Chairman of the Board and look forward to continuing to work alongside our talented Board directors and EnLink's executive management."
EnLink Midstream reliably operates a differentiated midstream platform that is built for long-term, sustainable value creation. EnLink's best-in-class services span the midstream value chain, providing natural gas, crude oil, condensate, NGL capabilities, and carbon capture, transportation, and sequestration. Our purposely built, integrated asset platforms are in premier production basins and core demand centers, including the Permian Basin, Oklahoma, North Texas, and the Gulf Coast. EnLink's strong financial foundation and commitment to execution excellence drive competitive returns and value for our employees, customers, and investors. Headquartered in Dallas, EnLink is publicly traded through EnLink Midstream, LLC (NYSE: ENLC). Visit www.EnLink.com to learn how EnLink connects energy to life.
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Tensions between former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) are simmering, with considerations about the 2024 presidential election creeping into view as Republicans hope for big wins in Tuesday’s midterm elections.
Trump over the weekend took his most direct swipe at DeSantis to date during a rally in Pennsylvania, when he dubbed the governor and potential GOP primary opponent “Ron DeSanctimonious.”
But the former president dialed back the rhetoric after it received a lukewarm reception, urging Floridians on Sunday to vote for DeSantis on Tuesday.
The timing of Trump’s attack on DeSantis raised eyebrows from a number of conservatives, including some who are traditionally Trump allies, who felt it was counterproductive to go after a GOP governor who is on the ballot this week.
“Trump is getting what he wanted out of it with coverage, but it is also a weak attack,” said one former Trump campaign adviser, who called it “petty” to do it so close to Election Day.
One Florida-based GOP strategist said the attack showed Trump is aware of the momentum around a possible DeSantis presidential bid and was seeking to address it head on.
The former president appeared to be firing a warning shot to any would-be challengers in a 2024 GOP presidential primary during the Saturday rally, which was intended to boost Pennsylvania Senate candidate Mehmet Oz and gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano.
As a screen in the background displayed polling numbers Trump had picked out that showed him leading among voters over potential primary challengers, Trump noted he had 71 percent in one poll, while “Ron DeSanctimonious” was at 10 percent.
The budding Trump-DeSantis rivalry was already being discussed after Trump announced a rally in Miami on Sunday for GOP candidates that did not include the governor, who is seeking a second term and who earned Trump’s backing in 2018.
But the rivalry did not escalate on Sunday. DeSantis held a separate event in Sun City Center, Fla., where he did not directly mention the former president as he touted his record on the coronavirus pandemic and the economy.
Trump, for his part, directly encouraged voters to back DeSantis.
“You’re going to reelect the wonderful, the great friend of mine Marco Rubio to the United States Senate, and you are going to reelect Ron DeSantis as your governor,” Trump told supporters.
Friction between Trump and DeSantis had reportedly been growing in recent months, as the Florida governor saw his star rise as he fought the Biden administration on the use of masks in schools, immigration and other culture war issues.
Trump has prodded at DeSantis in the past, but not as directly or in front of a crowd of supporters like he did on Saturday. And the Florida governor has previously shrugged off talk of a rift between the two men as a media creation.
“I think this is what the media does,” DeSantis said in January when asked about his relationship with Trump. “You cannot fall for the bait . . . you know what they’re trying to do, so just don’t take it. Just keep on keeping on. We need everybody united for a big red wave in 2022.”
But the two men appear to be on a collision course.
Trump is likely to announce a 2024 presidential bid before the end of the month, according to sources in his orbit, and DeSantis has the backing of a number of conservatives who are eager to move on from Trump out of concern he is the one candidate who could lose the general election.
One former Trump White House official argued DeSantis’ weak spot is that he would eventually have to go after the former president, who in many ways helped fuel DeSantis’ political rise in Florida.
“Once that happens, the Trump base will turn on him,” the former official said.
But many Republicans are hoping any looming Trump-DeSantis battle will remain on hold at least until after Tuesday.
Both men have a lot riding on the midterm results. For Trump, wins for his hand-picked Senate candidates in Arizona, Ohio, Georgia and Pennsylvania could strengthen his grip on the GOP and give him momentum to ride into a potential 2024 announcement.
DeSantis, meanwhile, could win his re-election contest handily and tout GOP gains in Congress in Florida as a result of his leadership of the state, bolstering his own case to be the next face of the party.
“The reality is, regardless of if Blake Masters wins [in Arizona], regardless of if Oz wins [in Pennsylvania], Ron DeSantis is winning by a record amount,” said Sam Nunberg, a former adviser to Trump’s 2016 campaign. “And that’s going to continue his upward trajectory toward being able to win the nomination in 2024. Donald Trump is the front-runner, but he’s not a formidable front-runner.” | https://who13.com/hill-politics/trump-desantis-tensions-simmer-away-ahead-of-election-day/ | 2022-11-07 22:18:31 | 1 | https://who13.com/hill-politics/trump-desantis-tensions-simmer-away-ahead-of-election-day/ |
The COVID-19 pandemic greatly accelerated a long-running pattern in giving by foundations and charities for health and natural disasters, a new Chronicle analysis of nine years of data show.
Ninety percent of the $5.2 billion donated in 2020, the most recent year for which data is available, went to dealing with immediate disaster needs. In other years, about half of disaster grantmaking went to such purposes. The rest went to helping communities prepare for hurricanes, droughts, life-threatening spread of disease, and other problems as well as to recovery and rebuilding.
The amount of money foundations and charities gave in response to COVID-19 is stunning compared with the past. The 2020 figures are 15 times as much as the contributions in 2019. To be sure, grantmakers aren’t keeping up that pace: Preliminary figures for more recent giving show that foundations are slowing their giving considerably.
The review of data from the Center for Disaster Philanthropy and Candid, a research organization that tracks giving of all kinds, shows that the sums flowing to disasters aren’t always going where they are most needed, namely for long-term recovery efforts and ensuring that communities are resilient enough to withstand the growing number of natural disasters caused by climate change.
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Here are five trends revealed by the Chronicle’s analysis:
— THE SPIKE IN COVID GIVING COOLED QUICKLY.
Private and community foundations, along with United Ways and other groups, gave $5.2 billion to disaster relief in 2020 compared with $352 million in 2019, primarily due to the urgency and the severity of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“There’s nobody who wasn’t affected in some way by the pandemic,” says Tanya Gulliver-Garcia, director of learning and partnerships at the Center for Disaster Philanthropy. “And I think philanthropy saw that as a moment to step up and make a change and respond.”
The money went to a wide variety COVID relief efforts, such as vaccine research, hunger relief, and direct cash payments to people in need.
Grace Sato, Candid’s director of research, says that it is already clear that the increase in giving fueled by Covid-19 has subsided. A survey of foundations released by Candid in May found that Covid-related funding declined by 31 percent from 2020 to 2021.
Other major epidemics have led to spikes in disaster giving in the past nine years: The second highest was after the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2014, which attracted $158 million.
— THE FOCUS IS MOSTLY ON IMMEDIATE RELIEF
Our review of the nine years of data found that funding for immediate relief was far more abundant than for anything else, including preparing for disasters or helping communities recover and rebuild. Those efforts have consistently received about half of the giving on average in the eight years before 2020.
Gulliver-Garcia says media coverage helps fuel grant makers’ and donors’ interest in spending more on response and relief. Most of the philanthropic funding for disasters is given within the first five days of a crisis and is earmarked for immediate relief, she says, so it can’t be used later.
“Long-term recovery doesn’t paint a dramatic picture for the 6 o’clock news,” she says. “Our goal is to help funders understand they can give money now, but they should also save some money and think about what long-term investments communities are going to need.”
That disparity is apparent in places like New Orleans, where she lives. “There is still damage and loss that you can trace directly back to (Hurricane) Katrina,” she says. “There’s infrastructure that hasn’t been repaired, and that’s because the focus was all in those immediate first few days.”
Providing more funding to local grassroots organizations working over the long term to rebuild communities is essential, says Sandrina da Cruz, director of disaster response at GlobalGiving, which connects donors and companies to community-led organizations.
“We need to be able to trust that community leaders are in the best position to respond to longer-term needs, and we must invest in infrastructure,” says da Cruz. “And all that hard work is happening long after a crisis has made headlines.”
— GIVING DOESN’T KEEP UP WITH CLIMATE CHANGE
The reports over nine years show that natural disasters, particularly storms, usually received the most philanthropic funding. Philanthropic support shifted year-to-year depending on which disasters were more prevalent. Funding spiked in 2017 after Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, which devastated communities in the United States and the Caribbean.
Climate change is expected to make such natural disasters, including wildfires and droughts, more common and more severe. Extreme weather events have doubled in the past decade, according to the National Centers for Environmental Information.
Beth Gazley, a professor who has researched disaster philanthropy at Indiana University, says the latest report’s findings demonstrate the need to fund planning and resiliency efforts for disasters caused by climate change. That means foundations must examine whether their funding “addresses the symptoms and not the problem itself.”
Humanitarian emergencies like refugee crises and wars, which get substantial government funds, and accidents caused by human mistakes, such as chemical spills, received the least philanthropic dollars.
— THE BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION REIGNS AS TOP DONOR
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has given more to disaster relief than any other grant maker each year except in 2017 and 2018. The Howard G. Buffett Foundation took the number one spot in 2017 as it awarded two grants totaling $38.1 million to support the removal of land mines in Colombia. And the Texas-based OneStar Foundation, which was founded in 1974 by then-Gov. Dolph Briscoe, overtook Gates in 2018 when it collected and distributed money for Hurricane Harvey relief efforts.
In 2020, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation gave six times as much as the year before. The global grant maker contributed $485.9 million to support research into Covid-19 testing, treatments, vaccines, and other relief efforts.
The American Red Cross, which provides support in the immediate aftermath of disasters, has regularly been a top recipient of funding from big foundations and other donors.
“An organization like the Red Cross is so well known, so connected, and has that immediate connection in people’s minds after a disaster,” says Gulliver-Garcia.
However, large aid organizations have faced criticism for their slow response to local needs. The Red Cross, for instance, was slow to respond to Superstorm Sandy and spent large sums of money on administrative costs.
— DONOR-ADVISED FUNDS GIVE MORE
The nine-year review shows that Americans are channeling more money from donor-advised funds to support disaster relief. DAFs allow people to get an immediate tax deduction for contributions to their accounts and then send funds to causes they care about. But there is no requirement for the money to go to a working charity within a certain time frame.
Fidelity Charitable, which manages donor-advised funds, recorded $7.8 million in giving to disasters such as the Ebola outbreak and the Syrian refugee crisis in 2014, the first time donor-advised fund data was provided to researchers. That amount jumped to $60 million by 2017, largely in response to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria. Fidelity and Vanguard Charitable reported an even more significant spike in 2020, with about $592 million going to groups working on COViD-related issues.
The increase in giving to disaster causes comes as giving to donor-advised funds has grown sharply over the last few years..
Donor-advised funds and corporations have frequently contributed to relief for severe weather disasters during the past nine years.
Corporate giving has been more variable. It was at its highest in 2020, when $650 million went to COVID-19 efforts, and in 2017, in response to the hurricanes.
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Squeaky toy causes trademark dog-fight at the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - A dog toy is making a big squeak at the Supreme Court Wednesday.
Jack Daniels Whiskey is suing a pet company for trademark infringement over a toy that looks like one of their bottles.
The judges chewed on some big questions about product parody, and what constitutes trademark violation.
The main question:
Is a dog toy that looks like a bottle of Jack Daniels actually harming the Jack Daniels brand?
“Quite honestly, if I were the Supreme Court, I wouldn’t want to decide this case. This is a tough on,” said trademark lawyer Michael Kondoudis.
While some see the toy as a clear trademark violation, copying Jack Daniels likeness and bottle shape, parody products are usually protected under free speech. Defense lawyer Bennett Cooper argued Wednesday in front of the Supreme Court that the toy is just that.
“Jack Daniels advertised in self-serious way that Jack is everyone’s friend and Bad Spaniels is a parody, playfully comparing Jack to Man’s other best friend,” said Cooper.
But Jack Daniels doesn’t think the joke is very funny - and is refusing to roll over.
“Under our system, a trademark owner is responsible for enforcing their trademark rights and keeping their trademark, what’s called, as we call it, distinctive,” said Kondoudis.
The pet company may be barking up the wrong tree, as they turn a profit on the toys. That could muddy their free-speech defense.
“When you move beyond just parody and you move into commercialization where you’re actually making a line of products and selling them for profit,” said Kondoudis. “The line gets blurry as to what is commentary and protected versus what is just ordinary commercial activity which is subject to trademark protection.”
Judges are expected to release their formal opinions on this case in June.
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OAK BROOK, Ill., Oct. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chamberlain®, an innovator in garage door openers and smart home access technologies powered by myQ®, announced that its Chamberlain B6753T Secure View™ Camera Ultra-Quiet LED Wi-Fi Battery Backup Garage Door Opener has won the first Good Housekeeping's Home Renovation Awards in the Garage Wonders category.
The first garage door opener with a built-in camera, the Chamberlain Secure View works with the myQ app so homeowners can check and SEE if they left the garage door open and close it – anytime, from anywhere. Today, more than 7 million people use the highly rated myQ app (4.8-star app store rating with over one million verified reviews) to control, secure and monitor their garage door. This innovative technology helps enhance the security of the garage and home with real-time alerts that let homeowners know if they left the garage door open. The app's Guest Access feature also provides a safer way to share access to the home – no need to share keys or codes. Additionally, myQ works with Amazon Key for convenient and secure in-garage delivery of packages and groceries.
"We are thrilled to have the Secure View garage door opener recognized for its superior quality and the unparalleled convenience and security it offers to homeowners," said Jackie Lorenty, Chamberlain's Executive Vice President, Residential Services & International. "The garage is the main entry point to the home for 70 percent of today's homeowners. Being able to monitor who is coming and going from the garage (kids, friends, extended family), while being able to control who you let in (the dog walker) or keep out (a family of raccoons), while you're home or away, makes the Secure View garage door opener a must have smart home device that puts homeowners in control and enhances the security of the home."
The award selection process was run by home building and engineering experts through the Good Housekeeping Institute Home Improvement & Outdoor Lab, a trusted resource for millions of homeowners looking to make their homes more beautiful, functional, safe and efficient. The Chamberlain Secure View garage door opener underwent months of rigorous testing in order to be considered for the Home Reno Award, including performance-based lab tests and in-home consumer reviews. Through more than 5,000 testing hours, Good Housekeeping experts and consumer testers took a close look at the scores of submissions that poured into the Home Improvement & Outdoor Lab. Only products that truly make the home better — whether easier to operate, more energy-efficient, safer, more stylish or some combination of them all — earned a place on the Home Reno Award's list of winners.
The full list of 2022 categories and winners of the Good Housekeeping Home Reno Awards can be found here: www.goodhousekeeping.com/homereno2022.
The Chamberlain Secure View is available for purchase at leading home improvement and online retailers including Amazon.com, Do it Best, The Home Depot, Lowes and Menards. To learn more about the Chamberlain Secure View, and Chamberlain's whole line of smart garage door openers and smart home access devices, please visit https://www.chamberlain.com.
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Company's expansion into Canadian market addresses surging demand for secure cloud-based services in the country.
TYSONS, Va., Feb. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Casepoint today announced the company has officially expanded its North American offering of the Casepoint Platform with a dedicated data center in Canada. Canadian corporations, government agencies, and law firms will now have access to Casepoint's industry-leading Legal Hold and eDiscovery software within Canada. The move comes in response to an increasing demand in the Canadian market for secure, cloud-based legal discovery technology for litigation, investigations, and compliance. It also addresses data residency requirements for organizations operating within Canadian borders.
While Casepoint has established a strong presence in the U.S. market since 2008, there is a growing need for modern cloud-based Legal Hold and eDiscovery platform alternatives in the Canadian market. The demand has surged for a single secure, end-to-end platform that can replace the need for separate software for legal hold, processing, review, and analytics. With more Canadian corporations bringing eDiscovery in-house and more government agencies and law firms seeking self-service options, Casepoint has emerged as an obvious solution.
"We're thrilled to be able to offer our industry-leading Legal Hold and eDiscovery software to Canadian customers for the first time after years of mounting interest in Casepoint in this market," said Haresh Bhungalia, Casepoint's CEO. "Not only will we be able to provide major organizations a leading alternative to legacy eDiscovery systems, we'll also meet jurisdictional and data privacy law requirements, including the Canadian Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)."
Like its U.S. counterpart, Casepoint's Canadian cloud-based solution exceeds all NIST and SOC controls to manage cybersecurity risks.
"The biggest benefit of our data center is lower latency for our Canadian customers, which allows for faster data transfers, especially for larger data sets," said Sundhar Rajan, Casepoint's Chief Information Officer. "The data center is also backed by Casepoint's rigorous approach to cybersecurity, giving Canadian organizations even more reason to choose Casepoint."
The establishment of the data center highlights Casepoint's rapidly growing market presence in North America and increasing engagements in the Canadian market. The recent "eDiscovery Innovation of the Year" winner has expanded its legal hold, cloud data collection, intelligent data processing, and collaboration capabilities over the past year, resulting in a best-in-breed solution to manage and monitor the entire discovery process from legal hold to review and production.
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Casepoint is the legal technology platform of choice for corporations, government agencies, and law firms to meet their complex eDiscovery, investigations, and compliance needs. Powered by cutting-edge AI and advanced analytics, Casepoint helps teams cut through large volumes of data to quickly identify insightful and actionable information. Casepoint's secure and scalable cloud-based platform is designed to help organizations take control of their data and processes to maximize efficiency, mitigate risk, and lower overall legal spend. Casepoint's easy-to-use and intuitive interface provides legal hold, cloud collections, powerful data processing, advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, review, and production.
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On a drizzly Saturday morning Oct. 1, a group of about 25 people representing a diverse cross section of Harford County boarded a charter bus for a tour of historic significance.
This was the first Harford Civil Rights Tour, organized by the Harford Civil Rights Project at Harford Community College and the local branch of the NAACP.
The tour included six stops: the former site of the Bel Air movie theater on North Main Street, now a coffee shop; the southern corner of Baltimore Pike and Tollgate Road in Bel Air, where a car bomb exploded in March 1970, killing two people; the former site of the Havre de Grace Consolidated School, now the Roye-Williams Elementary School; the previously segregated Harford Memorial Hospital in downtown Havre de Grace; and the site of a former restaurant at 2 S. Philadelphia Road in Aberdeen that Freedom Riders attempted to integrate on Dec. 16, 1961.
The tour began and ended at Ray’s Caribbean American Restaurant on Route 40 in the Perryman area of Aberdeen. The building has housed various restaurants over the years; as the Sportsman Grill, it was another restaurant Freedom Riders attempted to integrate in 1961.
The Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who traveled by bus from northern states into segregated areas of the South and worked for integration.
“I wanted to come on the tour to learn more about my history and the place that I live in, what happened in the past,” said Vanessa Venyo, 16.
Venyo was one of three students from Harford Tech High School who attended the tour, along with Ama Okyere, 16, and Nathalie Nguyen, 17. The students take a history class at Harford Community College.
“We don’t talk a lot about the past, which is why the trip was so surprising,” Nguyen said. “These are places we’ve probably all been to and didn’t know the history.”
The project is led by HCC history professor James Karmel, who has been researching the Harford County civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Karmel, along with HCC students, has been compiling information, collecting artifacts, and cataloging oral histories from those who have ties to the county’s African American history, including recorded interviews with some of the county’s oldest African American residents.
“It’s important that we collect and document this important part of Harford County’s history before we lose any more of it,” Karmel said.
The result has been a website, harfordcivilrights.org, and a companion app that features several locations on a virtual tour, including the stops that were a part of the in-person tour.
“I thought that since there was a virtual tour, why not take an in-person tour?” said Vicki Jones, president of the Harford NAACP.
As the tour bus weaved its way through the county on two-lane back roads and state routes, Karmel shared anecdotes from the project with the participants.
“I’ve learned bits and pieces about the county’s history but going on this tour, I got a better understanding from hearing the really intimate stories about memorable people in the community,” said Laura Burke, 37, a Bel Air native and student wellness specialist at HCC.
“It’s been eye-opening,” said Medford Campbell of Joppa, who has lived in the county for 35 years. “Things have changed, but they really haven’t changed a whole lot.”
As Karmel pointed out along the tour, the county’s progression to desegregation was a slow march in some areas, such as education. Harford County’s public schools were not fully desegregated until more than a decade after the Supreme Court’s milestone Brown v. Board of Education ruling in 1954 found segregation unconstitutional.
One of the stops on the tour that elicited numerous questions was the former Havre de Grace Consolidated School. As a cornerstone marker on the exterior of the brick building states, the school opened in 1953 as a K-12 school for black students who lived in the northeastern part of the county and existed until it was integrated in the 1965-66 school year and renamed Oakington Elementary School.
In 1982, Oakington was again renamed Roye-Williams Elementary School. The name honors the principals of the county’s two consolidated schools – Leon Roye, the first principal of Havre de Grace Consolidated School; and Percy Williams, principal of Central Consolidated School, the segregated school that had been for Black students in the southern half of the county.
When Central Consolidated School in Bel Air desegregated, a proposal to rename it after Williams was oppsed by white parents whose children were going to attend the integrated school, Karmel said. That school was eventually renamed Hickory Elementary School.
“Hearing about how they wanted to name the elementary school after Williams and there was an uproar, that story is still permeating our life and society now,” Burke said. “That history is still impacting us.”
Karmel said there are some plaques in the Roye-Williams Elementary School lobby to commemorate its legacy, but he doubted whether the school’s history is taught to current students.
“Why is African American history not being taught in our schools?” asked John Sawyer, 67, of Havre de Grace. Sawyer, an Army veteran originally from Alabama, said that when he was in school in the South, he was taught Black history and world history.
“It is,” said Paula Stanton, supervisor of equity and cultural proficiency for Harford County Public Schools, who happened to be in the group. “Sometimes that history is taught as part of U.S. history because it is U.S. history.”
Stanton, who was also a teacher in the school system for several years, said she decided to go on the tour to learn firsthand about this part of the county’s history.
“It was personal for me,” Stanton said.
Not only did civil rights activists fight to desegregate Harford’s schools, hospitals and other public institutions, they also fought against unfair and unequal housing and employment practices in the county.
Tour attendees said the most memorable stop was the hospital. Inside the lobby are photos of Patricia Stamps and her baby, Carlos. Both died in November 1960, when the baby experienced complications after childbirth that could not be treated because they were on a segregated floor of the hospital that did not have the same medical equipment as the whites-only section.
A third photo is of a notable Black Harford County doctor, the late George Stansbury, who was the Stamps’ doctor. The photos were placed in the lobby in 2018.
“I’ve gone there a lot of times, and every time I go there I learn something new,” Okyere said. “I probably wouldn’t have known what happened to the Stamps family if they hadn’t put the plaques up there.”
Sheree White also said the hospital stop stood out to her.
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“It was the most memorable part of the tour because of the portraits of the mother and her child,” White said. “It’s amazing that we’re still facing discrimination in hospitals and health care today.”
White, 61, who is Black, invited her neighbor, Barbara Herold, 76, who is white, to go with her on the tour. The two Edgewood women say they’ve been discussing history recently and the tour was timely for them.
“I don’t remember hearing about all of this,” said Herold, who grew up in the Hamilton neighborhood of Baltimore. “My family didn’t talk about things like this.”
Herold said that as a mother, she was moved by the picture of the Stamps baby.
“I cannot imagine anybody not getting the care that they need,” she said, tearing up. “I never knew that was happening to Black people. And to hear [Karmel] say that it’s still going on in some places, I just can’t fathom it.”
After the tour ended, participants were treated to lunch at Ray’s, the Caribbean restaurant. Many huddled in small groups and discussed what they saw and heard on the tour.
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- Airline publishes flight schedule through Nov. 4, 2023, offering up to 4,575 flights a day;
- Adds more international service from Kansas City, Mo.;
- Plus, Southwest goes to the Northwest from Long Beach with nonstop service to Boise, Idaho, and Portland, Ore.
DALLAS, March 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) today is preparing for October travel by extending its flight schedule through Nov. 4, 2023, and making the airline's robust flight schedule available for booking at Southwest.com.
Kansas City Travelers Have More International Options
On the heels of Kansas City, Mo., opening its new state-of-the-art terminal last week, Southwest® is boosting its international offering with the addition of two nonstop routes.
Effective Oct. 7, 2023, Southwest will offer seasonal service on Saturdays between:
Kansas City, Mo. and Montego Bay, Jamaica*
Kansas City, Mo. and Cabo San Lucas/Los Cabos*
*Subject to government approval
Both new routes complement the carrier's existing service between Kansas City and Cancun which seasonally adjusts to daily service beginning Oct. 5, 2023.
Long Beach Sees Southwest Growing to the Northwest
Southwest continues bringing more service to its Long Beach, Calif., Customers. Today, the airline added two new destinations for Southern California travelers linking them to the Pacific Northwest.
Effective Oct. 7, 2023 Southwest will offer the nonstop service on Saturdays and Sundays between:
Long Beach, Calif. and Boise, Idaho
Long Beach, Calif. and Portland, Ore.
The airline is also celebrating today's start of daily nonstop service between Long Beach and Kansas City, and will soon inaugurate service between previously announced routes including:
More Flights Landing in Denver
Southwest is bringing more flights to Denver. Already its busiest airport operation, the carrier will grow even more with seven additional flights in October, offering up to 310 departures a day beginning on Oct. 5, 2023. As Southwest looks ahead to the fall, it's also preparing to begin nonstop service on Saturdays between Denver and San Jose, Costa Rica, which launches this weekend.
Early Fall Getaways
Several nonstop routes return to the Southwest Airlines® route map beginning Oct. 5, 2023. To view a list of these flights, please visit this link on the airline's newsroom, swamedia.com.
These flights, and the carrier's full schedule, can be purchased today at Southwest.com.
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Southwest Airlines Co. operates one of the world's most admired and awarded airlines, offering its one-of-a-kind value and Hospitality at 121 airports across 11 countries. Southwest took flight in 1971 to democratize the sky through friendly, reliable, and low-cost air travel and now carries more air travelers flying nonstop within the United States than any other airline1. Based in Dallas and famous for an Employee-first corporate Culture, Southwest maintains an unprecedented record of no involuntary furloughs or layoffs in its history. By empowering its more than 66,0002 People to deliver unparalleled Hospitality, the maverick airline cherishes a passionate loyalty among as many as 130 million Customers carried a year. That formula for success brought industry-leading prosperity and 47 consecutive years3 of profitability for Southwest Shareholders (NYSE: LUV). Southwest leverages a unique legacy and mission to serve communities around the world including harnessing the power of its People and Purpose to put communities at the Heart of its success. Learn more by visiting Southwest.com/citizenship. Southwest is also continuing to develop tangible steps toward achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, including offering Customers an opportunity to help the airline offset its carbon emissions. To be part of the solution, visit Southwest.com/wannaoffsetcarbon.
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Callender first came to Orlando last summer, holding court at the Timucua Arts Foundation for two sold-out nights to perform songs from his criminally overlooked 1972 psychedelic masterpiece The Way. This was a one-off engagement, not repeated anywhere else in the country.
Now Callender will return to Timucua in late September to mark the 55th anniversary of another musical gem: Rainbow. The performer and composer will be backed by a ten-piece psychedelic rock ensemble with sitar and tabla for the evening. (All Music Guide likens Rainbow to Scott Walker's early solo material, so we're pretty much sold.)
Bobby Callender performs Rainbow at the Timucua Arts Foundation on the nights of Friday, Sep. 22 and Saturday, Sep. 23, both at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available through Timcua.
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Garrett Shrader hit Oronde Gadsden II for a 25-yard touchdown pass with seven seconds left to lift Syracuse to a 32-29 win over Purdue on Saturday.
That touchdown throw capped a wild fourth quarter of dramatic lead changes. Syracuse led 10-9 after three quarters and outscored the Boilermakers 22-20 in the final period. The Orange improved to 3-0, its best start since 2018. Purdue fell to 1-2.
Aidan O’Connell’s 12-yard touchdown pass to tight end Payne Durham with 51 seconds left in the fourth quarter gave the Boilermakers a 29-25 advantage and seemed to seal it for Purdue.
O’Connell, who completed 38 of 54 passes for 415 yards and three touchdowns, threw for two fourth-quarter scores to rescue the Boilermakers from a 10-point deficit. Charlie Jones caught 11 passes for 188 yards and one score.
But before those O’Connell heroics, Syracuse scored two touchdowns within nine seconds and led 25-15 midway through the fourth quarter.
A scrambling 46-yard touchdown pass from Shrader to Gadsden on fourth-and-one gave Syracuse an 18-15 advantage after Shrader ran for a 2-point conversion. That touchdown happened with 8:17 left in the game.
On Purdue’s next possession, SU’s Jatius Geer wrapped up O’Connell as the Purdue quarterback attempted a pass. The ball wobbled into the hands of Orange defensive end Caleb Okechukwu, who trotted 17 yards into the end zone.
Syracuse led 25-15 at that point, but O’Connell hooked up with favorite receiver Jones for a 55-yard score that got the Boilermakers within 25-22 with 6:41 left in the game. A missed 41-yard field goal by Mitchell Fineran with 2:54 left could have tied it.
The teams had met only once before, when in 2004 Purdue beat the Orange 51-0 at Ross-Ade Stadium.
THE TAKEAWAY
Purdue: The Boilermakers were without running back King Doerue, who is nursing a calf injury. Doerue rushed for 68 yards on 18 attempts with three touchdowns in Purdue’s first two games. Without him, the Boilermakers struggled to get much going on the ground, but typically got plenty in the air from O’Connell. The Purdue quarterback had lots of time in the first half and threw for 175 yards on 21 of 27 attempts. Syracuse applied more pressure on him in the second half, but O’Connell still managed to successfully throw deep.
Syracuse: Shrader had been one of the nation’s most accurate passers through his first two games this season (38-48, .792), but Purdue put sustained pressure early on him, forcing Shrader to scramble and mostly abandon an air attack. He completed 4 of 10 passes for just 35 yards in the first half. He was much more effective in the second half, completing 9 of 19 passes for 146 yards and three touchdowns. Purdue locked up Syracuse running back Sean Tucker, who rushed 18 times for 42 yards.
UP NEXT
Purdue hosts Florida Atlantic on Saturday night.
Syracuse continues its four-game homestand against ACC foe Virginia on Friday night.
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Conor Clifford felt like Christian Brothers’ performance at Arcadia Invitational wasn’t a true indication of how good this year’s DMR team could truly be.
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