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Online Degree Programs Continue to Gain Recognition and Popularity with Professionals
MECHANICSBURG, Pa., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Emerge Education, one of the nation's premier marketing and recruiting firms for higher-educational institutions, and Concordia University Chicago (CUC) extended their working relationship with a renewed partnership agreement. Partnering since 2015, these two organizations have enrolled more than 1,500 students in top-ranked master's and doctorate degree programs.
"The last few years have proven to be difficult for many private institutions due to a myriad of factors, including changes to modality, obstacles in how students are marketed to (with respect to privacy), as well as post-COVID related challenges," said James M. Hunter, PhD and CEO of Emerge Education. "We are proud to work alongside clients like Concordia-Chicago to help them market the exceptional online degree programs they continue to offer to working professionals. We are grateful for the confidence their team has in us."
Through the renewed contract, Emerge Education will continue to market and provide recruitment services for several of Concordia-Chicago's online master's and doctorate degree programs aimed at working adults. The programs consist of an MBA, which allows students to specialize in one of eight concentrations; a master's and PhD/EdD in Organizational Leadership; a Doctorate in Business Administration, and a CSBO Management Endorsement.
"Our partnership with Emerge Education is a testament to Concordia-Chicago's tireless commitment and mission to deliver high-quality, online degrees to adult learners," said Dr. Kathryn Wozniak, Assistant Provost for Innovation & Strategic Partnerships. "By continuing our work together, we are fulfilling the needs of working professionals as they advance in their careers."
Dr. Hunter added, "Enrollment in online degree programs continues to gain momentum nationally. This renewed contract is a perfect example of the industry growth, as well as the prominence of Emerge Education and Concordia University Chicago in higher education."
Emerge Education is one of the nation's leading marketing and recruiting firms for higher-educational institutions. The Emerge Education team combines decades of higher education experience and strives to always maintain the integrity and quality of its partners' academic reputation and brand. The firm collaborates with its partners by investing its own capital and service resources to support lead generation, marketing, and recruiting, allowing its partners to focus on what they do best: educating students. For more information about Emerge Education and its innovative approach visit www.emergeedu.com.
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Concordia-Chicago's faithfulness to its Lutheran identity, commitment to vocation and dedication to providing a transformational education within the context of high-quality academic programs, along with its close proximity to the city of Chicago, all combine to make CUC an ideal destination for students locally, nationally and from around the world. Learn more about CUC's commitment to higher education rooted in the Gospel at CUChicago.edu.
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At the new Sandy Hook Memorial reflection pool, Jen Hensel leans over a granite stone engraved with the name of her daughter, Avielle Richman.
"Avi," as she was called, was one of 20 first graders and six adults who were killed by a young man with an AR-15-style rifle on Dec. 14, 2012 — exactly a decade ago — in their elementary school in Newtown, Conn.
Visiting on the day the memorial opened last month, Hensel's youngest, Owen, squats on the edge of the pool. In the center is a young spruce tree symbolizing the young lives lost. The tree is surrounded by a ring of perpetually swirling water and a band of 26 granite stones engraved with the names of those killed.
Owen watches intently as 26 wreaths launched into the water that day float by.
"Is that one Avi's?" Owen asks Hensel again and again. When Avielle's wreath finally comes full circle, Owen and his sister Imogen jump to their feet and follow it around the pool.
Hensel's family of three that she's here with today is completely different than the one she had a decade ago. In the past 10 years, she's welcomed the births of Owen, now 6, and his big sister Imogen, 8. But in the same span, she has mourned the loss of not only her daughter Avielle, but also her husband, Jeremy Richman, who died by suicide in 2019.
Seeking 'bits of joy' amid the hurt
To Hensel, one of the big things about marking 10 years, is making it 10 years.
"Yeah, we're here," she sighs. "I honestly think that's quite a remarkable accomplishment. I feel like I'm living again, which I wasn't for a really long time. And I needed to do that for my children."
It's a choice Hensel makes over and over again every day — to hone in amid her hurt on what she calls the bits of beauty. She finds them in things as mundane as the perfect, foamy, white top on her morning coffee — "Look!" she exclaims, "It's gorgeous!" And she finds them in moments more profound, like the way Imogen's smile and Owen's sense of humor remind her of Jeremy, or the way the two of them practice marital arts with the kind of grace that Jeremy did.
"When they're out there spinning around in the yard, I get to see Jeremy in this most beautiful way," she says. "I see Jeremy in the house all the time through them."
Hensel also catches glimpses of Avielle in the kids; the way Imogen throws her hands on her hips in indignation or the way they share that same broad smile. And it warms Hensel's heart to see flashes of Avielle's creativity in the artwork still hanging up around the house.
But embedded in every such joy is perpetual pain. It's no longer the raw, relentless kind that made it hard to stand up 10 years ago, Hensel says. But it's still sharp enough to blindside you and bring you to your knees.
Hensel's dear friend Francine Wheeler, who also lost her 6-year-old, Ben, at Sandy Hook, agrees. They share an aversion to the word "closure" and bristle at the very idea of a "10th anniversary" — and the implied expectations around where they should be in the arc of their grief.
"To the rest of the world, it is definitely like, 'Wow! So much time has passed.' But to me. It's another f------ day that we don't get to have our kids," Wheeler says. "It's just another day. And we just keep moving forward the best we can."
But 10 years on, every step forward is also a step fraught.
The goodbyes aren't rushed
Owen's first day of kindergarten this year was Hensel's first time putting both her kids on the school bus, as she did with Avielle on that day Avi and so many others didn't come home.
As Owen raced around the yard and up a tree, full of excitement, Imogen counted out the beaded bracelets Hensel wears every year on the first day of school in memory of Avielle and her classmates who would have been starting 11th grade this year.
"This one is for Ana Grace, this one is for Ben," Imogen pointed out before Hensel snapped a picture to send to the other moms, who share the tradition.
Moments later, the bus arrived and everyone trades hugs and goodbyes.
"Take care of your brother today," Hensel reminded Imogen as she scurried onto the bus behind Owen.
Transitions are hard for all of them.
"We all have attachment issues," Hensel says. "We had to build in protocols for how I say goodbye every day to them." That morning before school is typical; Hensel makes sure the goodbyes are not rushed, intentionally looking each of the kids in the eyes as she hugs and kisses them and wishes them a good day.
Hensel just recently started sharing a little more with Imogen about Avielle's death, explaining there was a man who was sick, who felt like he needed to hurt as many people as he could.
Eventually, Hensel says, the kids will understand the connection between the school shooting and their father's death, and how his grief overtook him.
But for now, Hensel keeps it simple, framing it as Jeremy himself saw things, in terms of "brain health"
"I said your dad died because his brain was sick. And he fought really hard with the good side of his brain to not let the sick side of his brain take over, but the sick side of his brain was very, very sick, and it caused his death."
Avielle's first question was whether the same thing might happen to her mom.
"I just hugged her and said, 'I see my doctor. I don't think my brain is going to get sick like that.' "
Grappling with the 'tragic irony' of Jeremy's death
Still, Hensel continues to struggle with how this happened to Jeremy.
As a neuroscientist, he devoted his life after the shooting to a foundation they set up in Avielle's honor to research the neurological underpinnings that make people more and less prone to violence.
Jeremy traveled the U.S. imploring audiences to "see violence as the disease that it is — a disease of the brain. It's a consequence of abnormal chemistry or structure." Through the foundation, he also offered what he called a kind of "brain health first-aid course," teaching people how to spot signs that someone might be at risk of hurting themselves or others, and how to intervene.
"In a time of crisis," Jeremy said, it's critical to be able to "reach into a toolbox and find something of meaning and value to you that you can then apply in your life." That was five days before he took his life.
"That's the tragic irony of all this," says Hensel. "It makes me angry, actually."
Because Jeremy was so familiar with the signs, she says, he knew how to cover them up. Even in retrospect, she says it's hard to connect the dots and to understand what was a symptom of his ongoing grief and exhaustion and what was a sign that he was at risk of suicide.
"He hid so much from us," Hensel says. "And when it was getting harder and harder and harder for him to hide it, he pushed the people closest to him away."
Including Hensel. Jeremy's suicide left her not only mourning her life's love and her "champion," as she put it, but also tortured by the "whys" and "what ifs" — just as she was when Avielle died.
"I was fighting or my life at this point," she recalls. "I was so desperate, so desperate for help."
Still doing the work to deal with grief
Hensel decided that just treating the symptoms of her trauma wasn't going to cut it for her and that she needed to treat the trauma itself. A scientist herself, she dug into the research on how psychotropic drugs like ketamine are being used to treat people with severe depression and PTSD. Last year, with a psychiatrist and a therapist, she started treatments, delving into the excruciating loss of Avielle and Jeremy, the guilt she felt at not being able to save either of them, the distress around having to live without the answers she craves, and the need to focus on herself.
"It was terrifying," she says, adding it was a lot of hard work but it has helped enormously.
"I'm still doing the work," she says. "It never stops."
Indeed, a moment later, as if on cue, a siren wails outside her house. Hensel stops talking mid-sentence and leans back in her seat.
"Sirens still get me," she says softly. "That's what it sounded like the day of the murders — just nonstop."
When it happens, Hensel says, she takes a moment to give a prayer to Avielle.
"I just give thanks for her that I had her for as long as I did. And I always apologized to her that I wasn't there. I say, 'I wasn't there, baby. I'm sorry.' "
It's a similar gut punch, Hensel says, every time the nation suffers yet another mass shooting.
"I actually vomited the day I heard about Uvalde," she says, referring to the Robb Elementary school shooting in Texas that left 19 children and two teachers dead. "My whole trauma came rushing back to me, and I was just paralyzed."
Her friend Francine Wheeler can relate. "I was in bed for a couple days," she says.
It's exasperating, both women say, that their kids' murders didn't become that transformative moment that they hoped would finally compel the nation to do more to curb the scourge of gun violence. They were among the many Sandy Hook parents who started calling for tighter gun laws right after the shooting. Wheeler even sat in for then-President Barack Obama to deliver his weekly radio address.
"Help this be the moment when real change begins," she said on the broadcast, choking through her grief, still raw, just months after the shooting. "Please help us do something before our tragedy becomes your tragedy."
'We wanted the mile. We'll take the inch.'
Since that horrific day, nearly 2,000 more Americans have been killed or injured in mass shootings.
"That is one of the saddest pieces of history that our country will have to live with — that it didn't end. That Sandy Hook didn't matter enough," says Hensel.
Connecticut passed strict new gun control legislation within months of Sandy Hook, but it would take nearly a decade for Congress to pass even modest new federal gun legislation. Signed into law in June, the federal measure expanded background checks for young people seeking to buy a gun, incentivized states to make it easier to take weapons temporarily from people deemed dangerous, and it added dating partners to the list of domestic abusers who can be denied a gun.
To Hensel, it was still too little, too long overdue. But when she was invited to the White House to celebrate the law, she went.
"We wanted the mile. We will take the inch," she says. "You have to give the moment what it is."
It was an emotional day, reuniting on the South Lawn of the White House with so many other parents she's come to know this past decade through their shared heartache. They locked eyes and embraced.
President Biden bellowed from a podium, enduring shouted criticism from some but insisting this was just the beginning.
"We finally moved that mountain, a mountain of opposition, obstruction and indifference that stood in the way and stopped every effort at gun safety for 30 years in this nation," he said. "Now is the time to galvanize this movement, because that's our duty to the families of this nation."
At one point, Hensel retreated to the shade of the giant, centuries-old maple and oak trees on the edge of the South Lawn, seeking refuge from the summer sun. She ended up next to some of the members of the Marine Corps Band. One of those guys seemed to get exactly where she was coming from.
"He said, 'How do you feel today?' " Hensel recalls. "The perfect question, right? How do you feel today? And I said, 'I feel good today.' And I said, 'Play something joyful for us.' "
Indeed they did. But as has been the rhythm of the past decade, such highs — and lows — quickly swing hard the other way.
Testifying against Alex Jones
In September, Hensel would be thrown again even deeper into her grief, when she was called to testify at the defamation trial of InfoWars conspiracy monger Alex Jones. The absurdist lies he spread that the families were liars and the shooting a hoax meant to spur support for gun control tormented many people like Hensel and fueled relentless harassment by countless Jones acolytes.
Hoaxers flooded social media with crackpot conspiracy theories, they pirated and doctored families' old posts to cast doubt on their losses. They even threatened to dig up one boy's grave.
"It would come at us like the floodgates were opening, "Hensel testified through tears.
She told jurors how conspiracists hid in the bushes around her house, taking pictures they thought would help prove that grieving parents like Hensel and Jeremy were just actors, and that the kids, like her sweet, spitfire Avielle, either never died or never actually existed in the first place.
"She was such a big presence," Hensel testified, sobbing. "How do you how do you negate a presence? How do you do that? How do you do that?"
The ongoing harassment and intimidation, including calls to her home, all compounded her grief.
"That continual noise of all of the people saying that we faked this and that it never happened" was unbearable, she told jurors. "It makes it hard to get out of bed every day. [It's] hard to just push that away."
After Jeremy died, Jones doubled down on his conspiracy theories, suggesting his death, too, was part of a plot. Hensel testified that hoaxers started showing up at Jeremy's grave. Still reeling from his death, Hensel hadn't yet managed to design and install his headstone, so they pounced on that and made videos at his grave intended to bolster their bogus stories.
"That was enough proof to say that [Jeremy] never died or that I was making this up," Hensel said on the stand.
Jones would later admit under oath that he knew the Sandy Hook shooting was real and that real people really did die. His trial ended in a jury award of nearly a billion dollars for Hensel and eight other plaintiffs.
"I was in shock, I couldn't stop shaking," Hensel said that day, walking out of the courthouse.
Feeling vindicated, she said she hoped the verdict would send a message .
"The idea behind all this was to stop him," Hensel said. "This is not OK to be doing this, [or to be making money] off the blood of innocent children who are murdered, and their teachers. The abuse that we have suffered over the past 10 years is overwhelming."
Imploring people to face the horror of gun violence
It's unclear how much money the families will ever collect, but it'd be poetic justice, Hensel says, to invest some of it into projects like the brain health research being done by The Avielle Initiative (formerly the Avielle Foundation) or Ben's Lighthouse, the program set up by Francine and David Wheeler in honor of their son to help foster the social and emotional wellbeing of kids, or the many others set up by other parents.
"It's time to do the work," says Hensel. "The mass shootings aren't stopping. They're getting worse."
Ten years out, it's hard to accept that public focus has long since moved on from Sandy Hook, Hensel and Wheeler say. It's precisely why they're willing put themselves through the pain of pouring their hearts out so publicly.
As Jeremy so often said, change will come only when more people are willing to face the unvarnished horror of gun violence. He was endlessly frustrated by the many, many people who would always say, "I can't imagine what you're going through."
"I want people to hear the reality of it," he told NPR in 2018. "A child was killed. She was brutally blown apart with a large gun."
"You can imagine it. You have to imagine it," he implored one of his many audiences that year. "You can't back down."
A decade after Jeremy started making that plea, Hensel and the Wheelers are doing what they can to pick up where he left off, beseeching people not to turn away from the horror, but to face it.
"Be brave! We need you here," says Wheeler. "You must, you must, you must. Because it could be you."
"It's not just us," Hensel nods. "There's going to be a threshold when every one of us is going be directly affected, and soon."
A permanent reminder of lives and death
The new Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial also serves to bear witness to the magnitude of the tragedy, with its "sacred sycamore" standing as a poignant reminder of the lives lost.
"Oh my god, I just sat there bawling," said Pam Pietrafesa, who came from nearby Fairfield, Conn., to reflect at the memorial shortly after it opened.
"All these little lives lost so tragically, she said, still sobbing as she walked up one of several winding paths from the memorial. The walkways are meant to represent the different paths people take in their grieving, with different directions, slopes, speeds, twists and turns. The area is surrounded by flowers and woodlands. After the leaves fall, as they will every year by Dec. 14, visitors can see the rebuilt Sandy Hook school through the trees, and hear the life now emanating from it.
"When the kids come out on recess, you can hear the kids," Pietrafesa said. "You hear their little voices. It touched me deeply."
A decade on, Hensel celebrates the small wins
The new Sandy Hook school is still a place Hensel avoids. She sends her kids to a different school. But over the past 10 years, she has managed some other triumphs over her trauma.
She no longer has to take a detour to avoid passing the Sandy Hook firehouse, where she waited in agony for hours, only to learn that her daughter was one of the 26 murdered.
And for the first time, she finally managed to take Imogen to see the Rockettes Christmas Spectacular in New York City, the same show she was supposed to take Avielle to see on the day Avi died.
And it's no small feat that this year, both Hensel and Wheeler are preparing to not just endure the holidays, but embrace them.
"Yeah! We're actually decorating Christmas stuff," Wheeler says to Hensel. "That's a miracle. I like doing that stuff now!"
"Me too! It is different." Hensel replies. "I'm going to ... pull the tree up today."
One of the gifts Imogen and Owen will find under the tree is a digital picture frame filled with memories of their dad, cooking dinner or making goofy faces.
As has been the case every day for a decade now, the holiday will bring bits of joy and shards of pain. Hensel and the kids will make cookies for Santa, and for Avielle and Jeremy. And as has become their tradition, they'll light two candles today, to mark Dec. 14, that will stay lit through Dec. 25.
One light for Jeremy, who's not been with them for the past three Christmases, and one for Avielle, who's not been there for the past 10.
If you or someone you know may be considering suicide or is in crisis, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. For suicide prevention resources from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, click here.
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MARION, Ind. (AP) — A man who fled from a northeastern Indiana police officer who tried to pull over his motorcycle for speeding died after he crashed into a squad car during a police pursuit, police said.
Jeremy E. Swygart, 44, of Marion, died at the scene of Sunday night's crash in the Grant County city, Indiana State Police said Monday.
A Marion police officer had tried to pull Swygart over for speeding about 11:30 p.m. EDT Sunday when Swygart failed to stop and led the officer on a 3-minute-long pursuit, police said.
The chase ended when Swygart's motorcycle T-boned a police car that a Grant County Sheriff’s deputy was trying to get into a position at an intersection to help with the pursuit, police said.
Swygart died at the scene his crash injuries. The deputy who was in police car Swygart's motorcycle struck was not injured, police said.
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A GOP sweep of Virginia’s 2021 statewide elections — and particularly Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s win — appears to have energized the Republican field in two of the country’s most competitive U.S. House races.
Tuesday’s crowded Republican congressional primaries in Virginia’s 2nd and 7th districts will settle who takes on centrist Democrats Elaine Luria and Abigail Spanberger in November’s general elections, which in turn could help determine which party controls the U.S. House.
Virginia Republicans like their chances. Along with the party’s resurgence last fall, a redistricting process that refashioned Virginia’s congressional maps and a national political environment viewed as highly unfavorable to the party in power are also seen as factors that have led to vigorous GOP competition for the seats.
“The climate is so god-awful for Democrats. I mean, it’s the worst maybe since 2010, maybe even worse. Republicans feel very emboldened,” said John Whitbeck, a former Republican Party of Virginia chairman.
Virginia’s unusual off-year 2021 statewide elections were closely watched as an early indication of what this year’s midterms could portend. Along with flipping all three statewide offices, Republicans also took control of the state House, animating the state’s Republicans after a nearly decadelong stretch of stinging losses.
For comparison’s sake, in 2018 when Whitbeck stepped down from his role, Republicans had 14 candidates competing in four nomination contests. This year, the party had 37 candidates competing in eight districts.
Republicans opted to settle several other nomination contests — including an 11-way fight to run for a Democratic-leaning northern Virginia district — in party-run processes in May.
The 2nd and 7th districts will be closely watched, with general elections in both considered a tossup by the nonpartisan Cook Political Report.
In the coastal 2nd District, which includes the state’s most populous city, Virginia Beach, four candidates are seeking the GOP nomination to take on Luria.
A retired Navy commander who’s cultivated a congressional identity as a centrist, Luria is serving on the Jan. 6 committee investigating the 2021 attack on the Capitol. Luria flipped the district under its previous competitive boundaries in 2018. Under its new boundaries, Youngkin won it by more than 11 points, according to an analysis by the nonpartisan Virginia Public Access Project.
Her four potential opponents are all veterans as well. They include Tommy Altman, a Virginia Beach tattoo shop owner; Andy Baan, a former prosecutor who retired as a captain from the Navy; and Jarome Bell, a retired Navy chief petty officer who calls himself the “MAGA candidate.” The three men appear to face an uphill climb against state Sen. Jen Kiggans, a nurse practitioner and Navy veteran who has served in the state legislature since 2020 and has a hefty fundraising lead, plus the backing of the Congressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC dedicated to electing House Republicans.
In an entirely rebooted 7th Congressional District, which shifted away from the Richmond suburbs and now covers a stretch between Charlottesville and the Washington suburbs, the GOP nomination fight to compete against Spanberger appears more wide open. A former CIA officer, Spanberger also flipped a competitive GOP-held seat in 2018 and is now competing under lines that Youngkin would have won, according to Virginia Public Access Project’s analysis.
Bryce Reeves, who has served in the state legislature since 2012 and previously ran for statewide office, got into the race with plenty of name recognition. He’s facing a challenge from Derrick Anderson, a former Green Beret who has nearly kept pace in fundraising, and Yesli Vega, a local elected official with law enforcement experience who’s picked up high-profile endorsements. Also in the race are Crystal Vanuch and David Ross, who serve on local boards of supervisors, and Gina Ciarcia, an educator who has trailed the pack in fundraising.
Monica Robinson, a spokesperson for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said the Republican candidates had spent months running to the right.
“The only thing these candidates have shown is that they are too extreme to survive a general election against two of the strongest women in congress,” she said.
Jimmy Frost, 57, a Lowe’s salesman who’s active in Virginia Beach Republican politics, said he thinks the nation’s problems — which he blames on Democrats — helped feed the long list of Republican candidates.
Frost, who said he’s backing Bell because he thinks he will tell constituents the “unvarnished truth,” said Luria should be ready to face voters who are angry.
“Their kids can’t find (baby) formula for their grandkids. They can’t afford gasoline to get their kids where they need to go. They don’t know how much it’s going to cost to go to the grocery store — today or next week. They don’t know what interest rates are going to do. There’s a lot of people who are walking around going, ‘Oh my God, what’s next?’” he said.
Without a primary challenge of their own, Spanberger and Luria will almost certainly start the general election season with enormous fundraising leads. Luria reported nearly $3.4 million cash on hand June 1; Spanberger reported $4.3 million.
Youngkin hasn’t endorsed in either race, nor has Trump, whose false claims of massive voter fraud in the 2020 election have continued to percolate through both primaries.
Bell has called for executing anyone involved in what he claims is widespread fraud. Kiggans recently declined to say in a New York Times interview whether she believed President Joe Biden had won. And no candidate but Bell responded to Virginia Public Media queries about whether they would have voted to certify the 2020 results (he said he would not).
In May, the Democratic Party of Virginia released a video highlighting every 7th District candidate but Vanuch being asked about the violent Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol — each declined to call it an insurrection.
Tom Davis, a former U.S. congressman from northern Virginia who has endorsed Vega, said he doubted whether Jan. 6-focused messaging would resonate in the general election at a time when voters are facing historic inflation and a tanking stock market.
“I’m not saying it’s unimportant. I’m just saying voters don’t seem to be that interested in it,” he said.
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Drought is likely to cut wheat harvests by one-third in Kansas. Declines in the country's top wheat producing state are likely to mean higher prices for flour, bread and pasta.
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Drought is likely to cut wheat harvests by one-third in Kansas. Declines in the country's top wheat producing state are likely to mean higher prices for flour, bread and pasta.
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Labor Day fires trial: PacifiCorp pushes blame from power lines to Opal Creek fire
In the darkness of Labor Day night 2020, Mill City fire chief Leland Ohrt looked into the sky and saw fire balls spreading overhead and igniting grass and brush fires in the Santiam Canyon.
The fireballs, he told a jury in Portland last week, came from a wildfire that started 12 miles away in the Opal Creek Wilderness — the Beachie Creek Fire — that had exploded and spread rapidly on historic winds, raining embers into the canyon.
The fires did not, he emphasized, come from downed power lines.
“Every fire that we had in the Mill City area, we came to the conclusion it all came from the Beachie Creek Fire,” said Ohrt, a witness for PacifiCorp during the ongoing trial for the class action lawsuit between victims of the 2020 Labor Day fires and the utility.
Now set to enter its sixth week at Multnomah County Courthouse, the historic trial has entered the phase where PacifiCorp is calling witnesses and experts to defend itself after lawyers for plaintiffs rested their case. The utility is trying to avoid paying millions or maybe billions in damages after its power lines were blamed for igniting wildfires that destroyed thousands of homes in the Santiam Canyon, Lincoln City area and southern Oregon.
Ohrt is a key witness for PacifiCorp. The now retired fire chief was one of the few people who stayed all night in the Santiam Canyon on Labor Day, as he led a group of volunteer firefighters widely credited with saving large parts of Mill City.
And Ohrt has maintained, in stories reported in the Statesman Journal and his testimony, that it was the original Beachie Creek Fire, rather than power lines, that did the lion’s share of damage.
Other witnesses and 911 calls played during the trial have detailed fires sparked by power lines, both in the Santiam Canyon and elsewhere.
By emphasizing the Beachie Creek Fire, PacifiCorp appears to be hoping it can limit some liability. As many as half of the 2,500 members of the class action lawsuit are from the Santiam Canyon.
PacifiCorp asks judge to rule for defense in Santiam Canyon
PacifiCorp lawyers last week made a motion for a “directed verdict” that would essentially allow the judge to rule in favor of the defense in the Santiam Canyon portion of the case.
It would separate a Santiam Canyon decision from the other wildfires being considered, which include the Echo Mountain, 242 and South Obenchain Fire.
“Put simply, plaintiffs’ counsel drew an arbitrary boundary purporting to define the Santiam Canyon class members and to separate them from the owners of properties affected solely by the Beachie Creek Fire,” defense lawyers for PacifiCorp wrote. “But not a single witness, and not a shred of evidence, has been introduced to justify the location of that boundary. In order for plaintiffs to prevail on their class claims, they must provide evidence showing that PacifiCorp is liable to the entire class — which means that plaintiffs must have evidence that PacifiCorp caused property damage to everyone in the class area.”
The judge will likely rule on whether to issue a direct verdict toward the end of the trial in early June. Plaintiffs' lawyers haven’t yet responded to the motion.
Dueling experts on Beachie Creek versus power line fires
Much of the trial has centered on a question residents of the Santiam Canyon have been asking since the day after Labor Day 2020: Where did the original Beachie Creek Fire end and the power line fires begin? And which is more to blame for the destruction?
Beachie Creek ignited in mid-August in a remote part of the Opal Creek Wilderness and was monitored by U.S. Forest Service fire crews for weeks before growing to 500 acres and exploding Labor Day night.
Power lines have been implicated for sparking fires in the canyon that night and were seen by numerous eyewitnesses who called 911.
In the absence of a final investigative report on the cause from state and federal officials — which is officially still incomplete — it has been left to dueling experts for plaintiffs and PacifiCorp.
For the plaintiffs, Oregon State University professor John Bailey testified that, based on his fire modeling, there was no way the Beachie Creek Fire could have reached Gates and the Mill City area before midnight on Labor Day, although he couldn’t make the same claim for Lyons.
Bailey’s mapping showed Beachie Creek staying well north of the canyon as eyewitnesses reported fires breaking out.
For PacifiCorp, atmospheric sciences professor Neil Lareau of the University of Nevada used satellite imagery to make the case the Beachie Creek Fire did send long-range embers that caused the ignition at Potato Hill and several spot fires in the Santiam Canyon by about 9:30 p.m. Labor Day evening.
Both sides also presented testimony from other technical experts on the disputed ignitions from power lines.
Testimony speaks to power lines versus original fire debate
Much of the case could be summed up in Ohrt’s testimony. The fire chief, who led volunteer firefighters credited with saving much of Mill City, testified about having to put out fires sparked by power lines.
In cross-examination, he also said he asked PacifiCorp to shut down power because he thought it might be dangerous. They didn’t, he said.
Even so, Ohrt put a lion’s share of the blame on the original Beachie Creek Fire, even though, as a resident of Gates, he is a member of the class of people who could benefit from PacifiCorp having to pay out a judgement.
“You could tell right off the bat that they were going to go after Pacific Power for this,” he said.
The trial is expected to last until closing arguments in early June, followed by jury deliberation.
Zach Urness has been an outdoors reporter in Oregon for 15 years and is host of the Explore Oregon Podcast. Urness is the author of “Best Hikes with Kids: Oregon” and “Hiking Southern Oregon.” He can be reached at zurness@StatesmanJournal.com or 503-399-6801. Find him on Twitter at @ZachsORoutdoors. | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2023/05/29/pacificcorp-pushes-blame-from-power-lines-onto-opal-fire-in-canyon/70256964007/ | 2023-05-30 00:43:14 | 1 | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2023/05/29/pacificcorp-pushes-blame-from-power-lines-onto-opal-fire-in-canyon/70256964007/ |
LONDON (AP) — King Charles III’s new monogram was revealed Tuesday as the official period of mourning for his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, came to a close.
The emblem, known as the king’s cypher, will appear on government buildings, state documents and some post boxes in the coming months and years.
It features the initial C intertwined with the letter R for Rex, the Latin word for king. The Roman numeral III sits in the center of the R and a crown hovers above the letters.
The symbol was selected from a series of designs prepared by the College of Arms, a 500-year-old body that oversees the issuance of new coats of arms and other aspects of heraldry in England. A Scottish version of the cypher features the Scottish Crown, and was approved by Lord Lyon King of Arms, who has similar responsibilities in Scotland.
Also Tuesday, the Bank of England said it would reveal images of new banknotes featuring a portrait of the king by the end of this year.
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- GSK plans to advance bepirovirsen into Phase 3 development program in 1H 2023
CARLSBAD, Calif., Nov. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: IONS) today announced that GSK presented positive end of study data from the Phase 2b B-Clear study of bepirovirsen (formerly IONIS-HBVRx), an investigational antisense oligonucleotide treatment for patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (CHB). The results showed that treatment with bepirovirsen resulted in sustained clearance of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA for 24 weeks after end of bepirovirsen treatment in people with CHB. The study results were presented at the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases' (AASLD) The Liver Meeting® in Washington, DC.
"Ionis is pleased with the results of the Phase 2b B-Clear study and to see bepirovirsen advance to Phase 3 clinical studies for the potential to offer a first-in-class therapy for people with CHB, including the possibility of functional cures. With these clinically meaningful results, we believe bepirovirsen has the potential to provide significant benefit to the millions of people with this chronic disease," said Richard S. Geary, Ph.D., executive vice president, drug development at Ionis.
The results from the B-Clear Phase 2b study provide initial evidence that bepirovirsen, as monotherapy or in combination with nucleoside/nucleotide analogue (NAs), can deliver sustained reductions in HBsAg and HBV viral DNA in specific patient groups. The full results from the study are now available in The New England Journal of Medicine.
In treatment arm 1 of the study, 9% of patients on NA treatment and 10% of patients not on NA treatment achieved the primary outcome of HBsAg levels below the Lower Limit of Quantification (LLOQ) and HBV DNA levels below the LLOQ, respectively. This is defined as a sustained response and was observed for 24 weeks post last dose. In the study, sustained response rates were higher in subjects with low baseline HBsAg (< 1000 IU/mL) than in those with high baseline HBsAg (>1000 IU/mL). Patients with low baseline hepatitis B surface antigen levels responded best to treatment with bepirovirsen with 16% and 25% of patients achieving the primary outcome in treatment arm 1 of the on NA and not on NA cohort, respectively.
Currently, nucleoside/nucleotide analogues are the recommended first-line therapy for patients with chronic HBV because they can inhibit viral replication. However, they cannot clear the virus and are generally taken for life. Bepirovirsen is uniquely designed to reduce HBV replication and suppress HBsAg and stimulate innate immunity which could potentially lead to functional cure. Functional cure is largely defined as sustained, undetectable levels of HBV DNA and HBsAg in the blood with or without generating protective antibodies after a finite course of treatment. Functional cure occurs when the virus is not eliminated from the body but is at low levels that are undetectable in blood and can be controlled by the immune system without medication.
GSK is exploring sequential treatment trials of bepirovirsen with other therapeutic modalities, with the aim of increasing functional cure rate in more patients and reducing the overall burden of CHB. These include:
- Phase 2b study of bepirovirsen in sequential combination with pegylated interferon (PegIFN) treatment
- Phase 2 study of bepirovirsen in sequential combination with GSK's chronic hepatitis B targeted immunotherapy
About the B-Clear Phase 2b study
The B-Clear Phase 2b study is investigating the efficacy and safety of 12- or 24-weeks treatment with bepirovirsen in people living with CHB on stable NA treatment or not on NA treatment at study start. The primary endpoints are the proportion of patients achieving HBsAg levels below the Lower Limit of Quantification (LLOQ), and HBV DNA levels below the LLOQ sustained for 24 weeks without rescue medication after end of treatment with bepirovirsen.
The study consists of two parallel cohorts, one for patients receiving NA treatment and the other for patients who were not on NA. Patients from each arm were randomized to one of four treatment arms within each cohort, with treatment administered weekly with or without loading doses (LD) on days four and 11:
- Bepirovirsen 300 mg with LD for 24 weeks;
- Bepirovirsen 300 mg with LD for 12 weeks then 150 mg for 12 weeks;
- Bepirovirsen 300 mg with LD for 12 weeks then placebo for 12 weeks;
- Placebo with LD for 12 weeks then bepirovirsen 300 mg without LD for 12 weeks.
About Hepatitis B virus infection
Hepatitis B virus infection is a serious health problem that can lead to significant and potentially fatal health conditions, including cirrhosis, liver failure and liver cancer. Chronic hepatitis B infection is caused by the hepatitis B virus and is a major global health concern, affecting nearly 300 million people worldwide.i,ii Chronic HBV infection is one of the most common persistent viral infections in the world. Currently available therapies, although effective in reducing circulating HBV DNA in the blood, do not efficiently inhibit HBV antigen production and secretion.
About Bepirovirsen
Bepirovirsen is an investigational antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) designed to specifically recognize the RNA that the hepatitis B virus uses to replicate itself in the infected liver cells (hepatocytes) and make the viral antigens (proteins) which facilitate chronicity of the disease by helping to avoid clearance by the immune system. The ASO recruits the liver's own enzymes to eliminate the RNA by digesting it to an active form. The subsequent reduction in the levels of the RNA results in a decrease in both the virus and the production of viral antigen (HBsAg) by the hepatocytes, which can be measured by a drop in the HBV DNA and antigen levels in the circulating blood.
Bepirovirsen (formerly IONIS-HBVRx), also known as GSK3228836, was discovered, and jointly developed with GSK. GSK licensed bepirovirsen from Ionis in August 2019 under a collaborative development and licensing agreement.
About Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
For more than 30 years, Ionis has been the leader in RNA-targeted therapy, pioneering new markets and changing standards of care with its novel antisense technology. Ionis currently has three marketed medicines and a premier late-stage pipeline highlighted by industry-leading cardiovascular and neurological franchises. Our scientific innovation began and continues with the knowledge that sick people depend on us, which fuels our vision of becoming a leading, fully integrated biotechnology company.
To learn more about Ionis, visit www.ionispharma.com and follow us on Twitter @ionispharma.
Ionis' Forward-looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements regarding Ionis' business and the therapeutic and commercial potential of Ionis' technologies, bepirovirsen and other products in development. Any statement describing Ionis' goals, expectations, financial or other projections, intentions or beliefs is a forward-looking statement and should be considered an at-risk statement. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including those related to the impact COVID-19 could have on our business, and including but not limited to, those related to our commercial products and the medicines in our pipeline, and particularly those inherent in the process of discovering, developing and commercializing medicines that are safe and effective for use as human therapeutics, and in the endeavor of building a business around such medicines. Ionis' forward-looking statements also involve assumptions that, if they never materialize or prove correct, could cause its results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
Although Ionis' forward-looking statements reflect the good faith judgment of its management, these statements are based only on facts and factors currently known by Ionis. As a result, you are cautioned not to rely on these forward-looking statements. These and other risks concerning Ionis' programs are described in additional detail in Ionis' annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, and the most recent Form 10-Q quarterly filing, which is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Copies of these and other documents are available from the Company.
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i Trepo C, et al. Hepatitis B virus infection. Lancet. 2014 Dec 6; 384(9959): 2053-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60220-8
ii World Health Organization, https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/hepatitis-b
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BE EQUIPPED WITH ADIDAS AND VICTORINOX
IBACH-SCHWYZ, Switzerland, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Iconic, multifunctional, and stylish – these keywords perfectly describe the remarkable collaboration between adidas and Victorinox. The co-created sneaker EQT 93 Victorinox brings together the best of both brands. As a special extra, the matching Victorinox pocket knife Classic SD Solemate Limited Edition completes and equips the shoe. Adidas and Victorinox – two brands, one mission to equip the world with functionality and style for any urban adventure.
For this collaboration of the two well-known lifestyle brands, the Victorinox brand values of iconic design, functionality, quality, and innovation have been creatively combined with the expertise and knowhow of the adidas design team. The result is the co-created sneaker EQT 93 Victorinox and the special Victorinox pocket knife Classic SD Solemate Limited Edition which completes the hip street style look. "Collaborations are a strategic pillar of our marketing efforts, and we are very proud to announce this great partnership with adidas. We are thrilled with the outcome of the products which bring unique design and exciting details." explains Veronika Elsener, Chief of Marketing at Victorinox.
The Victorinox Classic SD Solemate Limited Edition is the perfect partner for life. Not only does it offer a lifetime guarantee against any defects in material and workmanship, like all Victorinox pocket knives, but this practical Classic SD Solemate also handles just about any urban adventure with multifunctionality and style.
The functional pocket knife comes with a nappa leather pouch which can be attached to the sneaker and a key hanger which perfectly matches the shoelaces of the EQT 93 Victorinox. Furthermore, the coordinates of both headquarters – Herzogenaurach, Germany, and Ibach, Switzerland – are engraved on the blade. To round off this matching accessory, one scale represents Victorinox corporate design whilst the other side shows the imprint of the famous Damascus Steel which is integral to the brand's history.
Damascus Steel has enjoyed a very popular role in the history of Victorinox. For many years, limited editions of the Swiss Army Knife and several household knives have been produced using different kinds of this fine material. The product category Travel Gear has also used the pattern in its products, so it was an obvious choice to include it in the creation of the EQT 93 Victorinox. The silver shiny Damascus pattern perfectly matches the Victorinox red used for this detail-oriented sneaker.
As loved by sneakerheads all over the world, the design for the EQT 93 Victorinox differs for the left and for the right shoe. The left shoe features various details representative of Victorinox, including the image of the popular Spartan pocket knife on the heel, the Victorinox Cross and Shield on the side, the Victorinox corporate design on the inner sole, and the coordinates of the Victorinox headquarters visible through the transparent outer sole. The right shoe displays the adidas logo on the heel, the three stripes on the side, the adidas corporate design on the inner sole and the coordinates of the adidas headquarters visible via the outer sole.
As the shoe comes with an integrated pouch, consumers who buy the shoe at adidas are invited to visit a Victorinox store to complete the set by purchasing the matching pocket knife for their unique sneaker. The EQT 93 Victorinox and the Victorinox Classic SD Solemate Limited Edition are available in selected markets only. The world can now be explored with shoes as iconic and functional as the pocket knife itself, along with innovative accessories to complete the game.
Be equipped with adidas and Victorinox
Iconic. Multifunctional. Stylish.
- blade, small
- scissors
- nail file with
- – screwdriver 2.5 mm
- key ring
- tweezers
- toothpick
- paracord pendant
- height: 9 mm
- length: 58 mm
- weight: 21 g
- Leather pouch
- Paracord pendant with snap hook
- Suggested Retail price $75 USD / $90 CAN
- The EQT 93 Victorinox is available at adidas stores and adidas online stores of the following markets:
- United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Peru, India, Singapore, Thailand, Japan, Middle East, Pacific (Australia & New Zealand, Malaysia, Philippines), GCC/Iran, South Africa
- The Victorinox Classic SD Solemate including pouch and key hanger is available at Victorinox stores and Victorinox online stores of the following markets: United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Peru, India, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, China, Japan, Poland, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Austria
Leah Pepper
Director, Public Relations
Leah.Pepper@victorinox.com
+1 203 929-6391
Victorinox AG is a worldwide operating family business, which today is run in the fourth generation. The headquarter of the company is located in Ibach, canton Schwyz, in the heart of Switzerland. This is where the founder of the company Karl Elsener I set up his cutlery business back in 1884 and, a few years later, designed the legendary «Original Swiss Army Knife». Meanwhile, the company produces not only the world-famous pocket knives, but also high-quality household and professional knives, watches, travel gear and fragrances. In 2005, the company took over Wenger SA in Delémont. The Wenger pocket knives were integrated into the Victorinox range in 2013, so that the Wenger product portfolio today consists of watches and travel gear. Products are available online, in own stores as well as via a widespread network of subsidiaries and distributors in more than 120 countries. In 2021, the company with its more than 2100 employees generated sales of CHF 408 million.
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LOS ANGELES, July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Clubhouse Media Group, Inc. (OTCMKTS: CMGR) ("CMGR"), an influencer-based social media firm and digital talent management agency, announced that they have finalized a brand promotional deal with Vernon Davis, through their partnership with The Reiman Agency. Davis is a former Super Bowl Champion and two-time Pro-Bowl selection. He was a tight end, and played for the San Francisco 49ers, Denver Broncos (where he would go on to win the Super Bowl) and the Washington Redskins. Davis retired from the NFL in 2020. In 2021 he was the announcer for the ESPYS Awards, which recognize individual and team athletic achievements and sports related performance. Currently, Davis makes cameo appearances in film and television and stays active on social media. He boasts 1M followers on Instagram alone.
"Vernon is a generational talent, and it has been a pleasure to work with himself and his best-in-class representatives on what I anticipate as the first of many partnerships we cut together." said Alden Reiman, CEO of The Reiman Agency.
"Vernon is one of several NFL stars we have worked with recently" said Amir Ben-Yohanan, CEO of CMGR. "We are very excited to see a continuous deal flow with some of the largest brands and talent imaginable."
CMGR offers management, production, and deal-making services to its handpicked influencers, a management division for individual influencer clients, and an investment arm for joint ventures and acquisitions for companies in the social media influencer space.
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Cooper Rush scrambled to his right, scanning the end zone for a target on a potential go-ahead touchdown.
Dak Prescott’s backup found one he hadn’t played with yet in a remarkable run as the super sub for the Dallas Cowboys.
Rush won again filling in for Prescott, throwing a scoring pass to Michael Gallup in the receiver’s 2022 debut as the Cowboys beat the Washington Commanders 25-10 on Sunday.
Rush also had a TD toss to new No. 1 receiver CeeDee Lamb while improving to 4-0 in his career as a starter, the first Dallas quarterback to accomplish the feat.
The three Rush-led victories this season for the Cowboys (3-1) have been since Prescott fractured the thumb on his throwing hand when the defending NFC East champs lost their opener to Tampa Bay.
The Commanders (1-3) lost a third consecutive game in Carson Wentz’s reunion with an old division rival from his days as the No. 2 overall pick by Philadelphia.
The Dallas defense hasn’t given up more than 17 points in a game during Rush’s run. It is the first time the defense has held the team’s first four opponents to 19 points or fewer since 1973.
“I guess I would say the defense and all the breaks you catch, it’s just kind of lucky,” said Rush, who was 15 of 27 for 223 yards and hasn’t thrown an interception in any of his three starts this season. “QB win stats, they are what they are. It’s a team game, and it’s nice the defense having our back like that.”
Gallup was out with a calf strain when Rush won his first start as Prescott’s replacement last season in Minnesota.
The fifth-year receiver’s return was exactly nine months after he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee on a Jan. 2 touchdown catch in a 25-22 loss to Arizona in Week 17 last season.
The 9-yard catch for a 12-7 second-quarter lead came in the back of the same end zone as the injury. Then Gallup grabbed Lamb in a bear hug before celebrating with other teammates.
“I’ve been envisioning it ever since I got hurt,” Gallup said. “So when I come back, I need to make a statement. So it means I’ve done the work. It’s a good feeling.”
Washington outgained Dallas 297 yards to 279 but had several promising drives stalled by penalties, and flags also wiped out interceptions by Benjamin St.-Juste and Kamren Curl.
The Commanders finished with 11 penalties for 136 yards after totaling 128 penalty yards the first three weeks.
“Everything that we’re doing right now is completely controllable,” said receiver Jahan Dotson, whose 10-yard TD catch in the second quarter gave Washington a 7-6 lead. “It’s obviously frustrating, not winning. We’ve just got to figure ourselves out.”
The Cowboys believed Gallup’s return would help Lamb in his role leading the group after the offseason trade of Amari Cooper to Cleveland in a cost-cutting move. For one game at least, they were right.
Lamb had three consecutive catches for 56 yards on a first-half drive to the second of Brett Maher’s four field goals.
The third-year pro fooled the defense with a nice fake on a slant for a 30-yard score and a 22-10 lead on the first play of the fourth quarter.
Lamb had six catches for 97 yards a week after he scored the go-ahead TD in a victory at the New York Giants. Gallup had two grabs for 24 yards while drawing pass interference penalties of 38 and 27 yards.
PRESCOTT GOT NEXT?
Prescott had the same role from the previous home game, wearing a headset while cajoling the crowd for the defense. But he’s much closer to a return now. It’s possible he could be back next Sunday at the defending Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams.
“I can’t give you anything there medically,” owner/general manager Jerry Jones said. “I don’t think anyone knows how he’s going to grip the ball but certainly, we feel a lot better the way Cooper is playing, the way our team is playing.”
ANOTHER, AND A FIRST
Trevon Diggs, last year’s NFL interceptions leader with 11, had his second of the season, and in as many weeks, for Dallas on a deep throw from Wentz with the Commanders trying to get in field goal position late in the first half.
Rookie DaRon Bland, replacing Jourdan Lewis after Lewis was a late scratch with a groin injury, had the first of his career to essentially seal the victory in the fourth quarter.
SNYDER SIGHTING
Washington owner Dan Snyder, under investigation by the NFL over alleged workplace misconduct within his club, was on the field before the game with Jones. Snyder is suspended from day-to-day operations and hasn’t been seen in public at Commanders home games.
INJURIES
Cowboys: All-Pro RG Zack Martin exited in the third quarter after colliding with another player and favoring his right leg. He returned. … DT Quinton Bohanna injured a shoulder in the fourth quarter.
Redskins: LB Milo Eifler was sidelined by a hamstring injury and didn’t return. … S Percy Butler was announced as questionable to return with a quadriceps issue.
UP NEXT
Commanders: Tennessee at home next Sunday.
Cowboys: Dallas is 0-2 against the Rams since they moved back to Los Angeles. The first loss was a divisional playoff game during the 2018 season.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An Amsterdam museum that severed ties with St. Petersburg’s Hermitage collection after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine last year has been renamed and on Monday announced partnerships with renowned galleries in London, Paris and Washington, D.C.
Starting in September, the Hermitage Amsterdam will be called H’ART Museum. It has established partnerships with the British Museum, Centre Pompidou and the Smithsonian American Art Museum to bring art to the historic building on the banks of the Dutch capital’s Amstel River.
“It’s an exciting new step for us, a contemporary and future-proof model,” museum director Annabelle Birnie said in a statement.
She said the museum’s program will be “multi-voiced reflecting the times we live in” and will range from major art exhibitions to smaller presentations.
The first major show — scheduled to open midway through 2024 — will be a partnership with Paris’ Centre Pompidou focused on Wassily Kandinsky, the Russian-born artist who became a French citizen and died in France in 1944.
The museum originally opened in 2009 and drew extensively on the huge art collection of the Hermitage in St. Petersburg to stage exhibitions. However, last year it ended the relationship, saying: “With the invasion of the Russian army in Ukraine, a border has been crossed. War destroys everything.” | https://www.wric.com/entertainment-news/amsterdams-hermitage-museum-to-be-renamed-after-cutting-ties-with-russia-following-ukraine-invasion/ | 2023-06-26 14:02:56 | 0 | https://www.wric.com/entertainment-news/amsterdams-hermitage-museum-to-be-renamed-after-cutting-ties-with-russia-following-ukraine-invasion/ |
Taffy Brodesser-Akner, the author and showrunner of Fleishman Is in Trouble, was around 40 when she noticed that many of her friends were getting divorced and downloading dating apps. Though married, Brodesser-Akner was fascinated by the dating revolution that seemed to have happened in the years since she'd been single.
"You could be lying in bed, watching TV and scrolling through potential partners, all of whom decided to show up at the same exact place, which is your phone," she says. "It changed everything."
Brodesser-Akner found that straight men on the dating apps seemed to be having "ridiculously wonderful times." But her straight women friends weren't so lucky: "Men their age were looking for somebody younger or thinner, or with fewer kids or with no kids," she says.
Meanwhile, Brodesser-Akner had made a name for herself writing incisive celebrity profiles for publications like GQ and The New York Times, but she was having her own mid-life crisis. Living in the suburbs felt stifling, and she hadn't accomplished what she wanted to creatively. Inspired by her own experiences and by her friend's, she began working on a novel.
Fleishman Is in Trouble, published in 2019, tells the story of Toby Fleishman, a 41-year-old divorced father of two who dives into the brave new world of internet dating. But at the start of his summer of sexual freedom, Fleishman's estranged ex-wife disappears, leaving him to care for their 9- and 11-year-old kids.
Now a limited FX/Hulu series, Fleishman Is in Trouble uses actors who became famous for playing teens to depict the drama of early middle-age crisis: Jesse Eisenberg (of The Social Network) plays Fleishman, Claire Danes (of My So Called Life) is his ex-wife, and Lizzy Caplan (of Mean Girls) andAdam Brody (of The O.C.) are his friends, Libby and Seth.
"All these people that we knew so well as very, very young people — it hits home for me so much. ... This is a force you cannot fight," she says. "We're all going to get old."
Interview highlights
On wanting to write about the shock of mid-life and adulthood
I've always been into wondering what adulthood would be like. I did not realize that by the time you finally realize you're an adult, there's no "prime" of that. By the time I figured out how to not care if people liked me so much, or how to understand that I would like to play more basketball my knees started to hurt and I started not to be able to go out as much because my kids have homework. I was always very interested in adulthood. I had a fairly strict upbringing. And to me, I always had my eyes on the prize of freedom, which I think is why the freedom that goes away when you make these adult choices was such a shock to me.
On choosing to have Fleishman's story be narrated by his friend Libby
I was having this crisis in the journalism I was writing. I write a lot of profiles, and it got to the point where I would spend enough time with my subjects who told me very personal things about their lives, and about their pasts, and about their marriages that ended, and about their children, and about their struggles in the world, and their gripes with the world, and sort of how it's been for them since they took off. I would be enthralled and then toward the end, I would start to wonder — I worked at GQ and then at the time most of them were men — what would the women in their lives say? What would the other people in their lives say? And Fleishman comes out of this crisis of remembering that you don't really ever know a story at all.
On similarities between herself and Fleishman's friend Libby
In fiction, you've made it up, so everything is you. Everything, every person on the page is some aspect of you. But Libby, especially as rendered in the show by Lizzy Caplan, is cooler than I am. ... But the things about her, she worked at a men's magazine. She has a very devoted husband and two children, and she's just feeling lost in the world. I have all of those things except that I left the men's magazine to go to The New York Times. ... Where we diverge is that she, during the summer, needs some time to come and figure out what she wants to do. Whereas I went off to The New York Times and had a pretty good time, I just couldn't figure out a way to convey how miserable I was in the suburbs and how the start of middle age hit me like a truck.
On two regrets she has from writing celebrity profiles over the years
I only regret two things: One, in that Mötley Crüe profile, they weren't so kind to me that day. ... I'm not here for revenge, but I think I was maybe hurt by it. It was one of my first few profiles, and I was just starting out, and I took a shot at one of the band members' appearances. And I just feel like that is beneath me, beneath us. It did a lot to inform me about how I want to be in the world. And I don't want to be someone who is funny at other people's expense. It was a funny line, but it was at someone's expense. .
The other thing I regret is I once asked a recovering addict too many questions about addiction. ... Again, I was starting out and an editor had given me questions to ask, and I was trying to be a good girl. ... But I'm the one on the front lines, right? Like I'm the one. I can't try to get my next job at the expense of this person, whose only sin in the world is that they have a publicity obligation and have to sit down with me. I've always regretted that. And I've always thought of reaching out to the person and saying something. And I don't know why I haven't. Maybe because I don't even know if I did it as badly as I remember doing it. But I think about it all the time.
On some of the differences she experienced writing for women's magazines vs. men's magazines
When I was sent to do profiles for women's magazines, very, very often — not all the time — ... I would be given a list of questions to ask in the order that they should be asked. I was asked to ask women what their least favorite parts of their bodies were, until the point where I just stopped doing those kinds of interviews because I was doing well enough at other things. It felt so bad all the time to be going somewhere and writing down what a woman was eating. It felt like everything that was wrong.
And women's magazines, to me, always felt like the hold they had on the reader was that they were trying to control the reader: telling her how to eat, and how to flirt, and how to dress, and how to have sex. And even when they were trying to empower her, it was in these very specific ways. I was always told, when you write for a women's magazine, "When you write for us, you have to write with the authoritative tone of voice that is the reader's older sister or best friend who knows more than she does." And I was a little allergic to that. ...
When I started writing for a men's magazine, it was just total freedom. It was: Write what you observe. There is no need to put in any of the stuff that seems boring or you don't have to do any sort of data drop or include statistics or even justify why you're writing the story. Like that was the greatest thing in the world. The idea that you could just write a story because the story happened or because you just thought of it, versus: we're writing about Botox because we have these Botox advertisers. And also, make sure you say nice things about Botox. Those left me very, very cold.
Seth Kelley and Thea Chaloner produced and edited this interview for broadcast. Bridget Bentz, Molly Seavy-Nesper and Beth Novey adapted it for the web.
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IRONTON — The following information was compiled from Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office reports:
STUDENT ARRESTED: A South Point Middle School male student was arrested on a charge of aggravated menacing for threatening to kill another student and was transported to the Lawrence County Juvenile Center.
OVERDOSE: A sheriff’s deputy responded to a drug overdose call on County Road 15 in the South Point area last week and found a man had died.
THEFT: A Proctorville area woman reported last week that she lost some $9,000 while responding to an online account.
MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT: A resident of County Road 1 reported that someone stole his 2015 Chevrolet Cruze.
THEFT: A representative of RLA Utilities on Rockwood Avenue in Chesapeake reported last week that equipment valued at $2,800 was stolen.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: Responding to a domestic call last week on Township Road 150, a sheriff’s deputy arrested Travis Boggs, no age or address listed, and transported him to jail.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: Responding to a domestic call last week in Willow Wood, a sheriff’s deputy arrested a man and a woman and transported them to jail.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: Responding to a domestic call earlier this week, a sheriff’s deputy arrested a woman on two counts of domestic violence and transported her to jail.
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ar. (KNWA) – In this week’s Arkansas football recruiting report with Otis Kirk, Courtney and Otis talk about where Arkansas’ coaches have been over the bye week.
They also talk about 2023 recruits Quincey Rhodes Jr., Shamar Easter and Derick Hunter Jr.
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HONOLULU – Hawaii authorities on Tuesday say they have referred 33 people to U.S. law enforcement after the group allegedly harassed a pod of wild dolphins in waters off the Big Island.
It's against federal law to swim within 50 yards (45 meters) of spinner dolphins in Hawaii’s nearshore waters. The prohibition went into effect in 2021 amid concerns that so many tourists were swimming with dolphins that the nocturnal animals weren’t getting the rest they need during the day to be able to forage for food at night.
The rule applies to areas within 2 nautical miles (3.7 kilometers) of the Hawaiian Islands and in designated waters surrounded by the islands of Lanai, Maui and Kahoolawe.
The state Department of Land and Natural Resources said in a news release that its enforcement officers came upon the 33 swimmers in Honaunau Bay on Sunday during a routine patrol.
Aerial footage shot by drone shows snorkelers following dolphins as they swim away. The department said its video and photos showed swimmers “who appear to be aggressively pursuing, corralling and harassing the pod.”
Enforcement officers contacted the group while they were in the water, and told them about the violation. Uniformed officers met the swimmers on land where state and federal officials launched a joint investigation.
Hawaii’s spinner dolphins feast on fish and small crustaceans that surface from the ocean’s depths at night. When the sun rises, they head for shallow bays to hide from tiger sharks and other predators.
To the untrained eye, the dolphins appear to be awake during the day because they’re swimming.
But because they sleep by resting half of their brains and keeping the other half awake to surface and breathe, they may be sleeping even when they’re maneuvering through the water. | https://www.wsls.com/news/2023/03/29/hawaii-authorities-say-33-swimmers-were-harassing-dolphins/ | 2023-03-29 12:38:57 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/2023/03/29/hawaii-authorities-say-33-swimmers-were-harassing-dolphins/ |
WESTMORELAND COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — A Pennsylvania man is behind bars after he allegedly lured a girl into his car and inappropriately touched her.
Keith Lilliock, 43, of Greensburg was arrested by state police after the Westmoreland County District Attorney’s Office said he offered the 11-year-old a ride on Sunday, then drove her to a home roughly 25 miles away.
Troopers were called to investigate a missing child who had last been seen riding her bicycle toward Youngwood. According to the DA’s office, the girl’s bike was later found at a gas station in the Pennsylvania borough.
Investigators, who were told the girl had an iPad, pinged the device to find her location, according to court documents. Authorities said the iPad’s location led them to a home in Latrobe, roughly 25 miles northeast of Youngwood.
The girl was found at the home shortly after and taken to the state police barracks in Greensburg.
According to the criminal complaint, the child told troopers she was riding her bike to Pittsburgh when she stopped at the gas station to take a break. She then walked to a nearby Dollar General store where she was approached by an unknown man, later determined to be Lilliock.
The girl claimed Lilliock told her he would drive her to where she wanted after he closed the store for the night.
She told troopers Lilliock drove her to his house in South Greensburg. He then left the vehicle and went inside for five minutes before returning to the car. The girl claimed Lilliock rubbed her leg and touched her stomach area under her shirt before she asked him to take her to a friend’s house in Latrobe, according to the DA’s office.
According to court documents, security camera video from inside the Dollar General store showed Lilliock talking with the girl for 20 minutes before they both walked to the back of the store.
State police later spoke to Lilliock who allegedly said he saw the girl walking on a sidewalk in front of the Dollar General and told her she could come into the store.
He said he then offered to give her a ride after he closed the store, according to police, claiming he only stopped at his house for gas money before taking the girl to Latrobe. Troopers noted he also abruptly said “I did not touch an 11-year-old” after he was asked if anything else happened inside his car with the girl.
Lilliock was arraigned on Tuesday and placed in the Westmoreland County Prison. His bail was denied out of concern for the safety of the community, according to Magisterial District Judge Scott Fanchalsky.
He’s charged with felony counts of luring a child into a motor vehicle and interference with the custody of children. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Friday, April 14. | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/ipad-helps-pennsylvania-police-find-girl-allegedly-lured-into-car-man-arrested/ | 2023-03-30 01:53:11 | 0 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/ipad-helps-pennsylvania-police-find-girl-allegedly-lured-into-car-man-arrested/ |
Revolutionary studio will provide immersive educational experience for the next generation of engineers, using elite commercial products to prepare them for real-world applications
ITHACA, N.Y., March 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Toyota Material Handling (TMH), North America's leading manufacturer of forklifts and material handling solutions, joined representatives from Cornell University's College of Engineering to officially dedicate the revolutionary Toyota Forklift Learning Studio at Cornell University's Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. This is the world's first Forklift Learning Studio and the result of a unique and dynamic partnership between TMH and Cornell, bringing students a creative outlet for real-world application in a revolutionary and immersive learning experience that could become a model for impactful change in higher education.
"At Toyota, we believe making things is about making people, and this learning studio is a great example of that guiding principle," said Brett Wood, Toyota Material Handing North America President & CEO. "Young people often wonder how they'll use certain theories in their professional lives because it's often difficult to connect the dots. In the innovative Toyota Forklift Learning Studio, all of the 'dots' will exist in the same space as the finished product. This connects perfectly to our Toyota culture of continuous improvement by giving Cornell Engineering students a place for continuous learning and allowing them to explore ways to apply that learning in the real world."
This state-of-the-art learning studio is equipped with industry-leading products, components and technology that will bridge the gap between students' coursework and actual commercial products. The forklifts will help students learn about mechanical properties and how they integrate into a larger system while exposing them to many elements of engineering principles like fluid mechanics, heat transfer, hydraulics, engines, transmissions, motors and more. This experimental-learning space, designed with the latest in forklift innovation, encourages outside-the-box thinking, intellectual exploration, and empowers students with a real-life application of the theories taught in classrooms that supports a modern approach to education that balances lecture and lab sessions.
"I became passionate about this when it became clear to me that students were motivated by seeing how what they learned in class applied to their everyday life and to their career opportunities, and they didn't want to wait very long to get to that point," said Brian Kirby, Associate Director of Undergraduate Affairs for Cornell's Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. "The idea behind the forklift learning studio was to lead with the application, and then use that as a framework to decide how it could be linked together in the different classes we teach."
Kirby says the Toyota Forklift Learning Studio will incorporate between seven and 12 different classes, with students going back and forth between the studio and other parts of the curriculum.
"We want students to interact with the studio constantly, and we want to influence a larger number of students," Kirby said. "Unlike a single class, which can only affect 10-100 students, this space will impact hundreds and hundreds of students and allow them to see the links between what they're doing and what they can actually become. I believe students will see the Toyota Forklift Learning Studio as a fun and exciting place that motivates them to put their energy and passion into studying the foundational material we're teaching – a place where the coolest things happen on campus."
The Toyota Forklift Learning Studio will not only change the educational experience for engineering students at Cornell – it could become a model for universities across the country. It challenges the traditional ideology of doing things a certain way because that's how they've always been done, and provides a clear answer to the age-old question students ask: 'When will I ever use this in the real world?'
"I wish I had a learning studio like this when I was studying mechanical engineering many years ago," Wood said. "To be able to get your hands on a commercial product and learn about direct applications for engineering theory and principles would've been a life-changing experience. I really hope this can help the engineers of tomorrow get out into the workforce and better understand the basic and even the more complicated engineering principles they learn in a classroom. We believe this is a revolutionary shift in the way students learn, and Toyota is so proud to be at the forefront of impactful change."
The Toyota Forklift Learning Studio is an investment in the next generation of engineers that gives students an inimitable opportunity to learn the key principles of modern engineering and systems thinking. Students taking advantage of this cutting-edge learning experience benefit from having complex systems and individual components all in one place, enlightening students with a holistic perspective of the engineering process and the ability to see how the application of science and mathematics comes together to create an essential product.
"The cool thing about the studio is seeing how everything you've learned in separate classes can be integrated into one thing," said Cornell University sophomore Emma Sudmann, who was selected to help build the studio last summer. "It can be hard to see how everything you learn in your statics class compares to your fluid mechanics class, for example. But with the forklift, you can see how all of those topics come together and how they are used in the real world.
"This experience has definitely opened my eyes to so many different possibilities, and things I had never thought you could do with engineering. It's so cool to be part of something that will not only impact engineering but could be a model that impacts how all students learn in the future."
In addition to modernizing the way students learn, the mutually beneficial partnership will expose them to new products and industries where they could build successful careers. The forklift industry is an essential part of the nation's supply chain, and it is coming off the two best years in history – with a combined 663,000 units sold in North America in 2021 and 2022. The industry contributes more than $26 billion to the United States' annual GDP and offers wide-ranging opportunities for engineers.
"We're grateful for our partnership with Toyota Material Handling which allows us to better prepare our students for their future careers by cultivating a deep understanding and appreciation of engineering while instilling values in them that encourage a curious mind and a drive to continuously improve," Kirby said. "Since the beginning of our partnership with Toyota, our collaborations have grown deeper and more vibrant, and our philosophical connections have become more and more clear. We couldn't be more excited about the future of this learning studio and our partnership with Toyota."
Learn more about Toyota Material Handling's commitment to cultivating the forklift industry's next generation of engineers and leaders here, or by visiting ToyotaForklift.com.
About Toyota Material Handling
Toyota Material Handling offers material handling products and solutions, including forklifts, reach trucks, order pickers, pallet jacks, container handlers, automated guided vehicles, and tow tractors, along with aerial work platforms, fleet management services, and advanced automation engineering and design. Toyota's commitment to quality, reliability and customer satisfaction, the hallmark of the Toyota Production System, extends throughout more than 230 locations across North America. With access to an industry-leading lineup of material handling products, Toyota dealers are uniquely positioned to help solve wide-ranging challenges in warehousing and distribution. Built for every application, Toyota can provide the most complete set of solutions for material handling, automation, energy, advanced logistics, and warehouse optimization. For more information or to learn more, visit ToyotaForklift.com.
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Wednesday that Democrats have a better chance of connecting with rural voters in his home state and elsewhere when they talk about the things people need and the ways they can help them.
“When we think about how do we communicate with our rural families, the first thing is to care about them,” the Democratic governor said in an interview with The Associated Press at the state Capitol. “And to show that you care about them, and to earn their trust that you do truly care about them.”
Beshear said his party’s candidates need to show up with a core message centered on good-paying jobs, access to quality health care and good public schools — all issues that he sees as resonating with rural voters who have abandoned the party in droves in recent elections.
Beshear, who faces his own tough reelection fight next year in a state dotted with small towns and farms, is better positioned than most Democrats to talk about connecting with rural voters. He has maintained strong job approval ratings in a state where the GOP has become the dominant party.
The Kentucky governor’s race, falling as it always does in the year before a presidential election, has been flagged as the Democratic Governors Association’s top priority in 2023. GOP candidates, including several who have battled Beshear on legal and political fronts during his first term in office, are lining up for the chance to challenge Beshear.
Beshear has devoted much of his time as governor leading recovery efforts in rural areas of Kentucky stricken by devastating tornadoes a year ago and historic flooding earlier this year.
To make inroads in rural regions, candidates need to focus on the things that matter most to people — whether they’re making enough to support their families, can afford quality health care that’s accessible and can send their children to good schools.
“Whenever people get focused on the red versus blue, or the D versus R, they lose focus that our job is to serve the families in our states,” Beshear said. “Families want to hear that you’re trying to make their life better. You’re not trying to move something to the right or the left, but you’re trying to help them move forward.”
Beshear spoke about his administration’s work to provide clean drinking water for rural Kentuckians, and said one of his most satisfying days as governor was when he announced economic development projects in rural counties at both ends of the Bluegrass State.
“I think Democrats should show up more in rural America because it’s America,” the governor said. “Every person counts. The great lesson of COVID is that we all matter. And if we’re not lifting up every single part of Kentucky, we’re not doing our job.”
Beshear is preparing for his reelection campaign bearing a strong family brand — his father is a former two-term Kentucky governor — while yoked to a greatly diminished Democratic brand. Republicans built their dominance in Kentucky by cultivating reliable strongholds spanning the state’s rural regions — from the Appalachians in the east to the farming country in the west.
In 2011, the governor’s father, Steve Beshear, won more than three-fourths of Kentucky’s 120 counties to claim a second term. In 2019, Andy Beshear carried less than one-fourth of the counties but ran up big margins in cities and suburbs to narrowly defeat GOP incumbent Matt Bevin.
Andy Beshear will have to replicate that performance to win a second term, said Scott Jennings, a Kentucky-based Republican political commentator and former adviser to President George W. Bush. Democrats in Kentucky have no shot at regaining rural support anytime soon, Jennings said.
“The Democratic Party espouses economic and cultural values that are completely foreign to most rural voters, and is unapologetic about it,” said Jennings, who sees Beshear as the frontrunner at this point but said the incumbent is “beatable.”
Beshear will face waves of attacks from Republicans eager to consolidate their power by winning back the governorship.
“Andy Beshear and the Democrat Party do not represent Kentucky’s values,” state GOP spokesperson Sean Southard said in a statement earlier this week.
He pointed to Beshear’s vetoes of bills aimed at gradually phasing out state individual income taxes and preventing transgender girls and women from participating in school sports matching their gender identity. The GOP-dominated legislature overrode those and other Beshear vetoes this year.
Beshear invoked his faith Wednesday in response to a question about transgender rights and other debates resolving around social issues.
“My faith teaches me not to judge but to love,” the governor said. “It teaches me that we are to love our neighbors as ourselves and that everybody’s our neighbor.”
Beshear, a church deacon, comfortably refers to his Christian faith when discussing his policy priorities. He describes access to health care as a basic human right. The governor recently extended Medicaid coverage for dental, vision and hearing care to hundreds of thousands of Kentucky adults.
“How you talk about your faith and your values is very personal,” Beshear said Wednesday during the interview. “It’s very important to me. And I don’t talk about it because of any political bent. I talk about it because it’s part of me and it’s also part of how I make decisions.” | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/ap-dem-governor-caring-is-key-to-connecting-with-rural-voters/ | 2022-12-08 17:20:10 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/ap-dem-governor-caring-is-key-to-connecting-with-rural-voters/ |
CLINTON, WHITE, HOWARD COUNTIES, Ind. — The Federal Emergency Management Agency has announced that it is opening disaster recovery centers in Clinton, White and Howard counties to assist those affected by the tornadoes that rolled through the state on March 31 and April 1.
FEMA released a statement Sunday evening confirming that it is entering into a partnership with the state of Indiana and the U.S. Small Business Administration to open three new recovery centers in the Hoosier state.
Anyone in need is encouraged to visit any of these three centers where they can have their questions answered, speak with FEMA recovery specialists, receive assistance with completing FEMA recovery applications and acquire additional information on the resources that are available.
Recovery center locations
The Clinton County disaster recovery center is located at 1859 S. Jackson St. The White County recovery center can be found at 1017 O’Conner Blvd. in Monticello and the Howard County recovery center’s address is 220 N. Main St. in Kokomo.
All three centers will be open May 1, 2, 11 and 12 from 8 a.m. through 6 p.m., and May 3 and 13 from 8 a.m. through 5 p.m.
The release also notes that additional recovery centers will be opening in other affected areas at some time in the future.
Any individuals or businesses that have been impacted by the devastating storms and tornadoes are encouraged to find their nearest recovery center by visiting fema.gov/drc.
Another option for those who do not wish to visit a recovery center is to apply for FEMA assistance online at DisasterAssistance.gov or by calling the FEMA Helpline at 800-621-3362.
The deadline to apply is June 14 of this year. | https://cbs4indy.com/news/disaster-recovery-centers-opening-in-clinton-white-and-howard-counties/ | 2023-05-01 00:49:38 | 1 | https://cbs4indy.com/news/disaster-recovery-centers-opening-in-clinton-white-and-howard-counties/ |
Man injured in Monday night crash on North Topeka highway
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A man was taken to a local hospital after he was injured in a single-vehicle crash Monday night on a North Topeka highway, authorities said.
The crash was reported at 8:43 p.m. on N.W. US-24 highway, about a quarter-mile east of Goodyear Road.
According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 1997 Buick Park Avenue car was eastbound on US-24 when it left the roadway and entered the grassy median.
The car then entered back onto eastbound US-24 before striking the bridge guardrail on the right -- or south -- side of the roadway.
The Buick then crossed back across both eastbound lane and struck the guardrail on the left side of the roadway.
The Buick then came to rest against the left guardrail.
The driver, Steven D. Steffe, 62, was transported to Stormont Vail Hospital with suspected minor injuries.
The patrol said Steffe, who was alone in the car, wasn’t wearing his seat belt.
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TORONTO, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Denison Mines Corp. ("Denison" or the "Company") (TSX: DML) (NYSE American: DNN) announces that its confidential offer to acquire UEX Corporation ("UEX") dated July 22, 2022 (the "Acquisition Proposal") has expired. View PDF version
Despite Denison's Acquisition Proposal representing a premium to the 10-day and 20-day volume weighted average price implied by both the original agreement between UEX and Uranium Energy Corp. ("UEC") dated June 13, 2022 (the "Previous UEC Offer") and the amended agreement with UEC dated August 5, 2022 (the "Amended UEC Offer"), the board of directors of UEX has concluded that Denison's Acquisition Proposal was matched by the Amended UEC Offer.
Denison also notes that recent trading prices were affected by UEC's July 28, 2022 public disclosure of the Denison Acquisition Proposal, which was delivered confidentially to UEX under an existing non-disclosure agreement between Denison and UEX.
David Cates, President & CEO of Denison, commented: "In preparing our now expired Acquisition Proposal, Denison assessed the performance of UEX's share price under the Previous UEC Offer and saw an opportunity to present an alternative proposal, which was determined by the UEX board to be a Superior Proposal on July 28th. While it is puzzling that the UEX board was not compelled by the premium offer made by Denison, we are nevertheless happy to see exploration assets in the Athabasca Basin so coveted by other industry participants. Just last year, Denison purchased 50% of JCU (Canada) Exploration Company, Limited ("JCU") for $20.5 million. Given that we view the other 50% of JCU as UEX's most valuable asset, we are pleased to now see UEX transact at a valuation greater than $300 million.
Denison remains wholly focused on the advancement of the Wheeler River Project, the largest undeveloped uranium project in the infrastructure-rich eastern portion of the Athabasca Basin region of northern Saskatchewan. Following favorable metallurgical testing results announced last week and another major milestone we will be announcing later this morning, we are more confident than ever that Wheeler River is the premier uranium development project in the eastern Athabasca Basin and that Denison is uniquely positioned to offer investors exposure to new sources of high-grade and low-cost Canadian uranium production in the years ahead."
Denison is a uranium exploration and development company with interests focused in the Athabasca Basin region of northern Saskatchewan, Canada. The Company has an effective 95% interest in its flagship Wheeler River Uranium Project, which is the largest undeveloped uranium project in the infrastructure rich eastern portion of the Athabasca Basin region of northern Saskatchewan. A Pre-Feasibility Study was completed for Wheeler River in late 2018, considering the potential economic merit of developing Phoenix as an ISR operation and the Gryphon deposit as a conventional underground mining operation.
Denison's interests in Saskatchewan also include a 22.5% ownership interest in the McClean Lake Joint Venture, which includes several uranium deposits and the McClean Lake uranium mill, which is contracted to process the ore from the Cigar Lake mine under a toll milling agreement, plus a 25.17% interest in the Midwest Main and Midwest A deposits and a 66.90% interest in the Tthe Heldeth Túé ("THT", formerly J Zone) and Huskie deposits on the Waterbury Lake property. The Midwest Main, Midwest A, THT and Huskie deposits are located within 20 kilometres of the McClean Lake mill. Denison's exploration portfolio includes further interests in properties covering approximately 300,000 hectares in the Athabasca Basin region.
Through its 50% ownership of JCU, Denison holds additional interests in various uranium project joint ventures in Canada, including the Millennium project (JCU, 30.099%), the Kiggavik project (JCU, 33.8118%) and Christie Lake (JCU, 34.4508%).
Denison is also engaged in post-closure mine care and maintenance services through its Closed Mines group (formerly Denison Environmental Services), which manages Denison's reclaimed mine sites in the Elliot Lake region and provides related services to certain third-party projects.
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Amazon's surprise decision to shut down its AmazonSmile donation program has left thousands of its nonprofit beneficiaries disappointed and concerned about finding ways to replace the funding.
The e-commerce giant had launched AmazonSmile in 2013, contributing 0.5% of every purchase made by participating customers to the charity of their choosing. As of 2022, the company said it has donated $449 million to various charities.
Before it ends the program next month, Amazon says, it will provide a final donation to each of the 1 million-plus nonprofits that used AmazonSmile, equivalent to 25% of what the charity received from the program in 2022.
Some of the e-commerce giant's competitors, including Walmart and Target, have their own community donation programs that somewhat resemble AmazonSmile.
But nonprofits say they feel let down.
Tenisha Taylor says she felt Amazon insulted her Chicago nonprofit's work by saying its program hadn't provided enough of an impact for its charitable beneficiaries.
“You haven’t talked to me," said Taylor, who founded the Ezekiel Taylor Foundation, which provides scholarships to young Black men from Chicago whose lives have been affected by gun violence. "You haven’t seen my bottom line of impact of these brilliant young men that I have walking on campuses across this country.”
Taylor noted the huge disparity between the wealth of Amazon’s founder, Jeff Bezos, and the small amounts that nonprofits use to try to make their communities healthier and safer.
“We are making this company (Amazon) rich — we are,” said Taylor referring to communities of color like hers. “At the very least, they can be good corporate citizens to pay it forward in the communities that are patronizing them.”
Amazon's decision to end the program was part of a strategic shift to support initiatives that work on a larger scale, like its $2 billion contribution to build affordable housing, said Patrick Malone, a company spokesperson. After 10 years, he said, it was time to reevaluate the program. He said the move is not a criticism of the nonprofits it supported.
The company also recently announced that it would lay off 18,000 employees and cut other less profitable parts of its business.
Taylor and other nonprofit founders say they are angry that Amazon didn't give them an earlier warning about the program's end. Many nonprofits had promoted AmazonSmile in their own fundraising appeals because the program provided them with a passive revenue stream from Amazon customers.
Lauren Wagner, executive director of the Long Island Arts Alliance, based in Patchogue, New York, said she had encouraged the nonprofits she supports to sign up for AmazonSmile. Now, she’s concerned that her organization doesn’t know the identify of those donors and wants Amazon to seek permission to share that information with nonprofits.
Malone said Amazon had notified customers of the program’s end and has no plans to share customer information with nonprofits.
Wagner said she contacted Amazon many times over the years to suggest improvements to the program. Among her suggestions were allowing users to donate without specifically going to smile.amazon.com and providing the option to donate when shopping on the Amazon app, something the company eventually allowed.
“They certainly never listened to any of the emails that were sent or they never surveyed us," she said. "They never got our input on how to make it more impactful.”
A former Amazon employee, Adam Goldstein, said he, too, doubts how interested the company was in improving the program. For three years at Amazon, Goldstein said, he helped nonprofits claim donations, which he said felt was personally rewarding. But he didn't get the impression that the company cared deeply about giving back to the community.
“I only ever got the sense that it was really just about Amazon’s bottom line, and the charitable giving was marketing fodder,” Goldstein said.
Goldstein, who went on to become a grant writer and now works for a jobs initiative in Seattle, said he was told by a senior marketing manager that the program had been created to encourage customers to buy directly from Amazon rather than clicking through from a Google search for the product. That saved Amazon from having to pay a fee to Google.
Malone said that was not true. He said AmazonSmile was launched to allow customers to direct donations to a charity of their choosing, in what he called a win-win.
Kari Niedfeldt-Thomas, a managing director of Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose, a business coalition that advises companies on social responsibility issues, said she was not surprised by Amazon’s decision to eliminate the program.
“A lot of companies start out their corporate community investment programs with what we would refer to as a ‘confetti approach’ — they give to everyone and everyone’s really excited,” Niedfeldt-Thomas said. “Then, over time, we see companies moving their strategic pillars to what we would refer to as a more ‘concentrated approach.’ ”
In its letter to customers, Amazon said it would “pursue and invest in other areas where we’ve seen we can make meaningful change — from building affordable housing to providing access to computer science education for students in underserved communities.”
Niedfeldt-Thomas said her coalition considers companies that donate more than 1% of their pre-tax profits to be “good corporate citizens.” According to Amazon's 2021 financials, it donates much more than that. Malone said the company wants to focus its philanthropic work around its strengths — by, for example, mobilizing large responses during disasters or distributing food aid.
The business coalition’s research for 2021 shows that corporate donations were down slightly compared to 2020, when companies accelerated contributions to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, Niedfeldt-Thomas said. She noted that the current economic climate, with inflation and recession concerns, may also cause further decline.
Though some corporations were “leveling off” in their giving, Niedfeldt-Thomas said her coalition found that 58% of the companies surveyed increased their total community investment between 2019 and 2021 and 35% of companies increased their budgets by more than 25%.
Walmart last year launched a community donation program called Spark Good, in addition to its existing philanthropic efforts that are directed through its store managers. The new program, Spark Good, like AmazonSmile, allows customers to select the nonprofit they want to support when they shop online with Walmart, and lets them buy goods from a nonprofit's registry.
Unlike AmazonSmile, Spark Good does not donate a percentage of a customer's sale. Rather, it allows them to round up their payment to the nearest dollar.
Julie Gehrki, Walmart's vice president of philanthropy, said that Spark Good was designed with input from nonprofits and that it lets them engage with customers in the ways that feel relevant to their organization.
“We started with this idea that we could help connect customers to issues they care about,” she said. “We could make their daily shopping experience one that allows them to give back to who they want to and that, in aggregate, that would make a big difference.”
Wagner and Taylor said they hoped Amazon would reinstate the program. The small donations they received from customers, they said, were always helpful.
While working at Amazon, Goldstein said, he frequently saw how valuable even the smallest donations were to nonprofits.
“When Amazon says it wasn’t the impact that we really wanted, I think the big question is: what was the impact that you wanted?” he said. “And what I hear is, the impact on Amazon’s bottom line isn’t what they wanted.”
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RICHMOND, Ind., Feb. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Richmond Mutual Bancorporation, Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBI) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend on Richmond Mutual Bancorporation common stock of $0.14 per share, which represents a 40% increase over the $0.10 per share quarterly dividend declared in November 2022. The cash dividend will be payable on March 16, 2023 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on March 2, 2023.
About Richmond Mutual Bancorporation, Inc.
Richmond Mutual Bancorporation, Inc., headquartered in Richmond, Indiana, is the holding company for First Bank Richmond, a community-oriented financial institution offering traditional financial and trust services within its local communities through its eight locations in Richmond, Centerville, Cambridge City and Shelbyville, Indiana, its five locations in Sidney, Piqua and Troy, Ohio and its loan production office in Columbus, Ohio.
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VANCOUVER, BC, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Entrée Resources Ltd. (TSX:ETG) (OTCQB:ERLFF) (the "Company" or "Entrée") is pleased to announce the results of voting at its annual general meeting of shareholders which was held today (the "Meeting"). All matters submitted to shareholders for approval as set out in the Company's Notice of Meeting and Information Circular, both dated May 12, 2022, were approved by the requisite majority of votes cast at the Meeting.
NUMBER OF DIRECTORS
Shareholders approved setting the number of directors at six.
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
The details of the voting results for the election of directors are set out below:
APPOINTMENT OF AUDITORS
Davidson & Company LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants was re-appointed auditors of the Company for the ensuing year at the remuneration to be fixed by the directors.
Detailed voting results for the Meeting are available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
ABOUT ENTRÉE RESOURCES LTD.
Entrée Resources Ltd. is a well-funded Canadian mining company with a unique carried joint venture interest on a significant portion of one of the world's largest copper-gold projects – the Oyu Tolgoi project in Mongolia. Entrée has a 20% or 30% carried participating interest in the Entrée/Oyu Tolgoi joint venture, depending on the depth of mineralization. Royalty North Partners, Rio Tinto and Turquoise Hill Resources are major shareholders of Entrée, holding approximately 25%, 9% and 7% of the shares of the Company, respectively. More information about Entrée can be found at www.EntreeResourcesLtd.com.
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VANCOUVER, BC, March 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - A Vancouver-based therapeutics company has begun a second Phase II trial of its novel long lasting non-opioid pain medication, with a specific focus on treating Chronic Scrotal Pain (CSP), a debilitating condition estimated to affect 1% of the male population. Sustained Therapeutics' first sustained release drug candidate, ST-01, is designed to slowly release over about 28 days from a single injection. The initial Phase I trial in CSP showed that the treatment was feasible with encouraging signals of activity. This Phase II trial will explore the possibility of repeated treatments, and will compare the reduction in pain to Standard of Care for this condition.
"Many men suffering CSP are in the prime of their lives, and struggle with decreased quality of life, chronic and often debilitating pain," says Dr. Martin Gleave, Founder and Chief Medical Office of Sustained Therapeutics. "Our new therapeutic, specifically customized to treat CSP, could help reduce or eliminate CSP after a series of treatments, and improve quality of life for these men."
This Phase II trial of ST-01 received regulatory clearance from Health Canada in December 2022, and the company moved quickly to begin screening and enrolling patients. Currently four sites across Canada are participating in the trial, and the first patient has been enrolled. The trial is planned to take about one year to recruit all the participants, with a further six months of follow-up.
"One of the most important qualities of our drug is that it can be carefully tailored to treat a broad variety of conditions," says Dr. Gleave. "CSP is our main development focus, and we're already seeing promising results. Our researchers are focused on identifying more novel candidates to leverage this novel platform to deliver drugs and treat a wide variety of conditions."
There is a high unmet medical need for an effective long-lasting treatment for CSP. An estimated 1 to 6 million men in the US suffer from CSP, with about 500,000 new cases occurring per year. Current treatments are either very mild, such as recommending NSAIDs, or invasive, including surgery. While about 15% of patients suffering from CSP do eventually have surgery, many others simply live with chronic, untreated pain. In severe cases some people cannot work, must go on disability, suffer depression and have reduced quality of life.
A recent survey of urologists treating this type of condition found 80% feel Sustained Therapeutics' new drug meets an unmet need and would significantly increase their ability to help individuals suffering from CSP, providing them a "new tool" in their arsenal. The product is also easy to use, with no additional specialized training needed.
Those interested in participating in the Canadian-based trial or learning more about it may contact Lesley Parker, VP Clinical Operations at Sustained Therapeutics, at lparker@sustainedtx.com
This second trial complements Sustained Therapeutics' ongoing Phase II trial of ST-01 in the treatment of acute post-operative pain.
Sustained has also added depth and experience to their leadership team with the appointment of William Annett as Chief Executive Officer, and Howard M. Glase to the Board of Directors. William brings a successful track record in the life sciences industry and Howard has over twenty-five years of Canadian and U.S. corporate pharmaceutical senior commercial management experience.
Sustained Therapeutics is a clinical-stage company utilizing its advanced clinical and research expertise to develop non-opioid locally injected sustained-release therapeutics primarily for the treatment of pain. A spin-off from the University of British Columbia and the Vancouver Prostate Centre, their novel sustained-release drug delivery platform has the potential to provide effective, long-lasting solutions for managing both acute and chronic pain. The company also plans to develop the platform to enable sustained release treatments for cancer and inflammatory diseases. sustainedtherapeutics.com
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Thursday it’s prepared to counter U.S. military moves with the “most overwhelming nuclear force” as it warned that the expansion of the United States’ military exercises with rival South Korea is pushing tensions to an “extreme red line.”
The statement by Pyongyang’s Foreign Ministry came in response to comments by U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who said Tuesday in Seoul that the United States would increase its deployment of advanced military assets to the Korean Peninsula, including fighter jets and aircraft carriers, as it strengthens joint training and operational planning with South Korea.
South Korea’s security jitters have risen since North Korea test-fired dozens of missiles in 2022, including potentially nuclear-capable ones designed to strike targets in South Korea and the U.S. mainland.
In a statement attributed to an unidentified spokesperson of its Foreign Ministry, North Korea said the expansion of the allies’ drills is threatening to turn the Korean Peninsula into a “huge war arsenal and a more critical war zone.” The statement said the North is prepared to counter any short- or long-term military challenge with the “most overwhelming nuclear force.”
“The military and political situation on the Korean Peninsula and in the region has reached an extreme red line due to the reckless military confrontational maneuvers and hostile acts of the U.S. and its vassal forces,” the spokesperson said.
North Korea for decades has described the United States’ combined military exercises with South Korea as rehearsals for a potential invasion, although the allies have described those drills as defensive.
South Korea’s Defense Ministry said the United States flew B-1B bombers and F-22 and F-35 fighter jets in an exercise Wednesday with South Korean fighters above South Korea’s western waters. The United States and South Korea are also planning to a joint simulation this month aimed at sharpening their response if North Korea uses nuclear weapons.
The North Korean statement portends another provocative run in weapons demonstrations in 2023, similar to how the North ramped up its own weapons launches in 2022 as the allies resumed their large-scale training. North Korea’s actions included a slew of missile and artillery launches that it described as simulated nuclear attacks on South Korean and U.S. targets.
“DPRK will take the toughest reaction to any military attempt of the U.S. on the principle of ‘nuke for nuke and an all-out confrontation for an all-out confrontation!’” the North Korean spokesperson said, invoking the country’s formal name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
“If the U.S. continues to introduce strategic assets into the Korean Peninsula and its surrounding area, the DPRK will make clearer its deterring activities without fail according to their nature,” the spokesperson said.
When asked about the North Korean statement in the Philippines on Thursday, Austin said the United States is “very serious” about its commitment to defending South Korea and will continue to work alongside its allies and “train and ensure that we maintain credible and ready forces.”
Ahn Eunju, spokesperson of South Korea’s Foreign Ministry, said North Korea’s expansion of its nuclear weapons and missile program and verbal threats of preemptive nuclear attacks have forced Seoul to react sternly to ensure the protection of its citizens.
“North Korea is the one that’s elevating tensions on the Korean Peninsula by rejecting dialogue offers from South Korea and the United States and making nuclear and missile provocations and threats,” she said, urging Pyongyang to return to denuclearization talks.
Jeon Ha Gyu, spokesperson of South Korea’s Defense Ministry, said the allies’ latest aerial drills were aimed at demonstrating the credibility of the U.S. “extended deterrence,” referring to a commitment to use the full range of its military capabilities, including nuclear ones, to defend South Korea. He declined to reveal the exact number of U.S. and South Korean aircraft involved in the exercise.
In a news conference following their meeting on Tuesday, Austin said he and South Korean Defense Minister Lee Jong-Sup agreed to further expand their combined military exercises, including more live-fire demonstrations. They pledged to continue a “timely and coordinated” deployment of U.S. strategic assets to the region.
The allies had previously downsized their training in recent years to create room for diplomacy with North Korea during the Trump administration and because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
South Korea and the United States have also been strengthening their security cooperation with Japan, which recently included trilateral missile defense and anti-submarine warfare exercises during a provocative run in North Korean weapons tests.
“We deployed fifth-generation aircraft, F-22s and F-35s, we deployed a carrier strike group to visit the peninsula. You can look for more of that kind of activity going forward,” Austin said.
Tensions could further rise with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un doubling down on his nuclear ambitions.
During a political conference in December, Kim called for an “exponential increase” in nuclear warheads, mass production of battlefield tactical nuclear weapons targeting South Korea, and the development of more powerful long-range missiles designed to reach the U.S. mainland.
Kim could showcase his growing arsenal of nuclear-capable missiles next week as commercial satellite images indicate preparations for a huge military parade in capital Pyongyang, likely for the 75th founding anniversary of its army that falls on Feb. 8.
Experts say Kim’s nuclear push is aimed at forcing the United States to accept the idea of North Korea as a nuclear power so it can negotiate badly needed economic concessions from a position of strength. Nuclear negotiations between the U.S. and North Korea stopped in 2019 because of disagreements over a relaxation of U.S.-led economic sanctions against the North in exchange for steps by North Korea to wind down its nuclear weapons and missiles programs.
The North Korean spokesperson said Pyongyang isn’t interested in any contact or dialogue with the United States as long as it maintains its “hostile policy and confrontational line,” saying Washington is trying to force Pyongyang to “disarm itself unilaterally.”
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The future is looking bright for the Married at First Sight cast.
As viewers continue watching season 15 of Lifetime's long-running reality show, many are sharing predictions about which couples will stay married once Decision Day comes around. But before fans make their final guesses, they may want to see what astrologer and psychic medium Jessica Lanyadoo has to say.
In footage obtained exclusively by E! News, the Astrology for Real Relationships author looked at the astrology charts of the couples from Married at First Sight. According to Jessica, many couples including Alexis and Justin have the highly desirable Sun+Venus conjunction.
"They like each other," Jessica said. "They want to be around each other. They can get along really well. One of them will be a bit controlling of the other. It's true that they make take turns playing that role, or it may be one of them more than the other. They have the ability to have a long-term relationship."
The same thing goes for Morgan and Binh, who also hold the Pluto+Saturn square. But according to Jessica, this placement could indicate control issues are on the horizon.
"If one of them does something in a way that the other one finds to be upsetting, things can get really hot really quick," she said. "These two are likely to have a lot of fights."
And then there is Mitch and Krysten who may have the Sun+Venus conjunction. However, their full astrology charts have raised Jessica's eyebrows.
"This is a relationship chart that concerns me because there is a difficulty that shows up around being honest," she said. "And I don't just mean verbally honest. I mean emotionally honest."
Before she shares too much, Jessica has one piece of advice that could apply to any couple hoping to build a long, lasting love.
"In relationships, we don't only need to like each other or love each other or have great chemistry," Jessica said, "we need to engage with our partners in a way that makes them feel loved and makes them special."
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A U.S. Army unit will train Monday night over downtown and central San Antonio, the city’s police chief, William McManus, said in a press release that warned residents they “may hear low-flying helicopters, simulated gunfire and controlled explosions during periods of darkness.”
Police said the “training was coordinated with the appropriate local officials,” though it was not clear if Mayor Ron Nirenberg was in the loop. His spokesman, Bruce Davidson, was unaware of the Army’s plans Sunday evening.
An Army spokesman did not return a call.
“The meetings and planning for this training event began months ago,” McManus said in the release. “Being that San Antonio is known as Military City, USA, we have a long history and strong relationship with the U.S. military, and we’re honored to be able to provide support to the U.S. Army as they conduct this critical training in our city.”
Police safety precautions, including the use of department personnel, will be in place to protect both troops and local residents, the release stated, “along with planning considerations to minimize impact to the community and private property.”
The chief noted that “unique, local terrain provides training opportunities and simulates environments troops may encounter when deployed.”
The release did not give exact locations for the exercise or say which Army unit was doing it.
Military exercises are common in the summer months, and routinely include fictitious scenarios. In the case of a multi-state, large scale exercise in 2015 called Jade Helm, the Army courted blowback from conspiracy theorists for using parts of Texas, Utah and a slice of southern California marked “insurgent pocket” as a stand-in for territory labeled as “hostile” on a map.
In 1999, the Army’s Delta Force trained in the vacant former Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston, with enough public notice to attract people to watch in lawn chairs and parked cars outside the post.
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MILPITAS, Calif., June 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- MemVerge®, a cloud automation pioneer, today unveiled Memory Machine Cloud Essentials, Pro, and Enterprise built on the company's innovative Cloud Automation 2.0 technology. The platform is transformative for analytic application users, as it empowers millions of users who are non-cloud experts to take advantage of cloud computing. Memory Machine Cloud delivers high-availability for thousands of non-fault-tolerant apps running on low-cost Spot instances and it allows workloads to "surf" the cloud to optimize cloud resource usage continuously during runtime.
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MINNEAPOLIS — It's not every day you reel in a catch that could be hundreds of years old -- especially when that's not what you're fishing for at all.
Researchers were tagging tiger sharks off the southern coast of Belize recently when they pulled a strange creature to the surface. It had ancient-looking grey skin and tiny blue eyes. It wasn't a tiger shark, that's for sure.
Florida International University Ph.D candidate Devanshi Kasana took a video and sent it to her advisor, Dr. Demian Chapman.
"I knew right when I saw the video that we stumbled onto something incredible," said Chapman, who is the Director of Sharks & Rays Conservation Research at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium in Sarasota, Florida.
He recognized it as a sleeper shark, a slow-moving species that lives in deep, cold water. The most likely candidate? A Greenland shark, thought to live for hundreds of years. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says these sharks are the longest-living vertebrates on the planet, living at least 250 years... and maybe past 500. Sharks are long-lived in general, but Chapman said the lifespans for Greenland sharks are "on another planet."
"That's an astonishing longevity -- to live centuries is really amazing," he said.
This particular shark was between 10 and 12 feet long. While its age couldn't be estimated, its large size suggested that it was mature -- and, Chapman said, likely "very old."
A deep-water mystery
Greenland sharks are common in the Arctic, but they're not something you expect to see on a trip to the Caribbean.
"This is the first record of a sleeper shark in the western Caribbean region," the researchers wrote last month in a article published in the journal Marine Biology.
So what was it doing there? Chapman said the catch supports a theory that Greenland sharks exist around the world -- just deeper than we usually look.
"When you think about it, logically, they like cold water, and there's cold water everywhere. It's just when you come close to the equator, that cold water is very, very deep."
It's also a question that may remain unanswered for the foreseeable future -- the team opted not to tag the shark to give it the best chance at survival.
"We do have satellite tags that we can put on one if we catch another, but it's kind of like saying 'Next time I win the lottery...'" Chapman said. "It's such a rare find. It may be a long time before we have an answer."
Life in the slow lane
The sluggish creatures may benefit from something humans complain about: A slow metabolism. The NOAA says the sharks' top speed is less than 1.8 miles per hour, they age slowly and may not reach sexual maturity until they're more than 100 years old.
Such a slow-moving life may be an adaptation to the cold waters Greenland sharks call home.
The sharks used to be hunted for liver oil, but now mostly end up in fishing nets by accident. They can dive as deep as 6,500 feet and are the only shark that can handle the chilly Arctic Ocean year-round. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/nation-world/greenland-shark-belize/507-136de4ad-cb68-44e3-95cc-ef4934b08d95 | 2022-08-02 18:35:49 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/nation-world/greenland-shark-belize/507-136de4ad-cb68-44e3-95cc-ef4934b08d95 |
OSHKOSH, WI (WFRV) – El Salvador-born musician Julio Reyes now calls the Fox Valley home. He is a full-time working musician who performs several shows a week and is looking to expand his tour beyond Wisconsin.
Local 5 News was fortunate to have Reyes live in the studio to talk about and play his original music during the annual Hispanic Heritage Special.
“We do a lot of different things. The thing about my band is we’re kind of Rubik’s cube. We do a lot of R&B, we do salsa and then jazz.”
Wisconsin is very much home for him.
But he values the celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.
“When I came here to America it was a culture shock. The fact that I can still appreciate where I come from and have my heritage, even though I’ve adapted to American culture, is something I cherish.”
Reyes says the audiences like his combination of cultures. You can find him playing a gig in Wisconsin almost every night of the week.
But he also has his eyes on bigger gigs one day. And we get to say we knew him first!
Local 5 observes Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15th-October 15th. This coincides with many of the national days of all the Spanish-speaking countries around the world.
Look for more features on weekdays on Local 5 News at 4.
The full half-hour special is also posted on this website. | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/foxvalley/julio-reyes-brings-a-rubiks-cube-of-sounds-including-his-home-country-of-el-salvador-to-his-audiences-in-northeast-wisconsin/ | 2022-09-27 02:28:07 | 1 | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/foxvalley/julio-reyes-brings-a-rubiks-cube-of-sounds-including-his-home-country-of-el-salvador-to-his-audiences-in-northeast-wisconsin/ |
Uncertainty continued to pummel the banking industry, despite assurances from financial regulators and bankers such as Jamie Dimon that the worst of the recent crisis is over and the health of the banking system remains strong.
Shares of smaller regional lender PacWest Bank plunged nearly 50% Thursday after the company confirmed reports that it was considering "strategic options," that may include the sale of the company.
PacWest, based in Los Angeles, said in a statement that it wasn't experiencing any out-of-the-ordinary deposit withdrawals and still plans on selling off some assets to free up cash on its balance sheet.
With $44 billion in assets, PacWest is roughly one-fifth the size of the three regional banks that failed over the past two months — Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and First Republic Bank. The bank experienced significant deposit outflows after Silicon Valley Bank failed in mid-March, but says deposits have increased since March 31, including in its venture banking division, which serves technology and start-up companies.
Still, investors fear that PacWest's fate could mirror that of another California bank — First Republic — which spent weeks looking for a buyer before failing Monday. The regional banks that have run into trouble have seen heavy outflows of deposits and need to raise capital. Nearly all have large amounts of low-interest bonds and commercial real estate assets on their books, and would record losses if they sold them on the open market.
SEE MORE: Biden tries to reassure US after latest bank collapse, as stocks fall
Healthier banks have been reluctant to step in to buy struggling lenders. All assets of Silicon Valley, Signature and First Republic were bought after regulators seized these institutions, and their remnants were transferred to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
In another sign of potential trouble for the banking industry, a major deal was called off Thursday. TD Bank Group and First Horizon Corp. said they called off a planned merger, citing regulatory hurdles. Toronto-Dominion Bank had said in February that it was buying regional bank First Horizon in a $13.4 billion all-cash deal.
Western Alliance shares were among the most volatile and were down 39% when trading was halted. The Phoenix-based bank put out a statement overnight saying it hasn’t experienced any unusual withdrawals and its plans to readjust its balance sheet were underway. Thursday morning, The Financial Times reported that the bank was also considering strategic options. The bank strongly denied the report.
"Western Alliance is not exploring a sale, nor has it hired an advisor to explore strategic options," a bank spokesperson said.
Other regional banks came under selling pressure Thursday morning. Zions Bancorp dropped 10%, Comerica fell 12%, and KeyCorp fell more than 6%.
The Federal Reserve's fight against inflation has played a key role in the banking turmoil. The Fed on Wednesday raised its key interest rate by a quarter-point to the highest level in 16 years as part of that campaign, its tenth consecutive rate hike.
SEE MORE: What is a bank run, and how did Silicon Valley Bank fail?
The higher rates have prompted depositors to move money into higher-paying certificates of deposit and money market funds. They also played a role in the slowdown in the tech industry, which had major implications for West Coast banks such as Silicon Valley.
Chair Jerome Powell said the Fed would monitor several factors, including the turmoil in the banking sector, in deciding its next move on rates.
The Fed chair stressed his belief that the collapse of three large banks in the past six weeks will likely cause other banks to tighten lending, and that would help the Fed in its inflation fight. Powell also said the seizure of First Republic was an important step toward "drawing a line under" the recent bank stress.
But some analysts on Wall Street see continued turbulence for the industry.
"Banks have weathered a tumultuous environment for the past two months, and uncertainty lingers in the smaller regional bank segment," JPMorgan told clients.
The firm anticipates bank stocks continuing to be pressured due to regulatory and economic uncertainty, among other factors.
"Regulatory concerns primarily would translate into how much banks need to add to capital, liquidity, and debt, all of which would strengthen them longer term but hurt [earning per share]," it said.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Jurors began deliberating Tuesday at R. Kelly’s federal trial in Chicago, sorting through a month of evidence and arguments to decide verdicts on charges accusing the singer of producing child pornography, enticing minors for sex and successfully rigging his 2008 child porn trial.
A day after prosecutors delivered their closing argument, Kelly’s lead attorney made hers. Standing at a podium a few feet in front of jurors, Jennifer Bonjean said key government witnesses were admitted liars who testified with immunity to ensure they couldn’t be charged.
At times sounding indignant and raising her voice, Bonjean likened their testimony and other evidence to a cockroach and the government’s case to a bowl of soup the insect is found in.
“You don’t just pull out the cockroach and eat the rest of the soup, You throw out the whole soup,” said told jurors. She said of the prosecution’s case: “There are just too many cockroaches.”
As Bonjean spoke, Kelly, wearing a gray suit and black face mask, looked calm at a nearby defense table. He appeared to shake his head slightly a few times when a prosecutor spoke.
Kelly, 55, was sentenced in June to 30 years in prison after a separate federal trial in New York where he was convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking. Convictions on just a few of the 13 counts Kelly faces at his current trial could add years to his imprisonment.
Delivering the government’s rebuttal after Bonjean’s closing, prosecutor Jeannice Appenteng told jurors to remember the girls and women Kelly allegedly abused.
“When you are in the quiet of the jury room, consider the evidence in light of who is at the center of this case. Kelly’s victims: Jane, Nia, Pauline, Tracy and Brittany,” Appenteng said, referring to five Kelly accusers named in charging documents by their psydonyms or first names.
Four of them testified. Brittany did not.
The prosecutor also pointed to testimony that as Kelly’s fame boomed in the mid-1990s, his staff and associates increasingly geared everything they did to what Kelly wanted.
“And ladies and gentlemen, what R. Kelly wanted was to have sex with young girls,” Appenteng said.
Earlier, Bonjean implored jurors not to withdraw to the jury room with an impression of Kelly informed by media coverage of him in recent years or by prosecutors at the trial.
“They throw around labels like sex predator,” she said about prosecutors. “Labels and sweeping generalizations are distractions meant for you to lose your humanity for this man.”
She described Kelly as a flawed genius who has had only “functional illiteracy” since childhood and was ill-equipped to navigate his celebrity and fortune. She said having been abused as a child also deeply affected him.
Bonjean said some witnesses who testified with immunity hadn’t come to the courthouse in Chicago, Kelly’s hometown, to tell the unvarnished truth.
“They came in here to tell the government’s version of the truth,” she said.
Among others, Bonjean cited Kelly ex-girlfriend Lisa Van Allen, who testified about how she stole a sex tape from a Kelly gym bag in the early 2000s. She also pointed to former Kelly merchandizing agent Charles Freeman, who testified that he asked Kelly for $1 million in exchange for returning another, potentially incriminating, video. Both testified with immunity.
During her closing Monday, prosecutor Elizabeth Pozolo told jurors that weeks of evidence proved the singer parlayed his fame to sexually abuse minors and record the abuse on video. She described Kelly as a secret sexual predator.
“Robert Kelly abused many girls over many years,” Pozolo said, referring to the Grammy winner by his full name. “He committed horrible crimes against children. … All these years later, the hidden side of Robert Kelly has come out.”
Bonjean twice called for a mistrial Monday, complaining that closing arguments by attorneys for Kelly co-defendants Derrell McDavid and Milton Brown were grounded in the presumption that “the world now knows Mr. Kelly is a sex predator.”
“The presumption of innocence has been abolished for him,” she said. Judge Harry Leinenweber denied the requests.
Known for his smash hit “I Believe I Can Fly” and for sex-infused songs such as “Bump n’ Grind,” Kelly sold millions of albums even after allegations of sexual misconduct began circulating in the 1990s. Widespread outrage emerged after the #MeToo reckoning and the 2019 Lifetime docuseries “Surviving R. Kelly.”
Kelly and McDavid, Kelly’s former business manager, are accused of fixing Kelly’s 2008 trial on state child porn charges by intimidating and paying off witnesses. They and Brown, a former Kelly associate, face child pornography charges.
Pozolo focused much of her closing argument on the government’s star witness, an accuser who went by “Jane” and who said Kelly sexually abused her hundreds of times starting when she was 14.
“He performed degrading acts upon her for his own sick pleasure,” Pozolo said.
She reminded jurors of graphic video footage they had watched, which Jane testified depicted Kelly, at around age 30, abusing her when she was 14. The videos shown included one at the heart Kelly’s 2008 trial. Jurors said later they had no choice but to acquit Kelly because Jane didn’t testify.
“Who does that? Who uses a 14-year-old child to film a video like this?” she said. “This man. Robert Kelly.”
Before Kelly’s 2008 trial, Pozolo said, Kelly and his associates scrambled to recover multiple sex videos that had gone missing from a collection he often carried around in a large gym bag.
By doing so, she said, Kelly associates sought “to cover up the fact that … R. Kelly, the R&B superstar, is actually a sexual predator.”
In his closing, an attorney for McDavid said prosecutors had to show that his client actually knew about any abuse of Jane by Kelly in the 2000s — not just that it was likely he knew.
“Did they prove he knew … behind a reasonable doubt?” Beau Brindley asked. “They did not.”
Pozolo balked at the idea that McDavid had no inkling in the 2000s that the abuse allegations might be credible after helping to recover missing recordings and handing bags of cash to people who returned videos McDavid knew could destroy Kelly. | https://www.wfla.com/news/national/jury-gets-r-kellys-child-pornography-and-trial-fixing-case/ | 2022-09-13 22:29:46 | 1 | https://www.wfla.com/news/national/jury-gets-r-kellys-child-pornography-and-trial-fixing-case/ |
MCHENRY, N.D. (AP) — A driver charged with fatally striking a teenager in North Dakota allegedly told investigators he purposely hit the teen with his SUV after they had a political argument, according to court documents.
Cayler Ellingson, 18, was struck and killed following a street dance in McHenry early Sunday. The driver accused of striking Ellingson in an alley, Shannon Brandt, 41, is charged in Foster County with vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of an accident that resulted in death.
Jail records from Stutsman County, where Brandt was being held, show he posted $50,000 bond Tuesday and was released. His attorney did not immediately return a call for comment.
Brandt told investigators he left the scene after striking Ellingson, returned briefly, called 911 and then left again, according to a probable cause affidavit.
The court document said Brandt told investigators he had been drinking alcohol before striking Ellingson and thought the teen was calling people to do him harm after they argued and that he felt threatened. Ellingson was rushed to a hospital in Carrington, where he was pronounced dead.
Investigators arrested Brandt at his home in Glenfield later Sunday. Officials said he consented to a chemical breath test which showed his blood alcohol content was above 0.08%, the legal limit to drive.
Capt. Bryan Niewind of the North Dakota Highway Patrol, which helped investigate the death, said the political argument claim by Brandt has not been substantiated because the investigation is still ongoing and more witnesses need to be interviewed. The specific details of the alleged argument were not released.
Ellingson’s parents later told police they knew Brandt, but they did not believe their son did, the affidavit said. Ellingson’s mother described how she was on her way to pick up her son from McHenry when he called her about 2:40 a.m. and asked if she knew Brandt. Ellingson called again a short time later and said “that ‘he’ or ‘they’ were chasing him.” She could no longer reach him after that, the document said. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/ND-driver-claims-political-argument-preceded-17457709.php | 2022-09-21 20:46:42 | 1 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/ND-driver-claims-political-argument-preceded-17457709.php |
2 killed, 5 wounded in Memphis restaurant shooting
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC/Gray News) - Memphis Police Department said they responded to a shooting at a restaurant that killed two people and injured five.
The shooting occurred at 11:17 p.m. Wednesday outside of Prive, a restaurant located in the Hickory Hill area.
According to Memphis Police Department, one man was found dead on the scene.
Another man was taken to the hospital in critical condition, but he did not survive his injuries.
Police say five more victims, four men and one woman, arrived at a hospital in their own vehicles.
Preliminary information indicates that the shooting stemmed from an altercation that started inside, police said.
There is no suspect information at this time.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats drove their election-year economic package toward Senate approval early Sunday, debating a measure that is less ambitious than President Joe Biden’s original domestic goals but touches deep-rooted party dreams of slowing global warming,moderating pharmaceutical costs and taxing immense corporations.
The legislation cleared its first test in the evenly divided chamber when Democrats burst past unanimous Republican opposition and voted to begin debate 51-50, thanks to Vice President Kamala Harris' tie-breaking vote. The House planned to return Friday to vote on what Democrats hope will be final congressional approval.
“It will reduce inflation. It will lower prescription drug costs. It will fight climate change. It will close tax loopholes and it will reduce and reduce the deficit," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said of the package. “It will help every citizen in this country and make America a much better place."
Republicans said the measure would undermine an economy that policymakers are struggling to keep from plummeting into recession. They said the bill's business taxes would hurt job creation and force prices skyward, making it harder for people to cope with the nation's worst inflation since the 1980s.
“Democrats have already robbed American families once through inflation, and now their solution is to rob American families a second time," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., argued. He said spending and tax hikes in the legislation would eliminate jobs while having insignificant impact on inflation and climate change.
Nonpartisan analysts have said the Democrats' Inflation Reduction Act would have a minor impact on surging consumer prices. The bill is barely more than one-tenth the size of Biden's initial 10-year, $3.5 trillion rainbow of progressive dreams, and the new package abandoned universal preschool, paid family leave and expanded child care aid.
Even so, the measure gives Democrats a campaign-season showcase for action on coveted goals. It includes the largest ever federal effort on climate change — close to $400 billion — and would hand Medicare the power to negotiate pharmaceutical prices and extend expiring subsidies that help 13 million Americans afford health insurance.
Biden’s original measure collapsed after conservative Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., opposed it, saying it was too costly and would fuel inflation.
In an ordeal imposed on all budget bills like this one, the Senate descended into an hours-long “vote-a-rama” of rapid-fire amendments. Each tested Democrats' ability to hold together a compromise negotiated by Schumer, progressives, Manchin and the inscrutable centrist Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz.
Progressive Sen. Bernie Sander, I-Vt., offered amendments to further expand the legislation's health benefits, and they were defeated. But most proposed changes were fashioned by Republicans to unravel the bill or force Democrats into votes on dangerous political terrain.
One GOP proposal would have forced the Biden administration to continue Trump-era restrictions that cited the pandemic for reducing the flow of migrants across the Southwest border.
Earlier this year, Democrats facing tough reelections supported such an extension, forcing the party to drop its push for COVID-19 spending when Republicans conjoined the two issues. This time, with their far larger economic legislation at stake and elections approaching, Democrats rallied against the border controls.
Other GOP amendments would have required more gas and oil leasing on federal lands and blocked a renewal of a fee on oil that helps finance toxic waste cleanups. All were rejected on party-line votes. Republicans accused Democrats of being soft on border security and opening the door to higher energy and gas costs.
Before debate began Saturday, the bill's prescription drug price curbs were diluted by the Senate's non-partisan parliamentarian. Elizabeth MacDonough, who referees questions about the chamber's procedures, said a provision should fall that would impose costly penalties on drugmakers whose price increases for private insurers exceed inflation.
It was the bill's chief protection for the 180 million people with private health coverage through work or that they purchase themselves. Under special procedures that will let Democrats pass their bill by simple majority without the usual 60 vote margin, its provisions must be focused more on policy than dollar-and-cents budget changes.
But the thrust of their pharmaceutical price language remained. That included letting Medicare negotiate what it pays for drugs for its 64 million elderly recipients, penalizing manufacturers for exceeding inflation for drugs sold to Medicare and limiting beneficiaries out-of-pocket drug costs to $2,000 annually.
The bill also caps patients' costs for insulin, the diabetes medication, at $35 monthly.
The measure's final costs were being recalculated to reflect late changes, but overall it would raise more than $700 billion over a decade. The funding would come from a 15% minimum tax on a handful of corporations with yearly profits above $1 billion; a 1% tax on companies that repurchase their own stock, beefed up IRS tax collections and government savings from lower drug costs.
Sinema forced Democrats to drop a plan to prevent wealthy hedge fund managers from paying less than individual income tax rates for their earnings. She also joined with other Western senators to win $4 billion to combat the region's horrific drought.
It was on the energy and environment side that Democrats' compromise was most evident between progressives and Manchin, a champion of fossil fuels and his state's coal industry.
Efforts fostering clean energy would be strengthened with tax credits for buying electric vehicles and manufacturing solar panels and wind turbines. There would be home energy rebates, funds for constructing factories building clean energy technology and money to promote climate-friendly farm practices and reduce pollution in minority communities.
Manchin won billions to help power plants lower carbon emissions plus language requiring more government auctions for oil drilling on federal land and waters. Party leaders also promised to push separate legislation this fall to accelerate permits for energy projects, which Manchin wants to include a nearly completed natural gas pipeline in his state. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Dems-push-Biden-climate-health-priorities-toward-17357247.php | 2022-08-07 09:15:02 | 1 | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Dems-push-Biden-climate-health-priorities-toward-17357247.php |
Heart’s Nancy Wilson Releases New Tribute Song for Taylor Hawkins
Heart guitarist and co-vocalist Nancy Wilson has released a new tribute song for Taylor Hawkins, the Foo Fighters drummer who died at 50 in March.
It's called "Amigo Amiga," after nicknames that Wilson and Hawkins had for each other, the Heart rocker explained in an interview on Monday (Sept. 26).
Many tributes and condolences for the Foos drummer emerged after his death. Earlier this month, Foo Fighters hosted a star-studded Taylor Hawkins tribute show in London. A second Hawkins tribute show occurs in Los Angeles this week (Sept. 27).
Hear "Amigo Amiga" near the bottom of this post.
Wilson said she started writing her Hawkins tribute song the same night the musician died. The exact cause of his death is still unknown after Hawkins was found dead in Bogota, Colombia, on March 25, before the Foos were to play Festival Estereo Picnic. A preliminary toxicology report emerged a day later.
Wilson told Consequence, "I heard myself in tears saying 'too soon too soon' which became a refrain in the song. I spent quite a few sleepless nights trying to express it all. He was a wonderful friend and we always had funny pet names for each other like 'Amigo' and 'Amiga' as well as 'Luv' and 'Dahling.'"
She added, "It is such a painful loss — but it also feels like Taylor has galvanized and re-energized rock 'n' roll with so many of his musician friends and fans coming together. It's a new renaissance Taylor and the Foo family have gifted us all."
Wilson worked with Hawkins on Taylor Hawkins & The Coattail Riders' 2019 song "Don't Look at Me That Way." Hawkins discussed it with Loudwire that year. | https://1019therock.com/nancy-wilson-heart-taylor-hawkins-tribute-song-video/ | 2022-09-27 17:46:33 | 1 | https://1019therock.com/nancy-wilson-heart-taylor-hawkins-tribute-song-video/ |
Mother charged with murder after child was shot in back, police say
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA/Gray News) - A 53-year-old mother was arrested and charged with murder Tuesday after her 13-year-old son was shot Monday night, according to authorities.
Mobile Police said it was shortly before 11 p.m. Monday when officers responded to a home on Jones Lane regarding a reported shooting.
Responding officers said they discovered the teenager with a gunshot wound to the back. He was taken to an area hospital but later died.
During the investigation, WALA reports that the boy’s mother, Glenda Agee, was arrested and charged.
An officer said he couldn’t recall seeing a similar situation.
“It is unusual, and this is a first for me,” he said.
WALA reports Agee has been arrested numerous times since the 1990s and charged with offenses ranging from reckless endangerment to public intoxication to domestic violence to driving under the influence of alcohol.
Officers had reportedly been called to her address 34 times for reasons including 911 hang-ups, assault complaints and medical emergencies.
Neighbors said the 13-year-old was a good kid.
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CA San Diego CA Zone Forecast for Thursday, December 29, 2022
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972 FPUS56 KSGX 301121
ZFPSGX
Zone Forecast Product for Extreme Southwest California
National Weather Service San Diego CA
321 AM PST Fri Dec 30 2022
CAZ552-302215-
Orange County Coastal Areas-
Including the cities of Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa,
Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, and San Clemente
321 AM PST Fri Dec 30 2022
.TODAY...Cloudy this morning...becoming mostly cloudy. A slight
chance of showers. Highs around 61 at the beaches to 62 to
65 farther inland and near higher coastal terrain. Light winds.
Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Lows around
54. Light winds. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the morning, then rain
likely in the afternoon. Highs 61 to 65. Light winds becoming
south 10 to 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance
of precipitation 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain in the evening, then showers likely
overnight. Rain may be heavy at times in the evening. Lows 47 to
51. Areas of winds south 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph
becoming west with gusts to 40 mph overnight.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning. Highs around 60 at the beaches to 61 to 64 farther
inland and near higher coastal terrain. Areas of winds west 15 to
25 mph. Gusts to 35 mph...becoming 40 mph in the afternoon.
Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Breezy. Lows 43 to 47.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs around 60 at the beaches to 61 farther inland
and near higher coastal terrain.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers likely. Lows around 50.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Highs around
59 at the beaches to 60 to 64 farther inland and near higher
coastal terrain.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows
49 to 52.
.WEDNESDAY...Cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly cloudy. A
chance of showers. Highs around 61 at the beaches to 62 to
65 farther inland and near higher coastal terrain.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Showers likely. Lows around 51.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy with showers likely in the morning, then
mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs
60 to 63.
$$
CAZ554-302215-
Orange County Inland Areas-
Including the cities of Santa Ana, Anaheim, Garden Grove, Irvine,
Orange, Fullerton, and Mission Viejo
321 AM PST Fri Dec 30 2022
.TODAY...Cloudy this morning...becoming mostly cloudy. A slight
chance of showers. Highs 61 to 64. Light winds. Chance of
precipitation 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Lows 51 to 55.
Light winds. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the morning, then rain
likely in the afternoon. Highs 61 to 64. Light winds becoming
south 10 to 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance
of precipitation 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain in the evening, then showers likely
overnight. Precipitation may be heavy at times. Lows 46 to 50.
Areas of winds south 15 to 20 mph with gusts to 35 mph becoming
west 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph overnight.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning. Highs 60 to 64. Areas of winds west 10 to 20 mph. Gusts
to 30 mph...becoming 35 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
precipitation 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 41 to 44.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs around 60.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers likely. Lows 45 to 48.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning...becoming partly cloudy.
A chance of showers. Highs 59 to 63.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows
around 50.
.WEDNESDAY...Cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly cloudy. A
chance of showers. Highs 61 to 64.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Showers likely. Lows 48 to 52.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy with showers likely in the morning, then
mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs
60 to 63.
$$
CAZ043-302215-
San Diego County Coastal Areas-
Including the cities of Oceanside, Vista, Carlsbad, Encinitas,
Chula Vista, National City, and San Diego
321 AM PST Fri Dec 30 2022
.TODAY...Cloudy this morning...becoming mostly cloudy. A slight
chance of showers. Highs around 63. Light winds. Chance of
precipitation 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Lows
50 to 54. Light winds. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the morning,
then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs around 64. Light
winds becoming southwest 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
precipitation 50 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain in the evening, then showers overnight.
Locally heavy rainfall possible overnight. Lows 47 to 51. Areas
of winds south 15 to 25 mph becoming west overnight. Gusts to
40 mph.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
morning, then partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in
the afternoon. Highs 59 to 62. Areas of winds west 20 to 25 mph
with gusts to 40 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
evening. Breezy, colder. Lows 39 to 49.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 59 to 62.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening, then showers likely overnight. Lows 42 to 50.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Highs 59 to
62.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows
43 to 50.
.WEDNESDAY...Cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly cloudy. A
chance of showers. Highs around 63.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening, then showers likely overnight. Lows 44 to 52.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely, mainly in the morning.
Highs around 62.
$$
CAZ050-302215-
San Diego County Valleys-
Including the cities of Escondido, El Cajon, San Marcos, La Mesa,
Santee, and Poway
321 AM PST Fri Dec 30 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Highs
around 63 in the western valleys to 55 to 60 near the foothills.
Light winds. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Lows
44 to 53. Light winds. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs 62 to
65 in the western valleys to 58 to 63 near the foothills. Light
winds becoming southwest 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
precipitation 50 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain in the evening, then showers overnight.
Locally heavy rainfall possible overnight. Lows 40 to 50. Areas
of winds south 15 to 25 mph becoming west 15 to 20 mph overnight.
Gusts to 35 mph.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Cloudy in the morning...becoming mostly cloudy.
A chance of showers. Highs 58 to 62 in the western valleys to
51 to 56 near the foothills. Areas of winds west 15 to 20 mph
with gusts to 35 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
evening. Lows 35 to 45.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 60 in the western valleys
to 51 to 56 near the foothills.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening, then showers likely overnight. Lows 39 to 48.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Highs around
60 in the western valleys to 52 to 57 near the foothills.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows
39 to 48.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning...becoming partly
cloudy. A chance of showers. Highs around 63 in the western
valleys to 56 to 61 near the foothills.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening, then showers likely overnight. Lows 40 to 50.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely, mainly in the morning.
Highs around 62 in the western valleys to 54 to 59 near the
foothills.
$$
CAZ048-302215-
San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys-The Inland Empire-
Including the cities of Riverside, San Bernardino, Ontario,
Moreno Valley, Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga, and Corona
321 AM PST Fri Dec 30 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Highs
58 to 63. Light winds. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Lows
43 to 52. Light winds. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the morning, then rain
likely in the afternoon. Highs 58 to 63. Light winds becoming
south 10 to 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance
of precipitation 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain in the evening, then showers overnight.
Precipitation may be heavy at times. Lows 40 to 47. Areas of
winds south 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 35 mph.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
morning, then partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in
the afternoon. Highs 55 to 62. Areas of winds west 10 to 20 mph
with gusts to 30 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 34 to 41.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs 54 to 60.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers likely. Lows 38 to 45.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning...becoming partly cloudy.
A chance of showers. Highs 56 to 61.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows 39 to 47.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Highs 58 to
63.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Showers likely. Lows 40 to 48.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy with showers likely in the morning, then
mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs
56 to 61.
$$
CAZ057-302215-
Santa Ana Mountains and Foothills-
321 AM PST Fri Dec 30 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Patchy
fog. Highs 54 to 60. Light winds. Chance of precipitation
20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Patchy
fog. Lows 43 to 53. Light winds. Chance of precipitation
20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the morning, then rain
likely in the afternoon. Patchy fog in the morning, then areas of
fog in the afternoon. Highs 54 to 60. Areas of winds southwest
10 to 20 mph. Gusts to 30 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain in the evening, then showers overnight.
Areas of fog in the evening, then patchy fog overnight.
Precipitation may be heavy at times. Colder. Lows 37 to 47. Areas
of winds south 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 40 mph becoming west
15 to 20 mph with gusts to 35 mph overnight.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
morning, then partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in
the afternoon. Patchy fog. Highs 52 to 58. Snow level 5000 feet
in the afternoon. Areas of winds west 15 to 20 mph with gusts to
35 mph. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 34 to 44.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 51 to 57.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening, then showers likely overnight. Patchy fog. Lows 37 to
47. Snow level 4500 feet.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning...becoming partly cloudy.
A chance of showers. Patchy fog. Highs 51 to 58.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
cloudy. A chance of showers. Patchy fog. Lows 38 to 48.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Patchy fog.
Highs 54 to 60.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Showers likely. Patchy fog. Lows 39 to 49.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely, mainly in the morning.
Patchy fog. Highs 53 to 59.
$$
CAZ055-302215-
San Bernardino County Mountains-
Including the cities of Crestline, Lake Arrowhead, Big Bear City,
Big Bear Lake, Running Springs, and Wrightwood
321 AM PST Fri Dec 30 2022
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...
.TODAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Patchy
fog. Not as cool. Highs 45 to 55 above 6000 feet to 50 to
57 below 6000 feet. Snow level above 8000 feet. Areas of winds
west 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 35 mph. Chance of precipitation
20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy fog. A slight chance of showers
overnight. Lows 29 to 39 above 6000 feet to 35 to 45 below
6000 feet. Snow level above 8000 feet. Areas of winds west 10 to
20 mph. Gusts to 35 mph...becoming 30 mph overnight. Chance of
precipitation 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers in the morning,
then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Patchy fog in the
morning, then areas of fog in the afternoon. Highs 43 to 53 above
6000 feet to 47 to 56 below 6000 feet. Snow level above
8000 feet. Areas of winds southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts to
40 mph...becoming south 30 to 40 mph with gusts to 65 mph in the
afternoon. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow in the evening, then showers
overnight. Areas of fog in the evening, then patchy fog
overnight. Precipitation may be heavy at times. Colder. Lows
20 to 30 above 6000 feet to 28 to 38 below 6000 feet. Snow level
above 8000 feet...becoming 7000 feet. Areas of winds southwest
35 to 45 mph with gusts to 70 mph...becoming 20 to 30 mph with
gusts to 50 mph overnight.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
morning, then partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in
the afternoon. Patchy fog. Highs 34 to 42 above 6000 feet to
41 to 48 below 6000 feet. Snow level 5500 feet. Areas of winds
west 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 50 mph. Chance of precipitation
50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Windy, colder. Lows 19 to 29.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of snow showers in the
afternoon. Highs 34 to 42 above 6000 feet to 41 to 48 below
6000 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Snow and rain showers likely. Patchy fog. Lows
23 to 33. Snow level 5500 feet...becoming 5000 feet.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of snow and rain showers.
Patchy fog. Highs 35 to 43 above 6000 feet to 42 to 49 below
6000 feet. Snow level 5000 feet...becoming 5500 feet in the
afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Patchy
fog. Lows 24 to 34. Snow level 6000 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning...becoming partly
cloudy. A chance of showers. Patchy fog. Highs 37 to 46 above
6000 feet to 44 to 52 below 6000 feet. Snow level 6000 feet...
becoming 6500 feet in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow showers likely. Patchy fog. Lows
25 to 35. Snow level 6500 feet...becoming 7000 feet.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Rain and snow showers likely, mainly
in the morning. Patchy fog. Highs 36 to 45 above 6000 feet to
43 to 50 below 6000 feet. Snow level 6000 feet...becoming
6500 feet in the afternoon.
$$
CAZ056-302215-
Riverside County Mountains-
Including the city of Idyllwild-Pine Cove
321 AM PST Fri Dec 30 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Patchy
fog. Not as cool. Highs 50 to 58. Snow level above 8000 feet.
Areas of winds west 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph. Chance of
precipitation 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Patchy fog. A slight chance of showers
overnight. Lows 34 to 44. Snow level above 8000 feet. Areas of
winds west 10 to 15 mph with gusts to 30 mph. Chance of
precipitation 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers in the morning,
then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Patchy fog in the
morning, then areas of fog in the afternoon. Highs 50 to 58. Snow
level above 8000 feet. Areas of winds west 10 to 20 mph with
gusts to 30 mph...becoming 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 45 mph in
the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain in the evening, then showers overnight.
Areas of fog in the evening, then patchy fog overnight. Locally
heavy rainfall possible overnight. Colder. Lows 26 to 36. Snow
level above 8000 feet...becoming 7000 feet. Areas of winds west
20 to 30 mph. Gusts to 50 mph...becoming 45 mph overnight.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Patchy
fog. Highs 43 to 49. Snow level 6000 feet...becoming 5500 feet in
the afternoon. Areas of winds west 20 to 30 mph with gusts to
50 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Very windy. Lows 23 to 33.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 42 to 49.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening, then showers likely overnight. Patchy fog. Breezy. Lows
26 to 36. Snow level 5500 feet.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Patchy fog.
Highs 43 to 51. Snow level 5500 feet...becoming 6000 feet in the
afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Patchy
fog. Lows 27 to 37. Snow level 6000 feet...becoming 6500 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Patchy fog.
Highs 45 to 51. Snow level 6500 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
evening, then mostly cloudy with showers likely overnight. Patchy
fog. Lows 28 to 38. Snow level 6500 feet...becoming 7000 feet.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Rain and snow showers likely, mainly
in the morning. Patchy fog. Highs 45 to 51. Snow level 6500 feet.
$$
CAZ058-302215-
San Diego County Mountains-
Including the cities of Julian and Pine Valley
321 AM PST Fri Dec 30 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Patchy
fog. Not as cool. Highs 50 to 58. Areas of winds west 10 to
20 mph with gusts to 30 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Patchy
fog. Lows 39 to 47. Areas of winds west 10 to 15 mph with gusts
to 30 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Patchy fog in
the morning, then areas of fog in the afternoon. Highs 51 to 59.
Areas of winds west 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph...becoming
20 to 30 mph with gusts to 45 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
precipitation 50 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain in the evening, then showers overnight.
Areas of fog in the evening, then patchy fog overnight. Locally
heavy rainfall possible overnight. Colder. Lows 32 to 41. Areas
of winds west 25 to 35 mph. Gusts to 60 mph...becoming 50 mph
overnight.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Cloudy with showers likely in the morning, then
mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the afternoon. Patchy
fog. Highs 44 to 49. Areas of winds west 30 to 40 mph with gusts
to 60 mph. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in
the evening, then partly cloudy overnight. Very windy. Lows 31 to
39.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 44 to 51.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening, then showers likely overnight. Patchy fog. Breezy. Lows
32 to 40.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning...becoming partly cloudy.
A chance of showers. Patchy fog. Highs 45 to 51.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening...becoming partly
cloudy. A chance of showers. Patchy fog. Lows 32 to 41.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning...becoming partly
cloudy. A chance of showers. Patchy fog. Highs 47 to 56.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening, then showers likely overnight. Patchy fog. Lows 33 to
42.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely, mainly in the morning.
Patchy fog. Highs 47 to 54.
$$
CAZ060-302215-
Apple and Lucerne Valleys-
Including the cities of Victorville, Hesperia, Apple Valley,
and Lucerne Valley
321 AM PST Fri Dec 30 2022
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers this morning.
Warmer. Highs 61 to 68. Areas of winds west 15 to 25 mph with
gusts to 35 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 40 to 46. Areas of winds west
10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs 58 to 65.
Areas of winds south 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 40 mph...becoming
25 to 35 mph with gusts to 55 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
precipitation 50 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain in the evening, then showers overnight.
Lows 35 to 41. Areas of winds south 25 to 35 mph with gusts to
55 mph becoming west 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 45 mph overnight.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
morning, then partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs 50 to 57.
Areas of winds west 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 45 mph. Chance of
precipitation 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Windy, colder. Lows 27 to 34.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 51 to 57.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows 31 to 37.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Highs 51 to
57.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows
32 to 38.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Highs 53 to
57.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Showers likely. Lows 34 to 40.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely in the morning,
then partly cloudy with a chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs 53 to 58.
$$
CAZ065-302215-
San Gorgonio Pass Near Banning-
321 AM PST Fri Dec 30 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 64 through the pass to 68 in
the northern Coachella Valley. Areas of winds west 10 to 20 mph
with gusts to 35 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 49 to 54. Areas of winds west
10 to 20 mph. Gusts to 35 mph...becoming 30 mph overnight.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs 61 to
64 through the pass to 65 to 68 in the northern Coachella Valley.
Areas of winds southeast 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph...
becoming 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 45 mph in the afternoon.
Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain likely in the evening, then showers
overnight. Locally heavy rainfall possible overnight. Lows 45 to
48 through the pass to 48 to 53 in the northern Coachella Valley.
Areas of winds west 20 to 30 mph. Gusts to 40 mph...becoming
45 mph overnight.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
morning, then partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in
the afternoon. Highs 54 to 57 through the pass to 61 in the
northern Coachella Valley. Areas of winds west 25 to 35 mph with
gusts to 50 mph. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Very windy. Colder. Lows 39 to 47.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 56 through the pass to
61 in the northern Coachella Valley.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows 42 to 50.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers, mainly in the
morning. Breezy. Highs around 57 through the pass to 62 in the
northern Coachella Valley.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows
42 to 50.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Highs around
60 through the pass to 62 in the northern Coachella Valley.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
evening, then mostly cloudy with showers likely overnight. Lows
44 to 52.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely, mainly in the morning.
Highs around 57 through the pass to 61 in the northern Coachella
Valley.
$$
CAZ061-302215-
Coachella Valley-
Including the cities of Indio, Palm Springs, Cathedral City,
Palm Desert, Palm Desert Country, La Quinta, and Coachella
321 AM PST Fri Dec 30 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny this morning...becoming partly cloudy.
Highs around 69. Light winds.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 46 to 51. Light winds.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain in the
afternoon. Highs 66 to 69. Areas of winds southeast to 10 mph.
Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain likely in the evening, then showers
overnight. Lows 44 to 51. Areas of winds southeast 10 to 20 mph
with gusts to 30 mph.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
morning, then partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in
the afternoon. Highs 63 to 67. Areas of winds northwest 15 to
25 mph. Gusts to 45 mph...becoming 40 mph in the afternoon.
Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening...becoming mostly
clear. Very windy. Lows 38 to 44.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 63.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows
39 to 47.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers, mainly in the
morning. Highs around 63.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
evening, then a chance of showers overnight. Lows 40 to 48.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Highs around
64.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows
41 to 49.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely in the morning,
then partly cloudy with a chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs 62 to 65.
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San Diego County Deserts-
Including the city of Borrego Springs
321 AM PST Fri Dec 30 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny this morning...becoming partly cloudy.
Highs 69 to 73. Areas of winds west 10 to 15 mph. Gusts to
25 mph...becoming 30 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 47 to 55. Areas of winds west
10 to 15 mph with gusts to 30 mph...becoming to 10 mph overnight.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs
69 to 72. Areas of winds east to 10 mph becoming west with gusts
to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the evening,
then showers overnight. Lows 45 to 55. Areas of winds west 15 to
25 mph with gusts to 40 mph.
.NEW YEARS DAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers, mainly in
the morning. Highs 62 to 66. Areas of winds west 25 to 35 mph
with gusts to 55 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Very windy. Colder. Lows 40 to 50.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 62 to 66.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows
42 to 52.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers, mainly in the
morning. Highs 62 to 66.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows
42 to 52.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Highs 63 to
66.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows
42 to 52.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Showers likely, mainly in the morning.
Highs 63 to 66.
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To fully exploit the cloud and achieve the highest return on investment, a fine balance is needed to deploy a vast amount of moving parts in a continuously evolving process.
NEWTOWN, Pa., May 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cloud computing has driven, and continues to drive, a paradigm shift for enterprise IT. Mastering the cloud has become essential for businesses … but what does that mean, and how can it be achieved? In a recent report titled 'From Taming Cloud Complexity to Achieving Cloud Mastery,' EPAM Continuum, the integrated business, technology and experience consulting practice of EPAM Systems, Inc. (NYSE: EPAM), answers the most pressing questions on the topic and reveals how to achieve the ultimate goal, mastering cloud complexity.
"The roadmap to cloud is not complicated, but it is far more complex compared to traditional IT. We found that some approaches don't lead to sustainable cloud transformation, which was one of the driving forces why we created this report," said Miha Kralj, VP of Cloud Strategy at EPAM. "We expanded on the idea that it is possible to tame the complexity of the cloud and took it a step further and validated that by explaining how organizations can achieve a level of mastery within your cloud ecosystem. And by mastery, we don't mean a final destination, but rather a constant journey."
The report is based on a survey of more than 400 senior IT leaders from North America and the United Kingdom. These leaders have extensive experience using the cloud in their enterprises and represent a cross-section of vertical industries, including financial services, healthcare, life sciences, insurance and retail.
Five Cloud Mastery Success Factors:
- Managing the Strategy. A strategic, thoughtful and intentional approach to cloud computing is the path to success. 96.75% of the organizations surveyed have a Cloud Center of Excellence, which becomes the foundation for understanding, mastering, and getting parameters, guidelines and guardrails around their cloud ecosystem.
- Mastering the Costs of the Cloud. Navigating the cloud's new utility computing models can be a challenge. Not recognizing that new financial processes are required can result in unexpected consequences. 60% of organizations surveyed were "unpleasantly" surprised by a cloud bill.
- Building New Skills. Effective migration to the cloud, development and deployment, cost management, security and compliance all require new skills. And these skills are in short supply. Only 34% of organizations surveyed believe they have the skills necessary to master the cloud and transform culture.
- Experienced Partners. An experienced, trusted partner can accelerate an organization's adoption and mastery of the cloud; conversely, not taking advantage of partners' expertise can lead to profound business trouble.
- Mastering the Pace of Change. Few technological advances have occurred with greater rapidity than the cloud. 70% of respondents felt they were on top of the pace of change, yet only 18.6% have adopted new technologies within their ecosystem.
"For organizations to remain competitive, the cloud is a must," continues Kralj. "It's not just cloud; it's not just a migration; it's not just lifting and shifting. It's taking advantage of the technology opportunity the cloud provides to serve your business, drive business value, and gain competitive edge innovation."
To read the full Cloud Mastery Report, visit: https://www.epam.com/from-taming-cloud-complexity-to-achieving-cloud-mastery.
To learn more about how EPAM solves cloud complexity from the inside out, visit epam.com/services/cloud.
ABOUT EPAM CONTINUUM
EPAM Continuum is the integrated strategy, experience and technology consulting network within EPAM, and the main service brand under which all EPAM consulting and creative services go to market. We fuse integrated consulting with EPAM's engineering expertise to accelerate the pace at which our clients derive market benefit from new innovations and digital transformation investments.
We're a globally integrated hybrid team of strategists, advisors, designers, technologists, data scientists and creatives. Using applied systems thinking, we identify how to create value within our clients' increasingly complex business challenges. We believe the right solutions are the ones that improve people's lives and fuel competitive advantage. We don't just create blueprints, operating models and business plans; our thinking comes to life in code and products – and in market. Learn more at www.epam.com/epam-continuum and follow us on LinkedIn.
ABOUT EPAM SYSTEMS
Since 1993, EPAM Systems, Inc. (NYSE: EPAM) has leveraged its advanced software engineering heritage to become the foremost global digital transformation services provider – leading the industry in digital and physical product development and digital platform engineering services. Through its innovative strategy; integrated advisory, consulting, and design capabilities; and unique 'Engineering DNA,' EPAM's globally deployed hybrid teams help make the future real for clients and communities around the world by powering better enterprise, education and health platforms that connect people, optimize experiences, and improve people's lives. In 2021, EPAM was added to the S&P 500 and included among the list of Forbes Global 2000 companies.
Selected by Newsweek as a 2021 and 2022 Most Loved Workplace, EPAM's global multidisciplinary teams serve customers in more than 50 countries across six continents. As a recognized leader, EPAM is listed among the top 15 companies in Information Technology Services on the Fortune 1000 and ranked four times as the top IT services company on Fortune's 100 Fastest Growing Companies list. EPAM is also listed among Ad Age's top 25 World's Largest Agency Companies for three consecutive years, and Consulting Magazine named EPAM Continuum a top 20 Fastest Growing Firm.
Learn more at www.epam.com/ and follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release includes estimates and statements which may constitute forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the accuracy of which are necessarily subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions as to future events that may not prove to be accurate. Our estimates and forward-looking statements are mainly based on our current expectations and estimates of future events and trends, which affect or may affect our business and operations. These statements may include words such as "may," "will," "should," "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "estimate" or similar expressions. Those future events and trends may relate to, among other things, developments relating to the war in Ukraine and escalation of the war in the surrounding region, political and civil unrest or military action in the geographies where we conduct business and operate, difficult conditions in global capital markets, foreign exchange markets and the broader economy, and the effect that these events may have on our revenues, operations, access to capital, and profitability. Other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied include general economic conditions, the risk factors discussed in the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and the factors discussed in the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, particularly under the headings "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and "Risk Factors" and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Although we believe that these estimates and forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, they are subject to several risks and uncertainties and are made based on information currently available to us. EPAM undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities law.
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Bangkok (AP) — More than 60 members of a Chinese Christian church have been detained in Thailand, supporters said Friday, raising fears they may be returned to their home country, where they face possible persecution.
Deana Brown, one of two American supporters detained along with the church members, told The Associated Press that Thai authorities in the coastal city of Pattaya detained the 63 church members, many of whom are children, Thursday.
Thirty-two adult Chinese nationals were charged with overstaying their visas, said Col. Tawee Kutthalaeng, chief of the Pattaya-area Nong Prue police station. Children were not charged, he said. The two American citizens were not placed under arrest, he said.
Brown, CEO of the Texas-based Freedom Seekers International, an organization whose mission statement says it seeks to rescue “the most severely persecuted Christians in hostile and restrictive countries," said the group had been told that they would be given a court date later Friday.
Brown said she is working to resettle the church members in Tyler, Texas, where her organization is based, but that they had run into problems with their visas in Thailand. She said she assumed that she and the other American, a nurse, had been detained because they were there at the time the church members were taken into custody.
She said that as the group looked into renewing their visas, they had been told that there was a new requirement that any Chinese citizen renewing a visa in Thailand must report to the Chinese Embassy first.
“When they told us that we knew that nobody could get their visas,” said Brown, who was allowed to keep her phone while in detention.
“There was no way, because as soon as they walk into the Chinese Embassy they're gone, we would not see them again. They've been hiding out since then.”
The press section at the Chinese Embassy in Bangkok did not answer its telephone and the embassy did not immediately respond to an e-mailed request for comment.
The U.S. Embassy said it had no immediate comment on the case.
Members of the Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church, also called the Mayflower Church, came to Thailand in 2022 seeking asylum. The current status of their request was not immediately clear.
They fled China in 2019 alleging that their members were being persecuted by government security forces, initially settling on South Korea's Jeju Island. They left South Korea for Thailand after meetings with local and U.S. officials made it clear that prospects for refuge there were dim.
Upon their arrival in Thailand, church members told reporters that they had been stalked, harassed and received threatening calls and messages even while they were in South Korea. They said relatives in China had been summoned, interrogated and intimidated.
At that time, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said the matter was “not a diplomatic question” and declined to comment further.
In China, Christians are legally allowed to worship only in churches affiliated with Communist Party-controlled religious groups, but for decades, the authorities largely tolerated independent, unregistered “house churches.” They have tens of millions of worshippers, possibly outnumbering those in the official groups.
However, in recent years, house churches have come under heavy pressure, with many prominent ones shut down. Unlike previous crackdowns, such as Beijing’s ban on Falun Gong, a spiritual movement it labels a cult, the authorities have also targeted some believers not explicitly opposed to the Chinese state.
Most members of the Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church are young, married middle-class couples, with their children making up about half the group.
Bob Fu, founder of ChinaAid, another Texas Christian group helping the church, told the AP that American lawmakers were pressing the U.S. State Department to get involved.
In a statement on his website, Fu said that time was of the essence.
“Before the Chinese government demands repatriation, the international community can help prevent this tragedy from happening,” he said.
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Columbia County Report: Local officials prepare for state leaders’ visit
LAKE CITY, Fla. (WCJB) - Lake City and Columbia County officials are holding an event to roll out the red carpet for visiting state officials and Saint Nicolas is visiting the area, all in this week’s Columbia County.
Elected Officials Appreciation Reception
The Government Affairs Council of Lake City - Columbia County will be hosting its annual Elected Officials Appreciation Reception Thursday night.
The event is open to members in good standing only with prior registration. Local officials will be able to meet statewide officials here at the Tru by Hilton hotel.
“It will give our members the opportunity to not only visit those leaders, get to know them, and build those important relationships, but also learn about some initiatives that’ll be worked in the upcoming legislative session,” said Rachel Garland, chair of the Government Affairs Council.
Santa at Olustee
Santa is planning visits to Olustee Park in downtown Lake City starting on Friday. He is always a popular draw and will be available for photos and meets and greets on Dec. 3, 4, 9, 16, and 17. Santa will be available from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The annual Christmas Tree lighting will also take place in Olustee Park on Sunday, Dec. 4. There will be free food, live music, and children’s activities.
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ARLINGTON, Va., June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] today released its annual Sustainability Report, which further defines the company's sustainability goals and includes key metrics to measure progress of core enterprise priorities. This includes employee safety and well-being; global aerospace safety; equity, diversity and inclusion; sustainable operations; innovation and clean technologies; and community engagement.
In addition, the report highlights the company's 2021 sustainability achievements, its sustainable vision for the future of flight, and environmental, social and governance (ESG) efforts in alignment with global sustainability standards.
"We are honored to release our second sustainability report that builds on Boeing's family of reports already released this year and shares how our collective ESG efforts are contributing to our business and world," said Chief Sustainability Officer Chris Raymond. "The report is an important step in demonstrating our ambition to communicate transparently with all of our stakeholders, and in holding ourselves accountable as we protect, connect and explore our world – safely and sustainably."
The report details Boeing's environmental, social and governance milestones, including these highlights.
Environmental Stewardship
- Committed to delivering commercial airplanes capable of flying on 100% sustainable fuels by 2030.
- Supported the commercial aviation industry's commitment to achieve net-zero carbon emissions for global civil aviation operations by 2050.
- Joined NASA and DARPA to successfully test a fully composite, linerless cryogenic fuel tank with capacity to hold 16,000 gallons of liquid hydrogen.
- Established multiple partnerships to help advance the renewable energy transition with partners including SkyNRG, Alaska Airlines, Etihad Airways, NASA, Rolls-Royce, and United Airlines. We also joined the First Movers Coalition and continue to make progress through our joint venture, Wisk.
- Maintained net-zero carbon emissions from manufacturing and facilities again in 2021 by expanding conservation and renewable electricity use while sourcing carefully selected carbon offsets for remaining emissions.
Social Progress
- Increased representation of women and racial/ethnic minorities and saw exit rates for women, men and teammates of all races within 1 point of each other, both improvements compared to 2020.
- Enhanced workplace safety using automation and robotics, reduced employee exposure to high hazards and reduced serious injuries by 27% in 2021.
- Spent greater than $4 billion with small and diverse suppliers and invested more than $187 million to help build better communities worldwide. Introduced Seek, Speak and Listen habits to create an inclusive culture, strengthen our global team and drive stronger business outcomes.
- Speak Up reporting channel enabled people to openly report safety, quality or compliance concerns, knowing their voice will be heard and appropriate action will be taken.
Transparent Governance
- Amended Governance & Public Policy Committee of the Board of Directors to include oversight of sustainability.
- Established the independent Chief Aerospace Safety Office to align critical safety functions under one organization.
- Incorporated product safety, employee safety and quality metrics into our primary annual incentive structures.
More information on these and other sustainability accomplishments can be found in the full report. Learn more about Boeing's sustainability commitments, partnerships and efforts at https://www.boeing.com/principles/sustainability.
As a leading global aerospace company, Boeing develops, manufactures and services commercial airplanes, defense products and space systems for customers in more than 150 countries. As a top U.S. exporter, the company leverages the talents of a global supplier base to advance economic opportunity, sustainability and community impact. Boeing's diverse team is committed to innovating for the future, leading with sustainability, and cultivating a culture based on the company's core values of safety, quality and integrity. Join our team and find your purpose at boeing.com/careers.
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Drive-by shooting at Texas home kills 5-year-old child, teen
Published: Aug. 29, 2022 at 5:51 AM MST|Updated: 23 minutes ago
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Police in Texas are searching for suspects after two youths were killed and a toddler was injured in a drive-by shooting in a residential area of Fort Worth.
The shooting happened shortly after 2 p.m. Sunday when a vehicle pulled up outside the home where a group was gathered in the front yard and a shooter or shooters opened fire.
Fort Worth Police Chief Neil Noakes says the 17-year-old and 5-year-old males were pronounced dead at a hospital.
An 18-month-old had minor injuries and is expected to survive.
Noakes asked anyone with information or video to contact police and said authorities would use “every resource necessary” to find those responsible.
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- Reports Rumble's results for the full year 2021 -
- 1Q22 reflects new all-time records for Rumble across all key performance measures -
- Updates timing of proposed merger business combination completion -
NEW YORK and TORONTO, May 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CF Acquisition Corp. VI (Nasdaq: CFVI), a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Cantor Fitzgerald, and Rumble Inc. ("Rumble"), the neutral video platform, announced today that CFVI has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") an amended registration statement on Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement") in connection with the proposed business combination with Rumble. The Registration Statement, filed with the SEC today, includes Rumble's 2021 full year financial performance.
Rumble's strategy is currently focused on continuing its significant growth in users and user engagement, as well as building the tools that will enable future monetization of this consumption. As previously reported, Rumble's user base hit a new record in the first quarter of 2022, rising to an average of 41 million monthly active users ("MAUs") in the quarter, representing a 22% increase in MAUs relative to the fourth quarter of 2021.
The first quarter of 2022 included a record 10.5 billion minutes watched per month, and the platform received an average of 6,158 hours of uploaded video per day, representing increases of 23% and 88% respectively, over the fourth quarter of 2021. Rumble's significant growth in these metrics is a reflection of the platform's deep and growing pool of content creators, Rumble's continued value proposition as competing platforms continue to censor and cancel the voices of creators, increased uploads from a cloud services customer, and a number of new platform features.
CFVI and Rumble announced on December 1, 2021 that they entered into a definitive business combination agreement. The transaction will provide approximately $400 million of proceeds at close,[1] including $100 million of proceeds from a PIPE financing and $300 million of cash held in the trust account of CFVI. The proceeds will be used to attract new content creators to the Rumble and Locals platforms, continue to build out Rumble's independent infrastructure, expand Rumble's teams, begin robust marketing of the platform and services, make future acquisitions, and for other general corporate purposes.
The transaction has been unanimously approved by the board of directors of each of CFVI and Rumble and is expected to close early in the third quarter of 2022 subject to the Registration Statement being declared effective by the SEC, approval by CFVI and Rumble stockholders, Ontario court approval, and other customary closing conditions. The Rumble stockholders have agreed to support the transaction.
About Rumble
Rumble is a high-growth neutral video platform that is creating the rails and independent infrastructure designed to be immune to cancel culture. Rumble's mission is to restore the Internet to its roots by making it free and open once again.
About CF Acquisition Corp. VI
CFVI is a blank check company led by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Howard W. Lutnick and sponsored by Cantor Fitzgerald.
About Cantor Fitzgerald
Cantor Fitzgerald, with over 12,000 employees, is a leading global financial services group at the forefront of financial and technological innovation and has been a proven and resilient leader for 77 years. Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. is a preeminent investment bank serving more than 5,000 institutional clients around the world, recognized for its strengths in fixed income and equity capital markets, investment banking, SPAC underwriting and PIPE placements, prime brokerage, and commercial real estate on its global distribution platform. Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. is one of 24 primary dealers transacting business with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. For more information, please visit: www.cantor.com.
Important Information and Where to Find It
The proposed transactions will be submitted to CFVI's stockholders for their consideration and approval at a special meeting of stockholders. In connection with the proposed transactions, CFVI has filed the Registration Statement, which included a preliminary proxy statement / prospectus in connection with CFVI's solicitation of proxies for the vote by CFVI's stockholders in connection with the proposed transactions and other matters as described in such Registration Statement, as well as the prospectus relating to the offer of the securities to be issued to Rumble's shareholders in connection with the completion of the proposed transactions. After the Registration Statement has been declared effective, CFVI will mail a definitive proxy statement / prospectus and other relevant documents to its stockholders as of the record date established for voting on the proposed transactions. Investors and security holders of CFVI are advised to read the preliminary proxy statement and any amendments thereto, and, when available, the definitive proxy statement / prospectus, in connection with CFVI's solicitation of proxies for its special meeting of stockholders to be held to approve the proposed transactions because the proxy statement / prospectus will contain important information about the proposed transaction and the parties to the proposed transactions. Investors and security holders will be able to obtain free copies of the Registration Statement, including the proxy statement / prospectus and all other relevant documents filed or that will be filed with the SEC by CFVI through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. The documents filed by CFVI with the SEC also may be obtained free of charge upon written request to CFVI at 110 East 59th Street, New York, NY 10022.
NEITHER THE SEC NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES REGULATORY AGENCY HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED THE TRANSACTIONS DESCRIBED IN THIS PRESS RELEASE, PASSED UPON THE MERITS OR FAIRNESS OF THE BUSINESS COMBINATION OR RELATED TRANSACTIONS OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THE DISCLOSURE IN THIS PRESS RELEASE. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY CONSTITUTES A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
Participants in the Solicitation
CFVI and Rumble and their respective directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from CFVI's stockholders in connection with the proposed transactions. CFVI's stockholders and other interested persons may obtain, without charge, more detailed information regarding the directors and executive officers of CFVI in the Registration Statement. Information regarding the persons who may, under SEC rules, be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies from CFVI's stockholders in connection with the proposed business combination is set forth in the Registration Statement.
No Offer or Solicitation
This press release is not a proxy statement or solicitation of a proxy, consent or authorization with respect to any securities or in respect of the potential transaction and shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities of CFVI or Rumble, nor shall there be any sale of any such securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction. No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including statements regarding the proposed transaction between CFVI and Rumble. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the closing of the transaction and CFVI's, Rumble's, or their respective management teams' expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. The words "anticipate", "believe", "continue", "could", "estimate", "expect", "intends", "may", "might", "plan", "possible", "potential", "predict", "project", "should", "would" and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections and other statements about future events that are based on current expectations and assumptions and, as a result, are subject to assumptions, risks and uncertainties. These statements are based on various assumptions, whether or not identified in this press release. These forward-looking statements are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to serve as and must not be relied on by an investor as, a guarantee, an assurance, a prediction or a definitive statement of fact or probability. Actual events and circumstances are difficult or impossible to predict and will differ from assumptions. Many actual events and circumstances are beyond the control of CFVI and Rumble. Many factors could cause actual future events to differ from the forward looking-statements in this press release, including but not limited, to (i) the risk that the transaction may not be completed in a timely manner or at all, (ii) the failure to satisfy the conditions to the consummation of the transaction, (iii) the inability to complete the PIPE offering, (iv) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the business combination agreement , (v) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against Rumble and/or CFVI related to the business combination agreement, (vi) the ability to maintain the listing of CFVI stock on Nasdaq (or, if applicable, to list and maintain the listing of the combined entity on the NYSE), (vii) costs related to the transactions and the failure to realize anticipated benefits of the transactions, (viii) the effect of the announcement or pendency of the transaction on Rumble's business relationships, operating results, performance and business generally, (ix) changes in the combined capital structure of Rumble and CFVI following the transactions, (x) changes in laws and regulations affecting Rumble's business, (xi) risks related to Rumble's potential inability to achieve or maintain profitability and generate cash, (xii) the enforceability of Rumble's intellectual property, including its patents and the potential infringement on the intellectual property rights of others, (xiii) the potential for and impact of cyber related attacks, events or issues effecting Rumble, its business and operations, and (xiv) other risks and uncertainties indicated from time to time in the filings of CFVI, including the definitive Registration Statement that CFVI will file, which will include a proxy statement/prospectus related to the potential business combination. These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements, and Rumble and CFVI assume no obligation and do not intend to update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Neither Rumble nor CFVI gives any assurance that either Rumble or CFVI will achieve its expectations.
- Assumes no redemptions by CFVI's public stockholders and prior to payment of transaction expenses and stock repurchase.
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The company continues to show impressive growth and customer retention despite challenging economy
HOLMDEL, N.J., Feb. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - WorkWave®, a leading provider of SaaS software solutions that support every stage of a field service business's life cycle, closed out an exceptional Fiscal Year 2022 with 84% revenue growth year-over-year (YoY) and a net retention rate of 119%.
"In 2022 we showed that WorkWave is able to grow even in the most challenging economic times, bringing our customers a stable and long-lasting relationship they can count on now and into the future — which isn't the case for many software companies," said David F. Giannetto, CEO of WorkWave. "What's even more important, however, is how we have been able to continually experience extremely strong net customer retention rates, a testament to how we've helped our customers thrive in spite of today's challenging economy."
WorkWave is committed to being a partner to its customers, helping them grow their businesses, service their customers and maximize their money. This year's strong retention numbers reflect this critical partnership as customers lean on WorkWave's leading expertise and innovative solutions and services to help keep them confident in their growth and stability, especially through unstable times.
From 2021 to 2022, software revenue alone grew 85% YoY, primarily driven by bookings growth of 66%. Key milestones for 2022 overall include:
- WorkWave's acquisition of TaskEasy, a leading automated field service marketplace
- WorkWave was named an Inc. Power Partner, an exclusive designation for companies going the extra mile to provide game-changing support for their customers
- WorkWave launched WorkWave Financial Services, a collection of unprecedented financial offerings to power the field service industry
- WorkWave launched ServiceBot™ by WorkWave, delivering powerful sales technology to a variety of service industries
- WorkWave announced the modernization of ServMan by WorkWave
- WorkWave launched TEAM by WorkWave, its new, modernized and global workforce management platform, as well as TEAM Lite, an easy-to-use, all-in-one software platform that empowers small and early-stage companies across the cleaning industry to grow and operate
- RealGreen launched RealGreen Lite, a powerful and simple-to-use software solution designed specifically for small, early-stage green industry businesses, as well as RealGreen Forms, Mobile Live and AMA 2.0
This past year, Hg Capital also became a significant minority investor in WorkWave, joining EQT, TA Associates and Serent Capital.
"We continue to be impressed by the consistent growth we've seen across WorkWave's verticals as they establish themselves as true innovators," said Darren Roos, chairperson of the board at WorkWave and CEO of IFS. "Even in the current economic climate, WorkWave has proven its value, continually differentiating itself from other industry competitors and forging a path forward for the field service software industry."
WorkWave continues to focus on providing exceptional customer service and ensuring customer retention to support overall growth and profitability as they move into 2023.
To learn more about WorkWave and its product offerings, please visit workwave.com.
About WorkWave
As the field service software industry leader for over 40 years, WorkWave delivers technology and services to help field service companies to grow their business, service their customers and maximize their money. Its solutions support every stage of a business life cycle, including marketing, sales, service delivery, customer interaction and financial transactions. WorkWave is a trusted partner for thousands of customers across a wide variety of industries, including pest control, lawn care, cleaning, HVAC, plumbing and electrical, and last-mile delivery. WorkWave has been recognized as an Inc. Power Partner, a Top 100 Software Company, and a Cloud Award winner. For more information, visit workwave.com.
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Northern Lights Visible Sunday Night
As clouds clear through the evening, it will become easier to see the Northern Lights very late Sunday and early Monday. The best time to view them will come well after sundown and into Monday morning. If you live north of the Minnesota/Iowa border, you will be able to see them much easier than those who live south of the border.
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Which is better, the Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus or the Galaxy S22 Ultra?
If you’re looking to upgrade your smartphone and have your heart set on a Samsung Galaxy S22, you should know the difference between each model. The base model is a fine phone, but if you want something more robust with premium features, the Galaxy S22 Plus or Galaxy S22 Ultra is what you want.
They’re both high-end smartphones and similar in many ways, but there are a few differences in specs, design and price. The differences are subtle but can be critical depending on what you want from your new smartphone.
Galaxy S22 Plus
The Galaxy S22 Plus is the mid-tier model in Samsung’s latest Galaxy S22 series but is a step up from the base model, the Galaxy S22, and is considered a high-quality smartphone. The Galaxy S22 Plus is more like the Galaxy S22 Ultra than the Galaxy S22, but there are some differences in hardware and specs. It starts at $999, but higher storage options can cost up to $1,099.
Galaxy S22 Plus pros
The Galaxy S22 Plus boasts a flat full high-definition OLED display that stretches 6.6 inches in a landscape position, which looks great when streaming high-definition content. It measures 75.8 by 157.4 by 7.6 millimeters, and although it’s a robust smartphone weighing 6.91 ounces, it’s noticeably more lightweight than the Galaxy S22 Ultra.
The camera system is solid, with a 50-megapixel setup on the rear and a 10-megapixel selfie camera, so it takes photos with quality comparable to other smartphones in the same tier. It’s available with either 128 or 256 gigabytes of storage and 8GB of random-access memory, which is crucial for running multiple apps and programs simultaneously without decreasing performance.
Galaxy S22 Plus cons
The Galaxy S22 Plus doesn’t offer much in terms of a design upgrade over its predecessor, the Galaxy S21 Plus. The camera is satisfactory for most users, but some found it subpar compared to other smartphones.
It’s only available with 8GB of RAM, so although it’s sufficient for casual users, those who need to run several apps and tasks simultaneously might be turned off. Also, there are only two storage options, and the battery life isn’t as good as the Galaxy S21 Plus.
Galaxy S22 Ultra
The Galaxy S22 Ultra is arguably the best Samsung Galaxy smartphone currently available, so you should be prepared to spend a pretty penny on it if you have your eyes on it. It starts at $1,199, but if you want more storage, it can cost you up to $1,399.
The Galaxy S22 Ultra is like the Galaxy S22 Plus in many ways, but if you’re someone who likes to get the most out of their smartphone, the Galaxy S22 Ultra is what you’re looking for. There are a few critical differences between them that may help sway you in the direction of the more expensive Galaxy smartphone.
Galaxy S22 Ultra pros
The Galaxy S22 Ultra has the same refresh rate and processor as the Galaxy S22 Plus. It also has the same water and dust protection rating and biometric features, including a fingerprint sensor and facial recognition. Like the Galaxy S22 Plus, it has a sturdy build consisting of an armor aluminum frame and Corning Gorilla Glass Victus that’s resistant to dings and scratches.
It has an OLED display, but it’s slightly larger at 6.8 inches, and it also offers a higher resolution at 1440 x 3038 pixels. Also, it’s only marginally bigger, with dimensions of 77.9 by 163.3 by 8.9 millimeters.
The battery life is much better on this model, and if you want high-quality photos, this phone has you covered. It features an impressive 108MP rear camera setup with a 40MP rear camera, which is nearly as much as what the Galaxy S22 Plus offers with its rear camera.
If you need to store files locally, you might be more interested in the Galaxy S22 Ultra over the Galaxy S22 Plus, since it’s available in 128GB, 256GB, 512GB and 1 terabyte storage options. Also, there’s a 12GB RAM option for those who want the fastest experience possible.
Galaxy S22 Ultra cons
The Galaxy S22 Ultra has a different design than the Galaxy S22 Plus, and although it’s sleeker, some might not like the curved display. Also, it’s considerably heavier than the Galaxy S22 Plus, weighing 8.08 ounces.
While the battery life is better than what the Galaxy S22 Plus offers, it’s not nearly as good as other top smartphones, such as the Google Pixel 6 Pro. Also, some don’t find its high price point justified compared to rival smartphones that offer a similar experience at a lower cost.
Should you get the Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus or the Galaxy S22 Ultra?
The Galaxy S22 Plus is a fantastic smartphone if you want something that does everything well. It looks great and costs less than the Galaxy S22 Ultra, making it ideal for casual users. However, the battery life leaves much to be desired and could be problematic if you spend a lot of time on your phone.
Although it’s heavier, the Galaxy S22 Ultra feels better in your hands, has better battery life and takes fantastic photos. Multiple storage and RAM options make it ideal for those who need to store a lot of data on their phone. However, its higher cost might not be worth it if you don’t care much for the updated design or want ultra-high-quality photos.
If money isn’t an issue, the Galaxy S22 Ultra is what you want if you don’t mind its bulkier build. However, if you’re a casual smartphone user or working with a budget, the Galaxy S22 Plus is more than adequate to suit your needs.
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NEW YORK (AP) — One of Europe’s most fossil fuel-intensive energy companies transformed completely in little more than a decade by doubling down on offshore wind.
Ørsted, formerly DONG Energy, for Danish Oil and Natural Gas, started aggressively building wind farms off the coast of Denmark, the U.K. and Germany in 2008 — a time when offshore wind was a curiosity.
The company sold off the North Sea oil and gas assets on which it had built its identity to focus on clean energy, becoming Ørsted.
Fast forward 15 years and China, the U.K., Germany, the Netherlands, Taiwan and Denmark have some 62 nuclear plants’ worth of wind power spinning or under construction offshore. Ørsted is one of the biggest developers.
CEO Mads Nipper called Ørsted the “Tesla of offshore wind” because it didn’t invent wind turbines or copper cable or substations, just like the electric car company didn’t invent batteries or electric motors. But they both proved something was scalable when few believed it.
Currently Ørsted is building offshore wind farms along the East Coast of the U.S., in Europe and Taiwan. It’s trying to create a market globally for green hydrogen and hydrogen-based fuels. And it aims to build 50 gigawatts of clean energy generation by 2030.
Nipper spoke with The Associated Press about the industry. The interview has been edited for clarity and length.
Q: They say soon we’ll have clean energy supermajors, the way we’ve had oil majors. Do you consider Ørsted to be a clean energy supermajor?
A: Not yet. But we will be. There are no clean energy supermajors. If there was one, it’s us. But there aren’t any yet. It would be arrogant to say that we are a supermajor yet… We invest, depending on the year, $6, $7 billion a year purely into renewable energy, which makes us comfortably one of the top players.
Q: How has the war in Ukraine affected Ørsted’s business and the offshore wind sector in general?
A: It has not affected our offshore business, I would say. If indirectly, then tragically or ironically, actually positively, because it’s dawning very clearly to Europe that energy independence, and therefore energy security, and not being dependent on Russia for energy supplies, is not just a matter of climate policy — it’s very much security policy as well. So if anything, especially European governments are extremely determined to make renewable energy ambitions come through… We are looking at Ukraine. We are actually in dialog with the Danish foreign ministry to see what can we do to help Ukraine establish a reliable power supply.
Q: Is Ørsted best positioned to help the U.S. transition to green energy?
A: On offshore, I have no doubt. And onshore, given the traction we have and given also what we are seeing of opportunities, I think, we would be amongst the best positioned. I think it would be leaning out to say that in onshore specifically we would be best positioned. But with already 5 gigawatts of awarded capacity in offshore, we are not done. The U.S. is a major growth priority market for us globally. Our preparedness to invest significant capital in the U.S. market to help that transformation is intact.
Q: How can you use the incentives offered for green energy in the U.S. through the Inflation Reduction Act?
A: Given some of the headwinds of the industry recently and especially higher cost of capital through interest rates and significant capital expenditure inflation due to both materials but also supply chain bottlenecks, the Inflation Reduction Act is a vital part of addressing that challenge. And quite honestly, also in a world where there is going to be competition to attract capital both for offshore and renewable energy, but also for the manufacturing jobs that follow that, that is where the U.S. has clearly set a benchmark globally for what I call a wholehearted push to really advance clean energy. That’s both for offshore but also for onshore, and maybe most revolutionary also with the up to $3 tax credit for green hydrogen. Overnight, that very likely made the U.S. the cheapest market to produce green hydrogen, which as opposed to electricity can travel well if you make liquid fuels from green hydrogen.
Q: You have said that green hydrogen is a key component of the green transition and a major growth area for Ørsted. Can you talk about that?
A: We’ve built up a strong portfolio of tangible opportunities, most in Europe, but also in the U.S., where we have a MOU with Maersk, the world’s largest container shipper who is very committed to decarbonizing ocean transport, for up to 300,000 tons of e-methanol a year, which would be purely based on renewable hydrogen and biogenic CO2. We took final investment decision on our first utility-scale green hydrogen project in Sweden, which is where we would also make methanol from biogenic CO2 and sell that to the maritime sector. That’s 50,000 tons a year. So not huge, but big enough to matter. It will fuel a couple of ships. And by doing that, we don’t think we will be necessarily the biggest producer of green hydrogen. We hope and believe that also the big oil majors will have this as a strategic bet. But we want to be a catalyst for change, that we prove that it is possible… We know that all the hard-to-abate sectors of the world, be it heavy transport, maritime, refineries, cement, everyone needs green molecules. So we know the market will be there and we are trying to help create that.
Q: Where do you see us on the trajectory of offshore wind?
A: We are at the end of the beginning… We are ready for a totally different level of scaling. The industry has scaled, but we need to accelerate that scaling, including the supply chain, with even more sustainable approaches but also significant support and investment. And I don’t necessarily mean sort of subsidy, but significant capital availability to scale an industry that needs to go much faster. So we are at the end of the beginning and also now in a reality where, especially over the last 12 months, it just became harder. But instead of saying, ‘oh, then we need to slow down,’ we would ask ourselves as an industry and we will definitely as a company, ‘how do we leverage a difficult situation?’
Q: You said a year ago that it’s still possible to stay within the 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) scenario, the elusive international goal. Do you still feel that way?
A: I still don’t think it’s impossible, but it has become more difficult. It has become more difficult because unfortunately, the planet doesn’t forget. And unfortunately, the current energy crisis means that we are burning more fossil fuels than we did before. In Europe, lignite and coal is being burnt to ensure that there is energy. And unfortunately I also think that right now, if anything, the large oil companies are probably, at least some of them, redirecting funds back to fossil fuels. We must as humanity remain optimistic. I will say I am still optimistic we will manage temperature increases to be at a level where we can avoid the biggest disasters. But 1.5 degrees is a stretch. ________
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NEW YORK — The Federal Reserve raised its key rate by a quarter point Wednesday, bringing it to the highest level in 15 years as part of an ongoing effort to ease inflation by making borrowing more expensive.
The rate increase will likely make it even costlier to borrow for homes, autos and other purchases. But if you have money to save, you’ll probably earn a bit more interest on it.
The latest rate increase is smaller than the Fed's half-point rate hike in December and its four straight three-quarter-point increases earlier last year. The slowdown reflects the fact that inflation, while still high, is easing, and some parts of the economy seem to be cooling.
But it's still an increase, to a range of 4.5% to 4.75%. And many economists say they still fear that a recession remains possible — and with it, job losses that could cause hardship for households already hurt by inflation.
Here's what to know:
WHAT’S PROMPTING THE RATE INCREASES?
The short answer: Inflation. Over the past year, consumer inflation in the United States has clocked in at 6.5% — a figure that reflects a sixth straight monthly slowdown but still uncomfortably high.
The Fed’s goal is to slow consumer spending, thereby reducing demand for homes, cars and other goods and services, eventually cooling the economy and lowering prices.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell has acknowledged in the past that aggressively raising rates would bring “some pain” for households but said that doing so is necessary to crush high inflation.
WHICH CONSUMERS ARE MOST AFFECTED?
Anyone borrowing money to make a large purchase, such as a home, car or large appliance, will likely take a hit. The new rate will also increase monthly payments and costs for any consumer who is already paying interest on credit card debt.
“It's already been a really rough year with folks with credit card debt, and it's only going to get worse,” said credit analyst Matt Schulz of LendingTree. “The immediacy of the increase is what's hard — that it affects not just future purchases but current balances.”
That said, Scott Hoyt, an analyst with Moody's Analytics, noted that household debt payments, as a proportion of income, remain relatively low, though they have risen lately. So even as borrowing rates steadily rise, many households might not feel a much heavier debt burden immediately.
HOW WILL THIS AFFECT CREDIT CARD RATES?
Even before the Fed’s latest move, credit card borrowing rates had reached their highest level since 1996, according to Bankrate.com, and these will likely continue to rise.
There are also signs that Americans are increasingly relying on credit cards to help maintain their spending. Total credit card balances have topped $900 billion, according to the Fed, a record high, though that amount isn’t adjusted for inflation.
“Right now, most people may have jobs and rising incomes, but they're looking to the horizon and seeing storm clouds start to build,” said Nationwide Senior Economist Ben Ayers. “It's really an inflection point for the economy.”
As rates have risen, zero percent loans marketed as “Buy Now, Pay Later” have become popular with consumers. But longer-term loans of more than four payments that these companies offer are subject to the same increased borrowing rates as credit cards.
For those who don’t qualify for low-rate credit cards because of weak credit scores, the higher interest rates are already affecting their balances.
John Leer, chief economist at Morning Consult, a survey research firm, said its polling suggests that more Americans are spending down the savings they accumulated during the pandemic and are using credit instead. Eventually, rising rates could make it harder for those households to pay off their debts.
For those who have home equity lines of credit or other variable-interest debt, rates will increase by roughly the same amount as the Fed hike, usually within one or two billing cycles. That’s because those rates are based in part on banks’ prime rate, which follow the Fed’s.
HOW ARE SAVERS AFFECTED?
The rising returns on high-yield savings accounts and certificates of deposit (CDs) have put them at levels not seen since 2009, which means that households may want to boost savings if possible. You can also now earn more on bonds and other fixed-income investments.
Though savings, CDs, and money market accounts don’t typically track the Fed’s changes, online banks and others that offer high-yield savings accounts can be exceptions. These institutions typically compete aggressively for depositors. (The catch: They sometimes require significantly high deposits.)
In general, banks tend to capitalize on a higher-rate environment to boost their profits by imposing higher rates on borrowers, without necessarily offering juicer rates to savers.
WILL THIS AFFECT HOME OWNERSHIP?
Last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported that the average rate on the benchmark 30-year mortgage dipped to 6.13% from 6.15% the week prior. A year ago, the average rate was much lower: 3.55%. That means the rate on a typical home loan is still almost twice as expensive as it was a year ago.
Mortgage rates don’t always move in tandem with the Fed’s benchmark rate. They instead tend to track the yield on the 10-year Treasury note.
Sales of existing homes have declined for 11 straight months as borrowing costs have become too high a hurdle for many Americans who are already paying much more for food, gas and other necessities.
WILL IT BE EASIER TO FIND A HOUSE IF I’M STILL LOOKING TO BUY?
If you’re financially able to proceed with a home purchase, you’re likely to have more options now.
WHAT IF I WANT TO BUY A CAR?
With shortages of computer chips and other parts easing, automakers are producing more vehicles. Many are even reducing prices or offering limited discounts. But rising loan rates and lower used-vehicle trade-in values have erased much of the savings on monthly payments.
“With the interest that you’re going to pay, those payments might not look too dissimilar to what they were a few months ago,” said Ivan Drury, director of insights for Edmunds.com. “It’s like every single time we hear one piece of good news, it’s being offset by pieces of bad news.”
Since the Fed began raising rates in March, the average new vehicle loan has jumped from 4.5% to 6.9%, according to Edmunds data. Used vehicle loans are up 2.5 percentage points to 10.6%. Loan durations are averaging roughly 70 months — nearly six years — for both new and used vehicles.
Edmunds says that since March, monthly payments have risen by an average of $71 to $728 for new vehicles. For used vehicles, it's up just $3 a month to $546.
Financing a new vehicle, with an average price of $48,516 as of December, now costs $8,769 in interest, Drury said. That’s enough to chase many out of the auto market.
Any Fed rate increase is typically passed through to auto borrowers, though it will be slightly offset by subsidized rates from manufacturers.
HOW HAVE THE RATE HIKES INFLUENCED CRYPTO?
Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin have dropped in value since the Fed began raising rates. So have many previously high-valued technology stocks.
Higher rates mean that safe assets like Treasuries become more attractive to investors because their yields have increased. That makes risky assets like technology stocks and cryptocurrencies less attractive.
Still, bitcoin continues to suffer from problems separate from economic policy. Three major crypto firms have failed, most recently the high-profile FTX exchange, shaking the confidence of crypto investors.
WHAT ABOUT MY JOB?
The nation’s employers kept hiring in December, adding a healthy 223,000 jobs. The unemployment rate fell from 3.6% to 3.5%, matching a 53-year low. At the same time, the jobs gain was the smallest in two months, suggesting a slowdown, with pay growth also easing.
“Things are moderating and slowing down, but the labor market is still relatively strong,” said Nick Bunker, Economic Research Director at hiring site Indeed. “One of the reasons the Fed continues to raise rates is that it thinks the labor market is too strong.”
Some economists argue that layoffs could slow rising prices, and that a tight labor market fuels wage growth and higher inflation.
While layoffs are now historically low, there's also the possibility there will simply be fewer job openings in coming months.
“I think a lot of the hikes are behind us,” Bunker said. “But there's the potential the labor market is going to deteriorate for some people, so people should be alert to a continued slowdown.”
WILL THIS AFFECT STUDENT LOANS?
Borrowers who take out new private student loans should prepare to pay more as as rates increase. The current range for federal loans is between about 5% and 7.5%.
That said, payments on federal student loans are suspended with zero interest until summer 2023 as part of an emergency measure put in place early in the pandemic. President Joe Biden has also announced some loan forgiveness, of up to $10,000 for most borrowers, and up to $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients — a policy that’s now being challenged in the courts.
IS THERE A CHANCE THE RATE HIKES WILL BE REVERSED?
It looks increasingly unlikely that rates will come down anytime soon.
“We're expecting inflation will still be too hot for the Fed even by the end of the year,” said Nationwide's Ayers. “We predict it won't be until next year that they begin to lower rates.”
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AP Business Writers Christopher Rugaber in Washington, Tom Krisher in Detroit and Damian Troise and Ken Sweet in New York contributed to this report. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/nation-world/fed-interest-rate-hike/507-dd4cacb5-fc8e-41c2-9941-2139586c16ba | 2023-02-02 14:29:58 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/nation-world/fed-interest-rate-hike/507-dd4cacb5-fc8e-41c2-9941-2139586c16ba |
Recognized for High Marks in Job Satisfaction, Employee Achievement & Recognition, and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
ATLANTA, Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SOLTECH, a national leader in custom software development, IT staffing, and technology consulting, today announced it has been recognized this year as one of the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For® In The Nation by the National Association for Business Resources (NABR). This award recognizes companies that deliver exceptional human resource practices and an impressive commitment to their employees in Compensation, Benefits and Employee Solutions.
"We are honored to be recognized as one of the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in America! This award is a testament not only to our commitment towards employees, but also how we've created an environment where people love their jobs and feel included and fulfilled," said Tim Smith, Co-CEO of SOLTECH.
According to the NABR, this award honors the most innovative and thoughtful companies in respect to their human resources approach, recognizing the most influential, trend-setting companies in America. Earlier this year, SOLTECH was honored as one of the Best and Brightest Company to Work For® in Atlanta, where they headquarter.
"These 2022 winning organizations have stood out during unpredictable times and have proven they are an employer of choice. They continue to keep the needs of their employees first and provide perks that include development, wellbeing, work-life balance, rewards and recognition.", said Jennifer Kluge, President and CEO of NABR and The Best and Brightest Program.
The Best and Brightest Companies to Work For® In The Nation will be featured in the online edition of Corp! Magazine and in the Wall Street Journal.
To learn more about SOLTECH's custom software development and IT staffing solutions, request a free consultation at info@soltech.net.
To join SOLTECH's team, visit their career opportunities page.
Founded in 1998, SOLTECH is an award-winning custom software development, IT staffing, and consulting firm known for providing strategic technology solutions to local, regional, and national companies. They focus on elevating, inspiring, and solving a full range of business problems for a diverse set of clients that require web, mobile, platform, machine learning, and data-centric software solutions, as well as staffing solutions for contract and permanent IT positions. SOLTECH's overarching purpose is to make the world a better place by bringing to life innovative software solutions that make our lives easier, safer, healthier, and more productive.
The Best and Brightest Companies to Work For® is a national program that provides the business community with the opportunity to gain recognition, showcase their best practices and demonstrate why they are an ideal place for employees to work. This national program celebrates those companies that are making better business, creating richer lives and building a stronger community as a whole.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Rookie Anthony Volpe hit his first career grand slam to cap a seven-run fifth inning and the New York Yankees pulled away for an 11-3 rout of the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday to complete their first series sweep this season.
Heading into a four-game series against the MLB-best Tampa Bay Rays, the Yankees have won three straight for the first time this season.
“This is just getting us ready for another big series here with the Rays,” Aaron Judge said. “We were kind of back and forth down there at the Trop (Tropicana Field) and we’re looking forward to it.”
Harrison Bader hit a three-run homer in the first inning that was upheld after a review and DJ LeMahieu added a two-run shot in the fifth. The Yankees hit nine homers in the series.
Volpe, who ended a 0-for-17 skid Tuesday, lost potential hits on sliding catches in his first two at-bats. The shortstop gave the Yankees an 11-2 lead by driving a first-pitch fastball off Rico Garcia 419 feet.
“I knew I got it pretty good, but you never know,” Volpe said. “It was nice to see it go over.”
At 22 years, 12 days, Volpe became the youngest Yankee to hit a grand slam at Yankee Stadium.
“It’s definitely in there,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said of Volpe’s power. “You go out the front door like he did at 107 or something, that’s a pretty good poke. We know he has power and we know he can hit the ball out to all fields.”
With the Yankees leading 1-0 on Gleyber Torres’ sacrifice fly, Bader hit a drive off Oakland left-hander Kyle Muller (1-3) that just cleared the right field video board.
Oakland right fielder JJ Bleday attempted to make a leaping catch. A fan sitting in the front row appeared to reach over and make the catch. Replays appeared to show the fan’s glove was over the padding of the fence and the homer stood after umpires initiated a review.
“There wasn’t interference in terms of the play with our defender, but it did look as if the glove reached over the wall but really hard to tell,” Oakland manager Mark Kotsay said. “So, I understand why the call stood.”
Bader’s 362-foot drive continued his hot start. He is hitting .429 (12-for-28) in eight games since returning from an oblique injury.
“Out of the box I was thinking double and just really fortunate that it turned out to ultimately be a home run, so that was great for the team,” Bader said.
Anthony Rizzo started New York’s biggest inning this year with an RBI single after Judge opened with a double followed by LeMahieu’s and Volpe’s homers. Judge finished 3 for 4 with two runs scored.
Carlos Pérez and Jace Peterson hit back-to-back homers off New York starter Jhony Brito in the second inning as Oakland dropped to an MLB-worst 8-30. The A’s dropped their eighth straight in the Bronx, their longest skid since also losing eight straight from July 15, 1982 to May 30, 1983.
Bleday homered in the seventh off Deivi García, who pitched the final three innings in his first major league appearance since May 29, 2021, and got his first career save. García was optioned back to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre after the game.
Brito allowed two runs and five hits in 4 1/3 innings. He left after Brent Rooker doubled and Jimmy Cordero (2-1) got out of a bases-loaded jam in the fifth.
Muller, who got Oakland’s first win by a starting pitcher in its 33rd game Friday in Kansas City, allowed six runs and five hits in four innings.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Athletics: OF Ramón Laureano remained in concussion protocol. Laureano left Monday night’s game in the first inning after his neck and shoulder hit the right-field fence hard when he made a leaping catch to take away a home run from Torres . … RHP Adrian Martinez (strained right elbow) threw 1 2/3 innings in a rehab start for Triple-A Las Vegas on Tuesday.
Yankees: RHP Luis Severino (right lat strain) allowed one run and two hits over 3 1/3 innings while throwing 49 pitches in a rehab start for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes Barre. Severino’s next rehab start will likely occur next Tuesday. … OF Aaron Hicks (left hip tightness) was feeling better after leaving Tuesday’s game in the fourth inning.
UP NEXT
Athletics: Start a four-game series at home against the Texas Rangers. Oakland did not announce a starter for Thursday and will face RHP Nathan Eovaldi (4-2, 3.22 ERA)
Yankees: Domingo Germán (2-2, 4.35 ERA) opens a four-game series against Tampa Bay on Thursday.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW), the challenger network built to transform marketing, announced that S&P Global has upgraded the company's credit rating from B+ to BB-, noting the Company's improving leverage and robust net organic revenue growth.
"S&P's upgrade is a testament to our team's financial and operational management. We continue to demonstrate strong progress and growth as we emerge as a powerful force in the digital transformation of marketing services," said Mark Penn, Chairman and CEO, Stagwell.
S&P's upgrade follows an upgrade in Stagwell's corporate family rating from Moody's Investors Service (Moody's) earlier this summer. Moody's at the time upgraded Stagwell's rating to B1 from B2; the profitability of default rating to B1-PD from B2-PD; senior unsecured notes rating to B2 from B3; and speculative grade liquidity rating to SGL-2 from SGL-3. Given the upgrade, Stagwell's outlook was also changed to stable from positive.
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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The Fed faces a ‘no-win situation’ but must keep raising interest rates anyway, says former Fed official
By Matt Egan
The shocking implosion of Silicon Valley Bank should not deter the Federal Reserve from its war on inflation, according to former FDIC and Fed official Thomas Hoenig.
“The Federal Reserve is in the hot seat. It’s a no-win situation for them,” Hoenig, the former vice chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, told CNN in a phone interview on Monday.
Raising interest rates at the Fed’s monetary policy meeting next week could add to the financial pressure facing the banking system, in part by further depressing the value of the bonds that banks are sitting on.
But Hoenig, who led the Kansas City Fed during the 2008 financial crisis, urged the Fed to keep hiking rates because inflation hasn’t gone away.
“It says to the world inflation is still the problem,” said Hoenig, who is now a distinguished senior fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University in Virginia. “Get inflation down. Then you can have a long period of stability, hopefully. If you don’t get inflation down, you get a long period of instability.”
Despite high inflation, many investors are betting there is a growing chance the Fed holds steady at next week’s meeting. That marks a significant shift from just a week ago when the markets were pricing in a half-point rate hike.
“In light of the stress in the banking system,” the Fed is likely to keep rates unchanged next week, Goldman Sachs told clients on Sunday.
Nomura is going a step further, predicting the Fed will completely reverse course and start cutting interest rates next week and halt the shrinkage of its balance sheet.
“This could somewhat reduce the risk of further bank runs, as well as reduce unrealized capital losses,” Nomura told clients in a note on Monday.
This marks a dramatic reversal, given that Nomura previously expected a half-point rate hike.
Hoenig said he would be “disappointed” if the Fed started to cut interest rates now, warning of “long-run consequences” that could invite a repeat of 1970s-style runaway inflation.
Seeking to ease the banking crisis, the federal government announced Sunday that all depositors at Silicon Valley Bank will be made whole, even those above the $250,000 FDIC insurance limit.
Hoenig said he doesn’t know if the federal response will be enough to restore stability, but said the public will now expect similar treatment if other banks get into trouble.
“If a bank fails, the expectation is the FDIC would help uninsured depositors,” he said. “And that’s not for sure.”
Asked if the response amounts to a bailout, Hoenig said it’s true that stock and bondholders are not getting rescued but noted that wealthy depositors are.
Hoenig also pointed to the new Fed lending program will let banks swap out bonds they are holding at full value, allowing them to avoid paper losses they are currently staring at.
“That’s a helluva favor,” Hoenig said.
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(CNN) — A suspect is in custody after a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, left at least two dead and injured more than a dozen others, including students, authorities said.
The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District (UCISD) said there was an “active shooter” at Robb Elementary School at 12:17 p.m. Tuesday local time and said law enforcement was on site.
The suspect was taken into custody, according to the Uvalde Police Department.
Two people died in the school shooting, and 13 children were being treated for various injuries at Uvalde Memorial Hospital, spokesperson Tom Nordwick said. A man in his 40s was also being treated, he said.
Two children were transported to San Antonio and another is pending transfer, he added.
University Hospital in San Antonio said in a tweet that they received a child and an adult from the school shooting. The adult, a 66-year-old woman, is in critical condition, the hospital said in a tweet.
Videos taken by a bystander, Isaias Melendez, show scores of armed officers at the scene while others flee the school.
Uvalde is located about 85 miles west of San Antonio and about 70 miles east of Del Rio. Robb Elementary teaches 2nd through 4th grades and had 535 students in the 2020-21 school year, according to state data. Thursday was set to be the last day of school for the year.
The school district said it is canceling all school activities following the shooting.
The FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) are assisting local police with the investigation.
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INDIANAPOLIS – If you liked the nice summer-like weather we had all weekend, you’ll enjoy Monday’s forecast. More temps in the mid 70s coming right up!
Unseasonably warm low and high temps
The low in Indianapolis made it down to the 56 degrees, which our high temperature was 15 degrees above normal! Unseasonably warm air has been in place all weekend, and it will remain warm into the start of the week.
Gusty winds through the weekend
Wind gusts once again surpassed 30 mph across the state. The strong south breeze was one way our temperatures were helped into the upper 70s. It will stay windy again heading into Monday.
Light precipitation possible
While there will be plenty of sunshine and dry air throughout Monday, light rain showers start as early as Tuesday morning. A few thunderstorms may be possible into Tuesday afternoon as well. And we could really use the rain across the state as moderate drought conditions ramp up.
A dry October
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Police investigate discovery of ‘possible infant remains’
REVERE, Mass. (AP) — Authorities are investigating what they describe as the discovery of the “possible remains of an infant” outside an apartment building in a community north of Boston, state police said.
Revere police responded to the building in the city at about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday after a man found the possible remains outside, state police said in a statement.
According to broadcast reports, the remains were found inside a trash bag near some trash cans.
State police assigned to the Suffolk district attorney’s office also responded to the scene.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner was expected to take custody of the possible remains for further forensic examination, state police said.
No additional information was released.
Massachusetts has a baby “safe haven” law, that allows parents to surrender infants up to 7 days old at a hospital, police station, or staffed fire station without facing criminal prosecution.
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Shane Lamond, a lieutenant for the Metropolitan Police Department's intelligence branch in the nation's capital, was indicted Friday for one count of obstruction of justice and three counts of making false statements to police.
The U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia alleges Lamond used his position to share confidential information with Enrique Tarrio, a former leader of the Proud Boys, a far-right extremist group.
Tarrio was recently found guilty of seditious conspiracy in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
The Metropolitan Police Department didn't immediately respond to a request for information on Lamond's current employment status with the department.
The federal indictment alleges Lamond was in regular contact with Tarrio for almost two years, beginning in July 2019 and continuing to at least January 2021.
The two allegedly messaged each other at least 500 times, often using encrypted messaging apps like Telegram.
The indictment also alleges that Lamond and Tarrio would discuss planned Proud Boys activities in the D.C. area and Lamond would give Tarrio a heads-up about investigations into the group.
That included an investigation into the December 2020 burning of a Black Lives Matter flag in Washington, D.C., when the Proud Boys were holding rallies and protests in the city.
In early January 2021, Lamond told Tarrio that there was a pending arrest warrant for him for that flag burning, the indictment alleges. Tarrio was later arrested and sentenced to more than five months for the flag burning.
Lamond is set to be arranged later Friday. If convicted, he could face more than 40 years in prison.
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Top Player Prop Bets for Twins vs. Orioles on July 7, 2023
Bookmakers have set player props for Byron Buxton, Adley Rutschman and others when the Minnesota Twins host the Baltimore Orioles at Target Field on Friday at 8:10 PM ET.
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Twins vs. Orioles Game Info
- When: Friday, July 7, 2023 at 8:10 PM ET
- Where: Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- How to Watch on TV: Apple TV+
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MLB Props Today: Minnesota Twins
Bailey Ober Props
- Strikeouts Prop: Over/Under 5.5 (Over Odds: -125)
Ober Stats
- The Twins will hand the ball to Bailey Ober (5-4) for his 14th start of the season.
- If he completes six or more innings with three or fewer earned runs allowed, he'll earn his fifth consecutive quality start.
- Ober has pitched five or more innings in 13 straight games and will look to extend that streak.
- He has three appearances this season with zero earned runs allowed out of his 13 chances this season.
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Byron Buxton Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -233)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -110)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +285)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +125)
Buxton Stats
- Buxton has 12 doubles, a triple, 15 home runs, 32 walks and 34 RBI (53 total hits). He's also stolen eight bases.
- He's slashed .215/.309/.453 on the season.
Buxton Recent Games
Carlos Correa Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 1.5 (Over Odds: +160)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -130)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +340)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +150)
Correa Stats
- Carlos Correa has 67 hits with 17 doubles, two triples, 11 home runs, 31 walks and 38 RBI.
- He has a .226/.300/.407 slash line on the season.
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Adley Rutschman Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -256)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +115)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +600)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +195)
Rutschman Stats
- Rutschman has 87 hits with 13 doubles, 11 home runs, 54 walks and 37 RBI.
- He has a slash line of .274/.378/.420 so far this year.
- Rutschman hopes to build on an eight-game hitting streak in this matchup. In his last 10 games he is hitting .333 with two doubles, a home run, four walks and five RBI.
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Anthony Santander Props
- Hits Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: -238)
- Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +100)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +265)
- RBI Prop: Over/Under 0.5 (Over Odds: +125)
Santander Stats
- Anthony Santander has 84 hits with 23 doubles, a triple, 14 home runs, 30 walks and 47 RBI. He's also stolen two bases.
- He's slashing .266/.332/.478 so far this season.
- Santander takes a two-game streak with at least one hit into this contest. In his last five games he is hitting .353 with three doubles and four walks.
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The airline signs an agreement with the world's largest provider of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency payment services
BARCELONA, Spain, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vueling, an airline part of IAG, and BitPay, the world's largest provider of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency payment services, have reached an agreement allowing the airline's customers to make payments through this digital means of exchange.
To offer this service, the airline will use UATP's technology, the global payment network for the airline industry, which allows a fast integration process. Thanks to this alliance, Vueling will become the first low-cost airline in Europe to accept cryptocurrencies as a payment method. This service will be available at the beginning of 2023 at www.vueling.com, and for individuals only.
Ticket prices will be displayed in Euros and customers will be able to pay for their flight from more than 100 wallets and choose between 13 different cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Dogecoin (DOGE), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), Shiba Inu (SHIB) and Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC).
Paying with cryptocurrencies is a push transaction, meaning the user sends the exact amount, rather than a withdrawal like traditional credit or debit cards, eliminating transaction fraud and phishing.
Jesús Monzó, Manager of Distribution Strategy and Alliances at Vueling says:
"With this agreement, Vueling once again reaffirms its position as a digital airline. We are very pleased to have found in BitPay the best partner to offer our customers the possibility of making transactions with cryptocurrencies with the greatest security and reliability".
Merrick Theobald, Vice President of Marketing at BitPay says:
"Vueling recognizes the potential of cryptocurrencies to transform the airline industry, making payments faster, more secure and less expensive on a global scale. Our goal at BitPay is to make the acceptance of cryptocurrencies a seamless process and increase its adoption, as we believe that cryptocurrencies are the future of payments."
"Offering cryptocurrency as a form of payment to the buying public is a must in this digital-age of payments. UATP and BitPay partnered to bring this option to the airline industry and is fulfilling the rising demand of Vueling's customers to pay with cryptocurrency," stated Rachel Morowitz, SVP Partner Processing, UATP. "It's an exciting time in payments, and we look forward to watching this partnership, and Vueling's use of cryptocurrencies accelerate quickly."
Founded in 2011, BitPay pioneered blockchain payment processing with the mission of transforming how businesses and people send, receive, and store money. Its business solutions eliminate transaction fraud, reduce the cost of payment processing, and enable borderless payments in cryptocurrency, among other services. BitPay offers consumers a complete digital asset management solution that includes the BitPay Wallet and BitPay Prepaid Card, enabling them to turn digital assets into dollars for spending at tens of thousands of businesses. The company has offices in North America, Europe, and South America and has raised more than $70 million in funding from leading investment firms including Founders Fund, Index Ventures, Virgin Group, and Aquiline Technology Growth. For more information visit bitpay.com.
UATP is a global payment solution owned and operated by the world's airlines and accepted by thousands of merchants for air, rail and travel agency payments. UATP connects airlines to Alternative Forms of Payment which can expand reach and generate incremental sales globally. UATP offers easy-to-use data tools, DataStream℠ and DataMine℠, which provide comprehensive account details to Issuers and Corporate Subscribers for accurate travel management. Accepted as a form of payment for corporate business travel worldwide by airlines, travel agencies and Amtrak®; UATP accounts are issued by: Aeromexico; Air Canada (TSE: AC); Air China; Air New Zealand (ANZFF.PK); Air Niugini; Air Serbia; American Airlines (NASDAQ: AAL); APG Airlines; Austrian Airlines; BCD Travel; China Eastern Airlines (NYSE: CEA); Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL); EL AL Israel Airlines; Etihad Airways; Fareportal; Frontier Airlines; GOL Linhas aereas inteligentes S.A. (NYSE: GOL and Bovespa: GOLL4); Hahn Air; Hight Point Travel; Japan Airlines (9201:JP); JetBlue Airways; Qantas Airways (QUBSF.PK); Shandong Airlines; Sichuan Airlines; Southwest Airlines; Sun Country Airlines; TUIfly GmbH; Turkish Airlines (ISE:THYAO); United Airlines (NASDQAQ: UAL) and WestJet. AirPlus International issues the UATP-based Company Account for Lufthansa German Airlines.
Vueling, part of the IAG group, is a key player in European connectivity, which makes it a key company for economic and tourism development. For summer 2022, the company has a network of more than 330 short and medium-haul routes in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, which are operated with a fleet of Airbus A319, A320, A320neo and A321 models.
In the current environment, Vueling continues to advise all customers to use its digital tool on the website and mobile app, which provides updated information on the documents required to travel to each destination.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Weber Inc. ("Weber" or the "Company") (NYSE: WEBR) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Weber investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud. This lawsuit is on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Weber Class A common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and prospectus issued in connection with the Company's August 2021 initial public offering. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
WEBR investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (1) Weber was reasonably likely to implement price increases; (2) as a result, consumer demand for Weber's products was reasonably likely to decrease; (3) due to the resulting inventory buildup, Weber was reasonably likely to run promotions to "enhance retail sell through"; (4) the foregoing would adversely impact Weber's financial results; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects, were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Weber during the relevant time frame, you have until September 27, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
WHY LEVI & KORSINSKY: Over the past 20 years, the team at Levi & Korsinsky has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders and built a track record of winning high-stakes cases. Our firm has extensive expertise representing investors in complex securities litigation and a team of over 70 employees to serve our clients. For seven years in a row, Levi & Korsinsky has ranked in ISS Securities Class Action Services' Top 50 Report as one of the top securities litigation firms in the United States.
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The Jeep Wrangler enters the 2024 model year with a round of updates that add both capability and value to the popular off-roader.
The big news is a new Sport S 4xe grade, which Jeep said will lower the price of the Wrangler’s 4xe plug-in hybrid option. Pricing hasn’t been announced but the current entry-level Wrangler 4xe, the Wrangler Willys 4xe, starts at $55,590, including destination.
Also new for 2024 is a Rubicon X grade that builds on the Rubicon by adding standard 35-inch tires, an integrated off-road camera, and steel bumpers. It’s only available with the Wrangler’s 2.0-liter turbo-4 and 3.6-liter V-6 powertrain options.
Other grades in the 2024 Wrangler lineup include the current Sport, Willys, Sahara, High Altitude, and V-8-powered Rubicon 392.
When it comes to capability, the 2024 Wrangler benefits for the first time with a full-float Dana rear axle in some grades. This makes it possible for owners to easily increase the tire size, according to Jeep. Also new for 2024, depending on the grade, is a 100:1 crawl ratio, factory Warn winch with 8,000-pound capacity, and increased tow capacity of 5,000 pounds.
There have also been tweaks to the interior and exterior of the vehicle. The iconic seven-slot grille has been revised slightly, 10 new wheel designs have been added, and the antenna is integrated with the windshield. Inside, there are power front seats available, as well as a 12.3-inch infotainment screen, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and side curtain airbags for the first and second rows all as standard. Forward-collision warnings and adaptive cruise control with stop and go have also been made standard on most grades.
A Power Box for the plug-in hybrid is also new. It features four 120-volt outlets with 30 amps of total output, which could prove ideal out on the trails. For trail fans, Jeep is offering its Trails Offroad feature which provides details on multiple trails within the infotainment system.
Powertrains are unchanged from the previous year. The plug-in hybrid option consists of a 2.0-liter turbo-4 and a pair of electric motors generating a peak 375 hp. The electric motors are powerful enough to drive the vehicle in four-wheel-drive mode without the aid of the engine, in which case up to 22 miles of electric range is possible, courtesy a 17.3-kwh battery.
The 2024 Wrangler’s base powertrain is a 2.0-liter turbo-4, rated at 270 hp. A 3.6-liter V-6 is available and rated at 285 hp, and for the power-hungry there’s a 6.4-liter V-8. The V-8 is limited to the Rubicon 392 grade, and is rated at 470 hp.
Transmissions include the choice of a 6-speed manual or 8-speed automatic, though the plug-in hybrid and V-8 can only be equipped with the automatic.
Jeep introduced the updated Wrangler range on Wednesday at the 2023 New York auto show, where the automaker confirmed that order books are now open and deliveries are scheduled to start later in the year. Pricing information will be announced closer to the market launch.
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. on Thursday imposed sanctions on a North Korean husband and wife living in Beijing accused of helping to procure equipment for ballistic missiles that ended up in the hands of North Korean and Iranian customers.
Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said Choe Chol Min and his wife Choe Un Jong work through North Korea's Second Academy of Natural Sciences, a state organization that conducts research for the nation's ballistics missiles program, to help procure equipment for buyers.
Treasury says Choe Chol Min worked with North Korean weapons trading officials to buy equipment for Iranian customers. His wife is accused of coordinating at least one order for dual-use bearings that are used in North Korean ballistic missile production.
The isolated Asian nation uses a network of representatives in foreign countries, including China and Iran, to illegally import restricted materials used to create ballistic missiles and other weapons in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions, Treasury said.
Tensions have risen in past months as the pace of North Korean weapons tests and U.S.-South Korea military exercises has increased.
North Korea has test-fired about 100 missiles since the start of 2022, and South Korean and U.S. troops recently ended a fifth round of large-scale live-fire drills near the Koreas’ border on Thursday.
In May, a North Korean long-range rocket carrying its first spy satellite crashed off the Korean Peninsula’s west coast. On Thursday the nation conducted its first missile tests since that failure, launching two short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters.
Brian E. Nelson, Treasury's undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said North Korea's development of its missile program — “even Pyongyang’s recent failed military satellite launch – continues to threaten regional and international security.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Most every Republican lawmaker expressed outrage in the days after the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Some even blamed then-President Donald Trump.
But the larger GOP narrative shifted in the weeks and months that followed. Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy, who had said in the hours after the attack that it had been “the saddest day I have ever had serving as a member of this institution,” went on to visit Trump at his Florida home only weeks after the riot.
Others went further, with some Republican lawmakers defending the rioters or playing down the violence of the mob that beat police officers and smashed its way into the Capitol. The rioters, echoing Trump’s falsehoods about widespread fraud in the election, temporarily stopped the certification of Joe Biden’s presidential victory.
A few Republicans have consistently criticized Trump, putting their own political future in peril.
A look at comments from key Republicans in the year-and-a half since the attack as the House committee investigating the riot prepares to begin public hearings Thursday night.
HOUSE GOP LEADER KEVIN MCCARTHY, R-CALIF.
On Jan. 13, 2021, just before the Democratic-led House voted to impeach Trump over the insurrection, McCarthy said that “ the president bears responsibility for Wednesday’s attack on Congress by mob rioters."
McCarthy said Trump should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw the violence unfolding.
“These facts require immediate action by President Trump: accept his share of responsibility, quell the brewing unrest, and ensure President-elect Biden is able to successfully begin his term,” McCarthy said. “And the president’s immediate action also deserves congressional action, which is why I think a fact finding commission and a censure resolution would be prudent.”
Just a week later, McCarthy told reporters, "I don’t believe he provoked it, if you listen to what he said at the rally,” referring to Trump’s speech to his supporters in front of the White House shortly before the assault on the Capitol. Trump had said to march peacefully to the Capitol, but he also told people in the crowd to “fight like hell” or “you’re not going to have a country anymore.”
McCarthy later voted against forming a bipartisan commission to investigate the attack and has called the Democratic-led Jan. 6 committee a partisan sham. He is now appearing with Trump and praising the former president at fundraisers.
Trump never accepted responsibility for the insurrection and has defended the rioters.
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SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL, R-KY.
McConnell spoke of the “failed insurrection” the night of the attack and said Congress “will not be kept out of this chamber by thugs, mobs, or threats.”
He voted weeks later to acquit Trump for inciting the insurrection. But he delivered a scorching rebuke of Trump after that vote, saying that “there is no question that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of that day. The people who stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their president.”
McConnell continued: “Their having that belief was a foreseeable consequence of the growing crescendo of false statements, conspiracy theories, and reckless hyperbole which the defeated president kept shouting into the largest megaphone on planet Earth.”
That same month, McConnell said he would “absolutely” vote for Trump if he were the GOP nominee in 2024.
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FORMER VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE
Pence was under more pressure than any other Republican on Jan. 6, 2021 because Trump was calling on him to object to Biden's certification even though the vice president had no legal authority to do so in his ceremonial role presiding over the count.
Pence refused Trump's entreaties. As he hid in the Capitol during the insurrection, rioters breaking in were chanting “hang Mike Pence.”
Bringing the Senate back to session in the hours after the insurrection, Pence said he condemned the violence “in the strongest possible terms.”
“To those who wreaked havoc in our Capitol today, you did not win,” Pence said. “Violence never wins. Freedom wins. And this is still the People’s House.”
Two weeks later, Pence attended Biden’s inauguration. Trump refused to go.
Since then, Pence has repeatedly defended his decision to abide by his constitutional role. He has called for the GOP to move on from 2020 as he lays the groundwork for a potential presidential run that could put him in direct competition with his former boss.
He reinforced his stance in a speech this year, saying that “President Trump is wrong. I had no right to overturn the election.”
Still, he has walked a careful line, praising the Trump-Pence administration’s policy accomplishments as he courts support from the party's base.
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SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM, R-S.C.
Graham spoke emotionally and forcefully the night of the insurrection, suggesting that he would permanently break ties with Trump after the two had forged a close relationship during Trump's presidency.
“Trump and I have had a hell of a journey,” Graham said on the Senate floor in the hours after the attack. “I hate it being this way. Oh my God, I hate it. From my point of view, he has been a consequential president. But today, the first thing you will see, all I can say is, count me out. Enough is enough. I tried to be helpful.”
Graham voted to certify Biden’s victory and praised Pence for resisting the pressure to object.
In the months afterward, Graham softened his stance, and he and the former president continued to talk.
“Can we move forward without President Trump? The answer is no,” Graham told Fox News host Sean Hannity in the spring of 2021. “I’ve determined we can’t grow without him.”
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REP. MO BROOKS, R-ALA.
Brooks is the rare House Republican to have stepped up his criticism of Trump since the insurrection.
The Alabama Republican was one of Trump’s most forceful allies on Jan. 6, 2021, telling the crowd at the rally near the White House before the riot, “Today is the day American patriots start taking down names and kicking ass.”
Brooks was one of several GOP lawmakers who tried to help Trump overturn his election defeat. Brooks said on the House floor after the violence that in his judgment, “if only lawful votes cast by eligible American citizens are counted, Joe Biden lost and President Trump won the Electoral College.”
In August, though, as he was running in a GOP primary for the Senate, Brooks told a crowd that it was time to move on from the 2020 election. Trump didn’t like that and withdrew his Senate endorsement.
Brooks claimed that Trump rescinded his support after the two had a conversation in which he told Trump there was no legal way to rescind the results or hold a “do-over” of the 2020 election.
Brooks is now in a runoff for the GOP Senate nomination, having risen in the polls after Trump dropped him. And Brooks is asking the former president to back him again.
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REP. LIZ CHENEY, R-WYO.
Cheney has been the most prominent and consistent GOP critic of Trump — and she’s staked her political career on it.
A week after the attack, Cheney was one of only 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump. In a statement, Cheney said that “the president of the United States summoned this mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack. Everything that followed was his doing.”
She said Trump should have intervened, but did not. “There has never been a greater betrayal by a president of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution,” Cheney said. “I will vote to impeach the president.”
Cheney, who was then a member of House leadership, faced immediate backlash from her party for the impeachment vote and for her forceful remarks. But she has not wavered in the year since, and accepted an invitation from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to sit on the committee that is investigating the insurrection.
House Republicans booted Cheney from leadership and the party censured her and Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger, the only other Republican on the Jan. 6 committee. And she faces a strong challenge in the Wyoming primary from a Trump-backed candidate.
“When I know something is wrong, I will say so,” Cheney said in a campaign video announcing that she had filed for reelection. “I won’t waver or back down.”
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Associated Press writer Jill Colvin contributed to this report.
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The most important comments from the third public hearing this month of the House Jan. 6 committee came right at the end. After the panel heard testimony detailing the efforts to pressure Vice President Mike Pence to illegally try to overturn the election, former Judge J. Michael Luttig pointed out that even now, “Trump and his allies and supporters are a clear and present danger to American democracy.”
That’s “because to this very day, the former president and his allies and supporters pledge” — if they lost next time — “they would attempt to overturn that 2024 election … but succeed in 2024 where they failed in 2020.” Luttig, who advised Pence prior to Jan. 6, continued: “I don’t speak those words lightly. I would have never spoken those words ever in my life, except that that’s what the former president and his allies are telling us.”
The committee’s hearings have done an excellent job for the most part in reminding us that, for all the details, what this is really about is an effort by a president of the United States to unlawfully overturn an election — and, therefore, to overthrow the government and the constitutional order. And as Luttig emphasized, the threat continues.
The trick for the committee is to keep this main point in the forefront, while also telling the full story that goes with it and including enough fascinating details to keep the attention of key audiences. As political scientist Shana Kushner Gadarian says, “the tactic of focusing on one person at a time in these committee hearings — Trump, Pence, [John] Eastman — to build the narrative is very smart.”
In addition, members of the committee have been willing to defer to others to allow the story to flow clearly. After three hearings, we’ve only heard from four of the nine members. I can’t underline strongly enough how extraordinary it is for the other five — each one of them an ambitious politician — to sit silently through hours of live TV coverage, all for the benefit of the committee as a whole.
In the session on Thursday, California Democrat Pete Aguilar led the questioning but turned over the floor to a committee staff lawyer for a good part of the session. That allowed Aguilar to point out that the committee has a bipartisan staff: The lawyer was a Republican who served in the George W. Bush administration.
No one who is fanatically loyal to Donald Trump is going to be impressed that the committee is functioning in a bipartisan way or that the damning evidence comes from people from the former president’s administration. The true believers simply dismiss the Republican participants in the hearings as RINOs — Republicans in name only. But the panel should and certainly may impress open-minded Republicans who are skeptical of Trump but also wary of House Democrats as well as folks in the “neutral” media trying to assess how seriously to take the proceedings. And perhaps it will impress Justice Department prosecutors.
I remain convinced that the committee erred badly in waiting so long to hold these hearings, and in spending so little time on the public portion of the case. Yes, given the model they’ve chosen, they’ve done an excellent job. And had they gone into public hearings back in February, or last November, they would have been working with a much smaller base of information. We wouldn’t have had some of the blockbuster testimony. So there are some advantages of having waited.
Still, there’s at least some evidence that the hearings are producing information now that could have been available six months ago. “New evidence is breaking every single day now,” committee member Jamie Raskin says. “Suddenly a lot of people want to tell the truth.” Perhaps that’s just a coincidence. But as we’ve seen in other investigations, once some people talk, the incentives change for everyone else to get their perspective on the record. That process could have happened months ago.
On top of that, reporters get new leads to follow. There’s even a chance that the process can (as it did during Watergate) spark a race by the participants to prosecutors to cut the best deal before someone else does. But even without that airing the investigation has generally found a good way to generate new information. All of that was delayed in the months we were waiting for hearings.
Even in the deadly serious business of investigating an attempt to overthrow the government, hearings can provide light moments, giving us entertaining characters — some sympathetic, some not at all — and memorable phrases and anecdotes. We heard on Thursday that Pence reacted to Trump lawyer John Eastman’s suggestions that he break the law by saying it was “rubber room stuff.”
More appears to be left on the cutting-room floor. Referring to White House lawyer Eric Herschmann and presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner, my Bloomberg colleague Timothy L. O’Brien was surely correct to point out “the contrast between Herschmann’s clear, principled testimony and the smug, scurvy testimony from Kushner that those worried about illegalities were ‘whining.’”
But that contrast would have been so much more notable had we had live testimony rather than taped highlights from both Herschmann and Kushner. This wasn’t going to happen given the schedule the committee set — a choice it could have made differently.
Such criticisms aside, what the committee is presenting continues to be devastating. Thursday’s hearing detailed how Trump and his allies were committed to using methods of trying to overturn the election that were obviously contrary to the law, and that they knew and simply didn’t care. Earlier in the week, we heard how they also knew, and didn’t care, that their accusations of fraud were not true.
We learned again, too, just how close the nation came to an even worse disaster on Jan. 6 — that the mob stirred up by Trump came within only 40 feet of Pence and his security escort as they fled to safer ground.
It’s still almost hard to believe that it all happened. And that many Republicans are running in 2022 — and already for 2024 — on a platform of making sure they’ll finish the job next time.
For weekend reading, here are some of the best items from political scientists this week:
• Sarah Binder at the Monkey Cage on the Jan. 6 committee and what the point is in having hearings at all.
• Matthew Green at Mischiefs of Faction on the House Freedom Caucus.
• Matt Grossmann talks with Edward Miller about the John Birch Society.
• Tamar Mitts and Jack Snyder on the effect of being kicked off Twitter.
• Matthew Shugart on Israel’s coalition government.
This column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners.
Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics and policy. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio and DePauw University, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.
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TOKYO (AP) — U.S. officials are touting bioethanol in Japan, which trails other nations on using the green fuel made from corn and other crops.
The U.S. is a top grower of corn, and an embassy official said the U.S. would be “a reliable supplier” of bioethanol.
“American ethanol is a powerful tool for Japan to address climate change, support consumers facing high prices and strengthen energy security,” Aaron Forsberg, minister for economic affairs at the U.S. Embassy, said at a conference center in Tokyo.
Cooperation on biofuel between the U.S. and Japan is part of a larger partnership between President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in defense, technology and climate change.
A workshop Wednesday in Tokyo provided an opportunity for Japanese government, academics and industry representatives to learn more about bioethanol from American experts.
Bioethanol can be fuel for vehicles and planes and offers a cleaner alternative to petroleum.
Compared to countries like the U.S and Brazil, where bioethanol is commonly used, Japan is playing catch-up. The need for alternative fuels has grown more pressing with the war in Ukraine and worries about rising oil prices and climate change.
Japan imports almost all its oil, as well as its bioethanol. Japan has denounced the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but has yet to eliminate its Russian oil imports, as it has pledged.
“Japan has set an important goal to be carbon neutral by 2050,” Yuki Sadamitsu, director-general of the Natural Resources and Fuel Department at Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, told the workshop.
Boosting the use of bioethanol will be crucial in realizing that goal, Sadamitsu added.
Forsberg noted Japan was among the lowest in the world in its rate of blending ethanol with gasoline at about 1.7%, and urged Japan to boost that to 3%, noting there was “ample room to grow.”
The U.S. can show how to make the blend while maintaining vehicle compatibility and discuss costs and benefits, as well as providing a steady supply, he said.
“As Japan updates its transport biofuel policy for the next several years, we look forward to sharing our experience of expanding the use of biofuels,” said Forsberg.
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Obama heads to Ga. as Warnock seeks big early vote advantage
Atlanta — Georgia voters have cast more than 1 million ballots ahead of the Tuesday U.S. Senate runoff between Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker, with Warnock looking to juice an apparent Democratic head start in early voting with a visit Thursday from Barack Obama.
The former president will campaign with Warnock on the eve of the final day of early voting. The rally, which promises to be the largest event of Warnock’s four-week runoff blitz, underscores the two parties’ different approaches to early voting in the final contest of the 2022 election.
Democrats have employed an all-hands-on-deck push to bank as many votes as possible while Republicans, especially Walker, have taken a less aggressive approach that could leave the GOP nominee heavily dependent on runoff Election Day turnout.
“I think the turnout we’re seeing is good, and I want to encourage people to stick with it,” Warnock said as he campaigned this week, comparing voting to waiting in line at a popular Atlanta lunch spot. “The other day I went to the Slutty Vegan, and the line was wrapped around the block, and folks still waited and got their sandwiches,” he said. “I went and voted yesterday, and it was pretty painless.”
Walker, meanwhile, is expected to vote on the runoff's Election Day, as he did in November for the midterms.
Warnock led Walker by about 37,000 votes out of almost 4 million cast in the general election but fell short of the majority required under Georgia law. That triggered a four-week runoff blitz, with a shorter early voting window than occurred during the first round.
Statewide early voting data, including some weekend and Thanksgiving weekdays in certain counties, shows higher overall turnout in the most heavily Democratic counties and congressional districts. Still, both parties are finding data to tout as they jockey for any advantage in the final contest of the 2022 midterm election cycle, and both campaigns agree generally that Warnock will lead among early voters, as he did in the first round, while Walker will have the advantage in Election Day ballots, as he did in November. The respective margins will determine the eventual winner.
TargetSmart, a Democratic data firm, analyzed the identities of the 830,000-plus voters who’d cast ballots by the end of Tuesday and concluded that Democrats have increased their advantage by 14 percentage points over what it was with six days to go before the Nov. 8 election. That analysis did not include the 240,000-plus additional ballots cast Wednesday.
Walker’s campaign manager, Scott Paradise, pushed back on notions of Democrats' domination. He argued that their advantage comes only because it was heavily Democratic metro-area counties that held weekend early voting, while more Republican areas waited until the statewide mandatory early voting window that began Monday. Republicans had sued, unsuccessfully, in state court trying to block Saturday early voting for the runoff.
Paradise said a Walker campaign analysis found that nine of the 10 counties with the highest turnout Monday were counties Walker won in November with a combined 70% of the vote. He added that of the state’s most populous counties -- those with more than 100,000 registered voters -- it was two Republican strongholds, Hall and Forsyth, that posted the highest turnout percentages Monday. Paradise said those trends reflect high enthusiasm among Republicans.
Still, Republicans have catching up to do.
According to state voting data compiled by Ryan Anderson, an independent analyst in Atlanta, four of the state’s five Democratic-held congressional districts had already seen advance turnout through Tuesday of at least 43% of the total early vote for the November election, when every Georgia county had at least 17 days of early in-person voting. Just one of Georgia’s nine Republican-held congressional districts had eclipsed that 43% mark.
Warnock first won the seat as part of concurrent Senate runoffs on Jan. 5, 2021, when he and Jon Ossoff prevailed over Republican incumbents to give Democrats narrow control of the Senate for the start of President Joe Biden’s tenure. Warnock won a special election and now is seeking a full six-year term.
This time, Senate control is not in play: Democrats have already secured 50 seats and have Vice President Kamala Harris’ tiebreaking vote. That puts pressure on both Warnock's and Walker’s campaigns to convince Georgia voters that it’s worth their time to cast a second ballot, even if the national stakes aren’t as high.
Warnock got about 70% of his overall first-round votes from advance voting; for Walker, it was about 58%. That translated to an advantage of more than 256,000 votes for Warnock. Walker answered with an Election Day advantage of more than 200,000.
The senator’s campaign, Democratic Party committees and aligned political action committees have tailored their voter turnout efforts toward early voting. Republicans have countered with their own wide-ranging push, including a direct-mail push from one super political action committee featuring Gov. Brian Kemp, who got 200,000 more votes than Walker to win a second term comfortably.
Yet Republicans are battling some internal party narratives, including from former President Donald Trump, that question some advance voting, especially mail-in ballots, pushing some Republicans toward an Election Day ballot. As recently as Tuesday, Trump declared on social media that “YOU CAN NEVER HAVE FAIR & FREE ELECTIONS WITH MAIL-IN BALLOTS - NEVER, NEVER NEVER. WON’T AND CAN’T HAPPEN!!!”
Walker himself does not mention early in-person voting or mail-in ballots at all as he urges his supporters to vote.
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The 2023 tax filing season began on January 23. While most people have until this year’s April 18 filing deadline to submit their taxes, and people who’ve filed for an extension even longer, plenty of people have already sent their returns to the IRS and are eagerly awaiting their refund.
Some VERIFY readers have already texted us to ask if it’s possible to track their tax return, and how to do so.
THE QUESTION
Is there a way to check the status of your tax refund?
THE SOURCES
THE ANSWER
Yes, there is a way to check the status of your tax refund.
WHAT WE FOUND
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has a web tool called “Where’s My Refund?” that people can use to track their tax refund. Alternatively, people can check the status of their refund through the IRS2Go mobile app.
People can use the tool and app to check the status of their 2022 income tax refund 24 hours after e-filing and four weeks after filing a paper return, the IRS says. People can also check the status of their 2020 and 2021 tax year returns, but the IRS says updates on those returns won’t appear until three or four days after filing.
Information on tax refund status is updated once a day, overnight.
To find your refund, you’ll need your Social Security or taxpayer ID number, your filing status and the exact refund amount on your return.
Once you do that, the IRS says the tracker will display progress through three stages:
- Return Received
- Refund Approved
- Refund Sent
USA.gov says refunds are generally issued within 21 days of e-filing a tax return but will take longer if you file a paper return. The IRS says paper returns could take four weeks or more.
There’s a good chance that you’ll find your tax refund is moving from stage to stage within those 21 days without issue. But you also might run into hiccups along the way. The IRS has different advice based on whether the return is lost before the IRS receives it, it’s stuck in processing or it's lost on the way back to you.
If you are due a refund, filed on paper more than six months ago and the tracker says the IRS never received it: You should resubmit your tax return, electronically, if possible. The IRS says you should only do this if all of those conditions are met because filing the same refund again could lead to further delays if they end up getting both.
If the return is stuck in processing: The IRS says a return in processing may be delayed because of a mistake, missing information or suspicion of identity theft or fraud. The IRS will fix it without contacting you if it can. If it needs more information, the IRS will send you a letter. Resolution of these issues could take more than 120 days depending on your response time and accuracy.
If the IRS sent your refund back, but you never received it: If it’s been more than 28 days from the date the IRS mailed your refund, you can file an online replacement for a replacement check. If this situation applies to you, the tracker on “Where’s My Refund?” and the IRS2Go app will give you detailed information about filing a claim.
These tools will still be the best way to check the status of your tax refund even if your refund is delayed past the tax filing deadline. You can read more about checking the status of a delayed refund here.
Beyond using the online tools, USA.gov says you can also call the IRS at 1-800-829-1040, although it warns that wait times to speak to a representative might be long. You can avoid the wait by using the automated phone system and following the message prompts when you call. The IRS Taxpayer Advocate Service says to wait at least 21 days after e-filing and at least six weeks after filing a paper return before calling the IRS.
Sometimes, individual tax filing services also have tools to check the status of your refund. For example, people who file with H&R Block can use the company’s website to track their refunds. You’ll need your last name, date of birth and Social Security number to check, and you’ll also have to use a dropdown menu to select how you filed with H&R Block. | https://www.12news.com/article/news/verify/taxes-verify/tax-refund-check-irs-wheres-my-refund-tool-exists/536-dec8025c-0390-4c22-93f7-fcee330c2a37 | 2023-03-02 22:48:02 | 0 | https://www.12news.com/article/news/verify/taxes-verify/tax-refund-check-irs-wheres-my-refund-tool-exists/536-dec8025c-0390-4c22-93f7-fcee330c2a37 |
TORONTO, Oct. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - CGX Energy Inc. (TSXV: OYL) ("CGX") and Frontera Energy Corporation (TSX: FEC) ("Frontera"), joint venture partners (the "Joint Venture") in the Petroleum Prospecting License for the Corentyne block offshore Guyana, today announce that the parties have agreed to (i) extend the maturity date of the previously announced US$19 million convertible loan to CGX dated May 28, 2021, as amended (the "Loan Agreement") to November 30, 2022; and (ii) amend the previously announced amended Joint Operating Agreement dated July 21, 2022 (the "JOA Amendment") to extend the outside date by which the conditions precedent to such agreement must be fulfilled to November 30, 2022, as the Joint Venture continues to await the satisfaction of all conditions precedent. The parties entered into the JOA Amendment to, amongst other matters, increase Frontera's participating interest in the Corentyne block in exchange for Frontera providing certain funding.
The transactions described herein between Frontera and CGX are related party transactions under Multilateral Instrument 61-101 but are exempt from the obligations to obtain a formal valuation and approval from a minority of shareholders. Nevertheless, CGX obtained a formal valuation for the Corentyne block in connection with the JOA Amendment, in accordance with TSX Venture Exchange requirements. The material change report filed by CGX in connection with a news release issued on July 22, 2022 contains the required disclosure regarding such exemptions and the formal valuation for the Corentyne block obtained by CGX.
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CGX is a Canadian-based oil and gas exploration company focused on the exploration of oil in the Guyana-Suriname Basin and the development of a deep-water port in Berbice, Guyana.
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By RALPH D. RUSSO and ERIC OLSON
AP College Sports Writers
In a seismic shift in college athletics, the Big Ten voted Thursday to add Southern California and UCLA as conference members beginning in 2024.
The expansion to 16 teams will happen after the Pac-12’s current media rights contracts with Fox and ESPN expire and make the Big Ten the first conference to stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
The announcement came almost a year after Oklahoma and Texas formally accepted invitations to join the Southeastern Conference in July 2025.
“Ultimately, the Big Ten is the best home for USC and Trojan athletics as we move into the new world of collegiate sports,” USC athletic director Mike Bohn said. “We are excited that our values align with the league’s member institutions. We also will benefit from the stability and strength of the conference; the athletic caliber of Big Ten institutions; the increased visibility, exposure, and resources the conference will bring our student-athletes and programs; and the ability to expand engagement with our passionate alumni nationwide.”
The Big Ten is building on previous expansion into the nation’s largest media markets, and the move allows the conference to keep pace with the SEC as one of the most powerful entities in college sports.
The Big Ten has expanded twice in recent years, with Nebraska joining in 2011 and Maryland and Rutgers in 2014.
USC and UCLA fit the Big Ten’s academic profile. Both schools are among the 65 members of the Association of American Universities, which is made up of top research universities. All Big Ten schools except Nebraska are members.
“The Pac-12 has always shared our values and continues to innovate, working hard on behalf of its student-athletes and many fans,” UCLA athletic director Martin Jarmond said. “At the same time, each school faces its own unique challenges and circumstances, and we believe this is the best move for UCLA at this time. For us, this move offers greater certainty in rapidly changing times and ensures that we remain a leader in college athletics for generations to come.”
The move to the Big Ten would greatly enhance USC and UCLA’s revenues.
The Pac-12 distributed only $19.8 million per school in fiscal year 2021, by far the least among Power 5 conferences. The Big Ten’s per-school distribution was $46.1 million, second only to the SEC’s $54.6 million.
The Pac-12 has had difficulty getting its conference television network untracked while the Big Ten Network is the most established of the conference networks.
USC and UCLA would be taking a step up in football, both in visibility and competition.
“Pac-12 After Dark” televised games that kick off in the middle to late evenings in most of the country have made it difficult for the conference to get exposure. The Pac-12 has had teams in the College Football Playoff just twice — Oregon (2014 season) and Washington (2016).
Losing flagship schools like USC and UCLA would be a major blow to the Pac-12, which has had a long and amicable relationship with the Big Ten best exemplified by its Rose Bowl partnership.
The Big Ten, Pac-12 and Atlantic Coast Conference last August formed an alliance in the wake of Oklahoma and Texas joining the SEC. The conferences said the 41 members would take a collaborative approach to charting the future of athletics. The three conferences set up scheduling arrangements in some sports and have pooled resources to promote athlete welfare.
Less than a year later, the future of the alliance would appear uncertain if the Big Ten takes two of the Pac-12′s biggest brands.
USC and UCLA would be severing conference relationships that go back a century.
USC joined California, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, Washington and Washington State in the Pacific Coast Conference in 1922, followed by UCLA in 1928. They went together in 1959 into the Athletic Association of Western Universities, which melded into the Pac-8 in 1968, the Pac-10 in 1978 and Pac-12 in 2011.
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Asurion Appliance Repair Provides Fast, In-Home Expert Repair of Major Appliances Including Refrigerators, Dishwashers, Washers, Dryers and More
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new appliance repair company has opened in Portland with highly trained experts providing quality, fast repairs as soon as next day. Asurion Appliance Repair experts can provide in-home repairs of major appliance brands including Whirlpool, Samsung, GE™, LG®, Electrolux® and more.
From refrigerator repair to fixing a broken dishwasher or dryer, Asurion Appliance Repair experts are able to complete many repairs in a single visit.
"Whether it's a broken ice maker, a freezer that stops freezing or a washer that leaks, our appliance repair experts can help," said Anthony Zarco, Manager, Asurion Appliance Repair Portland. "We understand that life gets disrupted when the appliances you count on daily stop working correctly, and we're here with highly trained experts to get you back up and running quickly."
Asurion Appliance Repair experts are highly trained in repairing Whirlpool, Samsung, GE™, LG®, Electrolux® and other major brands to provide quality repairs for today's modern appliances. Asurion Appliance Repair also has authorized service partnerships with major appliance brands which provides their repair experts with direct access to manufacturer parts to help fix customers' appliances fast. All Asurion appliance repairs are backed by a 60-day warranty on parts and labor.
"At Asurion Appliance Repair, we understand the disruption our customers experience when their appliances stop working," said Asurion Appliance Repair CEO Luke Smiley. "As we continue to build and expand our appliance repair business, we are making customer experience our top priority. The Asurion mission is about more than repairing broken refrigerators and dryers. We fix tech and appliances fast so our customers can get their lives back up and running."
Portland customers can call to schedule an appliance repair or book an appointment online. A technician will arrive at your home to complete your repair as soon as the next day. Service visits include a $99 diagnostic fee, which is waived when Asurion Appliance Repair is hired to fix your appliance.
For more information, to view a service menu, or to book a repair appointment, visit appliance-repair.asurion.com. Or contact Asurion Appliance Repair Portland at: Appliance Repair by Asurion
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Apple Computers announces a partnership of sorts that many people thought would never happen: the ability to use Windows on a Macintosh. Apple, which now uses chips from Intel, long the top provider for Windows-based machines, says its Boot Camp software will allow Apple owners to install Microsoft Windows XP. Michele Norris talks with Leo LaPorte of the podcast This Week in Tech.
In making the announcement, Apple clarified that the company has no plans to sell or install Windows -- but an announcement did note that Boot Camp might help those torn between Apple and Microsoft. The software, now in a public beta phase, will be included in the next major release of Apple's OS X operating system.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in TuSimple Holdings Inc. ("TuSimple" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: TSP) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of TuSimple investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud. This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons who: (a) purchased or otherwise acquired TuSimple common stock pursuant and/or traceable to documents issued in connection with TuSimple's April 15, 2021 initial public offering; and/or (b) that purchased or otherwise acquired TuSimple securities between April 15, 2021 and August 1, 2022, both dates inclusive. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
TSP investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (i) TuSimple's commitment to safety was significantly overstated and defendants concealed fundamental problems with the Company's technology; (ii) TuSimple was rushing the testing of its autonomous driving technology in order to deliver driverless trucks to the market ahead of its more safety-conscious competitors; (iii) there was a corporate culture within TuSimple that suppressed or ignored safety concerns in favor of unrealistically ambitious testing and delivery schedules; (iv) the aforementioned conduct made accidents involving the Company's autonomous driving technology more likely; (v) the aforementioned conduct invited enhanced regulatory scrutiny and investigatory action toward the Company; and (iv) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in TuSimple during the relevant time frame, you have until October 31, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
WHY LEVI & KORSINSKY: Over the past 20 years, the team at Levi & Korsinsky has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders and built a track record of winning high-stakes cases. Our firm has extensive expertise representing investors in complex securities litigation and a team of over 70 employees to serve our clients. For seven years in a row, Levi & Korsinsky has ranked in ISS Securities Class Action Services' Top 50 Report as one of the top securities litigation firms in the United States.
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NEW YORK, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for HOOD, AAL, SNAP, SBEV, and PENN.
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Hurricane Ian’s record storm surge has destroyed thousands of homes in Florida, including in areas that already suffered from a lack of affordable housing.
Naples, in Collier County, is one of those cities. Here & Now‘s Anthony Brooks talks with Captain Ben Bridges of the Salvation Army in Naples to hear what’s at stake there.
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek lawmakers voted Monday for a parliamentary investigation into the tapping by the country’s secret service of an opposition party leader’s phone.
The scandal has plunged Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ center-right government into a political storm. Mitsotakis has denied any prior knowledge of the surveillance, which he said was wrong, and pledged to overhaul the EYP secret service.
On Monday, 142 lawmakers voted for the parliamentary investigation, easily exceeding the 120-vote threshold needed. All 157 government lawmakers attending the ballot voted present. One lawmaker in the 300-seat house was absent.
The commission — where government lawmakers will have a majority — will have at least a month to carry out the probe.
The committee will also examine allegations that phones belonging to officials in Greece’s communist party were tapped in 2016, under a previous left-wing government.
The current scandal broke after revelations that Nikos Androulakis, a European Parliament member and head of Greece’s third-largest political party, was put under surveillance for three months last year when he was running for his PASOK party’s leadership. A financial journalist also was under surveillance.
Mitsotakis, who faces reelection next year, has insisted he was unaware of what he has called the legal wiretapping of Androulakis but said he would not have approved the move had he known about it. He has not revealed the reasons for Androulakis being under surveillance, citing national security concerns.
The head of EYP and a close aide to Mitsotakis have resigned over the scandal.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — As U.S. opioid deaths mounted in 2016, the incoming head of the Food and Drug Administration promised a “sweeping review” of prescription painkillers in hopes of reversing the worst overdose epidemic in American history.
Dr. Robert Califf even personally commissioned a report from the nation’s top medical advisers that recommended reforms, including potentially removing some drugs from the market. But six years later, opioids are claiming more lives than ever, and the FDA has not pulled a single drug from pharmacy shelves since the report’s publication. In fact, the agency continues putting new painkillers on the market — six in the last five years.
Now Califf is back in charge at the FDA, and he faces skepticism from lawmakers, patient advocates and others about his long-promised reckoning for drugs such as OxyContin and Vicodin, which are largely blamed for sparking a two-decade rise in opioid deaths.
“All the concerns that we had at the time on opioids are still there. We still have a really huge problem,” said Richard Bonnie, a University of Virginia public health expert who chaired the committee that wrote the report.
Bonnie and his co-authors say the FDA seems to have incorporated several of their recommendations into recent decisions, including a broader consideration of a drug’s public health risks. But they say there is more to be done.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Califf said a new internal review of opioids has been underway for months and that the public will soon “be hearing a lot more about this.” While the review will look at past FDA decisions, Califf suggested the focus will be on future policy.
“It seems like people love sort of looking back and fault-finding, but I’m much more interested in learning so we can go forward and make the best decisions for what we need to do today,” said Califf, who split his time between Duke University and working for Google after leaving the FDA in 2017 following President Donald Trump’s election.
The 453-page report issued five years ago this month by the National Academies of Sciences laid out a strategy for reducing overprescribing and misuse of opioids, with particular focus on the FDA.
At the center of the recommendations was a proposal for the FDA to reassess the dozens of opioids being sold to determine whether their overall benefits in treating pain outweigh their risks of addiction and overdose. Those that don’t should be removed from the market, the group said.
The lack of swift action underscores the glacial pace of federal regulation and the legal obstacles to clawing back drugs previously deemed safe and effective.
“It’s really hard for the agency to get a drug taken off the market once it’s been approved,” said Margaret Riley, a food and drug law professor who consulted on the report.
Last year, U.S. overdose deaths soared to a record of 107,000, driven overwhelmingly by fentanyl and other illegal opioids.
Opioid prescriptions have fallen about 40% in the last decade amid restrictions by hospitals, insurers and state officials. But deaths tied to the medications remain at 13,000 to 14,000 per year. And studies suggest people who become addicted to opioids continue to start with prescription opioids, before switching to cheaper heroin and illegally made fentanyl.
“If Dr. Califf is serious about addressing the drug epidemic, the FDA should immediately implement” the report’s recommendations, Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia said in a statement.
Manchin told the AP that he requested an update in April on the FDA’s progress on the recommendations but didn’t receive a response. He was one of five Democrats from hard-hit opioid states who voted against Califf’s confirmation in February.
In response to questions about the recommendations, the FDA provided a list of actions it has taken on opioids, some which predated the report. The agency said it has acted on “nearly all” of the recommendations, by enhancing prescriber education and labeling, convening meetings and improving data collection.
“I think what you’ve seen is the agency grabbing at some of the low-hanging fruit and only to a certain level,” Riley said.
Despite heightened scrutiny, the FDA continues putting new painkillers on the market. Many of the drugs have formulations designed to make them harder to misuse, such as hard-to-crush coatings that discourage snorting or injecting.
Califf has said the FDA is bound by its regulations: Companies need only show that their drugs work better than a placebo, and the agency can’t require new opioids to be safer or more effective than ones already on the market. He told Senate lawmakers in April that doing so might require legislation from Congress.
One of the report authors disagreed.
“I think the FDA has a lot of flexibility at this point to say, ‘Look, given these circumstances we don’t think that a placebo-controlled trial would be adequate,’” said Dr. Aaron Kesselheim, a lawyer and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.
As for older opioids like OxyContin, Califf says that as the agency gets more evidence on opioids’ risks, it will “aggressively look at relabeling.”
But delays in getting that evidence illustrate just how slowly the FDA process moves. It’s been nearly 10 years since the agency required makers of long-acting opioids to conduct a dozen studies of their drugs’ risks and effectiveness.
The main clinical trial looking at opioids for chronic pain has been delayed since 2019, due to repeated changes to its design. And results from seven other studies released in 2020 don’t give a clear picture of whether the drugs are truly safe and effective for long-term use.
“We’ve got to have the data, and we can’t accept excuses that it’s hard to do,” Califf said. “That’s not going to be acceptable.”
Riley said the data the FDA is seeking will be critical to providing the evidence needed to remove opioids from the market, which would likely face years of industry pushback.
“The question to me is whether the agency will actually have the gumption to use those tools to start pulling drugs,” Riley said. “Do they have the will to do it?”
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As lightning sizzled on the far western horizon Tuesday afternoon, about 50 teenage — and adult — soccer players paid little heed as they jogged through the lush grass at Balloon Fiesta Park.
After several laps, they split into groups, field players going through agility and ball-control drills and goal keepers diving and fielding shots.
Pretty standard stuff as far as summer soccer camps go.
But the weeklong Alianza Sports Youth Soccer Experience is a bit different from most soccer camps.
The primary instructors are former professional players from Colombia, counting three World Cups between them and more than 2,000 pro games. And though organizers advertised a price of $375, they said more than 80 percent of the nearly 150 participants who range in age from 10 to 22 did not have to pay to play.
Finally, before hitting the field, the players spent nearly an hour watching film and discussing the mental and emotional aspects of the game.
Alianza is the brainchild of Colombian political refugee David Certáin, founder of the popular Villa Myriam Coffee in Downtown Albuquerque and an unabashed soccer junkie.
He spent the last two years developing the program, recruiting coaches and searching for businesses that would provide scholarships for the players. The latter was particularly important, Certáin said.
“So many businesses contributed without asking for anything in return. That was so great because it is about those guys out there,” he said with a nod toward the players.
Finding the right coaches was also paramount, Certáin said.
“If they started asking about money or anything like that, then I just moved on,” he said. “If they asked how they could help the kids, then I knew they were right for what I was looking for.”
Although the sessions are long at four hours in the morning for the younger players and four hours in the afternoon and evening for the older ones, Certáin said he felt it was important to immerse the players.
“We’re trying to develop the players’ skills, but also how they approach the game,” he said. “That it is OK to make a mistake. It is OK to miss. This game is so emotional and players need to know how to handle that.”
Goalkeeper coach Julián Viafara, who played professionally in both Colombia and Brazil, said he appreciated what the camp was trying to accomplish.
“I’m working in San Antonio, Texas,” he said through a translator. “I lived there for six years. The kids in the USA and Texas and New Mexico need other professional players who have played before to coach them. I think it is very good coming here and teaching.”
While going through the drills is important, Viafara said his biggest goal is trying to instill confidence because that is something that carries through beyond the soccer pitch.
“Confidence in yourself, it is very important,” he said. “The kids get confidence in their skills and if you have confidence, you can play for me. Confidence shows them they can do anything. The kids are at the growing stage and during the growing stage they can better themselves on the field and off the field.”
He does by “motivating them, making them feel, even if they make a mistake, there’s still room to learn from that mistake.”
That’s something that’s come across loud and clear to 22-year-old Hector Castañeda, who is a goalkeeper for the New Mexico Runners semi-professional indoor team.
“I guess you can say to learn a little more, learn different aspects of the game,” he said, in answer to why he wanted to attend the camp. “I’ve always played indoor soccer and futsal (an indoor form of soccer usually played on a small court with fewer players), so learning this helps me better my game.”
Castañeda has been through plenty of camps, but none quite like this one.
“They’ve been teaching control of my body and my mind to be good on and off the field,” he said. “I guess what I can say they do different is give you the confidence to make a mistake and from that mistake, learn to better yourself. They talk a lot about the mental side of the game and how the professional prepares himself physically and mentally to be good for the games.”
For Certáin and Alianza this is just the first step in what he sees as a twice yearly or even quarterly camp that eventually will include some of the best players going to Colombia and train with professional teams there. Four teams have already agreed to participate, he said.
Also in the works is building two women’s teams to represent New Mexico in Colombian tournaments.
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VEMY, first ETF from Stone Harbor, invests in high yield sovereign and corporate debt sectors
HARTFORD, Conn., Dec. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Stone Harbor Investment Partners, an affiliated manager of Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRTS) and Virtus ETF Solutions have introduced the Virtus Stone Harbor Emerging Markets High Yield Bond ETF (NYSE: VEMY), the first actively managed ETF focused on emerging markets high yield debt.
VEMY, Stone Harbor's initial ETF strategy, offers exposure to the higher growth and diversified economic cycles that emerging markets provide. The ETF, which seeks current income and, secondarily, capital appreciation, actively allocates opportunistically across a diversified portfolio of emerging market high yield debt securities, both sovereign and corporate, that are denominated in US dollars. It is scheduled to pay monthly dividends.
The Stone Harbor investment team managing VEMY is under the leadership of James E. Craige, CFA, co-chief investment officer and head of Emerging Markets, and includes Richard Lange, portfolio manager, Emerging Markets Corporate Debt, Asia, Euro High Yield – Execution, Stuart Sclater-Booth, portfolio manager, Emerging Markets Debt, Global Sovereign, and Asset Allocation, and Darin Batchman, portfolio manager, Emerging Markets Corporate Debt, Latin America.
"Investing in emerging markets high yield bonds offers investors exposure to the diversified economic cycles of many emerging market countries. For investors who are seeking an alternative income-opportunity, adding emerging markets debt can provide the opportunity for a significantly attractive yield pickup, even when compared to U.S. high yield fixed income, where many investors have recently sought out incremental yield," Craige said. "We project a faster economic recovery and prolonged growth coming and VEMY's active approach is well suited for emerging markets where persistent inefficiencies make the investment case hard to ignore for active managers."
Craige added, "Partnering with Virtus ETF Solutions provides the platform for investors to harness the experience and rigorous investment process of Stone Harbor through an efficient, transparent vehicle."
"Stone Harbor's experience allocating risk in complex areas of fixed income markets makes VEMY a compelling and timely addition for the Virtus ETF suite," said William Smalley, executive managing director of Virtus ETF Solutions. "We believe a strategy that is focused on the highest yielding portion within the U.S. dollar (USD) denominated emerging markets bond market offers an attractive alternative for traditional income-oriented investors."
About Stone Harbor Investment Partners
Stone Harbor Investment Partners is a global credit specialist with three decades of expertise in emerging and developed markets debt. Stone Harbor's investment team – portfolio managers, credit analysts, economists, quantitative analysts, and risk management professionals – engages in disciplined and regular collaboration to carefully construct their global macroeconomic outlook and strategic allocation framework. As a research-driven firm, Stone Harbor drills deeply into the fundamentals to determine the attractiveness of individual credits, currencies, interest rates, and yield curves to find the best investments within select asset classes. The firm managed $10.2 billion of assets as of September 30, 2022.
About Virtus ETF Solutions
Virtus ETF Solutions, is a multi-manager ETF sponsor that offers actively managed and index-based investment capabilities across multiple asset classes, seeking to deliver a family of complementary ETFs that are subadvised by select investment managers.
About Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.
Virtus Investment Partners (NASDAQ: VRTS) is a distinctive partnership of boutique investment managers singularly committed to the long-term success of individual and institutional investors. We provide investment management products and services from our affiliated managers, each with a distinct investment style and autonomous investment process, as well as select subadvisers. Investment solutions are available across multiple disciplines and product types to meet a wide array of investor needs. Additional information about our firm, investment partners, and strategies is available at virtus.com.
Risk Considerations
Exchange-Traded Funds (ETF): The value of an ETF may be more volatile than the underlying portfolio of securities it is designed to track. The costs to the fund of owning shares of an ETF may exceed the cost of investing directly in the underlying securities. Emerging Markets Investing: Emerging markets securities may be more volatile, or more greatly affected by negative conditions, than those of their counterparts in more established foreign markets. High Yield Fixed Income Securities: There is a greater risk of issuer default, less liquidity, and increased price volatility related to high yield securities than investment grade securities. Credit & Interest: Debt instruments are subject to various risks, including credit and interest rate risk. The issuer of a debt security may fail to make interest and/or principal payments. Values of debt instruments may rise or fall in response to changes in interest rates, and this risk may be enhanced with longer-term maturities. Income: Income received from the portfolio may vary widely over the short- and long-term and/or be less than anticipated if the proceeds from maturing securities in the portfolio are reinvested in lower-yielding securities. Foreign Investing: Investing in foreign securities subjects the portfolio to additional risks such as increased volatility; currency fluctuations; less liquidity; less publicly available information about the foreign investment; and political, regulatory, economic, and market risk. Market Price/NAV: At the time of purchase and/or sale, an investor's shares may have a market price that is above or below the fund's NAV, which may increase the investor's risk of loss. Currency Rate: Fluctuations in the exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies may negatively affect the value of the fund's shares. Counterparty Risk: There is risk that a party upon whom the fund relies to complete a transaction will default. Non-Diversified: The portfolio is not diversified and may be more susceptible to factors negatively impacting its holdings to the extent the portfolio invests more of its assets in the securities of fewer issuers than would a diversified portfolio. Liquidity: Certain instruments may be difficult or impossible to sell at a time and price beneficial to the portfolio. Market Volatility: The value of the securities in the portfolio may go up or down in response to the prospects of individual companies and/or general economic conditions. Price changes may be short- or long-term. Local, regional, or global events such as war (e.g., Russia's invasion of Ukraine), acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness (e.g., COVID-19 pandemic) or other public health issues, recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on the portfolio and its investments, including hampering the ability of the portfolio's manager(s) to invest the portfolio's assets as intended.
Please consider the Fund's objectives, risks, charges, and expenses before investing. Contact us at 1.800.243.4361 or visit www.virtus.com for a prospectus, which contains this and other information about the Fund. Read the prospectus carefully before investing.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A Johns Hopkins University scientist who created a website to track COVID-19 cases worldwide is the recipient of this year’s Lasker award for public service.
The $250,000 awards, announced Wednesday by the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation, recognize achievements in medical research.
The public service award went to Lauren Gardner, an engineer who studies the spread of diseases. She worked with her lab team to develop the COVID-19 tracker as the coronavirus began spreading worldwide in January 2020. The dashboard became a key resource and now tracks global cases, deaths, vaccines and more. Through it all, the team has made the tracker freely available to the public.
The dashboard set “a new standard for public health data science” and helped inform both personal decisions and policy, the Lasker Foundation said in a release.
The prize for medical research was awarded to Yuk Ming Dennis Lo, a molecular biologist at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, for creating a prenatal blood test that can check for Down syndrome and other genetic conditions. Lo found that DNA from the fetus was in the mother’s bloodstream, allowing genetic screening to be done with a blood test rather than a more invasive procedure.
The basic research award was shared by three scientists: Richard O. Hynes of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Erkki Ruoslahti of California’s Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute and Timothy A. Springer of Harvard Medical School. They were recognized for their research on key immune proteins called integrins, which help cells attach to other nearby cells and molecules. Their work helped launch the field of integrin research, which has since led to new strategies for treating disease.
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PITTSBURGH, Nov. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a practical solution for lost baby socks," said an inventor, from Kansas City, Mo., "so I invented SNAPPY SOCKS. My design eliminates the need to constantly reposition socks on a baby's feet and it keeps socks together during the laundry process."
The invention provides an effective way to hold baby and toddler socks up and keep them on their feet. It also ensures that socks remain together in the wash. As a result, it increases comfort and convenience and it helps to prevent lost socks. The invention features a simple design that is easy to use so it is ideal for parents and other caregivers of infants and toddlers. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Jackson sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-JKK-148, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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Panel: NY town justice bragged of pulling gun on Black man
WHITEHALL, N.Y. (AP) — A judicial conduct panel says a town justice in upstate New York who bragged to colleagues about pulling a loaded gun on a “large Black man” in court should be removed from office. The state Commission on Judicial Conduct says Robert J. Putorti was presiding in a criminal case in 2015 when he brandished a semiautomatic handgun at a defendant. The incident only came to light in 2018 when Putorti boasted about his actions at a meeting of the Washington County Magistrates Association. A message seeking comment was left with Putorti’s attorney. | https://kion546.com/news/2022/09/23/panel-ny-town-justice-bragged-of-pulling-gun-on-black-man/ | 2022-09-23 18:47:01 | 1 | https://kion546.com/news/2022/09/23/panel-ny-town-justice-bragged-of-pulling-gun-on-black-man/ |
TABERNACLE – Seneca High School will host its annual Instrumental Concert at 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 9 at the school’s auditorium, located at 110 Carranza Road here.
Performances will include the Percussion Ensemble, Orchestra, Symphonic Band, Concert Band and Wind Ensemble.
“The percussion ensemble is always a hit,” said Seneca music teacher and band director Grady Barber. “The symphonic band is the large combination of both concert band and wind ensemble, so people can look forward to the fullest sound from that band.”
Community members can find more info about this performance, as well as sign up for the upcoming marching band season and other ensembles, on the Seneca Music Department
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It’s traditional on Thanksgiving to give some thought to what we are all thankful for and reflect on the positive developments in our lives. In this community we think there’s plenty to pick from, but one aspect of this valley we find particularly worthy of thankfulness is how welcoming it is of veterans.
Veterans in our community have great access to the care they need, and have earned through their service, with the VA Medical Center. Mesa County Veterans Service Office is there to help veterans and their families get the benefits they are owed.
There are also many nonprofit organizations out there to serve our veterans. One great example of a nonprofit that has thought outside the box to provide an artistic outlet for our veterans.
The Veterans Art Center has been owned and operated since May 2013 by local nonprofit Operation Revamp, which aims to support the Western Slope’s veterans through any means necessary, whether that’s providing food, transportation or, through the art center, a place to let their passions and ideas come to life, according to reporting by The Daily Sentinel’s Nathan Deal.
“We’re not about creating great artists; we’re about creating great souls,” said Wendy Hoffman, Operation Revamp founder and president.
“We’re about mental health and mental wellness, so as opposed to coming in because you’re going to be the next great artist, that isn’t what we’re trying to train. If you do that, that’s wonderful, and we’ve had a few of those come out of there, but our main purpose is that art is such a healing tool for any type of mental illness, stress, depression, homelessness. They can benefit from coming in and having that escape.”
It’s a great idea and something we know many veterans benefit from. We know art can help people heal from many of the things ailing our veterans, as Hoffman points out.
We were dismayed to learn this week that the Veterans Art Center is facing a significant challenge to its operations. The Veterans Art Center has suffered from an increasingly vulnerable and deteriorating roof for more than half a decade, leading to some significant issues with the building.
Hoffman has started a GoFundMe campaign to raise $10,000 that will go toward repairing the roof, as well as monthly expenses. The GoFund-Me page can be found at gofundme. com/f/veterans-art-center.
“If they can’t get things turned around soon, the only option will be to sell the art supplies, equipment, and art center itself,” said GoFundMe spokesman Jeff Platt.
We urge the community to consider helping in whatever way you can to prevent that from happening.
Hoffman said this group has had difficulty obtaining grants, including from the city of Grand Junction, because it does not have a paid staff. This seems like a surmountable problem to us. This is an important service for our veterans and we think the city should see if more can be done to help them, even if it isn’t a direct grant.
This is a great community for veterans with many caring community members giving of their time and resources. Part of recognizing things we are thankful for is working to preserve those things for the future. We think this community will step up. | https://www.gjsentinel.com/opinion/editorials/this-community-steeps-up-for-vets/article_40f779b8-6b81-11ed-aba5-73487bb06708.html | 2022-11-24 13:21:52 | 0 | https://www.gjsentinel.com/opinion/editorials/this-community-steeps-up-for-vets/article_40f779b8-6b81-11ed-aba5-73487bb06708.html |
Metallica drummer talks how their 'Master of Puppets' collaboration with 'Stranger Things' came to be
Metallica recently announced a new album and a 2023-2024 world tour
This summer, one of the most viral moments of "Stranger Things" season four was the scene where Eddie Munson, played by Joseph Quinn, played a guitar solo of Metallica's "Master of Puppets" during the finale of the show.
Metallica's drummer Lars Ulrich spoke on "The Howard Stern Show" about how that scene came to be.
"It used to be, with Metallica, we were always the 'no' guys. 'Hey, can we have this song for this? Can we have that song for that?’ And it was just no, no, no, no, no," the drummer explained.
"A few years ago, we reversed it. We did a 180. We just said, 'You know what, this is stupid. Why are we hanging on to these songs like they're so important?,'" Ulrich continued.
After changing their mentality to saying "yes" to these opportunities, the "Stranger Things" scene came around. Ulrich said the band was familiar with the show and were "so proud" of how the final scene came out.
"A couple of years ago, we started saying ‘yes’ to everything. Obviously, we're all somewhat familiar with the ‘Stranger Things’ phenomenon. But we got that in six, nine months ago, and said yes. They wanted to build this whole scene about ‘Master of Puppets.’ And we said of course. Then it came out over the summer. And it was such a mindf--- to see how that became a phenomenon. We were so proud," Ulrich said.
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After the release of the show, "Master of Puppets," which was first released in 1986 resurfaced as a hit song to a whole new generation of listeners. Metallica paid tribute to the show in July 2022 at Lollapalooza, when they played the song on stage accompanied by the Eddie Munson's "Stranger Things" scene being shown in the background.
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The band just recently announced their upcoming studio album and accompanying world tour called "M72." They released the first single off the album, "Lux Æterna." This is their first album since their 2016 album "Hardwired…to Self-Destruct." The bands "72 Seasons" album is set to release on April 14, 2023 with their tour happening in 2023 and 2024. | https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/metallica-drummer-talks-master-puppets-collaboration-stranger-things | 2022-11-29 17:53:46 | 1 | https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/metallica-drummer-talks-master-puppets-collaboration-stranger-things |
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — When Kim Kap Soo watched live broadcasts of the harrowing Halloween party crush that killed more than 150 people in Seoul last weekend, there was shock and sadness — but also the embarrassed realization that this wasn’t the first time he’d seen South Korea suffer a devastating disaster as a result of official incompetence and safety failures.
“My heart is aching very much. We are among the world’s 10 largest economies, and I totally don’t understand how this can happen in our nation,” said Kim, 73, a retired environmental engineering researcher. “Our public insensitivity to safety is too severe. We should always be careful about everything, but we don’t do so, and I think that’s the biggest problem.”
The crowd crush Saturday in Itaewon, a popular nightlife district, has caused an outpouring of public sympathy toward the dead, mostly in their 20s and 30s, and demands for accountability for the tragedy. But many also share a strong feeling of embarrassment and anger that their country, a cultural and economic powerhouse that has risen from war, poverty and dictatorships, still ignores safety and regulatory issues.
Similar crowd crushes have happened in other developed countries in recent years, but the death counts there were much smaller than in Itaewon, where 156 people died and 187 were injured.
There are growing questions here about why South Korea hasn’t learned its lessons since the 2014 sinking of the ferry Sewol, which killed 304 people — mostly teenagers on a school trip. That disaster also prompted national soul-searching on the country’s failure to enforce safety and regulatory rules.
“When it comes to public safety, I think we aren’t an advanced nation at all, though we might have grown economically,” said Park You Nam, 60, who runs a jewelry shop in Seoul. “I feel really sorry and guilty for those young victims because we all failed to protect them.”
From K-pop superstars BTS and Netflix’s megahit drama “Squid Game” to Samsung-made smartphones and Hyundai cars, South Korea’s recent cultural and economic achievements have been remarkable. But there’s a dark side to its breakneck rise from the extreme poverty of the 1950 and 60s: Critics say basic safety practices, social safety nets and minority voices have been largely overlooked.
Not much has changed since the ferry sinking, these critics say, citing a series of smaller deadly incidents such as fires and boat accidents.
On Tuesday, President Yoon Suk Yeol acknowledged that South Korea lacks studies on crowd management and ordered officials to formulate effective crowd control methods based on high-tech resources such as drones. Police also said they don’t have guidelines to deal with crowd surges at events that have no official organizers, like the Halloween festivities in Itaewon.
Park Sangin, a professor at Seoul National University, said the Itaewon crush showed that South Koreans haven’t done much to improve systems and policies to prevent similar man-made disasters like the ferry sinking. He said South Koreans have focused instead on finding, criticizing and punishing anyone responsible each time an incident occurs.
“For a country that has experienced many safety-related incidents, there should have been diverse studies and countermeasures to prevent their recurrences and that’s the responsibility of government officials and politicians,” Park said. “But they haven’t done so, and I think it’s more important to criticize them to get things changed.”
What exactly caused Saturday’s crush is still under investigation. But it happened when more than 100,000 partiers clad in Halloween costumes and others packed Itaewon’s alleys. Police dispatched only 137 officers to the neighborhood, mostly with a mission to deal with possible crimes such as narcotics use, not crowd control. Police also acknowledged Tuesday they had received about a dozen emergency calls from citizens about the impending crowd surge but didn’t handle them effectively.
The disaster has left many South Koreans with feelings of trauma.
Witnesses said that people fell on each other like dominos, screamed, suffered severe breathing difficulties and lost consciousness while crammed into a sloped, narrow alley. TV footage showed people frantically giving CPR to victims lying motionless near a row of dead bodies covered by blue blankets.
“When I first saw such things on TV, I thought they were happening in a foreign country, not here,” said Kim Suk Hee, 40, a real estate agent. “I was so stunned to learn that it was Itaewon, because I had actually planned to go there with my family for Halloween the next day. I still have trauma over what happened.”
Jang Seung-Jin, a professor at Seoul’s Kookmin University, said the Itaewon crush proved again that South Korea still has a long way to go to become an advanced country in all aspects. He said what’s important now is how the country will handle the aftermath.
Since the disaster, some top officials have been severely criticized over comments that were seen as trying to avoid government responsibility for the crush or even joking about it.
A public survey taken after the disaster shows President Yoon’s approval rating is about 30%, a very low rate given he took office only six months ago.
His future popularity could depend on how he handles the Itaewon tragedy, said Choi Jin, director of the Seoul-based Institute of Presidential Leadership.
At a Seoul mourning center, Vietnam war veteran Park Young-kee, 82, laid white flowers and bowed to the memory of the dead, including a distant relative who was a high school student.
“This kind of disaster didn’t happen when I was young. I can’t describe how I feel,” Park said. “This occurred because we are not an advanced country. If we are really an advanced country, could it have happened?” | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/international/ap-s-koreans-ashamed-over-safety-failures-in-halloween-tragedy/ | 2022-11-03 19:48:18 | 0 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/international/ap-s-koreans-ashamed-over-safety-failures-in-halloween-tragedy/ |
Washburn holds retirement reception for Dr. Jerry Farley
Published: Sep. 26, 2022 at 8:18 PM CDT|Updated: 5 minutes ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A lasting legacy was at the center of a celebration Monday night at Washburn University.
The University held a retirement reception for outgoing president Dr. Jerry Farley.
Dr. Farley is stepping down at the end of this month after 25 years, the longest term of any president in Washburn’s history. He says the time flew by.
“I look for something that gives me satisfaction,” Dr. Farley said. “That I’m doing something that is good, something that is making life better for me and for others. When you look at it that way, it makes a big difference when you get up in the morning.”
Dr. Farley will stay involved with the University in a strategic role for another year after he retires.
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AMSTERDAM (AP) _ Koninklijke Philips NV (PHG) on Monday reported a loss of $23.4 million in its second quarter.
The Amsterdam-based company said it had a loss of 2 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 15 cents per share.
The medical imaging equipment maker posted revenue of $4.45 billion in the period.
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Direct travel between Portland and Vancouver, BC now available
WASHINGTON, March 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Amtrak, in collaboration with ODOT, WSDOT and other agencies resumes Cascades service between Portland, Ore. and Vancouver, BC on March 6. Today's announcement marks the first time direct service will operate between Portland and stations north of Seattle since 2020. Serving 12 stations along the I-5 corridor in western Washington, customers traveling north can depart Portland at 3:05 p.m. — Seattle at 7 p.m. — for an 11 p.m. arrival in Vancouver, BC. The southbound train leaves Vancouver, BC at 6:35 a.m. for an 11 a.m. stop in Seattle and a 2:55 p.m. Portland arrival.
"With more people now traveling, we are thrilled to double the daily roundtrips between Seattle and Vancouver, BC. By adding staffing and equipment to the region, we can once again offer customers a direct connection between Portland and Canada," said Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner.
Running along the water from British Columbia, through river and mountain vistas in Washington and Oregon, Amtrak Cascades offers views of some of the country's most distinctive cities and spectacular natural attractions.
Amtrak Cascades restarted daily service to Canada, between Seattle and Vancouver, BC, in September 2022. Now fully restored on the popular Pacific Northwest route, Amtrak Cascades offers a cafe car, which features products grown and made in the Pacific Northwest on its Bistro Menu. Travelers also can enjoy large spacious seats with ample leg room, no middle seat and one of the most generous baggage policies in the travel industry, applicable for two personal items and two carry-on bags.
The states of Washington and Oregon jointly sponsor and fund the Amtrak Cascades service.
"WSDOT is pleased to be restoring trains between Portland, Seattle and Vancouver, BC. The resumption of this additional roundtrip marks the first time since the pandemic that passengers can travel on the same train to all stops between these major cities," said Ron Pate, Director of WSDOT's Rail, Freight and Ports Division. "We're looking forward to adding even more Amtrak Cascades trains later this year between Seattle and Portland."
"We're aware of just how ready everyone is for this direct service from Portland to Vancouver, BC to come back," said Karyn Criswell, administrator of the Oregon Department of Transportation's Public Transportation Division. "With our new reduced rates for travel within Oregon on the Cascades, we're excited to see ridership grow throughout the corridor, giving people in the Pacific Northwest an affordable, comfortable and safe option for travel."
"Thanks to all the players who helped us return to full service, including ODOT, WSDOT, BNSF, VIA Rail, Sound Transit, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Canada Border Services Agency and the Congressional Delegation, including the key members who hold leadership positions on our transportation committees — Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) and Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA)," said Gardner.
Customers can visit Amtrak.com, AmtrakCascades.com, the Amtrak app, Amtrak ticket desks and kiosks and call 1-800-USA-RAIL for tickets. Travelers departing from Canada can also book their tickets at ViaRail.ca and through 1-888-VIA-RAIL.
The United States and Canadian governments have specific requirements for travel between the two countries. Those who fail to meet these criteria will not be allowed to cross the border.
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Senator Murray (D-WA)
"I am thrilled to join Amtrak in announcing that service between Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, BC is resuming. This train line runs along a critical North-South corridor in Washington state, connecting families, communities, and small businesses. Amtrak plays a critical role in getting people where they need to be on time and at a reasonable cost—this is great news as we work to keep Washington state moving forward," said Senator Murray (D-WA).
Senator Cantwell (D-WA)
"Finally, Amtrak Cascades service is restored to pre-pandemic levels, providing travelers a convenient transportation option to skip traffic along the I-5 corridor. But this meaningful milestone isn't the final stop. Amtrak has committed to adding two additional trips between Seattle and Portland this fall providing commuters even more travel options."
Senator Wyden (D-OR)
"Restoration of this Cascades rail service between Portland and British Columbia provides a key reconnection for Oregonians to travel free of traffic headaches in the Northwest," Wyden said. "Today's wonderful news from Amtrak about restoring this valued and scenic route shows both the benefits of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's investments in passenger rail and indications of an ongoing recovery from the worst economic impacts of the public health crisis."
Senator Merkley (D-OR)
"Restoring passenger rail in the Pacific Northwest brings economic and recreational benefits to the region by providing additional ways for people to travel from Portland to Vancouver, BC for business or pleasure," said Senator Merkley. "I'll keep working to improve and expand transportation options for residents and visitors to Oregon and the region."
Congressman Larsen (D-WA-02)
"The full restoration of Amtrak Cascades service is great news for the Pacific Northwest," said U.S. Representative Rick Larsen, the lead Democrat on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee! "Thanks to bold, long-term investments in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Amtrak is able to renew and support routes like Cascades, Empire Builder and Coast Starlight that connect communities like Edmonds, Everett, Mount Vernon, Stanwood and Bellingham in my district to Vancouver, British Columbia, Seattle, Portland and Eugene. I will continue to push for Congress to fully fund its passenger rail commitments to create more jobs, grow regional economies, reduce congestion and carbon emissions, and build a cleaner, greener, safer and more accessible transportation network."
Congressman Blumenauer (D-OR-03)
"Travel by rail is one of the most enjoyable ways to see the country, with the bonus of skipping the all-but-certain traffic delays," said Congressman Earl Blumenauer. "I proudly voted for an unprecedented investment in passenger rail in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and am hopeful that this will be the first of many instances of stronger rail service. The resumption of a second daily round trip route between Portland and British Columbia is an indicator that travel is bouncing back from the pandemic, and worthy of celebration."
Congresswoman Bonamici (D-OR-01)
"Amtrak's Cascade line is a crucial link between the major metro regions of the Pacific Northwest, and improving transit service is key to advancing equity and addressing the climate crisis," said Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici. "The resumption of Amtrak's second daily Cascades route to Vancouver, BC will increase mobility in our region, making it easier for more people to get where they need to go. I am grateful for Amtrak's work to restore this service."
Congresswoman Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR-05)
"Whether traveling for tourism or business, this route runs right through a thriving economic corridor that helps connect Oregonians to important industries and destinations up north. I'm glad to see regular service between Portland and Canada resume," said Chavez-DeRemer.
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler
"I welcome and celebrate the restarting of the Portland to Vancouver, BC train as an inter-city rail connection that transports visitors and business travelers between our two communities and makes our broader region more sustainable and competitive. I appreciate Amtrak for restarting this service and look forward to future opportunities to connect Portland with other communities throughout our region."
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SOURCE Amtrak | https://www.wibw.com/prnewswire/2023/03/06/amtrak-cascades-service-fully-restored/ | 2023-03-06 23:05:02 | 1 | https://www.wibw.com/prnewswire/2023/03/06/amtrak-cascades-service-fully-restored/ |
BOSTON (AP) — A former Harvard fencing coach was acquitted Wednesday of charges that he accepted more than $1.5 million in bribes in exchange for designating a wealthy businessman’s two sons as recruits to help secure their admission to the elite university.
Jurors found Peter Brand not guilty of conspiracy and bribery charges more than three years after a newspaper reported that Brand sold his run-down home for an inflated price to the businessman, Jie “Jack” Zhao. Zhao, of Potomac, Maryland. Zhao was also acquitted of the same charges.
The case in Boston federal court came on the heels of the sprawling college admissions bribery scandal that resulted in the convictions of dozens of athletic coaches, wealthy businesspeople, TV actresses and other high-powered parents.
While the allegations were similar, the Brand case was separate from the so-called “Operation Varsity Blues” prosecutions, which uncovered a scheme led by a corrupt admissions consultant to get kids into elite schools with rigged test scores and bogus athletic credentials.
Unlike in the cases of many of the parents charged in the college admissions bribery scandal, prosecutors did not allege that the Zhao boys’ athletic credentials were fabricated or trumped up. And prosecutors said that the teens might have gotten into Harvard on their own merit. But prosecutors argued that Zhao wasn’t willing to take that risk.
Defense attorneys didn’t deny that Zhao paid too much money for Brand’s home or helped him in other ways financially, but they said it had nothing to do with getting Zhao’s sons get into the school. They argued that Zhao bought the house as an investment and that the payments were loans to help out a good friend in financial need. Brand paid back Zhao with interest when the coach inherited money from his late mother, the defense said.
Defense attorneys said the Zhao boys were exceptional students and athletes — both ranked in the top 20 nationally as fencers in high school — who didn’t need any help getting into Harvard and excelled when they got there.
“We are grateful to the jury for their service and for doing justice in this case,” Bill Weinreb, an attorney for Zhao, said in an email. Douglas Brooks, Brand’s lawyer, said in an email that “the verdict today exonerates Peter Brand who is 100% innocent.”
Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins said prosecutors “fundamentally disagree,” but they respect the jury’s verdict.
“This case and all of the college admissions prosecutions have led to significant reforms at colleges and universities across the country aimed at curtailing the ability of those with means and access to flagrantly ignore the rules that apply to everyone else,” Rollins said in an emailed statement.
In his closing argument, Brand’s lawyer called it an “alleged crime in search of a victim,” saying prosecutors provided no evidence the teens took slots away from more qualified recruits. He said that if Zhao wanted to bribe Brand, he could have done so with a bag of cash. Instead, Zhao purchased the home in his own name and paid Brand’s bills using his own checks.
“The government’s bribe theory makes no sense,” Brooks said. “There are fingerprints everywhere. It is the exact opposite of trying to cover everything up.”
Prosecutors alleged that Brand began taking bribes from Zhao amid personal money struggles. In exchange, prosecutors said that Brand agreed to recruit Zhao’s sons to the fencing team to give them a leg up in the cut-throat admissions process.
Brand didn’t disclose the payments from Zhao to Harvard, authorities said, and Brand was fired from the school in July 2019 for violating its conflict-of-interest policy.
“His boys don’t have to be great fencers. All I need is a good incentive to recruit them,” Brand wrote in a 2012 message to another man that was shown to jurors. In another message, Brand wrote that Zhao’s older son would be his “no 1 recruit” as long “my future” is “secured.”
Federal authorities’ investigation into the alleged scheme was prompted by a 2019 Boston Globe story that revealed that Zhao brought Brand’s three-bedroom home in Needham, Massachusetts, for almost $1 million — nearly double the home’s assessed value at the time — before Zhao’s younger son was admitted to Harvard and joined Brand’s team. The sale was so bizarre that city assessor wrote in his notes at the time: “MAKES NO SENSE.” Zhao never lived in the home and sold it for a steep loss 17 months later.
Brand used the money from that sale to buy a $1.3 million condo in Cambridge and Zhao paid more than $150,000 to a high-end contractor Brand hired to renovate it, according to prosecutors. Prosecutors alleged that Zhao, the CEO of a telecommunications company, made a slew of other payments for Brand to help cover bills, his son’s college tuition and other expenses. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/ap-ex-harvard-coach-dad-acquitted-in-admissions-bribery-case/ | 2022-12-22 17:24:25 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/ap-ex-harvard-coach-dad-acquitted-in-admissions-bribery-case/ |
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WAVY) — The 31Heroes nonprofit organization continues to honor the lives of those who paid the ultimate sacrifice on board Extortion 17.
Every August, Terry Ford organizes the 31Miles for 31Heroes in Washington D.C.
“This is how I keep their names alive. This is how I help their families know that they are never forgotten. That their sacrifice will never be forgotten,” said Ford.
11 years ago, 30 service members and a military K9 were killed in action when their helicopter was shot down over Afghanistan.
“I didn’t understand the scoop of it at the time,” Ford explained. “It wasn’t until I got the full list [of the names] that I really go the gravity of it all. It was a punch in gut.”
The Virginia Beach native worked closely with many of the Navy SEALs onboard the helicopter when it went down.
“I set out to do this on my own as my own little way of honoring the men.”
Ford now serves as a 31Heroes board member.
Overnight from Saturday to Sunday, 5-6 teams met at the Lincoln Memorial monument. Ford arranged different routes for the teams to travel 31 miles throughout D.C. before meeting at the Arlington National Cemetery.
“Almost every one of the teams showed up at Arlington around 8:20a.m. So, everybody pretty much did it in about 12 and a half hours,” said Ford.
Each volunteer carries 2-bricks to symbolize the lives lost and the burden the family carries.
“It’s because of people who step forward and raise their hand and defend us, they deserve to be remembered.” | https://www.wric.com/news/31heroes-hosts-31miles-in-washington-d-c/ | 2022-08-08 22:01:36 | 1 | https://www.wric.com/news/31heroes-hosts-31miles-in-washington-d-c/ |
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii officials on Monday cited a Maui man seen on video snorkeling for allegedly harassing a humpback whale and pod of dolphins.
The man actively pursued the adolescent whale inside Kealakekua Bay State Historical Park off the Big Island, according to a Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources statement.
The agency said it received numerous calls from people reporting the harassment, as well as a video taken from the man’s public Facebook page. That video appears to show him snorkeling close enough to a humpback whale to almost touch the animal’s fin.
A law enforcement officer from the agency went to the park on Monday and recorded video of the man pursuing a pod of spinner dolphins. The officer said the man was leading a group chasing the dolphins.
The agency cited him for prohibited activity with indigenous wildlife and harassing wildlife in a state park.
The individual the agency identified as the defendant didn’t immediately respond to a Facebook message seeking comment. He’s due to appear in court on May 11. | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/hawaii-cites-man-for-harassing-humpback-whale-dolphins/ | 2023-03-07 20:40:48 | 0 | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/hawaii-cites-man-for-harassing-humpback-whale-dolphins/ |
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