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Get ready to keep up with the Kardashians for a bit longer.
Hulu has officially renewed The Kardashians for 20 more episodes, the streaming site shared May 16. The move—which was announced before season three premieres on May 25—extends the family's reality TV deal from an initial 40 episodes to 60, which should bring the show to six seasons.
Kim Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian, Kendall Jenner, Kylie Jenner and Kris Jenner all remain on the show, which debuted last year following their 20 seasons of Keeping Up With the Kardashians on E!.
"The cameras return as Kris, Kourtney, Kim, Khloe, Kendall and Kylie invite viewers back into their lives as they navigate motherhood, coparenting, and building their own empires," Hulu teases in the season three synopsis. "Their bond will be tested and tensions arise, but as a family they will stand together through the storm."
Picking up last summer before Kim's breakup with Pete Davidson, sneak peek footage shows plenty of drama in the Kar-Jenner universe, including a rift between Kim and Kourtney over their fashion deals with Dolce & Gabbana.
"I don't want to fight with family, bottom line," Kim confesses in a voiceover, before Kourtney says, "There's no boundaries, there's no respect."
The Kardashians is also expected to reveal the name of Khloe's son with Tristan Thompson, who was born in July 2022.
"At first, he didn't have a name," Khloe said on The Jennifer Hudson Show last month. "Then, he's been named but I've been waiting for the premiere of our show and I didn't know it was going to be this far out."
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Members of a family that was heavily involved in Fiesta are accused of bribing two then-Army civilian employees so that they could keep a multimillion-dollar contract that one of their companies had won in 2014, and to get new work worth more than $80 million, according to court and federal records.
New details about the allegations were made public Thursday — adding to information reported this week in the Express-News — in paperwork that federal prosecutors filed in San Antonio’s federal court. They include that Kenneth “Ken” Flores and his brother, Chris, with their father, Antonio “Tony” Flores Jr., used Tony Flores’ company to bribe Karisa Waysepappy Kelley and John Jordan “Chip” Mathes.
The Floreses are not named in court documents, but the Express-News identified them through other public records, archives obtained through an open-records request and law enforcement sources. Their lawyers also acknowledged they are in discussions with federal officials about their clients’ situations.
Tony Flores was a Rey Feo in 1996, and Ken Flores served as Rey Feo in 2018, the year his company — Allegiance Environmental Services — won an $83.6 million contract that is among two in question in the case. Some members of their family have also served in Fiesta in years past, at least through 2018, as goodwill ambassadors or on committees of the 11-day annual event.
Neither the Floreses nor their janitorial services companies have been charged, but their homes in Shavano Park and San Antonio-area businesses were raided in August 2020 by criminal investigators from the Defense Department. Overall, the companies of the Floreses received three hospital housekeeping contracts worth more than $200 million from the Army Medical Command headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, and the feds claim more than $140 million of that may be tainted.
Prosecutors appear close to the charging phase, given that Kelley, of Wichita Falls, Texas; and Mathes, of Manhattan, Kansas — who were able to influence the direction of the contracts — are on the brink of pleading guilty to charges of wire fraud conspiracy. Their plea agreements were filed last week under seal, and they had been scheduled to plead guilty Friday in San Antonio, though Kelley has asked that it be postponed until February.
Kelley was a civilian employee at Madigan Army Medical Center, part of Joint Base Lewis McChord in Washington state, from August 2008 to November 2018. Kelley served as the chief of environmental services at Madigan and was responsible for housekeeping, laundry, disposal of regulated medical waste, recycling and waste disposal.
Kelley also served as a technical evaluator on a source selection evaluation board — a group of government employees with skills and knowledge necessary to conduct in-depth reviews of each contract proposal against the factors established by a government agency’s solicitation. Kelley also served as a contract officer representative, a federal appointee who assists a contract officer in developing the proper contract requirements and ensures that contractors meet the commitments of their agreements, including timeliness and the delivery of quality goods and services.
Mathes served as the hospital housekeeping officer at the Army’s Regional Health Command Pacific from February 2013 until January 2019. As a regional officer, he was responsible for housekeeping at all medical facilities in the Pacific region from California to Alaska, as well as Korea, Japan and Hawaii. His duties included reviewing contract specifications, performance work statements and independent government cost estimates, and being a technical evaluator on source selection evaluation boards for Army hospital housekeeping contracts.
According to the filings, Tony Flores’ San Antonio-based company, Helpful Hands Inc., won a $59.5 million fixed-price contract in 2014 to provide janitorial services at Madigan Army Medical Cener, Puyallup Medical Home in Puyallup, Wash.; South Sound Medical Home in Lacey, Wash.; and the Presidio of Monterey, Calif.
Kelley was on the evaluation board in September 2014 for that contract, the filings said.
Court records said the government employees broke the law with the Floreses in 2018 to award Helpful Hands a late adjustment to the 2014 contract.
In 2018, Kelley and Mathes formed “a corrupt partnership with Conspirator 1, Conspirator 2, and Conspirator 3” meant to rig the contracts to unlawfully give the Floreses a competitive edge.
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Industrial furnace services and maintenance for reduced furnace downtime
SEYMOUR, Ind., July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fives has opened a brand-new North American Construction Services, Ltd. maintenance center. This new facility will allow customers in the area to receive industrial furnace maintenance, repairs, upgrades, servicing and more. Furnace downtime during a scheduled or unpredicted outage means time, money and resources. The North American Construction Services Seymour facility helps minimize this downtime with timely and exceptional customer service. Conveniently located for customers along the Interstate 65 corridor, the maintenance and service center is just 50 miles north of Louisville, Kentucky and 50 miles outside Indianapolis. The 13,000 square foot facility will be equipped to help customers with:
- Precast Refractory Shapes and Dry Out
- Piping Assemblies
- Fuel Train Fabrication and Testing
- Demolition and Relining of Furnace Doors, Transfer Ladles, Launders, & More
- Fabrication of Cleaning Tools
- Combustion System Evaluations and Upgrades
- Equipment Audits
- Hardware and After Market Sales
Matt Owens, General Manager at North American Construction Services is excited to build relationships with nearby customers: "At the Indiana facility, we will be close to the customers to serve their thermal process needs, stock critical parts and materials, train critical resource trades and promote growth within the company. Our resources and integrated solutions are crucial to the sustainability of the industries we serve." Fives' is also reaching out to the community to hire and staff several positions at the Indiana location. To learn more about available job opportunities, Click Here. Positioned as an industry leader for industrial furnace solutions, Fives and the North American Construction Services Seymour facility look forward to providing the most professional services to current customers and new customers into the future.
As an industrial engineering Group with a heritage of over 200 years, Fives designs and supplies machines, process equipment and production lines for the world's largest industrial players in various sectors such as steel, aluminum, forge, heat treat, aerospace and manufacturing industries, like cement, energy, logistics and glass.
The effectiveness of its R&D programs enables Fives to design forward-thinking solutions that anticipate industrials' needs in terms of profitability, performance, quality, safety and respect for the environment.
In 2021, Fives achieved a turnover of €1.7 billion and employed more than 8,200 people in about thirty countries
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Q: I have two Apple IDs on my iPhone. One I created for purchases from iTunes, and the other is the one set up for backups. I never intended to have two. I’d like to combine them into one, but don’t want to lose my backups or all my music purchases. Is there any risk in just switching to one of them?
— Mark Bennett
A: According to Apple, there’s no way to merge two Apple IDs. The products that are linked to one Apple ID can’t be moved to another.
While it won’t solve your problem of having two Apple IDs, it is worth noting for the future that you can share products attached to an Apple ID with others by setting up Family Sharing. Instructions for doing so are online.
Q: I have a LG Gram 17” laptop running Windows 11. My problem is with Google Earth Pro text size. It suddenly diminished to a tiny size. The shortcut icon also shifted on the screen from the lower left corner where I set it to the upper left corner. The viewing screen remains full size across the screen.
I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled the program, checked my display and text size settings and launched the Google Earth repair tool, all to no avail. Thoughts or suggestions?
— Richard Dickman, Gig Harbor
A: I haven’t been able to find any discussions online of the font size changing by itself. But I suggest you check the current settings. In the left-hand panel, click on Tools/Options and then on the “Choose 3D Font” button. That is where you can pick the display font and size.
Q: Until a few months ago I had little or no spam in [my] inbox or spam folder. Suddenly I started getting spam. After writing Yahoo, the amount decreased. Now it is increasing again. Should I just delete the spam in my inbox or should I send it first to spam to indicate it is spam and then delete it? For reference, per day I received 67 to 166 spam emails and one to 12 spam emails land in my inbox. I have used one email address since the mid-1990s. I prefer to not add an email address. Any suggestions?
— Fay Wang
A: There are third-party spam filters that you can try, but check their reviews. You can search for “best spam filter.” There is no single program that consistently is rated tops in those reviews, so you’d just need to find the one that most suits your needs and level of expertise.
That said, I have to say that the numbers of spam messages you’re getting are impressive — in a good way. That’s a lot fewer spam messages than I’d expect, especially for an email address that’s been in use for nearly 20 years I’d be very happy if only one to six spam messages were getting through to my inbox on a typical day.
Because I don’t know what email client you’re using, my advice is to send the spam that gets into your inbox first to the spam folder or mark it as spam. This way email client will block it in the future. | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/technology/using-multiple-apple-ids-on-an-iphone-qa-with-patrick-marshall/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world | 2023-04-01 13:23:10 | 0 | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/technology/using-multiple-apple-ids-on-an-iphone-qa-with-patrick-marshall/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world |
LIAOCHENG, China, Feb. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently, Liaocheng City and Port Vila, the capital of the Republic of Vanuatu, held a signing ceremony for friendly cooperative relations with each other.
Li Minggang, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to the Republic of Vanuatu, Chen Baiwei, Deputy Director of the Foreign Affairs Office of Shandong Provincial People's Government, Steve Kiel, Mayor of Port Vila, Vanuatu, and Zhang Baishun, Deputy Secretary of the Liaocheng City Party Committee and Mayor, attended the online signing ceremony and delivered speeches respectively. Wang Gang, vice mayor of Liaocheng, presided over the signing ceremony.
At the ceremony, a promotional video of Liaocheng City was played, and Zhang Baishun and Steve Kiel signed the "City Agreement on Establishing Friendly and Cooperative Relations", according to the Information Office of the People's Government of Liaocheng.
Liaocheng City is located in the west of Shandong Province, China, with a total area of 8,628 square kilometers and a population of 6.5 million, with a long history, long water transportation, convenient transportation and complete industry, known as "Jiangbei Water City, Canal Ancient Capital" and "Venice of the East", with many national city business cards such as national historical and cultural city, China's excellent tourist city, national health city and so on. The Republic of Vanuatu is located in the west of South Pacific Ocean, and is a Melanesian archipelago. As the capital, Port Vila is the "charming capital" of the South Pacific, with convenient transportation and rich tourism and fishery resources.
The participants unanimously agreed that Liaocheng City and Port Vila City have obvious complementary advantages, great cooperation potential and bright prospects, and hoped that the two cities will take this signing as an opportunity to plan to establish a more all-round sister-city relationship and push the cooperation between the two places to a new height.
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Mississippi University for Women professor researching new treatment methods for cystic fibrosis
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Dr. Ghanshyam Heda, a biology professor at the Mississippi University for Women, has spent 25 years researching treatment methods for cystic fibrosis.
The disorder causes serious damage to a person’s lungs, digestive system, and other organs. According to the Mayo Clinic, the life expectancy for someone with CF is 30 to 40 (sometimes 50) years.
“They are not able to breathe properly, they have asthma-like symptoms, or they’re not able to digest the food properly because of not having enough pancreatic juices and enzymes,” Dr. Heda says.
He says the root cause is a lack of a specific protein known as CFTR (Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane-conductance Regulator). Throughout his career, Dr. Heda has traveled the globe studying new ways to create that protein.
“We take a human cell line, for example, we work here on a lung, human lung cell line,” Dr. Heda explains. “We have two kinds: one healthy cell line and one that is similar to a cystic fibrosis patient.”
Most recently, Dr. Heda spent two months at the University of Bristol in England working with Dr. David Sheppard on the functional study of chemical compounds that he believes could become potential new treatment options. He is currently studying three different compounds and how they change a cell, based on how much or how long the cells are exposed to them.
“Once we have treated them for enough time, like sometimes 24 hours, sometimes for 48 hours,” he says. “After treatment is done, then we can harvest the cells. And we can prepare we break them, break them over, and then we can measure total protein.”
MUW junior Maggie Taylor is assisting Dr. Heda with his research, especially when it comes to recording the results of his various tests.
“We log the amount of compound we treat the cells with, the temperature we treat the cells with,” she says. “There’s a lot of factors that we have to log and keep track of.”
Because the right combination could mean better lives for those with CF.
“Because of all the treatments that are available, all the CF patients, even in the last 40 years, are now living into their 40s and 50s,” Dr. Heda says. “This is possible not because of just one drug, but because of many drugs.”
He hopes one of the compounds he is studying will be one of those many drugs that can help extend that life expectancy even more.
Dr. Heda says that his lab is the only one in Mississippi currently conducting this type of research. He has received a $15,000 grant to continue studying potential cystic fibrosis treatments. | https://www.wcbi.com/muw-cystic-fibrosis/ | 2022-06-24 03:59:15 | 1 | https://www.wcbi.com/muw-cystic-fibrosis/ |
Four Corners org shares how to stop an overdose with Narcan
FARMINGTON, N.M. – In the event of an opioid overdose, there is a medication that can be a lifesaver, all it takes is someone to know how to use it. An organization in the Four Corners is working to equip more people with this life-saving antidote.
Narcan is a medication that reverses the potential overdoes in someone using an opioid. To learn how to use it, a group of people gathered at the San Juan County Partnership building on Friday.
“Today we are doing a Narcan training for the largest group of people that we had an opportunity to train yet,” Executive Director Anna Krutsky said. “We are one of six counties across the state right now working on this initiative because we are seeing an increase in overdose deaths due to opioid uses.”
A rise that is especially felt in San Juan County. The county has been identified as one of the highest-risk places in the state for overdose deaths of illicit drugs.
In fact, according to San Juan County Partnership’s most recent data, the drug overdose rate is 32.4 deaths per 100,000 people, when in 2015 when that number was closer to 10.
Fentanyl is playing a role in those rising numbers.
“Pills that people take that they think are prescription medications, but they are actually synthetically made opioids often laced with fentanyl which we all know this day in age is much more dangerous than many of the other opioids out there,” Krutsky said.
Even for the most dangerous opioid, Narcan can stop an overdose, and ultimately save a life.
“We would like to have as many people as possible aware of what an overdose looks like to increase the potential for people to be able to stop one if they see one or help people find ways to access Narcan in the community,” Krutsky said.
San Juan County Partnership will continue to hold Narcan training sessions each quarter. | https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/four-corners-org-shares-how-to-stop-an-overdose-with-narcan/ | 2023-02-11 02:09:53 | 0 | https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/four-corners-org-shares-how-to-stop-an-overdose-with-narcan/ |
Intense smoke blanketed the northeastern United States for a second day Wednesday, turning the air a yellowish gray and prompting warnings for people to stay inside and keep windows closed. The smoke was flowing from dozens of wildfires in several Canadian provinces.
Much of the air was in the “unhealthy or worse categories in areas from the mid-Atlantic through the Northeast and parts of the Upper Great Lakes,” according to an advisory issued by the Environmental Protection Agency Wednesday night.
U.S. authorities issued air quality alerts in multiple regions and smoke was expected to persist for days.
Conditions were especially bad in parts of central New York, where the airborne soot was at hazardous levels. In New York City, officials on Wednesday said everyone should stay indoors. The conditions arrived late Tuesday afternoon, obscuring views of New Jersey across the Hudson River.
Here’s a closer look at what’s happening and what’s in the smoke:
GENESIS OF THE SMOKE
Unusually hot, dry weather that wouldn’t stop gave rise to the wildfires.
“The month of May was just off the charts — record warm in much of Canada,” said Eric James, a modeling expert with the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science at the University of Colorado, who is also with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
A warming planet will produce hotter and longer heat waves, making for bigger, smokier fires, according to Joel Thornton, professor and chair of the department of atmospheric sciences at the University of Washington.
The Quebec-area fires are big and relatively close, about 500 to 600 miles (roughly 800 to 970 kilometers) from Rhode Island and they followed wildfires in Nova Scotia.
“I don’t remember fires of this scale in the last 10 years,” James said of the Quebec blazes.
Smoke from fires in western Canada have been drifting into the United States for weeks. But it’s recent fires in Quebec that have produced the dangerous east coast haze.
WHY IS SMOKE REACHING SO FAR AWAY?
Strong winds high up in the atmosphere can transport smoke long distances and it’s common for large, violent fires to create unhealthy conditions hundreds of miles away from where forests are burning.
But the right mix of circumstances had to align for the smoke to blanket major U.S. cities: A dry, hot spring set the stage. Then weather did the rest, said Bob Henson, meteorologist with Yale Climate Change Connections.
In Canada, air is circulating counterclockwise around a low pressure system near Nova Scotia. That sends air south over the fires in Quebec. There the air picks up smoke, and then turns east over New York state, carrying smoke to the eastern seaboard.
“It’s a simple matter of trajectory,” Henson said. “The smoke goes where the wind takes it.”
This wind pattern isn’t particularly rare. But the confluence of events is.
“The timing of this weather patterns is unfortunately overlapping with a situation that was ripe for large fires,” Thornton said.
Weather patterns change and the worst conditions should only last a day or two. Some smoke, however, could linger for a week or more, according to James.
WHAT IS SMOKE ACTUALLY?
Although smoke seems familiar, it is actually made up of a complex mix of shapes, from round to corkscrew-shaped under the microscope.
“It’s not just one sort of chemical,” said Rima Habre, an expert in air quality and exposure science at the University of Southern California. ”It could have gases and carbons and toxic metals.” As it travels, Habre said, it also changes and can contain ozone.
Much of what we see in the air and measure is small particles, or PM 2.5. These are so small they can get deep into the lungs, where oxygen enters your circulation.
“Mostly we worry about inflammation in the lungs,” Habre said, from these high levels of pollution. But with climate change amping up fires, increasingly, she said, she is worried about broader numbers of people being exposed to less extreme smoke for weeks or months.
“Most healthy adults and children will recover quickly from smoke exposure and will not have long-lasting health effects,” according to the EPA advisory. But that is less true for a large category of people, including children whose lungs are still developing, older adults, and people with lung diseases, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Stay inside, keeping your doors, windows and fireplaces shut, is the advice. Air conditioning on the recirculation setting can help filter out some particles, and air filters can remove many more.
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Phillis reported from St. Louis. Associated Press reporters Katie Foody in Chicago, and David B. Caruso, Deepti Hajela and Ingrid Lobet in New York contributed to this story. | https://www.kxnet.com/news/health/ap-health/canada-wildfires-lead-to-air-quality-alerts-in-us-heres-how-to-stay-safe/ | 2023-06-08 10:02:18 | 0 | https://www.kxnet.com/news/health/ap-health/canada-wildfires-lead-to-air-quality-alerts-in-us-heres-how-to-stay-safe/ |
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PARIS (AP) — Birds tweeted -- not fashionistas -- the day Chanel brought its couture guests to the calm of the Bois de Boulogne forest.
On Tuesday morning, bleary-eyed VIPs walked across tons of white sand through the Etrier de Paris equestrian center on the leafy outskirts of Paris, past lines of spinning wheels and inflatable capsules as nature, fashion and art mingled.
The dreamscape had been specially made for fall-winter by artist Xavier Veilhan, who had adorned Chanel’s indoor ring venue with a gargantuan silver mobile. It had guests — including Marion Cotillard and Keira Knightley -- gawping.
Haute couture is the age-old Parisian tradition of producing exorbitantly priced, made-to-measure garments for the world’s richest women.
Here are some highlights of the day’s fall-winter 2022 collections:
CHANEL’S SOFTNESS
With a somewhat incongruous drum rendition via video recording, Chanel ambassador Pharrell Williams rousingly kicked off proceedings before the real show began -- to soft music and even softer form.
Gentle colors, lines and shapes, punctuated by moments of dazzling buttons, floaty plumes and large hats was the simple formula for Virginie Viard. The French designer was in a soft mood for couture this season, letting subtle twists do the talking.
A loose pastel green skirt suit opened, lined with minutely sparkling crystalline buttons made by the stalwart’s world-famous atelier. It led on to fastidious embroideries and jacquards on loose coats in speckled mint and sand with often-oversize or upturned collars, laded with an air of the 80s. A-line coats with a weighty swag, dropped waists and statement pockets, meanwhile, introduced subtle tensions — alongside hems and fringing in contrasting patterns.
Yet the best looks were those that kept it minimal. A ribbed olive green gown with a clean strap across the bust flared out at the bottom -- in a clever take on a mermaid dress. It towed a perfect line between sporty and chic. There's a niggling feeling that Viard has been playing it safe, since replacing Karl Lagerfeld who died in 2019.
FRONT ROW
It’s got to be couture week when, to blasting horns of annoyed motorists in tangled traffic, paparazzi skid in the sand for a snap of the celebrity roll call.
Keira Knightley, 37, arrived at the far-flung Chanel show to cause the most commotion. The actress, who’s been a house ambassador since 21, arrived in a velvet and lace halterneck LBD by Chanel, accessorized with shades and accompanied by her husband, British musician James Righton.
French Oscar-winning actress Marion Cotillard rocked up in a more casual ensemble, comprising a striped Chanel shirt and black micro mini, declining interviews. Actresses Sigourney Weaver, Clemence Poesy and Maggie Gyllenhaal also joined -- applauding vigorously when the designer came out at the finale.
ALEXIS MABILLE BLOOMS
French designer Alexis Mabille was in top fall form for a timeless collection of couture that never forgot its whimsy.
Draped gowns in luxuriant pastel silks caressed the body, quivering lightly as they were showcased down the dazzling indigo fabric runway.
Flowers were never far from the Mabille design universe -- both literally and figuratively.
A pastel gray silk dress had a central curved split at the knee so that the hem cascaded down in folds like an opening flower. Its top bib was made of intricate white lace like the veins of a petal under a microscope.
Then came flashes of whimsical fashion design -- such as one enormous silken flower headdress made of multitudinous shimmering petals.
MENSWEAR REIGNS IN PARIS
Front row fashion insiders are commenting how Paris menswear week — held June 21-26 — felt as equally buzzy as this week’s VIP-filled couture. And unusually so. Couture traditionally outperforms menswear in terms of attention and celebrity presence. But could this be a thing of the past?
From Justin Timberlake to K-pop sensations BTS, the celebrity presence alone of the menswear spring summer 2023 season was enough to rival this week's couture. And that signals higher levels of attention than normal in the glossy press and online.
This change in gear -- or fashion levelling out -- comes as men’s luxury brand portfolio has been outperforming women’s wear in terms of growth more generally with more and more eyeballs on the men’s runway.
Of particular note is the proliferation of U.S. menswear brands, which are now opting to show across the pond in Paris to capitalize on the attention. After the ill-fated New York men’s fashion week -- launched in 2016 and then canceled over a dwindling presence — reports have noted how myriad U.S.-based houses such as Thom Browne, Amiri, Greg Lauren, KidSuper and Rhude have opted to showcase their designs in the City of Light. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/Chanel-gets-gently-geometric-in-far-flung-Paris-17285559.php | 2022-07-05 19:16:04 | 0 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/Chanel-gets-gently-geometric-in-far-flung-Paris-17285559.php |
AP fires reporter, reviews sourcing rules after Poland error
By DAVID BAUDER
AP Media Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press has fired a reporter and is reviewing its standards on the use of anonymous sourcing following a damaging error last week in a story about a fatal missile strike that killed two people in Poland. The AP dismissed national security reporter James LaPorta, deeming him primarily responsible for an erroneous report blaming Russia for a missile attack. The story is particularly sensitive given the involvement of a NATO nation. AP sent a message to all of its employees reminding them of company policies for use of these sources. | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national/2022/11/22/ap-fires-reporter-reviews-sourcing-rules-after-poland-error/ | 2022-11-22 22:57:22 | 0 | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national/2022/11/22/ap-fires-reporter-reviews-sourcing-rules-after-poland-error/ |
Abortion doctor sues Indiana AG over bids to access records
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indianapolis doctor who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio is suing Indiana’s attorney general, seeking to block him from using allegedly “frivolous” consumer complaints to issue subpoenas seeking patients’ confidential medical records.
The lawsuit targeting Attorney General Todd Rokita was filed Thursday in Marion County on behalf of Dr. Caitlin Bernard, an Indianapolis obstetrician-gynecologist, her medical partner, Dr. Amy Caldwell, and their patients.
It alleges that Rokita has issued subpoenas seeking the medical records of patients based on complaints from people who have never been a patient of either Bernard or Caldwell and “who lack any personal knowledge of the alleged circumstances giving rise to the complaints.”
The suit contends that Rokita has “completely ignored” a state requirement that his office first determine that consumer complaints have “merit” before he can investigate physicians and other licensed professionals and that his conduct “violates numerous Indiana statutes.”
“The Attorney General has wholly ignored the General Assembly’s fine-tuned structure for handling consumer complaints regarding licensed professionals and has engaged in precisely the type of overbearing, harassing conduct that the General Assembly sought to prohibit,” the suit states.
Bernard received widespread attention after she gave an interview to The Indianapolis Star about the 10-year-old girl, who traveled to Indiana from Ohio for the abortion after a so-called fetal heartbeat law took effect in Ohio in June after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Such laws ban abortions from the time a fetus’ cardiac activity can be detected, which is typically around the sixth week of pregnancy.
A 27-year-old man was charged in Columbus, Ohio, with raping the girl, confirming the existence of a case that was initially met with skepticism by some news outlets and Republican politicians.
After the news of the 10-year-old’s abortion broke, Rokita told Fox News he would investigate whether Bernard violated child abuse notification or abortion reporting laws. He also said his office would look into whether anything Bernard said to The Indianapolis Star about the girl’s case violated federal medical privacy laws. Rokita offered no specific allegations of wrongdoing.
Records obtained by The Associated Press and local news outlets show Bernard submitted her report about the girl’s abortion July 2, which is within Indiana’s required three-day reporting period for an abortion performed on a girl younger than 16.
Bernard’s lawsuit asks a court to issue temporary and permanent injunctions to block Rokita from starting or conducting an investigation of a consumer complaint “without first making an initial determination that the consumer complaint has merit.”
It also seeks such injunctions to block him from issuing subpoenas related to an investigation based on a consumer complaint “without first making a valid and proper determination that the consumer complaint has merit,” and to prevent Rokita from “violating confidentiality provisions imposed by law.”
The suit names as defendants Rokita and Scott Barnhart, the chief counsel of the state attorney general’s office and also director of its office of consumer protection.
It alleges that the “improper conduct” by Rokita and Barnhart “threatens patients seeking legal abortions that their most personal and private medical records and health care decisions could be exposed as part of a meritless investigation.”
Rokita’s press secretary, Kelly Stevenson, said Thursday in response to a request for comment on the lawsuit that the attorney general’s office investigates “thousands of potential licensing, privacy, and other violations a year.”
“A majority of the complaints we receive are, in fact, from nonpatients. Any investigations that arise as a result of potential violations are handled in a uniform manner and narrowly focused,” she added in a statement.
Bernard’s attorney, Kathleen DeLaney, signaled in a July court filing that she planned to sue Rokita. That “tort claim notice” was filed just days after DeLaney sent a cease and desist letter asking Rokita to stop spreading false or misleading information about Bernard.
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Cameras, microphones and algorithms: How inflight entertainment is getting personal
Home entertainment today is defined by sleek, high-definition flat-screen televisions, voice-controlled speakers, and cellphones that know us better than we know ourselves.
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So when we board an airplane, decade-old, bulky inflight entertainment screens can feel like a hangover from another era.
Recent inflight entertainment concepts aim to revolutionize the current inflight experience, creating a personalized, high-tech cabin of the future.
If big names like U.S. technology company Panasonic Avionics and French aerospace corporation Airbus have their way, you'll soon be able to enjoy personalized quirks like a tailor-made onboard movie selection, interactive in-seat games and video chatting with flight crew at 30,000 feet.
Personalized cabins
At the recent 2022 Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) in Hamburg, Germany, Panasonic Avionics unveiled Astrova, a next-generation inflight entertainment (IFE) screen complete with microphone functionality for voice commands and an optional built-in camera with a sliding privacy cover.
This manual on-off switch is Panasonic's attempt at alleviating concerns around cameras on airplanes, which came to a head in 2019 when passengers discovered lenses in existing, Panasonic-designed seat back IFE screens.
Panasonic defended these cameras, explaining they were there to future-proof aircraft in case airlines wanted to implement concepts such as seat-to-seat video conferencing further down the line.
Malware researcher Vitaly Kamluk, whose 2019 Twitter thread about a lens on a Singapore Airlines' flight went viral, voiced concern that travelers were not made aware of the cameras' existence, and that there was no manual slider switch, making the cameras potentially susceptible to hackers.
Airlines including Qantas, Emirates and Singapore Airlines released statements insisting these cameras were switched off, and that they had no plans to turn them on. A CNN Travel report also sparked U.S. senators to speak out on the subject.
Panasonic Avionics' David Bartlett, then the company's chief technology officer and chief information security officer, told CNN Travel at the time that he saw the response as an "overreaction."
"I believe it's going to settle down, that the case to be made for positive benefits coming from cameras is stronger than any concern that they could possibly be used for nefarious purposes," said Bartlett, who has since left the company.
Three years on, the Astrova screen reignites the conversation around cameras on airplanes, but Panasonic hopes the on-off switch will resolve any disquietude.
Speaking to CNN Travel at AIX 2022, Brian Bardwell, Panasonic's corporate communications leader, suggested "there probably were some lessons learned" from the public response in 2019.
The physical shutter will be "very obvious," explained Panasonic's vice president of product and portfolio management, Andy Masson, who showed CNN Travel a model of Astrova at AIX. Masson added that passengers will be given detailed instructions on how to use the camera.
Astrova also comes in a cameraless form too, and it's ultimately up to airlines to decide if they want the feature installed. Panasonic suggests the camera option could allow for interactive games for passengers, and in-seat communication with cabin crew.
"An airline, we want to give them the option to be able to wrap their personalization elements -- understanding you, your desires, previous activations of the IFE system -- to then drive content that is interesting for you, or drive games that might be interesting for you, or drive applications that might be interesting to you," said Masson.
Passengers will be able to manually switch off cameras, and they'll also be able to opt out of this IFE data collection. But Masson thinks many travelers desire an onboard experience that's as personalized as possible, given it's what they are used to at home.
"I generally feel that people, when they get on board, are really looking for that engagement, and they will do what is necessary to get that engagement," he said.
A 2022 report by international aviation comms company SITA examining the role of tech in air travel backs up Masson's claims, concluding that "the more technology there is during travel, the happier passengers are."
The SITA report quizzed travelers from 27 countries in the first quarter of 2022, looking at how they used technology at every stage of their journey, including booking, transiting airports and inflight.
Panasonic's Astrova is set to premier on Qatar Airways' Boeing 777X aircraft, with the airline to install 22-inch versions in its business cabins, and 13-inch screens in economy.
Astrova, which is kitted out with cinema-grade 4K OLED screens, includes Bluetooth technology to allow travelers to link personal devices, and charging ports for laptops, tablets and phones.
CNN Travel understands Qatar Airways has opted for the cameraless version of Astrova.
Panasonic's microphone functionality also allows passengers to use voice commands to search IFE content, like they might with Siri on an iPhone. This, plus the camera, could enable passenger-to-crew video conferencing, although CNN Travel understands no airlines are currently interested in implementing this feature.
Creating a "flying smartphone"
The SITA report suggested that a majority of passengers use their cellphone, tablet and laptop inflight.
With phones and other personal technology ever-evolving, it's hard for airlines to keep up －and some carriers see travelers' reliance on their devices as a discouragement to invest in updating IFE. American Airlines, for example, has recently been removing seat back screens altogether.
But IFE designers like Panasonic figure there's scope to use personal devices in tandem with built-in screens. That's how Astrova works, and a multi-screen approach also figures in Airbus' newest cabin concept, Airspace Link, the latest iteration of its "connected cabin" approach.
Airspace Link is designed to transform the entire airplane cabin into a "flying smartphone," as Airbus' vice president of cabin marketing told CNN Travel in a recent interview.
The result is a cabin where potentially everything is high tech -- from overhead luggage bins that light up when they're full, to an airplane seat tailored to your personal preferences.
IFE personalization options could include a tailored list of movie options, akin to the way the Netflix algorithm recommends movies based on your recent viewing habits. Travelers can install an app on their cellphone to get involved or use a built-in IFE screen.
Airlines will then be able to track passenger data and figure out how they spend their time on board.
"It's not new," said Wuggetzer of this data-collecting. "It's just that we apply the same things now on an aircraft."
Airbus' market research suggests younger fliers are open to their data being used in this way, but older generations may be more hesitant.
"In the end, you'll probably also have the option to say no, if you don't want it," said Wuggetzer.
Airspace Link's original iteration, dubbed the Airbus Connected Cabin, included cameras installed outside the airplane bathrooms, designed to communicate information on how many people were waiting in line. Airbus said faces would always be blurred to ensure privacy.
This is still a concept Airbus is experimenting with, but Wuggetzer says his designers aren't looking at seat back camera options, at least not currently.
"Maybe that option is something that could be considered," said Wuggetzer, adding that his team is aware of the previous IFE camera controversy, and any camera would always include a manual on-off switch.
He's less convinced by in-seat microphones, namely because of the potential for noise disruption impacting other passengers.
Passenger perspective
Frequent flier and cybersecurity expert Vitaly Kamluk, whose Tweets spearheaded the cameras on plane conversation in 2019, told CNN Travel he is pleased with Panasonic's on-off switch solution for its Astrova camera.
"I embrace their decision to address privacy concerns of many passengers," said Kamluck.
"Any technology may be hacked one day. However, with reliable cover for video sensors such as cameras that is no longer a concern."
More generally, Kamluk said he embraced the idea of a more personalized airplane cabin, whether that includes a camera, microphone or data collection, as long as privacy concerns are thoroughly considered.
"A camera with privacy control is a great addition to IFE," he said.
"The need for privacy is here to stay with us. It didn't change because of the pandemic and I hope that we will continue developing new technologies with the respect of users' privacy as one of the foundational requirements for innovations." | https://www.wisn.com/article/cameras-microphones-algorithms-how-inflight-entertainment-getting-personal/40622617 | 2022-07-15 12:31:33 | 0 | https://www.wisn.com/article/cameras-microphones-algorithms-how-inflight-entertainment-getting-personal/40622617 |
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Davis Mills threw a 28-yard touchdown pass to Jordan Akins on fourth down with 50 seconds left in Sunday's season finale then connected with Akins on the 2-point conversion to give Houston a 32-31 victory at Indianapolis — costing the Texans the first pick in April's draft.
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Houston (3-13-1) won twice in the final three weeks to finish second to the Chicago Bears in draft positioning.
Indy (4-12-1) lost its seventh straight under interim coach Jeff Saturday, assuring themselves of a top-five draft selection.
But it didn't come without some surprises. Sam Ehlinger threw two touchdown passes and led the Indianapolis Colts to scores on three consecutive late drives to erase a 10-point deficit and give Indy a 31-24 lead with 3:33 to play.
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Mills finally answered with a 30-yard completion on fourth-and-12 to move Houston to the Indy 18-yard line with 1:26 left. And after throwing two incompletions and getting sacked on third down, Mills' throw to the end zone went through the hands of Colts safety Rodney Thomas II and into the hands of Akins.
Indy got one more shot, but couldn't move the ball into scoring position and Ehlinger's final heave was knocked down short of the goal line.
For the Colts, it was yet another ugly chapter in their miserable season. Houston jumped to a 10-0 lead before Indy even ran an offensive play.
But Mills' miscues fueled Indy's comeback.
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Rodney McLeod Jr. returned the first of Mills' two interceptions for a 26-yard touchdown return that cut the deficit to 24-21 with 52 seconds left in the third quarter.
Three plays later, Thomas II, a high school teammate of Bills safety Damar Hamlin, picked off Mills and Ehlinger capitalized by throwing a 4-yard TD pass to Mo Alie-Cox to give Indy a 28-24 lead with 10:30 to go.
Indy thought it had sealed the win with a 54-yard field goal from Chase McLaughlin.
Again, though the defense failed to close it out.
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Mills finished 22 of 38 with 298 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions as Brandin Cooks caught five passes for 106 yards.
Ehlinger, the former Texas star, was 23 of 35 with 209 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions as he fell to 0-3 as an NFL starter.
Zack Moss had 18 carries and 114 yards and a touchdown for Indy.
INJURY REPORT
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Texans: Tight end Brevin Jordan left in the first half with a knee injury and did not return. Safety Jalen Pitre left after the first play of the fourth quarter and was diagnosed with a concussion.
Colts: Right tackle Braden Smith injured his left ankle late in the fourth quarter and did not return. Safety-return specialist Dallis Flowers went into the blue tent after fumbling on his first kickoff return of the game but eventually returned.
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Texans: Will be weighing their options with the No. 2 draft pick in April.
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Colts: Must figure out if general manager Chris Ballard returns, decide on a coach and whether to draft a quarterback in April.
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The world’s largest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas, successfully completed its initial round of sea trials and sailed the open ocean for the first time.
The massive 1,198-foot ship is almost ready to start sailing from Florida early next year.
The ship returned to the Meyer Turku, Finland shipyard, where it’s under construction.
Later this year, the ship will be pushed to its limits in a second round of sea trials, Royal Caribbean said.
In addition to 18 guest decks and 2,805 staterooms, the ship features the largest water park at sea — with six record-breaking waterslides and seven pools. The ship’s Frightening Bolt will be the tallest waterslide to sail and Pressure Drop will be the first open freefall waterslide on a cruise.
The ship is equipped to hold a maximum of 7,600 guests, according to Royal Caribbean.
The first Icon class ship is expected to debut in Miami in January 2024, where it will sail seven-night Eastern and Western Caribbean vacations all year.
Royal Caribbean said the ship will arrive in late 2023 and be the “first-of-its-kind combination of the best of every vacation.” | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/worlds-largest-cruise-ship-almost-ready-to-start-sailing-from-florida/ | 2023-06-30 03:16:35 | 1 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/worlds-largest-cruise-ship-almost-ready-to-start-sailing-from-florida/ |
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
4-1-5
(four, one, five)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
4-1-5
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Callens and Valentín Castellanos scored first-half goals to propel New York City FC to a 2-0 victory over DC United on Wednesday.
Callens' goal came in the 6th minute to give NYCFC (6-3-2) an early lead. Castellanos' seventh goal of the season came on a penalty kick during first-half stoppage time after United's Brendan Hines-Ike was charged with a handball.
It was NYCFC's first road win of the season. NYCFC has won five of its last six matches, while United (4-6-2) is winless in its last three.
NYCFC moved into a four-way tie for second place in the Eastern Conference, one point behind Philadelphia.
Sean Johnson swatted away a deflection — United's only shot on goal in the match — in the 76th minute to preserve the shutout.
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Netflix steps up its effort to get paid for account sharing
By DEE-ANN DURBIN
AP Business Writer
Netflix has a plan to deal with rampant account sharing: a program that lets subscribers pay extra to share their account with people outside their household.
The streaming giant introduced paid sharing in Canada, New Zealand, Portugal and Spain on Wednesday. It was previously rolled out in multiple markets in Latin America.
While Netflix won’t say when paid sharing will come to other countries, some version of the plan is expected to be introduced in the U.S. in the next few weeks. Around one-third of Netflix’s subscribers live in the U.S. and Canada.
Netflix has more than 231 million paid subscribers in 190 countries. The Los Gatos, California-based company estimates that 100 million households are currently sharing their accounts with others, which impacts the company’s ability to invest in new programming.
“We’ve always made it easy for people who live together to share their Netflix account with features like profiles and multiple streams,” the company said in a blog post Wednesday. “While these have been hugely popular, they’ve also created confusion about when and how you can share Netflix.”
Starting Wednesday, Netflix said it will allow standard and premium subscribers in Canada, Spain, New Zealand and Portugal to set up an extra account for up to two people they don’t live with for an extra monthly fee. The monthly fee varies by country; in Canada, it’s 7.99 Canadian dollars, while in Portugal it’s 3.99 euros.
Netflix said it will also allow people who have been borrowing accounts to transfer their viewing history and other preferences to a new, paid subscription.
Netflix didn’t say what actions it will take if subscribers continue to share accounts outside their household. In a conference call with investors in January, Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters said the company is trying to be thoughtful and gradual in its rollout.
“It’s worth noting that this will not be a universally popular move, so there will current members that are unhappy with this move. We’ll see a bit of a cancel reaction to that,” he said. “We think of this as similar to what we see when we raise prices.” | https://kion546.com/news/2023/02/08/netflix-steps-up-its-effort-to-get-paid-for-account-sharing/ | 2023-02-08 23:16:02 | 0 | https://kion546.com/news/2023/02/08/netflix-steps-up-its-effort-to-get-paid-for-account-sharing/ |
Albums from Lukas Nelson and Kool & The Gang plus a Spanish-language spin-off of “Bird Box” are among the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you.
Among the offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists are the dinosaur-hunting video game Exoprimal and the new Netflix series “Quarterback,” which takes an unprecedented look at the lives of popular QBs Patrick Mahomes, Kirk Cousins and Marcus Mariota.
NEW MOVIES TO STREAM
— Wes Anderson’s stylish and star-studded “Asteroid City” is coming to premium video on demand (VOD) on Tuesday. This outing is a whimsically constructed play-within-a-play that’s set in the American midcentury Desert West at a junior stargazer convention, bringing together several kid geniuses, their parents, including Scarlett Johansson’s Marilyn-esque movie star and Jason Schwartzman’s widowed war photographer, scientists, military types, some singing cowboys and a very special cameo from Jeff Goldblum. I wrote in my review that it is very, very Wes Anderson and also a return to form. It’ll also still be available in theaters around the country for anyone still hoping to catch it on the big screen.
— Remember the Sandra Bullock-in-a-blindfold movie “Bird Box” that seemingly everyone with a Netflix account watched over the holidays in 2018? Well, the streamer made a spin-off, in Spanish, that will debut on Friday, July 14. The blindfolds are once again paramount in “Bird Box Barcelona,” in which a father played by Mario Casas tries to protect his daughter from the monsters. Álex and David Pastor wrote and directed this installment based on Josh Malerman’s 2014 novel.
— Several other films big and small will be available on VOD starting on Tuesday, including “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts,” set in 1994 and starring Dominique Fishback and Anthony Ramos. There’s also the independent gem “The Starling Girl,” a coming-of-age story about a teenage girl (Eliza Scanlen) who is trying to find her identity while adhering to the rules of her isolated religious community. Her life gets complicated when she develops a crush on the handsome youth pastor (Lewis Pullman).
— AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr
NEW MUSIC TO STREAM
— Country star Lukas Nelson calls his latest album “the perfect setlist.” “Sticks and Stones,” the follow-up release to his 2021 album “A Few Stars Apart,” includes the first single, “More Than Friends,” featuring Lainey Wilson. Another single, “Alcohallelujah,” touches on both the highs and lows of drinking, with Nelson singing: “Forgive me, Father, for I’ve been inspired /I got bars and bars of melodies and memories/May this spirit lift me ever higher.” The new 12-track album, out Friday, July 14, sees Nelson backed by his longtime band Promise of the Real.
— Kool & The Gang and summer go together like peanut butter and jelly. The R&B, funk and soul icons — celebrating their 60th anniversary next year — have a new album, “People Just Wanna Have Fun.” The first single is infectious stuff, the happy, funky “Let’s Party,” featuring vocals from Sha Sha Jones. The band is led by founding members Robert “Kool” Bell on bass and George “Funky” Brown, the keyboardist, drummer and producer, whose memoir “Too Hot: Kool & The Gang & Me” arrives Tuesday. In addition to Jones, vocals on the album also include Shawn McQuiller, Lavell Evans, Dominique Karan, Rick Marcel and Walt Anderson, plus rappers Ami Miller & Ole’.
— A 1998 video recording of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s music theater classic “Oklahoma!” — starring then-newcomer Hugh Jackman — is hitting movie theaters for a lot less than a Broadway ticket. Jackman starred as Curly, alongside Maureen Lipman, Josefina Gabrielle and Shuler Hensley, during the show’s cheered run in London. The film will be screened in more than 800 cinemas around the globe for two days only, on Sunday, July 16 and Wednesday, July 19 – including the U.S., U.K., Canada, Ireland, Norway and Australia. It features some very hummable songs, including “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’,” “The Surrey with the Fringe on Top” and the joyous title tune.
— AP Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy
NEW SERIES TO STREAM
— The title “Secrets of Playboy” alone sparks intrigue and the docuseries was a big hit for A&E because of its in-depth look at an alleged underbelly of the brand and its founder Hugh Hefner. The series returns for a second season on Monday with more interviews with former Playboy models, Playmates, and archival footage that examines Playboy’s impact on pop culture and those directly involved with the company.
— Football fans: would you like to know exactly what your favorite team’s quarterback is thinking during a season, from practices, to wins and losses, and what they say and do in a huddle? A new Netflix series called – you guessed it – “Quarterback” —takes an unprecedented look at the lives of popular QBs Patrick Mahomes, Kirk Cousins and Marcus Mariota for the entire 2022 season. The players were mic’d for every game and cameras followed them home. “Quarterback” premieres July 12.
— Season five of the silly, witty, Emmy-nominated comedy “What We Do in the Shadows” premieres July 13 on FX. The mocumentary-style show follows the adventures of a group of vampire roommates living in a decrepit mansion. These hundreds-year-old vampires go out into the world and interact with the population. If it sounds ridiculous, it is, and that’s the point.
— Alicia Rancilio
NEW VIDEO GAMES TO PLAY
— California indie developer Night School Studio charmed gamers in 2016 with Oxenfree, the tale of a group of meddling teens who stumble across a series of dimensional rifts while exploring a mysterious island. Night School, which has since been acquired by Netflix, is at long last returning to the story with the much anticipated Oxenfree II: Lost Signals. The sequel revolves around Riley, an environmental researcher who’s assigned to her coastal Oregon hometown to investigate puzzling radio transmissions. Fans of the original — not to mention the supernatural smash “Stranger Things” — can book a return visit for Wednesday on PlayStation 5/4, Nintendo Switch, PC and the Netflix mobile app.
— Most of us who think about what 2040 will look like are worried about things like war, climate change and our new AI overlords, but Capcom’s Exoprimal proposes a different existential threat: dinosaur outbreaks! Your mission is to team up online with four other players and send the voracious beasts back to extinction. You are armed with futuristic weapons and high-tech “exosuits” of armor — but you also have to compete with other squads to collect the most trophies. Capcom has plenty of experience with fearsome creatures, thanks to its popular Monster Hunter series, but even veterans of that franchise may be overwhelmed when Exoprimal drops dozens of raptors on them at once. The dinos arrive Friday, July 14, on PlayStation 5/4, Xbox X/S/One and PC.
— Lou Kesten
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BUFFALO GROVE, Ill., June 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Eco-dynamic, a US-based tech-driven company aiming to harness the power of the sun and redefine renewable energy, introduces an innovative product "Artpiece for RV 1000W", the world's first colored, motorized and rollable solar awning, to give RVers more possibilities of enjoyable ambience due to its solar power supply. The company announces an official launch event will be held in All in CARAVANING 2023 exhibition on June 17th in Beijing.
As a game-changer for RV users, Artpiece for RV 1000W combines solar power supply and sun shading in one solution, the revolutionary Solar Awning. Instead of using fabric as awning material, it innovatively integrates lightweight 360° rollable flexible HJT solar modules and eliminates fabric replacements.
What sets it apart is Eco-dynamic's KALAFLEX Technology, which imbues the solar cells with vibrant colorful patterns that never fade, enabling the Artpiece for RV 1000W to seamlessly blend in with the chic appearance of RVs and serve as a vital decorative element for high-quality camping lifestyles.
"Solar product should not just be a practical equipment, it can also be a shining piece of art. With our expertise in solar industry for over 20 years, we're dedicated to integrating aesthetic creativity into design of sustainable solar solutions for outdoors and households, enhancing the experience of customers to the next level. Artpiece is our first product line and now also the one and only solar solution with colorful patterns worldwide." said Michael Soon, VP of Business Development of Eco-dynamic Tech.
With an aim to meet off-grid power needs, Artpiece for RV 1000W is designed to generate about 1000W power output (depending on sunlight quality). It is robust for challenging outdoor environments and equipped with an electric motor allowing users to extend it in seconds using remote control. Integrated LED lights provide also illumination for overnight RVing.
Eco-dynamic Tech is now offering a 25% early bird discount for pre-orders placed on its official website (www.econamictech.com) along with gifts.
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More Americans filed for jobless benefits last week, but layoffs remain historically low despite attempts by the Federal Reserve to cool the economy, and hiring, to bring down inflation.
Applications for jobless aid in the U.S. for the week ending Feb. 4 rose by 13,000 last week to 196,000, from 183,000 the previous week, the Labor Department reported Thursday. It’s the fourth straight week claims were under 200,000.
Jobless claims generally serve as a proxy for layoffs, which have been relatively low since the pandemic wiped out millions of jobs in the spring of 2020.
The four-week moving average of claims, which flattens out some of the week-to-week volatility, fell by 2,500 to 189,250. It’s the third straight week that the four-week moving average has been below 200,000 and the ninth straight weekly decline.
Last week, the Fed raised its main lending rate by 25 basis points, its eighth rate hike in less than a year. The central bank’s benchmark rate is now in a range of 4.5% to 4.75%, its highest level in 15 years. Chair Jerome Powell appeared to suggest that he foresees two additional quarter-point rate hikes.
So far, the Fed’s aggressive policy has pushed inflation down, but has had less impact on a resilient U.S. job market.
Last Friday, the government reported that employers added a sizzling 517,000 jobs in January and that the unemployment rate dipped to 3.4%, the lowest level since 1969. Analysts were expecting job gains of around 185,000.
Last month’s job gains were so large it confounded economists, who struggled to explain why the Fed’s aggressive interest rate hikes haven’t slowed hiring at a time when many foresee a recession nearing.
Also last week, the government reported that U.S. job openings rose to 11 million in December, up from 10.44 million in November and the highest since July. For 18 straight months, employers have posted at least 10 million openings — a level never reached before 2021 in Labor Department data going back to 2000. The number of openings in December meant that there were about two vacancies for every unemployed American.
Though the U.S. labor market remains robust, layoffs have been mounting in the technology sector, which is dealing with falling demand after a pandemic boom. IBM, Microsoft, Amazon, Salesforce, Facebook parent Meta, Twitter and DoorDash have all announced layoffs recently.
On Wednesday, The Walt Disney Co. said it will cut about 7,000 jobs as part of an ambitious companywide cost-savings plan and “strategic reorganization” announced by newly returned CEO Bob Iger. The job cuts amount to about 3% of the entertainment giant’s global workforce
The Fed’s interest rate hikes have hit the real estate sector the hardest, largely due to higher mortgage rates — currently above 6% — that have slowed home sales for 11 straight months. That’s almost step-in-step with the Fed’s rate hikes that began last March.
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KENT COUNTY, MI – A judge rejected former Grand Rapids police Officer Christopher Schurr’s efforts to dismiss a second-degree murder charge in the April killing of motorist Patrick Lyoya.
Kent County Circuit Judge Christina Elmore ruled on Friday, Feb. 3, that a lower court did not abuse its discretion in binding Schurr over for trial.
Schurr, 32, was not at Friday’s hearing.
He is charged with second-degree murder in the April 4 killing of Lyoya, a 26-year-old Congolese refugee, in a fight after a traffic stop on the city’s Southeast Side.
Matthew Borgula, one of Schurr’s attorneys, said the case has obvious implications for his client but also for police officers across the state. He said it is first time a police officer has been charged with murder under such circumstances.
“He certainly was making a lawful arrest. (Lyoya) had committed several felonies up to that point,” Borgula told the judge. “Disarming a police officer is a felony.”
Related: Prosecutor asks judge not to dismiss murder charge against officer who killed Patrick Lyoya
The violent encounter began around 8:10 a.m. Schurr stopped Lyoya’s car on Nelson Avenue SE just north of Griggs Street. Lyoya tried to run when the officer asked for his driver’s license.
Schurr caught him and they struggled for some time. Schurr twice fired his Taser but it was not successful. Schurr repeatedly told Lyoya to let go of the Taser. He was on top of Lyoya when he fired his handgun to the back of Lyoya’s head.
Grand Rapids District Judge Nicholas Ayoub in late October bound Schurr’s case over for trial in Kent County Circuit Court after a two-day preliminary examination.
RELATED: Attorneys for officer charged in Lyoya killing want case dismissed, cite 3 reasons
Attorneys for Schurr, who was fired, asked Elmore to overturn Ayoub’s ruling and dismiss charges.
The attorneys contended that Schurr was legally permitted to use deadly force to prevent Lyoya from fleeing and to make an arrest. They also said he had authority under state law to respond to Lyoya’s use of force and that Schurr acted in self-defense.
The defense also contended that prosecutors were required to provide evidence that Schurr did not act in self-defense. A Grand Rapids police captain testified at that hearing that Schurr followed his training and department policy.
Elmore, the judge, said Ayoud found probable cause that Schurr committed a crime. Whether it was justified should be left with a jury, she said. She disagreed with Ayoub allowing testimony at that previous hearing that suggested the shooting could be justified but said it had no impact on her ruling.
She said that police policies were not the issue at the preliminary hearing.
Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker opposed the defense motion to quash. He said the district judge did not abuse his discretion in binding the case over for trial.
He told the judge that a jury should determine whether Schurr acted reasonably and was justified in the shooting.
“Following the parties’ presentation of evidence and arguments, the district court properly found that conflicting facts existed regarding defendant’s claim of self-defense,” he wrote. “Concluding that the evidentiary record contained sufficient evidence for the trier of fact to find that defendant’s fear was not reasonable or that his ‘shooting of Lyoya in the back of the head’ was not necessary under the circumstances.”
Borgula told the judge the defense was likely to appeal her ruling.
The trial is set for next month but will likely be delayed.
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WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — The arrest affidavit for the suspect in Tuesday morning’s homicide in Scotland Park reveals he was the one who contacted police and notified them of the shooting.
Jason Christopher Myers, 39, of Wichita Falls, is charged with the murder of Paul Matthew Day, 28, of Orange Grove, Texas.
Myers’ bonds are currently set at $1 million.
According to the arrest affidavit, the Wichita Falls Police Department was contacted on Tuesday morning, June 21, 2022, about a shooting that took place in Scotland City Park.
Officers said they were contacted by Myers stating he was attacked by another male and that Myers shot him. When first responders arrived at the scene, they discovered Day was deceased with an apparent gunshot wound.
According to the affidavit, Myers was then transported to WFPD Headquarters, where he agreed to an interview with detectives from the Crimes Against Persons Unit.
Myers told police during an interview his daughter attends daycare at Scotland Park Elementary School, and that recently his daughter was told that the kids are not allowed to play outside because there is a homeless man in the park.
The affidavit said Myers told police on June 21, he dropped his daughter off at school and saw the homeless man, later identified as Day, under the pavilion at Scotland City Park.
Myers told police he pulled into a parking spot and yelled at Day to come speak with him, and that Day walked over to Myers while he was still in the truck.
According to the affidavit, Myers then told detectives he attempted to explain to Day what his daughter told him and asked Day if he could leave the park during the day.
Myers told police Day got “agitated” and raised his arms and said something to the effect of, “Look, I’m here. There’s nothing you can do about it.”
Detectives said Myers then told them he got out of his truck and asked Day if there was somewhere else he could go, then Myers said Day balled up his fists and hit Myers on the right side of his forehead.
The affidavit said Myers told police at this point, he pulled a handgun out of his waistband, but that Day continued to “come at” him, and that’s when Myers said he fired two or three rounds at Day.
Myers told police Day staggered away and eventually fell to the ground.
When detectives asked Myers if Day had any kind of weapon on him, Myers said Day had nothing only balled up fists. When they asked Myers why he pulled a gun on day, he told them he was in shock and that he wasn’t expecting to get hit and only wanted to have a conversation with Day.
According to authorities, witnesses on the scene stated they’ve seen Myers in his truck the past few days speeding around the area and said they thought he was looking for someone.
Police said witnesses also stated they did not see a physical confrontation prior to the shooting.
Detectives noted Myers did not appear to have any injuries on his person.
Myers told police he had looked for Day on Monday, June 20, but could not find him, but that his daughter sent him a tex message a few hours later and said Day was back at the park. Myers said when he arrived at the park, Day was no longer there.
According to WFPD Public Information Officer Sgt. Charlie Eipper, this murder marks the seventh homicide investigation in Wichita Falls so far in 2022.
The murder of Day in Scotland Park is the latest in a string of homicides in Wichita Falls. Since May 20, 2022, there were five incidents reported that resulted in six murders:
- Zackary Wood — May 20, 2022, on Brown Street
- Andrew Lopez — May 22, 2022, on Covington Street
- Andrew Gable — June 1, 2022, on 23rd Street
- Kaycee Wofford and Unborn Child — June 8, 2022, on Deer Park Way | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/crime/crime-crime/scotland-park-murder-suspect-calls-police-on-himself-affidavit-reveals/ | 2022-06-22 16:15:45 | 0 | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/crime/crime-crime/scotland-park-murder-suspect-calls-police-on-himself-affidavit-reveals/ |
CA Medford, OR Zone Forecast for Wednesday, September 14, 2022
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National Weather Service Medford, OR
209 AM PDT Thu Sep 15 2022
CAZ080-152300-
Western Siskiyou County-
Including the cities of Somes Bar, Happy Camp, Callahan, Etna,
Fort Jones, Greenview, and Scott Bar
209 AM PDT Thu Sep 15 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy then becoming sunny in the late morning
and early afternoon then becoming partly cloudy. Highs in the mid
60s to mid 70s. East winds around 5 mph shifting to the northwest
this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s to lower 50s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph shifting to the northeast after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming sunny. Highs
in the mid 60s to mid 70s. Northeast winds around 5 mph shifting
to the northwest in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s to lower 50s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph shifting to the southwest after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of showers in the
afternoon. Snow level 6500 feet. Highs in the lower 50s to lower
60s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. Chance of showers in the evening, then
showers likely after midnight. Lows in the lower to mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers in the morning, then
showers likely in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s to mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the mid 40s to lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly
cloudy. Chance of showers. Highs in the lower 60s to lower 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of
showers. Lows in the mid 40s to lower 50s. Highs in the lower 60s
to lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers in the
evening. Lows in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s
to mid 70s.
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CAZ081-152300-
Central Siskiyou County-
Including the cities of Hilt, Klamath River, and Yreka
209 AM PDT Thu Sep 15 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy then becoming sunny in the late morning
and early afternoon then becoming partly cloudy. Highs in the
lower 70s to lower 80s. Southeast winds around 5 mph early this
morning becoming light, then becoming northwest around 5 mph this
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s to lower 50s. North winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny with a slight chance of thunderstorms. Highs in
the lower 70s to lower 80s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s to lower 50s. North winds 10 to
15 mph shifting to the northwest around 5 mph after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of showers in the
afternoon. Snow level 7000 feet. Highs in the mid 50s to mid 60s.
North winds around 5 mph shifting to the southwest in the late
morning and afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. Chance of showers in the evening, then
showers likely after midnight. Lows in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
.SUNDAY...Showers likely. Highs in the mid 50s to mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the mid 40s to lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Warmer. Highs
in the mid 60s to mid 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance
of showers. Highs in the mid 60s to mid 70s. Lows in the mid 40s
to lower 50s.
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CAZ082-152300-
South Central Siskiyou County-
Including the cities of Mount Shasta, Dunsmuir, and McCloud
209 AM PDT Thu Sep 15 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy early this morning then becoming sunny.
Highs in the mid 60s to mid 70s. East winds around 5 mph shifting
to the south this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s to mid 40s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the north after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny in the morning then becoming partly cloudy.
Slight chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 60s to mid 70s.
North winds around 5 mph shifting to the west in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear with a 10 percent chance of
thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight.
Lows in the mid 30s to mid 40s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph
shifting to the north after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of rain showers in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s to mid 60s. Northeast winds
around 5 mph shifting to the southwest in the late morning and
afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Rain showers likely. Lows in the mid
30s to mid 40s. Highs in the mid 50s to mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers. Lows
in the mid 30s to mid 40s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Highs in the
mid 50s to mid 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Chance of rain showers. Lows in the mid 30s to mid 40s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly
cloudy. Chance of rain showers. Highs in the lower 60s to lower
70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance
of showers. Lows in the mid 30s to mid 40s. Highs in the lower
60s to lower 70s.
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CAZ083-152300-
North Central and Southeast Siskiyou County-
Including the cities of Pondosa, Bray, and Tennant
209 AM PDT Thu Sep 15 2022
.TODAY...Sunny until early afternoon then becoming partly cloudy.
Haze in the late morning and early afternoon. Highs in the mid
60s to mid 70s. Southwest winds around 5 mph shifting to the west
in the late morning and afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s to lower 50s. West
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny in the morning then becoming partly cloudy.
Slight chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 60s to mid 70s.
North winds around 5 mph shifting to the west in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear with a 10 percent chance of
thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight.
Lows in the lower to mid 40s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph
decreasing to around 5 mph after midnight, then shifting to the
south well after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of rain showers in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 50s to lower 60s. South winds
5 to 10 mph shifting to the southwest 10 to 15 mph in the late
morning and afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Rain showers likely. Cooler. Lows in
the mid 30s to mid 40s. Highs in the lower 50s to lower 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of
rain showers. Lows in the mid 30s to mid 40s. Highs in the mid
50s to mid 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance
of rain showers. Lows in the lower to mid 40s. Highs in the lower
60s to lower 70s.
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CAZ084-152300-
Northeast Siskiyou and Northwest Modoc Counties-
Including the cities of Newell, Tulelake, Dorris, and Macdoel
209 AM PDT Thu Sep 15 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy then becoming sunny in the late morning
and early afternoon then becoming partly cloudy. Haze in the late
morning and afternoon. Patchy smoke late this afternoon. Highs in
the lower to mid 70s. South winds around 5 mph shifting to the
northwest this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower to mid 40s. West winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of thunderstorms.
Highs in the lower to mid 70s. Southwest winds around 5 mph early
in the morning becoming light, then becoming northwest around
5 mph early in the afternoon increasing to 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. A 10 percent chance of
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
Northwest winds around 15 mph shifting to the west 5 to 10 mph in
the late evening and early morning, then shifting to the
southwest well after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of rain showers in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s. South winds
around 5 mph shifting to the southwest in the late morning and
afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. Chance of rain showers in the evening,
then rain showers likely after midnight. Lows around 40.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers. Highs in
the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers. Lows
in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers.
Highs in the lower to mid 60s. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance
of showers. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s. Highs in the lower
60s to lower 70s.
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CAZ085-152300-
Modoc County-
Including the cities of Day, Lookout, Adin, Alturas, Canby,
Davis Creek, and Likely
209 AM PDT Thu Sep 15 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Haze through the day. Patchy smoke this
afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 70s. Southwest winds around
5 mph shifting to the west this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Haze in the evening. Lows in the lower
to mid 40s. West winds 10 to 15 mph decreasing to around 5 mph
well after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny in the morning then becoming partly cloudy. Haze
in the morning. Slight chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the
lower to mid 70s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 10 percent chance of
thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear after midnight.
Lows in the lower to mid 40s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph
shifting to the south around 5 mph well after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of rain showers in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 60s. South winds around
5 mph shifting to the southwest 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. Chance of rain showers in the evening,
then rain showers likely after midnight. Lows in the lower to mid
40s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers. Highs in
the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers. Lows
in the mid 30s to mid 40s.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain
showers. Highs in the lower to mid 60s. Lows in the mid 30s to
mid 40s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers. Highs in
the mid 50s to mid 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance
of rain showers. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s. Highs in the
lower 60s to lower 70s.
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It’s been a busy past few months for pop-punk band Van Full of Nuns. Along with being one of the most in-demand cover bands in Dallas-Fort Worth, they’ve been hard at work on their own music. The group is a key player in the pop-punk revival on the North Texas music scene, particularly by way of launching the series Pop Punk Nites at local venues has lately been selling out shows in Austin, Colorado Springs and elsewhere.
It’s easy to see why Dallas loves them so much. The brotherly dynamic among lead vocalist Michael Perez, keyboardist and guitarist Josh Koder, drummer Todd Griffith, bassist and vocalist Jarrett Adlof and stage and merch manager Cameron Henson is immediately tangible on a Tuesday afternoon lunch meeting at Sundown at Granada. Perez had just arrived back from Italy after getting married. The band was also days away from performing at Taste Addison ahead of pop-punk newcomers Meet Me @ The Altar, and veterans 3OH!3, Hawthorne Heights and Story of the Year.
An iteration of the band began forming in 2016, when Koder founded an alternative rock band called Tory Sound. He discovered Perez, who was looking to be part of a band, through Craigslist. Griffith was also part of Tory Sound at the time. Three years and a few lineup changes later, Van Full of Nuns formed through fateful opportunity.
“We had kind of a pivotal point where there were promoters wanting to book our band to play after parties for punk and emo bands,” says Perez. “The first one was Taking Back Sunday, and it grew from there. We obviously wanted to say yes, but we didn't want to necessarily use the name Tory Sound because that was the original project. It was indie, it was folk, it was a whole different thing.
“One day when we were practicing, a van pulled up on Lewisville Lake. There are a lot of different groups that go through there, but this was literally a van full of nuns. And that was like the inspirational moment where we decided to take the Van Full of Nuns name and start doing the cover project with it.”
Since the band’s formation, it's become a vital component in the pop-punk scene, here and beyond Dallas. Last year, the band spearheaded Pop Punk's Not Dead in Buda, Texas, alongside Less Than Jake and Bowling for Soup. The monthly Pop Punk Nites the band puts on have become staples at venues such as Amplified and the Granada Theater.
The band’s repertoire consists of cover songs originally performed by the likes of Blink-182, My Chemical Romance, Jimmy Eat World and many others. Their musical inspiration and stylings partly inspired their first original release, “Unbound.”
Over triumphant guitar riffs and pounding drum loops, Perez sings a special message for the misfits and the rebels who keep pop-punk alive by jamming out at their shows.
“Turn it up / Scream it loud / This world’s our battleground / Fists up now / Strong and proud / This is the call of the unbound,” he sings on the song’s chorus.
“We decided to kind of unbind ourselves of the typical stigmas or rules of being a cover band,” Griffith says. “When people hear ‘cover band,’ they think ‘Oh, you cover a band,’ not that there’s anything wrong with that. But we’re trying to break that by being like, ‘Well, let's cover all of them. We're just gonna cover everything in this genre.’ The other kind of stigma was cover bands not writing original music, and so we’re like, ‘Let's unbind from that, and let's make this first original song.’”
Their latest single, the breezy, romantic “Summer Never Dies,” which was released in April, was written by Perez about his wife, Heather, and was inspired by their time at her family’s lake house.
“It was an opportunity for the both of us to really sit down and have that conversation about what the future of our relationship was gonna look like,” says Perez. “And then she kind of just threw it out there, the whole, like, ‘Let's just let's move forward with this thing. We're obviously in love with each other. Let's take it to the next level.’ And then the plans for going to Italy and all that came together after that.”
Over the song, Perez alludes to “making love under starry nights” and “drinking Fireball with our friends,” with hopes that these memories last forever. Moments after Perez broke down these lines, Griffith ordered shots of Fireball for the table.
When the shots arrived, the band members showed off their sacred shot-taking ritual. Raising the glass up high for “the pop” (the Father), down low for “the punk” (the Son), and across for “the pizza crust” (the Holy Ghost). This special form of “communion” is an integral part of the Pop Punk Nite experience.
Adloff, the newest member of Van Full of Nuns, joined the band about six months ago. The band had reached out to Adloff to join them on tour and found that he naturally gelled with the others.
“It was awesome,” Adloff says. “After one tour, it was like, ‘Hey, let's just do this thing.’”
Though Henson was not part of the original Tory Sound lineup, he has been with Van Full of Nuns since 2019, when he moved to Texas from Alabama for work. The self-proclaimed “insurance guy” hadn’t been part of a band, but upon meeting them and selling merch at some of their shows, he was encouraged to tap into his musical talents.
“I started taking guitar lessons and voice lessons,” recalls Henson, “and it’s ballooned. I feature onstage sometimes. They forced me to sing for the first time, which was great. It was terrifying, but it was great.”
“Strongly encouraged!” Griffith adds.
“Strongly encouraged,” replies Henson in agreement.
As this dialogue would suggest, Griffith maintains an air of positivity. One of the band’s songs, “Miss Me With That,” was inspired by a phrase Griffith often repeats when dealing with shit-talking haters.
Band members often read negative comments online and hear naysayers declaring that pop-punk is dead. “Miss Me With That” is the band’s way of looking past that negativity and simply doing what they do best: cranking out pop-punk tunes for the new age.
“That song came out around the point when Pop Punk Nite was starting to take off,” says Perez, “and with positivity and success also comes a lot of haters. I mean, all you have to do is go through one of our Facebook ads, and you'll see a bunch of not-so-nice comments. As it turns out, we tend to make friends with them anyway and get them out to our shows.
“Todd's a marketing genius and communicates to every comment and message that we receive, but nevertheless, we wanted to also write a song that captured an ‘F you’ to the haters, as well as giving it that positive, edgy twist that we like to put on things.”
A more personal track is the existential “Is Heaven Worth The Hell I’m Living,” which was written while the band was in their “grind phase.” The song came together as they were starting to book more venues out of state and spending more time on the road. During that time, they began to question whether the fate of the band was worth the trouble of tour life.
“Everything started clicking,” says Griffith. “We started attaining these goals and seeing this vision, and with that come sacrifices, as much fun as it is. As much as we'd love to just stay on the road, we all have families, wives, kids, and different things behind us. And is that goal of heaven worth this hell? It comes about that while all of this is fantastic, and we're gonna keep grinding for it.
“That was a balanced phase, where it was like, ‘Man, is this really worth the sacrifices that it's taking on our physical or mental health? On the stability of our partnerships back home?’ It was a challenging deal. And since that song, we've all really focused on how we work smarter, not harder.”
Thankfully, Van Full of Nuns has plenty of Texas events coming up this summer.
On June 15, they'll be in Kemah at the Kemah Boardwalk, with Bay City band As The City Sleeps. Then it's back to Fort Worth at the Rail Club on June 17, again with As The City Sleeps, alongside New Orleans pop-punk band Neutral Snap, as well as Austin five-piece Burning Years.
They will play a special show at the Granada Theatre on July 22, with City of Auburn, All There Is and Thru It All. As the band continues to grow, they share they same mission as their fans – to continue to prove that pop-punk isn’t dead and to platform other pop-punk acts.
“We have so many original projects on the scene that we've been introduced to,” says Koder. “I do a lot of the booking for the pop-punk stuff in the area, and it has been great to see all of the original pop-punk bands being produced. We know from our experience in the nostalgia behind all the pop-punk songs we grew up with that we could play an hour-and-a-half of covers, but I think it's really cool to introduce what's new on the scene.” | https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/van-full-of-nuns-are-a-dfw-pop-punk-cover-band-16767770 | 2023-06-09 13:13:37 | 1 | https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/van-full-of-nuns-are-a-dfw-pop-punk-cover-band-16767770 |
Warm, few showers over the weekend, but our next big soaker Impacts Wednesday
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NOW FROM OUR SKY CAMERA NETWORK. 59 DEGREES IN BIRMINGHAM. YOU CAN SEE VISIBILITY IS DECENT RIGHT NOW. THAT’S THE REGION’S BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN BIRMINGHAM, NEXT TO THE SHIP BUILDING. AND WE HAVE TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER FIFTIES AND LOW SIXTIES. EVERYONE IS GOING TO SEE VERY MILD DAYS THIS WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES ARE RIGHT ON SCHEDULE FAR AS WINTER GOES. NORTH OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY, NORTH OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS, BASICALLY THE MIDWEST AND HEADING INTO NEW ENGLAND. THE TEMPERATURES AT 60 AND TUSCALOOSA, A LITTLE BIT OF A TEMPERATURE DISPARITY. YOU CAN SEE 46 DEGREES RIGHT NOW. IN COLEMAN. THERE’S A LOT OF FOG, TOO. AND THAT WILL PREVENT THE TEMPERATURE FROM MOVING MUCH THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. KIND OF A BLANKET. IT’S PREVENTING ANY KIND OF VARIATION OF TEMPERATURES. THE VISIBILITY, WHEN IT SAYS ZERO VISIBILITY, IT MEANS WHEN YOU’RE DRIVING, IT’S ABOUT 100 FEET IN FRONT OF YOU. SO GOING ON I-20 TO KEEP MIND THAT SEVERAL VISIBILITY ISSUES ARE LIKELY AROUND THE HIGHWAYS. AND SO CULLMAN COUNTY TO MARION AND WINSTON COUNTY, ALL THE TRIBUTARIES OF SMITHVILLE LAKE VISIBILITIES, OKAY. AROUND AREAS OF TUSCALOOSA BIRMINGHAM AND INTO AREAS OF ST CLAIR COUNTY. MOST OF THE RAIN RIGHT NOW IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY, NOT SEEING ANY KIND OF WHITE STUFF EITHER AT THIS TIME. OF COURSE, THAT MAY CHANGE AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN TIME NORTH IN THE GREAT LAKES, THE FUTURE CAST FOR US. SOME RAIN ARRIVING OVERNIGHT, BUT FOR THE MOST PART TODAY STAYS DRY. SATURDAY DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A WASHOUT ON ABOUT, I’D SAY ABOUT 5 P.M. ON THE DOT. WE START TO SEE A LOT MORE THUNDERSTORMS, I WOULD SAY DEVELOPING IN SOUTHWEST OR IN PORTIONS OF THE STATE. THIS IS A LONG RANGE FORECAST MODEL THAT, TAKES US OUT ABOUT SEVEN DAYS. BUT THE DETAILS NOT GREAT, BUT IT DOES TAKE US TO WEDNESDAY BECAUSE THAT’S GOING TO BE OUR NEXT BIG WEATHER MAKER WILL HAVE HIT AND MISS SHOWERS 30, 40%. BUT ONCE WE HEAD INTO TUESDAY, IT GETS REALLY WARM AND THEN WEDNESDAY, CHECK THAT OUT. THUNDERSTORMS. THIS IS A COLD FRONT. THIS IS GOING TO CHANGE THE TEMPERATURE LANDSCAPE. SO THE WARM TEMPERATURES WILL DIMINISH AFTER THAT NEXT PERIOD. AND THEN 11 DAYS THAT WILL BE THE WINTER SOLSTICE. SO THE 21ST, THAT’S THE LONGEST OF THE YEAR. EVEN AS WE LOOK AT THE 6 TO 10, A TEN DAY OUTLOOK. THE TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER THAN AVERAGE THE NEXT 6 TO 10 DAYS. SO THERE’S NEXT THURSDAY. SO THAT IMPACT DAY WILL BE WEDNESDAY DAY WHERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
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Warm, few showers over the weekend, but our next big soaker Impacts Wednesday
Occasional showers and storms develop over the weekend, but our next big soaker arrives with heavy rainfall Wednesday: check the video forecast for the latest.MILD NEAR 70, MORE RAIN INTO SUNDAYThe record-setting warmth of this week ends with one more day near 70°F on Saturday before a pattern-wrecking storm system brings widespread rain and storms next week.Warm Saturday: It still feels muggy and unusually warm; expect highs in the upper 60s to lower 70s with a light south wind. When does the rain get here? Some spotty showers could develop as early as 11 am to 2 pm, but most of Central Alabama gets rain after sunset through Saturday night and on through Sunday.Impact Day Sunday: Impact Day means nuisance, annoying, plan-altering weather. You can expect some rainy periods from dawn to dusk and even through Sunday evening. Around 0.5" to 1.0" of rain falls on average with some locally higher amounts. SEVEN DAY FORECAST Next week starts mild and mostly dry on Monday. A brief shower or two could still develop here and there, but a major storm system (that 'pattern-wrecker' mentioned above) winds up over the Southern Plains kicking off severe storms from Texas to Mississippi and southwestern Alabama through Tuesday and Wednesday.The severe weather threat for North and Central Alabama is in the low or none-at-all category because of a cooling, stabilizing push of air from the east. That sets us up for a breezy, rainy and occasionally stormy Wednesday: flooding being the main weather threat for this area with another 1-2" (up to 4" in North Alabama) of rain coming.After the storms, that pattern wrecking storm system ends December's warm start and ushers in a much colder period for the middle of the month. —STAY WEATHER AWAREGet the free WVTM 13 app and turn on the alerts for the latest weather updates.For the latest Birmingham weather information and central Alabama's certified most accurate forecast, watch WVTM 13 News.Current Weather ConditionsHourly Forecast | 10-Day ForecastInteractive RadarBirmingham SkycamsLive Doppler RadarSign Up For Email Weather AlertsDownload the WVTM 13 AppDon't forget to follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Occasional showers and storms develop over the weekend, but our next big soaker arrives with heavy rainfall Wednesday: check the video forecast for the latest.
MILD NEAR 70, MORE RAIN INTO SUNDAY
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The record-setting warmth of this week ends with one more day near 70°F on Saturday before a pattern-wrecking storm system brings widespread rain and storms next week.
Warm Saturday: It still feels muggy and unusually warm; expect highs in the upper 60s to lower 70s with a light south wind.
When does the rain get here? Some spotty showers could develop as early as 11 am to 2 pm, but most of Central Alabama gets rain after sunset through Saturday night and on through Sunday.
Impact Day Sunday: Impact Day means nuisance, annoying, plan-altering weather. You can expect some rainy periods from dawn to dusk and even through Sunday evening. Around 0.5" to 1.0" of rain falls on average with some locally higher amounts.
SEVEN DAY FORECAST
Next week starts mild and mostly dry on Monday. A brief shower or two could still develop here and there, but a major storm system (that 'pattern-wrecker' mentioned above) winds up over the Southern Plains kicking off severe storms from Texas to Mississippi and southwestern Alabama through Tuesday and Wednesday.
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The severe weather threat for North and Central Alabama is in the low or none-at-all category because of a cooling, stabilizing push of air from the east. That sets us up for a breezy, rainy and occasionally stormy Wednesday: flooding being the main weather threat for this area with another 1-2" (up to 4" in North Alabama) of rain coming.
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After the storms, that pattern wrecking storm system ends December's warm start and ushers in a much colder period for the middle of the month. | https://www.wvtm13.com/article/birmingham-alabama-weather-forecast-december-warm-weekend-rain-impact-wednesday/42205407 | 2022-12-10 14:34:27 | 1 | https://www.wvtm13.com/article/birmingham-alabama-weather-forecast-december-warm-weekend-rain-impact-wednesday/42205407 |
McKenzie River Trust to manage Willamette Confluence Preserve
After a decade of restoration, The Nature Conservancy is transferring The Willamette Confluence Preserve to the McKenzie River Trust.
The Willamette Confluence Preserve is a 1,305-acre natural area located between the Coast Fork and Middle Fork of the Willamette River.
In 2010, The Nature Conservancy purchased the area from Wildish Sand and Gravel Co., which previously used the site to source gravel and other materials to build roads and buildings in Eugene and Springfield, according to McKenzie River Trust officials.
The Nature Conservancy carried out restoration projects to improve water quality, fish and wildlife habitat and species diversity near the urban core, officials said. Working with Friends of Buford Park and Mt. Pisgah, it planted half a million trees and shrubs in the floodplain to enhance oak savannah further upslope, officials said.
“The Willamette Confluence is a precious part of the Willamette Valley, with over 30 at-risk native fish and wildlife species including Chinook salmon and western meadowlark, Oregon’s state bird,” said Jason Nuckols, the project’s manager for The Nature Conservancy in Oregon. “We are so pleased with the recovery we have seen in response to years of habitat restoration with support from community partners, generous donors and dedicated volunteers. We look forward to MRT’s leadership to ensure the Willamette Confluence Preserve is a place where nature and people can thrive.”
Bonneville Power Administration and the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board hold long-term conservation easements to ensure the proper management of fish and wildlife habitats, officials said. Public access is currently limited to small guided tours.
The McKenzie River Trust said it plans to work with community partners to develop long-term management plans and establish a collaborative stewardship approach. It also said it plans to support community engagement opportunities.
The McKenzie River Trust has started working with community groups to provide guided access opportunities, including an educational partnership with Springfield School District's WELL Project. It will continue hosting limited mobility tours of the area with the City of Eugene and Willamalane, officials said.
“Being so close to the hearts of Springfield and Eugene, the Willamette Confluence provides unique opportunities for connection with the wild," said Joe Moll, McKenzie River Trust’s executive director. "Exploring these connections while also ensuring the integrity and ecological health of the area will take many partners and some collective restraint. At the end of the day, this space is for the critters and the rivers that have created it.”
Makenzie Elliott covers breaking news and public safety for The Register-Guard. Reach her at MElliott@gannett.com. Find her on Twitter at @makenzielliott. | https://www.registerguard.com/story/news/environment/2023/02/03/mckenzie-river-trust-to-manage-willamette-confluence-preserve/69862989007/ | 2023-02-03 23:42:28 | 1 | https://www.registerguard.com/story/news/environment/2023/02/03/mckenzie-river-trust-to-manage-willamette-confluence-preserve/69862989007/ |
MISSOURI (KSNF/KODE) — A state park in Missouri is staking claim to the nickname “America’s Little Grand Canyon.”
Grand Gulf State Park, located in South Central Missouri (along the Missouri/Arkansas state line), is one of the natural wonders of the Ozarks. The highlight of the park is the collapsed cave system (one of the nation’s largest) known as the Grand Gulf. It stretches for nearly a mile between 130-foot-high walls, making it deeper than it is wide.
The cave’s roof forms one of the largest natural bridges in the state, spanning 200 feet with an opening 75 feet high and 50 feet wide.
Visitors of Missouri’s Little Grand Canyon will come across a variety of natural wonders. Inside the 322-acre park, boardwalks and overlooks have been installed so that visitors can get a view from the edge of the cliffs and descend partway into the canyon without endangering themselves or the environment. Many of the outdoor exhibits tell the story of the Grand Gulf and help park visitors understand how it was formed.
Visitors can also travel along several hiking trails, which all offer great views of the canyon from above. As a word of caution: There is no trail leading to the gulf’s bottom, so approach with caution if you attempt to go there.
While the cave is inaccessible now, in the late 1800s, early explorers entered it and discovered a very low ceiling and several small, white-eyeless fish.
By the 1920s, a severe storm washed many downed trees and other debris into the gulf, filling the cave and leaving it impenetrable.
In the early 1990s, a robot with a digging tool and a remote camera was able to make it into the cave, determining it was not feasible to gain access through the massive blockage. Even now, heavy rains will fill the gulf to depths exceeding 100 feet, with water slowly draining out over a period of weeks.
In 1971, Grand Gulf was designated a National Natural Landmark. In 1984 the property became a Missouri State Park through a donated lease with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
In July of 1986, a 60-acre portion of the L-A-D Foundation property was designated as a Missouri Natural Area.
To find more information on Grand Gulf State Park, click here. | https://www.ksn.com/news/state-regional/americas-little-grand-canyon-located-in-missouri/ | 2022-11-02 12:43:35 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/state-regional/americas-little-grand-canyon-located-in-missouri/ |
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — California's Oakland Zoo has recovered all but one of six birds that flew the coop last week when a tree fell during a storm and damaged an aviary.
A pied crow named Deauville was captured Saturday after an Oakland resident a few miles from the zoo reported that the distinctive black-and-white bird was in her yard, according to the zoo's social media posts.
Zookeepers lured the bird into the home and quickly shut the door behind it.
That left one fugitive to recover, another pied crow named Diego, the zoo said.
The two pied crows, three superb starlings and a hooded vulture named Oliver escaped from the San Francisco Bay Area zoo on March 21 when the falling tree tore a mesh covering over the African Savanna aviary.
The starlings did not venture far from the aviary and were soon recovered. The hooded vulture spent three days in trees on zoo grounds before food treats lured him to the flamingo habitat, where he was recovered. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/zoo-recovers-5-of-6-birds-that-escaped-17862571.php | 2023-03-27 18:42:25 | 1 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/zoo-recovers-5-of-6-birds-that-escaped-17862571.php |
- Agreement Significantly Expands Access to Phexxi® for Millions of Women Seeking an FDA-Approved, Hormone-Free, On-Demand Option to Prevent Pregnancy
- Long-term Contract Adds to Growing List of Agreements with Payers Opening New and Significant Access to Phexxi
- Evofem Expects Increases in Phexxi Prescriptions and Significant Cost-Savings from Agreements
SAN DIEGO, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Evofem Biosciences, Inc., (Nasdaq: EVFM) today announced it has reached an agreement with one of the nation's largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) to ensure most women covered by this plan can fill their Phexxi® (lactic acid, citric acid, potassium bitartrate) prescriptions for pregnancy prevention, without restrictions such as prior authorization or step therapy.
"This new agreement removes existing barriers, allowing women in the U.S. covered by this plan to fill their Phexxi prescriptions immediately," said Saundra Pelletier, Chief Executive Officer of Evofem. "We have already seen a significant increase in the profitability of each Phexxi prescription this year, and we look forward to further prescription growth while providing millions of more women with barrier-free access to Phexxi."
With the removal of the prior authorization process for this PBM, starting on July 1, 2022, Evofem anticipates saving approximately $400,000 through the end of 2022 and close to $1 million on an annualized basis.
The agreement comes as Evofem continues building upon earlier successes and lining up further access through other health insurers and PBMs to increase a woman's ability to obtain Phexxi. This year alone, Evofem has opened avenues to, and continues to finalize access opportunities with the following payers to cover Phexxi:
- One of the largest payers in California, with no copay for patients
- One of the largest payers in Utah, with no prior authorization
- One of the largest payers in Hawaii, with no copay for Phexxi patients
- A regional payer in the Pacific Northwest
- Numerous state Medicaid systems providing coverage for more than 12 million lives with no prior authorization
In January of this year, the Health Resources and Services Administration and the U.S. Department of Labor updated their guidance regarding access to contraception in the U.S. The updates specify that most insurers and PBMs provide coverage, with no out-of-pocket costs to women, for FDA-approved contraceptive products, like Phexxi, prescribed by healthcare providers.
Recently, members of the U.S. Senate sent letters to certain health insurers and PBM requesting information regarding their lack of coverage for FDA-approved contraception as outlined in the federal guidelines. Evofem continues to support these steps aimed at protecting women's access to Phexxi.
"Evofem's sales force continues updating doctors and their offices about these new agreements, paving the way for easier access to Phexxi," said Katherine Atkinson, Chief Commercial Officer of Evofem. "We are proud to work with payers that understand the need to provide access to non-hormonal contraception for women, and we anticipate the number of women filling their Phexxi prescriptions will continue to notably rise for the remainder of this year and beyond, as it has since the start of 2022."
Phexxi is an on-demand method of birth control used to prevent pregnancy. Phexxi is not effective when used after sex. For more information about Phexxi, talk to your healthcare provider and see full Product Information at www.phexxi.com.
- Rare cases (0.36%) of bladder and kidney infections have been reported. If you have a history of urinary tract problems that keep coming back, you should not use Phexxi.
- Contact your healthcare provider if you are experiencing genitourinary side effects such as vaginal burning, itching, discharge, genital discomfort (including in male partners), yeast infection, urinary tract infection, or bacterial vaginosis.
- Phexxi does not protect against sexually transmitted infections, including HIV.
For more information about Phexxi, talk to your healthcare provider and see full Product Information at www.phexxi.com.
Please report side effects by contacting Evofem Biosciences toll-free at 1-833-EVFMBIO or contact FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or www.fda.gov/medwatch.
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Evofem Biosciences, Inc., (Nasdaq: EVFM) is developing and commercializing innovative products to address unmet needs in women's sexual and reproductive health, including hormone-free, woman-controlled contraception and protection from chlamydia and gonorrhea. The Company's first FDA-approved product, Phexxi® (lactic acid, citric acid, and potassium bitartrate), is a hormone-free, on-demand prescription contraceptive vaginal gel. It comes in a box of 12 pre-filled applicators and is applied 0-60 minutes before each act of sex. Top-line data is expected in the second half of 2022 from the registrational Phase 3 EVOGUARD trial evaluating Phexxi for the prevention of chlamydia and gonorrhea in women, two potential new indications. Learn more at phexxi.com and evofem.com.
Phexxi® is a registered trademark of Evofem Biosciences, Inc.
This press release includes "forward-looking statements," within the meaning of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements provided by Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 including, without limitation, statements related to the anticipated impact of the new pharmacy benefit manager agreement on Phexxi prescriptions and insurance coverage. Various factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed or implied in the forward-looking statements, including market and other conditions, and you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are current only as of the date of this press release. Each of these forward-looking statements involves risks and uncertainties. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed or implied in the forward-looking statements, or that could impair the value of Evofem Biosciences' assets and business, are disclosed in the Company's SEC filings, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the SEC on March 10, 2022. All forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by such factors. The Company does not undertake any duty to update any forward-looking statement except as required by law.
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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — With their future uncertain, recipients of a federal program for people brought to the U.S. illegally as children are calling on Congress to push past gridlock and act to help them.
Last week, an appeals court ruled the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program for legal status unlawful, though a stay was issued as the case was sent back to the district court for more consideration. For now, the government may not accept new applications on the program, which already has hundreds of thousands of recipients.
“We are in a moment of great urgency,” Greisa Martinez Rosas, the executive director of United We Dream immigration advocacy group, said.
“It’s our responsibility to do everything we can,” Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said during a virtual news conference Tuesday.
He vowed to pressure Republicans to pass legislation that would permanently codify the program.
“We need them to come around,” he said of Republicans.
Democrats need 10 Senate Republicans to join them to pass a bill to protect DACA recipients, but Durbin said that only four are currently ready to act. One of them is Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.
“Durbin knows that I’m one that wants to sit down and do something on DACA,” Grassley said.
He said protecting recipients is a no-brainer.
“Because the DACA kids were brought here by their parents,” he explained. “The kids didn’t violate our laws.”
Grassley said any solution must be linked to reforms to combat illegal immigration.
“Five, six, seven thousand people cross the river every day to enter our country against our laws,” he said, “and it’s poisoned the whole debate.”
Durbin said Democrats will attempt to pass protections after the midterm elections. | https://who13.com/news/washington-dc-bureau/daca-recipients-call-on-congress-to-pass-protections/ | 2022-10-11 22:26:26 | 1 | https://who13.com/news/washington-dc-bureau/daca-recipients-call-on-congress-to-pass-protections/ |
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Almost two decades ago, Birmingham Water Works (BWWB) created a nonprofit to help customers who are struggling with their bills. But this year, while thousands are struggling, the nonprofit ran out of money.
The Help 2 Others foundation (H2O) was established with support from BWWB and the Salvation Army to assist ratepayers who can’t afford their water or Jefferson County sewer bills.
“Residents interested in assistance from H2O may contact the H2O assistance line at 205-244-4390,” said Kathryn Carrabine of BGrace Media, representing H2O. “Residents are then scheduled for an appointment to assess eligibility with a designated specialist. These appointments take place at the Salvation Army. Currently, residents must be a Birmingham Water Works customer, have a bill in their name, and meet the eligibility requirements. Eligible residents could receive financial assistance once per year, not to exceed $500. If approved, the H2O Foundation sends the funds directly to the utility provider.”
But that’s not exactly what happened to BWWB customer Dana Prater. She said her experience reaching out to the foundation for funds a couple months ago did not go so smoothly.
Prater said it took a month to connect with an assistance line representative who she described as “rude” and to be scheduled for an appointment to see a specialist.
“After she hung up, I realized she made the date for a Saturday,” said Prater. “I called her back and had to call several times to get someone to answer again. I asked her if they were open on Saturday and she rudely told me they were not, so I asked her why she scheduled my appointment on a Saturday when she knows they are closed. She rescheduled my time but was rude about it. I think she was hoping for me not to catch the mistake.”
Prater said she received a call two weeks after the rescheduling and was informed H2O was out of funds to assist her.
In an interview later, H2O confirmed it was out of funds for 2022.
“Unfortunately, the foundation is out of funds for the year; since the non-profit is donation based, the funds vary annually,” Carrabine said in a written response. “We are sorry to hear a customer had difficulty getting an appointment and had a negative experience.
“To contact the H2O Foundation, you must call the assistance line at (205) 244-4390, where a dedicated H2O representative will assist you. While the appointments take place at the Salvation Army, the only way to contact H2O is through the assistance line or info@h2obham.org. We try to help residents to the best of our ability; however various factors can affect the amount of aid we are able to distribute, such as limited staff, high-interest demand, fund limits, and eligibility requirements. To view more information about eligibility, residents can visit h2obham.org.”
Carrabine said that there have been years where the foundation has been able to assist people through the end of the year, but its ability to do so, depends on how much is donated.
She did not respond to requests for the specific amount of this year’s donations versus last year’s. She also would not offer a specific reason for the funding shortfall this year.
“The allocated funds are delivered to customers throughout the year and vary on how many community members request support and the number of customer donations the foundation has received,” Carrabine said. “So, it really varies annually how much the foundation is able to support community members.”
The foundation’s shortfall of funds comes in a year when thousands of Birmingham Water Works customers have been dealing with persistent billing issues for more than a year. Some have gotten late bills or bills that were estimated incorrectly. In some cases, customers have had to contend with bills for hundreds of dollars, leading to increased scrutiny and criticism of the utility.
In recent days, BWWB has revamped it’s billing and begun reaching out to affected customers with efforts assist with billing issues.
H2O, an earlier initiative to help struggling customers provides assistance in the form of bill payments or plumbing repairs that help lower someone’s water bill if they have a leak, according to the foundation’s website.
Applicants must be 50 years of age or older, disabled, or have a health condition that would be impacted by the loss of water in their homes to be eligible according to the H2O website.
The majority of their funding comes from grants and donations, including some from BWWB as part of an elective option for ratepayers to donate toward the foundation through their bills.
The foundation works out of the Salvation Army offices and uses their space for meetings and their assistance line.
Aside from the designated specialists from the Salvation Army that work for H2O, the foundation also has a board of directors consisting of the following members according to their site:
· Michael Johnson- BWWB General Manager
· Melvin Staples-Birmingham Water Works Board, Retiree
· Connie Harris- Sheppard, Harris & Associates
· Mike O’Brien- ACIPCO Federal Credit Union
· Jason Eppenger- Citizens Trust Bank
· Brian Ruggs- ARCADIS, U.S., Inc.
· Theo Johnson- Jacobs Engineering
· K. Mark Parnell- Parnell Thompson, LLC- BWWB Attorney
· Karen Wadlington- Associate Board Member - Jefferson County Board of Equalization
To address what Carrabine called “growing foundational needs,” last year H2O held its first competitive search for an executive director and selected former guidance counselor and real estate agent Jamekia Bies.
“At each level, from the community to the boardroom, she is committed to having a positive impact on the social structure of everything within her reach,” H2O’s website says of Bies.
Although there are several BWWB representatives on their board, H2O and BWWB member George Munchus said that the foundation stands independently from the utility, aside from the ratepayer donations. | https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2022/12/non-profit-that-helps-birmingham-water-works-customers-pay-bill-out-of-money-for-2022.html | 2022-12-06 18:52:14 | 0 | https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2022/12/non-profit-that-helps-birmingham-water-works-customers-pay-bill-out-of-money-for-2022.html |
STOCKHOLM, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Medivir AB (Nasdaq Stockholm: MVIR) today announces that the company will present at the Pareto Securities´ Healthcare conference on September 7, 2022. CEO Jens Lindberg will present the company and the clinical development of the focus project fostroxacitabine bralpamide (fostrox) in primary liver cancer. The presentation will be held at 15.45 CET at Sergel Hub, Sveavägen 10A in Stockholm.
The presentation will be available after the meeting on Medivirs website; www.medivir.com.
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Medivir develops innovative drugs with a focus on cancer where the unmet medical needs are high. The drug candidates are directed toward indication areas where available therapies are limited or missing and there are great opportunities to offer significant improvements to patients. Medivir is focusing on the development of fostroxacitabine bralpamide (MIV-818), a pro-drug designed to selectively treat liver cancer cells and to minimize side effects. Collaborations and partnerships are important parts of Medivir's business model, and the drug development is conducted either by Medivir or in partnership. Birinapant, a SMAC mimetic, is exclusively outlicensed to IGM Biosciences (Nasdaq: IGMS) to be developed in combination with IGM-antibodies for the treatment of solid tumors. Medivir's share (ticker: MVIR) is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm's Small Cap list. www.medivir.com.
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KEITHVILLE, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – A group of chimpanzees known as “The Treetop Ten” are settling into their new home at Chimp Haven after a 1,600 mile-country trip from the west coast, leaving behind a defunct wildlife refuge outside of the city of Los Angeles for country living in the backwoods of northern Louisiana.
It took three years, $4 million in donations, and careful planning for the last of 40 stranded primates to reach their new home at the world’s largest Chimpanzee sanctuary, which is located in DeSoto Parish near Keithville.
“We’ve been working tirelessly for three years to rescue the chimps impacted by the closure of the Wildlife Waystation, and I’m ecstatic that the final moves to sanctuary have been done,” North American Primate Sanctuary Alliance (NAPSA) Program Director Erika Fleury said in a statement released Tuesday.
NAPSA organization led the fundraising campaign Chimpanzees in Need, which raised more than $4 million to bring the chimps to Chimp Haven.
Thanks to the Annenberg Foundation, earlier this year Chimp Haven was able to complete a $20 million expansion that allows them to accommodate up to 100 additional chimpanzees.
The new Annenberg Pavilion includes a prep kitchen and food storage for caregivers, areas for veterinary staff, open-air corrals, and three new multi-acre habitats.
The Treetop Ten were the last of 40 chimpanzees left behind when the Wildlife Waystation refuge closed unexpectedly in 2019. Most of the animals were rehomed, but chimpanzees require complex and specialized care, and there was no place for them to go until Chimpanzees in Need was formed. Over a three-year period, Chimpanzees in Need worked with a handful of facilities across the country capable of caring for chimps to expand their habitats to welcome the chimpanzees, most of whom were retired from biomedical research or the entertainment industry.
While Chimp Haven has been the largest chimpanzee sanctuary in the world since 2018, it has been the subject of some criticism from animal rights groups in recent years, including a federal complaint in July that cited an escape and deaths caused by fights among chimpanzees. Federal regulators have since confirmed the sanctuary had acted to correct the problems.
In its announcement of the transfer of the final chimps from Los Angeles, Chimp Haven noted that Chimpanzees In Need has the endorsement of leading ethologist and activist Dr. Jane Goodall.
“I’ve visited these sanctuaries,” Goodall said of Chimp Haven and other accredited sanctuaries working to save the Wildlife Waystation chimpanzees. “They’ll provide perfect environments where these chimpanzees, who’ve known so much suffering, can live out their lives in peace.”
Axil, Buster, Connor, December, Denise, Inky, Mocha, and Tequila, the last Chimpanzees to be rescued, were transported from California to Louisiana by a team of experts. All ten chimps arrived safely at Chimp Haven and are currently settling into their new environment. They will spend this Christmas surrounded by hundreds of other chimps in the piney woods, climbing real trees for what will likely be the first time in their lives.
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More than 100 classified Trump docs recovered during Mar-a-Lago search earlier this year
Video above: FBI seized 'top secret' documents from Trump's estate
The National Archives recovered 100 documents bearing classified markings, totaling more than 700 pages, from an initial batch of 15 boxes retrieved from Mar-a-Lago earlier this year, according to newly public government correspondence with the Trump legal team.
The numbers make clear the large volume of secret government documents recovered months ago from former President Donald Trump's Florida estate, well before FBI officials returned there with a search warrant on Aug. 8 and removed an additional 11 sets of classified records. The warrant also reveals an FBI investigation into the potential unlawful retention of the records as well as obstruction of justice.
The figures on documents were included in a May 10 letter in which acting archivist Debra Steidel Wall told a lawyer for Trump, Evan Corcoran, that the Biden administration would not be honoring the former president's claims of executive privilege over the documents.
Corcoran had weeks earlier requested additional time to review the materials in the boxes before the Archives turned them over to the FBI so that he could to determine if some were subject to executive privilege and therefore exempt from disclosure, according to the letter.
The letter was made public Tuesday on the website of the National Archives and Records Administration. It was earlier released Monday night on a website launched by John Solomon, who was appointed by Trump in June to be one of his designated representatives to the Archives and who is a Trump ally and conservative journalist.
The archivist's letter says the Justice Department had found "no precedent for an assertion of executive privilege by a former President against an incumbent President to prevent the latter" from obtaining from the Archives presidential records that belong to the federal government and that are needed for current government business. As a result, the letter said, claims of executive privilege would not be honored and the FBI would be given access to the documents in a matter of days.
The Archives had asked the Justice Department to investigate after saying that it had located classified material among the 15 boxes of records it retrieved from Mar-a-Lago that it said should have been turned over by Trump at the end of his White House tenure.
In the letter, archivist Wall writes that in those boxes, the Archives had identified items marked as classified at the top secret level as well as information about special access programs.
It says the records included 100 documents with classified markings, "comprising more than 700 pages" and cites an excerpt from separate correspondence from the Justice Department's National Security Division saying that "access to the materials is not only necessary for purposes of our ongoing criminal investigation" but also for an "assessment of the potential damage" resulting from the ways in which the documents were transported and stored.
Corcoran did not immediately return messages seeking comment on the letter.
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NEWPORT, R.I. — Surprise! Joni Mitchell is back onstage.
The folk legend performed her first full-length concert on Sunday at the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island, The Boston Globe reported. Mitchell has contended with health complications since suffering an aneurysm in 2015, and her last full show was in late 2002, according to reports.
Seated in a wingback chair and wearing a blue beret and sunglasses, Mitchell joined festival headliner Brandi Carlile and a bevy of other artists, including Wynonna Judd, Allison Russell and Marcus Mumford. It was Mitchell’s first Newport festival performance since 1969.
This was, Carlile explained, a recreation of the “Joni Jam” musical gatherings that have brought famous friends like Elton John to Mitchell's Los Angeles home in recent years.
And Mitchell wasn't there to just to sing. Halfway through the 13-song set, she played an electric guitar solo, which was her first time playing guitar in public since her aneurysm, Carlile said.
The ensemble played Mitchell’s most familiar songs (“Circle Game,” “Big Yellow Taxi”) and a few of her favorites (“Love Potion No. 9,” “Why Do Fools Fall in Love”).
After their rendition of “Both Sides Now,” Carlile was fighting back tears. Addressing the audience, she asked: “Did the world just stop?”
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Twitter owner Elon Musk pleaded with advertisers to keep using his platform on Wednesday as he sketched out his plans for user verification, content moderation and even his intention to add banking features to Twitter in front of a live audience of over 100,000 users.
During an hour-long Twitter Spaces session attended by representatives from Adidas, Chevron, Kate Spade, Nissan and Walgreens, Musk said he wanted Twitter to "be a force that moves civilization in a positive direction."
An indicator of success, he said, would be whether his decisions lead to growth in users and advertising, while failure would mean the opposite.
The collection of major advertisers and brands listening to Musk's remarks underscored the intense interest — and perceptions of risk — generated by Musk's erratic management of the company over the past week, from launching (and then un-launching) product changes to his sweeping layoffs that hit half the company.
To his critics, and to companies that have paused advertising on Twitter, Musk asked to be given a chance.
"I understand if people want to give it a minute and see how things are evolving," he said. "But really, the best way to see how things are evolving is just use Twitter. And see how your experience has changed. Is it better? Is it worse?"
Musk repeatedly urged skeptics to use the platform while addressing questions about his proposal to offer blue check marks to users who agree to pay $8 a month — a plan whose rollout has been marred by uncertainty and abrupt changes.
Users who pay for Twitter Blue, the platform's subscription service, will not be required to provide identifying information other than a credit card and a phone number, Musk confirmed.
Twitter will eventually default to displaying tweets from Twitter Blue subscribers, while tweets from users who do not pay for a blue check mark, he said, would be relegated to a separate page on the site and effectively buried unless viewers sought out that material.
Brands will be expected to foot the bill for their own verification on Twitter Blue, Musk said. He did not go into specifics about a separate, gray verification badge Twitter is developing for major brands, government accounts and media outlets — a feature the company has said will not be available for purchase but rather bestowed on high-profile accounts to distinguish them from those who paid for blue check marks.
On Wednesday Twitter briefly appeared to have rolled out the grey check mark feature for some users, though Musk soon after tweeted that he had "killed it." A Twitter product manager working on the feature left the door open for its eventual release.
Musk also argued, contrary to some of his critics, that well-resourced purveyors of mis- and disinformation would not be able to game the system because they would quickly run out of phone numbers and credit cards, or eventually tire of the effort.
Musk sought to distill many of the challenges of running a social media platform into a binary.
"Thinking of it as an information problem, truth is signal and falsehood is noise," he said. "And we want to improve the signal-to-noise ratio as much as possible."
Musk's expansive plans for Twitter include adding financial products to the mix. It could begin, he said, with Twitter allowing users to pay each other through the platform, with the company setting up each user with an initial gift of $10 to test it out.
Over time, Musk added, Twitter will offer the ability for users to transfer money out of its system to third-party banks — and then to market its own banking services.
"The next step would be a money market account so you can get an extremely high yield on your balance," Musk said, adding that debit cards and checks could also be a part of the plan.
Last week, Twitter submitted registration paperwork to the U.S. government that indicated its intent to join the payments industry, and to comply with certain banking regulations. A copy of the paperwork viewed by CNN showed that the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network received the registration filing by "Twitter Payments LLC" on Nov. 4.
A FinCEN spokesperson declined to comment on Twitter's filing, which had been first reported by the New York Times on Wednesday.
Musk acknowledged brands' concerns about the presence of hate speech and other offensive content on the platform.
"I don't think having hate speech next to an ad is great, obviously," he said with a chuckle.
Yoel Roth, Twitter's head of integrity and safety, said Twitter is increasing its investment in ideas to battle hateful content.
"We think there's a lot of other stuff we can do, from warning messages to interstitials, to reducing the reach of that content, that we haven't fully explored in the past," Roth said, vowing to implement those ideas quickly. Twitter has implemented many of these steps in the past, particularly in response to election and Covid-19 misinformation.
Musk said he and his teams are at work changing much of Twitter's existing codebase, partly to support new features such as longform video. That feature, he said, will initially allow paid users to download 10 minutes of high-definition video before gradually lengthening that time limit to 40 minutes and then several hours.
And he emphasized the importance of Community Notes, formerly known as Birdwatch, a crowdsourced fact-checking feature that Twitter has been testing with some of its users.
Community Notes, he said, "will obviate the need for a lot of the content stuff that's currently in place, I think."
The sprawling question-and-answer session occasionally delved into the metaphorical and philosophical.
At one point, Musk appeared to acknowledge that his commitment to "free speech" was not absolute.
"There's a giant difference between freedom of speech and freedom of reach," he said.
Musk also described Twitter's existing verification system as a "lords and peasants situation" and compared it to the American Revolutionary War.
"In the United States, we fought a war to get rid of that stuff," he said. "Maybe this is a dumb decision, but we'll see."
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Alfa Romeo decided to ring in the new year by posting a video to social media teasing a mystery model.
The video, posted on New Year’s Eve on Alfa Romeo’s Instagram account, asks viewers if they’re ready for 2023 and then ends with the statement “we are,” at which point a taillight of the new model is shown briefly.
The taillight features a round design, similar to what Alfa Romeo used on its 4C sports car, but a red dash through the middle forms what appears to be the number 6, leading to rumors the mystery model is a new 6C supercar.
Alfa Romeo CEO Jean-Philippe Imparato last summer hinted that Alfa Romeo could launch a supercar to mark the end of the road for the internal-combustion engine, as the automaker plans to go the full-electric route starting in 2026. As the rumored engine for the car is Alfa Romeo’s twin-turbo 2.9-liter V-6, the 6C name makes a lot of sense. The 4C was powered by a turbo-4 and the previous 8C Competizione by a V-8.
Alfa Romeo as recently as 2018 was planning to launch a modern 8C supercar powered by the the same V-6. Plans for the car, along with a planned Giulia-based coupe, were scrapped the following year as Alfa Romeo’s parent company at the time, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, entered negotiations about a merger with France’s PSA Group. Those negotiations resulted in the formation of Stellantis two years later.
While a new supercar isn’t certain, we know Alfa Romeo is preparing a subcompact crossover for launch in 2024 as its first EV. The crossover, which may end up with the name Brennero, is thought to be a twin with the Jeep Avenger that goes on sale later this year in Europe in both gas and electric guises.
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Police: ‘Fat Leonard’ from Navy bribery scandal escapes house arrest in San Diego
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The military contractor who pleaded guilty to orchestrating the “Fat Leonard” corruption scandal and was under house arrest in San Diego is now on the run after cutting off his GPS monitoring ankle bracelet over the weekend, federal authorities said.
Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal Omar Castillo said Leonard Glenn Francis removed the tracker Sunday, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported.
After police officers found Francis’ home empty, the San Diego Regional Fugitive Task Force and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service began a high-profile search, the newspaper reported.
Castillo said neighbors witnessed U-Haul moving trucks coming to and from Francis’ home in the days before his escape.
Francis was arrested in San Diego in 2013 and pleaded guilty in 2015 to offering $500,000 in bribes to Navy officers. In exchange, the officers passed him classified information and even went so far as redirecting military vessels to ports that were lucrative for his Singapore-based ship servicing company.
Prosecutors say Francis and his company overcharged the U.S. military by more than $35 million for its services.
Francis has been on house arrest since at least 2018 and under the supervision of a federal agency that monitors defendants who are out of custody until sentencing. He was set to be sentenced at the end of month.
Francis’ defense attorney, Devin Burstein, declined to comment to the Union-Tribune on Monday.
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Supreme Court rejects appeal to give American Samoans citizenship
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal seeking to give people born in American Samoa U.S. citizenship.
In leaving in place an appeals court decision, the court also passed up an invitation to overturn a series of decisions dating back to 1901 known as the Insular Cases, replete with racist and anti-foreign rhetoric. Justice Neil Gorsuch had called for the cases to be overturned in April.
But the justices refused to take up an appeal from people born in American Samoa, and living in Utah, who argued that a federal law declaring that they are “nationals, but not citizens, of the United States at birth” is unconstitutional.
A trial judge in Utah ruled in their favor, but the federal appeals court in Denver said Congress, not courts, should decide the citizenship issue. The appeals court also noted that American Samoa’s elected leaders opposed the lawsuit for fear that it might disrupt their cultural traditions.
American Samoa is the only unincorporated territory of the United States where the inhabitants are not American citizens at birth.
Instead, those born in the cluster of islands some 2,600 miles (4,184 kilometers) southwest of Hawaii are granted “U.S. national” status, meaning they can’t vote for U.S. president, run for office outside American Samoa or apply for certain jobs. The only federal election they can cast a vote in is the race for American Samoa’s nonvoting U.S. House seat.
The Insular Cases, which arose following the Spanish-American War, dealt with the administration of overseas territories.
In their conclusion that residents of territories had some, but not all, rights under the Constitution, justices wrote in stark racial and xenophobic terms. Citizenship could not be automatically given to “those absolutely unfit to receive it,” one justice wrote.
That history prompted Gorsuch to comment in a case involving benefits denied to people who live in Puerto Rico, decided in April. He wrote that the Insular Cases were wrongly decided because they deprived residents of U.S. territories of some constitutional rights.
“It is past time to acknowledge the gravity of this error and admit what we know to be true: The Insular Cases have no foundation in the Constitution and rest instead on racial stereotypes. They have no place in our law,” Gorsuch wrote.
The case stems from a lawsuit filed by three American Samoa natives now living in Utah, where they are prohibited from voting or becoming police officers.
The Biden administration joined the American Samoa government in calling for the court to reject the appeal. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, the administration’s top Supreme Court lawyer, wrote that “the government in no way relies on the indefensible and discredited aspects of the Insular Cases’ reasoning and rhetoric” that was highlighted in the appeal.
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Marshall running back Khalan Laborn (8) runs through a drill as the Marshall University football team conducts practice on Saturday, August 6, 2022, at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington.
Marshall running back Khalan Laborn (8) breaks free of a tackle attempt during Herd football’s annual Green and White game on Saturday, April 23, 2022, at the Chris Cline Athletic Complex in Huntington.
Marshall running back Khalan Laborn (8) runs through a drill as the Marshall University football team conducts practice on Saturday, August 6, 2022, at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington.
Marshall running back Khalan Laborn (8) breaks free of a tackle attempt during Herd football’s annual Green and White game on Saturday, April 23, 2022, at the Chris Cline Athletic Complex in Huntington.
HUNTINGTON — There were too many times when Marshall defensive coordinator Lance Guidry thought his plan to stop opposing running backs was working, but then "it" would happen.
He might have envisioned Old Dominion's Blake Watson dashing his way through the Marshall secondary for a 43-yard gain, or East Carolina running back Mitchell Keaton's breaking free for an 88-yard touchdown run, or Louisiana's Chris Smith busting off a 55-yard rush in the second quarter of the Thundering Herd's bowl game.
Whatever exact moment came to his head, Guidry hopes to wipe away those memories and improve Marshall's run defense in 2022.
"We’d be in games, have people with low yards and then let a big play bust," Guidry said. "It happened too many times last year, whether it was people getting out of the gap or we didn’t leverage the play right or a missed tackle."
Marshall has 10 FBS opponents on the schedule this season, and each of them averaged over 100 yards rushing per game in 2021. Seven of those teams are members of the Sun Belt Conference and averaged between 150-200 yards per game on the ground, and two -- Coastal Carolina (229) and Georgia State (226) -- averaged over 220.
If there wasn't an emphasis on stopping the run before, it certainly must be a priority for Guidry and the Herd defense, which allowed more yards rushing per game (188) than Marshall gained (162) a season ago.
"That’s what I’d like to see," Guidry said. "I’d like to see us be better against the run and I know we can (be) and just be disruptive and give the quarterback different looks and try to get hits on him."
Guidry added increased efficiency on that front can open up other avenues for the defense to make plays.
"We have to get better at stopping the run to make people one-dimensional," Guidry said. "If we can do that and force them to pass, I think we have great pass rushers and I think it plays into our favor."
Wanting to become a better run-stopping team and executing the plan to do so can be more difficult than it appears at face value.
So how does Guidry plan on doing it? By using the weapons that line up against the defense everyday in practice.
"Sometimes when you’re not talented at certain positions that you’re going against on your own team, you kind of have a false sense of reality," Guidry said. "We’re going against a really good running back every single day and his backup isn’t shabby either."
Guidry's reference was meaning Marshall's tandem of Rasheen Ali, who led the nation in rushing touchdowns last season, and Florida State transfer Khalan Laborn.
Ali's abilities are well known but adding Laborn in the offseason has given reason to believe Marshall could have one of the better running back duos in the Sun Belt Conference.
There is plenty of talent to go around in the backfield across the rest of the league.
Ali and 11 other Sun Belt running backs were named to the 2022 Doak Walker Award watch list, given to the best running back in college football, and Marshall is scheduled to face nine of them in 2022, including Nate Noel and Camerun Peoples (Appalachian State), Gerald Green and Jalen White (Georgia Southern), Jamyest White and Tucker Gregg (Georgia State), Blake Watson (Old Dominion), Chris Smith (Louisiana-Lafeyette) and Kimani Vidal (Troy).
"We’re going to get a really good picture and a good look so that when we get into conference play, we’ve seen that speed and those types of cuts before," Guidry said. "I’m sure we’ll be challenged throughout this (preseason) camp."
Luke Creasy is a reporter for The Herald-Dispatch. Follow him on Twitter @LukeCreasy or reach him by phone at 304-526-2800.
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LAVAL, QC, Sept. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - George Courey Inc., a 112-year-old business, owned by the same family for four generations, has undergone a successful transition from the third to the fourth generation. Taking a century-old business into the future requires a business acumen and maturity of leadership which Jeffrey Courey and Robert Courey bring to the table.
On September 15, 2022, the George Courey Inc. headquarters in Laval hosted the transition ceremony, in the presence of representatives from the House of Commons, clients and employees. Mindful of the wealth of experience Jeffrey Courey accumulated in the company as Chief Operating Officer for 7 years, he was promoted to the role of President and CEO in January 2020. Robert Courey, who served for 16 years as the Director of Business Development became the Vice President in May 2022.
Against the shifting sands of uncertainties induced by the Covid 19 pandemic and the high demand for limited supplies of personal protective equipment, George Courey Inc. never wavered in its mission to actively support governments in bringing much needed relief to hospitals and care homes. George Courey Inc. is currently known as a leader in North America's linen and textile production and distribution. Inching closer to the creation of new warehouses in different locations across Canada and the United States is the next milestone unfolding.
Articulated by Jeffery Courey as "the passing of the torch to a new generation of Coureys, well-positioned to steward this company into the next century through our focus on People, Planet and Progress." This will partly entail in his own words "continued success in the growing USA market while promoting reusable textiles across multiple sectors, offering our clients outstanding value, sustainable product innovation and an unparalleled customer experience."
With Jeffrey and Robert at the helm, the company's reputation as one of North America's most reliable and respected linen and textile providers will continue to grow.
About George Courey Inc.
George Courey Inc. is the epitome of a successful family business with an intergenerational transmission of know-how in linen and textile production and distribution. Currently, George Courey Inc. supplies to companies within the hospitality, healthcare and surgical sectors. Their 112-year legacy shines through the high quality of products and services they offer, in keeping with environmentally sustainable practices.
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CHAMPAIGN – It’s important that the leader of a program is front and center with optimism before the beginning of a particular campaign.
Bret Bielema had that and more when he was at the lectern to discuss Illinois’ opening contest against Wyoming Saturday at 3 PM in Champaign. As the head coach entered his second season with the program, he was a little more cheery about what the Illini’s chances might be in 2022.
“There’s a really good buzz going on within our players; buzz doesn’t actually equate to wins but I do like the excitement, the energy, just the general feel of what our guys are doing,” said Bielema. “There’s so many little indicators for me as a head coach. A year ago, you guys asked me, ‘How do you feel? Is it different from the spring?’
“There’s definitely just a consistent evolution to get to where we are right now and I couldn’t be more excited.”
That level of excitement for his club, according to the head coach, is as high as its been in his career.
“I’ve been doing this for quite a while as a head coach, I’m going into my 14th year, and to just see what I’ve seen happen from last fall when we got done, through the portal process, through spring ball, through fall camp, and now getting into game week, there hasn’t been a time where I’ve been more excited,” said Bielema. “I’m talking after a Big Ten Championship and projections to win one. This group of guys is very special.
“I think it’s going to be one of those types of years.”
That’s a bold statement from Bielema considering that he won Big Ten championships from 2010 through 2012 while the head coach at Wisconsin. Illinois hasn’t won a conference crown in 21 years and hasn’t had a winning record since the 2011 season.
In Bielema’s first season in Champaign, the Illini went 5-7 while knocking off a pair of ranked opponents in just falling short of a bowl game. This year they’ll return 12 starters from that group but feature a new signal caller, Tommy DeVito, who was officially named the starter this week.
He comes to Champaign from Syracuse where he played in 24 games with 15 starts from 2019-2021 with 3,478 yards and 27 touchdowns compared to 10 interceptions.
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Former Georgia lawmaker Terry England to become chief of staff to Republican house speaker
Terry England will replace Spiro Amburn as GA House Speaker Jon Burns' chief of staff
A Republican former state lawmaker is coming back to Georgia's capitol as House Speaker Jon Burns' chief of staff.
Burns, a Republican from Newington, announced Monday that he was hiring Terry England to replace Spiro Amburn, who is leaving for a private job.
England, who is from Auburn, spent 18 years in the House, including 12 years as the chamber's leading budget writer. Chairing the Appropriations Committee is one of the most powerful positions in the chamber, helping control tens of billions in spending.
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England took the post in 2010 after close ally David Ralston of Blue Ridge became speaker. Burns, in turn, became speaker after Ralston died last year.
"We are fortunate to be welcoming Terry England back to the House as Chief of Staff," Burns said in a statement. "Terry is a trusted leader who has earned the respect of both the members of the House and our staff, and I know he will continue to be an invaluable counselor in this new role."
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Amburn is leaving the post after 14 years, mostly under Ralston, to take a private job not yet announced.
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Kiska, the last captive killer whale in Canada — also known as "the loneliest whale in the world" — has died, according to local media.
The orca, believed to be 47 years old, died on Thursday, Ontario's solicitor general ministry spokesperson Brent Ross confirmed to CBC. Kiska, who spent over four decades in captivity, resided at Marineland, a zoo and amusement park in Niagara Falls, after being captured in Icelandic waters in 1979 alongside Keiko, the star of the movie, Free Willy, the publication reported.
The news comes four years after the country officially banned whales, dolphins and porpoises from being bred or held in captivity. However marine mammals, like Kiska, that were already held in captivity would remain so, according to the new legislation.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), said Kiska "spent her final years isolated in a cramped tank, swimming in endless circles or sometimes floating listlessly."
Kiska's life of continued isolation led the Whale Sanctuary Project to describe her as "the loneliest whale in the world."
Both animal rights groups reported that Kiska died of a bacterial infection. NPR has not independently confirmed the cause of death. Ross told CBC that animal welfare officials had conducted a necropsy of the mammal. Marineland has not returned NPR's multiple messages seeking comment.
Kiska underwent several hardships while residing at the amusement park, according to PETA. This included the deaths of all five of her calves and the departure of her sole tankmate, Ikaika, in 2011, according to the animal rights organization. Footage of Kiska purportedly slamming her face against her tank multiple times also began circulating on social media in 2021.
Animal welfare activists have responded to the news of the death with concerns about the orca's treatment while in captivity.
"It is heartbreaking to know that Kiska will never have the chance to be relocated to a whale sanctuary, and experience the freedom that she so deeply deserved," Camille Labchuk, executive director of Animal Justice, told CBC.
There are at least 55 orcas being held in captivity in marine parks around the world, as of Jan. 9, according to the Whale and Dolphin Conservation. SeaWorld, which has three marine parks in the United States, holds more orcas in captivity than any other individual park.
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The Bengals and Bills got together in the postseason, after the unexpectedly truncated game in Cincinnati to cap Week 17. Former Bills receiver Isaiah McKenzie recently claimed that, if the game had been played indoors, the home team would have won.
McKenzie, now with the Colts, made the comments on a podcast with Tyler Dunne of GoLongTD.com.
“The Bengals ran basic routes, maybe we should’ve did that, ran basic routes,” McKenzie said, via SI.com. “Like out routes, go balls, you know, instead of running routes that you have to be going lateral or coming back to the football, or turning and running curls and things like that. If we were in a dome it would have been a totally different game .”
That’s an indictment of the coaching, frankly. The game planning. The adaptability to the circumstances.
Of course, the game could have been played in a dome if the NFL had decided, as it did for a potential Bills-Chiefs AFC Championship, to give the Bengals a fair shake and send the postseason contest to a neutral site. That didn’t happen, and it’s on the Bills to construct a roster and an approach that makes the elements in January an positive, not a negative.
Meanwhile, Bengals receiver Ja’Marr Chase has dismissed McKenzie’s claim.
Chase said on Twitter, via Dave Clark of the Cincinnati Enquirer, that it was “my first time ever playing ina snow bro ” and that you’ve “just gotta play at the end of the day.”
Still, McKenzie’s point is less about the ability of the players to perform in the elements and more about the kind of pass routes that could be more successful in those elements. It’s not a slap at the Bengals; it’s a compliment.
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CURITIBA, Brazil (AP) — When federal judge Sergio Moro resigned to enter politics, many in Brazil believed the anti-corruption crusader who jailed a popular former president could someday occupy the nation’s most powerful office.
But on the eve of Brazil’s general election Sunday, the once-revered magistrate was fighting what polls showed was a losing battle for a Senate seat. And the leftist leader he jailed, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, wasn’t just walking free — he was expected to waltz back into the presidential palace.
Their reversal of fortunes underscores Brazilians’ shifting priorities since Moro oversaw a massive graft investigation from Curitiba, the capital of the country’s southern Parana state. Moro and President Jair Bolsonaro insistently point to da Silva’s jail time, though the former president has always maintained his innocence and said he was railroaded. But voters are more focused on bread-and-butter worries — jobs, income, inflation — after eight years of recession or rickety growth, said Bruno Brandão, executive director of anti-corruption organization Transparency International in Brazil.
“In 2018, corruption was without a doubt the most important issue in the electoral process,” said Brandão. “Today, the issue doesn’t have the same prominence among voters’ concerns.”
And Curitiba lost the limelight. Before the so-called Car Wash investigation that landed da Silva and other powerful figures behind bars, the relatively young city largely populated by transplants offered little in the way of identity, according to Nelson Rosário de Souza, a sociologist at the Federal University of Parana. Car Wash put Curitiba on the map. The multiyear probe, and Moro, struck fear into wayward politicians and executives previously thought to be untouchable.
“It shook up the collective imagination, like: ‘We’re finally the center of attention and, apparently, for something positive. We’re going to clean up Brazil,’” said de Souza.
Brazilians relished Car Wash’s countless phases as if they were episodes of a juicy telenovela. Movies were made. Moro’s face featured on magazines and he was feted at Curitiba’s restaurants; people clapped when he entered and sent over champagne. A bona fide hero.
“You drove through Curitiba and five or six of every 10 cars had bumper stickers supporting Car Wash. Very few people in Curitiba dared criticize it,” said Luis Carlos Rocha, da Silva’s lawyer at the time.
After Moro sentenced da Silva to almost 10 years’ imprisonment, Rocha visited him every weekday on the fourth floor of Curitiba’s Federal Police headquarters. For 580 days, he was confined to a 160-square-foot (roughly 15-square-meter) room. Outside, hundreds of supporters held a permanent vigil demanding his release.
Moro’s cheerleaders, meanwhile, set up shop outside his offices. A towering inflatable Superman with Moro’s head joined demonstrators whose T-shirts read “Republic of Curitiba” — a motto adopted from da Silva’s complaint that the city appeared to observe its own laws.
Da Silva’s convictions enabled far-right Bolsonaro to win the 2018 race. In Parana, a traditional bastion for the right, his corruption-fighting pitch resonated and he received twice as many votes as his opponent. Then he named Moro justice minister.
But Moro overestimated how far his anti-corruption clout could carry him, said Emerson Cervi, a political scientist at the Federal University of Parana. Moro quit in 2020 before implementing his much-touted plan, alleging Bolsonaro was seeking to interfere in the Federal Police. And Bolsonaro’s social media warriors trained their fire on the apostate.
“He thought he was going to be revered, as if he were again a judge in court, but other politicians understood he was just a beginner,” Cervi said.
Then the Supreme Court ruled that Moro had been biased against da Silva by colluding with prosecutors to secure a conviction, based on a trove of messages obtained by The Intercept Brasil. Moro pursued a “project of power, which required politically delegitimizing the Workers’ Party and, especially, former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva,” Justice Gilmar Mendes said last year.
With his convictions annulled, Da Silva, known universally as Lula, was cleared for a presidential run, and Moro prepared his own. Moro’s was a damp squib, so he put out feelers for a Senate bid in powerful Sao Paulo, which also foundered. He opted to run in his home state — extolling Car Wash’s virtues with an anti-Lula platform — and polls last month showed him trailing well behind.
In a short interview in Curitiba, Moro downplayed lessened concern about corruption as “circumstantial.”
“Corruption will always be an issue in elections, maybe in some moments it won’t be the main issue,” he told The Associated Press. “The entrenched corruption inside Brazilian democracy, inside the public sector, is something that ends up breaking our democracy.”
“Lula is a symbol of impunity,” he added.
Local polls showed some late gains for Moro, said Arilton Freres, director of Curitiba-based Instituto Opinião. That could stem from reanimated sentiment against da Silva, fueled by polls showing he may win outright Sunday, without a runoff against Bolsonaro.
People may also care less about corruption given investigations into Bolsonaro’s family members, he added.
“Voters now think, ‘If I need to vote for someone who is corrupt anyway, then I’m going to focus on what’s affecting me the most, and that’s the economy,’” said Freres.
Curitiba’s largest rally this year was for da Silva. His supporters worried about turnout given pro-Bolsonaro, pro-Moro inclinations, but police estimated that 12,000 people attended. The lively event became a campaign video entitled “Lula in the arms of Curitiba’s people,” with people shown reaching for any part of his body they could grab.
Da Silva, who has cited his jail time to draw comparisons to Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King Jr., told the crowd there had been a bonus: his romance with Parana native Rosângela Silva, nicknamed Janja. He has attributed his first wife’s death in 2017 to pressure from Car Wash.
“There are people who think I hate Curitiba because I was imprisoned here,” he said. “Jail made me learn to love Curitiba, because it was here, in jail, that I met Janja, and it was here that we decided to marry.”
And he recognized those who sustained the 580-day vigil: “Thank you, Curitiba, for everything you did for me and for Brazil.”
On Twitter, Moro called the rally “unbelievable,” adding it reflected a legal system that allows the corrupt to walk. Two weeks later, he addressed a crowd of about 100 at a private club in Curitiba, assuring them “many lies have been told about Car Wash.” Afterward, dozens eagerly snapped photos with the famous former judge.
One of his voters, Juliane Morvan, said Curitiba still feels wronged by da Silva’s release, though she criticized Moro for “going around certain laws to force Lula’s imprisonment.”
“I agree with his (Moro’s) morals and ethics and, on balance, he did more good things than bad,” Morvan, 28, said near the Federal Police building. “I want to give him a chance to see what he wants to do.”
That isn’t the resounding adulation Moro once enjoyed.
Beto Simonetti, the president of Brazil’s bar association, said if Moro fails to win his Senate seat, with the special legal treatment the position affords, he will become “an even easier target” for lawsuits from those he sentenced accusing him of bias.
Nothing would please Maite Ritz more.
She is the director of the Car Wash Museum, a virtual space presenting a highly critical look at the probe’s legality. Da Silva’s rally celebrated the community that local leftists created, Ritz said. His victory — and Moro’s downfall — would be vindication.
“In 2018, I didn’t have the courage to go out in the streets with a Lula T-shirt,” she said. “Now I wear it proudly.”
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SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Accuray Incorporated (NASDAQ: ARAY) today reported, as required by NASDAQ Listing Rules, equity inducement awards to Sandeep Chalke, the company's new senior vice president, chief commercial officer. As a material inducement to Mr. Chalke joining the company, and in accordance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c)(4), the Board approved granting Mr. Chalke (i) an award of 312,500 restricted stock units covering shares of the company's common stock, and (ii) a stock option to purchase 515,873 shares of the company's common stock, in each case effective as of May 31, 2022 (collectively, the "Inducement Awards"). The Inducement Awards were made outside of the company's current equity plan, but are subject to terms and conditions generally consistent with those in the company's 2016 Equity Incentive Plan.
25 percent of the restricted stock units subject to the restricted stock unit award will vest on each yearly anniversary of the restricted stock unit award's grant date, subject to Mr. Chalke's continued service through each applicable vesting date.
The stock option award has a ten-year term and a per share exercise price of $2.08, representing the closing price of the company's common stock as quoted on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on the stock option award's date of grant. Twenty-five percent of the shares subject to the option will vest on the first yearly anniversary of the option's grant date and an additional 1/48th of the aggregate number of shares subject to the option will vest each month thereafter, subject to Mr. Chalke's continued service through each applicable vesting date.
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Man convicted in slain Ohio family case gets life in prison
WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — A man convicted in the killings of eight members of an Ohio family was sentenced Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
George Wagner IV was sentenced after an emotional hearing at which the victims’ family members spoke of their devastation and grief, and urged the judge to show no mercy toward a man they called evil and remorseless.
Wagner, 31, declined to make a statement in court, and his lawyer said he maintains his innocence.
Wagner denied any knowledge of his family’s involvement in the 2016 shootings of seven adults and a teenager from the Rhoden family. Prosecutors said most of the victims were killed as they slept, in some cases next to their very young children, who weren’t injured.
Authorities alleged Wagner, his brother and their parents plotted the killings amid a dispute over custody of Wagner’s niece, whose mother was among those slain.
The April 2016 shootings at three mobile homes and a camper near Piketon terrified residents in that part of rural Ohio and initially prompted speculation about drug cartel involvement. The resulting multimillion-dollar investigation and prosecution is among the state’s most extensive.
Wagner was convicted on 22 counts, including aggravated murder. It was no longer a death penalty case because his brother made a plea deal to testify against the others and help all four Wagners avoid execution.
Prosecutors said George Wagner shows no remorse and should be imprisoned with no chance of parole. They said what he really deserved was a death sentence and that he was spared only because of his brother’s actions, not his own.
The prosecution alleged Wagner was with his brother and father when they went to the homes, that he went inside, and that he helped his brother move two bodies.
Wagner’s attorneys emphasized that he didn’t kill anyone and argued that denying him “a meaningful chance of parole” would be unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment.
They also requested a new trial. Judge Randy Deering denied that motion Monday.
Of the four defendants in the slayings, Wagner is the only one to face trial so far.
His brother, Edward “Jake” Wagner, pleaded guilty to aggravated murder and other charges, admitted responsibility for five of the shootings, and is expected to spend the rest of his life in prison.
Angela Wagner pleaded guilty to helping to plan the slayings, and prosecutors recommended a 30-year sentence for her.
Her husband, George “Billy” Wagner III, pleaded not guilty in the killings and awaits trial.
The victims were 40-year-old Christopher Rhoden Sr.; his ex-wife, 37-year-old Dana Rhoden; their three children, 20-year-old Clarence “Frankie” Rhoden, 19-year-old Hanna Rhoden and 16-year-old Christopher Rhoden Jr.; Clarence Rhoden’s fiancee, 20-year-old Hannah Gilley; Christopher Rhoden Sr.’s brother, 44-year-old Kenneth Rhoden; and a cousin, 38-year-old Gary Rhoden.
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Real Estate Industry Veterans Ronald M. Dickerman and Stephanie L. Williams to Join Board
Alan R. Batkin to Retire from Board
Board Refreshment Reflects Veris Residential's Ongoing Commitment to Best-in-Class Corporate Governance
JERSEY CITY, N.J., Feb. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Veris Residential, Inc. (NYSE: VRE) (the "Company"), a forward-thinking, environmentally- and socially-conscious real estate investment trust (REIT) that primarily owns, operates, acquires, and develops Class A multifamily properties, today announced the appointment of two new independent directors, Ronald M. Dickerman, Founder and President of Madison International Realty, and Stephanie L. Williams, President of Bozzuto Management Company and a Partner of The Bozzuto Group, to the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board"), effective May 4, 2023. Concurrently, Alan R. Batkin will retire from the Board.
Tammy K. Jones, Board Chair, said, "As we near the completion of our transformation to a pure-play multifamily REIT, we do so with an acute focus on unlocking shareholder value, adhering to best-in-class corporate governance principles, and remaining committed to all of our stakeholders. With this in mind, we are pleased to welcome Ron and Stephanie to the Board. As a longtime investor in Veris Residential and the real estate industry broadly, Ron brings another important shareholder voice to our boardroom, considerable strategic transaction experience, and a strong understanding of our business as well as the tremendous opportunity that lies ahead. Furthermore, as one of the top female executives in multifamily property management—overseeing a portfolio of 90,000 units and 3.4 million square feet of retail across major markets nationally with a significant footprint in the New York area—Stephanie has proven herself a well-recognized leader in residential real estate operations, management, and development. On behalf of the entire Board, we look forward to their deep industry knowledge, contributions, and fresh perspectives."
Mr. Dickerman commented, "As a large, long-term shareholder, I have closely followed Veris Residential's strategic transformation and believe the Company's significant progress to date underscores its incredible future potential. I am pleased to join the Board at this critical point in the evolution of the business and look forward to working collaboratively with the Board to evaluate and execute the highest value-creating opportunities for fellow shareholders."
Ms. Williams added, "Over the past two years, the Veris Residential Board and management team have successfully streamlined the business, enhanced operations, and grown the multifamily portfolio—all with an eye towards maximizing shareholder value. I am excited to bring my extensive multifamily experience to the boardroom as Veris Residential embarks on its next chapter."
Ms. Jones concluded, "Alan's strategic guidance, coupled with his decades-long public company board experience and financial acumen, have been a strong value-add to Veris Residential. We are grateful for his meaningful service to the Board and his fierce advocacy for our shareholders over the last four years, during which the Company achieved several important milestones. We wish him all the best.
"Looking ahead, we believe the Company's future is bright. With the additions of Ron and Stephanie, we believe the Board has the ideal mix of experience across multifamily operations, real estate investing, and finance to help unlock the substantial value that has been created for shareholders."
Mr. Dickerman brings more than 35 years of real estate transaction, financing, and management experience to the Board. Since founding Madison International Realty in 2002, he has built the firm into a global $8.0 billion AUM fully integrated real estate private equity platform and liquidity provider to real estate investors worldwide. Madison's investing activities span both the private and public sectors in the US, UK, and Europe across all major asset classes. Previously, Mr. Dickerman served as President and Founder of First Equity Realty, LLC, a real estate investment firm specializing in the acquisition of under-performing assets from financial institutions. He began his career as an investment banker in the Real Estate / Partnership Finance Group at Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Co., Inc., where he was responsible for the origination, analysis, structuring, acquisition, asset management, disposition and marketing of real estate and other limited partnerships. Mr. Dickerman is a member of the real estate industry trade organizations PREA, INREV, and the Zell Lurie RE Institute, and previously served on the board of the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate. He earned a BA from Tufts University and an MBA from Columbia University's Graduate School of Business.
For nearly 20 years, Ms. Williams has held several positions within Bozzuto's development and management divisions. As President, she oversees strategic performance and economic value creation, day to day operations of a 90,000-unit portfolio with a significant footprint in the New York area, and an array of initiatives designed to enhance the employee and customer journeys. Under her leadership, Bozzuto was awarded #1 Property Management Company by the National Association of Home Builders in 2018 and 2021, and received recognition by J Turner as the best property management company in the nation for seven consecutive years. Ms. Williams has earned the Bisnow D.C. Region Women Leading Real Estate Award and the Multi-Housing News Excellence Award for Executive of the Year, and has been named the Minority Business Leader by Washington Business Journal. She is a board member of the Real Estate Executive Council and Housing Association of Nonprofit Developers, an executive board member of the District of Columbia Building Industry Association, and an active member of the Urban Land Institute and National Multifamily Housing Council. She earned a BA from the University of Washington and a master's degree in Community Planning from the University of Maryland.
Veris Residential retained Ferguson Partners in support of its Board refreshment, which was part of the Board's ordinary course annual review of its composition.
About Veris Residential, Inc.
Veris Residential, Inc. is a forward-thinking, environmentally- and socially-conscious real estate investment trust (REIT) that primarily owns, operates, acquires, and develops holistically-inspired, Class A multifamily properties that meet the sustainability-conscious lifestyle needs of today's residents while seeking to positively impact the communities it serves and the planet at large. The company is guided by an experienced management team and Board of Directors and is underpinned by leading corporate governance principles, a best-in-class and sustainable approach to operations, and an inclusive culture based on equality and meritocratic empowerment. For additional information on Veris Residential, Inc. and our properties available for lease, please visit verisresidential.com.
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Police: Man arrested for fetal homicide after woman suffers miscarriage in assault
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT/Gray News) - Authorities in Kentucky say a man has been arrested after a deadly domestic violence incident.
According to the Lexington Police Department, officers were called to an area hospital regarding a report of a domestic violence victim Friday morning.
WKYT reports the female victim suffered a miscarriage following a domestic violence assault.
Lexington police said they arrested 24-year-old Rigoberto Vasquez-Barradas in connection with the incident.
Vasquez-Barradas was booked into the Fayette County Detention Center on charges of fetal homicide, strangulation and domestic assault, according to authorities.
Police did not immediately release any further information regarding the case, including the victim’s identity.
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Johnson, Bison roll over Montana 49-26 in FCS playoffs
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Kobe Johnson ran for 206 yards and two touchdowns, quarterback Cam Miller also ran for two scores and third-seeded North Dakota State pounded Montana 49-26 in the second round of the FCS playoffs. The defending and nine-time champion Bison piled up 453 yards on the ground and turned three turnovers by the Grizzlies into 21 points. North Dakota State is home against sixth-seeded Samford in the quarterfinals next weekend. Corbin Walker returned a Miller interception 58 yards early in the second half to pull the Grizzlies within 21-20. The Bison responded and scored on four of their next five possessions. Johnson had touchdown runs of 75 and 73 yards and TaMerik Williams had a 68-yarder. After that NDSU went 87 yards in nine plays, capped by TK Marshall’s seven-yard TD run. | https://kion546.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/12/03/johnson-bison-roll-over-montana-49-26-in-fcs-playoffs/ | 2022-12-05 14:22:20 | 1 | https://kion546.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/12/03/johnson-bison-roll-over-montana-49-26-in-fcs-playoffs/ |
NEW YORK, May 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of securities of BurgerFi International, Inc. f/k/a Opes Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: BFI, OPES) between December 17, 2020 and November 15, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important June 5, 2023 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased BurgerFi securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the BurgerFi class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=14148 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than June 5, 2023. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
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DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) BurgerFi had overstated the effectiveness of its acquisition and growth strategies; (2) BurgerFi had misrepresented to investors the purported benefits of the Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza & Wings acquisition and its post-business combination business and financial prospects; and (3) as a result, BurgerFi's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
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The July 2023 edition of the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimate was released this week and double-digit losses in corn and soybean futures immediately followed it.
However, the right hand the bulls took out on Wednesday following the report was put back in on Thursday, as both markets bounced back erasing the losses from the day before.
A flash sale of soybeans to Mexico and the potential of one last round of adverse weather through the end of July for corn production was enough to erase the perceived bearishness of the July report.
From Russia with love
On June 23 Russian mercenary leader Evgeny Prigozhin led what was widely described at the time as a coup attempt, with a march on Moscow to challenge the Russian leadership in charge, be it Vladimir Putin or the immediate military commanders beneath him.
The coup was called off almost as fast as it had begun and was swept under the rug by the following night with limited casualties.
Questions as to what the repercussions of this event would lead to were thrown a curve ball early this week when it was reported by the New York Times and others that Putin and Prigozhin held a lengthy meeting just five days after the failed coup/mutiny.
The results of the meeting are less clear than a dirty martini, but it is safe to say that drama will continue to unfold in the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the potential for market-moving surprises have not all been unwrapped.
Crude oil surges higher
Crude oil futures rallied this week and were able to clear the 200-day moving average, a key indicator for technical traders.
The members of OPEC have been verbally resolute in news releases during the last few months to cut oil production to maintain profit margins. Their resolve could be tested in the event crude-oil futures are able to post a price above the $80 a barrel mark, which has been the high end of the trade range for 2023.
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SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Residents are complaining about burning eyes and breathing problems. Dead fish have washed up on beaches. A beachside festival has been canceled, even though it wasn’t scheduled for another month.
Florida’s southwest coast experienced a flare-up of the toxic red tide algae this week, setting off concerns that it could continue to stick around for a while. The current bloom started in October.
The annual BeachFest in Indian Rocks Beach, Florida, sponsored by a homeowners’ association, was canceled after it determined, with help from the city and the Pinellas County Health Department, that red tide likely would continue through the middle of next month when the festival was scheduled.
“Red Tide is currently present on the beach and is forecasted to remain in the area in the weeks to come,” the Indian Rocks Beach Homeowners Association said in a letter to the public. “It is unfortunate that it had to be canceled but it is the best decision in the interest of public health.”
Nearly two tons of debris, mainly dead fish, were cleared from Pinellas County beaches and brought to the landfill, county spokesperson Tony Fabrizio told the Tampa Bay Times. About 1,000 pounds (454 kilograms) of fish have been cleared from beaches in St. Pete Beach since the start of the month, Mandy Edmunds, a parks supervisor with the city, told the newspaper.
Red tide, a toxic algae bloom that occurs naturally in the Gulf of Mexico, is worsened by the presence of nutrients such as nitrogen in the water. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission warns people to not swim in or around red tide waters over the possibility of skin irritation, rashes and burning and sore eyes. People with asthma or lung disease should avoid beaches affected by the toxic algae.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission on Friday reported that it had found red tide in 157 samples along Florida’s Gulf Coast, with the strongest concentrations along Pinellas and Sarasota counties. | https://www.krqe.com/health/burning-eyes-dead-fish-red-tide-flares-up-on-florida-coast/ | 2023-03-11 20:21:55 | 1 | https://www.krqe.com/health/burning-eyes-dead-fish-red-tide-flares-up-on-florida-coast/ |
What’s the difference between air ionizers and air purifiers?
When you want to make the air in your home cleaner, you can opt for an air ionizer or air purifier. An air ionizer is a type of air purifier. Still, in this article, the term “air purifier” refers to HEPA air purifiers and the term “air ionizer” refers to ionic air purifiers.
Air ionizers use negatively charged ions that transfer their charges to air pollutant particles in the environment, causing them to stick together and eventually fall to the floor. They can then be vacuumed up. Air purifiers use a fan to suck air into the room into them and physical filtration to trap pollutant particles.
Air ionizers
An air ionizer is a type of air purifier that removes pollutant particles — such as dust, pollen and pet dander — from the air by releasing negatively charged ions. These ions impart their negative charge to airborne particles, causing them to stick together.
Once enough pollutant particles have stuck together, they become too heavy to remain in the air and fall to the floor, where they’ll be picked up the next time you vacuum. Some models feature oppositely charged plates to attract these particles when they pass through the ionizer air purifier.
Ionizers tend to be cheaper than HEPA air purifiers covering similar square footage, which is a plus if you’re on a tight budget.
Air ionizer pros
- Large coverage area: Air ionizers tend to have larger coverage areas than HEPA air purifiers. The most powerful ionizers can clean air in rooms up to 3,000 square feet, whereas powerful HEPA purifiers tackle just half that area.
- No filters to clean or replace: Because they don’t use physical filters, you don’t have the cost or maintenance of replacing or cleaning filters.
- Affordably priced: Ionizer air purifiers tend to be more affordable than their HEPA counterparts, especially when you consider the size of the spaces they can cover.
- Tackles fine particles: While HEPA filters trap 99.97% of particles up to 0.3 microns in diameter, ionizers take on particles down to 0.1 microns in diameter. However, there is the risk that these particles can get stirred back up into the air as you move around the house and go about your business.
- Some combine ionic technology with HEPA filtration: You can find some ionizers that also contain mechanical filters. This gives you the benefit of them trapping some particles along with the other pros of ionizers.
Air ionizer cons
- Potential air pollutant: Some air ionizers emit ozone, which is considered an air pollutant, so you might get rid of some pollutants in your air but gain others.
- Don’t trap pollutants: Air ionizers don’t trap particle pollutants; they just get them to drop out of the air. This means that all the polluting particles will drop to the floor or onto flat surfaces, like mantels and counters, and stay there until you clean them.
Best air ionizers
This multipurpose air ionizer uses ionic technology to purify the air and features a HEPA filter to mechanically filter out and trap tiny particles that a standard ionizer might miss. It also has a carbon filter, which helps it remove odors from the air, such as those caused by pets or smoke. It’s great for large areas of up to 3,700 square feet.
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Envion Ionic Pro 500 Square Foot Ionic Air Purifier
This nifty ionizer air purifier can clean the whole air volume in a medium or a large room of up to 500 square feet as many as three times in an hour. It combines HEPA filtration with ionic technology to cover all the bases.
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InvisiClean Claro Air Purifier
Although it also contains a HEPA filter, this purifier uses ionic technology to tackle fine particles. As an ionizer air purifier, it’s great for large spaces of up to 1,500 square feet. It has a real-time air quality monitor to keep you apprised of the condition of air in your home.
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Clarifion Air Ionizers for Home
You get three ionizer air purifiers in this pack. Each Clarifion air ionizer is extremely compact and easy to install and use. Just plug your Clarifon air ionizer into an outlet and it takes up a similar amount of space as a plug-in air freshener. The Clarifon air ionizer is whisper-quiet and doesn’t take up any floor space or counter space.
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Holmes True HEPA Allergen Remover Mini Tower Air Purifier with Optional Ionizer
Combining HEPA filtration with air ionizing technology, you get the benefits of both types of air purifiers. It’s ideal for relatively compact spaces of up to 80 square feet. It’s a great air purifier under $100.
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Air ionizer FAQ
What are the benefits of ionized air?
A. Ionizers remove particles, microbes and odors from the air. This makes the air healthier to breathe and feel fresher. They’re of particular benefit to people who suffer from allergies and asthma, since they remove allergens from the air, as well as particles that can exacerbate asthma. Ionizers that release ozone can also kill or prevent the growth of viruses, meaning you may get sick less often.
Do air ionizers really work?
A. Yes, ionizers work, but you should know what to expect as they may not do everything you expect them to do. While they remove particles from the air, they don’t entirely get rid of them — these particles stick together until they get heavy enough to fall to the floor. So you’ll only truly remove them from the room when you vacuum and clean surfaces like tables and counters.
Air purifiers
Air purifiers use HEPA filtration systems to remove and trap airborne particles. HEPA filters can trap at least 99.97% of all particles down to the size of 0.3 microns.
This includes mold spores, pollen, dust, bacteria and viruses. HEPA air purifiers are ideal for anyone who suffers from environmental allergies, such as hay fever or dust allergies. You can find some basic air purifiers for around $50, but you’ll pay at least $100-$200 for a quality model. Top-end HEPA air purifiers can cost more than $1,000.
Air purifier pros
- Trap and contain allergens: Air purifiers trap allergens and other pollutant particles in the air, so they won’t stick to your home surfaces or be able to re-enter the air.
- Great for people with asthma and allergies: Air purifiers are great at removing pollen, dust, dander and other substances that can exacerbate allergies and asthma. Unlike ionizers, they trap them so they can’t be stirred back up and cause problems.
- Trap mold particles: If you’re worried about the effect of mold in your home, you’ll be pleased to know that this type of purifier traps mold spores.
- Don’t negatively affect air quality: HEPA air purifiers don’t emit ozone, unlike most air ionizers, so you don’t need to worry about them affecting your air quality.
- Some have washable filters: You can buy air purifiers with washable filters, so there’s no need to spend money on replacement filters.
- Can trap some finer particles: To be classed as a HEPA air purifier, its filter must trap 99.97% of particles up to 0.3 microns in diameter. However, this doesn’t mean that they don’t trap a decent amount of particles smaller than this — just not necessarily as large a percent.
Air purifier cons
- There’s some filter maintenance involved: You’ll need to either buy new filters to replace old ones or clean the filters and replace them, depending on your chosen model.
- Small coverage area: Air purifiers tend to cover a smaller area compared to air ionizers.
- Not able to remove odors: HEPA air purifiers can’t remove odors or chemicals from the air unless they also incorporate an additional activated carbon filter.
Best air purifiers
Not only is this an effective air purifier that’s suitable for large rooms, but it also looks like a piece of modern art, so it won’t detract from the appearance of your room. It can also act as a fan to cool you in warm weather and this model is Wi-Fi enabled so you can control it via an app or using Amazon Alexa.
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Levoit Air Purifier for Small Space
If you want to clean the air in a small space, this Levoit air purifier is an excellent choice. It’s a great air purifier under $50, proving you don’t have to spend a fortune to get a decent model. Levoit air purifiers are well-known and reliable, making them ideal for people searching for trustworthy models. Anyone who’s looking for a Levoit air purifier on a budget should consider this option.
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Alen BreatheSmart FLEX HEPA Air Purifier
This high-end HEPA air purifier runs quietly and cleans the air in spaces up to an impressive 900 square feet. You can choose from several different versions, including a model that specializes in pet odor and dander and another that’s great for allergies and dust.
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Levoit Air Purifier for Large Room
You don’t need to look further than this Levoit air purifier to find a smart air purifier that’s Wi-Fi-compatible. You can control it with an app or as part of a smart home system. It can eliminate odors, allergens and other physical particles.
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Honeywell True HEPA200 Air Purifier
This reliable HEPA air purifier comes from a reputable brand and is suitable for rooms up to a suggested size of 310 square feet. In a room of this size, it circulates the full air volume every 12 1/2 minutes, so you’re always breathing fresh air.
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Levoit Air Purifier H13 True HEPA Filter
As a true HEPA model, this Levoit air purifier doesn’t emit ozone and can trap particles such as pollen, pet dander and mold spores. It runs quietly and is perfect for rooms of up to 300 square feet. If you’re looking for an energy-efficient option, this Levoit air purifier is extremely cheap to run.
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Air purifier FAQ
What are air purifiers good for?
A. Air purifiers are good for trapping and eliminating particles from the air, including pollen, pet dander and dust. They trap the particles in their filters, where you can wash them down the sink by cleaning the filter. They’re good for improving air quality and limiting the allergens in the air, which can help people with allergies and respiratory issues.
Should I sleep with an air purifier on?
A. Whether you want to sleep with an air purifier on is up to you, but it’s safe to do so. It may also improve your nighttime breathing, helping you to sleep better.
Should you get an air ionizer or an air purifier?
Objectively, HEPA air purifiers do a better job of cleaning the air and trapping pollutant particles than ionic air purifiers. They don’t emit ozone and they don’t cause particles to drop and remain in your home until you clean them up. Therefore, an air purifier is usually the better choice over an air ionizer, especially if you have allergies.
However, you might consider an air ionizer if you need to clean the air in a large space on a low budget. Air ionizers are also great if you don’t like the idea of cleaning filters or having an ongoing cost to replace them. Some are also great for small spaces due to their compact size, such as the Clarifon air ionizer.
It’s up to you which to buy, but for most people, a HEPA air purifier makes the most sense. This is particularly true if you opt for a trusted brand, such as a Levoit air purifier or a Dyson air purifier.
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- Second Quarter Financial Report and Corporate Development Update to be Focus of Presentation
PHOENIX, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SinglePoint, Inc. (OTCQB: SING) ("SinglePoint'' or "the Company''), a solar energy and sustainable solutions provider, announced today that Wil Ralston, CEO of SinglePoint, will conduct a 30 minute virtual presentation at the Sidoti & Company LLC Microcap Virtual Investor Conference on August 18th at 1:00 PM.
The SinglePoint presentation can be accessed live at: https://sidoti.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xWnkkIRRQJ6qR4H5u-qUmg. The presentation will be available for viewing 90 days following the event.
Free registration for investors is available at https://www.meetmax.com/sched/event_85147/conference_register.html?attendee_role_id=SIDOTI_INVESTOR
SinglePoint management will also host virtual one-on-one meetings with investors throughout the conference. To register for the presentation of a one-on-one meeting, visit https://www.sidoti.com/events/august-micro-cap-virtual-conference.
About SinglePoint Inc (OTCQB: SING)
SinglePoint is a solar energy ad sustainable lifestyle company currently in the solar energy and air purification markets. The Company's goal is to build the largest network of renewable energy solutions and modernizing the traditional solar energy and energy storage business model.The Company's continues to execute on it acquisition strategy and is currently exploring future growth opportunities in air purification, electric vehicle charging, solar as a subscription service, and additional energy efficiencies and appliances that enhance sustainability and healthier life. For more information, visit the Company's websites-- www.singlepoint.com, www.bostonsolar.us and www.boxpureair.com
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Sidoti's mission is to provide a nexus between issuer and investor Sidoti's institutional investor clients enjoy a combination of quality equity research, a small and micro-cap focused nationwide sales effort and broad access to corporate management teams. At the same time, Sidoti provides its covered companies insightful research and the opportunity (along with other publicly traded issuers) to interact with many of Sidoti's ~500 North American institutional clients by appearing at the Company's small and micro-cap conferences. Most of Sidoti's investors and clients manage portfolios with $200 million to $2 billion of assets and have a specific interest in the small and micro-cap arena, creating a mutually beneficial forum for information exchange.
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A right-wing Danish lawmaker was acquitted Wednesday of misusing European Union funds worth 98,835 kroner ($14,105) and falsifying documents.
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A Copenhagen court found Morten Messerschmidt, who heads the once powerful Danish People’s Party, not guilty of making false statements about holding an EU conference in 2015 in order to receive EU funding. He maintained his innocence throughout his trial.
“This means a lot. The case has cast long shadows over the Danish People’s Party and me as a politician for seven years and a few months,” Messerschmidt said after the verdict.
Danish prosecutors have not indicated whether they would appeal.
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Messerschmidt served in the European Parliament at the time of the alleged crimes. He received more personal votes than any other Danish candidate in the 2014 election for the EU legislature and campaigned on a promise to combat alleged EU fraud.
Another Danish court gave Messerschmidt a suspended sentence in August 2021 in the same case. Because the judge earlier on Facebook had liked comments criticizing Messerschmidt and the anti-immigration Danish People’s Party, Messerschmidt was given a retrial on the basis of judicial bias.
In its ruling Wednesday, the Frederiksberg District Court said Messerschmidt, 42, spent EU money on a conference in northern Denmark with his Movement for a Europe of Liberties and Democracy (MELD), a pan-European party which was dissolved in 2015.
The case started after the European Union’s anti-fraud body, OLAF, alleged in 2019 that funds granted by the European Parliament to two pan-European political groups were misused by their members.
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But the court acquitted Messerschmidt of using a forged document that he presented as a contract between the Danish People’s Party and the hotel where the MELD conference was held. The contract was signed by the Danish People’s Party’s administrative chief, who purported to be representing the hotel because the party was using the hotel at the same time as MELD.
During the trial, several top Danish People’s Party members and other witnesses contradicted Messerschmidt, who became the party’s chairman earlier this year.
Internal squabbles led to the collapse of the populist party, which spearheaded Denmark’s crackdown on immigration two decades ago. The Scandinavian country has some of Europe’s strictest immigration laws because of the role of the Danish People’s Party.
The party faced competition for nationalist voters from new right-wing parties in this year's Nov. 1 general election. It received 2.6% of the vote, its worst result since its creation in 1995. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Danish-lawmaker-acquitted-of-EU-funds-fraud-17668732.php | 2022-12-21 12:17:13 | 1 | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Danish-lawmaker-acquitted-of-EU-funds-fraud-17668732.php |
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia ’s Defence Ministry reported Thursday that an Armenian soldier was wounded and in critical condition after being shot by Azerbaijani forces on the eastern section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
Both sides accused each other of opening fire on border positions earlier in the week.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev accused Armenia on Tuesday of not complying with the Russia-brokered peace agreement of November 2020 by not fully withdrawing its troops from the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a government meeting that Azerbaijan started a “firefight” in order “to accuse Armenia.” Also on Thursday, Pashinyan proposed the creation of a demilitarized zone of three kilometers (nearly two miles) around Nagorno-Karabakh, as well as in other territories bordering Azerbaijan.
The two sides held peace talks on Monday that were mediated by the United States. In October, Pashinyan and Aliyev “agreed not to use force” to resolve their dispute during a summit in Russia hosted by President Vladimir Putin.
The ex-Soviet countries have been locked in a decades-old conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, which is part of Azerbaijan but has been under the control of ethnic Armenian forces backed by Armenia since a separatist war there ended in 1994.
During a six-week war in 2020, Azerbaijan reclaimed broad swaths of Nagorno-Karabakh and adjacent territories held by Armenian forces. More than 6,700 people died in the fighting, which ended with a Russia-brokered peace agreement.
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The U.S. military said President Joe Biden authorized multiple precision strikes in Syria Thursday.
The strikes targeted facilities used by groups connected to Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), Reuters reported.
U.S. Central Command said in a statement, "These precision strikes are intended to defend and protect U.S. forces from attacks like the ones on August 15 against U.S. personnel by Iran-backed groups. The U.S. strikes targeted infrastructure facilities used by groups affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps."
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NEW YORK, Feb. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- As previously announced on January 25, 2023, the Board of Directors of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI) approved a quarterly dividend of $0.90 per share on the Company's common stock.
The prior release erroneously stated the dividend increased 6.4%. The dividend increased 5.9%
The quarterly dividend increase remains unchanged from $0.85 to $0.90 per share. The dividend of $0.90 is payable on March 10, 2023, to shareholders of record on February 24, 2023. The new annualized dividend rate remains unchanged at $3.60 per share.
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Practical How-To Guide Outlines Proven Strategies Organizations Can Employ to Find, Support, and Retain Employees of Color; Follows Successful ParityMODEL for Women in Leadership
NEW YORK, Feb 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Parity.Org today announced its new ParityMODEL™ for People of Color in Leadership, available for download here. The ParityMODEL is based on extensive research and in-depth insights from organizations that have succeeded in attracting, promoting, and retaining employees of color. The proprietary framework from Parity.Org is organized around three key pillars of Representation, Equality, and Inclusion and empowers leaders with insight into the specific policies, practices, and approaches that effectively remove barriers and ensure people of color have equal opportunities to advance and succeed.
The ParityMODEL™ for People of Color in Leadership is designed to be used in conjunction with the ParityMODEL™ for Women in Leadership. Among businesses that have downloaded the ParityMODEL for Women, 97.33% agreed that the best practices influenced their organization's DEI strategies and approaches, 66.67% said it helped them improve their recruitment practices, and 46.67% said it helped their organizations more effectively measure pay parity or improve their existing pay assessment programs. Leaders can expect the same from the ParityMODEL for People of Color.
"Creating a business that is equitable from the top to bottom is – or at least, should be – top of mind for every business leader. Yet people of color currently occupy just 17% of C-Suite positions, despite the fact that they represent 31% of the entry-level workforce. Changing this reality won't happen by accident, and will require intentional actions, which is where the ParityMODEL comes in," said Cathrin Stickney, CEO and founder of Parity.Org. "We've created this first-of-its-kind, practical roadmap to give companies a very tangible understanding of what they can do to remove barriers, and more effectively attract, develop, and retain people of color."
Companies can use the ParityMODEL in every corner of their organization. From specific recruitment strategies, to tips on how to mitigate bias in hiring and promotion processes, to best practices for measuring progress, to critical considerations when designing benefit packages. The ParityMODEL for People of Color in Leadership was underwritten by Cisco and Capri Holdings Limited (Versace, Jimmy Choo, Michael Kors) – both strong advocates for the advancement of employees of color in their own businesses.
"When we took a hard look at our own goals at Cisco, we determined we weren't thinking big enough. We ultimately decided to set a goal to increase the representation of people of color by 75% at the director and executive level, because we know more diverse talent at the top naturally results in more diversity throughout," said Kelly Jones, Chief People Officer at Cisco Systems. "We chose to underwrite the ParityMODEL for People of Color in Leadership because it's exactly the resource we were missing – and wish we had – when we undertook this mission, and we want others to have a leg up when they commit to DEI, too."
"What we really admire about the ParityMODEL is how prescriptive it is. It's not just suggesting principles that can guide an organization, but sharing specific, actionable tips that every team within an organization can implement," said Semoneel Bamboat, Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion and Talent Acquisition at Capri Holdings. "For example, Capri is really focused on investing in students to fuel our talent pipeline for the future – which Parity.Org has included steps on how to do. It advances Capri's goals to ensure the future of fashion is diverse, and this guide helps accomplish that."
Download both ParityMODELs here, and please reach out to Dina Schenk, President of Parity.Org, for any inquiries.
About Parity.Org
A 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, Parity.Org is the leading impact organization increasing representation of women and people of color in organizational leadership, where the gap is the widest. We take a pragmatic and research-based approach, offering a range of proven best practices and industry-leading tools for not only reaching—but sustaining—parity in leadership. Learn more at Parity.Org and follow us on LinkedIn.
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The ParityMODEL is an evidence-based whitepaper based on primary and secondary research regarding the specific policies, benefits, practices, and approaches that the most diverse organizations employ to ensure that women and people of color have equal opportunities to advance and thrive. The practical how-to guide is organized around the three pillars of Representation, Equality, and Inclusion. It includes both written narrative as well as user-friendly checklists of specific tactics and best practices, many that are free or very low cost to implement.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Monday told hospitals that they “must” provide abortion services if the life of the mother is at risk, saying federal law on emergency treatment guidelines preempts state laws in jurisdictions that now ban the procedure without any exceptions following the Supreme Court’s decision to end a constitutional right to abortion.
The Department of Health and Human Services cited requirements on medical facilities in the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, or EMTALA. The law requires medical facilities to determine whether a person seeking treatment may be in labor or whether they face an emergency health situation — or one that could develop into an emergency — and to provide treatment.
“If a physician believes that a pregnant patient presenting at an emergency department is experiencing an emergency medical condition as defined by EMTALA, and that abortion is the stabilizing treatment necessary to resolve that condition, the physician must provide that treatment,” the agency’s guidance states. “When a state law prohibits abortion and does not include an exception for the life of the pregnant person — or draws the exception more narrowly than EMTALA’s emergency medical condition definition — that state law is preempted.”
The department said emergency conditions include “ectopic pregnancy, complications of pregnancy loss, or emergent hypertensive disorders, such as preeclampsia with severe features.”
Currently, even the states with the most stringent bans on abortion do allow exceptions when the health of a mother is at risk, though the threat of prosecution has created confusion for some doctors.
In a letter to health care providers, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra wrote, “It is critical that providers know that a physician or other qualified medical personnel’s professional and legal duty to provide stabilizing medical treatment to a patient who presents to the emergency department and is found to have an emergency medical condition preempts any directly conflicting state law or mandate that might otherwise prohibit such treatment.”
The department says its guidance doesn’t reflect new policy, but merely reminds doctors and providers of their existing obligations under federal law.
“Under federal law, providers in emergency situations are required to provide stabilizing care to someone with an emergency medical condition, including abortion care if necessary, regardless of the state where they live,” said Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure. “CMS will do everything within our authority to ensure that patients get the care they need.”
Mississippi’s trigger law, which went into effect Thursday, says abortion will be legal only if the woman’s life is in danger or if a pregnancy is caused by a rape reported to law enforcement. It does not have an exception for pregnancies caused by incest.
When asked about the Biden administration’s new guidance, Michelle Williams, chief of staff to Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch, pointed to the existing exception in Mississippi’s abortion law.
“Mississippi’s law already makes an exception for preservation of the mother’s life,” Williams told The Associated Press on Monday. “The Biden Administration’s statement of existing law today is about nothing more than maintaining the false narrative that women’s lives are in danger in order to appease his base.”
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Associated Press writer Michael Goldberg in Jackson, Mississippi, contributed to this report.
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ATLANTA (AP) — A woman seriously injured in the January car crash that killed Georgia offensive lineman Devin Willock and an athletics staffer has sued the school’s athletics association and former Bulldogs defensive tackle Jalen Carter for damages.
Victoria S. Bowles was riding in the backseat of the rented Ford Expedition driven by fellow UGA recruiting analyst Chandler LeCroy, who died in the Jan. 15 crash along with Willock while racing Carter at more than 104 mph following the Bulldogs’ College Football Playoff championship celebration.
Bowles’ lawsuit filed Wednesday in Gwinnett County State Court accuses the UGA Athletics Association of negligent entrustment of LeCroy and states that the association was aware that she had at least two “super speeder” violations among four speeding tickets prior to the crash.
Bowles sustained multiple serious injuries in the crash including lumbar and rib fractures, a spinal cord injury and lacerations to the kidney and liver, the lawsuit stated. She also sustained a closed head injury with neurological damage and severe eye pain.
Former Georgia offensive lineman Warren McClendon was also in the vehicle that crashed. He sustained minor injuries.
The lawsuit, which includes the estate of LeCroy as a defendant, requests at least $171,595 in general damages along with punitive damages. It accuses the athletic association, LeCroy and Carter of varying degrees of negligence.
The athletic association said in a statement that while it has supported Bowles during her recovery, it disputes her lawsuit and will “vigorously” defend itself in court. The statement added that staff members were to use rental vehicles for recruiting purposes only and not authorized for personal use on the night of the crash or any other time.
“Under no circumstances were recruiting staff authorized to use rental cars to drive at excessive speeds while intoxicated,” the statement added.
Rob Buck, one of Bowles’ lawyers, said in a statement that she is “deeply saddened” by the deaths of Willock and LeCroy and expressed appreciation for the support she has received during recovery.
“Tory is disappointed that the Association and its insurers have forced her to resort to litigation to address her life altering injuries,” the statement added.
Carter, who was selected ninth overall by the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFL draft in April, received 12 months’ probation and a $1,000 fine in March after pleading no contest to misdemeanor charges of reckless driving and racing.
Bowles’ lawsuit accuses him and LeCroy of “engaging in a grossly negligent joint enterprise-tandem driving/street racing.”
A representative for Carter wasn’t immediately able to be reached.
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May 8, 1937 - Sept. 25, 2022
BLOOMINGTON — Robert E. Waddell, Sr., 85, of Bloomington, passed away on Sunday, September 25, 2022 at OSF St Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington.
His funeral service will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Friday, October 7, 2022 at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church in Bloomington. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be at Park Hill Cemetery in Bloomington.
He was born on May 8, 1937, in Bloomington to the late Louise and Arthur Waddell.
Surviving are his loving wife, Barbara Jean Waddell of Bloomington; children: Karen L. (Wesley) Lee of Peoria, Barbara L. (Andre) Waddell of Bloomington, and Robert E. (Trini) Waddell, Jr. of Milwaukee, WI; siblings: Jack and Marilynn; 10 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by sons: Eddie and Brian, and a granddaughter, Tamira.
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GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) — Dozens of bison from a mountain park outside Denver were transferred Wednesday to several tribes from across the Great Plains, in the latest example of Native Americans reclaiming stewardship over animals their ancestors lived alongside for millennia.
Following ceremonial drumming and singing and an acknowledgement of the tribes that once occupied the surrounding landscape, the bison were loaded onto trucks for relocation to tribal lands.
About a half-dozen of the animals from Colorado will form the nucleus of a new herd for the Yuchi people south of Tulsa, Oklahoma, said Richard Grounds with the Yuchi Language Project.
The herd will be expanded over time, to reestablish a spiritual and physical bond broken two centuries ago when bison were nearly wiped out and the Yuchi were forced from their homeland, Grounds said.
He compared the burly animals’ return to reviving the Yuchi’s language — and said both language and bison were inseparable from the land. Bison were “the original caretakers” of that land, he said.
“We’ve lost that connection to the buffalo, that physical connection, as part of the colonial assault,” Grounds said. “So we’re saying, we Yuchi people are still here and the buffalo are still here and it’s important to reconnect and restore those relationships with the land, with the animals and the plants.”
The transfers also included 17 bison to the Northern Arapaho Tribe and 12 to the Eastern Shoshone Tribe — both of Wyoming — and one animal to the Tall Bull Memorial Council, which has members from various tribes, city officials said.
Wednesday’s transfer came two weeks after U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland issued a bison conservation order meant to further expand the number of large herds on Native American lands. Haaland also announced $25 million to build new herds, transfer more bison from federal to tribal lands and forge new bison management agreements with tribes, officials said.
American bison, also known as buffalo, have bounced back from near-extinction in the 1880s but remain absent from most of the grasslands they once occupied.
Across the U.S., 82 tribes now have more than 20,000 bison, and the number of herds on tribal lands have grown in recent years. The animals have been transferred to reservations from other tribes, from federal, state and local governments and from private ranches.
Tens of millions of bison once roamed North America until they were killed off almost entirely by white settlers, commercial hunters and U.S. troops. Their demise devastated Native American tribes across the continent that relied on bison and their parts for food, clothing and shelter.
The animals transferred to the tribes Wednesday descend from the last remnants of the great herds. They were under care of the Denver Zoo and kept in a city park before being moved to foothills west of Denver in 1914.
Surplus animals from the city’s herd were for many years auctioned off, but in recent years city officials began transferring them to tribes instead, said Scott Gilmore, deputy executive director of Denver Parks and Recreation.
Gilmore said the land acknowledgement statement read out loud during Wednesday’s ceremony underscored the historical importance of the area to the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Ute and dozens of other tribes that once lived in the area. But he added those were just “words on a piece of paper.”
“What we’re doing is putting action to those words for Indigenous people. Buffalo are part of the land, they are part of their family,” Gilmore said. “They are taking their family members back to their ancestral home.”
To date, 85 bison from Denver have been transferred to tribes and tribal organizations. City officials said the shipments will continue through 2030.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Dec. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Entergy Texas, Inc. board of directors has declared a quarterly dividend payment of $0.3359375 per share on its Series A Preferred Stock. The dividend is payable Jan. 15, 2023, to shareholders of record as of Jan. 3, 2023.
Entergy Texas, Inc. (NYSE: ETI-PR) provides electricity to more than 486,000 customers in 27 counties. Entergy Texas is a subsidiary of Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR), a Fortune 500 company headquartered in New Orleans. Entergy powers life for 3 million customers through its operating companies across Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Entergy is creating a cleaner, more resilient energy future for everyone with our diverse power generation portfolio, including increasingly carbon-free energy sources. With roots in the Gulf South region for more than a century, Entergy is a recognized leader in corporate citizenship, delivering more than $100 million in economic benefits to local communities through philanthropy and advocacy efforts annually over the last several years. Our approximately 12,000 employees are dedicated to powering life today and for future generations.
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APD announces new effort to target downtown gun crimes
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – On Wednesday, Albuquerque police announced a new initiative to “aggressively” target gun crimes in the heart of the city.
The pilot program will use federal laws to target people shooting guns in the heart of the Duke City.
People who violate any gun crimes downtown can now face federal charges – this is under the federal “Gun-Free School Zones Act.”
If someone uses a gun to commit a crime, and they are within 1,000 feet of a school, they can be federally charged. Offenders could face up to five years in prison and a maximum fee of $5,000. There are six schools in downtown Albuquerque.
Police say referring these cases to the U.S. Attorney’s Office to prosecute is a step up from the leniency of state laws here in New Mexico.
“The problem is with state laws, they’re very weak and a lot of areas and one of those areas that they’re weak is the fact that negligent use of a firearm is just a misdemeanor,” said APD Chief Harold Medina.
Signs will go up across downtown to show the federal restrictions in place.
City and APD reps say for right now this is a pilot program. They will be testing out how this works in downtown Albuquerque, and if things are successful it could be something to look into for other areas of the city too.
One local downtown business owner KOB 4 spoke with says he’s welcoming this new initiative.
“I think we all just want anything at all, so anything any policymaker can do to invoke change, especially when it revolves around gun violence, we welcome it,” said James Black, a downtown Albuquerque business owner.
APD will start enforcing these new efforts now. They will finish hanging up all of those signs we just showed you in the next few days.
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If you were a McDonald’s Happy Meal consumer in the late ’80s or early ’90s, chances are you have memories of playing with McNugget Buddies toys.
They were included in Happy Meals year-round and came with costumes you could rearrange. There was a firefighter and police officer, along with a cowboy, a scuba diver and more. The McNugget Buddies often also appeared at Halloween, complete with spooky costumes that turned them into monsters or a three-eyed octopus.
Now, McDonald’s and Funko Pop have teamed up to give us a bit of a throwback with new Halloween McNugget figurines including a ghost, mummy, witch and vampire. While all four are available for pre-order on GameStop’s website, the vampire and mummy are also on Amazon.
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Priced at $12.99 each, the McNugget Funko Pops are expected to ship Sept. 10 from Amazon and Sept. 18 from GameStop, so you’ll have them in plenty of time for Halloween. You can also get a slight discount if you’re part of the GameStop Pro program.
Want to take a trip down memory lane? No problem — check out this commercial from when they were the McDonald’s Happy Meal toy for October 1996:
This is the second nostalgic Halloween item we’ve gotten from McDonald’s in recent years. The fast-food chain brought back its classic Happy Meal Boo Buckets for a limited time last October.
The Boo Buckets were in restaurants for less than two weeks in 2022. They were inspired by McBoo, McPunk’n and McGoblin, the original Halloween trio that graced the buckets when they first came out in 1986. While those original buckets were only orange, the new ones were also available in white and green.
Each character also came in three different expressions. So, if you were industrious enough, you could get nine different pails in all. McDonald’s has not said if the buckets will be returning again this year, but they didn’t make the announcement until early October last year, so be on the lookout.
You can also find a handful of non-Halloween McNugget Buddies Funko Pops on Amazon, including a cowboy, rockstar, tennis player and drummer.
Do you remember the McNugget Buddies or original Boo Buckets?
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BEIJING, July 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On June 28, BOE Innovation Partner Conference 2023 (BOE IPC 2023) opened in Beijing Etrong International Exhibition & Convention Center, with the theme of "Empower IoT: an Opening Innovation Platform on Display." The sixth edition of the grand gathering of global display and IoT ecosystem partners coincided with the 30th anniversary of the founding of BOE. This year's IPC Week brought together a cohort of industry experts, ecosystem partners and leading enterprises and featured a series of activities, such as keynote speeches, themed forums, BOE × partner innovation exhibition, innovation partner program and signing ceremony for strategic cooperation. A range of first-in-class products were unveiled at the event. Moreover, BOE IPC 2023 was live broadcast through the world's first 8K+5G UHD broadcasting vehicle, presenting the amazing industry event to audiences anywhere.
Empowering myriad scenarios and fostering a dynamic innovation ecosystem through "Empower IoT: an Opening Innovation Platform on Display"
At BOE IPC 2023, Liu Qiao, Dean of Peking University's Guanghua School of Management, Meng Pu, Chairman of Qualcomm China, Chen Mingjie, Director of Beijing Municipal Cultural Heritage Bureau, Liu Wenqing, Vice President of China Academy of Industrial Internet, and other experts and industry influencers delivered keynote speeches and shared their insights.
Chen Yanshun, Chairman of BOE, gave a keynote speech titled Empower IoT: an Opening Innovation Platform on Display, where he reviewed BOE's role and contributions in the era of the internet, mobile internet and IoT over the past 30 years. "Keeping abreast of the trend of the times, we put forward the development strategy of 'Empower IoT: an Opening Innovation Platform on Display' aiming to bring displays with more diverse features and forms to a wider range of scenarios. We constantly deepen innovation cooperation with our partners to create a collaborative ecosystem and empower the digital transformation of various industries. Currently, we have over 5,000 partners and are working with them to dive into nearly 100 scenarios and implement benchmark projects in various segments, such as park, finance, education, 8K UHD display, visual art and digital exhibition, thus empowering the smart transformation of industries. Looking ahead, BOE is ready to join hands with global partners to create a new future of smart IoT and build an innovative, harmonious and win-win ecological community!" said Chen Yanshun.
In his speech titled Scenarios, Partners and Collaboration, Dr. Gavin Gao, President of BOE, said, "This year marks the 30th anniversary of the founding of BOE. Having transformed from a display supplier to an innovative IoT company, we will focus on smart IoV, IoT and other scenarios in the future and deepen the fusion of display, sensing, AI, IoT and other core technologies to achieve value transition. This is also in line with our concept for launching BOE IPC. As a technology company, we not only set eyes on our own innovation and business development but also uphold sustainable development concepts like Green+, Innovation+ and Community+ in the process of management and operations to promote integrated development of the enterprise and society. We look forward to your further involvement in the implementation of the strategy of 'Empower IoT: an Opening Innovation Platform on Display' and in the building of the 'Powered by BOE' innovation ecosystem."
Frontier technologies defying imagination, cutting-edge products setting the pace for industry
In the exhibition area of BOE IPC 2023, BOE showcased a plethora of its latest futuristic technologies. In the LCD field, BOE's 110-inch UB Cell monitor empowered by high-end display technology ADS Pro was one of the biggest highlights. It features six core strengths, namely, 178-degree viewing angles, ultralow reflectivity, high contrast ratio, high refresh rate, wide color gamut and high brightness, delivering ultimate image quality in strong ambient lighting. In terms of flexible display, the world's first 17-inch foldable laptop draw a large audience with its disruptive flexible form. Based on BOE's all-new module structure solution, the industry's first foldable product that can be folded both lengthwise and breadthwise supports three forms, namely, being unfolded fully, folded in an "X" pattern or folded in a "Y" pattern, which can greatly expand the application of smart devices in office, creation, gaming, entertainment and other scenarios. BOE also exhibited its industry-leading flexible display armed with the LTPO and tandem technologies. It achieves peak brightness of 2,000 nits, reduces power consumption by over 20% and at the same time, increases the service life by three to four times, providing a superior OLED experience for users. In the MLED field, BOE presented its world-leading LTPS P0.5 COG AM MLED display, which is an industry pacesetter using the company's original lateral cabling technique. At the event, BOE released a 32-inch light field 3D monitor and exhibited its 31.5-inch UHD 480 Hz high-end esports display, the world's first-in-class 27-inch low-carbon display v2.0 and other pioneering products.
At the entrance to the exhibition area, BOE showed how its IoT all-in-one platform supports the implementation of the strategy of "Empower IoT: an Opening Innovation Platform on Display". In terms of smart park, BOE's smart edge solution based on the cloud-edge-terminal architecture provides customers with OPS capabilities featuring "development in the cloud, deployment on the terminal." Compared to centralized cloud storage solutions, it reduces computing resources by nearly 70% and enables smart park operations encompassing people flow, park security and more. Currently, BOE's smart park solutions have been implemented in over 20 cities. BOE's one-stop smart finance solutions integrating "screen + platform + software + content" have found way into a number of financial institutions, such as Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, China Construction Bank and China Minsheng Bank, serving over 3,000 branches in 25 cities. In the field of smart mobility, through the merging of its world-leading display and AIoT technologies, BOE's first-of-its-kind smart cockpit has a 42.2-inch display and a 6.94-inch Camera Monitor System (CMS). The display features an ultrahigh resolution of 10K, a million-level contrast ratio and a 110% color gamut, delivering vibrant colors and a superb viewing experience. Furthermore, five AI-empowered safe driving technologies have been implemented, including safety belt detection, driver sleep detection and vehicle owner identification.
While consolidating its own technical strengths, BOE practices the concept of green manufacturing. At BOE IPC 2023, the company released Toward Carbon Neutrality: BOE Low-carbon Development Report, where it for the first time reveals its low-carbon development objectives and promises to achieve carbon-free business operations by 2050. As a leading technology company with global influence, BOE always embeds sustainable development concept in its business operations. As of 2022, BOE had 15 smart factories that have been designated as "national green factories."
Working with partners to create "Powered by BOE" innovation ecosystem
In addition to showcasing its world-leading technologies and products at BOE IPC 2023, BOE debuted a host of cutting-edge technologies together with dozens of ecosystem partners, including Honor, FAW Group, NIO, Aston Martin, Chery and XPeng. Among them, the Skyworth Q53 Wallpaper TV equipped with BOE's HSR frequency doubling technology boasts an ultralow reflectivity of 2%–2.6% and high refresh rates of 120 Hz–240 Hz, delivering an ultimate viewing experience to users. The Honor Magic5 series comes with BOE's 6.81-inch flexible OLED display and first-of-its kind LTPO and spotlight technologies to achieve better battery life, lower power consumption, higher performance and more effective eye care. Plus, BOE presented glass-based smart antenna, diffuser and other innovative products together with Corning.
BOE joined hands with a dozen car brands to showcase an array of cutting-edge technologies and products. For example, the NIO ES6 equipped with BOE's 12.8-inch flexible OLED display boasts a million-level contrast ratio and a wide color gamut of 100% and delivers true-to-life colors. The Hyper GT by GAC Aion is armed with BOE's 14.6-inch oxide in-cell display for vehicles, the first of its kind in China. The XPeng G6 comes with BOE's 10.2-inch central display and 14.96-inch instrument panel, and the NETA GT sports car features a 17.6-inch central display, demonstrating BOE's strength in large-size in-vehicle displays.
In order to deepen the implementation of the strategy of "Empower IoT: an Opening Innovation Platform on Display" and empower a myriad of application scenarios with displays, 10 forums were held during the IPC Week, including the Display Forum, IoT Innovation Forum, MLED Forum, Sensing Forum, Smart Engineering Medicine Forum, Flexible OLED Forum, Metaverse Forum, Technology Hub Forum, Industrial Internet Forum and AI and Big Data Forum.
As a world-leading innovative IoT company, BOE invested over RMB10 billion in R&D for two consecutive years since 2021. Up to date, BOE has filed a total of more than 80,000 patent applications, including over 28,000 related to flexible OLED. At this year's IPC conference, BOE also invited top experts in the industry as strategic technology advisors and technology consultants and pool internal and external R&D resources to jointly create three major technology sources of semiconductor display, IoT innovation, and sensor devices, creating shared value through in-depth cooperation and collaborative development.
Standing at a new starting point, BOE will strive to build the "Powered by BOE" innovation ecosystem through its "technology + brand" dual-drive model, empower upstream and downstream partners with forward-looking technology R&D and application innovation, and work with them to shape the IoT ecosystem, tap into development opportunities and create a new and shared future.
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Is the Shark Anti-Allergen Pet Power Cordless Stick Vacuum worth it?
Cleaning tasks can seem endless, especially when you have a pet. Lugging a heavy, high-powered pet vacuum around the house can be burdensome, and lightweight cordless models don’t always have enough power to get all the fur and dander.
Shark created an innovative vacuum solution for pet owners. Its cordless Pet Power vacuum offers continuous cleaning to deep-clean carpets and floors. The vacuum is specifically designed for households with pets and boasts a 50-minute runtime in standard mode.
This sounded like the perfect vacuum cleaner to address our own pet hair dilemma, so we tested the Shark Anti-Allergen Pet Power Cordless Stick Vacuum. Here’s what we found.
Testing the Shark Anti-Allergen Pet Power Cordless Stick Vacuum
Our tester’s home has both carpet and wood floors, and they have two cats. They require a vacuum that’s lightweight, easy to maneuver and can get all the hair up to keep things looking clean. They used the Shark Pet Power vacuum and tested out features, performance and product claims to see if it held up to what the manufacturer promised. The focus was on the setup process, speed and responsiveness, noise level, battery performance and overall quality.
What is the Shark Anti-Allergen Pet Power Cordless Stick Vacuum?
The Shark Pet Power vacuum is a cordless, anti-allergen, stick vacuum made for pet owners. The deep-cleaning technology works on carpets and hardwood floors. The complete seal design traps and holds over 99.9% of dust and allergens that contaminate the air in your home.
Shark Anti-Allergen Pet Power Cordless Stick Vacuum price and where to buy
The Shark Anti-Allergen Pet Power vacuum is available for $349.99 at Amazon.
How to use the Shark Anti-Allergen Pet Power Cordless Stick Vacuum
Unboxing and setup
Upon opening the box, we found the vacuum to be well packaged. It looked like a good-quality product with a clean, appealing design. The stickers were easy to remove, and the directions were almost unnecessary. If you’ve ever seen a vacuum, the way the parts fit together is fairly obvious. With this particular model, the parts won’t click together if you don’t have them lined up correctly, so putting it together is still easy.
This vacuum is adaptable to various cleaning situations. Removing or adding the different attachments is straightforward, and the controls are intuitive and easy to reach.
Performance
The Shark has a switch that lets you change modes from hard floors to carpet. Each works well for its intended purpose. When you have a heavier pile of dirt or ground-in pet fur, you can engage the boost mode. This worked well, even on a high pile carpet. The unit features a flexible head, making it highly maneuverable, even cleaning underneath furniture with little effort.
We liked the fact that this model can vacuum more than just floors. We used it to clean couch cushions and fabric chairs that tend to accumulate noticeable black cat fur. It did an excellent job picking up hair in only one or two passes.
Noise level
We can’t say it was overly noisy, but this Shark vacuum wasn’t quiet, either. In the low mode, if we had a conversation, we would have to raise our voice, though not to a shout. The boost mode was a bit louder.
Emptying the debris container
The debris compartment opens and empties with a single touch. Make sure you have the unit in the trash can when releasing the dust, because it comes out fast. If you hold it too high, some dust might float up and out.
Battery life
Unfortunately, the battery didn’t perform as hoped. While the advertising claims it will run up to 50 minutes, we could only get about 22 minutes out of this vacuum in standard mode. The boost mode, which obviously consumes power at an accelerated rate, only lasts about 10 minutes. To get the unit back up to 100%, we had to charge it for 2.5 hours.
Shark Anti-Allergen Pet Power Cordless Stick Vacuum benefits
The Shark cordless vacuum is a flexible, easily maneuverable cleaning appliance. The LED is a great feature because you can clearly see all the dirt, dust and hair on the floor when vacuuming. It has a sleek design and a good amount of suction, which can be enhanced with the boost mode, as well as being easy to empty.
Shark Anti-Allergen Pet Power Cordless Stick Vacuum drawbacks
The main drawback of this vacuum is the longer charging times and shorter battery life. It’s also a little frustrating that the vacuum doesn’t have a wall mount. The Shark doesn’t take up much space, but it doesn’t stand on its own.
Should you get the Shark Anti-Allergen Pet Power Cordless Stick Vacuum?
The Shark Anti-Allergen Pet Power Cordless Stick Vacuum is an easy-to-use, capable vacuum that’s lightweight and not overpriced. While it isn’t the most powerful model on the market, it performs remarkably well and is a good fit for people who own pets. The bottom line is the Shark is a good value for the money.
Consider other products
Dyson Ball Multi Floor Origin Vacuum Cleaner
Dyson is the leader in vacuums. If you want the most powerful, top-performing model, this is it. You will pay more, however, and it’s corded and larger than the Shark Pet Power vacuum.
Sold by Amazon
Shark ZU782 Rotator Lift-Away DuoClean Pro Upright Vacuum
If you want power that never ends in a Shark vacuum, this corded model has what you crave. It includes all the features of the Pet Power model and is roughly the same price.
Sold by Amazon, Home Depot, Kohl’s and Wayfair
Bissell 2252 CleanView Swivel Upright Bagless Vacuum
For those with budget as a primary concern, Bissell has a highly affordable model available. This vacuum has swivel steering, a 13.5-inch cleaning path and an easy-to-empty dirt bin. For every unit purchased, Bissell donates up to $10 to the Bissell Pet Foundation.
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Couple in hospice care makes final wish come true by going on date at Golden Corral
Published: Jul. 20, 2023 at 7:09 PM MST|Updated: 16 minutes ago
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WXYZ) - A couple in Michigan got to take part in their final wish by having a date at Golden Corral.
On Thursday, Larry and Betty Crabtree had a very special meal together.
They have been married for 58 years and are currently in hospice care.
The two have raised six children and entered home hospice within just a few months of each other.
Doctors have given Larry Crabtree six months to live and Betty Crabtree about a year.
So, they are making the most of their time.
The couple said they are visiting some of their favorite places along with spending time with the people they love.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Sen. Tim Scott on Wednesday launched an exploratory committee for a 2024 GOP presidential bid, a step that comes just shy of making his campaign official.
For months, the South Carolina Republican has been building out the infrastructure of a possible presidential campaign, staffing up his political action committee and making trips to early voting states. He’s also honed a stump speech heavy on optimism and his belief in America’s “story of redemption.”
No other major presidential hopeful has so far launched an exploratory committee for 2024, though it does have some advantages.
A quick rundown on exploratory committees, how they’re used and why:
WHAT IS AN EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE?
An exploratory committee allows someone pondering a political bid to start raising money to support efforts like traveling and polling without officially becoming a candidate. It’s not required, but some potential candidates do it.
According to the Federal Election Commission, the mechanism — also known as “testing the waters” — is not required to register or report to the commission, as a candidate’s official campaign committee would be.
But any money raised during this time frame has to comply with federal contribution limits and be reported, if a campaign is ultimately launched. And if the process doesn’t lead to an official candidacy, the prospective candidate isn’t required to disclose any fundraising and spending activity from the exploratory phase.
WHY DO THIS?
Much of it can be a PR move.
By launching an exploratory committee, a potential candidate gets dual waves of media attention — the launch of the committee and then the official candidacy. In what’s already shaping up to be a large GOP field in 2024, that can be important, with a slew of candidates competing for advertising airwaves, media attention and donor dollars.
There are also financial implications. By launching his exploratory committee this week, Scott will have almost the entire second quarter of this year to amass his fundraising, in hopes of showcasing a significant number at its end.
Scott has already proved that he can attract significant fundraising. A pro-Scott super PAC, Opportunity Matters Fund, spent more than $20 million to help Republicans in 2022 and reported $13 million-plus on hand to start 2023. Tech billionaire Larry Ellison has donated at least $30 million to the organization since 2021, according to federal filings.
WHEN IS THE EXPLORATORY PERIOD OVER?
If a person pondering a bid engages in actual campaigning, according to the FEC, the exploratory period has reached its end. As defined by the commission, campaigning includes the person referring to himself or herself as a candidate, using “general public political advertising” to publicize a specific intent to campaign, or raising “more money than what is reasonably needed to test the waters,” though that amount isn’t defined.
Campaigning can also technically include informing the media “either directly or through an advisor” that a candidacy will be announced on a certain date.
This mechanism has led to oblique maneuvers by some leading up to an official kickoff, like former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s tease of a “special announcement” — not specifically a campaign — in the weeks before launching her own 2024 presidential bid. She formally announced she would run the day before a planned rally in Charleston.
WHY DOESN’T EVERY POTENTIAL CANDIDATE HAVE ONE?
The use of exploratory committees used to be more customary than it is today.
In 1999, businessman Donald Trump said that he had formed an exploratory committee to help him determine whether he could win the White House as a Reform Party candidate. Trump spiked that bid, though he went on to win the White House as a Republican in 2016 and is seeking the GOP nomination again next year.
A month before his White House launch, then-Illinois Democratic Sen. Barack Obama announced an exploratory committee. Four years later, Republicans Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum had committees of their own before official announcements, while Newt Gingrich thought about it and ultimately just jumped straight into the 2012 race.
Several Democrats who ultimately ran for their party’s 2020 nomination had exploratory efforts first, including Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro.
But some candidates skip straight into their official campaigns. Hillary Clinton did that for the 2016 election, as did Kamala Harris for 2020 and, this year, Haley.
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Presidents Joe Biden and Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday will sign an agreement that includes plans to have U.S. nuclear-armed submarines dock in South Korea for the first time in more than 40 years, a conspicuous show of support to Seoul amid growing concern about nuclear threats by North Korea, according to senior Biden administration officials.
The planned dock visits are a key element of what's being dubbed the “Washington Declaration,” aimed at deterring North Korea from carrying out an attack on its neighbor. It is being unveiled as Biden is hosting Yoon for a state visit during a moment of heightened anxiety for both leaders over an increased pace of ballistic missile tests by North Korea over the last several months.
The three senior Biden administration officials, who briefed reporters on the condition of anonymity ahead of the official announcement, said that Biden and Yoon aides have been working on details of the plan for months and agreed that “occasional” and “very clear demonstrations of the strength” of U.S. extended deterrence capabilities needed to be an essential aspect of the agreement.
The agreement seeks to allay South Korean fears over the North's aggressive nuclear weapons program and to ward off the country from restarting its own nuclear program, which it gave up nearly 50 years ago when it signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The U.S. and South Korea also would coordinate more deeply on nuclear response strategy in the event of the North attacking the South — but operational control of such weapons would remain in U.S. control, and no nuclear weapons are being deployed onto South Korean shores.
The agreement also calls for the U.S. and South Korean militaries to strengthen joint training and better integrate South Korean military assets into the joint strategic deterrence effort. As part of the declaration, South Korea will reaffirm its commitment to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, an agreement signed by several major nuclear and non-nuclear powers that pledged their cooperation to stem the spread of nuclear technology, the officials said.
As a candidate for the presidency last year, Yoon said he would call for the increased deployment of U.S. bombers, aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines to South Korea as he looked to offer a firmer response to the North's threats than his predecessor Moon Jae-in.
In the midst of the Cold War in the late 1970s, U.S. nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarines made frequent port visits to South Korea, sometimes two to three visits per month, according to the Federation of American Scientists. It was a period when the U.S. had hundreds of nuclear warheads located in South Korea.
But in 1991, the United States withdrew all of its nuclear weapons from the Korean Peninsula, and the following year Seoul and Pyongyang signed a joint declaration pledging that neither would “test, manufacture, produce, receive, possess, store, deploy or use nuclear weapons.” But as the North has repeatedly violated the joint declaration over the years, there's been increased support in South Korea for the United States to return nuclear weapons to the country.
One Biden administration official cautioned it is “crystal clear” that there are no plans by the administration for "returning tactical or any other kind of nuclear weapon to the Korean Peninsula.” Instead, administration officials said they envision that the visit of ballistic missile submarines will be followed by the U.S. military more regularly deploying assets such as bombers or aircraft carriers to South Korea.
North Korea’s increasing nuclear threats, along with concerns about China’s military and economic assertiveness in the region, have pushed the Biden administration to expand its Asian alliance. To that end, Biden has thrown plenty of attention at Yoon as well as Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Next week, Biden will host Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for Oval Office talks.
In the past year, North Korea has been steadily expanding its nuclear arsenal, while China and Russia repeatedly block U.S.-led efforts to toughen sanctions on the North over its barrage of banned missile tests.
The stepped-up testing by North Korea includes the flight-testing of a solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time earlier this month. The recent test is seen as a possible breakthrough in the North’s efforts to acquire a more powerful, harder-to-detect weapon targeting the continental United States.
Besides nuclear deterrence, Biden and Yoon, and their aides, also are expected to discuss Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine. The Biden administration has praised South Korea for sending some $230 million in humanitarian aid to Kyiv, but Biden would welcome Seoul taking an even bigger role in helping the Ukrainians repel Russia.
Yoon's visit comes just weeks after the leaks of scores of highly classified documents that have complicated relations with allies, including South Korea. The papers viewed by The Associated Press indicate that South Korea’s National Security Council “grappled” with the U.S. in early March over an American request to provide artillery ammunition to Ukraine.
The documents, which cited a signals intelligence report, said then-NSC Director Kim Sung-han suggested the possibility of selling the 330,000 rounds of 155 mm munitions to Poland, since getting the ammunition to Ukraine quickly was the United States’ ultimate goal.
One Biden administration official said that Biden planned to talk to Yoon about “what it means for all like-minded allies to continue to support Ukraine” and ask the South Korean leader "what the future of their support might look like.”
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Toni Dusik woke up one night with an idea of how to honor her two deceased husbands and simultaneously create a legacy in Israel for her children and grandchildren.
“I have been married three times and my first husband had lung cancer and passed away,” said Dusik. “I remarried, he was my neighbor, and he died after we were married about five-and-a-half years from a heart attack. And I have been blessed being married to Milan for 13 years now.”
Dusik was married to Abe Lipsky for 25 years from 1970-1995; then she was married to Larry Smeltzer from 1998-2004; and she married Milan Dusik in 2009.
A member of Temple Chai in Phoenix, she has also been involved with the Jewish National Fund-USA (JNF-USA) since 2007 and is the past president of JNF-USA’s Arizona board, a current JNF-Desert States board member and sits on the national board of directors. So, with JNF-USA’s planning, Dusik traveled to Israel to dedicate a room in memory of both her late husbands inside the ADI Negev-Nahalat Eran Rehabilitation Village, a residential facility and outpatient treatment center for those with severe disabilities.
“I told the kids that I was doing it in memory of Abe and Larry and they both said they wanted to be there for the dedication, so that started this whole thing snowballing,” said Dusik.
As she told other family members about the trip, they also wanted to go. “So, very quickly, there were 15 of us,” she said.
The last two weeks in December 2022, Dusik, her husband, Milan; sons Douglas and Josh and their wives, Risa and Julie; grandchildren Ari, Ruby, Samson and Dylan; Risa’s parents, Russ and Jenny Miller; Dusik’s sister, Meri Bond and her wife, Jennifer Gilman; and cousin Michelle Schechner all traveled to Israel.
This was Dusik’s sister’s first trip to Israel, and she admitted she hadn’t had much interest in going before. “Toni suggested this as a family trip and it felt like a great thing to do, a chance for everybody to be together and I’ll finally get to see Israel,” said Bond, who lives near Boston. “Between what Toni knew, her JNF people and Slava, who she got for us as a tour guide, it really was quite remarkable.”
At the ADI Negev-Nahalat Eran Rehabilitation Village, the family attended the dedication of a library and conference room in Lipsky’s and Smeltzer’s names.
“To see the beautiful plaque beside the room ‘dedicated to the memory of Abe Lipsky and Larry Smeltzer’ — wow,” said Dusik. “My thought is when people walk by, they’ll think someone loved these people enough to do something like this for them.”
The group also traveled to a community near the Gaza Strip, where residents have 15 seconds after a siren warns them of an incoming mortar or missile attack to seek shelter in one of the cement bomb shelters. According to the JNF-USA website, a local artist started painting murals on the bomb shelters “as part of a JNF project to beautify shelters and make them less threatening to kids in the communities along Gaza’s border.”
Donors can dedicate a shelter and choose what they would like painted on the outside. “I told my kids that I was giving them a bomb shelter and they needed to come up with what they wanted on it,” said Dusik. “Ari wanted a rainbow and Disneyland with all the princesses and Josh’s family wanted a picture of their dog, Wilson, and Sandy Koufax — and that’s what they got.”
One side of the bomb shelter has a message. “It says dedicated by Toni in honor of her children and lists all the kids’ names,” she said. “My kids’ names are in Israel now too, which is awesome.”
Dusik said the shelter is right next to a basketball court, which made her feel good that children could be playing outside and go inside quickly if necessary.
Another dedication they attended was a surprise for Milan Dusik at Ammunition Hill, a heritage memorial site dedicated to the Six-Day War.
The Wall of Honor at Ammunition Hill is a place where someone can purchase a plaque honoring a Jewish relative, friend or loved one who currently serves, or has served in the past, in the military of any country. Milan Dusik served, and was a sergeant, in the U.S. Army.
“I surprised Milan with a plaque in his name,” said Dusik. “When they took off the cover and he saw it, he burst into tears. It was so touching; he is such an amazing, wonderful guy. I just needed to honor him also.”
Dusik’s cousin, Michelle Schechner, also purchased a plaque in memory of her late husband.
In addition to the dedications and visiting significant historical sites, Dusik said she wanted to have activities that the children would also enjoy, so the group made chocolate and bread, milked goats, crafted leather, went sand surfing, did a scavenger hunt, visited shuks, went on a jeep ride and cooked with chef Tali Friedman.
“The kids had an absolute blast when we went to Kfar Kedem,” she said. The tourist center recreated the day-to-day life of Galilee 2,000 years ago. “We were dressed in smocks with scarves around our heads and watching the kids doing fun things that tell the story of Israel — and milking goats was hysterical.”
Bond said she enjoyed touring the Ayalon Institute-Bullet Factory Rehovot, where Israelis manufactured bullets eight meters underground in a factory the size of a tennis court for use by the Palmach, an elite pre-state military strike force. She was also fascinated by the exhibits at the ANU-Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv.
“There were these full-size vertical screens of many different people who live in Israel, and they were talking about what it’s like for them being in Israel or what it’s like being Jewish, but it was to bring out the notion of while we are all very different, we are all Jewish,” said Bond. “Being able to know that I was part of this larger thing, it allowed me to feel that pride.”
Dusik said that although it sounded “totally trite,” her favorite part of the trip was seeing how much her kids loved Israel.
“Things we were doing are so important for future generations to have that connection to Israel, like knowing that my daughter-in-law Risa took my two grandchildren, Ari and Dylan, up to the wall so they could touch it,” she said.
This was Dusik’s 16th trip to Israel and she feels at home there. “I feel so nourished being there, since the first time I went,” she said. “I was blown away by looking in the windows of stores and seeing nothing but Jewish stars — that ‘aha’ moment of you’re in a country with a lot of Jews and you’re not the minority.”
“I think that the major thing coming back from this is a desire to understand the history even better. When I’m having a conversation with somebody about Israel, I can actually bring something to it,” said Bond. “To be able to see the country and the places that mean so much to her (Toni). I understand better what she’s trying to do, what she’s so proud of and why she loves it as much as she does. It was wonderful to be able to experience that and it helped bring us closer.”
Toni joked that she was impressed that they were all still talking at the end of the trip and said the family is making plans to travel together again. “I am constantly at a loss to try and explain how over the top, wonderful, fabulous and fantastic it was to spend two weeks with my whole family. It was truly a trip of a lifetime.” JN | https://www.jewishaz.com/families_lifestyle/family-trip-to-israel-is-a-chance-to-honor-both-the-past-and-the-future/article_e247e5dc-bc53-11ed-9ad9-e3de3e11806a.html | 2023-03-07 13:28:27 | 0 | https://www.jewishaz.com/families_lifestyle/family-trip-to-israel-is-a-chance-to-honor-both-the-past-and-the-future/article_e247e5dc-bc53-11ed-9ad9-e3de3e11806a.html |
Florida officials are facing potential legal peril over GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis’s migrant relocation moves.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) and Bexar County (Texas) Sheriff Javier Salazar, whose jurisdiction encompasses San Antonio, are focusing their criminal and civil investigations on whether migrants were lured onto flights under false pretenses.
Salazar’s office filed charges with the local district attorney Monday after a nine-month investigation into a Florida-run operation that transported 49 migrants from San Antonio to Martha’s Vineyard, Mass. Bonta announced his own investigation over the weekend.
“I think deception is a key part of what’s happened here,” he told The Hill.
Both those investigations orbit DeSantis, former President Trump’s leading competitor for the 2024 GOP nomination, whose hard-line stance on immigration is a keystone of his campaign.
“Gov. DeSantis is abusing Florida taxpayer dollars. We welcome the federal government or other states to help us challenge these dangerous political stunts,” said Florida Rep. Darren Soto (D).
After remaining uncharacteristically quiet on the issue for days, DeSantis’s office Tuesday took ownership of the latest flights, which carried migrants from Texas to Sacramento, Calif.
“From left-leaning mayors in El Paso, Texas, and Denver, Colorado, the relocation of those illegally crossing the United States border is not new,” division of emergency management spokesperson Alecia Collins said in a statement. “But suddenly, when Florida sends illegal aliens to a sanctuary city, it’s false imprisonment and kidnapping.”
Collins’s statement and a video released by DeSantis’s office characterized the flights as voluntary — a rare defensive move from the Republican presidential candidate — amid increasingly vocal challenges from the West.
Bonta said he’s “glad the state of Florida is accepting blame for what they’ve done.”
“They have no choice but to – all the evidence pointed that way. It was obvious that it was them. They have a $10 [million] to $12 million budget outlay to pay for this program.”
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) panned DeSantis for the flights in a tweet Monday, calling him a “small, pathetic man” and floating the idea of leveling kidnapping charges over the flights.
Bonta, who met Saturday with a group of migrants from the flights, said his investigation would cast a wide net.
“Everyone involved, anyone involved in the scheme and the movement of the 36 asylum seekers from El Paso to Sacramento with New Mexico in between, and that includes the state of Florida and its employees who are involved, and that includes any private entity,” he said.
Though Bonta and Newsom are the highest-profile Democrats to raise criminal charges as a possible counterpunch to migrant relocations, Salazar has for months been pursuing an investigation into the first Florida-related migrant flight.
“[DeSantis] took these people from my hometown of San Antonio. So, San Antonio was always going to have some kind of jurisdiction because of that, and the sheriff indicated a few months ago that he was going to do a full investigation,” said Rep. Joaquín Castro (D-Texas).
“Our district attorney, I believe, will take a close look at [the investigation,] and if DeSantis and his crew committed what they’re accused of committing, then the district attorney will prosecute him.”
According to Salazar’s office, the recommended charges include several counts of unlawful restraint, some of which are misdemeanors and others felonies.
Gerardo Menchaca, an immigration lawyer in San Antonio who has advised some of the migrants who boarded the flights, said he believes the alleged deception amounts to kidnapping.
“It’s kidnapping if you lie to somebody to get them in the car with you and then take them to a place where it’s totally different than what you told them it was going to be,” he said.
“These people were told, ‘Come on, and we’re going to get you a job.’ And then there’s an allegation of somebody being told, ‘We’ll expedite your work permit.’ So that is kidnapping, and also, there’s minors involved, so minors can’t even consent.”
Reactions from Bexar County and California stand in contrast to those of some big-city mayors including New York City’s Eric Adams (D), who condemned the practice of shipping migrants north but also butted heads with the Biden administration over funding for new arrivals.
“Whether it’s [former Chicago Mayor] Lori Lightfoot or Eric Adams, they turn around and say, ‘This is a stunt’ and then they say ‘We can’t take any more,'” said Ford O’Connell, a Republican strategist.
“And when they say they can’t take any more, that’s when the Western Governors jump in. The Western Governors weren’t gonna say anything. This is their way of trying to stop the bleeding by turning the subject back on the Republicans, but when you look at the polling, more Americans are waking up.”
Polls on immigration issues generally show a deep partisan divide, though key polls have found large majorities of Americans disapprove of President Biden’s handling of the issue.
Many Democrats, though, push back on the Republican idea that disapproval of Biden’s handling of immigration equates to approval of hard-line policies such as migrant relocations.
“Democrats are rightly taking a stand on this because it’s disgusting,” said Kristian Ramos, a Democratic strategist.
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BELLEVUE, Wash., May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Healthcare Management Administrators (HMA), a pioneer and leader in self-funded health plan benefits for hundreds of employers across the Pacific Northwest, is excited to announce a collaboration with Canopy Wellbeing and Workit Health to make available an innovative new, virtual behavioral health product that solves the complex challenges of access, quality, and affordability for employers that value whole-person health.
HMA's President and CEO, Lindsay Harris, explained, "HMA is committed to being at the forefront of innovation when it comes to the mental and behavioral health crisis facing our nation." Linda Cole, HMA's Director of Member Care added, "Our data mirrors national statistics. Over 20% of our members received mental healthcare last year. Importantly, our solution also includes a virtual treatment program for substance use disorders, which affect 1 in 50 people on average. When someone is struggling with mental health or substance use disorders, finding the right help needs to be easy. That's not always the case today due to the dearth of community-based mental health providers. Our new product makes it simple for members to engage with qualified providers quickly, empowering them to seek treatment earlier in their care journey, which can reduce future in-patient costs."
To offer the product, HMA has partnered with two leaders in the virtual behavioral health space, Canopy Wellbeing, a Portland, OR-based behavioral health company that since 1975 has served people with heart and focused on continuous innovation, and Workit Health, a leading addiction treatment platform that offers different levels of intervention for every stage of substance use and substance use disorder. HMA began working with Canopy in July 2020 to connect members in crisis with licensed therapists trained in de-escalation and intervention, a program that continues specifically for immediate crisis resolution.
"We are excited to expand our collaboration with HMA by extending access to Canopy's panel of highly professional and diverse clinicians and particularly empowering consistency of care which allows members to stay with the same provider for the duration of their treatment plan," offered Anthony Brown, CEO of Canopy Wellbeing.
Workit Health's Co-CEO and Co-Founder, Lisa McLaughlin, added, "HMA understands that substance use disorder treatment is a key ingredient in a robust behavioral health product. We look forward to helping employers and their health plan members discover our proven digital treatment model offers compassion and convenience allowing members to make recovery a part of their daily lives."
Designed to create a more personalized and thereby more effective care experience, HMA's virtual behavioral health product expands the typical set of conditions treated to include non-diagnosable ones such as marital conflict and grief that contribute to emotional well-being but are traditionally excluded from health plan coverage. When employers purchase the product, members enrolled in a participating health plan will have low to no cost-share access to digital cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness tools as well as careful matching to therapists and coaches best-suited to their needs anywhere in U.S through Canopy Wellbeing. A six-session minimum helps to ensure that members have time to grow toward readiness for change and/or to begin to resolve the issues for which they seek treatment.
And, for those needing substance use disorder treatment, notably, the HMA virtual behavioral health product features affordable and accessible virtual therapy, coaching and medication assisted treatment powered by Workit Health's evidence-based treatment for alcohol, opioid, and other addictions with additional support through in-app messaging, peer recovery groups, and an interactive curriculum. Being virtual in nature and grounded in a harm reduction-based approach, it removes barriers to care such as an inability to take time off from work or pay for inpatient treatment.
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NEW YORK (AP)Chris Kreider scored the go-ahead goal in the third period and added an empty-netter, and Igor Shesterkin made 30 saves as the New York Rangers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-2 on Thursday night.
Kreider scored at 11:45 by sliding the puck past goaltender Tristan Jarry with Penguins defenseman Brian Dumoulin draped all over the New York forward in the crease. Kreider then scored his 30th of the season into empty net at 19:10 to seal the win and give the third-place Rangers a 10-point lead over Pittsburgh in the Metropolitan Division.
“That was a tight game, good hockey,” said Kreider, whose 259 career goals leave him three behind Vic Hadfield for fifth on the all-time Rangers list. ”We wanted to get behind their defense and establish the forecheck. We got pucks and bodies to the net all night.”
Mika Zibanejad and Tyler Motte also scored for the Rangers, who won for the eighth time in their last 10 home games. They are 11-4-0 in their past 15 at Madison Square Garden. Zibanejad’s goal was his 200th with the Rangers.
“We played hard tonight – a good, solid game,” coach Gerard Gallant said. “The lines are good. Everyone is working together.”
New York is 6-1-1 in its last eight home games against Pittsburgh, and the teams square off again Saturday night at The Garden.
New York did not take any penalties against the Penguins, denying Pittsburgh’s vaunted power play a single opportunity.
“Always good games against them. Intense,” Zibenejad said. “We know what’s at stake. That was a huge win.”
Penguins forward Jake Guentzel tied it 2-all at 9:09 of the third with his 30th goal after Motte put the Rangers ahead 2-1 late in the second.
Motte’s unassisted goal at 16:53 came just more than two minutes after Pittsburgh’s Rickard Rakell evened the game.
The goal was Motte’s first since returning to the Rangers in a trade with Ottawa on Feb. 19. Motte was a valuable contributor during New York’s postseason run last spring and has been part of an effective fourth line in recent games with Barclay Goodrow and Jimmy Vesey.
“We know our identity,” Motte said. ”We get in on the forecheck and try to create offense and stay reliable defensively.”
Zibanejad opened the scoring with his team-leading 35th goal at 2:51 of the first, taking a banked pass off the left boards by Artemi Panarin before skating in on Jarry and rifling the puck past the Penguins netminder. It was the ninth time this season Zibanejad scored the opening goal. He has 21 points – including 13 goals – in his last 19 games. Panarin leads the Rangers with 55 assists and 75 points overall.
Vladimir Tarasenko also assisted and has points in nine of his first 17 games with the Rangers.
“It’s easy to play with Artemi and Mika,” said Tarasenko, acquired from St. Louis on Feb. 9. “I enjoy playing with them. And it’s nice to get a win, especially at home.”
Rakell tied it at 14:40 of the second with his 24th goal. It also marked Rakell’s 400th career point.
“I just didn’t think we had enough juice,” Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. ”We had our moments but we didn’t have enough urgency. We gave up too many odd-man rushes.”
Jarry made 31 saves in defeat.
The Rangers were coming off a 5-3 home win over Washington on Tuesday, while the Penguins lost at home to Montreal the same day.
The Penguins beat the Rangers 3-2 in overtime at home last Sunday and also downed New York 3-2 on Dec. 20 in Pittsburgh.
Penguins defenseman Jeff Petry didn’t return after absorbing an unpenalized elbow from Motte early in the first period.
Penguins captain Sidney Crosby assisted on both Pittsburgh goals. He leads the team with 83 points, ensuring the 35-year-old Penguins star will average a point per game for the 18th time in his 18 NHL seasons. In 81 career games against the Rangers, Crosby has 38 goals and 66 assists.
NOTES: The Penguins scratched defenseman Chad Ruhwedel and forwards Nick Bonino and Dalton Heinen. … The Rangers scratched injured defenseman Ryan Lindgren for the ninth straight game. … Since Dec. 5, when they turned their season around with a 6-4 comeback win at home over St. Louis, the Rangers are 28-9-5.
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LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — A record-breaking flathead catfish was caught in Pennsylvania last month.
According to the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, Michael Wherley, 46, of Franklin County, caught the fish on Sunday, May 14.
Wherley was fishing from a bass boat on the Susquehanna River near Lancaster County.
At around 10 a.m. that day, Wherley said fishing began to pick up, and three of the four rods they had in the water hooked fish.
“It was a little bit crazy, but we managed to start reeling them in,” said Wherley.
Wherley caught a flathead catfish that weighed 66.6 lbs, which exceeds the existing state record by more than 10 pounds.
Pennsylvania state fish records are judged by weight only and must exceed the previous record for at least 2 ounces.
“This is just incredible, and I’m really glad we were able to release the fish back into the river,” said Wherley. “My previous personal best flathead was 44 pounds last year. I know I’ve had bigger ones on the line, but they got off before I could get them on the boat. I’ll enjoy this record as long as it lasts, but I’m sure it will probably be broken in a year or two, if not sooner. I’m a hundred-percent certain there are even bigger fish out there.”
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‘Parents must be prepared:’New rules and curriculum coming to Alachua County schools
ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. (WCJB) - Alachua County Public Schools Communications director Jackie Johnson sat down with TV20′s Alexus Goings about the changes happening in the upcoming school year.
Topics regarding a new African-American studies curriculum, LGBTQ+ laws, preparation, and overall back-to-school basics.
In addition to that, one new law that provides health care services to students will only be available if parents sign a form first.
“Under the new law, anything beyond emergency care, can not be provided at school unless parents provide written consent,” said Johnson. “That includes things like health screenings, medication, treatment for chronic diseases such as breathing treatments for asthma.”
Johnson said the forms should be filled out before the school year starts. Here’s the link.
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New Executive to Focus on Bolstering Travel Advisor Relationships and Support
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Atlas Ocean Voyages announced the appointment of Tanya Springer as the yacht-style cruise brand's Vice President of Sales. Tanya brings nearly 30 years of sales and marketing experience in the cruise industry and will lead Atlas' Sales strategy, with a focus on developing, expanding and fostering Atlas' relationships with its valued travel advisor partners. She will also support the Marketing strategy as the brand continues to grow partnerships; receive new ships; and expand deployment.
"It's a pleasure to welcome Tanya Springer as Atlas Ocean Voyages' Vice President of Sales," said James Rodriguez, President and CEO of Atlas Ocean Voyages. "Tanya's extensive experience in the cruise industry will be key to introducing the Atlas brand to more travel advisors and further elevating our relationships with current partners. Atlas greatly appreciates travel advisors and their critical industry role, and we will continue to support and promote them."
"I am delighted to join the Atlas Ocean Voyages management team," said Tanya. "Atlas Ocean Voyages is a fantastic cruise vacation product, and I am looking forward to engaging with travel advisors and creating long-lasting and mutually rewarding partnerships. One of my first goals is to make Atlas even more easy and profitable for cruise sellers to do business with."
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Tanya began her career at Renaissance Cruises and continued on to Oceania Cruises after a stint at Online Vacation Center, where she gained a greater understanding and appreciation of the Travel Advisor's perspective. At both Renaissance and Oceania, she served in Sales and Marketing roles, growing National Account, International, and Field Sales. Tanya is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and holds an MBA.
Atlas Ocean Voyages is a small-ship cruise line that provides the ultimate way to experience the world in comfortable luxury on yacht-style cruises. World Navigator, launched in August 2021, and World Traveller, launching November 2022, both feature 98 suites and staterooms, and are the line's first two small expedition ships bringing curious global travelers to boutique and marquee destinations around the world. Three additional sister ships, World Seeker, World Adventurer and World Discoverer, are under construction or on order. For more information, please visit www.AtlasOceanVoyages.com. Please also follow Atlas Ocean Voyages on Facebook (www.facebook.com/AtlasOceanVoyages), Instagram (www.instagram.com/AtlasOceanVoyages), and LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/company/atlascruises). Travel Advisors can call 1.844.44.ATLAS (1.844.442.8527) to book their clients on an unforgettable yacht-style expedition.
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Winner of three categories including Restructuring Deal of the Year
LOS ANGELES, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- B. Riley Financial (NASDAQ: RILY) ("B. Riley") announced it has been recognized in three individual categories of The M&A Advisor's 16th Annual Turnaround Awards, demonstrating its cross-platform leadership in middle market investment banking, restructuring and the retail industry.
B. Riley won in the following categories of the 16th Annual Turnaround Awards:
- Restructuring Deal of the Year (between $25mm- $50mm) – Restructuring of ABC Carpet & Home
Led by Perry Mandarino, B. Riley Securities - Distressed M&A Deal of the Year (between $25mm - $50mm) – Receivership of The Momentum Auto Group
Led by Michael J. Issa and Marc Spizzirri, B. Riley Advisory Services - Consumer Discretionary Deal of the Year ($10mm-$100mm) – Sale of Hatteras Yachts to White River Marine Group, a Bass Pro Shops affiliate
Led by Michael Fixler and Matthew Cumbee, FocalPoint Partners (a B. Riley Financial company)
"B. Riley represents the best of the distressed investing and reorganization industry in 2021 and earned these honors by standing out in a group of very impressive candidates," said Roger Aguinaldo, Founder and CEO of The M&A Advisor. "Being chosen from hundreds of participating companies to receive these awards, it gives us a great pleasure to recognize B. Riley and bestow our highest honor for distressed investing and restructuring firms and professionals."
The awards will be presented at a Black-Tie Gala on Wednesday, September 21, 2022 in New York City as a feature of The M&A Advisor's 2022 Leadership in Dealmaking Summit.
B. Riley is a proud sponsor of the event. Perry Mandarino, Co-Head of Investment Banking, Head of Restructuring and Senior Managing Director at B. Riley Securities serves as Chair of the Conference. For more information about the event, visit https://events.maadvisor.com/2022_Leadership_Summit.
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Melody Birmingham, William (Bill) Jefferson and Melanie Berman Join Executive Leadership Team
MERRILLVILLE, Ind., May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NiSource Inc. (NYSE: NI) today announced the appointments of Melody Birmingham, William (Bill) Jefferson, and Melanie Berman to the company's executive leadership team, along with a reconfiguration of leadership responsibilities for several others on that team. These changes take effect on July 1.
Melody Birmingham will join the company as NiSource's executive vice president and chief innovation officer, responsible for the company's transformation office, information technology, communications, customer, aviation, real estate, corporate security and supply chain management. Birmingham joins from Duke Energy, where she served as senior vice president and chief administrative officer responsible for information technology, enterprise security, administrative services, and the supply chain organization. Prior to that, she served as state president of Duke Energy's Indiana operations, with responsibilities for the state utilities' financial performances and customer experiences, in addition to rates and regulatory strategy, government affairs, community relations and economic development.
"With more than 25 years of executive and leadership experience, Melody brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to NiSource," said Lloyd Yates, president and CEO of NiSource. "Melody is well-known and highly respected in the utility sector, particularly in Indiana, one of our largest operating territories, and will play a pivotal role in the company's transformation as we continue to evolve and grow with the changing energy needs of our customers and communities."
Birmingham holds a Bachelor of Science degree in organizational leadership and management from Purdue University and a Master of Business Administration from Strayer University. She completed the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School. In 2016, Birmingham was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in Terre Haute, Ind.
William (Bill) Jefferson is also joining NiSource's leadership team as executive vice president, operations, and chief safety officer. Jefferson will oversee emergency response, engineering and asset management, environmental health and safety, field operations support, major projects, operational excellence, work management, and contractor support.
Jefferson joins NiSource from STP Nuclear Operating Company, where he served as site vice president. Prior to that, he served as plant general manager and operations director for STP. Earlier in his career, he served as vice president, transmission maintenance and construction at Duke Energy, and also served as vice president of the Harris Nuclear Plant for Progress Energy and vice president of the Turkey Point and St. Lucie nuclear plants for Florida Power and Light.
Jefferson also served in several roles of increasing responsibility with Exelon Generation Company / PECO Energy Company, including plant manager at Susquehanna Electric Company, senior manager of plant engineering at Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, and manager of reactor services at PECO Nuclear.
Jefferson has more than 35 years of experience in the utility industry. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in nuclear engineering from Purdue University. He attended the Duke Fuqua Advanced Management Program and earned a senior reactor operator's license from Peach Bottom nuclear plant.
"Bill brings a depth of knowledge in the areas of safety and operational excellence from the nuclear segment -- one of the safest, most stringent, in the world," Yates said. "With his addition, we plan to drive operational excellence and safety to world-class levels at NiSource and our operating companies."
Once Jefferson joins, Chuck Shafer will lead health, safety and environmental execution, reporting to Jefferson.
The company also announced that Melanie Berman, the company's senior vice president and chief human resources officer, has been elevated to the executive leadership team, also effective July 1.
"Since joining the company, Melanie has distinguished herself to be a leader of the highest caliber," Yates continued. "With more than 20 years of experience managing large-scale change, Melanie will have an important voice at our leadership table as the company navigates and evolves through the energy transition."
Since joining NiSource in June 2021, Berman has partnered with the leadership and the Board's Compensation and Human Capital Committee to develop a talent strategy, encompassing acquisition and development of talent, succession planning, and executive compensation, at a time when attracting and retaining top talent is critical. In addition, Berman has significantly increased the company's change management capabilities.
Berman joined NiSource from The Michaels Companies, where she served as executive vice president and chief human resources officer. Prior to that, Berman held the position of vice president of human resources at Anthem in Dallas, TX. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the State University of New York at Albany, and a Master of Science in Industrial Organizational Psychology from Baruch College.
Following the additions of these leaders and roles, the NiSource Executive Leadership team will consist of the following members:
- Shawn Anderson, SVP Risk and Chief Strategy Officer
- Melanie Berman, SVP and Chief Human Resources Officer
- Melody Birmingham, EVP and Chief Innovation Officer
- Donald Brown, EVP and Chief Financial Officer
- Kim Cuccia, SVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
- William Jefferson, EVP Operations and Chief Safety Officer
- Pablo Vegas, EVP and Group President, NiSource Utilities
"All of the changes we are announcing today are designed to drive clearer lines of accountability across the organization, and to drive excellence in everything we do," Yates concluded.
NiSource Inc. (NYSE: NI) is one of the largest fully regulated utility companies in the United States, serving approximately 3.2 million natural gas customers and 500,000 electric customers across six states through its local Columbia Gas and NIPSCO brands. Based in Merrillville, Indiana, NiSource's approximately 7,500 employees are focused on safely delivering reliable and affordable energy to the customers and communities we serve. NiSource is a member of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index – North America. Additional information about NiSource, its investments in modern infrastructure and systems, its commitments and its local brands can be found at www.nisource.com. Follow us at www.facebook.com/nisource, www.linkedin.com/company/nisource or www.twitter.com/nisourceinc. NI-F
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The Russia-Ukraine war has shattered the digital wall that often separated the government’s cyber experts from the private sector, forcing a new level of transparency on potential threats and engagement on geopolitical crises.
“I think the war in Ukraine has acted as a forcing function for governments, particularly the U.S., to reconsider how they communicate and declassify cyber threat information with the private sector,” said Jason Blessing, a research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
It’s no secret that government agencies tend to move slower than private actors when it comes to communicating and sharing threat information, so it makes sense to join forces, he added.
“I think you’re seeing the needle move in the right direction in terms of information sharing,” he added.
Nathaniel Fick, the head of the cyber bureau at the State Department, recently said that the war has made concrete changes to how the U.S. government and the private sector work together to counter cyberattacks.
“When I was a cybersecurity CEO, public-private partnership was a feel-good buzz term,” Fick said. “It generally meant I shared my data with the government, the government classified it, and I got nothing back.”
“That is emphatically no longer the case,” he added.
Experts said the U.S. government is now more willing to declassify certain information and share it with the private sector as they come to realize the benefits of early engagement.
And the war has also pushed the U.S. military to rethink how they can better integrate cyber into conventional military operations, while public-private collaboration has also helped Ukraine counter Russian cyberattacks.
“In Ukraine … Microsoft and others were able to push updates at scale in near real time based on collaboration with the U.S. intelligence community that allowed them to blunt these attacks,” Fick said.
Last year, Microsoft said it had thwarted Russian cyberattacks targeting Ukraine and organizations in the U.S. and the European Union. The tech company said the attacks were launched by a Russian hacking group tied to Russia’s military intelligence service.
Josephine Wolff, an associate professor of cybersecurity policy at the Tufts University Fletcher School, said since the war started, she has seen a much more urgent approach to publicly sharing information on emerging threats, how to confront them, and what disruptive steps the government and the private sector are taking.
Leading up to and following the invasion of Ukraine, U.S. officials sent out several alerts warning companies, especially those in critical sectors, to prepare for potential Russian cyberattacks by strengthening their cyber defenses.
“I think that’s where we’ve seen kind of the most progress and the most change,” Wolff said.
On the private sector side, experts say that companies large and small are more aware of the cyber risks stemming from the war and are proactively taking steps to fix their vulnerabilities and secure their networks.
Companies also recognize that they can also be targets of state-sponsored cyberattacks stemming from geopolitical disputes, and can no longer sit on the sidelines.
“I think you’re seeing more and more that firms cannot take a backseat to what’s happening politically,” Blessing said.
In fact, executives and board members of various companies are now asking how the war could impact their business operations in cyberspace, said James Turgal, vice president of cyber consultancy Optiv.
“The questions I’m getting are ‘what are the geopolitical impacts of the Russia-Ukraine war, specifically, the cyber aspects?,’” Turgal said.
“‘How should we, as board of directors, now think about that?,’” he said, adding that these are conversations he’s never had with board members prior to the war.
“[The war] truly has changed how boards are thinking about cyber,” he continued.
Cyber war crimes?
The war has also sparked a global debate on whether certain Russian cyberattacks could consitute war crimes.
Earlier this year, Ukrainian officials requested that the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague investigate whether destructive Russian cyberattacks could fall under war crimes.
In January, Ukraine’s chief digital transformation officer, Victor Zhora, told Politico that his country is gathering evidence of cyberattacks tied to military operations and are sharing information with the ICC in the hopes of potentially charging Russia for those crimes.
Zhora argued that since Russia used cyberattacks to support its kinetic military operations that targeted Ukraine’s critical infrastructure and civilians, the digital attacks should also be considered as war crimes against Ukrainian citizens.
Those efforts could be a game-changer in this space as cyberattacks are currently not listed as a form of war crime under the Geneva Conventions.
Declining Russia; rising China
Moving forward, experts said to expect the U.S. to shift its focus on China, as it seems that Russia’s cyber capabilities have not kept up with the West.
At the onset of the war, many experts in the industry, including lawmakers and intelligence officials, predicted that Russian forces would launch destructive cyberattacks, but that didn’t materialize as many expected.
“What I would say is if Russia’s cyber capabilities cannot overcome the combined defensive efforts of the United States and Ukraine, then their capabilities have gone down,” Wolff said.
While China is emerging as the main adversary in cyberspace, it is also watching Russia’s efforts around Ukraine and applying it to its own situation with Taiwan, said Turgal.
“The Chinese are watching how the Russians are actually utilizing the different types of [cyber] techniques,” Turgal said.
Last year, Taiwan’s presidential office and defense ministry were hit with cyberattacks amidst then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) visit to the island, adding to the rising tensions over the island.
Although it is still unclear who launched the cyberattacks against Taiwan, many have speculated that China was probably behind it as retaliation for Pelosi’s visit.
“I think the conversation does not just remain about Russia-Ukraine, I think the conversation evolves into China-Taiwan,” Turgal said. | https://cw33.com/hill-politics/how-the-russia-ukraine-war-has-changed-cyberspace/ | 2023-02-23 14:38:08 | 0 | https://cw33.com/hill-politics/how-the-russia-ukraine-war-has-changed-cyberspace/ |
Harness STO Module Enables Developers to Deliver Highly Secure Applications, Accelerate Deployment Velocity and Minimize Rework
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Harness, the Modern Software Delivery Platform™ company, today announced the general availability of Harness Security Testing Orchestration (STO). The Harness STO module helps organizations deliver business value to their customers more quickly by increasing release velocity and security in deployments, reducing risk and bringing security to all aspects of the software delivery lifecycle (SDLC). Harness STO eases developer workload by automating security scanning and governance in software delivery. To get started with Harness STO, visit https://harness.io/products/security-testing-orchestration.
Standard application security testing practices were not necessarily built with either speed or transparency in mind. Organizations today recognize that increasing the velocity of software delivery through automation is critical to rapidly deliver value to customers. As DevOps continues to gain popularity for rapid software delivery, concerns regarding the speed to quickly identify and remediate application security vulnerabilities and associated risks have increased.
To address these concerns, leading organizations are adopting a DevSecOps approach, which encourages security automation throughout the entire release process and moves security earlier in the software delivery lifecycle (SDLC). While DevSecOps alleviates many late-stage security concerns and the related rework, it also 'shifts left' the work required by developers. As a result, developers need to balance the quality and speed at which they deliver features. Since there is significant time dedicated to running multiple security scanners, processing the large amounts of disparate data they create, and identifying, prioritizing and remediating the security vulnerabilities that are detected, this approach often slows down release velocity.
According to a recent Gartner® report on DevSecOps, "As DevOps continues to gain popularity for rapid delivery and innovation of IT-enabled capabilities, concerns about security increase. Security and risk management leaders must adapt security tools, processes and policies to the DevOps toolchain without slowing the development and release process. …DevOps practices encourage automation to achieve scale, but security has traditionally been manual, process-heavy and gate-driven — the antithesis of automation, transparency and speed."
* (Gartner Report ID # G00377293, "Integrating Security into the DevSecOps Toolchain")
The Harness STO module is fully integrated into the Harness Software Delivery Platform and is purpose-built to enable engineering and DevSecOps teams to deliver secure applications at high velocity. By automating the scanning, analysis, and prioritization that otherwise slows down the engineering team, Harness STO makes it possible to create and enforce application security policies for a single service or across the whole organization. Orchestrating application security scanners across software delivery and processing the output of the scanners to make it easy for engineers to remediate allows for both high application security and high delivery velocity. Harness STO integrates with leading open source and commercial security scanners and can be used with Harness CI/CD or other CI/CD tooling.
Harness STO eliminates the time consuming manual process of reviewing, synthesizing and acting on the volume of disparate data from multiple scanners. Harness STO normalizes, dedupes and correlates the security scanner data and provides a single dashboard with a prioritized list of actionable results to remediate potential code vulnerabilities. Additionally, Harness STO empowers teams to customize governance configuration and establish consistent policies and procedures using policy as code and the Open Policy Agent (OPA).
"As more organizations adopt a cloud-native approach, they must take steps to secure their SDLC. With Harness STO, entire organizations can embrace the DevSecOps approach without requiring developers to become security experts or slowing down deployments. Harness STO makes security a team sport by infusing security into all aspects of the SDLC," said Jyoti Bansal, CEO and founder of Harness.
Harness STO is generally available today and works seamlessly with Harness CI and CD as part of the Harness Software Delivery Platform or is available as a SaaS, on-prem or hybrid offering. For more information on Harness STO please visit https://harness.io/products/security-testing-orchestration.
*Gartner, Integrating Security Into the DevSecOps Toolchain, Mark Horvath, Neil MacDonald, Refreshed 4 March 2021, Published 15 November 2019
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Harness, the Modern Software Delivery Platform™, provides a simple, safe and secure way for engineering and DevOps teams to rapidly release applications into production. Harness uses machine learning to detect the quality of deployments and automatically roll back failed ones, saving time and reducing the need for custom scripting and manual oversight, giving engineers their weekends back. Harness Inc. is based in San Francisco. More on Twitter @harnessio and at harness.io.
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Milliman 100 PFI monthly discount rate hits 4.59%, highest since December 2013
SEATTLE, July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today released the results of its latest Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index (PFI), which analyzes the 100 largest U.S. corporate pension plans.
During June, the funded status for the Milliman 100 PFI decreased by $13 billion, breaking a six-month streak of funding improvements. The market value of assets fell by $58 billion as a result of June's 3.20% investment loss, which was the second largest monthly investment loss in 2022 to-date. Countering the drop in asset values, pension liabilities decreased by $44 billion thanks to a 25-basis point increase in the monthly discount rate, from 4.34% to 4.59%. As of June 30, the PFI funded ratio stands at 106.3%, down from 107.1% at the end of May.
"The last time we saw discount rates this high was December 2013, almost nine years ago," said Zorast Wadia, co-author of the PFI. "While asset losses caused a slight drop in the funded ratio in June, these plans still remain well over 100% funded halfway through 2022."
Looking forward, under an optimistic forecast with rising interest rates (reaching 4.89% by the end of 2022 and 5.49% by the end of 2023) and asset gains (9.90% annual returns), the funded ratio would climb to 113% by the end of 2022 and 128% by the end of 2023. Under a pessimistic forecast (4.29% discount rate at the end of 2022 and 3.69% by the end of 2023 and 1.90% annual returns), the funded ratio would decline to 101% by the end of 2022 and 92% by the end of 2023.
To view the complete Pension Funding Index, go to www.milliman.com/pfi. To see Milliman's full range of annual Pension Funding Studies, go to https://www.milliman.com/en/retirement-and-benefits/pension-funding-studies. To receive regular updates of Milliman's pension funding analysis, contact us at pensionfunding@milliman.com.
Milliman is among the world's largest providers of actuarial and related products and services. The firm has consulting practices in healthcare, property & casualty insurance, life insurance and financial services, and employee benefits. Founded in 1947, Milliman is an independent firm with offices in major cities around the globe. For further information, visit milliman.com.
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Signs on as Branded Sponsor for Katherine Legge's 2023 Indianapolis 500 Race with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
SAN DIEGO, May 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Point Predictive, the leader in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) fraud solutions for the lending industry, today announced the speakers and topics for its 2023 Auto Lending Fraud Roundtable. The event will be held in person on June 6th at the Renaissance Dallas in Plano, TX. Seats are limited, so please register here at the link www.pointpredictive.com/roundtable2023, and a Point Predictive representative will contact you to confirm your attendance.
The special in-person guest for the event will be Katherine Legge, a pro racing driver and 2023 Indy 500 entrant. Rahal Letterman Lanigan owner and legendary Indy 500 winner Bobby Rahal will be featured in a personal video message. Point Predictive has also signed on as a branded sponsor for Katherine Legge's 2023 Indy 500 race, further solidifying its commitment to fighting fraud in automotive dealerships and lenders.
"We're thrilled to have Katherine as our special guest for this year's Auto Lending Fraud Roundtable," said Tim Grace, CEO of Point Predictive. "Her experiences as a pro racing driver and her insights on perseverance are invaluable to our industry, and we're proud to be associated with her as a branded sponsor. We hope to have as big of an impact in fighting fraud in the automotive space as she has had in racing."
The event will feature a diverse lineup of speakers and topics, including:
- David Maimon, the Director at Evidence-Based Cybersecurity Research Center and Principal Product Manager at Geocomply, who will present evidence of an elaborate, sophisticated, and domestic illicit supply chain of stolen and synthetic identities and how it impacts auto lenders in his session called Identity Theft and the Underground Fraud Ecosystem.
- Sergeant Darren Schlosser with the Houston Police Department Auto Theft Division and Dave Navarro with The Orange County Auto Theft Task Force will share their findings from the front lines of fraud in their session, Perspectives from the Front Lines of Auto Fraud.
- Eric LeFlore, Vice President, Commercial Loan Officer at Crescent Bank, will share his experience with building a fraud team and how he leverages Point Predictive's fraud analysts to help identify synthetic identities, income/employment misrepresentation, and bad actors in his session called Spotlight on the Network Effect with Crescent Bank.
- The event will also feature a session called Shapeshifters - The Ever-Changing Patterns of Auto Fraud in the Age of AI, where Point Predictive's Co-founder and Chief Fraud Strategist Frank McKenna will share stunning statistics on the growth in fraud and hidden fraud patterns and trends.
"We're excited to bring together this group of experts to share their knowledge and insights on the latest trends and tactics used by fraudsters in the auto lending industry," said Grace. "The Auto Lending Fraud Roundtable is an opportunity for industry leaders to come together, learn from each other, and find ways to collaborate and combat fraud more effectively."
For more information on the 2023 Auto Lending Fraud Roundtable or to register for the event, please visit www.pointpredictive.com/roundtable2023
About Point Predictive
Headquartered in San Diego, California, Point Predictive powers a new level of lending confidence and speed through artificial intelligence, powerful data insight from our proprietary data repository, and decades of risk management expertise. The company's data and technology solutions quickly and accurately identify truthful and untruthful disclosures on loan applications. As a result, lenders can fund the majority of loans without requiring onerous documentation, such as paycheck stubs, utility bills, or bank statements, improving funding rates by 40-50% while reducing early payment default losses by more than 30-50%. Subsequently, borrowers get loans faster, and lenders realize a more profitable bottom line. For more information, please visit www.pointpredictive.com.
About Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, based in Zionsville, Ind., is co-owned by three-time IndyCar Champion and 1986 Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Rahal, former CBS Late Show host David Letterman and Mi-Jack co-owner Mike Lanigan. In 2023, the team began its 32nd year of competition and will attempt to add to its 29 Indy car wins – including the 2004 Indy 500 from pole with Buddy Rice and the 2020 Indy 500 with Takuma Sato -- their 33 poles, 109 podium finishes and 1992 series championship. The team also competed in the American Le Mans Series from 2009-2013 as BMW Team RLL where they won both the Manufacturer and Team Championships in the GT category in 2010 and swept all three GT titles in 2011 - Manufacturer, Team and Driver. In 2012, the team finished second in the Team Championship and third in the Manufacturer Championship and in 2013, the team finished second in the Driver, Team and Manufacturer Championship. From 2014 to 2021, BMW Team RLL competed in the GTLM class of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with a two-car program. In 2022, BMW M Team RLL competed in the GTD PRO class in IMSA while simultaneously ramping up for a two-car program in the much-anticipated GTP class in IMSA for 2023. In total, the team has earned 22 wins – including the 2019 and 2020 Rolex 24 at Daytona endurance races, 30 poles and 96 podium finishes prior to the start of the 2023 season. BMW M Team RLL highlights also include second place finishes in the Manufacturer, Team and Driver championships in 2015 and 2017 and being named the 2020 Michelin North American Endurance Champions. For more on RLL Racing, please visit www.rahal.com.
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(The Hill) — A Los Angeles Chargers player says he was sexually assaulted by a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agent at a California-area airport.
“I really just got sexually assaulted by TSA at @JohnWayneAir. After I asked the gentleman to please stop BC I’m uncomfortable and I feel that this part of the check is unnecessary (After he felt what was needed),” Chargers defensive end Sebastian Joseph-Day wrote in a tweet on Friday. “Then they told me I was the problem after 3 TSA agents swarmed me.”
In his Twitter thread, Joseph-Day called the incident with the TSA agent “extremely unnecessary and dehumanizing,” adding that he feels he’ll have to “jump through hoops” just to file a complaint on the situation.
I’m not sharing this on Twitter for sympathy,” Joseph-Day, who joined the Chargers after winning a Super Bowl with the crosstown rivals Rams in 2021, wrote in a tweet. “I’m sharing this so this group of gentleman and staff aren’t allowed to do this ever again to another human being.”
Joseph-Day said that a TSA supervisor threatened to call the police on him if he didn’t finish the search.
“It’s 1 thing if they apologized after my concerns, but the supervisor threatened to call the sheriff on me if I didn’t finish the search after I expressed I was just violated & told me to watch my mouth,” Joseph-Day said in response to John Wayne Airport’s Twitter account. “I don’t think it’s just a TSA issue.”
In a statement to Fox News, TSA said it is aware of the allegations Joseph-Day made, saying they are looking into the matter.
“TSA is aware of allegations made by a traveler who was screened by TSA officers at John Wayne Orange County Airport Friday morning. We are looking into the matter to determine if our procedures were followed and whether any corrective action needs to be taken,” the agency told Fox News.
“TSA remains committed to treating every traveler with dignity and respect while carrying out its security screening responsibilities”
The Hill has reached out to the NFLPA, the NFL’s players union, for comment and more information. | https://pix11.com/news/us-world-news/chargers-lineman-says-he-was-sexually-assaulted-by-tsa-agent/ | 2023-03-27 18:28:53 | 0 | https://pix11.com/news/us-world-news/chargers-lineman-says-he-was-sexually-assaulted-by-tsa-agent/ |
CHICAGO — Remember when everyone was talking about that $1.337 billion Mega Millions jackpot? Weeks later, two people have come forward to claim their prize — but kept their identities secret.
The Illinois Lottery said it couldn't share any information about the winners, who bought the winning ticket at a gas station in suburban Chicago. Some states allow lottery winners to stay anonymous; in Illinois, anyone who wins $250,000 or more can keep their identity under wraps.
Is this unusual?
Many lottery winners stay anonymous when given the option to avoid unwanted attention and requests for money.
We still don't know who won the largest Mega Millions prize in history, a $1.5 billion jackpot drawing in 2018, because the winner chose to remain anonymous. All that's known about that person was that they were a South Carolina resident who visited Greenville.
Winners don't need to claim their prize right away, so even lottery officials won't know a winner's identity for a while. The Mega Millions winner had a year to come forward, but Illinois lottery rules state they only had 60 days to pick whether to take the smaller cash lump sum -- which the vast majority of people choose to do.
In this case, the winner of the $1.337 billion Mega Millions jackpot only had a few more days before that deadline hit. According to the Illinois lottery, the prize for the July 29 drawing was claimed by two individuals who had agreed to split the prize if they won. The winners opted to take the lump sum payment of $780.5 million.
Should the winner come forward?
Winners have good reasons to keep their sudden windfall quiet if they can.
One expert who has worked with past lottery winners says the winners should avoid going to the lottery office altogether, instead sending an attorney or financial adviser to preserve their anonymity — if lottery officials allow.
“There are going to be people doing everything they can to figure out who the winner is,” said trusts and estates attorney Kim Kamin to the Associated Press. “There are going to be many eyes watching.”
Some past winners have been less than lucky, being hounded for money and becoming victims of scams.
One such winner is Manuel Franco of Wisconsin, who claimed a $768 million lottery jackpot in April 2019. The then-24-year-old reportedly went into hiding due to unwanted attention.
That wasn't the end of his lottery-related troubles. Using Franco's name in messages and phone calls, scammers told recipients they had been chosen to receive money. Instead, the BBB said they phished for personal information and tricked people out of thousands of dollars.
Despite the problems encountered by the winners, lottery officials prefer to publicly identify winners to build public trust in the games -- some past drawings have been rigged.
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Audi may produce a rugged electric SUV to go up against similar models in the luxury segment such as upcoming electric versions of the Land Rover Defender and Mercedes-Benz G-Class.
The information was reported on Thursday by Autocar following an interview with Marc Lichte, Audi’s design chief.
Lichte reportedly said there’s space for such a vehicle since there are plans for only two real alternatives in the premium segment—the models mentioned above. He also reportedly said Audi needs such a vehicle given its successful history in off-road racing, which continues even in the electric era with the RS Q E-Tron off-roaders entered in the Dakar Rally in recent years. The RS Q E-Tron program serves as a testbed for development of electric all-wheel-drive systems, referred to by Audi as Quattro 2.0.
Interestingly, Audi on Thursday revealed the Activesphere concept, a coupe-like crossover with a tall ride height and a rear bed complete with a dropping tailgate.
Autocar posits that any rugged Audi SUV would ride on an electric body-on-frame platform being developed by fellow VW Group brand Volkswagen for its upcoming Scout SUV and pickup truck. The Scouts are due in 2026 and will be built in the U.S., and it’s likely any Audi SUV sharing a platform with the Scouts would also share a plant.
There’s speculation VW is looking to outsource production of the Scouts to a contract manufacturer like Foxconn or Magna. Magna’s Magna Steyr subsidiary in Austria is the company that builds the G-Class for Mercedes and also helped developed the vehicle.
A senior Magna executive in September said the company is searching for a location to build an EV plant in the U.S.
According to Autocar, the new Audi could be launched around 2027 if its development is given the green light. Stay tuned.
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Carlos Correa was finally able to shed some light on his six weeks of contract negotiations after his six-year, $200 million deal with the Minnesota Twins was finalized this week.
The 28-year-old Correa, along with his wife Daniella and their 1-year-old son Kylo, were formally re-introduced by the Twins after he passed his much-anticipated physical on Wednesday. He expressed some shock at how it all went down with the San Francisco Giants, the Mets and finally the Twins, as well as relief with the finality of it all and excitement to be back with the organization he played for last season.
“It was not what we expected going into the offseason,’ Correa said Wednesday. “Going into the physicals, there were no concerns on my part. My body feels great. I played throughout the season and never felt better. So yeah, it was surprising.”
All involved are moving forward as spring training rapidly approaches, but there are still a few questions left unanswered.
WHAT DID THE METS AND GIANTS SEE?
Correa injured his right ankle in 2014 as a 19-year-old prospect in the Houston Astros organization. He underwent surgery and a plate was inserted to stabilize the joint. Since then, the ankle and the leg have been healthy. Correa has never spent time on the injured list with a right ankle or leg injury and said he never had any pain.
As the Daily News previously reported, what was likely found in his medical examinations by the Giants and Mets was post-traumatic arthritis and/or cartilage damage. It’s not uncommon to find arthritis or early-stage cartilage damage in a surgically-repaired joint, but it could lead to surgery within a decade. Both the Giants and the Mets were offering him contracts that spanned more than a decade and the clubs wanted to make sure his ankle would hold up throughout the length of the deals.
Different doctors can have different opinions and this appears to be the case.
The Mets consulted the Giants’ doctor after Correa took his physical in New York and came to the same conclusion. But Correa’s agent, Scott Boras, said Twins team doctor Chris Camp and Los Angeles Dodgers doctor Neal ElAttrache had examined him in 2022 and did not foresee the same issues.
Boras said doctors might be relying too much on imaging results and not enough on history and “functionality.” Either way, the Twins’ familiarity with Correa’s injury history helped get a deal done in the end.
“Guess who the Mets called because their doctor was a surgeon? Guess who the Mets called for an opinion about Carlos’ ankle? The very doctor that the Giants had called,” Boras said Wednesday in Minneapolis. “So consequently, two teams, same doctor, and yet the owner of the Mets didn’t know that. You have to have individual opinions.”
WHAT WAS THE METS’ FINAL OFFER
According to Jon Heyman, the Mets were only willing to guarantee six years at $157 million and the final six would not be guaranteed. The Mets wanted language in the contract to protect them if Correa ended up on the injured list with an injury that stemmed from the issues they found on the physical. This is not uncommon, but it’s obviously not ideal for the player.
In the end, Correa took a deal with a higher AAV than what the Mets were offering, $33.3 million in each of the next six years with the Twins vs. $26.25 with the Mets in the same time frame. He has a chance to make up to $270 million with vesting options.
IS THERE A LOSER?
Fingers are being pointed all over the place right now. Whether or not any of it is deserving is a different question.
When the Giants called off their December press conference and Correa then came to an agreement with the Mets, San Francisco looked like the losers. The Giants were unable to pivot to another elite player this winter and instead settled for former Mets outfielder Michael Conforto. And while Conforto will be a great addition to the clubhouse, it’s unclear what he’s capable of after two shoulder surgeries and a year away from baseball.
However, when a second team had concerns over the ankle, the narrative around the Giants suddenly changed. Other teams seemed to be spooked by the ankle as well, seemingly confirming San Francisco’s initial opinion.
Some said Boras mishandled the dealings but The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal talked to other agents who blamed the ankle more than the agent.
The Mets will be just fine without Correa. They have third baseman Eduardo Escobar under contract through 2023 and two top third base prospects in Brett Baty and Mark Vientos. However, owner Steve Cohen’s public comments to the New York Post could have opened him up for a grievance about the way the club handled the physical.
It doesn’t really matter who won and who lost. Correa says he’s happy to be back in Minnesota and the Mets will be a favorite in the National League. As for the Giants? They should consider it a win that the Dodgers didn’t end up with Correa.
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Marines reunite with beloved dogs they rescued overseas
SURF CITY, N.C. (WECT/Gray News) – Military members are known to be heroes, but three Marines from southeastern North Carolina have a heroic tale of a different kind after saving a dog and her puppies.
“Seeing them for the first time again is definitely a heartwarming thing,” Sgt. Joshua Echevarria said. “I don’t know if he fully recognizes me or remembers me, but I definitely remember him.”
A reunion of the Marines and the dogs was nearly a year in the making after U.S. Marines Sgt. Colin Bettner, Cpt. Britta Vivaldi and Echevarria found a pregnant, malnourished dog while deployed in southeast Asia.
“She was pretty much being starved and on death row,” Vivaldi said. “One of the Marines broke her out of the box in which she was being starved in and brought her over to our camp.”
They nursed her back to health and helped her give birth to three puppies.
The Marines named the mother Cardi and the puppies Cindy, Hector, and Ivar. Quickly, the pups became part of the Marines’ pack.
The group of Marines couldn’t bear to leave the pups behind, so Paws of War stepped in to help.
Paws of War is a nonprofit organization that honors and supports veterans and active military members.
“They were very serious about helping us out,” Echevarria said. “I’m very thankful for them because without them, these dogs would still be suffering over there.”
After a lengthy process, the dogs were finally reunited with the Marines in southeastern North Carolina.
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CHICAGO -- The Rev. Jesse Jackson plans to step down from leading the Chicago civil rights organization Rainbow PUSH Coalition he founded in 1971, his son's congressional office said Friday.
A spokesperson for U.S. Rep. Jonathan Jackson confirmed the long-time civil rights leader would be retiring from the organization.
The elder Jackson, a civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate, plans to announce his plan on Sunday during the organization's annual convention, Rep. Jackson told the Chicago Sun-Times.
Jonathan Jackson, an Illinois Democrat, said his father "has forever been on the scene of justice and has never stopped fighting for civil rights" and that will be "his mark upon history."
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who will turn 82 in October, has remained active in civil rights in recent years despite health setbacks.
He announced in 2017 that he had begun outpatient care for Parkinson's disease two years earlier. In early 2021, he had gallbladder surgery and later that year was treated for COVID-19 including a stint at a physical therapy-focused facility. He was hospitalized again in November 2021 for a fall that caused a head injury.
Jackson, a protégé of the Rev. Martin Luther King, broke with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1971 to form Operation PUSH - originally named People United to Save Humanity - a sweeping civil rights organization based on Chicago's South Side.
The organization was later renamed the Rainbow PUSH Coalition with a mission ranging from encouraging corporations to hire more minorities to voter registration drives in communities of color. Its annual convention is set for this weekend in Chicago.
Jackson has long been a powerful voice in American politics.
Until Barack Obama's election in 2008, Jackson was the most successful Black candidate for the U.S. presidency, winning 13 primaries and caucuses for the Democratic nomination in 1988.
Jackson has helped guide the modern civil rights movement on a wide variety of issues, including voting rights and education.
He stood with the family of George Floyd at a memorial for the Black man murdered in 2020 by a white police officer, whose death forced a national reckoning with police brutality and racism. Jackson also participated in COVID-19 vaccination drives to battle hesitancy in Black communities.
Al Sharpton, president and founder of the National Action Network, said in a statement that he had spoken to Jackson on Friday morning and "told him that we will continue to glean from him and learn from him and duplicate him in whatever our organizations and media platforms are. Because he has been an anchor for me and many others."
Sharpton called Jackson his mentor, adding: "The resignation of Rev. Jesse Jackson is the pivoting of one of the most productive, prophetic, and dominant figures in the struggle for social justice in American history." | https://6abc.com/reverend-jesse-jackson-rainbow-push-coalition-convention-news/13503386/ | 2023-07-14 20:15:03 | 1 | https://6abc.com/reverend-jesse-jackson-rainbow-push-coalition-convention-news/13503386/ |
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PARIS (AP) — The immense success of the Netflix series “Emily in Paris” has transformed a quiet, untouched square in the French capital into a tourist magnet.
In the historic Latin Quarter and just a short walk from the magnificent, domed Pantheon, tucked so deeply away that you could easily miss it, lies the Place de l'Estrapade. For diehard, beret-wearing fans of the show, this sliver of a neighborhood has become a landmark of its own.
That's because this is where the fictional character Emily Cooper, a 20-something American portrayed by Lily Collins, lives, dines and savors French pastries from the local bakery.
The newfound attention can be disruptive for the real people who live and work here, but the show is also igniting a new passion for Paris — and even anti-Emily graffiti has become part of the attraction.
The romantic comedy, whose third season was released in December, traces Emily's adventures and misadventures in her Parisian career and love life.
On a sunny weekday, the square bustles with tourists from the U.S. and far beyond, taking photos, video and selfies.
It’s all here: Emily’s apartment building at 1 Place de d'Estrapade, where she lives next to would-be love interest Gabriel. The restaurant where Gabriel — portrayed by French actor Lucas Bravo — is the chef. And, of course, the bakery she loves.
Dancer Riskya Octaviana from Jakarta, Indonesia, came directly to Paris after performing in Germany because of how much she loves the show. After twirling on the square, Emily-style, she said, “Emily is my big friend.”
Elizabeth and Ruben Mercado celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary in Paris and visited Emily’s neighborhood as part of their trip. Elizabeth Mercado said she prepared by binge-watching the show just before they left.
“We’ve been trying to practice the small bits of French that we picked up during the show,'' she said.
Tourists make a point of stopping and snacking at Boulangerie Moderne, the Modern Bakery featured in the series. The tourist infusion has boosted profits, acknowledges owner Thierry Rabineau.
But the flipside to fame has come in online comments. Some people, many posting anonymously, have slammed the quality of his bakery. Rabineau thinks the show has mistakenly given viewers the impression that he’s running a luxury pastry shop instead of a standard local bakery selling croissants at 1.30 euros ($1.43) each.
“People are writing comments, saying it’s overpriced, it’s not good. It’s disgusting. This baffles me,” Rabineau said. “It's a modern bakery, a small neighborhood bakery.”
He's aware how lucky he is that the show came along. "We are profiting from a current situation. ... But in two or three years, there won’t be any more tourism and we will have to be here to survive,” he said.
Stephanie Jamin, who lives on the square and crosses paths with the throngs of tourists on a daily basis, has had to adjust to residing in a go-to place on the tourist map. She says the people themselves aren’t a nuisance, but the crowds can be imposing.
“We have become an ultra-touristy district, whereas it was a small square still a bit preserved from tourism," she said.
Another resident emerging from Emily's apartment building said they were allergic to the show. “Emily Not Welcome” is even scrawled in red graffiti on part of the facade.
But the graffiti, too, is drawing fans, with visitors taking pictures of themselves pointing to the disparaging remark. Among them was Abdullah Najarri, a medical internist from Berlin who calls the series "entertaining.”
"I got to see a lot of Paris through that series, actually, and the lifestyle and and the clichés — partly true, partly not, so that it’s nice,” he said.
Croatian digital creator Sladana Grzincic, touring Paris wearing a white beret, sunglasses and a striped blue and white sweater, was photographed taking a jump and a twirl in front of Emily’s apartment.
Seeing the real neighborhood makes her eager for the next season, which she said she will watch “a bit differently because I was here and on the same spots where she’s filming that.”
Season four is in the works, but the release date remains unknown.
Resident Jamin remains philosophical about the fascination with her neighborhood.
“It is as ephemeral as the series is,” she said. After the Emily frenzy subsides, “there are people like all the shopkeepers of the district who will have benefited enormously from it, and it allowed them to start up again after COVID. They needed that.”
“There will inevitably be an end. Emily is not Victor Hugo. She will not be inducted into the Pantheon,” Jamin said. "She will go home and everything will be fine.”
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(The Hill) — An internal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) report examining what went wrong with the federal government’s response to the infant formula shortage earlier this year found 15 different areas where the FDA could have better managed the crisis.
The report from Steven Solomon, director of the FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine, recommended the agency update emergency response systems, increase staff training and modernize information technology, among other changes.
Solomon has been at the FDA for 32 years, 23 of which he spent in the agency’s Office of Regulatory Affairs, which houses the FDA’s inspectional programs.
The infant formula shortage drew national headlines earlier this year as families scrambled to get the product for their young before the shortage eased in the summer.
The FDA report says agents who inspect infant formula plants need more training and investigators who are part of the foods division of the federal agency are understaffed.
Solomon also found fault on the FDA’s communication and coordination efforts on managing the crisis, citing “inadequate processes and lack of clarity” on handling whistleblower complaints; and outdated information systems where reports and product complaints are submitted.
Solomon said many of the findings he has outlined, along with the recommendations to fix them, are already being addressed.
“This is one of our most important obligations,” Solomon wrote. “As public health servants, our commitment to protecting the nation’s food supply should be never-ending.”
The formula shortage was sparked primarily by the shutdown of a major production plant earlier this year run by Abbott Nutrition in Michigan.
The plant was shut down after the Cronobacter pathogen was detected in the pathogen supply and led to at least four infant illnesses.
One of Solomon’s solutions includes increasing understanding about Cronobacter, finding “scientific gaps” in understanding the bacteria’s contamination and illness capabilities. | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/fda-blames-baby-formula-crisis-on-outdated-systems-training-other-missteps/ | 2022-09-22 12:01:47 | 0 | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/fda-blames-baby-formula-crisis-on-outdated-systems-training-other-missteps/ |
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