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Acannability Poised to Lead, Educate, and Set Quality Standards
CHICAGO, Jan. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Chicago-based Acannability™ is working to create an impact for the cannabis, industrial hemp and CBD industries like a previously iconic campaign. "Got Milk" is one of the most successful campaigns in advertising history. It was supported by a dairy cooperative -- a group of small businesses pooling resources to educate and advocate for the dairy industry.
Acannability is the first member-driven direct-to-consumer advertising and advocacy cooperative for the cannabis industry.
The co-op's first campaign launching January 2023 is focused on consumer education featuring these messages around "Why Legal":
- Why legal weed? The testing requirements for purity & THC levels
- Did you know cannabis comes in many forms?
- Healing without the high. When used properly products can provide healing without psychotropic effects
- I-Cann. Cannabis seltzers have fewer calories than alcohol and no hangover
- U-Cann. It is legal in some states to gift cannabis to adults
- We-Cann. Consumers can look for the Acannability seal to assure adherence to cooperative industry standards.
Acannability is led by a proven team with experience launching new regulated products, marketing and proven start-up success.
"Acannability supports all stakeholders in the cannabis and hemp industries, serving as a complement to existing associations and non-profit organizations. Our team has worked in the investment space, corporate operations and grass-roots settings allowing us to provide leadership, mentorship and advocacy at all levels."- Lisa Mann, Co-Founder
Acannability is the go-to, accurate source of information and best practices. We educate consumers, medical professionals and their patients on the uses of cannabis. Our goal is to be the "Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval" for the cannabis industry. Members follow a code of ethics including product safety standards meeting or exceeding all national/state safety standards. The cooperative works to establish a trusted, standardized, labeling of ingredients/instructions and or provide online information about dosage, administration, and consumption.
Acannability is for producers, growers, retailers, ancillary businesses, advocacy and patient support groups and trade associations. The co-op provides an inclusive environment for businesses and advocates for the health and wellness of consumers. Current members include: Ocean Tomo, AMPM Hemp Farm, Cannabislaw.com, CLOUT LLC, Progress Retail, Notiphy, Amundsen Davis, CannaCard®by CC Technology Corporation and Bigfoot Digital Marketing.
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CHICAGO, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lorium Law, a leader in corporate transactions, restructuring, and litigation practices, proudly announces that Qasim Rashid has joined the Chicago team. Mr. Rashid brings a wealth of experience in business litigation, non-profits, civil rights, business consulting, and media consulting. Lorium Law's esteemed lawyers and of counsel relationships offer legal services in Florida, Illinois, and North Carolina. www.loriumlaw.com
"Qasim is the perfect addition to our growing office in Chicago serving clients across the Midwest as his proficiency in legal and financial matters is impressive. His client roster has included businesses, financial institutions, business executives, non-profit organizations, incarcerated citizens, undocumented immigrants, and elected officials," said Adnan Shams, Managing Attorney of Lorium Law Chicago. "Qasim grew up in Chicago, got married here, and is coming home to build up a remarkable practice within Lorium Law."
In addition, Rashid has published extensive peer-reviewed legal scholarships on racial justice, civil rights, and international human rights, is a children's book author, Hannah and the Ramadan Gift (2021, Penguin), and is a former Harvard University fellow. Mr. Rashid is a Truman Project National Security Fellow, sits on the boards of various non-profit organizations, and hosts The Qasim Rashid Show on SiriusXM.
Raised in the Chicagoland area, Rashid earned a B.S. in Marketing from the University of Illinois at Chicago and his Juris Doctor from the University of Richmond School of Law. Rashid and his wife have three children.
"I am honored to join the Lorium family, an exceptionally talented group of attorneys and staff. They have allowed me incredible flexibility in my practice to perform cutting-edge work. This partnership is an ideal situation with so much mutual trust, and I look forward to growing professionally and personally with this amazing team," said Rashid.
Lorium Law brings an uncommon perspective to its approach to client service and internal culture, while drawing on the individual experience and reputation of the firm's partners. Lorium continues to grow internally and externally with well-positioned offices in Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, and Chicago. The law firm is comprised of experienced attorneys with business-minded practice areas including bankruptcy, restructuring, creditor's rights, commercial litigation, commercial real estate, real estate transactions, corporate law/M&A, public pension and employee benefits, intellectual property, labor, employment, and data privacy. www.loriumlaw.com
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Sector set to contribute more than $2.2 trillion to the U.S. economy this year
Travel & Tourism contributes one in every 10 jobs
International visitor spend up more than 150% from last year
NEW YORK, April 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The World Travel & Tourism Council's (WTTC) 2023 Economic Impact Research (EIR) today reveals the U.S. Travel & Tourism sector is forecast to exceed the 2019 peak this year.
The sector is set to contribute $2.24 trillion to the U.S. economy this year, surpassing the 2019 pre-pandemic high of $2.17 trillion.
WTTC is also forecasting that the sector will create more than 1.2 million jobs this year, recovering almost all of the jobs lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic to reach 17.4 million.
A look back on last year
Last year, the Travel & Tourism sector's GDP contribution grew by 16.9% to reach more than $2 trillion, representing 7.9% of the American economy, edging closer to the 2019 high of $2.17 trillion.
But the prolonged travel restrictions imposed by key source markets such as China and Japan, had an ongoing impact on the sector's recovery in the U.S.
Last year the sector also created 2.7 million more jobs from the previous year to reach 16.17 million jobs nationally – one in 10 jobs across America.
The sector has now recovered 6.75 million of the 8 million jobs lost during the pandemic.
Last year also saw the return of international travelers heading to the U.S. with spending from overseas visitors growing 158%. International visitors spent almost $116 billion.
The ongoing travel restrictions from key source markets for the U.S. has stalled international visitor spend from a full recovery to the 2019 peak, however, it is still 43.4% behind 2019 when international visitors spent more than $204 billion.
Julia Simpson, WTTC president & CEO, said: "The Travel & Tourism sector in the U.S. is recovering strongly with strong visitor demand. This year we expect tourism to add more than $2.2 trillion to the U.S. economy, beating the all-time high of 2019.
"The number of jobs created by Travel & Tourism stands at 16 million, but by the end of this year, it will reach almost 17.4 million jobs, only 1% behind 2019 numbers. In 2022, the value of the sector was worth $2.01 trillion compared to $2.17 trillion in 2019.
"International visitor spend is still lagging and despite the recent surge, we are still lagging 25% behind 2019 levels.
"Over the next 10 years, WTTC forecasts that Travel & Tourism will account for almost 21 million jobs – a staggering one in eight jobs across the country.
"The U.S. remains the world's biggest Travel & Tourism market although predictions show China will take that crown in 2032."
What does the next decade look like?
The global tourism body is forecasting that the sector will grow its GDP contribution to more than $3 trillion by 2033, 10% of the U.S. economy and will employ almost 21 million people across the country, with one in eight Americans working in the sector.
North America
In 2022, the North American Travel & Tourism sector contributed $2.34 trillion to the regional economy, just 7% below the 2019 peak. WTTC forecasts the region's GDP contribution from the sector will fully recover in 2023 to reach $2.59 trillion.
The sector employed 24.7 million people across the region in 2022, an increase of 3.6 million from the previous year but still 1.5 million behind the 2019 peak. WTTC forecasts the sector will fully recover the jobs lost during the pandemic by the end of 2023.
For more information, please visit wttc.org
About the World Travel & Tourism Council
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) represents the global travel & tourism private sector. Members include 200 CEOs, Chairs and Presidents of the world's leading travel & tourism companies from all geographies covering all industries. For more than 30 years, WTTC has been committed to raising the awareness of governments and the public of the economic and social significance of the travel & tourism sector.
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Top Player Prop Bets for Devils vs. Rangers NHL Playoffs First Round Game 7 on May 1, 2023
Jack Hughes and Artemi Panarin are among the players with prop bets on the table when the New Jersey Devils and the New York Rangers play at Prudential Center on Monday (at 8:00 PM ET).
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Devils vs. Rangers Game Info
- When: Monday, May 1, 2023 at 8:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: ESPN, SportsNet, TVAS, MSGSN, and MSG
- Where: Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey
NHL Props Today: New Jersey Devils
Jack Hughes Props
- Points Prop: 1.5 (Over Odds: +155, Under Odds: -189)
- Assists Prop: 0.5 (Over Odds: -125, Under Odds: -105)
One of New Jersey's top offensive players this season is Hughes, who has scored 99 points in 78 games (43 goals and 56 assists).
Hughes Recent Games
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Nico Hischier Props
- Points Prop: 0.5 (Over Odds: -204, Under Odds: +165)
- Assists Prop: 0.5 (Over Odds: -110, Under Odds: -120)
Nico Hischier is another of New Jersey's top contributors through 81 games, with 31 goals and 49 assists.
Hischier Recent Games
Dougie Hamilton Props
- Points Prop: 0.5 (Over Odds: -130, Under Odds: +100)
- Assists Prop: 0.5 (Over Odds: +130, Under Odds: -159)
Dougie Hamilton has 22 goals and 53 assists for New Jersey.
Hamilton Recent Games
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NHL Props Today: New York Rangers
Artemi Panarin Props
- Points Prop: 0.5 (Over Odds: -159, Under Odds: +130)
- Assists Prop: 0.5 (Over Odds: +115, Under Odds: -145)
Panarin has scored 29 goals (0.4 per game) and collected 63 assists (0.8 per game), fueling the New York offense with 92 total points (1.1 per game). He takes 2.5 shots per game, shooting 14.2%.
Panarin Recent Games
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Mika Zibanejad Props
- Points Prop: 0.5 (Over Odds: -185, Under Odds: +150)
- Assists Prop: 0.5 (Over Odds: +105, Under Odds: -135)
Mika Zibanejad is one of the top contributors for New York with 91 total points (1.1 per game), with 39 goals and 52 assists in 82 games.
Zibanejad Recent Games
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GUANGZHOU, China, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MINISO Group Holding Limited (NYSE: MNSO) ("MINISO," "MINISO Group" or the "Company"), a global retailer offering a variety of design-led lifestyle products, today announced the pricing of its global offering (the "Global Offering") of an aggregate of 41,100,000 ordinary shares of the Company. The Global Offering is comprised of a Hong Kong public offering (the "Hong Kong Public Offering") and an international offering (the "International Offering").
The final offer price for both the International Offering and the Hong Kong Public Offering (the "Offer Price") has been set as HK$13.80 per share. Based on the ratio of four ordinary shares per NYSE-listed American depositary share ("ADS"), the Offer Price translates to approximately US$7.08 per ADS, based on an exchange rate of HK$7.7996 to US$1.00 as of the year end of 2021 for illustration purposes.
Subject to approval from The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Hong Kong Stock Exchange"), the ordinary shares of the Company are expected to begin trading on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on or about Wednesday, July 13, 2022 under the stock code "9896." The Global Offering is expected to close on the same day, subject to customary closing conditions.
The Company has granted an over-allotment option to the international underwriters, exercisable by the stabilizing manager on behalf of the international underwriters, until the 30th day from the day following the last day for lodging applications under the Hong Kong Public Offering, to purchase up to 6,165,000 additional ordinary shares of the Company at the Offer Price.
The net proceeds to the Company from the Global Offering, after deducting underwriting fees and the offering expenses payable by the Company, are expected to be approximately HK$475.7million (assuming the over-allotment option is not exercised). The Company plans to use the net proceeds from the Global Offering for its store network expansion and upgrade, supply chain improvement and product development, strengthening its technology capabilities, continuing to invest in brand promotion and incubation, capital expenditures, and working capital and general corporate purposes.
Merrill Lynch (Asia Pacific) Limited, Haitong International Capital Limited and UBS Securities Hong Kong Limited (in alphabetical order) are the joint sponsors for the proposed Global Offering. Merrill Lynch (Asia Pacific) Limited, Haitong International Securities Company Limited and UBS AG Hong Kong Branch (in alphabetical order) act as the joint global coordinators for the proposed Global Offering. Merrill Lynch (Asia Pacific) Limited, Haitong International Securities Company Limited, UBS AG Hong Kong Branch and UBS Securities LLC (in relation to International Offering only) (in alphabetical order) are the joint bookrunners for the proposed Global Offering. Merrill Lynch (Asia Pacific) Limited, Haitong International Securities Company Limited, UBS AG Hong Kong Branch, UBS Securities LLC (in relation to International Offering only) (in alphabetical order), Futu Securities International (Hong Kong) Limited and GF Securities (Hong Kong) Brokerage Limited are the joint lead managers for the proposed Global Offering.
The International Offering is being made only by means of a prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. The accompanying prospectus is included in an automatic shelf registration statement on Form F-3 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on March 31, 2022, which automatically became effective upon filing. The automatic shelf registration statement on Form F-3 and the preliminary prospectus supplement dated June 29, 2022 are available on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov. The final prospectus supplement will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov. When available, copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to the offering may also be obtained from BofA Securities, Inc., NC1-004-03-43, 200 North College Street, 3rd Floor, Charlotte, NC 28255-0001, United States of America, Attention: Prospectus Department, by telephone at +1 (800) 294-1322 or by email at dg.prospectus_requests@bofa.com; Haitong International Securities Company Limited, 22/F, Li Po Chun Chambers, 189 Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong, Attention: Equity Capital Markets, or by telephone at +852-2848-4333 or by email at ecm@htisec.com; UBS Securities Hong Kong Limited, 52/F, Two International Finance Centre, 8 Finance Street, Central, Hong Kong, Attention: Equity Capital Market, by telephone at +852 2971-8888 or by email at ol-gb+-project-h@ubs.com.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer or an invitation to buy any securities, nor shall there be any offer or sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction. This press release does not constitute a prospectus (including as defined under the laws of Hong Kong) and potential investors should read the prospectus of the Company for detailed information about the Company and the offering, before deciding whether or not to invest in the Company. This press release has not been reviewed or approved by Hong Kong Stock Exchange or the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong.
The price of the shares offered in the Global Offering may be stabilized in accordance with the Securities and Futures (Price Stabilizing) Rules. The details of the intended stabilization and how it will be regulated under the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong) are contained in the prospectus of the Company dated June 30, 2022.
About MINISO Group
MINISO is a global retailer offering a variety of design-led lifestyle products. The Company serves consumers primarily through its large network of MINISO stores, and promotes a relaxing, treasure-hunting and engaging shopping experience full of delightful surprises that appeals to all demographics. Design, quality and affordability are at the core of every MINISO product it delivers, and the Company continually and frequently rolls out products of these qualities. Since the opening of its first store in China in 2013, the Company has built its flagship brand "MINISO" as a globally recognized retail brand and established a store network worldwide.
For more information, please visit https://ir.miniso.com/.
Safe Harbor Statement
This announcement contains forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by words or phrases such as "may," "will," "expect," "anticipate," "aim," "estimate," "intend," "plan," "believe," "is/are likely to," "potential," "continue," or other similar expressions. MINISO may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its periodic reports to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), in its annual report to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about MINISO's beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in the Company's reports filed with, or furnished to the SEC. All information provided in this press release and in the attachments is as of the date of this press release, and MINISO undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law.
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When Sylvia and Brandon Cunningham got out of jail in North Carolina several years ago, after serving months on drug charges, a judge laid out the steps they needed to take to get their children back from foster care.
After a balky start, they followed through. They got sober and stayed sober. They attended parenting classes and therapy. They got jobs. They showed up for weekly visits with their kids.
Eventually, a judge determined that the Cunninghams had shown they could be good parents and that their house — a tidy trailer at the end of a dirt road — was safe for their children.
But only three of their four children came home.
In 2021, the Supreme Court of North Carolina ruled that one of their sons — who was then 5 — was properly placed for adoption on the grounds that the Cunninghams had failed to reimburse the government for some of the cost of their child's foster care.
And in North Carolina, that's reason enough for a court to permanently take away your child.
"It's crazy," Sylvia Cunningham said. "No one understands it."
Added Brandon Cunningham: "I don't understand how we get three of our kids back and that one child is just gone."
North Carolina is one of at least 12 states, according to an NPR survey, in which mothers and fathers can lose the rights to parent their children forever if they don't pay a little-known and controversial debt to the government.
That debt — from a bill that many parents get for some of the costs when their child is placed into foster care — is under attack around the country. Federal law requires states to bill parents, in order to reimburse some of what Washington pays states for foster care. But because the federal underwriting of foster care applies only to families eligible for welfare, the bill to collect that money targets the poorest families.
That bill can be a big one, often hundreds of dollars a month.
Now, there are mixed signals coming from Washington. Last summer, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued new guidance to states and recommended that they stop charging and collecting money from poor families when their children go into foster care.
That new guidance came after an NPR investigation in 2021 showed the practice keeps struggling parents in debt and can delay or even prevent them from being reunited with their children.
But even as the federal government urges states to stop making poor parents pay, a new NPR survey finds that at least 12 states make failure to pay an acceptable reason for courts to terminate a parent's rights to their child altogether.
In addition to North Carolina, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin have similar laws.
In most states, it's rare that parents lose their rights to their children for failure to pay the foster care bill.
But in North Carolina, NPR reviewed 200 appeals court decisions — in the state's Supreme Court and Court of Appeals — over the last two years. The failure to pay some of the cost of foster care came up in 30% of termination of parental rights cases.
Most of the time, the cases also included more serious grounds, like abuse or abandonment. Often these are cases where there is a long and continuing record of problems.
But in a dozen cases, failure to pay was the sole reason.
Among the families NPR found:
It's "absolutely wrong" and "immoral," says Sydney Batch, a Raleigh family law attorney and member of the North Carolina state Senate, to use failure to pay for foster care as a ground for ending parental rights.
Batch says North Carolina law already has plenty of other grounds for, if necessary, ending a parent's rights to their child.
She wants her colleagues in the legislature to change the law that uses failure to pay for foster care as a reason against impoverished families.
"It's a tax on the poor," Batch says. "And it is a permanent, irrevocable penalty because you happen to be poor in North Carolina and are not able to pay your bills. So, therefore, you lose custody of your children."
In North Carolina, an appeals court needs just one ground for ending a mother or father's rights to their child.
To court observers like attorney Wendy Sotolongo, who runs a network of child welfare lawyers for North Carolina's Office of Indigent Defense Services, judges rely on the failure to pay as an easy way out. "It is, by far, the most unfair ground to parents," says Sotolongo. "And it's the easiest ground to prove."
Judges, she complains, will sometimes use that ground without considering whether a parent has complied with the rest of a court's order — to get sober, or find a job, or to get involved in the child's life.
"Did my parents just leave us? Did they just not care?"
In July, Courtney and Jeremy Johnson took Matchbox cars, clothes and other presents on their monthly visit to see their twin sons in foster care. There was a happy celebration of the boys' seventh birthday.
The Johnsons, who faced allegations of neglect, were seeking to get their boys home for good.
But days later, the state Supreme Court ruled against them — on the single ground that they had failed to pay for some of the cost of foster care. They never got to see their boys again or to say goodbye.
Courtney wonders what her boys must be thinking.
"'Did my mom, did my parents just leave us? Did they just not care?'" she asks, tearing up. "And as a mom, you should be able to fix their pain."
Courtney and Jeremy say they weren't told they owed the money until after officials in Beaufort County, N.C., moved to terminate their rights to their twin boys.
County social service officials did not respond to requests for comment. But court documents show that officials argued that they'd mentioned their intention to seek the money in a report submitted to the court. The Johnsons say, in court documents, that they didn't see it.
Still, it took another two years for another county agency to issue a "child support" order to calculate what was owed and collect it. By then, the county had already started the process to terminate parental rights, arguing that the Johnsons had failed to pay.
The Johnsons say they would have tried to pay earlier, had they been told. Jeremy already paid — faithfully — a child support order for his teen daughter from a previous relationship.
The boys had gone into foster care in 2017 after county officials alleged that Courtney hadn't taken them to some necessary medical appointments. The boys were born premature and showed signs of developmental delays. Courtney says officials overestimated the delays and court documents show the boys caught up.
The twins came back home for a trial home placement in late 2018.
Then, in May of 2019, one of the boys burned his fingers on a barrel of burning trash in his grandfather's backyard and Courtney, after calling a nurse for advice, put burn cream on his blistered fingers. Department of Social Service workers argued that she should have taken him to the doctor right away. The county took the boys again.
The Johnsons say, and court documents indicate, that their son's fingers healed normally and that they complied with the court-ordered steps to get their sons home. They went to parenting classes. Courtney found a job and put the boys into day care.
And they found better, more stable housing — a three-bedroom trailer that they filled with family photos. There are bedrooms with bunk beds and toys, the walls painted in fun colors.
There is room, too, for Courtney's four children from a previous relationship, who now live with a family member.
The bill for the twins "came out of the blue," Jeremy says. He didn't find out until the day he was summoned to court and was surprised to find out how much he owed: $17,000.
That bill — for three years of foster care for the two boys — is a big expense to a couple that lives from paycheck to paycheck.
They were already paying more for the bigger home they were told to get. They started paying down the bill for foster care. The county garnishes Jeremy's paycheck — about $500 a month, he says — and it takes his tax refunds.
"We had to save up and borrow, dig myself out of a hole for a while," Jeremy says. "Got a better job."
Jeremy quit his job driving for the nearby egg farm and got a better-paying job on a construction site, even though it's often a five-hour commute, round-trip.
"When families have additional bills, children stay in foster care longer"
The bill that parents get for part of the cost of their child's foster care is often a big one. The NPR investigation last year found bills in states across the country ranging from $25 to more than $1,000 a month.
It's a bill that goes to poor families, ones eligible for foster care that is subsidized by the federal government under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act.
A federal law, nearly 40 years old, tells states to collect money from those parents when their children go into foster care. That law was passed at a time when policymakers in Washington wanted people who got assistance from government to share responsibility and pay some of the cost of that care.
President Ronald Reagan, when he signed the bill, called the failure of some parents to provide financial support for their children a "blemish on America."
The thinking about what's best for children has changed since then. Research and best practice in child welfare hold that, in most cases, children do best when they can be reunited with their parents. In 2018, Congress passed legislation to push child welfare agencies to make reunification easier and the first priority.
The 1984 law gave states discretion to go after the money or not. It says parents should be charged when it's "appropriate." Many child welfare agencies interpret that clause as a reason not to charge parents — especially when the agency is hoping to reunify parents with their children.
But many child welfare officials say they feel obligated by the federal law to bill parents. NPR found that every state and the District of Columbia try to collect money. In 2021, $96 million was collected from parents and returned to the federal government.
Last summer, the Children's Bureau and the Office of Child Support Enforcement at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued new guidance to states and recommended that they stop billing poor parents.
A few, including Washington state and California, have taken steps to change the practice, and others, like North Carolina, have indicated they will.
"We know that when families have additional bills, children stay in foster care longer. Which is not what we want," says Aysha Schomburg, associate commissioner of the Children's Bureau of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
"A goal is to increase the opportunity for economic stability and mobility and not adding challenges," says Tanguler Gray, commissioner of the Office of Child Support Enforcement, also part of HHS.
One study from Wisconsin found that for every $100 charged to parents, reunification with their children was delayed by 6.6 months.
It even costs states money when they try to collect these payments.
Studies in Minnesota, Washington state and Orange County, Calif., found that agencies collected only 24 to 41 cents for every dollar spent trying to track down families and collect.
Parents are often so poor that they don't pay. Or they move around and can't be found.
But states continue to send bills to these parents even after their parental rights have been terminated or their children are out of foster care.
"It's putting an extra burden on parents"
For the Cunninghams, Johnsons and other families in North Carolina who had their parental rights to children terminated by courts for failing to pay the bill for foster care, there's often another confusing factor.
They say in court filings they were never told they owed the money and that no formal child support order was ever issued.
"Your child is never coming home because you failed to give the government money. Even though the government never asked you to pay a dime," says Benjamin Kull, the attorney for Brandon Cunningham and Courtney Johnson. "How can you say this is right?"
The state Supreme Court said the Cunninghams and Johnsons had an "inherent duty" to support their children. It didn't matter if they'd been told to pay or not because they should have known.
The court referred to a February 2020 ruling against a mother who was the victim of domestic violence but lost her five children.
The opinion in that case, In Re S.E., set the precedent about a parent's obligation to pay. "The absence of a court order, notice or knowledge of a requirement to pay support is not a defense to a parent's obligation to pay reasonable costs," the court wrote, "because parents have an inherent duty to support their children."
The mother, the court continued, "cannot hide behind a cloak of ignorance to assert her failure to pay a reasonable portion of the cost of her children was not willful."
Timothy Heinle, at the University of North Carolina School of Government, who teaches child welfare law to attorneys who represent indigent parents, says the court's argument is "reminiscent of the old saying, 'ignorance of the law is no defense.'" Someone speeding down a city street at 70 miles per hour should know that's above the speed limit.
But Heinle, an attorney, counters: "Speed limits are posted." Nothing is similarly posted for parents in child welfare cases. "The lack of a notice requirement to the parent certainly puts parents in a challenging position," Heinle says.
Heinle says a parent can't just "walk up to my social worker and hand her $20 or $50." The social worker is not allowed to take that money, he says.
Instead, there needs to be a formal child support order issued to set up the government system to make those payments.
The mother in that precedent-setting 2020 case says she doesn't want to be anonymous anymore.
Seram Enos tells NPR: "It was incredibly sad and it caused me a lot of heartache. I lost five of my kids."
Families of color, like hers, are the most likely to permanently lose their rights to their children, according to federal statistics.
Enos was born in the Marshall Islands. Citizens of that Pacific Island nation, the site of U.S. atomic weapons tests in the 1940s and 1950s, can get work permits in the United States.
Many, like Enos, take jobs in poultry processing facilities. Enos assembles sandwiches at one in Burke County, N.C.
After her young daughter said her father was hitting her, Enos took the girl to the police station. There, the 9-year-old girl said her father hit her — and that he touched her, too. The child's father, Seram Enos' partner, would later plead guilty to child rape.
Enos, who speaks limited English, spoke with NPR through an interpreter. She said that when she was at the police station — without an interpreter — she struggled to understand what was happening.
Enos says, and the court acknowledges, that she was a frequent victim, too, of her partner's violence. She says when she took her daughter to the police station, she wanted to be placed in a shelter for victims of domestic violence.
But Enos faced charges, too, accused of being aware of her daughter's abuse. She was indicted for failing to protect her daughter and, according to court documents, that she "did allow" the sexual abuse to occur.
Enos told NPR that she didn't know. She says she worried about what her partner was doing but when she tried to ask her daughter she didn't get an answer.
Enos went to jail. She had no money for bail. After more than three months, court documents show, she signed a plea deal. She was released from jail and given a suspended sentence.
A judge, under rules for "extraordinary mitigation," allowed the original charge to be substituted with a different one, a felony for intentional child abuse. Enos admitted to a single incident of slapping her daughter so hard that it left "bruising and swelling of her right cheek," according to court documents. This happened at the time she'd brought the girl to the police station.
The documents also say Enos "acknowledged wrong doing" when, in a moment of "duress," she'd slapped her daughter.
Enos told NPR she disputes this, too, saying it was her partner, not her, who hit the girl but that her priority was to get out of jail so she could work on getting back with her children.
"Her role in this brought the abuse to light," the court document for mitigation notes, "when she turned in her husband, even though she was facing a great deal of fear."
Once she left jail, another court laid out conditions for her to get her five children out of foster care. She got a new job, a car, an apartment. She went to therapy and a mental health evaluation.
"They're trying to say that I didn't care about my kids," Enos tells NPR. "Why would I have taken her to the police station? That shows that I really did. I wanted to take care of her and protect her and everything."
In the end, the state Supreme Court ended her parental rights — not because of her arrest or whether she'd adequately followed the conditions laid out by the judge. Her parental rights were terminated because she'd failed to fully pay the bill for foster care.
It's a bill, she says, she never was told to pay. Enos said she got no court order to pay, was not told she owed that money and, as a result, had no way to pay.
Enos says she would have tried to pay, had she known, and that later, she did. As she was trying to restart her life with her children, the county garnished money from her paycheck. That deduction, she says, made it hard to pay rent on the new apartment she was required to find in order to be reunited with her children and to provide for her children as a single parent in a low-wage job.
To get a bill to pay some of the cost of foster care sets parents up to fail, she argues. "It's putting an extra burden on parents and it's very challenging," Enos says. "Supposedly, they're helping you get your kids back, but that keeps you from getting your kids back."
Critics want North Carolina's child welfare agencies to not only stop billing parents for the cost of foster care but to stop using that as grounds to ask courts to remove their children.
A solution is not easy
"There's a disconnect between the policy, practice and the statute," says Sara DePasquale of the University of North Carolina School of Government. "They are not aligned right now."
Part of the problem, she says, is that child welfare policy is a highly complicated "spider's web" of federal, state and local laws and practice.
Even North Carolina's statute that lays out the 11 grounds for terminating parental rights has its contradictions. The law specifies that a mother or father's rights can't be "terminated for the sole reason that the parents are unable to care for the juvenile on account of their poverty."
But because the vast majority of people caught in the child welfare system are poor or slightly above the poverty line, most who lose their parental rights are impoverished.
"The country club neighborhoods are not the neighborhoods where DSS (the Department of Social Services) is knocking on the door," says parent defender Wendy Sotolongo.
North Carolina's state Department of Health and Human Services is moving to comply with the new guidance from Washington, according to a spokesperson. But that requires gaining consensus between the state's child welfare officials and others who collect child support.
In North Carolina, child welfare is run by counties. So guidance from the state agency, DePasquale notes, then gets interpreted by child welfare directors in 100 counties.
Even if the state agency follows the recent federal guidance and tells county agencies to stop collecting foster care payments, there's still the law on the books that lets courts end parental rights.
Batch, the family law attorney and member of the North Carolina Senate, says that's why there needs to be legislation to end failure to pay for foster care as a ground for termination of parental rights.
Batch says she'll ask North Carolina lawmakers to remove failure to pay for the cost of foster care from the list of grounds for terminating parental rights.
There's one more possible solution: The attorney for Courtney Johnson petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court and asked it in a writ of certiorari to take up the issue. The petition asks the high court to tell North Carolina to stop taking children from families like the Johnsons — for failing to pay something they were never told they needed to pay.
"I never thought I could be this guy. But, hey, here I am."
The trailer where Brandon and Sylvia Cunningham live in Martin County, N.C., is filled with echoes of bad times — but also of their new and more hopeful life.
They live with their three children who came home: two older children — a 19-year-old son and 17-year-old daughter — and a 2-year-old boy.
That youngest child went into foster care days after he was born because the family was already involved in the child welfare system and facing the termination of parental rights for their other children.
The house is filled with pictures of their kids and many of the son, now 7, who is gone.
Brandon stays at home on the weekends when Sylvia works two jobs at restaurants.
On a Saturday morning, Brandon reads picture books, which came in the mail from Dolly Parton's book gifting program, with the 2-year-old son.
Brandon makes good money now. He works at a company that cuts lumber for fence posts. He's been promoted to supervisor and recently hired his older son, Brandon Jr., to work there, too.
Now Brandon and Sylvia save their money and watch it grow in a brokerage account. They've got their eyes on a new house, a brick rambler not far away.
"I was always blowing money. I'd come home on Fridays, paycheck gone. Wake up broke on Saturday," says Brandon. "Now I'm the most responsible guy with money you can be. I've always got money in the bank account. Always take care of the bills, finances. I never thought I could be this guy. But, hey, here I am."
On this day, as on most weekends, Brandon gets up for an early breakfast in town. It's 5 a.m. when he drives his white pickup along the dark road, shrouded in fog, to Cherry's Cupboard. It's a convenience store and grill with tables pushed together in the center next to racks of chips and coolers of sodas.
Customers come here for a pre-dawn breakfast or a cup of coffee before heading off to work. Some are old men who've known Brandon since he was a kid. Others went to high school with him. Brandon feels comfortable here. "They don't do a lot of judging. They know my past," he says. "They're proud of how far I've come."
On the streets of the tiny town of Bear Grass, some people praise Brandon and Sylvia for how they turned their lives around. But others, they know, figure their success won't last. Those are the ones who expected that "as long as we'd been addicts and our history," Sylvia says, "we would never be productive citizens. We would never stay sober."
But, she adds: "They're wrong. Once you get clean and you see how great life can be, you don't ever want to go back to that and be that person again. You never wanted to be that person to start with."
This story was edited by Robert Little. It was produced by Meg Anderson. Art direction and photo editing by Emily Bogle and Catie Dull.
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HATBORO, Pa., Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Azzur Group is proud to be Certified™ by Great Place to Work® for the second year in a row. The prestigious award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at Azzur Group. This year, 89 percent of employees, a five percent rise from last year, said it's a great place to work – 32 points higher than the typical U.S. company.
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"At Azzur Group, our vision is to make a difference in other peoples' lives; and that starts with our employees. They are our top priority, and their collective positive experience and dedication to our four core values is a differentiator for our clients," said Michael Khavinson, Chief Executive Officer of Azzur. "We are incredibly grateful for Azzurians across the country who embody our values, as well as their commitment to each other and our clients. We celebrate and thank them for their incredible recognition of our company culture."
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Power blackouts hit Ukraine amid heavy Russian shelling
Video above: Village in Kharkiv region under daily shelling
Ukraine's state electricity operator on Saturday announced blackouts in Kyiv and seven other regions of the country in the aftermath of Russia's devastating strikes on energy infrastructure.
The move comes as Russian forces continue to pound Ukrainian cities and villages with missiles and drones, inflicting damage on power plants, water supplies and other civilian targets, in a grinding war that is nearing its nine-month mark.
Russia has denied that the drones it has used in Ukraine came from Iran, but the Islamic Republic's foreign minister on Saturday for the first time acknowledged supplying Moscow with “a limited number” of drones before the invasion. Hossein Amirabdollahian claimed, however, that Tehran didn't know if its drones were used against Ukraine and stated Iran's commitment to stopping the conflict.
Ukrenergo, the sole operator of Ukraine’s high-voltage transmission lines, initially said in a an online statement Saturday that scheduled blackouts will take place in the capital and the greater Kyiv region, as well as several regions around it — Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Zhytomyr, Sumy, Poltava and Kharkiv.
Later in the day, however, the company released an update saying that scheduled outages for a specific number of hours aren't enough and instead there will be emergency outages, which could last an indefinite amount of time.
Ukraine has been grappling with power outages and the disruption of water supplies since Russia started unleashing massive barrages of missile and drone strikes on the country's energy infrastructure last month.
Moscow has said those came in response to what it alleged were Ukrainian attacks on Crimea, the region that Russia illegally annexed in 2014. Ukraine has denied those allegations.
According to Ukraine’s presidential office, at least three civilians were killed and eight others were wounded over the past 24 hours by Russian shelling of nine Ukrainian regions, where drones, missiles and heavy artillery were used.
In the Russian-occupied Kherson region, where a Ukrainian counteroffensive is underway, the Russian military continue to abduct local residents, the presidential office said.
About 40 shells were fired overnight at the city of Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk Gov. Valentyn Reznichenko said on Telegram. The Russian forces targeted the city and the areas around it with heavy artillery, as they have done repeatedly since July. Two fires broke out, and more than a dozen residential and utility buildings, as well as a gas pipeline, were damaged, he said.
Elsewhere in the region, Ukrainian forces shot down a drone and another projectile, according to Reznichenko.
In the southern Mykolaiv region, the overnight shelling of rural areas damaged several houses but didn't cause any casualties, Mykolaiv Gov. Vitali Kim said on Telegram.
Russian forces also fired missiles at the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, which has been illegally annexed by Moscow and large parts of it remain occupied. According to regional Gov. Oleksandr Starukh, the attack took place shortly after midnight and damaged three businesses, as well as a number of cars.
In the eastern Donetsk region, also annexed and partially occupied by Russia, eight Ukrainian cities and villages were shelled, including Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Porkovsk.
Russian-installed authorities in Donetsk reported an attempt on the life of a Moscow-appointed judge of the region's Supreme Court. Alexander Nikulin, who was on a judicial panel that in June sentenced to death two Britons and a Moroccan fighting for Ukraine, has been hospitalized with gunshot wounds and is in grave condition, Kremlin-backed officials said. | https://www.wtae.com/article/power-blackouts-hit-ukraine-heavy-russian-shelling/41876364 | 2022-11-06 16:41:05 | 0 | https://www.wtae.com/article/power-blackouts-hit-ukraine-heavy-russian-shelling/41876364 |
TOP STORY: TRUMP MAY COME
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill June 10 aimed at expanding the state’s mental health workforce and improving access to mental and behavioral health services throughout the state.
A poll late last week from the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago radio station WBEZ shows downstate state Sen. Darren Bailey with a 15-point lead on Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin in the GOP governor race, a major reversal with days days to go before polls close on June 28.
The state’s “rainy day” fund — spent down to essentially nothing during the 2015-2017 budget impasse — now has its highest-ever balance of $750 million after a $320 million deposit last week.
The number of recreational marijuana shops in Illinois is due to more than double after the state announced its plans to issue 185 new dispensary licenses comes after courts lifted bans on issuing the licenses while litigation continues.
More than 1,000 people gathered in Chicago's Loop on June 11 to rally against gun violence, while dozens of others participated in a city gun turn-in program at a St. Sabina Church, in a day of initiative and advocacy to stop gun violence.
Three men were wounded, one critically, early Saturday morning in a shooting near Shedd Aquarium, Chicago police said.
Public health officials have identified a DuPage County man as having the state's third case of monkeypox a week after the first two cases appeared in Illinois.
U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly dismissed a charge of wire fraud on June 10 against construction contractor Debra Fazio as part of an alleged $700,000 kickback scheme with the highway commissioner of Bloomingdale Township, near Chicago.
Attorney General Kwame Raoul has joined 31 other state attorneys general to urge the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to reject marketing authorization for non-tobacco nicotine products.
An Oak Lawn man, apparently frustrated that his 8-week-old daughter would not settle down after giving her a bottle and trying to rock her to sleep, slammed the baby on her back several times against a couch cushion, causing injuries that resulted in her death, according to a court document.
Newly unsealed search warrants in the Commonwealth Edison bribery probe centered on former House Speaker Michael Madigan provide the greatest detail yet about an alleged behind-the-scenes effort to kill an energy bill supported by Madigan’s daughter Lisa, the then-Illinois attorney general.
A white Chicago police officer captured on video struggling with a Black woman who was walking her dog in a lakefront park in August 2021 has resigned from the department.
The federal government said June 10 that it will distribute $60 million among 12 states that have waterways that flow into the Mississippi River to help them control farm runoff and other pollution that contribute to a dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico.
A Chicago man was arrested for throwing a Molotov cocktail at the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Washington, according to a criminal complaint filed June 10.
ODDS AND ENDS
As people take to the lakes and rivers this summer, state officials are reminding people to use caution when there are occurrences of algal blooms, which are naturally occurring in bodies of water and can be toxic.
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The NBA unveiled a reimagined app on Tuesday, with the league saying it will help bring fans closer to the game by offering better streaming options and access to more highlights as close to real-time as possible.
The app is more than two years in the making, with plans for the project starting in earnest about a month before the NBA’s pandemic shutdown in March 2020. It uses artificial intelligence to give fans the sort of content they would want, whether watching a game from inside an NBA arena or anywhere else.
It’s the latest element in the NBA’s direct-to-consumer strategy. The league’s by-subscription offerings — NBA League Pass and NBA TV — are integrated into the app, with higher video quality and improved streaming latency part of the selling points. Alternate streams, including additional camera angles and betting-focused streams, will also be part of the app’s viewing offerings. Some language options will also be included.
The price of League Pass has also been slashed, down to $99.99 and $129.99 for the full season depending on level of package purchased. It’s also now available as a monthly subscription.
“At the core of everything we do is our live game experience,” NBA Vice President of Next Gen Telecast Sara Zuckert said. “And that’s something that we’ve been rethinking from the ground up. We’re pleased to be able to bring all of that together into one cohesive experience for fans who are watching on the new platform.”
The app has new ways for fans to see stats and highlights, tapping into all corners of the content ecosystem — taking some of what is provided by broadcasters, content creators, teams, players, even fans, and packaging it for app users quickly. It also showcases the rapid movement toward vertical video, like what’s on Instagram and TikTok.
Among the other highlights of the app: behind-the-scenes access to players and teams; access to postgame news conferences after all games; new shows, including a seven-episode look at Golden State’s run to last year’s title called “Gold Blooded” and narrated by Warriors veteran Andre Iguodala; and the ability to view to hundreds of archived NBA games.
Fans will also be offered the chance to join NBA ID, a free fan-reward program with some member-only benefits.
“Launching our new app … is a major milestone as we continue to build and strengthen our direct-to-consumer offerings,” NBA Executive Vice President overseeing Direct-to-Consumer offerings Chris Benyarko said.
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CA Sacramento CA Zone Forecast for Monday, August 22, 2022
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215 AM PDT Tue Aug 23 2022
Spot temperatures and probabilities of measurable precipitation
are for today, tonight, and Wednesday.
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Including the city of Shasta Dam
215 AM PDT Tue Aug 23 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 85 to 100 higher elevations...95 to
105 lower elevations. Prevailing northeast winds up to 10 mph
shifting to the south in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Areas of smoke after midnight. Lows 57 to
72 higher elevations...65 to 74 lower elevations. Prevailing
southwest winds up to 10 mph shifting to the north after
midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 84 to 99 higher elevations...94 to
104 lower elevations. Prevailing northeast winds up to 10 mph
shifting to the south in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 56 to 71. Prevailing south winds
up to 10 mph in the evening becoming light.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 83 to 98 higher elevations...92 to
102 lower elevations. Light winds becoming south up to 10 mph in
the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 56 to 71.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs 85 to 100.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 55 to 70.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs 81 to 96.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 53 to 68.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 81 to 96.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 53 to 68.
.MONDAY...Sunny, warmer. Highs 84 to 99.
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Including the city of Burney
215 AM PDT Tue Aug 23 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 83 to 95. Light winds becoming northwest up
to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 49 to 63. Prevailing west winds up to
10 mph in the evening becoming light.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 83 to 95. Light winds becoming west up
to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 48 to 63. Prevailing west winds up
to 10 mph in the evening becoming light.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 83 to 94. Light winds becoming west up
to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 48 to 63.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs 82 to 95.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Clear. Lows 47 to 62. Highs 80 to
95.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Colder. Lows 44 to 59.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs 79 to 91.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 44 to 58.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 81 to 93.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
BURNEY 93 52 92 / 0 0 0
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CAZ015-232300-
Northern Sacramento Valley-
Including the cities of Redding and Red Bluff
215 AM PDT Tue Aug 23 2022
.TODAY...Haze in the morning. Sunny. Highs around 101. North
winds up to 10 mph shifting to the southeast around 10 mph in the
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 66 to 74. South winds 10 to 15 mph
shifting to the north after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 97 to 103. Light winds becoming south
around 10 mph in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 64 to 72. South winds 10 to 15 mph
shifting to the east after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 95 to 101. Light winds becoming south
around 10 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 63 to 71.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs 96 to 102.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Clear. Lows 63 to 71. Highs 93 to
102.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 62 to 68.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...Clear. Highs 93 to 101. Lows 61 to 68.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
REDDING 103 66 102 / 0 0 0
RED BLUFF 103 69 102 / 0 0 0
$$
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CAZ016-232300-
Central Sacramento Valley-
Including the cities of Chico, Oroville, and Marysville/Yuba City
215 AM PDT Tue Aug 23 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 96 to 102. Southeast winds up to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 60 to 70. Southeast winds up to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 95 to 101. Southeast winds up to
10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 57 to 67. Southeast winds around
10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 93 to 99. Light winds becoming south up
to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 57 to 67.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs 94 to 100.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...Clear. Lows 57 to 67. Highs 91 to
100.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
CHICO 101 69 100 / 0 0 0
OROVILLE 100 66 99 / 0 0 0
MARYSVILLE/YUBA CITY 99 63 98 / 0 0 0
$$
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CAZ017-232300-
Southern Sacramento Valley-
Including the city of Sacramento
215 AM PDT Tue Aug 23 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 95 to 101. South winds up to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 59 to 69. South winds around 10 mph with
gusts to around 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 92 to 100. South winds up to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 55 to 65. South winds 10 to
15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 90 to 98. Southwest winds up to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 56 to 66.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs 93 to 99.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...Clear. Lows 55 to 65. Highs 88 to
98.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
SACRAMENTO 99 63 96 / 0 0 0
SAC EXEC AIRPORT 98 62 94 / 0 0 0
$$
=
CAZ018-232300-
Carquinez Strait and Delta-
Including the city of Fairfield/Suisun
215 AM PDT Tue Aug 23 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 88 to 94. West winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts to around 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows around 60. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts to around 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Near the bay, mostly cloudy in the morning
then clearing. Highs 84 to 90...except 78 to 84 near the bay.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 59. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Near the bay, mostly cloudy in the morning
then clearing. Highs 84 to 90...except 78 to 84 near the bay.
West winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 56 to 62.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs 86 to 92.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...Clear. Lows 54 to 62. Highs 84 to
90.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
FAIRFIELD/SUISUN 96 59 91 / 0 0 0
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CAZ019-232300-
Northern San Joaquin Valley-
Including the cities of Stockton and Modesto
215 AM PDT Tue Aug 23 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 93 to 99. Northwest winds up to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 59 to 69. Northwest winds up to 15 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 92 to 100. Northwest winds up to 10 mph
with gusts to around 20 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 58 to 68. Northwest winds up to
15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 91 to 97. Northwest winds up to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 58 to 68.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs 91 to 97.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...Clear. Lows 57 to 67. Highs 87 to
97.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
STOCKTON 98 64 97 / 0 0 0
MODESTO 98 66 99 / 0 0 0
$$
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CAZ063-232300-
Mountains Southwestern Shasta County to Western Colusa County-
Including the city of Alder Springs
215 AM PDT Tue Aug 23 2022
.TODAY...Haze in the morning. Sunny. Highs 77 to 92 higher
elevations...95 to 101 lower elevations. Prevailing north winds
up to 10 mph shifting to the southeast in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 62 to 76. Prevailing southwest winds up to
10 mph shifting to the west after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Haze in the morning. Sunny. Highs 78 to 93 higher
elevations...94 to 100 lower elevations. Prevailing north winds
up to 10 mph shifting to the east in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 61 to 75. Prevailing south winds
up to 10 mph shifting to the southwest after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 77 to 92 higher elevations...93 to
99 lower elevations. Prevailing northeast winds up to 10 mph
shifting to the southeast in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 61 to 75.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs 81 to 96.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Clear. Lows 60 to 74. Highs 79 to
94.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 58 to 72.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...Clear. Highs 78 to 93. Lows 57 to 72.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
ALDER SPRINGS 84 66 84 / 0 0 0
$$
=
CAZ066-232300-
Northeast Foothills/Sacramento Valley-
Including the city of Paradise
215 AM PDT Tue Aug 23 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 89 to 101. Prevailing northeast winds up to
10 mph shifting to the southwest in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 64 to 76. Prevailing south winds up to
10 mph shifting to the east after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 89 to 101. Prevailing east winds up to
10 mph shifting to the southwest in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 64 to 74. Prevailing south winds
up to 10 mph shifting to the east after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 86 to 100. Light winds becoming
southwest up to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 63 to 73.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs 87 to 101.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Clear. Lows 62 to 74. Highs 85 to
100.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 60 to 70.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...Clear. Highs 84 to 99. Lows 59 to 70.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
PARADISE 93 73 92 / 0 0 0
$$
=
CAZ067-232300-
Motherlode-
Including the cities of Grass Valley and Jackson
215 AM PDT Tue Aug 23 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 91 to 99. Light winds becoming southwest up
to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 62 to 74. Prevailing west winds up to
10 mph shifting to the east after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 90 to 100. Prevailing east winds up to
10 mph shifting to the southwest in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 63 to 73. Prevailing southwest
winds up to 10 mph shifting to the east after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 89 to 97. Light winds becoming southwest
up to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 62 to 72.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs 89 to 97.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...Clear. Lows 56 to 71. Highs 84 to
97.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
GRASS VALLEY 93 65 93 / 0 0 0
JACKSON 95 69 95 / 0 0 0
$$
=
CAZ068-232300-
Western Plumas County/Lassen Park-
Including the cities of Chester and Quincy
215 AM PDT Tue Aug 23 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 74 to 89 higher elevations...80 to 95 lower
elevations. Prevailing east winds up to 10 mph shifting to the
southwest in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 54 to 69. Prevailing southwest winds up to
10 mph in the evening becoming light.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 74 to 89 higher elevations...80 to
95 lower elevations. Light winds becoming southwest up to 10 mph
in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 54 to 69. Prevailing southwest
winds up to 10 mph shifting to the southeast after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 73 to 88 higher elevations...79 to
94 lower elevations. Light winds becoming southwest up to 10 mph
in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 53 to 68.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs 77 to 92.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Clear. Lows 52 to 67. Highs 75 to
90.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 50 to 65.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...Clear. Highs 74 to 89. Lows 50 to 65.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
QUINCY 94 48 95 / 0 0 0
CHESTER 93 52 92 / 0 0 0
$$
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CAZ069-232300-
West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada-
Including the city of Blue Canyon
215 AM PDT Tue Aug 23 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 73 to 88 higher elevations...85 to 95 lower
elevations. Prevailing southeast winds up to 10 mph shifting to
the southwest in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 49 to 64 higher elevations...59 to
74 lower elevations. Prevailing southwest winds up to 10 mph
shifting to the east after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 72 to 87 higher elevations...84 to
96 lower elevations. Prevailing southeast winds up to 10 mph
shifting to the southwest in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 50 to 65 higher elevations...60 to
74 lower elevations. Prevailing southwest winds up to 10 mph
shifting to the southeast after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs 71 to 86 higher elevations...84 to
94 lower elevations. Prevailing southeast winds up to 10 mph
shifting to the southwest in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 53 to 68.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs 75 to 90.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...Clear. Lows 51 to 66. Highs 73 to
88.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
BLUE CANYON 83 66 83 / 0 0 0
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Updated June 7, 2023 at 11:35 PM ET
Former President Donald Trump's lawyers have received notice from the Justice Department that Trump is a target of the Mar-a-Lago documents inquiry, according to a source with knowledge of the matter.
That notice gives lawyers a chance to argue against indictment. People who receive target letters are usually indicted, but not always.
Trump, in a post on Truth Social, his social media platform, said: "No one has told me I'm being indicted, and I shouldn't be because I've done NOTHING wrong."
The notification to the Trump legal team followed the announcement that Mark Meadows, President Trump's former White House chief of staff, had recently testified before a grand jury. That panel is weighing the handling of classified documents once Trump left office and alleged obstruction of justice as the government probed the matter, according to a source with direct knowledge.
"Mr. Meadows has maintained a commitment to tell the truth where he has a legal obligation to do so," George Terwilliger, Meadows' attorney previously told NPR in a statement.
Though the substance and location of Meadows' testimony were unclear on Wednesday, the apparent pacing of witness testimony could signal that special counsel Jack Smith's probe is nearing a conclusion.
These latest developments came amid media reports of a parade of high-profile witnesses testifying over the past few weeks before a grand jury in Florida and in Washington, D.C.
Taylor Budowich, a former aide to former President Trump who now leads the Super PAC, MAGA Inc., testified before a grand jury in Miami on Wednesday.
"Today, in what can only be described as a bogus and deeply troubling effort to use the power of government to "get" Trump, I fulfilled a legal obligation to testify in front [of] a federal grand jury and I answered every question honestly," Budowich tweeted.
But he called the case a "bogus and deeply troubling effort to use the power of government to get Trump."
As special counsel, Smith can bring this matter before any federal court.
The dispute over records at Mar-a-Lago in Florida exploded into public view in August 2022, when FBI agents executed a search warrant at the property while Trump was out of town. The former president tweeted about the search, which set off a weeks-long legal tug of war in Florida and D.C.
Trump has denied any allegations of inappropriate accessing of classified material. No charges have been brought forth thus far by the special counsel.
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.wbaa.org/2023-06-07/federal-prosecutors-tell-trump-that-he-is-a-target-in-classified-files-probe | 2023-06-08 05:08:24 | 0 | https://www.wbaa.org/2023-06-07/federal-prosecutors-tell-trump-that-he-is-a-target-in-classified-files-probe |
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed on Thursday to ban most uses of a toxic chemical used in paint removal.
The proposal would ban most industrial and commercial uses of methylene chloride, which, in addition to paint removal, is used as a solvent in making pharmaceuticals and in electronics.
One study found that methylene-chloride exposure killed 85 people between 1980 and 2018. The substance has also been linked to certain cancers.
The new proposal, from the Biden administration, goes further than a Trump administration rule that banned the sale to consumers of paint strippers using methylene chloride but did not address its industrial uses.
An EPA press release states that after the 2019 rule, the use of the solvent remained “widespread.”
“The science on methylene chloride is clear, exposure can lead to severe health impacts and even death, a reality for far too many families who have lost loved ones due to acute poisoning,” said EPA Administrator Michael Regan in a written statement.
“That’s why EPA is taking action, proposing to ban most uses of this chemical and reduce exposures in all other scenarios by implementing more stringent workplace controls to protect worker health,” he said.
The agency is not proposing a complete ban on the substance. Instead, it is proposing to set new workplace standards aimed at limiting exposure to the substance’s use at government agencies like the Defense Department, NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration.
Environmental organizations largely celebrated the proposal, with many saying it applied the same common-sense protections the Trump administration gave consumers to workers who need it just as much.
“EPA just decided to leave workers who had the greatest exposures to methylene chloride paint strippers in harm’s way,” Earthjustice senior attorney Jonathan Kalmuss-Katz said of the Trump-era rule.
“This rule will finally provide workers with the same protection as consumers,” Kalmuss-Katz added of the Biden rule.
However, he said that any exemption “is going to leave people exposed to a chemical that is not only carcinogenic, but hugely lethal, and it is critical that those exemptions be as short-lived and as narrow as possible.”
The chemical industry, meanwhile, raised concerns about the potential supply chain effects of the EPA’s proposal.
“EPA’s website says most of these changes would be fully implemented in 15 months and would amount to a prohibition of an estimated 52% of annual production volume for end uses subject to [the Toxic Substances Control Act]. That scale of reduction in production, that rapidly, could have substantial supply chain impacts if manufacturers have contractual obligations they need to follow through on or if manufacturers decide to cease production entirely,” a written statement from the American Chemistry Council read.
The group warned of the potential for “ripple effects,” including in the pharmaceutical industry. | https://www.wdtn.com/news/u-s-world/epa-proposes-to-ban-most-uses-of-toxic-paint-remover/ | 2023-04-21 04:40:21 | 1 | https://www.wdtn.com/news/u-s-world/epa-proposes-to-ban-most-uses-of-toxic-paint-remover/ |
NEW YORK, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Corporation of America, on behalf of Sony Group Corporation ("Sony") and its affiliates in the Americas, announced today a $1 million donation to support UNICEF's Learning Passport, helping millions of children and their families affected by the crisis in Ukraine and neighboring countries access education.
UNICEF's Learning Passport provides children, young people and teachers with online and offline quality, portable educational resources. The program first launched in Ukraine in 2020 and rapidly expanded in February 2022 in response to the crisis and its impact on children's learning.
Sony's funds will help ensure children and teachers have access to educational and supplemental content, including curated and localized mental health content and social-emotional learning via the Learning Passport. These resources help children, young people and their families cope with stress and trauma caused by emergencies.
"More countries are gripped by conflict today than at any time in the past thirty years," said Karen Kelso, Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Impact, Sony Corporation of America. "We are proud to further support UNICEF and the Learning Passport, which provides crucial support to children and young people impacted by emergencies that threaten or destroy access to food, shelter, social support, health care and education."
"UNICEF is on the frontlines to ensure children whose education has been disrupted by conflict, natural disasters and other humanitarian emergencies can continue to learn," said Mac Glovinsky, UNICEF Learning Passport Global Program Chief. "Thanks to our continued partnership with Sony, we will be able to provide innovative digital solutions like the Learning Passport to respond to the immediate educational needs of those impacted by the war in Ukraine."
The crisis in Ukraine is having a dramatic impact on the lives and futures of Ukraine's 5.7 million school-aged children. The estimated 2.2 million Ukrainian children who have sought refuge in neighboring countries require support to integrate into new education systems to continue their education. Access to digitally-enabled learning solutions has been one of the key interventions to ensure continuous access to formal and non-formal education, enabling students in Ukraine and refugee children in neighboring countries to continue and complete their education based on the Ukrainian curriculum, while facilitating integration into education systems of hosting countries.
"Getting children back to learning is a critical step in restoring normalcy in their lives — and in recovering their learning after months of war and years of COVID-19 disruption," said Alberto Biancoli, UNICEF's interim Regional Chief of Education for Europe and Central Asia. "For some children, this may mean a traditional classroom. For many others, it may mean online learning at home, or non-formal learning centers. Reaching every child, assessing their learning gaps, and ensuring they can catch up on lost learning is one of UNICEF's top priorities for Ukraine's children."
The impacts of school closures, compounded with the challenges of adapting to new school environments, are likely to affect the learning outcomes of Ukraine's children and force countless students out of education. It is urgent to act now and ensure a rapid education response through the Learning Passport ahead of the upcoming school year 2022-2023.
Launched in 2018, the Learning Passport currently reaches more than 2.3 million learners in 26 countries and territories including Costa Rica, Mexico, Honduras, Egypt, Jordan, Kosovo, Nigeria, Ukraine, and Zimbabwe. Plans to roll the program out in an additional 25 countries and territories are currently underway. The platform underwent significant expansion in 2020 to respond to the disruption to children's learning caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
In October 2020, Sony Corporation of America, on behalf of Sony's affiliates in the Americas, supported the rollout of the Learning Passport in Latin America and the Caribbean to ensure access to high-quality education, both online and offline, for children and young people across the region.
In November 2020, the Learning Passport was recognized as one of the 50 Most Influential Projects of 2020 by The Project Management Institute, and in 2021 TIME named the Learning Passport one of the best 100 inventions of the year.
About Sony Corporation of America
Sony Corporation of America, located in New York, NY, is the U.S. headquarters of Sony Group Corporation, based in Tokyo, Japan. Sony's principal U.S. businesses include Sony Electronics Inc., Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC, Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Music Publishing LLC and Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. With some 900 million Sony devices in hands and homes worldwide today, a vast array of Sony movies, television shows and music, and the PlayStation Network, Sony creates and delivers more entertainment experiences to more people than anyone else on earth. To learn more: www.sony.com/en.
About UNICEF
UNICEF works in some of the world's toughest places, to reach the world's most disadvantaged children. Across more than 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, to build a better world for everyone.
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UNICEF USA advances the global mission of UNICEF by rallying the American public to support the world's most vulnerable children. Together, we are working toward a world that upholds the rights of all children and helps every child thrive. For more information, visit www.unicefusa.org.
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MILAN (AP) — Milan Fashion Week opened and closed under a beating early summer sun.
Zegna wrapped up four days of shows Monday with an outdoor event set among bales of raw linen behind Milan’s City Hall, allowing city workers a view out of their windows. For the sweltering fashion crowd, Zegna fashion offered iced coffee and linen baseball caps to keep things cool.
With temperatures rising, Milan designers focused on fluidity in dressing, allowing the body to move without constrictions. With one notable dissenter, runways offered thigh-revealing Bermuda shorts as an alternative to trousers even for city dressing. Gone are the long shorts of streetwear brands.
Some highlights from the final day of Milan Fashion Week of mostly menswear previews for next spring and summer:
Giorgio Armani’s signature collection was meant to show the fashion public how the urban man ought to dress, even in the heat of summer.
“I didn’t do any Bermudas,’’ Armani noted after the runway show in his central Milan villa. “Bermudas imply being at the beach, and going around on vacation.”
Still, he conceded that a front-row influencer wearing Bermuda shorts at his morning show had done so elegantly.
The 88-year-old designer said his designs start with a pencil and a blank piece of paper — a work process that was underlined by a large sharpened pencil that served as a backdrop for the runway show. His Giorgio signature was cast on the back wall.
Jackets finished most looks, soft and hanging loosely, which Armani said was a nod to Asian elegance. Prints on silken shirts, jackets and trousers recalled weaving, echoed in the espadrilles and fishermen sandals. Straw brimmed Panama hats, meant for holidays, were more often carried than worn. The color palate progressed from washed out cream, tan and sage to black and navy — at times offset by flashes of red.
Armani defused the formality of the tailoring with linen, and by keeping jackets and blazers mostly unbuttoned, so a double-breasted jacket “is no longer a double-breasted jacket,’’ Armani said.
“It is a way of dressing that is at once both elegant and comfortable,” he said. “That is why the jackets.”
The collection closed with four boardroom looks: formal dark suits, white shirts and ties. “This is to remind everyone that this is how a man dresses,’’ Armani said.
Indian designer Dhruv Kapoor’s collections are not just about style, they are about elevating the wearer’s emotions, helping them to dream bigger. It’s a lofty ambition, fitting with Kapoor’s notion that apparel, with a tweak here and there, can tap the universe’s energy.
To point, Kapoor showed spring-summer 2024 runway collection in a blue room, meant to have a calming effect.
A red jacket fires up emotions. Prints are inspired by crop circles, “which I read recently just by looking at that pattern will imprint certain things in your head, which you are going to use when the time is right for you,’’ Kapoor said backstage.
The co-ed collection was modular with a loose, easy-to-wear silhouette. For him, a pleated kilt is worn over trousers, worn with a beaded star-burst studded jacket. The same star-burst appeared on a straight skirt for her, worn with a sci-fi print sweatshirt. Three bowling-style shirts are inspired by the covers of 1970s science fiction book
“We want you to feel good when you put it on,’’ he said. “They won’t even know what has happened. But we have done a little tweak from the back.”
Alessandro Sartori’s collection for Zegna was a meditative study of minimalist separates, in natural shades that easily mix and match.
The new Zegna “basics” included sleeveless tops and tunics, zipped collared jackets with three-quarter sleeves, notch lapel jackets with sleeves worn rolled up to show silken lining, boxy jerseys as well as jackets with neither lapel or collar. Occasionally styled with a wrapped foulard, these tops were worn with crisply creased loose trousers, or Bermuda short. Looks were finished with dark socks and rubber-soled footwear.
“There are new shapes for a wardrobe of simple garments, but inside they are very technical,’’ Sartori said.
For the color palette, ivory faded into a fleeting mint; a faded rose contrasted with bright flamingo, followed by Zegna mainstays ebony and khaki.
Linen is at the heart of the collection, as testified by the nearly 200 bales of raw linen transported from fields in Normandy, and which are destined to be transformed into Zegna’s Oasi Linen at the brand’s Italian factories. Zegna said in press notes that it is committed to having the origin and production path of all of its linen traceable by next year.
ASPESI’S MILITANT BEAUTY
U.S. designer Lawrence Steele’s design language for the Italian brand Aspesi is “militant beauty.”
Aspesi is known for its classic aesthetic is more about timeless wardrobe building than presenting a collection. Steele is taking that process one step further by proposing a way of dressing to find a common humanity.
Instead of concentrating on clothes that make the individual, feeding the ego, Steele said he is exploring “what can clothes to make us realize we are more the same.”
To that end, he is softening military looks with nylon and taffeta. A Cuban floral print dress is layered with a earth-tone military vest. The same print in a bowling shirt is layered with a white T-shirt, olive green pants and a jacket.
His own outfit is an expression of that same concept: His father’s military trousers and an Aspesi blazer, mixing the formal and the informal.
“My goal is to make the ordinary, extraordinary,’’ Steele said. | https://www.wfla.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/giorgio-armani-zegna-present-fluid-elegance-for-the-next-hot-season-as-milan-fashion-week-wraps-up/ | 2023-06-19 22:07:13 | 1 | https://www.wfla.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/giorgio-armani-zegna-present-fluid-elegance-for-the-next-hot-season-as-milan-fashion-week-wraps-up/ |
GUANGZHOU, China, June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- China's State Council issued an overall plan to promote comprehensive cooperation among Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao by further deepening opening-up in the Nansha district of South China's Guangdong province, according to a circular released on June 14.
Nansha will step up such cooperation to build it into a center of strategic importance that collaborates with Hong Kong and Macao and benefits the Greater Bay Area (GBA) and beyond, the circular said. The district is set to further drive cooperation and opening-up in the GBA as it embraces an opportunity to evolve from the region's geographic center to a key functional role.
The district significantly connects to urban clusters in the GBA as it serves as Guangzhou's only gateway to sea routes. "About 38 nautical miles away from Hong Kong and 41 nautical miles away from Macao, Nansha can link to the GBA's 11 cities and the international airports of Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hong Kong within a 100-kilometer radius," noted Dong Ke, mayor of Nansha. The district has put the building of a "half-hour transportation circle" on a fast track since the start of constructing the GBA. That provides more solid groundwork for collaboration with Hong Kong and Macao to develop Nansha into a door for high-level opening-up, according to Nansha District People's Government of Guangzhou City.
Colored container trucks shuttle back and forth throughout the Nansha Port area dominated by the sounds of cranes humming. In 2021, the port became one of the world's busiest seaports, seeing up to 17.66 million TEU containers shipped across its foreign trade network that comprises 135 sea routes. On May 30, 2022, a China-Europe freight train departed from the Nansha Port, a move marking the integration of the Silk Road Economic Belt with the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road. The multimodal rail-water-road transport system was made possible by the operation of the Nansha Port Railway, said Song Xiaoming, vice general manager of Guangzhou Port Company, adding that an increase in China-Europe freight-train services put the district in a better position to support the GBA in building the Belt and Road and to connect with the rest of the world.
Buy from and sell to the world. The commitment to opening up has turned Nansha into a hub for cross-border e-commerce, with a total of nearly 600 companies registered for that particular business to date. The value of trade in cross-border e-commerce between January and May grew by some 87% year-on-year to about RMB 15 billion.
At the same time, Nansha features more prominently in the global business landscape as it is on track to emerge as a brand-new center for international exchanges. While the permanent site of the Greater-Bay Science Forum is being planned, the International Finance Forum (IFF) annual meeting has been hosted nonstop. That being said, Nansha will build a new platform for the GBA to increase international economic cooperation under the Belt and Road framework. This is how Nansha further integrates into the regional and global economy.
Nansha now leads the GBA in sci-tech innovation endeavors. To be specific, it is home to over 620 companies in artificial intelligence and biotechnology. A host of homegrown high-tech firms, such as Zhaoke Ophthalmology and CloudWalk Technology, went public, and CAS Space Exploration, Guangdong's first unicorn company in commercial spaceflight, was relocated to Nansha. Innovations emerge at a faster rate. Moreover, the district has stayed committed to Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao joint sci-tech innovation systems and mechanisms, as evidenced by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), which will start operation this September. The HKUST (GZ) project, in turn, enables Nansha to motivate universities to play their inherent role in driving innovation. And among others, an industrial park for entrepreneurs and innovators from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao will be in place around the HKUST (GZ) campus as a way to create synergy among the government, industries, universities and research institutes.
Founded as a state-level new area and part of China (Guangdong) Pilot Free Trade Zone, Nansha has grown from a demonstration zone of all-round cooperation among Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao to the world-facing carrier of strategic importance for greater collaboration with Hong Kong and Macao. That means the district has an increasingly significant role to play in national development strategies. More importantly, it shows the world where the GBA will go and how China remains committed to reform and opening up.
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The Mets are off to a poor start to the 2023 season, and according to former MLB player Jason Kipnis, it is due to a lack of leadership, including from one of his former teammates, infielder Francisco Lindor.
During an appearance on former Chicago White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski’s Foul Territory podcast on Tuesday, the longtime Cleveland infielder pointed towards the lack of leadership among the Mets’ league-leading payroll as the reason for their 20-22 start to the year, according to Cleveland.com. Asked about the Mets struggles, Kipnis pointed to “all those veterans and no leadership.”
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“You played with Lindor,” Pierzynski replied. “Was he a leader?”
“I’ll say it again, all those veterans and no leadership,” Kipnis responded.
“If everybody is a veteran there, you’re just under the assumption that everyone is taking care of their business and going about things the right way,” said Kipnis. “But you kind of need someone to be those bumper pins on each side when people start getting out of line a little bit.
“It helps keep people in order and in track and focused on the same thing. Everybody gets a little comfortable because it’s all veterans, and you don’t have to worry about what you’re doing because you can do no wrong.
“You kind of forget that (feeling of) being on edge when you’re a young guy. Oh, I don’t know if a veteran saw me or should I be doing this? You lose that, should I be doing the right thing mentality.”
After receiving some backlash for his comments, Kipnis tweeted on Wednesday, saying, “Said what I said, we’ll move on cause I don’t have the energy nor the want to for Twitter back-n-forths!
“Also Frankie wasn’t expected to be a leader (with Cleveland) when he was so young. I bet he’s grown into a damn good one. We’re just talkin’ about (expletive) cause they’re not winning like they can.”
Kipnis and Lindor played together in Cleveland for five seasons. He was an established veteran when Lindor made his major league debut in 2015 as a highly-touted prospect. He finished second in the AL Rookie of the Year ballot that season, going on to play in four All-Star Games and win two Gold Gloves and two Silver Sluggers with Cleveland.
Lindor was hitting .224 (37 for 165) with 14 doubles, six homers and 31 RBI through the first 43 games of the season for the Mets, per Cleveland.com.
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STEVENS POINT – Mid-State Roller Derby hits the flat track for its 2023 season opener against South Shore Roller Derby on May 20 at KB Willett Ice Arena in Stevens Point. South Shore Roller Derby hails from Hammond, Indiana.
Doors at 1000 Minnesota Ave., Stevens Point, open at 5 p.m. The first whistle is at 5:30 p.m. Admission is $10 per person. Children 12 and younger are free.
A portion of the proceeds from this event will be donated to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Portage-Wood Counties. NAMI provides advocacy, education, support and public awareness for people whose lives are affected by mental illness.
For more information about roller derby visit MSRD’s Facebook page.
2023 schedule
All Mid-State Roller Derby home games will be played at KB Willett in Stevens Point, with the doors opening at 5 p.m. and the first whistle at 5:30 p.m.
- June 3
- MSRD vs. Madison Roller Derby B Team
- MSRD vs. Madison Roller Derby C Team
- July 15
- MSRD vs. Fargo Moorhead Derby Girls
- MSRD vs. Harbor City Roller Derby
- August 12
- MSRD vs. Confluence Crush Roller Derby A Team
- MSRD vs. Confluence Crush Roller Derby B Team
Join roller derby
Community members 18 or older interested in roller derby are invited to join MSRD during its practices on Sunday evenings from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. for an introduction to skating with the league. Loaner gear will be provided. The cost is $5 per session.
People interested in joining should email join@midstateRD.org.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Illinois Lottery's "Lucky Day Lotto" game were:
03-12-14-15-33
(three, twelve, fourteen, fifteen, thirty-three)
Estimated jackpot: $100,000
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Illinois Lottery's "Lucky Day Lotto" game were:
03-12-14-15-33
(three, twelve, fourteen, fifteen, thirty-three)
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Illinois Lottery's "Lucky Day Lotto" game were:
08-16-21-25-36
(eight, sixteen, twenty-one, twenty-five, thirty-six)
Estimated jackpot: $100,000
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Illinois Lottery's "Lucky Day Lotto" game were:
08-16-21-25-36
(eight, sixteen, twenty-one, twenty-five, thirty-six)
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It hasn’t been great mornings for Andrew Shue.
The former “Melrose Place” star, 55, deleted all photographic evidence of reportedly estranged wife Amy Robach — at least from his Instagram, E! News reports.
The move comes after reports that Robach, 49, and her “Good Morning America” co-anchor T.J. Holmes are dating after separating from their respective spouses this summer.
Shue’s account, not verified on the platform, does still boast two nods to Robach from 2020, in relation to his nonprofit The People.
The Daytime Emmy nominee appeared to have deactivated her account Thursday, a day after her alleged romance with Holmes, 45, was reported.
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Brad William Henke, an NFL player who later earned a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for playing a gay corrections officer in the Netflix series “Orange is the New Black,” has died. He was 56.
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The former defensive lineman “died peacefully in his sleep” on Tuesday, his agent, Sheree Cohen, said Friday. No cause of death was provided.
“Brad was such a wonderful, kind person and had a true passion for acting. Our thoughts are with his wife and family at this time,” Cohen said in a statement to the Los Angeles Times.
Henke played college football at the University of Arizona and went pro in 1989, playing with the New York Giants and Denver Broncos.
He retired in 1994 after injuries, and moved to L.A., where he worked on TV series, including “Chicago Hope” and “ER.” He had longer stints
in drama series including the ABC’s “October Road” and “Lost,” and FX’s “Justified.”
His most notable role, though, was that of Desi Piscatella in Netflix’s “Orange is the New Black.” Henke appeared in 26 episodes during the Emmy and SAG Award-winning comedy’s last three seasons.
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With its graphic images of stomachs being sliced open, organs being removed, and eyes and mouths being sewn shut, David Cronenberg's Crimes of the Future is certainly not for the squeamish. But then why, as someone who self-identifies as squeamish, did I enjoy it so much? Maybe it's because while this director loves his gaping wounds and exploding heads, he wields his scalpel here with extraordinary finesse.
There's a cool elegance and a disarming playfulness to this movie that pulls you in, even (or especially) at its most grotesque moments. And as with most of Cronenberg's movies, the pleasures are intellectual as well as visceral. Crimes of the Future isn't always easy to watch, but it's an awful lot of fun to think about.
The movie takes place in a grim future where humans have lost the ability to feel physical pain and have started operating on their own bodies. In this thrill-seeking world, surgery is the new sex — something that a lot of people do for kicks or even to earn a quick buck from live audiences. Others — like Saul Tenser, played by Viggo Mortensen, and his partner, Caprice, played by Léa Seydoux — have elevated it to a form of avant-garde performance art.
Saul has a medical condition in which his body keeps producing abnormal organs, which Caprice removes during their nightly shows. As grisly as these public spectacles are, the fact that the characters don't feel pain has a similarly anesthetizing effect on us as viewers. And there's a kinky pleasure to these scenes, too: Saul, lying in a high-tech, coffin-like bed called a Sark module, clearly enjoys being sliced open by Caprice's remote-controlled blades.
One of the funnier things about Crimes of the Future is that it plays like a deadpan satire of the modern art world, in which Saul and Caprice must contend with rivals, fans and even groupies. But not unlike Saul's restless body, the movie itself keeps mutating, switching genres and sprouting new ideas at will.
The story morphs into a noirish mystery, complete with a nosy detective and a couple of power-drill-wielding femmes fatales. It's also a bizarrely touching love story, and both Mortensen and Seydoux suggest a deep core of passion beneath their characters' clinical exchanges. The movie is also an ecological parable, in which human biology is changing dramatically in response to a rapidly decaying environment. One key subplot involves an underground group of eco-anarchists who have willfully altered their bodies so that they can digest plastic and thus consume much of the planet's industrial waste.
There's a lot going on here, in other words, and Crimes of the Future spends a fair amount of time unpacking its own premise, though with a droll wit that keeps the exposition from sounding too much like exposition. As ever, Cronenberg and his longtime production designer, Carol Spier, are adept at telling their story visually. Some of their more memorable inventions are the devices that Saul uses to offset the effects of his condition: a giant bed that gyrates when he sleeps, or a mechanized chair that aids with his eating and digestion.
None of this is exactly new territory for Cronenberg. He actually wrote the script for Crimes of the Future more than 20 years ago but the movie never got off the ground until now. That may explain why it plays like a return to his career-long obsessions in films like The Fly and Crash, both of which examined how technology is literally reshaping the human body. In his 1983 horror classic, Videodrome, the characters kept saying "Long live the new flesh!" — a grim mantra that's hard not to think about in Crimes of the Future, whenever a scalpel touches skin.
Cronenberg is asking, quite sincerely: What are we doing to our planet, and how is that affecting the very composition of our bodies — and in turn, the next phase of human evolution? And not for the first time, he makes brilliant use of his regular collaborator, Viggo Mortensen, who starred in earlier Cronenberg dramas like A History of Violence and Eastern Promises. In those movies, Mortensen played physically imposing gangsters; in Crimes of the Future, his character moves slowly and speaks in a raspy voice, rendered frail by his condition. There's great tenderness in Mortensen's performance, and he and Seydoux are very moving as two people who can truly be said to love each other, body and soul. That rush of romantic feeling may be the most shocking thing about Crimes of the Future: For all its blood and guts, this movie's biggest organ is its heart.
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli troops killed a Palestinian man during a firefight Wednesday in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. The violence erupted after Israel carried out an arrest raid in a refugee camp near the city of Tubas.
The Israeli military said it carried out arrest raids across the West Bank as part of a monthslong crackdown on Palestinian militants. It said its soldiers came under fire during the arrest of a wanted person in the Faraa refugee camp in the northern West Bank.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said 21-year-old Younis Ghassan Tayeh died from a bullet wound to the chest. It wasn’t immediately clear whether he was participating in the clashes with Israeli forces.
Israel has been conducting near-daily arrest raids in the West Bank for months, which were prompted by a spate of deadly attacks against Israelis earlier this year that killed 19 people.
Dozens of Palestinians have been killed during that time, many of them militants or people involved in clashes. But some civilians have also been killed, including one who inadvertently drove through a battle zone. A veteran Al Jazeera journalist covering the raids also was killed in May.
Israel on Monday said its investigation into the deadly shooting of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh found there was a “high probability” an Israeli soldier had mistakenly killed her during a raid. She had been wearing a helmet and a vest that clearly marked her as a member of the media.
Israel says the arrest raids are meant to dismantle militant networks that have embedded themselves. The Palestinians say the operations are aimed at maintaining Israel’s 55-year military occupation of territories they want for an independent state.
Israel captured the West Bank, along with east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, in the 1967 Mideast war and the Palestinians seek those territories for a future state.
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In terse comments Monday, Gov. Phil Murphy defended his decision to spend nearly $500,000 for furniture and furnishings for his office and one used by First Lady Tammy Murphy in the renovated New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton, saying the items will be used by future governors for as long as a century.
“I’m not walking out of the Statehouse in January of ‘26 with the rugs. They’re there for the next 50 to 100 years,” Murphy said on his regular call-in TV show on News 12 New Jersey.
“We want to do this with some amount of majesty,” Murphy said Monday. “This is New Jersey, for Christ’s sake. This is the second-oldest in-use Statehouse in America. And you want this thing to reek of pride. We said, ‘Let’s do all of this in a first-class way.’”
Murphy was asked about the spending through social media by someone who suggested in their question the governor was “carelessly spending money.”
He noted how he didn’t start the massive renovation of the 231-year-old executive branch of the Statehouse in Trenton. It was closed to the public in July 2018 after then-Gov. Chris Christie signed off on the construction in late 2016.
But Murphy agreed it was needed.
“It was desperately needed. I wish it had started earlier,” he said, adding the total cost of the renovation came in under budget at about $283 million instead of the $300 million Christie’s administration estimated it could originally cost.
“The furnishing budget (is) less than 3/10ths of 1% of the total cost of this project,” he said.
Murphy responded to an NJ Advance Media report published Sunday, showing the furniture and furnishings for his personal office, his reception area, and the office used by Tammy Murphy cost taxpayers $486,000, according to records. That total does not include anything for New Jersey’s lieutenant governor, the state Department of Treasury, and nearly 150 state employees work throughout the building’s four floors.
The items for the two offices and reception area include $217,420 for three rugs, nearly $66,700 for curtains, $24,400 on sofas, more than $31,100 for two antique desks, and $10,600 for a pair of chairs to go with them.
The Statehouse, among the oldest in the nation, was first built in 1792. Using furnishings from the turn of the 20th century reflects the time when the wing was rebuilt following an 1885 fire.
For Murphy’s office on the first floor of the building includes an antique Sultanabad rug from the early 20th century that cost $114,420 for the reception room, records show. Inside Murphy’s personal office is a smaller antique rug that cost $51,407. A similar rug is in Tammy Murphy’s office. It cost $51,593.
Desk chairs for the two offices went for $5,309 apiece. The governor desk is a George II-style English partner’s pedestal desk from the late 19th/early 20th century that cost $18,667, according to records. The one used by the first lady is an antique reproduction walnut Chippendale-style writing table, spokeswoman Jennifer Sciortino said. It cost $12,428.
Murphy said in his response Monday that the so-called second governor’s suite on the second story of the Statehouse is “not the first lady’s office.” Instead, he said, “She’s sitting in an office, which is an alternative office for the governor.”
All told, the new furniture and furnishings for Murphy’s office totaled $179,495, according to records. It also includes other antique pieces:
- Sofa: $7,256
- Two club chairs: $11,256
- Two consoles: $13,760
- Coffee table: $16,361
- Two lamps: $3,146
- Ten armchairs: $24,508
- Two cabinets: $6,293
- Curtains: $17,533
- Two side tables: $3,272
- Two pillows: $1,727
The outer office, which Murphy’s administration refers to as the reception room, totaled $177,460 in furnishings. It also includes:
- Credenzas: $21,108
- Curtains: $32,307
- A sofa: $7,495
- Coffee table: $2,130
The office used by the first lady totaled $129,067 in furnishings. It also includes:
- Two sofas: $9,695
- Two chairs: $9,610
- Two demi-lune tables: $3,573
- Two side chairs: $4,862
- Coffee table: $2,800
- Two lamps: $5,407
- Curtains: $16,855
- Cabinet: $5,214
- Four pillows: $1,757
NJ Advance Media staff writer Brent Johnson contributed to this report.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Grain Management, LLC ("Grain"), a leading solutions provider to the global broadband industry, today announced that Kevin Coyne, Chief Executive Officer of Florida-based fiber-optics telecommunications provider Summit Broadband ("Summit" or the "Company"), has stepped down from his role as part of a broader strategic growth and transition plan leading into 2023. During Coyne's tenure, the Summit management team successfully expanded its network throughout Florida with anchor contract wins across the state, including Cassidy Holdings in Polk County, Lee County Schools, and the acquisition of NexGen Connected Communities. For this next phase of growth, Grain has appointed telecommunications executive Gary Gadson as Interim CEO.
Gary Gadson is a seasoned industry executive with years of experience leading technology operations, business development, and corporate strategy for telecommunications companies, serving for almost two decades as an executive at AT&T.
Summit has been a fixture in the Florida community for nearly 30 years, providing high-speed internet, voice, and video services to commercial and residential customers, as well as ethernet and dark-fiber transport to enterprise and wholesale customers. Through its compelling and ongoing development initiatives, the Company continues to expand its reach of approximately 3,500 fiber route miles through strategic and organic growth channels, serving multiple industries and communities across the state.
Grain Management, LLC is a leading private investment firm that focuses on communications infrastructure and technology companies that connect the world to the information economy. Founded in 2007, the Firm invests exclusively in the global broadband industry, employing a rigorous, data-based process buoyed by deep sector expertise to identify investment opportunities in key areas of communications, including fiber networks, wireless spectrum, cell towers, infrastructure services, and managed services. For more information visit www.graingp.com.
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Binance have reached an agreement in court that lets the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange continue to operate in the United States as it battles SEC fraud charges.
Under a consent order filed Saturday, the defendants in the June 5 lawsuit agreed to repatriate all assets held for the benefit of Binance’s U.S. trading customers.
The SEC alleges Binance broke U.S. law by operating as an unregistered securities exchange. It filed similar charges against the world’s other top cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, nearly simultaneously.
But Binance and its CEO, Changpeng Zhao, face additional charges of diverting customer funds – concealing the fact that it was commingling billions of dollars in investor assets and sending them to a third party that Zhao also owned.
As a result, the SEC asked that the assets of Binance’s U.S. platform be frozen.
The order signed by Washington, D.C. federal judge Amy Berman Jackson prevents the defendants from spending corporate assets other than for ordinary business expenses. It also requires SEC oversight on any spending and prohibits the defendants from destroying records, the agency said in a statement.
The consent order obliges Binance to create new digital wallets for U.S. customers and transfer assets to them within two weeks.
The cryptocurrency industry has been marred by scandals and market meltdowns. Industry leaders say the SEC crackdown signals that U.S. regulators believe cryptocurrency has no room in the traditional financial system.
In August 2021, SEC chair Gary Gensler said investors weren’t adequately protected in crypto markets, calling them more like the “ Wild West. ”
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DENTON, Texas (AP) — Tylor Perry scored 19 points to lead North Texas over Western Kentucky 67-33 on Saturday.
Perry shot 6 for 14 from the floor (4 for 11 from 3-point range) and 3 of 3 from the free-throw line for the Mean Green (25-6, 16-4 Conference USA). Aaron Scott totaled 11 points, seven rebounds and three steals.
Jamarion Sharp led the Hilltoppers (16-15, 8-12) with eight points, 11 rebounds and three steals. Jordan Rawls added seven points.
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PANAJI, India (AP) — India’s foreign minister held talks Thursday with counterparts from China and Russia ahead of a meeting of a Central Asian security forum.
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said he had detailed discussions with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang on bilateral ties. “Focus remains on resolving outstanding issues and ensuring peace and tranquility in the border areas,” he tweeted after the meeting.
India and China are embroiled in an intense three-year standoff involving thousands of soldiers stationed along their disputed border in the eastern Ladakh region.
A meeting last week between their defense ministers gave a glimpse of just how differently the two countries view the situation along the border. While India accused its neighbor of eroding ties by violating bilateral agreements, China said the border conditions were “stable overall.”
A clash three years ago in Ladakh killed 20 Indian soldiers and four Chinese.
Jaishankar also said he had a “comprehensive review of bilateral, global and multilateral cooperation” with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
Analysts say India is likely to be concerned over Russia’s growing reliance on China as its invasion of Ukraine drags on.
New Delhi’s relationship with Moscow, its Cold War ally, has remained strong. But Beijing gaining more sway over Moscow could prove frustrating for India.
Foreign ministers from the members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a security pact dominated by Moscow and Beijing, arrived in the Indian tourist hotspot of Goa, where they are expected to discuss deepening economic and security cooperation in the region on Friday. A summit of SCO leaders is to be held in July.
Pakistan, India’s archrival, is also a member of SCO. Its foreign minister, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, is making the first visit by a high-ranking Pakistani official to India in nearly a decade. Zardari’s attendance has triggered speculation of a thaw in strained relations between the two South Asian countries, though both ministers have dismissed speculation of a bilateral chat.
“During my visit, which is focused exclusively on the SCO, I look forward to constructive discussions with my counterparts from friendly countries,” Zardari tweeted before setting off for India.
The two countries have a history of bitter relations, mainly over Kashmir, a disputed Himalayan region that was split between them but is claimed by both in its entirety. India and Pakistan have fought two wars over Kashmir since gaining independence from British colonial rule in 1947.
Jaishankar held talks with the SCO’s secretary general, Zhang Ming, earlier Thursday and was also expected to speak with Uzbekistan’s foreign minister.
Russia and China founded the SCO in 2001 as a counterweight to U.S. alliances across East Asia to the Indian Ocean. The group includes the four Central Asian nations of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, which Russia considers its backyard. In 2017, India and Pakistan became members and Iran is set to join later this year.
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The New York Mets visiting the Colorado Rockies seems to prompt a not-so-great tradition — games postponed due to snow in Denver.
For the third time in 10 seasons, New York’s trip to Colorado has been hampered by wintry weather. Friday’s scheduled opener of a three-game series was postponed due to inclement weather, which turned into heavy snow.
The game is scheduled to be made up as part of a split doubleheader on Saturday. The first game is slated for a 1:10 p.m. MT first pitch. The second is ticketed for 6:40 p.m. MT, which could mean playing temperatures in the 30s.
After temperatures neared 90 degrees Thursday, a cold front moved into Colorado complete with rain and snow. The chilly forecast continues through Saturday with more precipitation likely and highs in the low 40s.
The other times the Mets have had games snowed out in Colorado came in 2013 (April 15 and April 17) and on April 16, 2021.
Assuming the weather cooperates, the Saturday opener will feature a battle of right-handers, New York’s Carlos Carrasco (3-1, 3.73 ERA) and Colorado’s German Marquez (1-3, 6.16).
The nightcap starters are slated to be Mets right-hander Trevor Williams (0-2, 4.20 ERA) and Rockies left-hander Austin Gomber (2-3, 4.38).
While Colorado’s rotation is fairly stable, the Mets are trying to fill holes after Max Scherzer was placed on the injured list on Thursday due to an oblique strain. He is expected to miss six to eight weeks and joins Jacob de Grom and Tylor Megill on the shelf.
Veteran Trevor Cahill could become an option in the future after New York signed him to a minor league deal on Friday.
The Mets are coming off a dramatic 7-6, 10-inning win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday. Pete Alonso’s walk-off, two-run homer rallied New York and continued a run of success despite all the injuries.
“It just shows a lot about this team,” New York second baseman/left fielder Jeff McNeil said after his team’s third win in four games. “We’re coming here every single day, fighting, battling. No matter who’s on the field, we’re playing some good baseball.”
Colorado will have a rare two-day break thanks to a day off Thursday and Friday’s postponement. The Rockies, who have lost eight of 10 games, could get a boost if outfielder Kris Bryant returns from the IL on Saturday as expected.
Bryant has not played for Colorado since April 25 due to a back strain.
The Rockies got a solid start from Kyle Freeland in a 5-3 win over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday, and they hope Marquez can follow suit. He has lost three successive starts before beating the Kansas City Royals on May 14, when he threw six innings of three-run ball.
Marquez was an All-Star last year, but his ERA this season is nearly two runs higher than his 4.36 career mark. The Rockies need him to pitch like an ace if they are to have any chance in the ultra-competitive National League West, and he thinks he is up to the task.
“I still have the stuff to win a Cy Young,” Marquez said this week. “I have been working so hard to get back and be one of the top pitchers. I still can be. It’s been a little bit frustrating, but I’m going to be great the rest of the year.”
Marquez is 3-1 with a 3.48 ERA in five career starts against the Mets.
Carrasco opened May with consecutive wins but was hit hard in a no-decision against the Seattle Mariners on Sunday, when he yielded four runs on eight hits in 4 1/3 innings. He will be facing the Rockies for the first time.
Williams, who has alternated between the bullpen and the rotation this season, made a scoreless four-inning start against the Cardinals on Tuesday. He has a 2-1 record with a 4.58 ERA in three career starts vs. Colorado.
Gomber has pitched at least 5 1/3 innings in each of his past five outings, including a six-inning, three-run performance against the Royals on Sunday. He beat the Mets the only time he faced them, giving up two runs in eight innings on May 24, 2021.
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Add Fairleigh Dickinson to the list of giant-killing New Jersey schools in March Madness.
The 16th-seeded Knights pulled off a mammoth upset Friday night, upsetting top-seeded Purdue 63-58 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Undersized FDU played big against the Boilermakers and became only the second No. 16 seed to topple a No. 1 seed. Maryland-Baltimore County was the first, knocking off Virginia in 2018.
FDU’s win blew up most of the remaining brackets. Just who are these guys?
WHERE IS FDU?
The school has two campuses in New Jersey: Teaneck and Florham. The school’s website list a total enrollment of 11,400 students, though U.S. News & World Report lists the number as 7,860 as of fall 2021. The Teaneck campus is close to New York City; the Florham campus is on a former country estate of socialites Florence Vanderbilt and Hamilton Twombly. FDU has owned the campus since 1958. FDU also has campuses in Wroxton, England, and Vancouver, British Columbia.
WHAT’S FDU KNOWN FOR?
Founded in 1942, notable alumni include billionaire and NFL Minnesota Vikings owner Zygi Wilf; Peggy Noonan, journalist and speechwriter to former President Ronald Reagan; former college basketball coach and ESPN analyst Seth Greenberg; and U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, a Delaware Democrat.
WHO ARE THE FDU STARS?
Demetre Robinson (16.6 points per game), Grant Singleton (14.3), Ansley Almonor (14.1) and Joe Munden Jr. (10.6). Sean Moore, the Knights’ leading scorer in the Purdue game with 19 points, came in averaging 6.7.
HOW DID THE KNIGHTS GET HERE?
FSU lost in the Northeast Conference Tournament final to Merrimack by a single point but got the automatic bid to the NCAA tourney because Merrimack wasn’t eligible as it transitions to Division I. FDU routed Texas Southern in the First Four play-in round to earn a date against Purdue.
DID YOU KNOW?
The FDU win is just the latest in eye-catching victories by New Jersey schools.
A year ago, Saint Peter’s toppled No. 2 seed Kentucky in overtime to bust a bunch of brackets and then became the first 15-seed to reach the Elite Eight by beating … Purdue. FDU’s shocker also came just one day after No. 15 seed Princeton ousted No. 2 seed Arizona, 59-55.
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YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — The largest grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park was closed Friday and hundreds of people ordered evacuated nearby as a wildfire burning through dense forest became the latest in recent years to threaten the world’s largest trees.
A team was being sent to the Mariposa Grove to wrap some of the massive trunks in fire-resistant foil to protect them as the blaze burned out of control, said Nancy Phillipe, a Yosemite fire information spokesperson.
More than 500 mature sequoias were threatened but there were no reports of severe damage to any named trees, such as the 3,000-year-old Grizzly Giant.
The cause of the fire was under investigation and the rest of the park remained open as nearly 300 firefighters tried to control the flames with the help of two water-dropping helicopters and an air tanker dumping flame retardant, Phillipe said.
The giant sequoias, native in only about 70 groves spread along the western slope of California’s Sierra Nevada range, were once considered impervious to flames but have become increasingly vulnerable as wildfires fueled by a buildup of undergrowth from a century of fire suppression and drought exacerbated by climate change have become more intense and destructive.
Lightning-sparked wildfires over the past two years have killed up to a fifth of the estimated 75,000 large sequoias, which are the biggest trees by volume.
There was no obvious natural spark for the fire that broke out Thursday next to the park’s Washburn Trail, Phillipe said. Smoke was reported by visitors walking in the grove that reopened in 2018 after a $40 million renovation that took three years.
The grove, which is inside the park’s southern entrance, was evacuated and no one was injured.
The fire had grown to 466 acres (188 hectares) by Friday evening, authorities said.
Evacuation orders were issued Friday for the grove along with the nearby community of Wawona — which is surrounded by the park — and the Wawona Campground, where about 600 to 700 people were staying in a campground, cabins and an historic hotel.
A fierce windstorm ripped through the grove a year-and-a-half ago and toppled 15 giant sequoias, along with countless other trees.
The downed trees, along with massive numbers of pines killed by bark beetles, provided ample fuel for the flames, but winds Friday were calm and the fire was not spreading rapidly.
The park has used prescribed burns to clear brush around the sequoias, which helps protect them if flames spread farther into the grove.
“When the unwanted fires hit those areas, it tends to slow the rate of spread and helps us gain some control,” Phillipe said.
In the Sierra foothills, 80 miles (128 kilometers) to the northwest of the Yosemite fire, some evacuation orders were lifted as containment grew to 70% on the Electra Fire that had burned 7 square miles (18 square kilometers).
The fire broke out near Jackson on Monday and temporarily forced about 100 people celebrating the July 4th holiday along a river to seek shelter in a Pacific Gas & Electric Co. facility. | https://www.cenlanow.com/news/ap-top-headlines/grove-of-giant-sequoias-threatened-by-california-wildfire/ | 2022-07-09 11:42:47 | 1 | https://www.cenlanow.com/news/ap-top-headlines/grove-of-giant-sequoias-threatened-by-california-wildfire/ |
MIDTOWN, Manhattan (WPIX) – A woman stabbed a customer inside a New York City steakhouse on Friday after becoming annoyed by his argument with an employee, police said.
The victim, a 24-year-old male, had gotten into an argument with a worker inside the Ruth’s Chris Steak House in Manhattan at around 10 p.m., according to a statement released by the NYPD.
Two female patrons sitting at an adjacent table “became irate about the disturbance,” police said. One of the women then approached the man with a knife “and proceeded to stab him in the back,” according to a statement from the NYPD.
Both women then fled the restaurant, police said.
Police and EMS workers responded to the scene. The 24-year-old man was transported to an area hospital in stable condition, according to the NYPD.
No one had been arrested in connection with the incident as of Saturday morning, police confirmed.
An investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with information into the incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website or on Twitter @NYPDTips. | https://www.wane.com/news/crime/diner-at-ruths-chris-steak-house-stabs-fellow-patron-after-becoming-irate-by-his-behavior-nypd/ | 2022-11-05 17:20:16 | 0 | https://www.wane.com/news/crime/diner-at-ruths-chris-steak-house-stabs-fellow-patron-after-becoming-irate-by-his-behavior-nypd/ |
(WWTI) — A select list of baked snacks products have been recalled by Enjoy Life Natural Brands LLC due to the potential presence of hard plastic pieces.
According to the company, internal quality assurance surveillance allowed them to become aware of the issue. The United States Food and Drug Administration stated that the recalled products were sold in retail stores and online in the United States and Canada.
A list of the recalled products and their information is listed in the table below.
The FDA stated that no injuries or illnesses related to the products have been reported. Consumers who purchased any of the above products are advised to not eat them and discard the product.
However, consumers should keep any available packaging and contact the company at 1-855-543-5335 to get more information about the recall and how to receive a refund. More information can be found on the FDA website. | https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/baked-snacks-distributed-nationwide-recalled-for-foreign-material/ | 2022-07-18 16:50:13 | 0 | https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/baked-snacks-distributed-nationwide-recalled-for-foreign-material/ |
8 children sickened at LA school after eating marijuana
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eight children were sickened at a Los Angeles school on Wednesday after eating marijuana gummies, authorities said.
Paramedics were called to Sun Valley Magnet School shortly before 1:30 p.m. and evaluated the children, who ranged from 12 to 16 years old, the Fire Department said.
They fell suddenly ill after eating the pot-laced candies, authorities said.
All were conscious and breathing. Three were released to their parents and five were taken to local hospitals but there was no immediate word on their conditions. | https://kion546.com/news/ap-california/2023/03/15/8-children-sickened-at-la-school-after-eating-marijuana/ | 2023-03-16 00:40:12 | 0 | https://kion546.com/news/ap-california/2023/03/15/8-children-sickened-at-la-school-after-eating-marijuana/ |
ROCKVILLE, Md., April 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CEVA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEVA), the leading licensor of wireless connectivity and smart sensing technologies and co-creation solutions, will announce results for the first quarter 2023 on May 10, 2023 before the NASDAQ market opens.
Following the release, CEVA management will conduct a conference call at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss the operating performance for the quarter.
The conference call will be available via the following dial in numbers:
- U.S. Participants: Dial 1-844-435-0316 (Access Code: CEVA)
- International Participants: Dial +1-412-317-6365 (Access Code: CEVA)
The conference call will also be available live via webcast at the following link: https://app.webinar.net/mZq5jdVx2Y1. Please go to the web site at least fifteen minutes prior to the call to register, download and install any necessary audio software.
For those who cannot access the live broadcast, a replay will be available by dialing +1-877-344-7529 or +1-412-317-0088 (conference replay code: 4990940) from one hour after the end of the call until 9:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) on May 17, 2023. The replay will also be available at CEVA's web site www.ceva-dsp.com.
About CEVA, Inc.
CEVA is the leading licensor of wireless connectivity and smart sensing technologies and co-creation solutions for a smarter, safer, connected world. We provide Digital Signal Processors, AI engines, wireless platforms, cryptography cores and complementary software for sensor fusion, image enhancement, computer vision, voice input and artificial intelligence. These technologies are offered in combination with our Intrinsix IP integration services, helping our customers address their most complex and time-critical integrated circuit design projects. Leveraging our technologies and chip design skills, many of the world's leading semiconductors, system companies and OEMs create power-efficient, intelligent, secure and connected devices for a range of end markets, including mobile, consumer, automotive, robotics, industrial, aerospace & defense and IoT.
Our DSP-based solutions include platforms for 5G baseband processing in mobile, IoT and infrastructure, advanced imaging and computer vision for any camera-enabled device, audio/voice/speech and ultra-low-power always-on/sensing applications for multiple IoT markets. For sensor fusion, our Hillcrest Labs sensor processing technologies provide a broad range of sensor fusion software and inertial measurement unit ("IMU") solutions for markets including hearables, wearables, AR/VR, PC, robotics, remote controls and IoT. For wireless IoT, our platforms for Bluetooth (low energy and dual mode), Wi-Fi 4/5/6 (802.11n/ac/ax), Ultra-wideband (UWB), NB-IoT and GNSS are the most broadly licensed connectivity platforms in the industry.
CEVA is a sustainable and environmentally conscious company, adhering to our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics. As such, we emphasize and focus on environmental preservation, recycling, the welfare of our employees and privacy – which we promote on a corporate level. At CEVA, we are committed to social responsibility, values of preservation and consciousness towards these purposes.
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BELLINZONA, Switzerland (AP) — Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini strongly reiterated their innocence as the two former soccer leaders were questioned on day two of their criminal trial on charges of defrauding FIFA.
Blatter was due to testify on the opening day on Wednesday but the former FIFA president said he was bothered by chest pains and asked to respond the following morning.
“I feel much better, thank you,” the 86-year-old Blatter said at the start of Thursday’s session at the Federal Criminal Court of Switzerland in Bellinzona.
Blatter’s 17-year reign as president came to an end in June 2015, when he resigned amid a corruption scandal. A few months later, federal prosecutors in Switzerland revealed their investigation into a $2 million payment from FIFA to Platini from four years earlier.
The fallout from the case also ended Platini’s campaign to succeed his former mentor and removed the France soccer great as president of UEFA.
Both have always denied wrongdoing and have also long questioned how the disputed payment came to light, airing unproven claims of prosecutors meeting a whistleblower on a park bench.
That was firmly refuted by Thursday’s final witness, former federal prosecutor Olivier Thormann, as he gave testimony that was widely anticipated.
Blatter and Platini claim they had a verbal deal in 1998 for the latter to be paid 1 million Swiss francs ($1.02 million) to serve as advisor to Blatter if he was elected as FIFA president. That defense first failed with judges at the FIFA ethics committee, which banned them from soccer, and later in separate appeals at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Platini’s contract with FIFA, signed in August 1999, was for 300,000 Swiss francs ($312,000) annually and backdated to January. It is claimed Blatter said he would pay only the same as FIFA’s then-secretary general, and promised the balance later.
“In the verbal contract we didn’t determine the date he would get it, it was a contract between men, and we started work immediately. I didn’t give him a precise time when he would get it,” Blatter said.
“When I was elected FIFA president, we had a bad balance … at the time I had no idea (when the payment would be made), I simply had this man with me and he was worth this million but I didn’t know when and how he would get it.”
Platini backed up Blatter’s comments in his testimony and claimed he should have been paid more, but had miscalculated the discrepancy in the amount he had been promised and his salary during his four years in the advisory role.
“I made a mistake. I was convinced the salary was 500,000 (Swiss francs) and I realised when the prosecutor showed me the contract. But FIFA knew they cheated me,” Platini said.
The 66-year-old Platini was asked why he waited until 2011 to send FIFA an invoice for the money allegedly owed. The bill came not long after FIFA paid a seven-figure severance to Jerome Champagne, a French former diplomat who was ousted as a Blatter aide.
“I trusted the president and I knew that one day or the other he would pay me. I wouldn’t get into a deal with the president without trusting him,” Platini said. “It wasn’t vital for me that money. What was vital was the word of the president of FIFA.
“I have principles. I’m not going to ask for money from someone who owes me. Just that, one day, I knew that FIFA had given two big payments to employees who left and at that point I told myself it would be good that they remember they owe me money.”
The trial is set to last 11 days and the three federal judges hearing the case are scheduled to deliver their verdict on July 8. Blatter and Platini each face up to five years in prison, but suspended sentences are a likely option.
“I was in shock (when we were first questioned) and that shock has lasted seven years. It’s still here,” Blatter said. “I have already been punished for seven years. It has seemed like an eternity.
“That’s why I’m happy we’re in court now, to learn the truth about what happened. I’m happy we’re here and this will finally end.”
Blatter and Platini refused to answer questions from FIFA lawyer Catherine Hohl-Chirazi.
“What FIFA did to the president of FIFA and me is scandalous, they made us out to be cheaters, fraudsters, money launderers,” Platini said. “Just so that I wouldn’t become president.
“It’s not easy when you’re known worldwide to be criticised worldwide, especially when you have children and grandchildren … I hope there will be justice one day.”
Criminal proceedings were opened against Blatter in September 2015 and it was years later, after Thormann left the prosecution team, that Platini was targeted.
Platini’s lawyer, Dominic Nellen, attempted to show in court the prosecution office had colluded with soccer officials, and that this helped Gianni Infantino become FIFA president in 2016. A FIFA ethics investigation into the $2 million payment led to Platini being banned in 2015 and barred from the election race to succeed Blatter.
However, Thormann said information about the Platini payment was obtained in May 2015 from FIFA’s then-chief financial officer Markus Kattner. Swiss authorities had seized documents and data at FIFA offices in Zurich as part of their wider investigation at the same time as United States federal agents led their own investigation of corruption in international soccer.
The documents detailed FIFA payments to all members of its executive committee, including Platini.
“We received an alert and we opened up a dossier,” Thormann said in court, dismissing any notion of intrigue or conspiracy.
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(WGHP) — They say the lottery is all about chance, but that’s not entirely true.
The Mega Millions jackpot has climbed all the way up to $830 million ahead of Tuesday’s drawing, the lottery’s third highest Mega Millions jackpot of all time. The largest was a $1.586 billion win in 2016, and the second biggest was a $1.537 billion win in 2018.
While the winning numbers are chosen randomly and there’s no way to predict those winning numbers (unless you’re a time-traveler or a psychic), there are a few ways you could hypothetically guarantee a win.
When you buy a Mega Millions ticket, you get to choose five different numbers between 1 and 70. Then, you choose your Mega Ball, a number between 1 and 25. The full rules are available online.
Your cheapest guaranteed Mega Millions win
The easiest possible win in Mega Millions is matching only the Mega Ball, and guaranteeing that win is easy math. Buy 25 tickets and choose a different Mega Ball for each ticket.
At $2 a pop, you’ll spend $50 on your tickets. And what do you win? A whopping $2. You’ll get some meager bragging rights, but you’ll still be $48 in the red.
25 tickets
Prize: $2
But what about the Megaplier?
For an extra $1, you can add the Megaplier. There’s no guesswork involved in this bonus. By paying that extra buck, any winnings you get will be multiplied by the randomly-selected Megaplier. The odds say you’re most likely to see a x2 (1 in 3 chance) or x3 (1 in 2.5 chance) Megaplier. However, you could see a x4 (1 in 5) or x5 (1 in 15).
So let’s say you bought those 25 tickets for $50 and you splurged on the Megaplier on all 25 tickets. You’d be out $75 and guaranteed to win at least $4 because the lowest possible Megaplier would double your $2 prize. If the Megaplier was higher, you could increase your winnings to $6, $8 or $10 but we’re looking for a guaranteed win.
Your next cheapest guaranteed win
There’s no prize for just getting one of the white balls, but there is a prize for getting one white ball and the Mega Ball.
Because all five of the winning numbers will always be five different numbers between 1 and 70, you would just need to buy enough tickets to play every possible number once. So on your first ticket, you could play the numbers 1-2-3-4-5. On your second, play 6-7-8-9-10. On your third, 11-12-13-14-15, and so on. It would take you 14 tickets to play every possible number.
But remember that you still need the Mega Ball! You’d need to buy 14 tickets for each of the 25 possible Mega Ball results for a total of 350 tickets. Your guaranteed win would come with a $700 price tag. But how much would you win?
350 tickets
Prize: $20
You would definitely get something. Since you tried every number paired with every possible Mega Ball, you’re guaranteed to match each of the five white balls and the Mega Ball, but not necessarily on the same ticket. All you’d be guaranteed is $20 across five tickets each matching a different one of the five white balls and the Mega Ball.
If you splurged on the Megaplier, you’d pay $1,050, and you’d be guaranteed to win at least $40.
How to guarantee the jackpot
This is all chump change compared to the massive $830 million up for grabs in the Mega Millions jackpot. To win, you’d need to match all five white balls and the Mega Ball on one ticket.
Guaranteeing that jackpot win is simple but extraordinarily expensive. Just buy every possible combination.
To buy every possible combination of the five white balls, you’d need to buy 12,103,014 tickets for a total of $24,206,028. Thanks to that pesky Mega Ball, you’ll need to do that 25 times for each possible Mega Ball.
That means, to guarantee a jackpot win, you have to buy 302,575,350 tickets for a price of $605,150,700.
302,575,350 tickets
Prize: Jackpot
You may be thinking: “$605 million? That’s it? If I do that, I could make a profit of more than $200 million!” But it wouldn’t exactly work that way.
According to the North Carolina Education Lottery, you’d need to subtract a 25% federal withholding and your state’s withholding. And even then you have a choice to make: Do you want that full jackpot paid to you over the course of 30 years or are you willing to take a smaller sum to have the cash now?
The annuity paid over 30 years loses $207,500,000 in federal taxes, plus a decent chunk of change based on your state taxes.
If you want your winnings immediately, you could opt for a $487,900,000 gross cash payment instead. The feds would take $121,975,000 and your state could take another hunk, likely leaving you with $400,000,000.
So if you’ve got the $605 million needed to buy over 300 million lottery tickets, you’d still only get about $576 million paid over 30 years or about $339 million cash.
And there’s one more potential slice that could be carved out of your prize: other winners. The jackpot is shared among all jackpot winners, so you might only get half of the jackpot or less.
So, yes, there are ways to guarantee a win, but you’re unlikely to win enough to make up for the cost of the tickets. There’s no gaming the system.
If you’re determined to try your luck, the next Mega Millions drawing is scheduled for 11 p.m. ET Tuesday. The deadline to buy tickets for the Tuesday drawing is 10:45 p.m. for retail locations and 10:43 p.m. for online play. Once a ticket is generated, it cannot be canceled. | https://www.wane.com/news/mega-millions-jackpot-is-it-possible-to-guarantee-a-win/ | 2022-07-27 00:05:03 | 0 | https://www.wane.com/news/mega-millions-jackpot-is-it-possible-to-guarantee-a-win/ |
SAN DIEGO -- President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order on Tuesday aiming to increase the number of background checks to buy guns, promote better and more secure firearms storage and ensure U.S. law enforcement agencies are getting the most out of a bipartisan gun control law enacted last summer.
The Democratic president plans to unveil his latest efforts at curbing gun violence in a speech from Monterey Park, California, said a senior White House official, who discussed the order ahead of its signing on the condition of anonymity. In January, a gunman stormed a dance hall in the community near Los Angeles and shot 20 people, killing 11, following a Lunar New Year celebration.
Biden's rhetoric has only grown stronger around guns - he calls for banning so-called assault weapons routinely in his speeches - and Democrats didn't push such a vocal anti-gun platform even during the Obama administration, when Biden was vice president. But Biden has been emboldened by the midterms after his regular talk of gun control didn't result in massive losses, and he's expected to continue to push for strong changes as he inches toward a 2024 run, his aides say.
Biden invited Brandon Tsay, the 26-year-old who wrestled the semi-automatic pistol away from the gunman in Monterey Park, to his State of the Union address and praised the young man's heroism.
"He saved lives. It's time we do the same as well," Biden said in his speech to Congress. "Ban assault weapons once and for all."
But his power is limited to go beyond bipartisan legislation passed by Congress last summer, the most sweeping gun violence bill in decades. It followed the killing of 19 students and two teachers at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school.
"Too many lives have been taken by gun violence," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said. "But he believes we need to do more. You'll hear him call on Congress to take action and not to stop ... that we need to continue."
Biden will mandate that his Cabinet work on a plan to better structure the government to support communities suffering from gun violence, said the senior White House official who previewed the order. The plan will call on Attorney General Merrick Garland to shore up the rules for federally licensed gun dealers so they know they are required to do background checks as part of the license.
Biden is also mandating better reporting of ballistics data from federal law enforcement for a clearinghouse that allows federal, state and local law enforcement to match shell casings to guns. But local and state law enforcement agencies are not required to report ballistics data, and many do not, making the clearinghouse less effective.
And the president is going to ask the Federal Trade Commission to issue a public report analyzing how gun manufacturers market to minors and use military images to market to the general public.
The bill passed last year, known as the Safer Communities Act, is viewed by gun control advocates as a good start but one that doesn't go far enough. After the law was signed, there were 11 other mass shootings, according to a database of mass killings since 2006 maintained by The Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University. Those killings don't include shootings in which fewer than four people were killed - and gun violence is also rising nationwide.
"President Biden's executive order today is a home run for public safety," said John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety. "This is the latest example of President Biden's leadership on gun safety, and we're proud to stand with him as he takes robust action to help close the gun seller loophole - which will significantly expand background checks on gun sales, keep weapons out of the hands of dangerous people and save lives."
Biden will also direct his Cabinet to make sure law enforcement agencies understand the benefits of the new law, particularly around red-flag laws, also known as extreme risk protection orders, which are intended to temporarily remove guns from people with potentially violent behavior and prevent them from hurting themselves or others.
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Bjorn Fratangelo 2023 Citi Open Odds
Bjorn Fratangelo has a match against Gael Monfils coming up next in the Citi Open round of 64. Fratangelo is +10000 to win at William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center.
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Fratangelo at the 2023 Citi Open
- Next Round: Round of 64
- Tournament Dates: July 28 - August 7
- Venue: William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center
- Location: Washington, District of Columbia
- Court Surface: Hard
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Fratangelo's Next Match
Fratangelo will play in the Citi Open round of 64 after getting past Alexis Galarneau 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, and now matches up against Monfils on Monday, July 31 at 8:15 PM ET.
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Fratangelo Stats
- Fratangelo is coming off a 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 victory over No. 162-ranked Galarneau in the qualifying round on Sunday.
- Fratangelo is 1-1 over the past year, with zero tournament wins.
- In one hard-court tournaments over the past year, Fratangelo is 1-1 in matches.
- In his two matches over the past year, across all court types, Fratangelo has averaged 33.5 games.
- On hard courts, Fratangelo has played two matches over the past 12 months, and he has totaled 33.5 games per match while winning 47.8% of games.
- Over the past 12 months, Fratangelo has been victorious in 14.7% of his return games and 81.8% of his service games.
- As far as serve/return winning percentages on hard courts over the past 12 months, Fratangelo has won 81.8% of his games on serve and 14.7% on return.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds investors who: (a) exchanged Discovery, Inc. ("Discovery") common stock (NASDAQ: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK) for Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. ("Warner Bros.") common stock (NASDAQ: WBD) pursuant to Discovery's February 4, 2022 Registration Statement on Form S-4 and Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on February 10, 2022; and/or (b) purchased shares of Warner Bros. common stock on the open market traceable to the Prospectus through the date of the filing of the complaint on September 23, 2022 of the important November 22, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you exchanged Discovery common stock for Warner Bros. common stock pursuant to Discovery's February 4, 2022 Registration Statement on Form S-4 and Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus filed with the SEC on February 10, 2022 and/or purchased shares of Warner Bros. common stock on the open market traceable to the Prospectus through September 23, 2022, 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 Warner Bros. Discovery class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=8888 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 November 22, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, at the time of filing the Registration Statement and Prospectus, defendants either knew or had access to adverse information concerning operations of the WarnerMedia business of AT&T. Among other things, as subsequently disclosed by defendants after the merger: (1) WarnerMedia's HBO Max streaming business had a high churn rate that made the business not "viable" unless the churn rate was reversed; (2) AT&T was overinvesting in WarnerMedia entertainment content for streaming, without sufficient concern for return on investments; (3) WarnerMedia had a business model to grow the number of subscribers to its streaming service without regard to cost or profitability; (4) WarnerMedia was improvidently concentrating its investments in streaming and ignoring its other business lines; and (5) WarnerMedia had overstated the number of subscribers to HBO Max by as many as 10 million subscribers, by including as subscribers AT&T customers who had received bundled access to HBO Max, but had not signed onto the service. The adverse information was not disclosed to Discovery shareholders in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or otherwise prior to the effective date of the merger. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
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TORONTO , Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Canadian skincare brand Indeed Labs™ is excited to announce its rollout of approachable, science-based, and affordable skincare into Target stores across the United States. Commencing August 15, 2022, Indeed Labs™ launches in-store and online at Target.com with five hero products, including the TikTok-viral and cult-favorite Nanoblur blurring cream. All products are cruelty-free, fragrance-free, responsibly-sourced, and created with science-backed formulas. Leading the way in science and innovation, Indeed Labs™ uses high levels of actives to create products that give consumers the real results they're looking for.
Indeed Labs™ revolutionary products in Target include award-winning Nanoblur™ Instant Skin-Blurring Cream which instantly blurs and filters skin, minimizing the look of enlarged pores, shine, wrinkles, blemishes and crow's feet while leaving skin with a silky-smooth finish. The Peptalash™ Lengthening Lash Treatment is an innovative eyelash enhancing serum that targets eyelash growth to lengthen, thicken and strengthen lashes. It can also be used on eyebrows! Snoxin II™ Facial Line & Wrinkle Fighting Serum is a supercharged serum developed with XEP-018™, a clinically proven biomimetic peptide that minimizes muscle contractions to instantly soften the appearance of dynamic lines and wrinkles; it delivers both instant and long-term results including smoother and more even-textured skin, maximum moisture retention, and improved elasticity. Vitamin C Brightening Drops restores your skin's luminosity, radiance, and brightness with the power of vitamin C, a potent antioxidant your skin will be thankful for! Vitamin C brightening drops use an encapsulated and non-phototoxic form of pure ascorbic acid (vitamin C), volcanic soil, and hyaluronic acid that work together to even skin tone, reduce hyperpigmentation, and brighten the appearance of skin. And finally, Hydraluron™ Moisture Jelly rejuvenates dry, dull skin with a unique jelly moisturizer that saturates the skin with fast-absorbing ingredients. Filled with hyaluronic acid and PatchH20™ technology, it works to combat dullness, dehydration, dryness and signs of premature aging by providing the skin with instant and long-lasting hydration.
This expanded footprint in Target brick and mortar stores will broaden Indeed Labs™ reach to bring highly targeted skincare with transparency and accessible pricing into the United States market. "As a Canadian brand with a robust global community, this launch in Target is monumental for us," says Dimitra Davidson, President and COO of Indeed Labs™. "We know the brand will resonate with the Target shopper, who is discerning and is looking for affordable, unique and high-quality products. We are incredibly excited to be expanding our community within the US market."
Indeed Labs™ is now available in Target stores and Target.com with prices ranging from $19.99 - $29.99. For more information and to schedule an interview contact indeedlabs@michelemariepr.com
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Indeed Labs may be playful, but they don't play around when it comes to skincare. Wild claims, fancy packaging, and photoshopped skin don't give people real results. Science-based formulas do. That's why Indeed Labs creates products with premium quality, clinically proven ingredients that are responsibly-sourced. Since inception, the mission has been to change the way consumers look at skincare and their skincare journey. The brand strives to be the one consumers turn to for real results, and formulas driven by science. Always at the forefront of innovation, their goal is to revolutionize the skincare industry with trusted products that deliver the results consumers are looking for, at wallet friendly prices.
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Things to do in the Phoenix area this weekend: Oct 7-10
PHOENIX - Need plans this weekend? From Indigenous Peoples' Day celebrations to Greek festivals to psychic fairs, here's a few fun events in the Phoenix metropolitan area to check out for Oct. 7-10:
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Indigenous Peoples' Day celebrations
8th Annual Indigenous People's Day Arizona Gathering
"The Indigenous Peoples Day Arizona 2022 planning committee is excited to announce a weekend full of action-oriented land acknowledgements, movement celebrations, and community building. As always, there is NO COST to attend our events, which are family-friendly and drug/alcohol-free zones."
Events include: trash pickup at Rio Salado; a Day of Movement; and a day-long conference about self-care, sovereignty and land preservation.
- Oct. 8-10
- Free
- https://ipdaz.org/celebration/
Indigenous Peoples’ Day Phoenix Fest
"Every day is Indigenous Peoples’ Day, but once a year we come together to celebrate our origins and indigeneity as this nation's First Peoples’. The Indigenous Peoples’ Day Phoenix Fest transforms Roosevelt Row’s arts district into a celebration of all Indigenous nations featuring family-fun activities, live music, demos, native food, art, and much more!"
- Oct. 10
- 3 p.m. - 10 p.m.
- Free
- 1st Street and Garfield, Phoenix, AZ
- https://www.ipdphx.com/
Indigenous Peoples’ Day at the Heard Museum - Phoenix
"A visit to the museum is a perfect way to support American Indian artists, musicians, writers and engage with community partners. Join us for this special day during which we honor the vitality, beauty and diversity of American Indian people."
- Oct. 8
- 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Free
- https://heard.org/event/indigenous-peoples-day/
Native American Connections 39th Annual Parade - Phoenix
"The NAC Parade's long awaited return is here! Join us 9am to 11am on our iconic route starting at 3rd Street & Oak St. in Phoenix, AZ to celebrate our 50th anniversary and the 75th anniversary of the Phoenix Indian Center. "
- Oct. 8
- 9 a.m. - 11 a.m.
- Free
- 3rd Street and Oak Street, Phoenix, AZ
- https://www.nativeconnections.org/news-events/parade2022/
Phoenix Indian Center Social Powwow & Gourd Dance
"Plan to join us on Saturday, Oct 08, 2022 for our social powwow and gourd dance! This will be an outdoor event, spectators are allowed to bring canopies, however stakes can't be used in the grounds. It is also recommended to bring your own chairs."
- Oct. 8
- 12 p.m.
- Free
- Steele Indian School Park - 300 E Indian School Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85012
- https://www.facebook.com/events/steele-indian-school-park/phoenix-indian-center-social-powwow-gourd-dance/477186601075474/
Avondale
Goldrush Music Festival
After a 2-year hiatus, one of the biggest EDM festivals in Arizona is coming back. Check out some of the top DJs in the genre, including Seven Lions, Excision, Kaskade and more.
- Oct. 7-9
- $109 - $1250
- Phoenix Raceway - 7602 Jimmie Johnson Dr, Avondale, AZ 85323
- https://goldrushfestaz.com/
Mesa
Asian District Night Market 2022: Kamayan Festival
"Come celebrate Filipino American History Month with our very own Kamayan Festival formerly known as the Asian District Night Market. The Kamayan Festival is a two - night food and entertainment event that celebrates cultural diversity, culinary creativity, and exquisite artistry with people of all ages!"
- Oct. 8-9
- $10 - $15
- AZ International Marketplace - 1920 W Broadway Rd, Mesa, AZ 85202
- https://azasianchamber.com/adnm-22
AZ Margarita, Mojito, Craft Beer, and Food Truck Festival
"This annual festival will have great music, unlimited margaritas, mojitos, and craft beer. There will also be over 20 food trucks."
- Oct. 8
- 4 p.m. - 10 p.m.
- $15-$55
- Riverview Park - 2100 W Rio Salado Pkwy, Mesa, AZ 85201
- https://www.eventbrite.com/e/8th-annual-az-margarita-mojito-craft-beer-and-food-truck-festival-tickets-377442279017
Celebrate Mesa
"Celebrate Mesa and all it has to offer at this FREE family festival!" Activities include bounce houses, kids' games, carnival rides, a petting zoo, visits from superheroes, food trucks and more.
- Oct. 8
- 5 p.m. - 9 p.m.
- Free
- Red Mountain Soccer Complex - 905 N Sunvalley Blvd, Mesa, AZ 85207
- https://www.mesaparks.com/info-contact/special-events/celebrate-mesa
Phoenix
AZ Women's Expo
"Learn a new hobby, purchase a one of a kind gift, relax and unwind with free massages, beauty treatments, and even a new hairstyle. Enjoy DIY crafting, samples, wine tastings, fashion shows, beauty and wellness pavilions, and hundreds of pop up booths."
- Oct. 8-9
- $5 - $30
- Phoenix Convention Center - 100 N 3rd Street Ac, Phoenix, AZ 85004
- https://www.azwomensexpo.com/
Phoenix Greek Festival
"We are pleased to provide you with an opportunity to share in the rich history, culture, and culinary delights of Greece. Enjoy Greek food, music, dancing, jewelry, art, grocery items and activities for children."
- Oct. 7-9
- $5, kids 12 and under free, seniors over 60 free on Saturday
- Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral - 1973 E Maryland Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85016
- https://phoenixgreekfestival.org/
Phoenix Psychic Fair
"Join us for a special day of Readings, Revelations, and Renewal…Get the healing and life guidance you’ve been searching for in a fun, festive, high energy, and high vibration ambiance! There’s truly something for everyone."
- Oct. 9
- 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- $5-$7
- Sheraton Phoenix Crescent – 2620 W Dunlap Ave, Phoenix, AZ
- http://phoenixpsychicfair.com/
Sidewalk Saturday Artisan Market
"A weekly celebration of local artisans, connection, and community on the sidewalks in the heart of downtown Phoenix’s Roosevelt Row Arts District."
- Every Saturday, October - December
- 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
- The Churchill - 901 N 1st St, Phoenix, AZ 85004
- https://sidewalksaturdays.com/
Peoria
Peoria Country Fest
"The City of Peoria and Pleasant Harbor invite you to enjoy Peoria Country Fest on Saturday, October 8, 2022, featuring live country music from four popular country artists and LIVE bull riding. The event also includes food trucks, a beer garden, and mechanical bull riding. This is a one-day country festival with an optional Weekend Camping Experience."
- Oct. 8
- 2 p.m. - 10 p.m.
- $10-$75
- Pleasant Harbor at Lake Pleasant - 40202 N 87th Ave, Peoria, AZ 85383
- https://www.peoriaaz.gov/government/departments/arts-culture/special-events/peoria-country-fest
Peoria Spooktacular Outdoor Movie, Halloween Party, Food Trucks & More
- Oct. 8
- 4 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
- Free
- Fletcher Heights Park - 8135 W Lone Cactus Dr, Peoria, AZ 85383
- https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-peoria-spooktacular-outdoor-movie-halloween-tickets-405943366537
Tempe
Four Peaks Oktoberfest
"In 2022, Tempe Sister Cities marks the 49th anniversary of its Oktoberfest celebration in Tempe.
Oktoberfest is an annual fundraiser with proceeds used to send Tempe high school students to cities all around the world. Tempe Sister Cities is an internationally recognized non-profit, awarded multiple times for its promotion of multiculturalism."
It features live music, German beers, bratwursts and carnival food, dachshund races and more.
- Oct. 7-9
- $20, Free on Sunday
- Tempe Beach Park - 80 W Rio Salado Pkwy, Tempe, AZ 85281
- https://www.fourpeaksoktoberfest.com/media/
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Chris Bailey’s Forecast | Gusty Winds Usher In Some Snow
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Gusty winds and crashing temps are showing up as a stout low pressure passes by to the north and northeast. This brings in rounds of light snow and snow showers tonight through Thursday night with light accumulations a good bet.
I don’t have a lot of time for this update, so let’s get after it.
The snow coming during this time isn’t a lot, but it will be enough for some delays and cancellations over the next few mornings. I suspect a lot of kids and teachers will be doing snow dances tonight.
Nice weather blows in late Friday into Saturday with more rain by Sunday.
The setup next week continues to feature more in the way of winter storms targeting the region with the potential for rain, snow and ice.
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Real Housewives of Salt Lake City cast member sentenced to over six years in prison in telemarketing fraud scheme
By Kara Scannell, CNN
Jennifer Shah, a cast member on Bravo’s “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,” was sentenced to six and a half years in prison for defrauding thousands of victims in a long-running telemarketing scheme that targeted the elderly and vulnerable.
Judge Sidney Stein ordered the sentence of 78 months, along with five years of supervised release.
Shah — the latest reality figure whose fraud was exposed by their fame-seeking over-the-top lifestyle — had asked for a three-year sentence.
She had faced up to 14 years under the sentencing guidelines.
Shah’s defense attorney, Priya Chaudhry, released a statement on Friday, stating Shah “deeply regrets the mistakes that she has made and is profoundly sorry to the people she has hurt.”
“Jen has faith in our justice system, understands that anyone who breaks the law will be punished, and accepts this sentence as just,” the statement said. “Jen will pay her debt to society and when she is a free woman again, she vows to pay her debt to the victims harmed by her mistakes.”
‘I take full responsibility’
Judge Stein called Shah an “integral” member of the decade-long fraud scheme.
Shah, who was wearing a camel pantsuit, blouse, and leopard print stiletto heels, said, her voice cracking, “First and foremost I am deeply sorry for what I have done. I take full responsibility for my actions and I’m doing all I can to fix the harm I have caused.”
“I’m so sorry for the agony and significant financial loss each of you have endured,” she said of the victims.
Shah broke down sobbing as she apologized to her husband and two sons, who were present in the packed courtroom.
Shah, who was arrested in March 2021, pleaded guilty in July. Prosecutors asked for 10 years in prison.
Stein questioned Shah’s attorney why Shah’s written statement said nothing about her concern for the victims of the fraud and pointed out how she took steps to hide her fraud, including moving bank accounts to Kosovo and Cyprus.
Prosecutor Robert Sobelman said the evidence would be “devastating” if the case had gone to trial. He said Shah showed no remorse toward the victims and her texts messages revealed she was laughing with co-conspirators about them, asking if they had gotten one victim to “stop crying yet.”
Before the sentencing was underway Shah sat next to her husband, Sharrieff Shah, who clasped her hand. Her two sons were seated on the other side of her.
Roughly 20 of Shah’s family members and friends took up four rows of seats in the courtroom, which was at capacity with reporters, fans of the show and others in attendance.
Missing from the benches were any of her castmates from the reality series.
Shah’s attorney said she is no longer selling “Free Jen” or “Justice for Jen” merchandise on her website and any proceeds would go toward paying back victims.
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Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music and video game platforms this week.
MOVIES
— The 95th Academy Awards are Sunday, March 12, which means time is running out for catching up on the nominees. The show, itself, can be streamed beginning at 8 pm EST on ABC.com and the ABC app, with authentication of a provider, as well as on Hulu Live TV, YouTubeTV, AT&T TV and FuboTV. Most nominees are streaming or available for digital rental. If you’re already caught up on the features, many of the short films are worth catching, including Pamela Ribon's animated nominee, “My Year of Dicks,” the Russian Arctic doc “Halout” and João Gonzalez’s “Ice Merchants.” Over on the Criterion Channel, the film series “Michelle Yeoh Kicks Ass” is streaming to honor the “Everything Everywhere All at Once” star and best-actress nominee. The series collects some of her highlights as an action star in Hong Kong, including “Yes, Madam!” (1985), “Royal Warriors” (1986) and the Ang Lee masterpiece “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (2000).
— Does Idris Elba need James Bond when he's got John Luther? In “Luther: The Fallen Sun,” Elba returns as the London homicide detective he's played across nearly a decade in the BBC crime series. “The Fallen Sun,” Streaming Friday, March 10, on Netflix, Luther gets his first feature film treatment. In it, a serial killer (Andy Serkis) terrorizes London while Luther, framed for various crimes, sits behind bars.
— The long tradition of Disney sports underdog movies gets a new entry in Jingyi Shao's “Chang Can Dunk," premiering Friday, March 10, on Disney+. Bloom Li stars as an often underestimated 16-year-old high-schooler with one mission: to dunk.
MUSIC
— Miley Cyrus has earned ALL the flowers. The single “Flowers” from her upcoming album has become the most streamed song in a single week in Spotify history and a chart topper on the Billboard Hot 100. It will be on “Endless Summer Vacation,” arriving Friday, March 10 with contributions from Brandi Carlile and Sia. Recorded in Los Angeles and produced with Kid Harpoon, Greg Kurstin, Mike WiLL Made-It, and Tyler Johnson, Miley describes the album as her “love letter to LA.” The I’m-fine-without-you single “Flowers” has been interpreted as a response song to Bruno Mars’ “When I Was Your Man” and it was released on her ex-husband Liam Hemsworth’s birthday. Fans can also check out Disney+'s original special event, “Miley Cyrus ‒ Endless Summer Vacation (Backyard Sessions)” premiering on March 10/
— If you really liked “Asphalt Meadows” by Death Cab for Cutie, but think you might like it a little softer, you’re in luck: “Asphalt Meadows (Acoustic)” is a new, stripped-down take on their critically acclaimed 10th studio album, which The New York Times praised, saying “the band brings its incisive, anguished writing to a particularly 2022 brand of existential angst.” Fans of the band will also find a new song co-written by lead vocalist and guitarist Ben Gibbard as the theme song for Apple TV+ “Shrinking” starring Jason Segel and Harrison Ford.
— AP Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy
TELEVISION
— Bravo’s “Top Chef” is expanding its scope with an all-star edition for its 20th season debuting Thursday. Winners and finalists from different “Top Chef” iterations will compete. Contestants represent Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Thailand and even Kentucky in season 20. Episodes were filmed in London, but the finale moved to Paris. It’s the first time an entire “Top Chef” season has taken place abroad.
— The new series “School Spirits” isn’t about homecoming floats or high school mascots but instead is a YA mystery. It stars Peyton List (“Cobra Kai”) as a teen who is stuck in limbo in the afterlife after her murder. She enlists help from other spirit friends to help track down her killer. The series is based on a graphic novel by siblings Megan and Nate Trinrud, due out in the fall. The eight-episode first season debuts March 9 on Paramount+.
— Kerry Washington returns to TV in a half-hour comedy called “UnPrisoned” on Hulu. Created by author Tracy McMillan and based on her real life, Washington plays a single mom who works as a relationship therapist whose father (played by Delroy Lindo of “The Good Fight”) moves in with her and her teenage son after he’s released from prison. “UnPrisoned” premieres Friday, March 10.
— Alicia Rancilio
VIDEO GAMES
— Some promising games from smaller Japanese studios take the spotlight in the next few days. Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo lets you investigate some of Tokyo’s most enduring urban legends. There are spurned lovers, a burning man and a whispering canal, and then things really get weird: One case involves a giant, bloody foot that smashes through a mansion’s ceiling and demands to be washed every night. Embrace the mystery Thursday, March 9, on Nintendo Switch, PC, iOS and Android.
— Oni: Road to Be the Mightiest Oni digs into more ancient folklore. The protagonist, Kuuta, is a small but spunky imp who’s on a mission to overthrow Momotaro, the human who now rules Onigashima Island after destroying most of its demons. It’s a welcome twist on the monster-hunter formula, with vibrant animation and a more forgiving approach to combat than you usually find in that genre. Kuuta’s quest begins Thursday, March 9, on PlayStation 5/4, Nintendo Switch and PC.
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Catch up on AP’s entertainment coverage here: https://apnews.com/apf-entertainment. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/new-this-week-miley-cyrus-luther-and-oscars-17818718.php | 2023-03-03 21:32:00 | 1 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/new-this-week-miley-cyrus-luther-and-oscars-17818718.php |
WASHINGTON — As Americans ramp up their summer travels without their masks, two COVID-19 subvariants are causing a surge in cases.
BA.5, which accounts for 65% of cases, and BA.4, which is 16% of cases, are omicron's smarter cousins. The two subvariants are evading antibodies and even vaccine protections, as they are the one of the most contagious versions of the virus yet.
"It knows how to trick our immune system," said TEGNA's medical expert Dr. Payal Kohli.
Since the subvariants derived from the original omicron variant, symptoms fall under the same umbrella. However, symptoms still vary depending on vaccination status, age, prior infection, medication and other factors, said Kohli.
Data collected from the Zoe app in the UK show most symptoms mimic the common cold, with sore throats and runny noses. Kohli said a significant change in symptoms for the subvariants are heightened amounts of sneezing, something not seen in earlier forms of the COVID-19 variant.
"Now, interestingly enough, we're also anecdotally seeing that there may be a slightly higher degree of loss of taste, and loss of smell," Kohli said.
Without much of the "classic" COVID-19 symptoms like muscle aches, high fevers and chills, it becomes increasingly difficult to decipher whether you have COVID or simple allergies.
Consistent testing is the best way to confirm whether your symptoms are truly COVID-19, according to Kohli. For those who are vaccinated, things can get a little more complicated as immune systems in early days of infection can cause a false negative on at-home tests.
The subvariants responsible for the latest surge pose a different threat as it also has higher rates of reinfection.
"Even if you've had infection recently, with omicron, or you've had what we call hybrid immunity, which is infection plus vaccination, which was thought to be the highest level of protection, we are seeing a higher rate of reinfection occurring even in those individuals," she said.
On Tuesday, the Biden administration urged Americans to get their booster shots as way to protect themselves from the new subvariants.
Now with Novavax, a more traditional protein-based vaccine approved by the FDA, and a COVID-19 pill, Americans have more resources than ever to protect themselves during another surge. However, nearly a quarter of Americans haven't gotten their COVID-19 shot.
"Even though the vaccines and the boosters that we have out there right now are really designed for the original Wuhan strain, and not so much for the subvariants, we are seeing that there's a high degree of efficacy at for the vaccines that keeping you out of the hospital," Kohli said.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention lists the most common symptoms for COVID-19:
- Fever or chills
- Cough
- Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
- Fatigue
- Muscle or body aches
- Headache
- New loss of taste or smell
- Sore throat
- Congestion or runny nose
- Nausea or vomiting
- Diarrhea | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/nation-world/what-to-know-about-ba5-ba4-variant/507-ac88576c-f99b-4125-9199-9616e9cbd71a | 2022-07-16 15:51:54 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/nation-world/what-to-know-about-ba5-ba4-variant/507-ac88576c-f99b-4125-9199-9616e9cbd71a |
Jury finds Wilcox guilty of homicide in Vaughn bar shooting; 'it's been a nightmare,' family says
It took a jury three hours Wednesday to determine that Ronald August Wilcox did not act in self-defense when he fatally shot 33-year-old Joseph "Joey" Ray at a bar in Vaughn in 2021.
The jury found Wilcox, 62, guilty of deliberate homicide.
On July 15, 2021, Wilcox and Billy Thompson argued outside a motel attached to the Office Bar in Vaughn. The verbal argument was quashed, but then Wilcox exited his room with a gun. When Ray, a passerby, intervened, the two struggled and Wilcox shot Ray once in the abdomen.
"It's been a nightmare. It's still just hard to believe that this happened. It just doesn't make any sense at all," said Jennifer Fowler, Ray's sister.
Wilcox claimed he feared for his life when Ray tried to disarm him and said he shot in self-defense. Fowler, however, believes that Ray could have hurt Wilcox if that was his intention. She said Ray was a wrestling champion and knew how to handle himself. Testimony from the trial stated that Wilcox was not injured in his struggle with Ray.
Fowler said Ray was a good-hearted person who liked to help people. She said if Wilcox had thought he was in trouble, Ray would have been the first to defend him. Instead, she said, Ray had to give his life to protect others from Wilcox.
Ray was a husband and the father of two girls, ages 10 and six. He spent most of his life living in Great Falls and loved to race stock cars. Fowler said he'd raced several different models of cars at the Electric City Speedway and was still trying to find his niche. His number was 52.
"His girls were out there with him whenever they could, especially the youngest one," Fowler said. "Anything that he did, she was right by his side, glued to him."
Fowler is one of three sisters Ray had, all of them older than Ray. Fowler said the sisters were his siblings but also like parents in a way.
"It's like losing a child and a brother at the same time," Fowler said.
Fowler said his family knew in their hearts that Ray intervened in order to help people, and they were thankful that the jury agreed. She said she believes Ray sacrificed his own life that day and prevented Wilcox from potentially killing other people.
"That man came out of that room with a loaded gun. It was never said how many (bullets) were in the magazine," Fowler said. "He could have killed many people or injured many people, and my brother was the one who jumped in the line and was a hero."
Fowler said she doesn't know how to feel about sentencing, and said the time until the sentencing hearing will give her time to think about it. She said she definitely doesn't want Wilcox to be released. Fowler said she doesn't believe Wilcox makes good choices, and she believes he belongs behind bars.
Fowler isn't sure if she'll make it to Great Falls for the sentencing, which is tentatively set for six weeks from now. | https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/crime/2022/10/27/ronald-august-wilcox-guilty-homicide-vaughn-montana-2021-fatal-shooting/69594598007/ | 2022-10-27 13:36:15 | 1 | https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/crime/2022/10/27/ronald-august-wilcox-guilty-homicide-vaughn-montana-2021-fatal-shooting/69594598007/ |
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Thousands of police have been deployed in Athens and the northern city of Thessaloniki on Thursday for commemorative marches to mark the anniversary of a 1973 student uprising that was brutally crushed by the military dictatorship then ruling Greece.
The anniversary is marked each year by marches to the U.S. Embassy in Athens, and the demonstrations have often, but not always, turned violent.
Around 5,000 police were expected to be deployed in the Greek capital, where major streets were to be blocked to traffic and three subway stations along the march route shut down on Thursday afternoon.
In 1973, the military regime that had been in power since 1967 sent police and troops to crush student-led pro-democracy protests centered in the Athens Polytechnic, a university in the center of the capital. Officers opened fire on unarmed demonstrators and bystanders, and an army tank smashed through the gates of the Polytechnic, behind which many students had gathered.
At least 20 people are believed to have been killed, although the exact death toll of the November 1973 events has never been definitively determined.
The uprising was followed by a putsch within the junta which brought even more hard-line officers into power. Democracy was restored in Greece in July 1974, after the dictatorship collapsed in the face of a Turkish invasion of Cyprus, provoked by the junta’s own machinations aiming to unite the island, whose majority population is Greek-speaking, with Greece.
Demonstrators have marched to the U.S. Embassy every year since 1974 in protest of Washington’s support at the time of the dictatorship in Greece. | https://pix11.com/ap-international/ap-police-deployed-in-athens-for-uprising-anniversary-marches/ | 2022-11-17 19:11:01 | 0 | https://pix11.com/ap-international/ap-police-deployed-in-athens-for-uprising-anniversary-marches/ |
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge has approved a settlement of more than $1 million in a class action lawsuit that challenged a federal immigration raid at an eastern Tennessee meatpacking plant where about 100 people were arrested.
The settlement approved by U.S. District Judge Travis McDonough on Monday calls for the U.S. government to pay $475,000 to six individual plaintiffs and an additional $550,000 to a class settlement fund for nearly 100 workers detained almost five years ago, news outlets reported.
The lawsuit claimed the Southeastern Provision workers’ 4th and 5th Amendment constitutional rights were violated in April 2018 when armed officers raided the Bean Station plant, using racial slurs, shoving guns in their faces and punching one worker in the face. It also alleged that officers didn’t know workers’ identities or immigration statuses, only that many were Hispanic.
White workers at the plant, meanwhile, were not accosted, detained, searched or arrested, and many stood outside smoking during the raid, the lawsuit said.
During the raid, officers were helping to execute an Internal Revenue Service search warrant for financial documents related to James Brantley, the plant’s owner. Agents did not have warrants for the arrest of any of the workers — only to search the business for tax violations, according to the lawsuit.
Brantley later pleaded guilty to federal charges of employing unauthorized immigrants, tax evasion and wire fraud.
“Today, justice was served to the Latinx workers, and their community, who took a stand against federal agents targeting them because of their ethnicity,” said Meredith Stewart, senior supervising attorney with the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Immigrant Justice Project. “The unprecedented, court-approved settlement demonstrates that we, as a nation, will not tolerate racial profiling.” | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/ap-1m-settlement-in-lawsuit-over-federal-immigration-raid/ | 2023-03-01 14:32:17 | 0 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/ap-1m-settlement-in-lawsuit-over-federal-immigration-raid/ |
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Sweden is holding an election Sunday to elect lawmakers to the 349-seat Riksdag as well as to local offices across the nation of 10 million people. Early voting began on Aug. 24, so many people will have already cast their ballots by election day. Here are some key things to know about the vote.
WHAT IS AT STAKE?
Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson is fighting to keep her center-left Social Democrats at the helm of a left-wing coalition but is facing a strong challenge from the right.
Sweden is known for being a cradle-to-grave welfare society and Andersson would like to preserve the social protections that have long defined Sweden, and reverse some of the market-oriented changes by an earlier government. Her party feels that some of the changes, like state subsidies going to private schools, are creating greater inequalities.
The once mighty Social Democrats have been in power since 2014. But as the party’s popularity sinks compared with its heyday in the 20th century, it has been forced it to preside over a weaker government relying more on other parties to pass laws, a situation which has produced political instability over the past eight years.
WHO IS LIKELY TO WIN?
There are two major blocs, with four parties on the left and four on the right. The polls leading up to the election showed the two blocs in a near dead heat, with the outcome impossible to predict.
Under Swedish law, it falls to the party that wins the most seats to form a government. Polls show that this is likely to be Andersson’s party, in which case it would be up to her first to try to form a coalition government with majority support in the legislature.
But if the left as a whole has a poor showing, she might not be able to form a coalition. In that case, the baton would be passed to the second-largest party to try to form a government.
WHICH PARTY IS IN THE NO. 2 SPOT?
In the last election, in 2018, the Moderates led by Ulf Kristersson, a center-right party, won the second highest number of seats. The conservative party promotes a market economy, lower taxes and a smaller role for government in a country with a generous welfare state supported by high taxes.
But like the Social Democrats, and many other mainstream parties across Europe for that matter, the Moderates have also seen their popularity with voters decline amid a populist challenge coming from further right.
WHO ARE THE POPULISTS?
The Sweden Democrats, a populist right-wing party which takes a hard line on immigration and crime, first entered parliament in 2010 and has been growing steadily ever since.
The party won 13% of the vote in 2018, becoming the third-largest force in parliament. Polls show that is likely to improve on that showing on Sunday.
Some Swedes describe the party as Trumpist and feel put off by the fact that it was founded by far-right extremists decades ago, not quite certain whether to trust it in its transformation to a more traditional conservative party.
The party is led by Jimmie Akesson, a 43-year-old former web designer who has been the driving force in trying to moderate the party’s image.
The party has clearly tapped into the social mood, however. Its success can be measured also by the fact that other parties have been moving closer to its positions as many Swedes believe that they can no longer bear the costs of the generous refugee policies of the past, and are seeking a crackdown on crime.
Once treated as a pariah, other conservative parties have grown increasingly willing to deal with the Sweden Democrats.
HOW SERIOUS IS CRIME IN SWEDEN?
Some of the immigrants who have been welcomed in Sweden in past years have had difficulties assimilating into Swedish society, leading to segregated neighborhoods with high crime rates.
Gang violence mostly takes place among criminal networks dealing drugs or involved in other illicit activity. But there have been recent cases of innocent bystanders being hurt. So far this year, 48 people have been killed by firearms in Sweden, three more than in all of 2021.
The fears triggered by constant news of shootings and explosions in disadvantaged neighborhoods have made crime one of the most pressing issues for voters.
“Shootings and explosions of bombs have increased in the last few years and (this violence) is now considered a great social problem. I wouldn’t say that it’s as bad as Mexico, but we are on the way,” said Anders Sannerstedt, a political scientist at Lund University in southern Sweden.
THE GENDER FACTOR
Andersson became Sweden’s first female prime minister less than a year ago — a milestone late in coming for a country that in many ways is an example of gender equality.
“I was really proud,” said Ulrika Hoonk, a 39-year-old who voted early in Stockholm on Friday evening, saying it took “far too long” for that to happen.
Polls show that Andersson’s party is especially popular with women, with men tending to vote more conservative.
Even though Andersson is the first prime minister, there are still many women represented in positions of authority. Four party leaders are women and one party has a woman and a man sharing the leadership. In parliament, the gender balance has long been split roughly 50-50.
Several women interviewed this week said that finally having a woman in the top leadership job was very important for them, and one factor they considered when choosing which party to support.
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Jan M. Olsen in Copenhagen, Denmark, contributed. | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/international/ap-explainer-what-to-know-ahead-of-swedens-election-sunday/ | 2022-09-10 13:40:26 | 1 | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/international/ap-explainer-what-to-know-ahead-of-swedens-election-sunday/ |
Maryland man charged with hate crimes in parking dispute killings
Annapolis, Md. – Maryland prosecutors have filed hate crime charges against a man accused of killing three people and wounding three more in a dispute over parking.
The three people shot to death were Latino; the man accused of shooting them is white. Their families have lived on the same street for years and have had a history of disputes, including allegations of racial slurs against one of the victims.
Charles Robert Smith, 43, had been charged with second-degree murder. Now he faces first-degree murder and hate-crime charges in the killings of Mario Mireles, his father Nicholas Mireles, and Christian Segovia, under an indictment returned by an Anne Arundel County grand jury on Friday, according to online court records.
The 42-count indictment also includes six charges of attempted first-degree murder. Smith's initial court appearance was scheduled for next Monday. His initial lawyer is no longer representing him, and another attorney did not immediately respond Monday to a request for comment.
Maryland's hate crime law applies to crimes that are motivated either in whole or in substantial part to another person's race, color, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, disability or national origin. It enables prosecutors to add years to a sentence, and financial penalties. Smith faces up to life in prison without possibility of parole if convicted of first-degree murder.
According to the police charging documents, the six people who were shot were attending a large party when a dispute broke out over a parking issue. Mireles went to Smith's home to talk about it and was arguing with Shirley Smith when her son Charles Smith returned home and confronted him. The verbal argument became physical.
Smith pulled out a gun and Mireles tried to grab it before Smith shot Mireles and Segovia. Smith “then stood over Mario Mireles and shot him several more times,” the document says. Smith then went into his house, got a rifle and began firing through a window at people who had come trying to help the mortally wounded men. Smith fatally shot Nicolas Mireles, and wounded Rosalina Segovia, Paul Johnnson and Enner Canales-Hernandez, police said.
Smith surrendered when the police arrived, telling officers he shot the victims because they shot at his house. However, none of the witnesses interviewed saw any of the victims with a firearm, according to the charging documents.
The Smith and Mireles families have had disputes for years, even going to court for help at one point. Mario Mireles sought a peace order petition in September 2016, accusing Shirley Smith of harassing him and their neighbors since he was a child. He accused her of directing racial slurs at him and his family, as well as other neighbors who are Black.
He wrote that he was washing his car in front of his house when Shirley Smith drove fast by him about an “arm length away,” saying he believed she was “targeting” him with her car.
Shirley Smith also sought a peace order at the same time, accusing Mireles of hitting her car with a large wet towel or blanket. She also accused him of throwing rocks at street signs and hitting vehicles.
Peace orders are civil orders asking a person to refrain from committing certain acts. The judge denied both their petitions. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2023/07/24/maryland-man-charged-with-hate-crimes-in-parking-dispute-killings/70456927007/ | 2023-07-24 18:53:05 | 0 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2023/07/24/maryland-man-charged-with-hate-crimes-in-parking-dispute-killings/70456927007/ |
WFO SAN ANGELO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, November 11, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
451 AM CST Fri Nov 11 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southern Irion
County through 515 AM CST...
At 450 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles northeast of Barnhart, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Mertzon and Sherwood.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
LAT...LON 3131 10119 3137 10073 3125 10069 3113 10069
3111 10116
TIME...MOT...LOC 1050Z 262DEG 36KT 3121 10102
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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Carson Kelly Player Prop Bets: Diamondbacks vs. Blue Jays - July 15
Published: Jul. 15, 2023 at 9:24 AM MST|Updated: 1 hour ago
Saturday, Carson Kelly and the Arizona Diamondbacks take on the Toronto Blue Jays and Chris Bassitt, with the first pitch at 3:07 PM ET.
In his last action (on July 9 against the Pirates) he went 0-for-3.
Carson Kelly Game Info & Props vs. the Blue Jays
- Game Day: Saturday, July 15, 2023
- Game Time: 3:07 PM ET
- Stadium: Rogers Centre
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- Blue Jays Starter: Chris Bassitt
- TV Channel: SNET
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -149)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +725)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +210)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +200)
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Carson Kelly At The Plate
- Kelly has a double, a home run and two walks while batting .163.
- This year, Kelly has posted at least one hit in five of 14 games (35.7%), and had multiple hits twice.
- He has gone deep in one game this season.
- Kelly has driven in a run in four games this year (28.6%), including one multiple-RBI game.
- He has scored a run in two games this season, but just one run each time.
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Blue Jays Pitching Rankings
- The Blue Jays pitching staff is first in the league with a collective 9.7 strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Blue Jays' 3.83 team ERA ranks eighth among all league pitching staffs.
- Blue Jays pitchers combine to rank 23rd in baseball in home runs given up (118 total, 1.3 per game).
- Bassitt gets the start for the Blue Jays, his 20th of the season. He is 8-5 with a 4.19 ERA and 102 strikeouts in 109 2/3 innings pitched.
- In his last appearance on Sunday, the righty tossed four innings against the Detroit Tigers, giving up three earned runs while surrendering nine hits.
- This season, the 34-year-old ranks 38th in ERA (4.19), 33rd in WHIP (1.213), and 34th in K/9 (8.4) among qualifying pitchers.
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Ukraine’s national basketball team gathered this summer, tasked with lifting the spirits of those back home in a war-torn country.
Turns out, it was the other way around.
A long summer slate of games — exhibitions and World Cup qualifying games leading up to the ongoing European championships — didn’t start well for Ukraine. Losses were piling up, tension was mounting, frustration was obvious. Something had to change.
“That’s when we thought about our fans back home,” said Ukraine center Alex Len, who plays for the NBA’s Sacramento Kings. “And then we had a team meeting. We decided to come together as a team. There’s a lot of stuff going on back home, and we said we had to play harder. Let’s fight. Let’s fight, out of respect for the country.”
Fight. That’s the Ukrainian way right now.
And the approach, simple as it sounds, worked. Ukraine is one of the last 16 teams left in the EuroBasket tournament, which resumes with the start of the knockout stage in Berlin on Saturday. Ukraine went 3-2 in the group stage and those games — players hope — gave the people in their homeland, which has been reeling from Russia’s invasion since February, another bit of national pride.
“It’s a really difficult time for Ukraine, for our country and also for our team,” point guard Denys Lukashov said. “It’s not easy to focus just on basketball knowing what’s happening now in our country. We’re going to do everything we can to show the best game. We’re going to fight each game. That’s what I can promise.”
Lukashov was asked if Ukraine’s team had a message to the world.
“Just stop this war,” he said. “Stop killing the people.”
All games in the knockout stage will be played in Berlin. It’s now a single-elimination tournament, except for those clubs who make the semifinals; the loser of those semifinal games will play in a third-place game before the championship matchup.
On Saturday, it’s Germany vs. Montenegro, Spain vs. Lithuania, Slovenia vs. Belgium, and Turkey vs. France. On Sunday, it’s Greece vs. Czech Republic, Finland vs. Croatia, Ukraine vs. Poland, Serbia vs. Italy. If Ukraine tops Poland, a quarterfinal matchup against the Slovenia-Belgium winner awaits; Slovenia, led by Luka Doncic, is the reigning EuroBasket champion.
Ukraine, long shots entering the tournament, is now teeming with confidence.
“We’re playing extremely hard,” Len said. “And it’s showing. We think anybody can beat anybody in this tournament.”
Sports, particularly on the international stage, typically are a rallying point for any country. Over the last seven months, they have been particularly poignant — both for Ukrainians and for those supporting Ukrainians.
There have been countless examples. At the Beijing Olympics this past winter, skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych held up a sign reading “No War in Ukraine” immediately after he finished a run down the track. At the world indoor track and field championships this spring, Australia’s Eleanor Patterson finished second to Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh in the high jump — and showed off fingernails painted in the colors of Ukraine’s flag at the medal ceremony. Even Russian tennis player Daria Kasatkina, in a videotaped interview this summer, called on her homeland to stop the war.
This week, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy and his top aides, promising continued support and noting he remains “very confident in Ukraine’s future because the Ukrainians are fighting for their homeland. It’s their homeland, not Russia’s.”
“I call home every day,” said Ukraine center Artem Pustovyi, who has relatives living near the capital city of Kyiv. “Some days I reach my family. Some days I cannot. After a day, maybe two, they always let me know they’re OK.”
It is ironic that Ukraine’s first game in the knockout stage comes against Poland. The countries share a border stretching about 330 miles (about 530 kilometers) long. They have been allies, and perhaps never more so than now — bonds strengthened by the war.
The United Nations says nearly 1.4 million Ukrainians have registered for temporary protection in Poland since the war with Russia started and that nearly 6 million Ukraine-into-Poland border crossings have occurred during that span.
The countries will be rivals on the basketball court Sunday for a couple hours. They’ll be allies before, during and after. Games have been shown on Ukrainian television, and fans in the team’s homeland can watch over streaming services as well.
“There is pressure on us,” Len said. “But also, we don’t know what’s going to happen a few months from now or a year from now. So, there is pressure, but the real pressure is on those guys who are fighting for our freedom. We’re just here playing basketball. It’s a crazy situation to be in. We don’t know if we’re going to have a place to go back to.”
So far this summer, Ukraine has played in Latvia, Portugal, Iceland, Macedonia, Italy and now, it is set to complete its EuroBasket journey in Germany.
The team hasn’t been home. It doesn’t know when the chance to play there will come again.
Until then, as the players promised each other would be the case in that team meeting, they fight — to honor those doing the real fighting.
“I just want to say, stop the war in Ukraine,” guard Issue Sanon said. “Sláva Ukrayíni. Sláva Ukrayíni.”
The translation: Glory to Ukraine.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP)The addition of two transfer forwards has proven to be a difference-maker for a New Mexico team that has already surpassed last season’s win total while vaulting back into the national spotlight.
That isn’t to say the team doesn’t still run through guards Jaelyn House and Jamal Mashburn Jr. They remain the leaders for the No. 21 Lobos.
Now those two have plenty of help and don’t have to resort to a jump-shooting contest from the outside. The addition of 6-foot-8 forwards Morris Udeze and Josiah Allick means the quick guards have the space to slash through the lane for layups or feed the big guys underneath for easy buckets.
”We had a bad year and we’re trying to turn this around,” said House, who is averaging 17.1 points, 5.3 assists and 2.9 steals. ”We didn’t like that. We’d be in games with teams and we could just never finish it. Now we’ve got the pieces to do so.”
The transition from a perimeter-oriented team to one that can dominate the paint helped New Mexico open the season with a 14-game winning streak before Tuesday night’s loss at Fresno State. They’re already better than they were the last two seasons and back in the rankings for the first time since the 2013-14 season, also the last time the Lobos made the NCAA Tournament.
A quick look at the team’s roster was enough to sell Udeze on New Mexico.
”The pitch from the coaches for me coming in here, they don’t have any bigs and they’re in need,” said Udeze, who spent his first three seasons at Wichita State. ”I looked at the depth chart and I watched film. I knew they were in need of big men. It’s made me more confident in being underneath the basket and finishing the plays.”
Udeze and Allick are scoring down low and grabbing plenty of rebounds. Udeze averages 15.7 points and 7.5 rebounds. Allick, who spent the previous three seasons at Kansas City, averages 9.4 points with a team-best 8.2 rebounds.
Their presence has opened up the court for House and Mashburn, along with role-playing guards Donovan Dent and K.J. Jenkins.
”For me, it takes a load off of me,” House said. ”They can’t just sit in the gaps as much as they were last year. And for our team it helps a lot. They give us other weapons that we can use on offense and defensively, they rebound the ball, too. I’m so glad that we got them.”
The transition has been fairly seamless because of the team chemistry, Allick said.
”We have really good pieces on this team, and so if we play the right way, we can do really big things” he said. ”When you’re in a situation and an atmosphere and a team like that, guys just kind of naturally click because you’re all focused on the same things, just winning.”
That goes back to the way the program is run, he said.
Coach Richard Pitino ”does a great job of keeping everybody focused on what the overall goal is,” Allick said. ”He’s always reiterating playing as a team and being selfless. He’s made the transition into this team and into this program easy. He never puts too much on one player, but he makes everything a team responsibility.”
Pitino said the big men are fitting in well.
”The bottom line is you have to give Morris and Josiah credit,” Pitino said. ”They have come in here and they just play hard; they’re teammates. They just want to win. They compete their butts off. They never take a possession off in practice. That’s how you get integrated into a new locker room to where people gain respect for you right away.”
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How to Watch the Rangers vs. Reds Game: Streaming & TV Channel Info for April 24
Published: Apr. 24, 2023 at 12:10 PM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
The Texas Rangers will look to Marcus Semien for continued success at the plate when they hit the field against TJ Friedl and the Cincinnati Reds on Monday.
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Rangers vs. Reds Live Stream, TV Channel and Game Info:
- Date: Monday, April 24, 2023
- Time: 6:40 PM ET
- TV Channel: BSOH
- Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
- Venue: Great American Ball Park
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Rangers Batting & Pitching Performance
- The Rangers average 1.3 home runs per game to rank ninth in MLB play with 27 total home runs.
- Texas ranks sixth in MLB, slugging .435.
- The Rangers have the sixth-best batting average in the majors (.261).
- Texas has the No. 2 offense in baseball, scoring 6.6 runs per game (139 total runs).
- The Rangers rank fifth in baseball with an on-base percentage of .342.
- The Rangers strike out 8.3 times per game to rank fifth in baseball.
- The pitching staff for Texas has a collective 9.5 K/9, the sixth-best in the majors.
- Texas has the fourth-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.37).
- Pitchers for the Rangers combine for the No. 5-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.166).
Rangers Probable Starting Pitcher
- Nathan Eovaldi (2-2) gets the starting nod for the Rangers in his fifth start of the season. He has a 5.40 ERA in 21 2/3 innings pitched, with 24 strikeouts.
- In his last appearance on Tuesday, the righty threw six innings against the Kansas City Royals, allowing two earned runs while surrendering seven hits.
- Eovaldi will try to go five or more innings for his fifth straight start. He's averaging 5.3 innings per outing.
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Construction underway for Driscoll Children's Hospital - faculty already looking to fill positions
Construction is underway at the site of the Driscoll Children's Hospital.
The building won't be finished any time soon, but the hospital is starting now when it comes to staffing up.
The hospital staff is looking to recruit for 500 positions, but they're particularly looking to hire for neonatal registered nurses and neonatal intensive care nurses.
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PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey beamed as an excavator’s heavy claw smashed through the windows of an old state office building and began tearing off the façade.
In one of his last public appearances in mid-December, the outgoing Republican governor watched the physical manifestation of a project that has defined his eight-year tenure: tearing down state government.
Ducey also cut taxes, vastly expanded school choice, restricted abortion and built a makeshift wall on the U.S.-Mexico border in defiance of a Democratic president, checking just about every conservative box.
At a time when the conservative movement is almost singularly oriented around “owning the libs,” Ducey spent his two terms outmaneuvering Democrats to advance Republican priorities, reshaping his state in a decisively conservative direction.
Yet he leaves office Monday with a limited national profile and the enmity of GOP foot soldiers less interested in the pile of things he accomplished than the one thing he would not do: overturn then-President Donald Trump's defeat in the state's 2020 election.
“Ducey really gave the road map of how to govern, how to stay relatively popular and get things done," said Mike Noble, a Phoenix-based pollster who used to work for Republicans and now focuses on nonpartisan surveys.
Democrat Katie Hobbs is becoming governor, but a Republican-controlled Legislature will limit her ability to undo much of what Ducey enacted. Ducey's preferred successor, businesswoman Karrin Taylor Robson, lost the GOP primary to Trump-backed former television anchor Kari Lake, who rose to prominence on the right as a fierce proponent of Trump's election lies.
Ducey offered a tepid endorsement of the entire Republican slate but did not campaign with Lake, who lost narrowly to Hobbs and continues to claim the election was marred by intentional misconduct. She frequently attacked Ducey on her way to winning the GOP nomination.
The governor also feuded openly with Kelli Ward, the state GOP chair. But despite the dominance of Lake and Ward in the current state GOP, he plays down their significance.
“They are inconsequential and have zero power,” Ducey told The Associated Press in an interview Thursday.
Ducey has said little about his plans after leaving the governor's office. He is sometimes mentioned as a top-ticket recruit for Arizona’s 2024 Senate race or as a dark-horse candidate for president or vice president — if the GOP is interested in his brand of limited-government conservatism.
He rejected a recruitment effort by establishment Republicans to run against Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, who was reelected in November. Ducey also has largely eschewed the social media taunts that helped Republicans such as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis build a national profile.
Ducey offered his most candid assessment of the modern GOP in a September speech at the Ronald Reagan President Library and Museum. The governor warned that “a dangerous strain of big government activism has taken hold” within the party and he lamented that a segment of the conservative movement is driven by anger instead of substance.
“I look at the party and worry that candidates are more defined by their attitudes than the policies they propose,” Ducey said. “And yes, a good many small-government conservatives have morphed into bullies — people who are very comfortable using government power to tell companies and people how to live their lives.”
Ducey walked a tightrope during Trump's presidency, initially forging a strong alliance with him and never issuing public criticism, even when his tweets or border policies threatened to be problematic for Arizona.
But their relationship crumbled live on television, when Ducey silenced a call from Trump — signified by a “Hail to the Chief” ring tone — as the governor signed the paperwork certifying Democrat Joe Biden’s narrow presidential victory in Arizona. Trump more recently called Ducey “one of the worst governors in America.”
Democrats, including state Sen. Martín Quezada, say Ducey could have done more to help prevent Trump's lies about the 2020 election from taking root in the state Republican Party.
Ducey avoided, for example, weighing in on an unprecedented partisan review of the 2020 election conducted by Trump supporters on behalf of Senate Republicans, an episode that became a widely mocked spectacle. He also raised millions of dollars for some of the most extreme voices in the Legislature to keep a GOP majority.
“He could have been a leader and stood on a platform and said, ‘Our elections are safe, our elections are secure and people can trust our election system,'” Quezada said. “That’s an opportunity he really missed.”
Democrats also fault Ducey for being slow to restore money for schools as the state rebounded from the Great Recession. Meager funding and stagnant wages led to a teacher walkout in 2018, culminating in a 20% raise for teachers that was brokered by Ducey. He took heat from the left for rapidly lifting his COVID-19 restrictions, which was followed by an immediate surge of deaths in the summer of 2020.
Ducey said his approach to election denialism is to “address it with facts" and recognize that there are “very good people who have been misled.”
“Sometimes you need a ‘clean up on aisle nine’ to focus the mind,” he said. “And I do think the candidates that you saw focusing on the future, rather than looking in the rearview mirror and talking about the past, were the ones that had great success.”
During his tenure, Ducey notched victories for just about every piece of the conservative coalition that defined the GOP before Trump's 2016 victory reshaped the party's tone and focus.
He signed a first-in-the-nation universal school voucher law, which lawmakers approved just two years after voters decisively rejected a less ambitious measure.
He backed new restrictions on abortion year after year, including a ban on terminating pregnancies after 15 weeks gestational age. A state appeals court ruled Friday the law takes precedence over a near total abortion ban that dates to the Civil War.
He expanded the state Supreme Court and packed it with conservatives, creating a legacy that will endure long after he leaves office and could further constrain Hobbs' ambitions. He rejects comparisons to a push by liberals to expand the U.S. Supreme Court because, he says, Arizona's high court was always expected to grow with the state.
He presided over a diversification of the state’s economy, liberally offering tax breaks and a hands-off government to technology companies and manufacturers. He inherited a massive budget deficit in 2015 and leaves with a record surplus that allowed him to cut taxes.
A native of Toledo, Ohio, Ducey graduated from Arizona State University and went on to run Cold Stone Creamery, which he built from a neighborhood ice cream shop near his alma mater into a franchised national brand.
He sold the business and turned to politics, getting elected state treasurer in 2010 and governor four years later.
As head of the Republican Governors Association, Ducey built his profile among conservative donors and GOP political operatives, relationships that could be useful if he decides to run for another office.
Ducey said he's still considering his next move and did not rule out another run for elected office, adding, “I do think I’ve got another act or two in me.”
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- OCEANIA, presents ECO – their most recent footwear collection dedicated to environmental sustainability. Inspired by Puerto Rico's culture, its' lush evergreen sceneries, and the exceptional blues of the Caribbean, Oceania has brought style into sustainability. ECO stems from company's mission to pledge green in the footwear industry by repurposing.
As unwanted manufactured material is often thrown out, levels of water pollution and carbon emissions increase, thus affecting the surrounding ocean and environment that inspire our brand. The collection is based on the concept of minimizing the damage done to our planet, building a stepping-stone for others to follow in lowering the industry's trace of pollution. Made in Spain, the shoes are crafted with 100% recyclable materials such as Recy-tex organic cotton and shock-absorbing insoles made from recycled foam and wine corks. By doing so, Oceania exemplifies the 3 pillars that rectify ECO's purpose. These 3 pillars are: E - Environmental Awareness, C - Corporate Responsibility, O - Ode to Sustainability.
"Our goal in launching the ECO collection is to take a step forward into a new phase of sustainable business practices to reduce our ecological footprint." stated Antonio Perez, Brand Manager for Oceania.
Using ECO's 3 pillars as a framework to design Oceania's collection, the brand is positioned as a top choice for the eco-friendly consumer.
About Oceania
OCEANIA is known for its iconic casual footwear made from light, breathable materials that provide quality and everyday comfort. OCEANIA SHOES are driven by a desire for adventure and the opportunity to enjoy the connections between nature and your free spirit. Inspired by the beauty of the Pacific and the warmth of the Caribbean waters, OCEANIA is made for those who follow their instincts and are willing to explore and discover, like their emblematic manta ray. Find the explorer in your heart at https://shopoceania.com.
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Crews searching for 8-year-old girl in Minnesota River
MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) — Authorities responded to a possible drowning in the Minnesota River at Sibley Park in Mankato Thursday evening.
The Blue Earth County Sheriff’s Office says a family with four children were swimming in the river near a sandbar. Authorities add that witnesses reported two of the children, including an 8-year-old girl, began struggling in deep water.
A bystander was reportedly able to help one of the children out of the water, but was not able to rescue the 8-year-old girl.
Search efforts will continue Thursday and into Friday by first responders from the area.
The name of the child is being withheld pending further notification by family.
This story will be updated as more information is made available.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The most expansive federal report in over two decades on guns and crime shows a shrinking turnaround between the time a gun was purchased and when it was recovered from a crime scene, indicating firearms bought legally are more quickly being used in crimes around the country.
It also documents a spike in the use of conversion devices that make a semiautomatic gun fire like a machine gun, along with the growing seizure of so-called ghost guns, privately made firearms that are hard to trace.
The report comes as the nation grapples with a rise in violent crime, particularly from guns.
Much of the data from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives report hasn’t been widely available before, and its release is aimed at helping police and policy makers reduce gun violence, said Director Steve Dettelbach. “Information is power,” he said.
The report shows 54% of guns that police recovered in crime scenes in 2021 had been purchased within three years, a double-digit increase since 2019. The quicker turnaround can indicate illegal gun trafficking or a straw purchase — when someone who can legally purchase a gun buys one to sell it to someone who can’t legally possess guns. The increase was driven largely by guns bought less than a year before, it said.
The number of new guns overall in the U.S. grew significantly during that time as gun sales shattered records during the coronavirus pandemic.
Most guns used in crimes changed hands since their purchase, the report states. It also found what Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco called an epidemic of stolen guns: more than 1.07 million firearms were reported stolen between 2017 and 2021. Almost all of those, 96%, were from private individuals.
Meanwhile, the report also documents a more than five-fold increase in the number of devices that convert a legal semi-automatic weapon into an illegal fully automatic one. Between 2012 and 2016, the ATF retrieved 814 of those, but that number jumped to 5,414 during the five-year period documented in the report.
A conversion device was used in a mass shooting that left six people dead and 12 wounded in Sacramento last April in what officers described as a shootout between rival gangs.
The document also traces the rise of “ ghost guns,” privately made firearms without serial numbers that have increasingly been turning up at crime scenes around the nation.
The ATF traced more than 19,000 privately made firearms in 2021, more than double the year before. That jump is the result in part of the agency encouraging police to send it the weapons so they can be traced, even though they typically haven’t yielded as much information as typical firearms. The weapons do have unique ballistics and other characteristics that can be useful to investigators.
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BROOMFIELD, Colo., Sept. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN) today reported results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended July 31, 2022, which was negatively impacted by COVID-19 and related limitations and restrictions, and reported results of season-to-date season pass sales. Vail Resorts also provided its outlook for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2023, announced its calendar year 2023 capital plan, and declared a dividend payable in October 2022.
Highlights
- Net income attributable to Vail Resorts, Inc. was $347.9 million for fiscal 2022 compared to net income attributable to Vail Resorts, Inc. of $127.9 million for fiscal 2021. The increase is primarily due to the greater impact of COVID-19 and related limitations and restrictions on results in the prior year.
- Resort Reported EBITDA was $836.9 million for fiscal 2022, compared to Resort Reported EBITDA of $544.7 million for fiscal 2021. The increase is primarily due to the greater impact of COVID-19 and related limitations and restrictions on results in the prior year.
- Pass product sales through September 23, 2022 for the upcoming 2022/2023 North American ski season increased approximately 6% in units and approximately 7% in sales dollars as compared to the period in the prior year through September 24, 2021. Pass product sales are adjusted to include pass sales for the recently acquired Seven Springs, Hidden Valley and Laurel Mountain resorts (together, the "Seven Springs Resorts") in both periods and to eliminate the impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates by applying current U.S. dollar exchange rates to both current period and prior period sales for Whistler Blackcomb.
- The Company provided its outlook for fiscal 2023 and expects Resort Reported EBITDA to be between $893 million and $947 million, including an estimated $4 million of acquisition and integration related expenses specific to the Seven Springs Resorts and Andermatt-Sedrun. Fiscal 2023 guidance, among other assumptions described below, assumes a continuation of the current economic environment, normal weather conditions, and no material impacts associated with COVID-19 for the 2022/2023 North American and European ski season or the 2023 Australian ski season.
- The Company declared a quarterly cash dividend of $1.91 per share of Vail Resorts' common stock that will be payable on October 24, 2022 to shareholders of record as of October 5, 2022.
- The Company announced details on its calendar year 2023 capital plan, which is expected to total approximately $180 million to $185 million, excluding $1 million of one-time investments related to integration activities and $10 million of deferred capital associated with the delayed Keystone and Park City lift projects. Including these one-time investments, the Company's total capital plan for calendar year 2023 is expected to be approximately $191 million to $196 million and is primarily focused on new and replacement lifts to further increase uphill capacity and elevate the guest experience.
- On August 3, 2022, the Company closed on its purchase of a majority stake in Andermatt-Sedrun, marking the Company's first strategic investment in, and opportunity to operate, a ski resort in Europe.
Commenting on the Company's fiscal 2022 results, Kirsten Lynch, Chief Executive Officer, said, "We are pleased with our overall results for the year which highlight the stability and strength of our business model. As expected, results for the year significantly outperformed results from the prior year primarily due to the greater impact of COVID-19 and related limitations and restrictions on results in the prior year.
"Despite the challenging early season conditions through the holiday period, staffing challenges, and impacts related to COVID-19, results exceeded our original expectations for the year driven by the stability from our advance commitment pass products with approximately 72% of skier visitation at our North American resorts coming from pass product holders, strong destination guest visitation including demand for lift tickets, and an improved guest experience from January through the remainder of the season, demonstrating strong underlying demand for the experience at our resorts. We had particularly strong destination visitation this year, and growth in visitation primarily occurred during off peak periods. Throughout the North American ski season, our ancillary businesses continued to be capacity constrained by staffing, and in the case of dining, by operational restrictions associated with COVID-19."
Regarding the Company's fiscal 2022 fourth quarter results, Lynch said, "Performance in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2022 improved significantly from the prior year driven by strong demand and visitation at our Australian resorts and the continued recovery in our North American summer operations following the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our Australian resorts experienced record visitation, driven by strong demand following two years of COVID-19 related disruptions, continued momentum in advance commitment pass product sales following the addition of Hotham and Falls Creek in April 2019, and favorable early season conditions that continued throughout the quarter."
Operating Results
A more complete discussion of our operating results can be found within the Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations section of the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2022, which was filed today with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The discussion of operating results below compares the results for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2022 to the fiscal year ended July 31, 2021, unless otherwise noted. The following are segment highlights:
Mountain Segment
- Total lift revenue increased $233.6 million, or 21.7%, to $1,310.2 million primarily due to increased pass product sales for the 2021/2022 North American ski season, as well as an increase in non-pass lift ticket purchases.
- Ski school revenue increased $79.4 million, or 55.1%, dining revenue increased $71.5 million, or 77.6%, and retail/rental revenue increased $83.8 million, 36.7%, each primarily due to fewer COVID-19 related limitations and restrictions on our North American winter operations as compared to the prior year, as well as an increase in demand over the prior year.
- Operating expense increased $247.8 million, or 21.4%, which was primarily attributable to increased variable expenses associated with increases in revenue, and the impact of cost discipline efforts in the prior year associated with lower levels of operations, including limitations, restrictions and closures resulting from COVID-19.
- Mountain Reported EBITDA increased $258.4 million, or 46.8%, which includes $20.9 million of stock-based compensation for fiscal 2022 compared to $20.3 million in the prior year.
Lodging Segment
- Lodging segment net revenue (excluding payroll cost reimbursements) increased $101.8 million, or 51.2%, primarily as a result of fewer COVID-19 related limitations and restrictions as compared to the prior year, as well as an increase in demand and average daily rates compared to the prior year and incremental revenue from the Seven Springs Resorts of $18.7 million.
- Lodging Reported EBITDA increased $33.8 million, or 418.0%, which includes $3.7 million of stock-based compensation expense in fiscal 2022 compared to $3.8 million in the prior year.
Resort - Combination of Mountain and Lodging Segments
- Resort net revenue was $2,525.2 million for fiscal 2022, an increase of $617.3 million, or 32.4%, compared to resort net revenue of $1,907.9 million for fiscal 2021.
- Resort Reported EBITDA was $836.9 million for fiscal 2022, an increase of $292.3 million, or 53.7%, compared to fiscal 2021, and includes acquisition and integration related expenses, including expenses associated with the acquisition of Andermatt-Sedrun, of $7.7 million, which are recorded within Mountain other operating expense.
Total Performance
- Total net revenue increased $616.2 million, or 32.3%, to $2,525.9 million.
- Net income attributable to Vail Resorts, Inc. was $347.9 million, or $8.55 per diluted share, for fiscal 2022 compared to net income attributable to Vail Resorts, Inc. of $127.9 million, or $3.13 per diluted share, in fiscal 2021. Net income attributable to Vail Resorts, Inc. for fiscal 2022 and fiscal 2021 included tax benefits of approximately $16.4 million and $17.9 million, respectively, related to employee exercises of equity awards (primarily related to the former CEO's exercise of SARs). Additionally, fiscal 2022 net income included the after-tax effect of acquisition and integration related expenses, as well as costs associated with the expected acquisition of Andermatt-Sedrun, which combined were approximately $5.8 million.
Capital Structure and Return of Capital
Commenting on capital allocation, Lynch said, "Our balance sheet and liquidity position remain strong. Our total cash and revolver availability as of July 31, 2022 was approximately $1.7 billion, with $1.1 billion of cash on hand, $417.4 million of U.S. revolver availability under the Vail Holdings Credit Agreement and $220.0 million of revolver availability under the Whistler Credit Agreement. As of July 31, 2022, our Net Debt was 2.0 times trailing twelve months Total Reported EBITDA. On August 31, 2022, the Company entered into an amendment of the Vail Holdings Credit Agreement, to extend the maturity date by two years to September 2026. The Company declared a quarterly cash dividend of $1.91 per share of Vail Resorts' common stock that will be payable on October 24, 2022 to shareholders of record as of October 5, 2022. Including shares repurchased during the fourth quarter, for the year ended July 31, 2022, the Company repurchased 304,567 shares of common stock at an average price of $246.27 for a total of approximately $75.0 million. We intend to maintain an opportunistic approach to share repurchases. We will continue to be disciplined stewards of our capital and remain committed to continuous investment in our people, strategic, high-return capital projects, strategic acquisition opportunities such as the recent additions of Andermatt-Sedrun and the Seven Springs Resorts, and returning capital to our shareholders through our quarterly dividend and share repurchase program."
Season Pass Sales
Commenting on the Company's season pass sales for the upcoming 2022/2023 North American ski season, Lynch said, "Advance commitment continues to be the foundation of our strategy, shifting guests from short term refundable lift ticket purchases to nonrefundable pass commitment before the season starts, in exchange for value. We are very pleased with the results for our season pass sales to date, which demonstrate the strength of the guest experience, our network of mountains resorts, and commitment to continually investing in the guest experience. Through September 23, 2022, North American ski season pass sales increased approximately 6% in units and 7% in sales dollars as compared to the period in the prior year through September 24, 2021, including sales for the Seven Springs Resorts in both periods, and adjusted to eliminate the impact of foreign currency by applying an exchange rate of $0.76 between the Canadian dollar and U.S. dollar in both periods for Whistler Blackcomb pass sales. These results are particularly strong considering the Company achieved growth of approximately 42% in units and 17% in sales dollars last year through September 17, 2021 compared to the prior year through September 18, 2020, excluding sales for the Seven Springs Resorts in both periods.
"Our pass sales growth was driven by renewing pass holders, with particular strength in renewing pass product holders that were new to advance commitment products last year, and we saw strong growth particularly in destination markets. The strongest product growth was from Epic Day Pass products, attracting lower frequency guests into advance commitment products including the new tier of products launched in 2022/2023 with access to select regional and local resorts. Pass sales dollars continue to benefit from the 7.5% initial price increase and subsequent incremental price increases relative to the 2021/2022 season, largely offset by the mix impact of the growth of new pass holders into Epic Day Pass products, including our new lower priced Epic Day Pass offerings. Following the strong trade-up results last year, we are pleased that net migration among renewing pass product holders remains near neutral, with minimal degradation relative to our spring pass sales. As we enter the final period for season pass sales, we expect our December 2022 growth rates to be relatively consistent with our September 2022 growth rates."
Lynch continued, "We continue to prioritize advance commitment as the best way for guests to access our resorts. Similar to last year, lift ticket sales will be limited during the 2022/2023 season in order to prioritize guests committing in advance and to preserve the guest experience at each resort. We expect these lift ticket limitations will further support our resorts and communities on peak days, and we do not anticipate that the limitations will have a significant impact on our financial results."
Investments
Commenting on the Company's investments for the 2022/2023 North American ski season, Lynch said, "The experience of our employees and guests is the core of our business model, and the Company is using its financial resources and the stability it has created through its advance commitment pass program to aggressively reinvest and deliver on our Company mission of providing an Experience of a Lifetime. As previously announced, the Company is making its largest ever investment in both its employees and its resorts. The Company is investing approximately $175 million in our employees, making our frontline talent a strategic advantage, including an industry-leading minimum wage plus career and leadership differentials across all 37 of our North American resorts, leadership development for frontline talent to build their careers at Vail Resorts, investments in affordable housing for our employees, and expanding our human resources department to better serve our employees. The Company achieved full staffing levels for summer in North America and across our three Australian resorts for winter. While is it very early in our hiring process for North America winter season staffing, our hiring is currently on track for full staffing levels.
"We remain dedicated to delivering an exceptional guest experience and will continue to prioritize reinvesting in the experience at our resorts. We are committed to consistently increasing capacity through lift, terrain and food and beverage expansion projects and are on track to complete 18 new or replacement lifts across 12 resorts in advance of the 2022/2023 North American ski season as part of our one-time incremental investment this year to accelerate that strategy, which will meaningfully increase lift capacity at those lift locations. At Vail Mountain, this includes the installation of a new four-person high speed lift in the Sun Down Bowl and the replacement of a four-person lift with a new six-person high speed lift in the Game Creek Bowl. At Whistler Blackcomb, this includes the replacement of the four-person high speed Big Red Express lift with a new six-person high speed lift and the replacement of the six-person Creekside Gondola with a new 10-person high speed gondola. As discussed in prior announcements, we are also installing new or replacement lifts at Breckenridge, Northstar, Heavenly, Stowe, Mount Snow, Attitash, Jack Frost, Big Boulder, Boston Mills and Brandywine.
"While 18 lift projects are on track for the 2022/2023 season, three lift projects have been delayed and are expected to be completed in calendar year 2023, subject to approvals. In Park City, the Park City Planning Department approved a permit to upgrade the Eagle and Silverlode lifts at Park City Mountain in April 2022, and the Planning Commission subsequently revoked that permit in June 2022. While the Company is committed to resolving our permit to upgrade the Eagle and Silverlode lifts in Park City, the Company intends to install the two previously-purchased lifts at Whistler Blackcomb in calendar year 2023, replacing the four-person high speed Jersey Cream lift with a new six-person high speed lift and replacing the four-person high speed Fitzsimmons lift with a new eight-person high speed lift. The Whistler Blackcomb lift installations remain subject to approvals. The lift-served terrain expansion project in Bergman Bowl at Keystone is delayed due to a previously disclosed construction issue impacting an area where minimal construction was permitted. While Keystone's Bergman Bowl is planned to be open to guests for the 2022/2023 ski season, the lift installation is delayed with the goal for completion in advance of the 2023/2024 ski season.
"Our capital plan for calendar year 2022 was previously expected to be approximately $327 million to $337 million. Due to the delays for the Park City and Keystone lift projects, we will be deferring approximately $10 million of capital from calendar year 2022 to calendar year 2023. We now expect our capital plan for calendar year 2022 to be approximately $323 million to $333 million, including one-time investments in real estate related projects, $4 million related to the addition of Andermatt-Sedrun, and integration activities associated with the Seven Springs Resorts. In addition to the $10 million of cost deferred from calendar year 2022, the Company expects to incur approximately $20 million in additional costs related to the Park City and Keystone lift projects, which is included in our calendar year 2023 capital plan."
Regarding calendar year 2023 capital expenditures, Lynch said, "In addition to this year's significant capacity-expanding investments, we are excited to announce details of our calendar year 2023 capital plan. We expect our capital plan for calendar year 2023 to be approximately $180 million to $185 million, including $2 million of maintenance capital for Andermatt-Sedrun and excluding $1 million of one-time investments related to integration activities and $10 million of deferred capital associated with the Keystone and Park City projects. Including these one-time investments, our total capital plan for calendar year 2023 is expected to be approximately $191 million to $196 million. This calendar year 2023 capital plan currently excludes growth capital investments at Andermatt-Sedrun, which we expect to announce along with further details on our calendar year 2023 capital plan in December 2022.
"At Breckenridge, we plan to upgrade the Peak 8 base area to enhance the beginner and children's experience and increase uphill capacity from this popular base area. The investment plan includes a new four-person high speed 5-Chair to replace the existing two-person fixed-grip lift as well as significant improvements, including new teaching terrain and a transport carpet from the base, to make the beginner experience more accessible. At Stevens Pass, we are planning to replace the two-person fixed-grip Kehr's Chair lift with a new four-person lift, which is designed to improve out-of-base capacity and guest experience. At Attitash, we plan to replace the three-person fixed-grip Summit Triple lift with a new four-person high speed lift to increase uphill capacity and reduce guests' time on the longest lift at the resort. These lift projects are subject to regulatory approvals and are currently planned to be completed in time for the 2023/2024 North American winter season. Additionally, the Company plans to expand parking across 4 resorts by more than 500 spaces, to improve the guest experience.
"The Company is planning to introduce new technology for the 2023/2024 North American ski season that will allow guests to store their pass product or lift ticket directly on their phone, eliminating the need for carrying plastic cards, visiting the ticket window or waiting to receive a pass or lift ticket in the mail. Once loaded on their phones, guests can store their phone in their pocket, and get scanned, hands free, in the lift line using Bluetooth® Low Energy technology. In addition to the significant enhancement of the guest experience, this technology will also reduce waste of printing plastic cards for pass products and lift tickets, and RFID chips, as a part of the Company's Commitment to Zero. Even after launch, the Company will continue to make plastic cards available to any guests who cannot or do not want to use their phone to store their pass product or lift ticket. The Company is also investing in network-wide scalable technology that will enhance our analytics, e-commerce and guest engagement tools to improve our ability to target our guest outreach, personalize messages and improve conversion."
Andermatt-Sedrun
As previously announced, on August 3, 2022 the Company closed on its purchase of a majority stake in Andermatt-Sedrun, marking the Company's first strategic investment in, and opportunity to operate, a ski resort in Europe. Andermatt-Sedrun is a renowned destination ski resort in Central Switzerland, located less than 90 minutes from three of Switzerland's major metropolitan areas (Zurich, Lucerne and Lugano) and approximately two hours from Milan, Italy. The Company acquired a 55% ownership stake in Andermatt-Sedrun, which controls and operates all of the resort's mountain and ski-related assets, including lifts, most of the restaurants and a ski school operation. Vail Resorts' CHF 149 million investment is comprised of a CHF 110 million investment into Andermatt-Sedrun for use in capital investments to enhance the guest experience on the mountain and CHF 39 million paid to Andermatt Swiss Alps AG, which will be fully reinvested into the real estate developments in the base area. For the 2022/2023 season, Epic Pass holders will receive unlimited and unrestricted access to Andermatt-Sedrun (without Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn access). Epic Local Pass holders receive five days at the resort, and Epic Day Pass holders with All Resorts Access will be able to visit during any of their days.
Guidance
Commenting on guidance, Lynch said, "As we head into fiscal year 2023, we are encouraged by the strength in advance commitment product sales and our continued focus on enhancing the guest and employee experience while maintaining cost discipline. Our employee investment of approximately $175 million to return to full staffing levels and operational footprints, along with our expected capital investment of over $300 million in calendar year 2022, are expected to further elevate the guest experience this season and increase the capacity of our resorts.
"Despite facing broad cost inflation and after incorporating our industry-leading wage investment, we expect meaningful growth for fiscal 2023 relative to fiscal 2022 and strong Resort EBITDA margin. Our guidance for net income attributable to Vail Resorts, Inc. is estimated to be between $321 million and $396 million for fiscal 2023. We estimate Resort Reported EBITDA for fiscal 2023 will be between $893 million and $947 million. We expect the operations of the Seven Springs Resorts and Andermatt-Sedrun to contribute approximately $22 million of Resort Reported EBITDA in fiscal year 2023, which is an incremental $4 million of Resort Reported EBITDA compared to fiscal year 2022, excluding acquisition and integration related expenses. Acquisition and integration related expenses are expected to be an estimated $4 million in fiscal year 2023 associated with the resort acquisitions. We estimate Resort EBITDA Margin for fiscal 2023 to be approximately 31.0% using the midpoint of the guidance range.
The guidance assumes a continuation of the current economic environment, normal weather conditions, and no material impacts associated with COVID-19 for the 2022/2023 North American and European ski season or the 2022 and 2023 Australian ski seasons. The guidance also assumes a return to full staffing levels and operational footprints consistent with the expectations shared in the Company's March 2022 Investor Conference Presentation. The guidance assumes an exchange rate of $0.77 between the Canadian Dollar and U.S. Dollar related to the operations of Whistler Blackcomb in Canada, an exchange rate of $0.70 between the Australian Dollar and U.S. Dollar related to the operations of Perisher, Falls Creek and Hotham in Australia, and an exchange rate of $1.02 between the Swiss Franc and U.S. Dollar related to the operations of Andermatt-Sedrun in Switzerland."
The following table reflects the forecasted guidance range for the Company's fiscal 2023 full year ending July 31, 2023 for Reported EBITDA (after stock-based compensation expense) and reconciles net income attributable to Vail Resorts, Inc. guidance to such Reported EBITDA guidance.
Earnings Conference Call
The Company will conduct a conference call today at 5:00 p.m. eastern time to discuss the financial results. The call will be webcast and can be accessed at www.vailresorts.com in the Investor Relations section, or dial (800) 289-0720 (U.S. and Canada) or (323) 701-0160 (international). A replay of the conference call will be available two hours following the conclusion of the conference call through October 12, 2022, at 8:00 p.m. eastern time. To access the replay, dial (888) 203-1112 (U.S. and Canada) or (719) 457-0820 (international), pass code 6897712. The conference call will also be archived at www.vailresorts.com.
About Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN)
Vail Resorts is a network of the best destination and close-to-home ski resorts in the world including Vail Mountain, Breckenridge, Park City Mountain, Whistler Blackcomb, Stowe, and 32 additional resorts across North America; Andermatt-Sedrun in Switzerland; and Perisher, Hotham, and Falls Creek in Australia. We are passionate about providing an Experience of a Lifetime to our team members and guests, and our EpicPromise is to reach a zero net operating footprint by 2030, support our employees and communities, and broaden engagement in our sport. Our company owns and/or manages a collection of elegant hotels under the RockResorts brand, a portfolio of vacation rentals, condominiums and branded hotels located in close proximity to our mountain destinations, as well as the Grand Teton Lodge Company in Jackson Hole, Wyo. Vail Resorts Retail operates more than 250 retail and rental locations across North America. Learn more about our company at www.VailResorts.com, or discover our resorts and pass options at www.EpicPass.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements discussed in this press release and on the conference call, other than statements of historical information, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including the statements regarding fiscal 2023 performance (including the assumptions related thereto), including our expected net income and Resort Reported EBITDA; our expectations regarding our liquidity; expectations related to our season pass products; our expectations regarding our ancillary lines of business; the payment of dividends; the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on, among other things, our operations; and our calendar year 2022 and calendar year 2023 capital plan and expectations related thereto. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. All forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Such risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to the ultimate duration of COVID-19 and its short-term and long-term impacts on consumer behaviors, the economy generally and our business and results of operations, including the ultimate amount of refunds that we would be required to refund to our pass product holders for qualifying circumstances under our Epic Coverage program; prolonged weakness in general economic conditions, including adverse effects on the overall travel and leisure related industries; willingness or ability of our guests to travel due to terrorism, the uncertainty of military conflicts or outbreaks of contagious diseases (such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic), and the cost and availability of travel options and changing consumer preferences; unfavorable weather conditions or the impact of natural disasters; risks related to interruptions or disruptions of our information technology systems, data security or cyberattacks; risks related to our reliance on information technology, including our failure to maintain the integrity of our customer or employee data and our ability to adapt to technological developments or industry trends; the seasonality of our business combined with adverse events that occur during our peak operating periods; competition in our mountain and lodging businesses or with other recreational and leisure activities; high fixed cost structure of our business; our ability to fund resort capital expenditures; risks related to a disruption in our water supply that would impact our snowmaking capabilities and operations; our reliance on government permits or approvals for our use of public land or to make operational and capital improvements; risks associated with obtaining governmental or third party approvals; risks related to federal, state, local and foreign government laws, rules and regulations; risks related to changes in security and privacy laws and regulations which could increase our operating costs and adversely affect our ability to market our products and services effectively; risks related to our workforce, including increased labor costs; loss of key personnel and our ability to hire and retain a sufficient seasonal workforce; a deterioration in the quality or reputation of our brands, including our ability to protect our intellectual property and the risk of accidents at our mountain resorts; our ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses, or that acquired businesses may fail to perform in accordance with expectations; risks associated with international operations; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates where the Company has foreign currency exposure, primarily the Canadian and Australian dollars; changes in tax laws, regulations, interpretations, or adverse determinations by taxing authorities; risks related to our indebtedness and our ability to satisfy our debt service requirements under our outstanding debt including our unsecured senior notes, which could reduce our ability to use our cash flow to fund our operations, capital expenditures, future business opportunities and other purposes; a materially adverse change in our financial condition; adverse consequences of current or future legal claims; changes in accounting judgments and estimates, accounting principles, policies or guidelines; and other risks detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the "Risk Factors" section of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2022, which was filed on September 28, 2022.
All forward-looking statements attributable to us or any persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements. All guidance and forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date hereof and we do not undertake any obligation to update any forecast or forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by law.
Statement Concerning Non-GAAP Financial Measures
When reporting financial results, we use the terms Resort Reported EBITDA, Total Reported EBITDA, Resort EBITDA Margin, Net Debt and Net Real Estate Cash Flow, which are not financial measures under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"). Resort Reported EBITDA, Total Reported EBITDA, Resort EBITDA Margin, Net Debt and Net Real Estate Cash Flow should not be considered in isolation or as an alternative to, or substitute for, measures of financial performance or liquidity prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, we report segment Reported EBITDA (i.e. Mountain, Lodging and Real Estate), the measure of segment profit or loss required to be disclosed in accordance with GAAP. Accordingly, these measures may not be comparable to similarly-titled measures of other companies. Additionally, with respect to discussion of impacts from currency, the Company calculates the impact by applying current period foreign exchange rates to the prior period results, as the Company believes that comparing financial information using comparable foreign exchange rates is a more objective and useful measure of changes in operating performance.
Reported EBITDA (and its counterpart for each of our segments) has been presented herein as a measure of the Company's performance. The Company believes that Reported EBITDA is an indicative measurement of the Company's operating performance, and is similar to performance metrics generally used by investors to evaluate other companies in the resort and lodging industries. The Company defines Resort EBITDA Margin as Resort Reported EBITDA divided by Resort net revenue. The Company believes Resort EBITDA Margin is an important measurement of operating performance. The Company believes that Net Debt is an important measurement of liquidity as it is an indicator of the Company's ability to obtain additional capital resources for its future cash needs. Additionally, the Company believes Net Real Estate Cash Flow is important as a cash flow indicator for its Real Estate segment. See the tables provided in this release for reconciliations of our measures of segment profitability and non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures.
Reconciliation of Measures of Segment Profitability and Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Presented below is a reconciliation of net (loss) income attributable to Vail Resorts, Inc. to Total Reported EBITDA for the three and twelve months ended July 31, 2022 and 2021.
The following table reconciles long-term debt, net to Net Debt and the calculation of Net Debt to Total Reported EBITDA for the twelve months ended July 31, 2022.
The following table reconciles Real Estate Reported EBITDA to Net Real Estate Cash Flow for the three and twelve months ended July 31, 2022 and 2021.
The following table reconciles Resort net revenue to Resort EBITDA Margin for the year ended July 31, 2022 and fiscal 2023 guidance.
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That layout makes the city extremely difficult to navigate without a car because public transportation options are so limited. The Memphis Area Transportation Authority receives only a small portion of the city's annual budget, according to Andrew Guthrie, a University of Memphis assistant professor who studies transportation justice. In 2019, the last normal budget year before COVID-19, MATA was allotted $59 million, Guthrie says, "which is tiny in the grand scheme of U.S. metro areas. And when you have that little money, it's very, very hard to get service on the street."
The public transit service that does exist is largely concentrated around Poplar Avenue, a thoroughfare lined with estate-style homes with huge yards and hundred-year-old oak trees. Poplar is fairly centrally located and runs all the way downtown, where tourists can go to bars and restaurants, or stroll along the Mississippi River. The neighborhoods abutting Poplar tend to be whiter and wealthier than the city as a whole. But getting to other parts of the city via public transportation is much more difficult. Guthrie's research has shown that the Blackest, poorest neighborhoods tend to be the least likely to be served by public transportation.
And in Memphis, even centrally located communities can come with challenges. Binghampton is a neighborhood that's seen a lot of change in recent years. It's long been predominantly Black and has become a place where many new Black immigrant families have settled. But it's located near the center of the city, far from a lot of the biggest employers — such as FedEx — that have large warehouses on the outskirts of the city.
So people find other ways to get around the city. They walk, although large stretches of the city have no sidewalks. They bike, though bike lines come and go. They develop elaborate carpool systems. In emergencies, they use rideshare services like Uber and Lyft, though those can quickly become prohibitively expensive. Ultimately, in Guthrie's estimation, "It's just not possible to say that carless Memphians have a functional right to the city. They're denied it."
Musafiri understood that reality almost immediately. He was living it. So when he wasn't working, he studied hard for his learner's permit test. And he passed — on his first try, to the shock of many of his companions. He'd heard countless stories, he says, of people who had taken the test four or five times before they passed. "So I just prepared," he says. "It was that bad that I was prepared in all ways." It helped, too, that Musafiri's English is good since Tennessee offers the test in only a handful of languages — none of them among the most widely spoken in Africa.
But there were other hurdles. Musafiri needed access to a car to practice for the skills test. He needed time behind the wheel. And he needed someone to teach him.
That's where Isaac James came in.
James has been teaching immigrants and refugees to drive since 2014. It's one of the many unofficial side roles that he's taken on as DEI director at Memphis' Refugee Empowerment Program, or REP.
It all started when a group of new refugee families got connected with REP. A few people found jobs at the same warehouse, but they weren't able to drive. So, James says, they made arrangements to carpool with a co-worker in exchange for gas money.
But their colleague wouldn't always show up when it came time to leave work. With no explanation, the group would be left stranded and waiting. To make matters more difficult, they all worked the night shift. So some days, around 4 or 5 in the morning, they were stuck with no way of getting home. They would wind up calling REP. James or his mother, Ruth Lomo, who founded REP in 2003, would pick them up.
"And that hurt," James says. "Not the fact that I had to wake up. But you had a transaction which only half of it was done, right? So that individual exploited you into taking money from you, and not holding up his end of the bargain. And refugees and immigrants are continuously exploited because they have a need, which is transportation."
Getting a driver's license can depend on what language you speak
James came to the U.S. as a refugee himself when he was 5 years old. He and his family moved from what's now South Sudan in 2001. He has seen the immense hurdles that refugees have to overcome just to do things like getting to and from work. To watch as someone tried to make a quick buck off of people infuriated him. So he decided to teach them how to drive themselves.
But as the lessons started, it became clear to James that learning how to operate a motor vehicle was the least of his students' obstacles.
In fact, James says, many of the people he interacts with come to the U.S. already knowing how to drive, because they've driven in their country of origin. But getting a license often winds up being more of a language test than a driving skills or knowledge assessment. The Tennessee learner's permit test is offered in five languages: English, Spanish, German, Korean and Japanese. In neighboring Mississippi, you can take the permit test in 10 languages. In Kentucky, to the north, it's 21, including Arabic, Somali, Thai and Albanian.
The languages that Tennessee offers the test in don't always line up with the greatest need. Consider, the state has about 30,000 Arabic speakers, compared with about 5,000 Korean speakers. Tennessee Lookout reporter Dulce Torres Guzman has written about the fight to offer the test in Arabic. But Guzman spoke to leaders from local activist organizations who assert that efforts to get that test added have been slow-walked, because of Islamophobia and anti-Arab sentiment.
Other languages are spoken in smaller numbers, which means that organizing to add any particular language can be a challenge. As of 2021, there were about 8,000 Swahili speakers in Tennessee, for instance, according to a report from the Migration Policy Institute. Another 6,500 spoke Amharic, Somali, or other Afro-Asiatic languages. Another 6,000 spoke Yoruba, Twi, Igbo, or other languages of Western Africa.
There have been efforts to expand access. In 2022, Tennessee state Sen. Jeff Yarbro, a Democrat, sponsored a bill to allow interpreters to "assist an applicant in translating the required examination for a driver license when the applicant does not read or understand English or when the required examination is not available in the language principally spoken by the applicant." That bill failed in the state House.
Yarbro has said that he hopes to reintroduce the bill this year, but he's also said he'd prefer to see the issue resolved outside of the state House. "It could become just another political issue that's red meat in the sort of divisive debate that we're having in the country over immigration," he told WKNO in 2019.
The Tennessee Department of Motor Vehicles also has the option to add other testing languages without a legislative mandate, an option that an official at the Tennessee Department of Safety estimated would cost between $3,000 and $5,000 per language.
These hurdles can leave a lot of people in a bind. Some make their way to neighboring states to take the test — though that's only a temporary solution, since residents of Tennessee eventually need a Tennessee license. Others try over and over again in Tennessee.
But for some, not having a license is not always reason enough not to drive. For one thing, the financial cost of not having a car can be astronomical. In a 2016 paper about transportation and justice in Memphis, Santo wrote:
"National trends show only slight differences in median income for workers who commute via public transportation versus those who drive to work. (The national median income for driving commuters is about $35,000 compared to $31,000 for transit users.) But in Memphis, a low density, sprawling city, with a heavy reliance on logistics jobs, the earnings gap between transit riders and drivers is vast. Census data from 2012 shows that in the Memphis metro area, the median income of those who relied on public transportation was $16,450 — less than half the $34,200 median income of those who drove to work."
For reference, in 2012, the federal poverty line for a family of four was $23,050.
More recently, Guthrie examined job access for Memphians by neighborhood, based on their ability to access transportation. He says that in many neighborhoods, if you don't have access to a car, you don't have access to "hundreds of jobs" or even "thousands of jobs." You might have access to only a handful. "So yeah, the degree of transit inaccessibility in Memphis really is exceptional," he says.
For Musafiri, those constraints were obvious. He was restricted to working at places where he could either walk or get a ride. So while his dream was to work with computers, his first few months in the U.S. last year were spent working warehouse jobs, at Amazon and DHL.
And a lot of immigrants and refugees wind up "between a rock and a hard place," James says. Their options are often, "If I don't drive, then I rely on a system that isn't equipped to assist me in the needs that I have. If I do drive, I have the possibility to retain work. I can take myself to work. I could take myself to doctor appointments. I could take my kids to school."
But, James says, driving also opens up a whole other universe of concerns for immigrants and refugees.
Black immigrants learn to drive while navigating potentially tricky obstacles
Driving without a license in Tennessee is a class C misdemeanor, an offense that can lead to a fine and up to 30 days of jail time. But for someone who is not a citizen — even if they have legal immigration status in the U.S. — a misdemeanor conviction can be used as evidence in removal proceedings. Black immigrants have an added layer of systemic bias to contend with. Nationally, Black drivers are 20% more likely to be pulled over in traffic stops than white drivers. (Latino drivers were pulled over at the same or lower rates as white drivers.)
And Black immigrants are disproportionately deported on criminal grounds. As of 2013, "more than 75% of Black immigrants were removed from the United States based on criminal grounds, compared to less than 50% of immigrants overall," according to a report from the Black Alliance for Just Immigration. In the immigrant rights community, it's become referred to as the "prison-to-deportation pipeline."
There's another type of fear that may be animating folks as they make the decision to drive — longstanding concerns about police brutality. Earlier this year, in January, Tyre Nichols, a young Black man, died after being beaten by Memphis police officers after he was pulled over for what police said was reckless driving. But even before Nichols' death became national news, immigrant rights activists around Tennessee expressed concern that with Black immigrants, traffic stops can be especially high stakes if there is a language barrier. If someone can't understand the instructions that an officer is giving, or convey information that they're asked for, the fear is that situations have the potential to escalate in upsetting and potentially dangerous ways.
James has these realities swimming through his head whenever he gets behind the wheel with a student. He essentially has a version of "the talk" with them — a conversation that involves conveying nuanced, high stakes information about navigating a social and racial landscape that immigrants may not be familiar with, all while showing them how to use their turn signals.
"So in those sessions, it's being honest and vulnerable," James says. "My goal is to equip people with the knowledge and the skillset to be able to handle the road, to be able to feel confident in doing [that] to empower themselves and their family.
"But I also need to prepare them right for what the law might do in case of, you know, lack of insurance, lack of permit, lack of license and things like that," James says.
Musafiri, so far, has been fortunate. After working with James, he was able to get his driver's license. It meant that he regained much of his independence. He can go grocery shopping whenever he wants, for one. And he switched jobs to one he really wanted — working with computers.
But another important benefit for Musafiri was knowing that his family wouldn't have to go through what he experienced when he arrived in the U.S. He wanted to be able to show up for his parents and siblings, to ease their transition when they joined him in Memphis last September.
And he's done just that. Now, he's pulling an Isaac James, if you will — teaching his family how to drive. He says his dad is pretty good (he drove back in Zambia), and his sister — well, she needs to get better about checking her mirrors.
Until then, he'll drive them all to work — and pick them up. It takes about five minutes to drop off his sister, and 15 for his parents.
"Walking, I think it might take a couple of hours," Musafiri says. "On public transportation — there's no transportation that goes there."
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Just how does this debt limit standoff end?
Plenty of scenarios are being publicly and privately gamed out, but no one knows for sure. The possibilities range from kumbaya to economic chaos with plenty of possibilities in between.
So far, neither President Joe Biden nor House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is giving ground ahead of talks slated for Tuesday. Biden wants to increase the government’s $31.4 trillion legal borrowing limit, so that the federal government can continue to pay its bills and the risk of a historic default goes away. McCarthy and other GOP lawmakers want a deal that guarantees trillions of dollars in spending cuts before they sign on to raising the debt limit.
Time is short: The Treasury Department warns the U.S. could default as soon as June 1 if there is no deal.
A look at potential outcomes:
LET’S AGREE TO DISAGREE
The president wants to disarm the whole debate by having Republicans make a public commitment that the U.S. won’t default. He’d then be ready to discuss spending, taxes and other budget issues.
He wants an assurance from McCarthy that the U.S. can keep paying all of its bills by having the ability to keep borrowing. The president says he’s ready to have a public debate with GOP lawmakers about the budget, just not with the world’s largest economy held “hostage.”
“As I’ve said all along, we can debate where to cut, how much to spend, how to finally move the tax system where everybody begins to pay their fair share,” Biden said. “But not under the threat of default.”
It’s unclear how many GOP lawmakers share his definition of default. Some suggest a default would only apply to unpaid debt, while the administration wants to include the salaries of federal workers, repayments for contractors and aid to the poor, veterans, schools and others.
Shortly before the House narrowly passed a bill with $4.5 trillion in deficit savings along party lines, McCarthy said the U.S. would not default. But he is still linking that issue directly to spending cuts in a way that Biden wants to avoid.
“Addressing the debt requires us to come together, find common ground, and reduce spending,” McCarthy said last month. “Let me be clear: Defaulting on our debt is not an option, but neither is a future of higher taxes.”
REPUBLICANS HOLD TIGHT
Congressional Republicans could hold firm and force Democrats to wobble.
McCarthy has a slim majority in the House: 222 Republicans, compared to 213 Democrats.
His debt limit bill would reverse discretionary spending to 2022 levels, then place a 1% cap on increases going forward. The bill also would reverse Biden’s forgiveness of student loan debt, his increased funding for the IRS and the tax incentives created in 2022 to encourage the adoption of clean energy. Those cuts would extend the debt limit through March 31, 2024, or up to an additional $1.5 trillion.
GOP conservatives such as South Carolina Rep. Ralph Norman and others say they won’t back anything less than that bill House Republicans passed on April 27 with 217 votes.
But Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., won’t let that bill make it through the Senate. Neither will Biden. The question as the deadline approaches is whether Republicans stay united and that causes Democrats to cave. There is also the risk that dissent within the GOP caucus could put McCarthy’s speakership at risk, which could then make it even more challenging to reach an agreement.
The question is what kind of an agreement could get through the House, the Senate and the Oval Office.
GET AN EXTENSION
Washington loves to put things off — the old “kick the can down the road” routine.
There is the possibility that lawmakers could agree to a short-term extension, pushing the debt limit expiration to Sept. 30, when a federal budget also needs to be passed.
This would be in line with the GOP’s effort to sync the budget debate with the debt limit, while also removing the immediate risk of a default. It’s the option government officials generally discuss in private with the most optimism.
Still, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries tried to pour cold water on that idea in a Sunday interview with NBC News.
“I don’t think the responsible thing to do is to kick the can down the road,” Jeffries said, even as he prioritized the importance of avoiding a default.
MARKETS GO CRAZY
Wall Street could save the day, sort of, by having a meltdown.
Along with economists, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., has indicated that a stiff market selloff could force Republicans to retreat. Their donors would holler about the pending financial losses and give every lawmaker an incentive to be the hero and rescue the jobs and retirement savings of millions of Americans.
Joe Brusuelas, chief economist at the consultancy RSM US, said in a Monday email that the talk of a potential default already is making it more expensive for investors to buy insurance on U.S. Treasury notes. But the panic is largely contained, so far, from the broader stock market that many voters and lawmakers follow.
14th AMENDMENT
Biden could play the Constitution card.
The 14th Amendment became part of the Constitution after the Civil War. It states that the “validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, … shall not be questioned.”
Laurence Tribe, an emeritus Harvard University law school professor, wrote Sunday in The New York Times that Biden can argue he has a constitutional duty to avoid default and thus can blow past the debt limit to continue the spending Congress has already approved. On Monday, a union of government employee s sued Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Biden to make the argument that they are constitutionally obligated to disregard the debt limit.
As a former senator, Biden likes to defer to Congress. But when pressed about invoking the 14th Amendment during last week, he kept his options open.
“I’ve not gotten there yet,” he told MSNBC.
Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., said Biden cannot act unilaterally. He told ABC News that the Constitution is “very clear that spending — all those details around spending and money actually has to come through Congress.”
MINT A COIN
This is among the many creative — and unlikely — solutions circulating on the internet. The idea is that the government could mint a $1 trillion platinum coin and use it to avoid a default. Basically, there is a loophole in the law that could allow the U.S. to mint a coin of any denomination if it’s made of platinum.
That has at least one big problem: Yellen ruled out the idea in a January interview with The Wall Street Journal, calling it “something that’s a gimmick.”
DEFAULT
This is the scariest possibility.
If there’s no deal, the U.S. government could reach its “X-date” — the moment when it no longer can pay all of its bills. The Treasury Department would no longer be able to use accounting strategies to keep the government open. If the government were no longer able to borrow, unpaid bills would mount and the government would default.
But, but, but … not all defaults are the same.
The U.S. could briefly miss some payments, and the risk of things getting worse could jolt lawmakers into reaching a deal. But even a “brief” default would cost the economy 500,000 jobs, according to a White House analysis. A “protracted” default would cost 8.3 million jobs, according to the analysis, almost as many job losses as there were during the 2008 financial crisis. | https://cbs4indy.com/business/ap-business/chaos-kumbaya-how-the-debt-limit-standoff-might-end/ | 2023-05-09 02:14:25 | 0 | https://cbs4indy.com/business/ap-business/chaos-kumbaya-how-the-debt-limit-standoff-might-end/ |
ATLANTA — Georgia State University Police are stepping up security efforts starting Thursday night after a chaotic scene last weekend– with shots fired as a huge crowd gathered in the street, which stopped traffic.
Videos posted on social media showed a massive crowd watching people doing donuts in the streets and jumping on cars Saturday night. This was followed by another incident Sunday night, where two groups started shooting at each other near RaceTrac on Piedmont Avenue, which resulted in an innocent bystander getting injured.
GSU student Imani Sykes expressed disbelief and unease about how accessible the campus is to the public.
"I feel like it's really accessible to other people. It just kind of makes you feel uneasy because it's like, well, if anyone can come in here, then you know what can happen? That's how I feel," Sykes said.
Georgia State Police Chief Anthony Coleman said shootings like these are anomalies, and his department is already taking steps to increase security in the area.
"Just in the last week, just in that small area, we added 10 officers and a supervisor just to those areas. And we also have some of our security officers doubling up inside some of those," Coleman said.
Coleman also mentioned that the university is working on adding more streetlights on certain streets, designating certain roads as "no cruise zones," and enforcing parking rules with nearby lot owners. Additionally, his department has reached out to nearby apartments that house GSU students to enforce an ID rule for guests.
While GSU students appreciate the initial steps taken by the university's police, some are unsure if they go far enough to address the security concerns.
"These are good first steps, but I'm not sure if they go far enough," a GSU student said.
As GSU Police ramp up security efforts– including extra patrols and steel plates in the streets, students and residents in the area hope that these measures will help prevent any further incidents of unlawful and unruly behavior.
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The Powerball jackpot rose once more to $747 million Saturday night after the Feb. 4 drawing still had no jackpot winner.
The winning numbers for the 33rd drawing since November 2022 were 2, 8, 15, 19, 58, and Powerball 10.
However, while there was no jackpot winner, the Powerball website said four people in New Jersey, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Oregon won $1 million prizes from the drawing.
The last Powerball jackpot was won on Nov. 19, 2022, by a ticketholder in Kansas, winning a grand prize of $92.9 million.
The jackpots grow so large because the tough odds offer just a miniscule chance of matching all six numbers and winning the top prize. That enables the jackpots like Saturday night’s $700 million top prize to roll over and increase for months.
According to the Powerball website, the current estimated jackpot would now be the fifth largest jackpot to be up for grabs. The previous top 10 jackpots were:
- $2.04 Billion – Nov. 7, 2022 – CA
- $1.586 Billion – Jan. 13, 2016 – CA, FL, TN
- $768.4 Million – March 27, 2019 – WI
- $758.7 Million – Aug. 23, 2017 – MA
- $731.1 Million – Jan. 20, 2021 – MD
- $700 Million est. – Feb. 4, 2023
- $699.8 Million – Oct. 4, 2021 – CA
- $687.8 Million – Oct. 27, 2018 – IA, NY
- $632.6 Million – Jan. 5, 2022 – CA, WI
- $590.5 Million – May 18, 2013 – FL
The $747 million estimate is for a winner who is paid through an annuity over 29 years. Winners usually opt for cash, which for Monday night’s drawing would be $403.1 million.
Powerball is played in 45 states, as well as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The next drawing will be Monday, Feb. 6 at 10:59 p.m. Eastern Time.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked a Democratic measure to revive the Equal Rights Amendment, dealing yet another blow to supporters who have pushed for more than five decades to amend the Constitution to prohibit discrimination based on sex.
Democrats failed to win the necessary 60 votes to move forward with the resolution, which would have removed a 1982 deadline for state ratification and reopened the process to amend the Constitution.
The 51-47 vote included support from two Republicans, Maine Sen. Susan Collins and Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski — well short of the 10 GOP votes needed.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., put the resolution up for a vote this week, even as it was unlikely to pass. He said it was especially timely in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision last year to overturn Roe v. Wade and the constitutional right to an abortion.
“Women in America have far fewer rights today than they did even a year ago,” Schumer said.
After the vote, Schumer said the Senate is “not giving up,” and would keep trying to pass the measure.
Congress sent the amendment, which guarantees men and women equal rights under the law, to the states in 1972. It gave states seven years to ratify it, later extending the deadline to 1982. But the amendment wasn’t ratified by the required three-quarters of states before the deadline.
Three years ago, however, Virginia lawmakers voted to ratify the amendment, becoming the 38th and final state needed.
At the same time, several states — including Nebraska, Tennessee, Idaho, Kentucky and South Dakota — have attempted to remove their prior approval.
States can support the federal version individually, though it is not ratified into the U.S. Constitution, so those ratifications remain mostly symbolic.
In a statement of policy, the White House said that President Joe Biden “strongly supports” extending the deadline and that it is long past time.
“Gender equality is not only a moral issue – the full participation of women and girls across all aspects of our society is essential to our economic prosperity, our security, and the health of our democracy,” the White House said.
Republicans have argued that Democrats are trying to rewrite history.
“The Democrats’ novel unconstitutional approach bypasses states’ rights and circumvents the process our founders put in place,” said Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., after the vote. “This is simply another liberal wish list item meant to drive a political wedge.” | https://wgntv.com/politics-3/latest-push-to-revive-equal-rights-amendment-fails-in-senate/ | 2023-04-28 03:08:42 | 0 | https://wgntv.com/politics-3/latest-push-to-revive-equal-rights-amendment-fails-in-senate/ |
Mickey Morabito says he’s still in the job at 71 because “I enjoy traveling and staying in nice hotels on somebody else’s dime.”
That dime used the belong to George Steinbrenner: Morabito was the traveling secretary during the Yankees’ Bronx Zoo days of the 1970s, which means he spent a lot of his days playing referee with Steinbrenner, Reggie Jackson, Billy Martin, Thurman Munson, Sparky Lyle and any other player who wanted to gripe about something.
“You never knew who was fighting or arguing with who each day,” Morabito told the Mercury News as part of a lengthy profile.
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And, like anyone who ever worked for Steinbrenner, Morabito spent a lot of time packing and unpacking his office.
He was fired three times (at least) by Steinbrenner — the first time, right after he started working for the Yankees, because the limo driver he hired to pick up the owner at the airport was too short, and Steinbrenner never saw his name placard. The other two times, Steinbrenner forgot by the next morning.
Morabito also came close to losing his job when he arranged a meeting with Martin and a small group of Yankees beat reporters. After the meeting, the reporters were calling Steinbrenner for his reaction to Martin’s criticism of Jackson.
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“I’ll tell you what, Morabito,” he recalls Steinbrenner thundering through the phone. “I’m gonna send my driver out tonight to pick up the early editions of the papers. If it comes out bad, more of that Billy-Reggie (stuff), you’re gone. Fired!”
Morabito, sure that the back-page headlines would be blaring, started packing. But the New York newspapers went on strike that night. There would be no Billy-Reggie stories at all.
When all the firing and ranting were done in the Bronx, and Martin was hired by A’s owner Charlie Finley in 1980, he brought Morabito to Oakland — “mostly to save him from George,” Martin said.
And 43 years later, he’s still there.
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BROOKLYN, N.Y., May 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Etsy, Inc. (Nasdaq: ETSY), which operates two-sided online marketplaces that connect millions of passionate and creative buyers and sellers around the world, today announced participation including a webcasted fireside chat at the Bernstein 39th Annual Strategic Decisions Conference in New York City on May 31, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. ET. The live webcast and replay of this session will be featured on our IR website at investors.etsy.com.
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HUNTINGTON — The Westmoreland Neighborhood Association will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 15, at the Westmoreland Woman’s Club, 2962 Bradley Road in Huntington, behind the former Camden Road United Bank building.
Sgt. Eddie Prichard with the Huntington Police Department will give an updated report on crime in the Westmoreland area. Guest speaker will be Cpl. Jamie Harris, with the Special Response Team at the WV State Police Training Academy in Winfield, West Virginia, who will conduct active shooter response training.
For additional information, contact Cindy Chandler, president, at 304-544-1469.
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(CNN) — Californians will soon be able to cross the street outside of a formal intersection without being ticketed — as long as it’s safe to do so.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the Freedom to Walk Act into law on Friday, according to a news release from Assemblymember Phil Ting, who wrote the bill.
The law stipulates that pedestrians can only be ticketed for jaywalking — or crossing outside of an intersection — if there is “immediate danger of a collision,” says the release.
The new law will take effect on January 1.
In the release, Ting seemed to reference racist policing and the unfair targeting of Black pedestrians for jaywalking arrests.
“It should not be a criminal offense to safely cross the street. When expensive tickets and unnecessary confrontations with police impact only certain communities, it’s time to reconsider how we use our law enforcement resources and whether our jaywalking laws really do protect pedestrians,” said Ting.
“Plus, we should be encouraging people to get out of their cars and walk for health and environmental reasons.”
According to the release, jaywalking is “arbitrarily enforced” in California, and disproportionately affects “people of color and lower-income individuals who cannot afford tickets that can often total hundreds of dollars.”
In 2020, protests erupted when an Orange County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed Kurt Reinhold, a homeless Black man, after stopping him for allegedly jaywalking. Prosecutors eventually declined to bring charges against the deputy who shot Reinhold.
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'Armed and dangerous' suspect wanted in Moody and Odenville
The Moody Police Department wants to find a suspect they believe tried to strike one of their officers with a vehicle.
Moody Police Chief Thomas Hunt says Brian Beasley is wanted on a warrant for attempted murder of a police officer.
Chief Hunt says Beasley is a suspect in a car theft out of Odenville, which led police on a chase on Interstate 20 into Moody about 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 4.
During that pursuit, Chief Hunt says the suspect's vehicle tried to strike a Moody police officer.
That officer was able to move out of the way in time and was not hurt.
The vehicle pursuit ended and Beasley was last seen running away.
Chief Hunt says Beasley is considered armed and dangerous, and if you see him, do not approach and call local law enforcement. | https://www.wvtm13.com/article/armed-and-dangerous-suspect-wanted-in-moody-and-odenville/42159993 | 2022-12-06 02:24:02 | 1 | https://www.wvtm13.com/article/armed-and-dangerous-suspect-wanted-in-moody-and-odenville/42159993 |
DENVER (AP) — NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said the league is projecting record revenue this season, an increase he credits to more scoring leading to higher television ratings and more interest in the game.
Bettman at his annual state of the league address Wednesday before Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final estimated revenue will surpass $5.2 billion. He said he received information earlier in the afternoon indicating that was a conservative estimate.
The league generated $4.6 billion in the last normal full season in 2018-19, before the pandemic wreaked havoc on sports and more specifically the NHL given its larger reliance on ticket revenue and other arena money that was not possible with no fans in the building or limited capacities.
The financial increase also stems from new U.S. media rights deals with ESPN and Turner Sports that went into effect this season.
An average of 6.28 goals were scored each game during the regular season, the highest scoring rate since 1992-93. Bettman also expressed joy and relief at a return to normalcy in his first Cup Final address done in person in three years.
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BERLIN (AP) — The German government’s panel of independent economic advisers forecast Wednesday that Europe’s biggest economy will shrink by 0.2% next year.
The five-member panel’s report came after official figures late last month showed unexpected growth in the third quarter, thanks to private spending.
But a weak winter, with gross domestic product declining in the last months of the year and in the first three months of next year, is still widely expected. Two consecutive quarters of negative growth is one technical definition of recession, but the 19-country euro area has a body that also uses a broader set of data including employment numbers and depth of the economic decline to determine when a recession occurs.
The advisers’ forecast of 1.7% growth this year and a decline of 0.2% in 2023 contrasts with a forecast at the end of March that German GDP would expand by 1.8% this year and 3.6% next year.
It’s still more optimistic than a forecast by the government itself a month ago, which foresaw growth of 1.4% this year and a decline of 0.4% next year.
Inflation has increased to 10.4% in October as energy prices remain high, and the problem isn’t expected to go away soon. Wednesday’s report predicted an average annual inflation rate next year of 7.4%, a little below this year’s 8%.
Officials say Germany is well-placed to get through the winter with sufficient energy after Russia cut off natural gas supplies but stress that it will still need to conserve the fuel that heats homes, powers factories and generates electricity.
Federal and state officials agreed last week on the main details of a plan to provide up to 200 billion euros (dollars) in subsidies to households and businesses to ease the strain of high gas, electricity and heating prices through 2024. | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/german-economy-to-shrink-in-2023-government-advisers-expect/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_business | 2022-11-09 16:07:09 | 1 | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/german-economy-to-shrink-in-2023-government-advisers-expect/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_business |
Kimpton adds give-back rate code and launches a career mentorship program to advise and nurture future leaders in hospitality
SAN FRANCISCO, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, part of IHG Hotels & Resorts' Luxury & Lifestyle Collection, announced a new partnership with historic civil rights and urban advocacy organization, National Urban League. In a long-term commitment to support the mission of National Urban League, Kimpton added a give-back rate code at all of its 75+ properties worldwide and launched a career mentorship program with its hospitality executives to advise and develop individuals in the organization's Young Professionals Program. This commitment builds upon IHG's support of the National Urban League Urban Apprenticeship Jobs Program.
To kick things off and celebrate the partnership, Kimpton's Off the Record music event series will make its return, beginning on August 25, and include four unique concerts throughout the year in San Francisco, Atlanta, Dallas and Grand Cayman. As part of Kimpton's ongoing Stay Human ethos, Kimpton Off the Record is an immersive live concert series featuring tastemaker artists and bands created to bring people together and give back to our communities. All ticket sales and silent auction profits from this season of Kimpton Off the Record will directly benefit National Urban League, who works to provide economic empowerment and educational opportunities for the underserved in America.
"At Kimpton, we believe in the power of music to bring people together to experience human connection," said Kathleen Reidenbach, Chief Commercial Officer at Kimpton. "By using this years' Kimpton Off the Record series to benefit our new partners at National Urban League, and booking up-and-coming Black artists, we will be able to highlight four unique voices and shed a light on the influence and contribution of Black artists on American music."
In addition to the proceeds from this year's Off the Record, Kimpton launched a new rate code, available at all of its 75+ properties worldwide, that offers guests 15% off their stay and includes a $5 donation to the National Urban League. Guests interested in booking the rate code can do so by visiting Kimpton's offer page, here. Additionally, in partnership with the National Urban League's Young Professionals Program, Kimpton will launch a career mentorship program to nurture and develop future leaders. Offering a deep dive into the hospitality industry, Kimpton will provide valuable exposure to hotel and restaurant management, business acumen and connections to its senior leaders, tools and resources. These mentorship opportunities will take place in markets where both Kimpton properties and National Urban League chapters are found, such as Atlanta, DC, Miami, Philadelphia and San Francisco.
"We are thrilled to work with Kimpton to help the young individuals in our programs learn and grow in an exciting career path," said Marc H. Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League. "This partnership is just the start of what we hope to be a long-term relationship that provides our Young Professionals with new opportunities and resources that can have a lasting impact on their lives."
To attend these intimate concerts, which will include about 200 tickets per show, fans can purchase tickets here or use IHG One Rewards points to secure tickets here. Tickets are now available for purchase starting at $25 per ticket per event or at a discount in group quantities.
The 2022 Kimpton Off the Record concert series includes the following performances:
August 25, Vincint at The Kimpton Alton Hotel (San Francisco)
Vincint is an American singer and songwriter, best known as a finalist on the first season of the singing competition The Four. His latest album, There Will Be Tears, is out now.
September 29, Gallant at The Kimpton Midtown Atlanta Hotel (Atlanta)
Gallant is a GRAMMY nominated R&B/Soul singer, songwriter from Columbia, Maryland. He has collaborated with John Legend, Dua Lipa and Andra Day.
October 13, The Soul Rebels at The Kimpton Pittman Hotel (Dallas)
The Soul Rebels are an eight-piece New Orleans based contemporary brass ensemble, incorporating elements of soul, jazz, funk, rock and hip-hop into their music.
November 5, Lila Ike at The Kimpton Seafire Resort + Spa (Grand Cayman)
Lila Ike is a Jamaican reggae singer and songwriter. She was on BBC Radio's Artist to Watch list in 2020 and continues to wow audiences across the globe.
For more information, visit https://offtherecord.kimptonhotels.com, and follow along on social @Kimpton.
San Francisco-based Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, part of IHG Hotels & Resorts' Luxury & Lifestyle Collection, is the original boutique hotel company, which pioneered the concept of unique, distinctive, design-forward hotels in the United States in 1981. Anchored in one-of-a-kind experiences, Kimpton now operates more than 60 hotels and 80 restaurants, bars and lounges across urban locations, resort destinations and up-and-coming markets in the United States, Canada, Europe, Caribbean and Greater China. Kimpton spaces and experiences center on its guests, offering inspiring design that evokes curiosity to forward-thinking flavors that feed the soul. Every detail is thoughtfully curated and artfully delivered, so that guest experiences remain meaningful, unscripted and ridiculously personal.
Kimpton's employees, empowered to provide heartfelt service and experiences, have built a highly regarded workplace culture that appears consistently on FORTUNE magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For" list. As a result, Kimpton has been awarded, "Highest in Guest Satisfaction Among Upper Upscale Hotel Chains" by J.D. Power three times.
The National Urban League is a historic civil rights and urban advocacy organization with 90 affiliates serving 300 communities, providing direct services that impact and improve the lives of more than two million people nationwide.
The National Urban League Young Professionals (NULYP) is a National Urban League volunteer auxiliary group that targets young professionals ages 21-40 to empower their communities and change lives through the Urban League movement. Our National Urban League Young Professionals support communities across the country by preparing young people for school, work and life, promoting civic engagement, financial self-sufficiency, and advocating for civil rights.
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Manuel Margot Player Prop Bets: Rays vs. Reds - April 17
Published: Apr. 17, 2023 at 1:24 PM EDT|Updated: 33 minutes ago
On Monday, Manuel Margot (on the back of going 1-for-3) and the Tampa Bay Rays play the Cincinnati Reds, whose starting pitcher will be Hunter Greene. First pitch is at 6:40 PM ET.
In his previous game he had a one-hit showing (1-for-3) against the Blue Jays.
Manuel Margot Game Info & Props vs. the Reds
- Game Day: Monday, April 17, 2023
- Game Time: 6:40 PM ET
- Stadium: Great American Ball Park
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Reds Starter: Hunter Greene
- TV Channel: BSOH
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -154)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +800)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +280)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +190)
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Manuel Margot At The Plate
- Margot has a double, two home runs and three walks while batting .211.
- Margot has gotten a hit in eight of 14 games this year, but he has no multi-hit games.
- He has hit a long ball in two of 14 games played this year, and in 4.7% of his plate appearances.
- Margot has had an RBI in four games this season.
- In four games this season (28.6%), he has scored, including multiple runs twice.
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Manuel Margot Home/Away Batting Splits
Reds Pitching Rankings
- The 9.7 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Reds pitching staff ranks fifth in the league.
- The Reds' 5.22 team ERA ranks 25th across all league pitching staffs.
- The Reds give up the seventh-fewest home runs in baseball (14 total, 0.9 per game).
- Greene makes the start for the Reds, his fourth of the season. He is 0-0 with a 5.14 ERA and 23 strikeouts in 14 2/3 innings pitched.
- The right-hander's last time out was on Wednesday against the Atlanta Braves, when he threw six innings, surrendering three earned runs while giving up seven hits.
- The 23-year-old has a 5.14 ERA and 14.8 strikeouts per nine innings in three games this season, while allowing a batting average of .288 to his opponents.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A high school student who stormed the U.S. Capitol, assaulted a police officer and sat in a Senate floor chair reserved for the vice president was sentenced on Wednesday to one year in prison.
Georgia resident Bruno Joseph Cua was 18 when he attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, making him one of the youngest people charged in the riot.
Before learning his sentence, Cua apologized for his actions and told U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss that he is ashamed of his role in a mob’s “attack on democracy.”
“Everything that day was just one terrible decision after another,” said Cua, now 21.
Moss sentenced Cua to a prison term of one year and one day followed by three years of supervised release. The judge convicted Cua of felony charges after a trial earlier this year.
Moss told Cua that he was prepared to give him a longer prison sentence before he heard his statement in court on Wednesday. The judge said he believes Cua is truly remorseful.
“It’s a tragic case for the country. It’s a tragic case for you and your family,” the judge told him. “There are no winners in any of this.”
More than 1,000 people have been charged with Jan. 6-related crimes. Cua is one of at least six Capitol riot defendants born in 2002, according to a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s office for the District of Columbia.
Cua’s attorneys cited his youth as grounds for leniency. His actions on Jan. 6 “reflect his immaturity at the time and the effects that the crowd had on such a young person,” defense attorneys wrote in a court filing.
Around the time of the riot, Cua was finishing online coursework to graduate from high school. Prosecutors said Cua’s age is “only slightly” a mitigating factor in his favor.
“Americans who reach the age of 18 are entrusted with several important responsibilities and duties including voting, joining the military, signing a contract, and serving on a jury. In this way, the law recognizes that an 18-year-old is capable of making mature decisions,” they wrote in a court filing.
Justice Department prosecutor Kaitlin Klamann said at least five Capitol riot defendants were younger than Cua on Jan. 6. Two of the five have resolved their cases and avoided prison terms. Both pleaded guilty to misdemeanor offenses and were sentenced to probation.
Cua planned his attack weeks in advance, brought weapons to the Capitol, tried to terrorize congressional staffers and was repeatedly aggressive toward police, prosecutors said.
They added, “Cua played a unique and prominent role on January 6, opening the Senate Chamber to the rioters, escalating confrontations, and leading other rioters into and through the Capitol.”
Prosecutors recommended a prison sentence of four years and nine months for Cua. His lawyers asked the judge to sentence him to time served: the 40 days he spent in jail after his February 2021 arrest.
Cua said he was “scarred to my core” by his jail time. Another inmate assaulted Cua while he was jailed in Oklahoma, according to one of his lawyers.
“I did something stupid to land myself there, but it was traumatizing,” Cua said.
Other young rioters have received prison terms. In March, for example, U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton sentenced Aiden Bilyard to three years and four months of incarceration. Bilyard, of Cary, North Carolina, also was 18 when he stormed the Capitol, pepper sprayed a line of police officers and used a bat to break into a Capitol conference room.
Cua and his parents drove from their home in Milton, Georgia, to Washington D.C., arriving a day before then-President Donald Trump spoke at his “Stop the Steal” rally. The Trump supporters who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6 disrupted the joint session of Congress for certifying President Joe Biden’s electoral victory.
Cua was armed with pepper spray and a metal baton — weapons given to him by his father — when rioters breached police lines on the west side of the Capitol, according to prosecutors. After climbing scaffolding, Cua entered the building through the Upper West Terrace doors and and walked down a hallway toward the Senate.
“As Cua walked down the hallway, he tried to open every single office door he passed by pulling on doorknobs, pounding on the doors with his fist, and kicking the doors,” prosecutors wrote.
They said Cua intended to intimidate staffers who were behind the doors as he yelled, “Hey! Where are the swamp rats hiding?”
Cua went to the third floor, where he shoved a Capitol police officer who was trying to lock doors to the Senate gallery. After the officer retreated, Cua entered the gallery, shouting “This is our house! This is our country!” Jumping onto the Senate floor, he sat in the chair for then-Vice President Mike Pence, leaned back and propped his feet up on a desk.
Then he opened a door, allowing dozens of other rioters onto the Senate floor. Before leaving, Cua rifled through desks belonging to Senators Charles Grassley, John Thune and Dianne Feinstein.
Moss decided the case against Cua without a jury in February, convicting him of obstructing the Jan. 6 congressional proceeding and assaulting a federal officer. The judge handed down the verdict after a “stipulated bench trial,” a proceeding in which Cua didn’t contest the facts supporting his convictions. He waived his right to a jury trial.
Prosecutors asked Moss to impose a $23,485 fine, which equals the amount of money raised by an online fundraising campaign called “Bruno Cua: An American’s Future at Stake.” The website said the funds will be used for Cua’s “many expenses in his pursuit of his freedom.” | https://www.fox16.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-high-school-student-who-sat-in-pences-chair-during-capitol-riot-is-sentenced-to-1-year-in-prison/ | 2023-07-27 04:39:02 | 1 | https://www.fox16.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-high-school-student-who-sat-in-pences-chair-during-capitol-riot-is-sentenced-to-1-year-in-prison/ |
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LONDON – British luxury brand Burberry unveiled its first catwalk show under new creative director Daniel Lee at London Fashion Week on Monday — and there wasn't a beige trench coat in sight.
The heritage brand is best known for its elegant, functional trench coats invented during World War I. But Lee, who joined Burberry in September, took the fashion house in a brand-new direction with a debut collection featuring faux fur and feathers, slogan T-shirts and playful duck prints.
The 37-year-old British designer was credited with revitalizing Italian luxury brand Bottega Veneta with hugely popular accessories like shoes and handbags during his tenure there, and many in the fashion industry were keen to know if he could work the same magic at Burberry.
Burberry CEO Jonathan Akeroyd said last year that he was banking on Lee's flair to significantly grow the brand's accessories sales and “dial up on Britishness in a modern way.”
At Monday's show, the brand's signature check pattern appeared in purple, bottle green and maroon on everything from men's suits to knitwear, skirts, tights and woolly scarves.
Lee seemed to underline a theme of coziness in the face of British weather: One model was draped in a large white blanket emblazoned with the brand's heritage equestrian knight design, and many of the models clutched hot water bottles with a check print that matched their outfits. Dramatic, oversized faux fur hats and bags adorned with feathers and fur also featured prominently.
Male models wore low-slung, baggy trousers worn with skin-tight polo neck tops, and silver chains and hardware, paired with a red and black palette, hinted at a punk-inspired aesthetic. But there were humorous touches, too, such as a woolly trapper hat topped with a knitted duck head.
The show drew celebrities including film director Baz Luhrmann, rapper Stormzy and models Naomi Campbell and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley to its front row.
Burberry is traditionally the biggest draw at London Fashion Week, which also showcases catwalk shows by designers including Christopher Kane, Erdem, Emilia Wickstead and Roksanda Ilincic.
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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Authorities in Honduras began to hand over to relatives the hacked, burned corpses of 46 women killed in the worst riot at a women’s prison in recent memory.
Some of the bodies were so badly burned they need genetic testing or dental studies to identify, said Yuri Mora, the spokesman for Honduras’ national police investigation agency.
The picture that began to emerge of Tuesday’s violence at the women’s prison in Tamara, Honduras was one of a carefully planned massacre of supposed rival gang members by inmates belonging to the notorious Barrio 18 street gang.
The carnage has led to calls for change to the country’s prison system and even talk of whether Honduras should emulate the drastic zero-tolerance, no-privileges prisons set up in neighboring El Salvador by President Nayib Bukele.
While El Salvador’s crackdown on gangs has given rise to rights violations, it has also proved immensely popular in a country long terrorized by street gangs.
“One of the grave dangers is the Bukele-ization of the security problem in this country, with everything that would imply,” said Honduran human rights expert Joaquin Mejia.
Nobody debates that Honduras’ prisons are in a shameful state. In Tuesday’s riot, incarcerated members of the notorious Barrio 18 gang slaughtered 46 other women inmates by spraying them with gunfire, hacking them with machetes and then locking survivors in their cells and dousing them with flammable liquid.
Chillingly, the gang members were able to arm themselves with pistols and machetes, brush past guards and attack. They even carried locks to shut their victims inside, apparently to burn them to death.
Jessica Sánchez, an activist with the Civil Society Group, a human rights organization, said “we believe that this massacre was carried out on orders from a criminal network, and I am sure it was known beforehand, and nothing was done.”
Miguel Martínez, a security ministry spokesman, said the attack was taped by security cameras up to the moment the gang members destroyed them in what he called a planned attack.
“You can see the moment in which the women overcome the guards, leaving them helpless, and take their keys,” Martínez said.
President Xiomara Castro said the riot at the prison in Tamara northwest of Tegucigalpa was “planned by maras (street gangs) with the knowledge and acquiescence of security authorities.”
Castro fired Security Minister Ramón Sabillón, and replaced him with Gustavo Sánchez, who had been serving as head of the National Police.
She ordered that all of the country’s 21 prisons be placed for one year under the control of the military police, who will be asked to train 2,000 new guards.
But she didn’t announce any immediate plan to improve the conditions in prison, which are characterized by overcrowding and crumbling facilities. Security is so lax that inmates often run their own cellblocks, selling prohibited goods and extorting money from other inmates.
Many doubted the answer lies in adopting the kind of brutally regimented prisons that El Salvador has built.
“Building more prisons in Honduras isn’t necessary. Why? Why build more prisons that turn into slaughterhouses for people, when the government has no control over them?” said Roberto Cruz, 54, who runs a small retail outlet in the capital.
“What is needed are professional people to run the prisons,” Cruz said, acknowledging that “it is a big, complex problem that needs an urgent solution.”
Most don’t trust the government to get it right.
“We demand an international investigation that can really look at the issue of prisons and women” in prison, said Sánchez.
For now, the cold facts of Tuesday’s massacre are emerging: 18 pistols, an assault rifle, two machine pistols and two grenades were found in the prison after the riot. All were smuggled into the facility.
Then there was the shocking fact that — as in many Latin American jails — some of the inmates’ children were living with their mothers in the prison at the time of the attack.
“Some of the women were living with their children in detention. These children are now left behind and highly vulnerable. I am deeply concerned about their well-being and safety,” said Garry Conille, the regional director for UNICEF, the U.N. children’s fund.
It was not known whether any children witnessed the attack.
The riot’s death toll surpassed that of a fire at a female detention center in Guatemala in 2017, when girls at a shelter for troubled youths set fire to mattresses to protest rapes and other mistreatment. The smoke and fire killed 41 girls.
The worst prison disaster in a century also occurred in Honduras, in 2012, at the Comayagua men’s penitentiary, where 361 male inmates died in a fire possibly caused by a match, cigarette or some other open flame. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/international/hondurans-see-little-hope-for-nations-prisons-as-details-of-cold-blooded-massacre-emerge/ | 2023-06-22 18:28:31 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/international/hondurans-see-little-hope-for-nations-prisons-as-details-of-cold-blooded-massacre-emerge/ |
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Klay Thompson pondered the Golden State Warriors' current playoff situation and expressed some relief. In years past under the old format, the defending champions would have been on the brink of elimination trailing 2-0.
Thompson, Stephen Curry and Draymond Green have never been in the hole like this, down by two games — and this is a group that has practically seen it all over the past decade while capturing the franchise's first championship in 40 years with the 2014-15 title and three more since, reaching the NBA Finals in a record five straight seasons from 2015-19 along the way.
But the upstart Sacramento Kings, coached by former top Warriors assistant Mike Brown, who helped Golden State accomplish so much, are coming to Chase Center on Thursday night for Game 3 of the best-of-seven first-round series with some serious momentum.
“Luckily, it's first to four. It's not the old format where it's first to three,” Thompson said, “that would be not so much fun.”
The Warriors had gone 27 consecutive playoff series during the Curry era without falling behind 2-0. Steve Kerr hadn’t seen it, either, since he began coaching the team in 2014-15. Now, this group will need a mighty comeback and will perhaps have to do it without emotional leader Green after he stomped on Domantas Sabonis during the fourth quarter of Monday night's 114-106 defeat at Golden 1 Center.
Sabonis was called for a technical foul for grabbing Green’s leg and Green received a flagrant-2 foul that led to an automatic ejection and possible discipline by the league.
Golden State has misfired from 3-point range — a team featuring three shooters with 200 or more 3-pointers in Curry, Thompson and Jordan Poole — and been sloppy taking care of the ball.
“We've just got to play with a little bit more IQ in terms of what we’re trying to do on both ends of the floor,” Curry said.
Only 26 of 334 teams that fell behind 2-0 have ever rallied to win in a best-of-seven series — a .078 percentage, according to Sportradar.
This also marks just the fifth time a defending champion has trailed 2-0 in a first-round series and all the others went on to lose. The 2012 Mavericks were swept by the Thunder 4-0; the 2007 Heat lost all four matchups to the Bulls; the 1984 76ers fell 3-2 to the Nets and the 1957 Philadelphia Warriors lost 2-0 to the Syracuse Nationals.
“The way our guys fought, they showed what they’re made of,” Kerr said. "So now it’s a matter of going home and licking our wounds a little bit. We get a little rest with a couple of days in between games and we go home and take care of our home court.”
And with Curry, Green and Thompson's experience, they never count themselves out on the big stage.
This is a group that has regularly been challenged before and bounced back — even during this topsy-turvy regular season and its struggles. The Warriors dealt with injuries and Andrew Wiggins' extended absences for a personal matter to avoid the play-in game and earn the sixth seed from the Western Conference.
“It’s unfamiliar territory, but we’ve been down 3-1. We’ve been up 3-1. We’ve been through everything. So we rely on our experience," Thompson said. "We take a great off day and we recollect ourselves, and do what we do, and that’s play well at home — always.”
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Seven overdoses were reported in Oneida County between March 10 and 12, triggering an overdose spike alert from the Oneida County Overdose Response Team.
This comes just days after a fatal overdose in Sauquoit on March 8.
None of the weekend overdoses were fatal, according to the response team.
The majority of them involved cocaine and methamphetamine laced with an opioid that is like fentanyl. They occurred in Utica, Rome, Floyd and Marshall.
“The one consistent and often deadly culprit we are seeing in most of our overdose clusters is fentanyl,” said Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente. “Fentanyl has permeated the illicit drug supply and can be found in all classes of street drugs including drugs purchased online and via social media. This has completely changed the risk for overdose fatality. A person can no longer think, ‘I did it before and I was fine’. With the mixing of potent illicit fentanyl in often lethal doses in almost every kind of street drug, just one time can kill.”
Blue and purple substances have been circulating recently, but the county says there is no direct link to the recent slew of overdoses.
According to the county’s overdose dashboard, there have been 54 overdoses reported so far this year, seven of them fatal.
Local data shows more than 70% of drug-related deaths last year involved fentanyl.
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OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wheeler Bio, Inc., a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) specializing in the development and manufacturing of mammalian-expressed protein therapeutics, today announced it has been granted a license to ATUM's proprietary Leap-In Transposase® and miCHO™ cell line development technology.
Wheeler Bio solves the typical momentum drop between discovery and development for monoclonal antibodies and other therapeutic proteins. This issue typically poses significant challenges for emerging companies – adding technical, financial, and regulatory risks. Wheeler Bio believes these lifecycle challenges can be reduced with access to industry-leading technologies and democratization of standardized manufacturing platforms. Adding ATUM's powerful Leap-In Transposase® technology to Wheeler Bio's cell line development toolbox provides Wheeler Bio's clients with access to highly productive stable pools and clones with a significant regulatory track record and an industry-leading speed-to-clinic workflow.
The Leap-In Transposase® technology is leading the industry as an incredibly efficient gene delivery system utilizing transposon-based vectors to integrate intact DNA constructs into transcriptionally active loci of the host cell genome. When used in a cell line development program, the Leap-In Transposase® technology delivers highly productive, incredibly stable and robust cell lines – including at the stable pool stage.
Jesse McCool, Ph.D., Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Wheeler Bio, said, "We are very excited to license the Leap-In Transposase® technology and the miCHO™ cell line. These tools build on our growing arsenal of enabling tools that drive efficiencies and cost savings in both our custom and platform offerings."
Oren Beske, Ph.D., ATUM's Amalgamator of Business and Biology, commented, "The Leap-In platform is an excellent fit for Wheeler Bio's business model and culture of bringing biologics discoveries to the clinic in a robust and cost effective manner. We look forward to our partnership enabling the next generation of molecules and entrepreneurs."
Wheeler Bio will incorporate the Leap-In Transposase® technology into its state-of-the-art cell line development platform, including an option for clients to utilize the miCHO™ cell line. Combining Wheeler Bio's cell line development service with ATUM's Leap-In Transposase® technology offers all the benefits of transposon-based gene delivery and provides clients the opportunity to progress product candidates rapidly and cost-effectively through preclinical development and into the clinic using Wheeler Bio's digitalized Process Development offering and cGMP manufacturing services.
More information on Wheeler Bio can be found on its website at www.wheelerbio.com.
Wheeler Bio is a biomanufacturing pioneer, founded by a team of industry experts and strategic investors who believe a different CDMO model is needed to help innovators reach their clinical milestones faster. Wheeler's novel hub-and-spoke operational model, centered in the biomanufacturing metro of Oklahoma City (OKC) and integrated with biotechs and discovery CROs, will revolutionize the speed of drug development. Wheeler Bio's technology platform, Portable CMC™, simplifies the path between drug discovery and clinical manufacturing by standardizing and democratizing the innovation-to-impact process. A new bridge for translating discoveries to IND filing, innovators benefit from increased momentum during technology transfer, shorter timelines, and lower costs. Join the Wheeler Bio community by visiting www.wheelerbio.com, following Wheeler Bio on LinkedIn, or scheduling a chat with Wheeler's co-founder and CEO at wheeler.com/ceo.
ATUM offers an integrated pipeline of tools including gene design, optimization and synthesis, expression vectors, and platforms for protein and cellular engineering and production. The company exploits the dependence of biological activity on well-designed sequences. ATUM's tools and solutions are fueling the transformation of biology from a discovery science to an engineering discipline. By collaborating with our clients, ATUM accelerates breakthroughs and moves research further faster. For more information please visit: www.atum.bio.
Contact:
Jesse McCool
Tel: +1 405 279 6767
info@wheelerbio.com
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LISBON, Portugal, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hovione and Zerion Pharma A/S (Zerion) today announced an extension of their collaboration on Zerion's Dispersome® technology into the nutraceutical/dietary supplements field. Many dietary supplements suffer from low solubility. This results in poor bioavailability and consequently limits the physiological effect of the supplement. To overcome these limitations, the two companies will collaborate and apply the solubility enhancing Dispersome® technology for the development and commercialization of certain nutraceutical products.
The first product candidate selected for joint development is an antioxidant with multiple health benefits and known for its extremely low solubility and bioavailability. By applying the Dispersome® technology, Zerion has been able to demonstrate significant solubility improvements of this antioxidant. Under their collaboration, Hovione and Zerion will now upscale and develop commercial formulations of the antioxidant using the Dispersome® platform and make these products available for distribution by partners globally. Under the terms of the collaboration agreement, the two companies will share income from the commercialization of these products according to their respective contributions.
In addition to the joint development projects, Zerion has granted Hovione an exclusive license to exploit the Dispersome® technology for other nutraceuticals/dietary supplements. In return, Hovione will pay Zerion license fees and royalties on sales of the licensed products.
"The low oral bioavailability of some of the health-promoting nutraceutical compounds is a well-known challenge. The problem is compounded by the fact that some of the solutions used in pharma cannot be used in foods." says Jean-Luc Herbeaux, CEO of Hovione. He adds: "Hovione is thrilled to be Zerion´s exclusive partner for the application of Dispersome® to the fields of nutraceuticals and dietary supplements. The Dispersome® platform and its enabling ingredient – beta-lactoglobulin or BLG – afford formulators new options which address unmet needs of the industry."
"I am extremely pleased with this extension of our collaboration", says Ole Wiborg, CEO of Zerion and continues: "The Dispersome® technology is actually very well suited for use in dietary supplements because it employs BLG as its solubility enabling component. BLG is a sustainable natural material and in itself a beneficial nutritional product that we source in high quality from Arla Food Ingredients. Since we as a company only have limited resources to exploit these promising applications of the Dispersome® technology in the nutraceutical field, the collaboration with Hovione is a win/win situation."
In February 2022, Zerion and Hovione announced a strategic partnership aimed at commercializing the Dispersome® technology within the drug development field. Under this partnership, Hovione and Zerion are offering pharma and biotech companies worldwide access to an innovative drug delivery platform combined with an unparalleled experience in formulation development, scale up and GMP manufacturing. This unique combination provides customers in the pharma industry with a line of sight over the entire drug development life cycle from the preclinical phase to commercial drug product.
About Hovione
Hovione is an international company with over 60 years of experience as a Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) with a fully integrated offering of services for drug substance, drug product intermediate and drug product. The company has four FDA inspected sites in the USA, Portugal, Ireland and China and development laboratories in Lisbon, Portugal and New Jersey, USA. Hovione provides pharmaceutical customers services for the development and compliant manufacture of innovative drugs, including highly potent compounds, and customized product solution across the entire drug life cycle. In the inhalation area, Hovione offers a complete range of services, from API, formulation development and devices. Hovione´s culture is based on innovation, quality and delivery. Hovione was the first Chemical/ Pharmaceutical Company to become a Certified B Corp, is a member of Rx-360, EFCG and participates actively in industry quality improvement initiatives to lead new global industry standards.
About Zerion Pharma A/S
Zerion develops proprietary drug formulations and offers the Dispersome® technology to established pharma companies as a means to solve their most challenging drug solubility problems. By applying the Dispersome® technology, the solubility of poorly soluble, oral drugs is greatly enhanced, which improves their bioavailability and therapeutic outcomes for the patients. Zerion was established in 2019 as a spinout from the University of Copenhagen based on almost a decade of research. (Dispersome® is a trademark of Zerion Pharma A/S)
For more information, please visit www.hovione.com or contact:
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SYLVANIA, Ohio (AP) — Linn Grant missed a chance to become the second LPGA Tour player to break 60. Putting herself in position for a breakthrough victory in the Dana Open was a big consolation on a long, rainy Saturday at Highland Meadows.
Nine under on her first 13 holes, Grant played the final five in even par for a 9-under 62. Fellow Swede Annika Sorenstam is the lone LPGA Tour player to shoot 59, accomplishing the feat in the 2001 Standard Register Ping at par-72 Moon Valley in Phoenix.
“There was a spectator who called it out in my face,” Grant said when asked if she thought about a 59. “He just came up to me and he said, `Do you think you have a 59 in you?′ And then all of a sudden I was like, `Oh, God.′ So, I just tried to just not focus on it at all.”
Two strokes back entering the round, Grant had an 18-under 195 total to take a six-stroke lead over U.S. Women’s Open champion Allisen Corpuz (68), Stephanie Kyriacou (65), Maria Fassi (67), Matilda Castren (67) and Emily Pedersen (67).
Seeking her first LPGA Tour victory, the 24-year-old Grant won the Jabra Ladies Open in May in France for her fifth Ladies European Tour title in two seasons.
Grant opened with a par Saturday and birdied the next four. After a rain delay of 3 hours, 48 minutes, she resumed play on No. 8 and added a birdie on No. 9 for a front-nine 29. She holed out from 148 yards for eagle on the par-4 11th and birdied Nos. 12 and 13.
“Eleven was amazing,” Grant said. “I hit a really good drive and a really good second shot, it just took one bounce pretty much and went in. I think it’s my first hole-out eagle, probably. Just really cool.”
Needing to play the final five in 3 under for a 59, the former Arizona State player parred the next two, bogeyed the par-4 16th, birdied the par-5 17th and parred the par-5 18th.
“After, probably, 13 I just felt like it was maybe going a bit too fast,” Grant said. “So, just starting to get nervous and felt like I didn’t have control over the situation at all. So, I just held back a little bit. I don’t know if that’s good or bad, but I felt like that was what I needed to do. So just really happy that I took control of the situation.”
Corpuz won the U.S. Women’s Open a week ago at Pebble Beach for her first tour title. She played alongside Grant and second-round leader Annie Park in the final group.
“Linn absolutely lit it up today,” Corpuz said. “I’m hoping the best for her tomorrow. I mean, no one’s going to catch up if she plays the way she did today.”
Park had a 71 to drop into a tie for seventh at 11 under with Minjee Lee (67).
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The Movement for Black Lives launched a new climate change initiative Thursday, uniting more than 200 Black environmental leaders and organizations nationwide who have pledged to find equitable climate solutions centering on Black Americans and communities.
The Black Hive initiative builds on the movement’s 2021 Red, Black, and Green New Deal and reintroduces its Black Climate Mandate that outlines the urgency for a Black climate agenda and investment in equitable strategies that protect Black Americans specifically.
The announcement, first shared with The Associated Press, comes in the wake of a Supreme Court decision limiting the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and the recent passage of the Inflation Reduction Act.
Numerous studies have found Black and other communities of color have borne the brunt of climate and environmental impacts for decades. Black Hive leaders said structural racism, the legacy of enslavement and socioeconomic factors such as redlining, segregation and poverty have made it more likely that Black communities are often located near toxic sites or directly affected by climate change.
“The climate crisis is happening because of corporate greed, government negligence, the divestment of solutions and the investment into the harmful institutions like the fossil fuel industry, that are harming our people,” said Valencia Gunder, national co-lead of The Black Hive. “It’s time for America to address the anti-Black racism that happens here.”
Gunder said she’s already seen the impacts of climate change in her home state of Florida. She’s been doing climate justice work in communities, focusing on the impacts of rising seas, residential displacement, and housing and food security issues. She said farmers in South Florida have told her they’ve started to see saltwater intrusion damaging crops.
“The climate crisis is probably the most important issue that we can work on,” Gunder said. “If we do not hurry up and pay attention and get to resiliency, I believe that we’re going to start seeing more destruction, more harm or death, more illness.”
The Movement for Black Lives is a national network of more than 150 leaders and organizations created to build a broad political home for Black people to organize across the country and within their communities. The movement has expanded beyond policing to include issues such as climate change and environmental justice. The collective is calling on people to take its Black climate and environmental justice pledge and commit to advancing The Black Hive’s Black Climate Mandate that’s expected to be updated this year.
The Black Hive leaders say they plan to offer resources, data and technology, communications and disaster response support to local communities and Black-led organizations. The initiative is focusing on several areas: water, energy, land, labor, economy and reparations, democracy, health, and global Black diaspora solidarity. Participants also plan to focus on grassroots organizing and community education to raise awareness.
For California organizer Aleta Alston-Toure′, the climate initiative feels especially timely.
Advocates like Alston-Toure’ have questioned recent climate efforts led by the federal government, including the Inflation Reduction Act signed into law this month by President Joe Biden. Its proponents have stated billions of dollars in climate and environment investments will flow to communities nationwide that long have been plagued by pollution and climate threats. But advocates say it’s not bold enough in addressing climate issues affecting Black Americans, and they criticize provisions in the bill that support fossil fuel expansion.
“These solutions are Band-Aids,” said Alston-Toure′, who is a member of the Parable of the Sower Intentional Community Cooperative spanning several states. “There’s no solution if Black (communities) and Indigenous nations, especially the Gulf South, have to suffer in order to have Band-Aid solutions for the wider public. We want to be taken serious and know that our votes matter because this is a lynching of our communities, and we have to be heard.”
In June, 14 environmental justice organizations began to receive money under the Justice40 initiative — a Biden administration pledge to improve the environment in disadvantaged communities and help them prepare for climate change. The initiative promises to funnel 40% of all investments in climate and environment to communities that live with environmental burdens such as diesel soot, lead water pipes and lack of access to green spaces.
But Alston-Toure’ said communities need to be able to trust that money from these new initiatives will actually go directly toward Black-led organizations. She said too often the majority of funding goes to organizations or individuals not rooted within affected communities.
A study last year by the Tishman Environment and Design Center at The New School found that between 2016 and 2017, 12 national environmental grant makers awarded $1.34 billion to organizations in the Gulf and Midwest regions — but only $18 million, or 1.3%, was awarded to groups dedicated to environmental justice.
Last year, the Donors of Color, a philanthropic group dedicated to pushing for racial equity in funding environmental projects nationwide, launched a pledge drive challenging the nation’s top climate funders to shift 30% of their donations toward environmental efforts led by Black, Indigenous, Hispanic and other people of color.
Alabama resident the Rev. Michael Malcom, founder and executive director of The People’s Justice Council, said he’s hopeful the Movement for Black Lives’ new climate initiative will focus efforts on communities long ignored and will bring real change.
“We often suffer in silence in the South,” Malcom said. “We often suffer from industrial pollution, illegal land use and in even legal but unwanted land use and our communities. We have the flooding that happens in our communities, we experience the industrial pollution in our communities. Those Black and brown and Indigenous communities need a voice and somebody to be able to speak for them. And who better to represent those than communities of faith. We are addressing climate change and we’re speaking the language of our communities.”
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AP writer Drew Costley in Washington, D.C., contributed to this report.
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Conference call begins at 2:00 p.m. Pacific time today
PLEASANTON, Calif., Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Movano Inc. (NASDAQ:MOVE), a purpose-driven healthcare solutions company at the intersection of medtech and consumer devices, reported financial results for the three months ending June 30, 2022 and provided a business update.
Highlights from the second quarter and recent weeks include the following:
- Movano plans to conduct beta test programs with several strategic partners utilizing the Movano Ring, the Company's first commercial product designed to blend the best features of medical and wellness devices to help women better understand the correlation between how they feel and various aspects of their health. The Company named its first beta partner as Stanford University's Applied Sports Science department. Stanford is looking to test wearable technology, like the Movano Ring, to drive innovation that facilitates the ethical enhancement of athletic performance and improve the quality of life of the Stanford athlete.
- Further, Movano is kicking off beta programs with several other organizations including a major global pharmaceutical company, a leading global diabetes-focused medical device company, and an integrated regional health network. The beta test programs are expected to commence in the fourth quarter of 2022, and the development of these partnerships across the broader healthcare landscape is an important milestone in building the foundation for an enterprise solution.
- Movano expects the direct-to-consumer launch of the Movano Ring to take place in the first half of 2023. To prepare for the broader launch, the Company has hired a world class go-to-market (GOTM) leadership team. Over the last several months, this team, along with leading app development partners, has continued to build on the foundational elements already in place, aiming to create a unique and valuable user experience. Further, the Company has secured leading marketing, branding, website development and consumer research partners, to ensure the brand is engaging and relevant to the target audience.
- After recently completing an initial hypoxia study with the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) and announcing high accuracy marks for its blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) and heart rate data, the Company is eyeing its first FDA submission. The recently completed pilot study tested the accuracy of the Movano Ring on seven subjects during mild, moderate and severe hypoxia and followed the same protocol that is expected to be required by the FDA for the submission. In comparing the overall accuracy of the Ring's data with that of the reference devices, the Movano Ring achieved a 2% margin of error, well below the FDA's 4% requirement for SpO2. In addition, the Ring also estimated heart rate with accuracy commensurate with the FDA's standards. This successful study demonstrates the potential for wearables to properly track sleep and heart health and detect potential illnesses, such as sleep apnea, and is a major step toward the Company's goal of providing medically-validated data to consumers and healthcare professionals. Based on the positive results from this study, Movano plans to conduct a larger pivotal study for the FDA submission later this year.
- Movano plans to conduct additional blood pressure and glucose clinical studies beginning in the third quarter of 2022, utilizing its proprietary and patented system-on-a-chip (SoC), which is the smallest ever custom mmWave integrated sensor designed specifically for non-invasive glucose and cuffless blood pressure monitoring. While the majority of current wearables on the market use off-the-shelf optical sensors, Movano spent four years developing, designing and shrinking its multi-chip architecture from four integrated circuits into a single SoC in an effort to deliver a higher level of accuracy, offer form factor flexibility and provide its technology to consumers at a lower price point. Movano is currently integrating the SoC into a new prototype system, which will be closer in size and shape to its final product, and enable the Company to conduct longer, more complex blood pressure and glucose studies.
- Movano was recently granted two new patents centered around Movano's SoC, marking a total of nine U.S. patents currently issued to the Company. The two new patents protect the SoC's agile method of understanding detailed features of waveforms that aid in estimating blood pressure and other analytes.
"It's an exciting time for our emerging company as we're working toward commercialization of the Movano Ring, a smart ring designed for women. Our team has accomplished several significant milestones over a short period of time, including the development of multiple beta test programs in partnership with leaders in the healthcare space and a highly encouraging hypoxia pilot study. In parallel, we successfully completed testing of our proprietary and patented system-on-a-chip, the smallest custom mmWave integrated sensor for cuffless blood pressure and non-invasive glucose monitoring, and are now integrating it into a prototype platform for clinical evaluations," said Dr. John Mastrototaro, CEO of Movano Inc. "We aim to move healthcare technology in a direction that's more accessible, both in price and in experience, arming consumers with medically validated data and key insights they can trust, and packaging it into a solution that looks great and provides real value, so it becomes a seamless part of their everyday routine and helps them achieve a more well balanced and healthier life."
Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results
- Movano reported a net loss attributable to common stockholders of $6.9 million, or a loss of $(0.21) per basic and diluted share, in the second quarter of 2022, compared with a net loss attributable to common stockholders of $4.7 million, or a loss of $(0.15) per basic and diluted share, in the second quarter of 2021.
- The Company reported an operating loss of $6.8 million in the second quarter of 2022 compared to an operating loss of $5.0 million in the second quarter of 2021.
- Movano is a development stage company and the majority of its business activities to date and planned future activities will be devoted to research and development. As such, the Company did not generate revenue in either the second quarter of 2022 or the second quarter of 2021.
- The Company had $21.3 million in cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments as of June 30, 2022, compared to $33.6 million in cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments, as of December 31, 2021.
- The total number of shares outstanding was 32,818,060 as of June 30, 2022.
Conference Call and Webcast
Management will host a conference call and live audio webcast to discuss these results and provide a business update today at 2:00 p.m. PDT (5:00 p.m. EDT).
Attendees can access the live webcast here or on the investors section of Movano's website at https://ir.movano.com. The conference call can be accessed by dialing 1-877-407-0989 (domestic) or 1-201-389-0921 (international). Attendees can also use the Call Me link, in which they will be dialed in to the conference call instantly on the number provided with no hold time. An archived webcast will be available on Movano's website approximately one hour after the completion of the event and for two years thereafter.
To learn more about Movano Inc., please visit www.movano.com
About Movano
Founded in 2018, Movano Inc. (NASDAQ:MOVE) is developing a suite of purpose-driven healthcare solutions to bring medical-grade, high-quality data to the forefront of consumer health devices. Featuring modern form factors, Movano's wearables capture a comprehensive picture of a person's vital health information and uniquely translate the data into personalized and intelligent insights that empower consumers to live healthier and more balanced lives. Movano's end-to-end solutions will soon enable a world where consumers, caretakers and healthcare professionals can utilize daily health data as a tool to proactively monitor and manage their health. For more information, visit www.movano.com.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning our expectations, anticipations, intentions, beliefs or strategies regarding the future. These forward-looking statements are based on assumptions that we have made as of the date hereof and are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, conditions and events to differ materially from those anticipated. Therefore, you should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Examples of forward-looking statements include, among others, statements we make regarding expected future operating results; product development efforts and product releases; clinical trial and regulatory initiatives; commercial partner activities; as well as our strategies, positioning and expectations for future events or performance. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements are set forth in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and any subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and in our other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including under the caption "Risk Factors." Any forward-looking statement in this release speaks only as of the date of this release. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.
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Company to Host Conference Call on Wednesday, November 2, 2022 at 1:30 pm PT / 4:30 pm ET
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Oct. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nevro Corp. (NYSE: NVRO), a global medical device company that is delivering comprehensive, life-changing solutions for the treatment of chronic pain, today announced that the company will report its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2022 after the market closes on November 2, 2022.
Management will host a conference call on November 2, 2022 to discuss third quarter 2022 financial results. The call will begin at 1:30 pm PT/ 4:30 pm ET. Investors interested in listening to the call may do so by dialing (888) 330-2443 in the U.S. or +1 (240) 789-2728 internationally, using Conference ID: 3583097. A live webcast of this event, as well as an archived recording, will be available in the Investors section of Nevro's website at www.nevro.com.
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About Nevro Corp.
Headquartered in Redwood City, California, Nevro is a global medical device company focused on delivering comprehensive, life-changing solutions that continue to set the standard for enduring patient outcomes in chronic pain treatment. The company started with a simple mission to help more patients suffering from debilitating pain and developed its proprietary 10 kHz Therapy, an evidence-based, non-pharmacologic innovation that has impacted the lives of more than 80,000 patients globally. Nevro's comprehensive HFX™ spinal cord stimulation (SCS) platform includes a Senza SCS system and support services for the treatment of chronic trunk and limb pain and painful diabetic neuropathy.
Senza®, Senza II®, and Senza Omnia™ are the only SCS systems that deliver Nevro's proprietary 10 kHz Therapy. Nevro's unique support services provide every patient with an HFX Coach™ throughout their pain relief journey and every physician with HFX Cloud™ insights for enhanced patient and practice management.
Senza, Senza II, Senza Omnia, HFX, HXF Coach, HFX Cloud, HFX Connect, Nevro and the Nevro logo are trademarks of Nevro Corp.
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Thousands of Amazon Employees Volunteer to Support Children's Literacy
Images and B-roll from the month of volunteering with RIF are available HERE.
SEATTLE and WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With September marking National Literacy Month, Amazon and Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) announced today the culmination of their partnership to support student literacy. As part of Amazon's Global Month of Volunteering, Amazon's work includes providing youth with resources to drive more reading engagement opportunities. Through specialized literacy kits and various reading activities, the program served over 27,000 children nationally to inspire the next generation of lifelong readers in underserved and underrepresented communities.
As the nation's oldest and largest non-profit children's literacy organization, Reading Is Fundamental has a long history of partnering with organizations to ensure that kids of all backgrounds have access to books and literacy resources. This year, RIF joined Amazon as one of the partners in the company's month-long initiative dedicated to positively impacting the communities where Amazon employees live and work. From August 15 through September 15, Amazon volunteers supported RIF's commitment to ensure all children have the equal opportunity to read and succeed.
"Amplifying literacy within Amazon's Global Month of Volunteering has shown tremendous impact in communities across the country. While children directly received diverse books focused on the theme of courage, we also demonstrated the importance of community involvement in driving reading engagement," said Alicia Levi, President and CEO of Reading Is Fundamental. "Equipping Amazon's team members with opportunities to connect around driving literacy has been incredibly rewarding for students, families, teachers and volunteers alike!"
Thousands of Amazon employees volunteered for one of three RIF program opportunities to drive reading engagement including:
- Book Celebration Events: Through RIF's flagship 'Books for Ownership' program— where children choose books they want to take home— employees in four cities, including Atlanta, Detroit, Baltimore and Phoenix, helped with event set-up, supported children with book selections and reading activities and offered read-alouds.
- Literacy Kit: Employees gathered to put together over 25,000 literacy kits that went to local schools nationwide. Kits included a tote bag, three books, a bookmark, an activity sheet, and a coloring card.
- Book Talks: Amazon employees chose from a list of books to film a book talk - sharing with students why they love a book and how it inspired them. All book talk videos with the chosen book recommendation are available for viewing on RIF's free resource website, Literacy Central.
"This partnership with RIF underscores Amazon's commitment to inspiring the next generation of lifelong readers by reducing barriers to learning where our employees work and live," said Jessica Margarit, Amazon's Head of Operations Community Engagement, Americas. "Through the RIF program, we're excited to engage communities to emphasize the importance of equitable access to education and reading for children no matter the culture, race, or background."
For Gabriella Santos, an Amazon employee in Maryland, joining colleagues across the U.S. to support RIF's programs during Amazon's Global Month of Volunteering was personal. Her love for reading was ignited during monthly visits to a local bookstore in her Brazilian hometown.
"We would take a book home and treat it as a treasure to be explored and that could take us to so many places. I cherish those moments and can still remember the smell of those newly touched books, with so many stories and characters popping out of them," Santos said. "Growing up, reading became my path to writing to express myself and shape how I view the world. I see my books as resources to navigate different areas and times of my life, and I hope that increasing the access of books to kids in Baltimore and across the country could serve as the same set of tools for their realities and future."
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About Amazon:
Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Amazon strives to be Earth's Most Customer-Centric Company, Earth's Best Employer, and Earth's Safest Place to Work. Customer reviews, 1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Career Choice, Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo, Alexa, Just Walk Out technology, Amazon Studios, and The Climate Pledge are some of the things pioneered by Amazon. For more information, visit amazon.com/about and follow @AmazonNews.
About Reading Is Fundamental
Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) is committed to a literate America by inspiring a passion for reading among all children, providing quality content to create impact, and engaging communities in the solution to give every child the fundamentals for success. As the nation's largest nonprofit organization for children's literacy, RIF has provided more than 422 million books to over 129 million kids in all 50 states, inspiring generations to read, learn and grow. Learn more at www.RIF.org.
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The word “unique” gets thrown around a lot, but it definitely applies to The Beast, which packs a 27.0-liter Rolls-Royce Merlin V-12 aircraft engine into a custom chassis and body. Built by British mechanic John Dodd, it’s being auctioned off online by Car and Classic. Bidding opens March 9.
Aircraft engine swaps had been done before, especially during the prewar period, but the The Beast took things to another level by harnessing the legendary Merlin. Developed by Rolls-Royce, but also manufactured under license in the U.S. by Packard, it powered some of the most successful World War II fighter planes, including the Superman Spitfire and North American P-51 Mustang.
The naturally aspirated engine is thought to produce 750 hp, which the listing notes is reasonable considering that production versions of the Meteor engine were rated at 1,500 hp with a supercharger. Dodd also once claimed 950 hp and 760 lb-ft of torque. A transmission specialist by trade, he also modified a General Motors Turbo 400 3-speed automatic to work with the massive V-12. It originally sent power to a Jaguar rear axle, but a sturdier Currie unit now handles the power.
The Beast is no longer the only Merlin-powered car around. Jay Leno has a 1934 Rolls-Royce powered the historic engine, estimated to make about 1,000 hp and 1,750 lb-ft. But while Leno’s car has never been top-speed tested, The Beast reached 183 mph in a 1973 Royal Automobile Club (RAC) test.
The Beast’s story starts in 1966 when Paul Jameson constructed the frame and sourced a variant of the Merlin engine called the Meteor that was designed for use in tanks. He never finished the project, eventually selling the engine and chassis to Dodd, who completed it with a fiberglass body in 1972.
The car was damaged in a fire at one point, after which the original engine was replaced with a new one of identical spec, and the original body was replaced with the current shooting-brake version.
The Beast once had a Rolls-Royce grille in homage to the engine, something that didn’t amuse the company, according to the auction listing. Rolls sued and won, although Dodd reportedly didn’t change the grille until a few years after the lawsuit concluded. The car is listed as a Rolls-Royce on its U.K. registration, however.
The car has had four owners over the years, all thought to be members of Dodd’s family. The listing claims it’s still in running condition, although where anyone would drive this aptly named creation is unclear.
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(Green Car Reports) — The U.S. Department of Transportation and the Biden administration on Wednesday laid out a set of requirements for charging hardware—and charging network behavior—that any company looking at claiming federal funds in the buildout of the $7.5 billion national EV charging network will need to submit to. Even Tesla.
The final requirements add to the administration’s “Build America, Buy America” approach, and they’re requirements that any of the federally approved, state-designated processes granting companies any of the $5 billion designated as National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) funding will need to comply with.
NEVI is effectively the policy name of the national EV charging network that will eventually include 500,000 chargers, both along highways and within communities. The network is a key piece of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which includes EV charging within its $650 billion investment through 2026 that includes traditional infrastructure as well such as roads, bridges, and mass transit. Of that, the law includes $7.5 billion in EV charging, $10 billion for various clean transportation projects, and more than $7 billion for EV batteries, critical minerals, and associated materials.
This federal network stipulates chargers placed 50 miles apart along designated corridors, with DC fast chargers all on the CCS format most non-Tesla EVs use. These latest rules make sure that all EV chargers purchased through the NEVI program—effective immediately—are U.S.-assembled, while the tighter rules will go into effect by July 1, 2024, assuring that there is at least 55% domestic content (by cost) in these products. To claim NEVI funding, any equipment that doesn’t fully comply with that higher content requirement must be installed before then.
The Biden administration notes EV charger production investments from Tritium, Electrify America, Siemens, Charge Point, FLO, Wallbox, SK Signet, ABB Mobility, and others. Tesla’s Supercharger hardware, for instance, is already made in Buffalo, New York.
Part of different networks
The federally funded buildout will not be on one coordinated network from a consumer standpoint. But to help smooth the level of disjointedness, the rules add clarity to some network and hardware aspects.
One of those is some added clarity on charger uptime. “The final rule also establishes that each charging port must have an average annual uptime greater than 97 percent,” according to DOT language, with decisions to round uptime to the nearest minute rather than hour.
New rules will also apply for reporting power dispensed, real-time port status, real-time customer price, and historical uptime. All such stations must be “physically accessible to the public 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, year-round.”
The rules do not restrict the ability for charging networks can charge lower prices to members, or those with particular models, so that could potentially enable a structure like what Tesla CEO Elon Musk suggested in 2021, allowing the company to charge extra for slower-charging EVs.
Payment methods can’t require a membership for use or “delay, limit, or curtail power flow to vehicles on the basis of payment method or membership.” They also need to comply with data privacy rules,
As part of the announcement, the administration spotlighted a series of EV investments from Tesla, GM, EVgo, Pilot, Hertz, and BP as among those “announcing new commitments to expand their networks by thousands of public charging ports in the next two years.”
Examples include Hertz and BP and its announced intent to roll out charging hubs to serve ride-hailing drivers and car-rental customers; the coast-to-coast 350-kw network from GM and EVgo, at Pilot locations with more than 200 chargers on the way in 2023; Electrify America’s plans to install 1,000 chargers at 200 TravelCenters of America locations over five years; Mercedes-Benz’s network plan for more than 400 charging hubs with 2,500 public fast-charging ports; and the Seattle-Denver fast-charging network from Volvo and Starbucks.
For context, it’s worth noting that most or all of these announced investments have so far been made independent of whether they receive NEVI funds or not.
Reality check on Tesla’s role
According to the administration, Tesla plans to open up “a portion” of its Supercharger and Destination charger network to non-Tesla EVs, making 7,500 chargers available to “all EVs” by the end of 2024.
According to the U.S. Department of Energy, Tesla currently has 19,385 ports—roughly equating to what the DOT document considers chargers—when combining the two charger types. So this would be a significant portion of Tesla’s charging network when seen as a whole, but definitely a subset of it.
The federal government says that this number will include at least 3,500 new and existing 250-kw Superchargers along highway corridors.
It also points out Tesla’s plans to double its nationwide network of Superchargers, although it names no specific timeline and this doesn’t appear to be in addition to previously announced Tesla targets for growth—such as Tesla’s October 2021 target to triple the size of the Supercharger network in two years.
Does this mean Tesla will greatly expand its Supercharger network as part of the federal network? Likely not. But it’s conceivable that Tesla could sandbox part of its charging network into a NEVI-compliant portion and a non-NEVI-compliant portion.
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NEWARK, Calif., June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: PTGX) ("Protagonist" or "the Company") today announced that Dinesh V. Patel, Ph.D., President, and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the Jefferies Healthcare Conference in New York on Wednesday, June 8 at 9:30 a.m. ET.
A webcast of the event will be available for 90 days on the Investors section of the Protagonist Therapeutics website at http://investors.protagonist-inc.com/.
Protagonist Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company with peptide-based new chemical entities rusfertide, PN-943, and PN-235 in different stages of clinical development, all derived from the Company's proprietary technology platform.
Rusfertide is an investigational, injectable hepcidin mimetic currently in multiple clinical studies for polycythemia vera (PV) including VERIFY, a single, global Phase 3 randomized, placebo-controlled trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of a once weekly, subcutaneously self-administered dose of rusfertide for patients living with PV, the REVIVE Phase 2 proof-of-concept clinical trial for polycythemia vera (PV), and the PACIFIC Phase 2 study in PV subjects with high hematocrit levels. A Phase 2a clinical proof-of-concept study was also recently completed with rusfertide for patients with hereditary hemochromatosis.
The 12-week induction phase of the IDEAL Phase 2 study of PN-943 in moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis concluded in April 2022. Although this Phase 2 study missed its pre-specified primary endpoint of clinical remission at the 450-milligram twice-daily dose, the results support advancement of the lower 150-milligram twice-daily dose of PN-943 into a Phase 3 study. Efforts to secure a partner to support the financing and execution of the registrational clinical development program for PN-943 are underway.
Protagonist has granted Janssen an exclusive worldwide license to research, develop and commercialize oral IL-23 receptor antagonists based on the Company's intellectual property. Current development efforts are centered on PN-235, discovered by Protagonist and further developed in collaboration with Janssen. FRONTIER 1, a Phase 2b multicenter, randomized, placebo controlled, dose-ranging study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of PN-235 for the treatment of moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis, commenced in early 2022.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- AkzoNobel (AKZA; AKZOY) supports the transportation industry with paints and coatings this summer. As millions vacation in North America, AkzoNobel is a part of the travel industry through its Aerospace, Powder and Yacht Coatings businesses. Tourists may visit popular locations coated with AkzoNobel's products. These include the Brooklyn Bridge, Bay Bridge, Bellagio Hotel, Nationals Park, Orlando International Airport and the Hard Rock Casino's guitar sign in Gary, Indiana. No matter where the journey leads, chances are one is only a few feet away from AkzoNobel products.
AkzoNobel's Aerospace Coatings has a crucial role in innovation and sustainability as air travel increases. AkzoNobel's Aerofleet Coatings Management system is a digital, data-driven service that helps airlines and other large operators tailor and optimize the coatings replacement and maintenance schedule for an individual aircraft. Even with technological advancements, airplanes tend to be taken out of service for maintenance every six or seven years without knowing if a repaint is needed. Aerofleet addresses this by capturing data from manual and drone-operated inspections and creating a database of every aircraft in a fleet. This technology makes it easier and more accurate to determine when an aircraft needs to be repainted rather than using time or flight hours.
Southwest Airlines® collaborated with AkzoNobel to celebrate its fourth anniversary of serving the Hawaiian Islands this year. The company brought color to the design that captured the Hawaiian cultural concept of Imua. The airline turned to AkzoNobel for its aerospace coating quality and expertise in emerging trends to bring it to life. The design used more than 90 gallons of paint and 16 different colors. AkzoNobel also provided a special color palette, as seen in this time-lapse video.
As drivers set out on summer road trips, AkzoNobel uses its Powder Coatings to provide protection. The company coats approximately 100 million new automotive wheels yearly with its Powder Coatings. AkzoNobel is now the sole supplier to Dicastal, which built its latest automotive wheel factory in Mexico and coats 3 million wheels annually. AkzoNobel also provides dielectric coatings for drivers who use electric vehicles that protect passengers from electrical currents in the battery and motor components.
For luxurious transportation, sailing cruises aboard the Aquidneck in Newport, Rhode Island, are often the highlight of a visit to Newport. Aquidneck is a beautiful and comfortable schooner for a relaxing sailing cruise. AkzoNobel used its Yacht Coating brands Awlgrip for the boat exterior and Interlux® on the bottom. Check out AkzoNobel's marine protective and yacht coatings brands to turn heads on the water this summer!
John Griffin, North America Regional Director, stated: "As you travel to your favorite destination this summer, AkzoNobel will be a part of your journey. It may be your electric vehicle on a family road trip, the airplane you board or sailing on a cruise ship. AkzoNobel is there to bring the power of color to your summer travels with various innovative paints and coatings in North America."
About AkzoNobel
We supply the sustainable and innovative paints and coatings that our customers, communities – and the environment – are increasingly relying on. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We're active in more than 150 countries and have set our sights on becoming the global industry leader. It's what you'd expect from a pioneering paints company that's committed to science-based targets and is taking genuine action to address globally relevant challenges and protect future generations.
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(NEXSTAR) – Apple announced Tuesday that it will stop making the iPod touch, a life-changing device for many music fans that was introduced in 2007,
“Music has always been part of our core at Apple, and bringing it to hundreds of millions of users in the way iPod did impacted more than just the music industry — it also redefined how music is discovered, listened to, and shared,” said Greg Joswiak, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing, in a news release.
While Apple cited the latest iPhones as an “incredible” way to enjoy music, the announcement may disappoint some early iPod adopters who can still feel the heft of the card deck-sized device in their hand, the cold metallic backing on their palm.
Apple says the iPod touch will still be available until supplies are gone.
“Today, the spirit of iPod lives on,” Joswiak continued. “We’ve integrated an incredible music experience across all of our products, from the iPhone to the Apple Watch to HomePod mini, and across Mac, iPad, and Apple TV.”
Apple’s released the first iPod in October 2001. It came complete with a mechanical scroll wheel and 5GB storage for the suggested price of $399. The early “Think Different” ads echoed Jobs’ statement with the tag line, “iPod — a thousand songs, in your pocket.” | https://www.localsyr.com/news/apple-discontinues-the-ipod-touch-available-while-supplies-last/ | 2022-05-11 12:43:43 | 0 | https://www.localsyr.com/news/apple-discontinues-the-ipod-touch-available-while-supplies-last/ |
NEW YORK, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SurvivorNet, the leading patient-facing destination for information about cancer, is announcing a comprehensive new destination on psoriasis as the company expands its content initiatives outside cancer and into key chronic diseases where useful and inspiring patient-facing resources are lacking.
August is Psoriasis Awareness Month. Psoriasis is a persistent autoimmune skin condition that affects more than seven million Americans. It's thought to be genetic, but is aggravated by outside factors such as stress and various lifestyle factors. In addition to creating discomfort, psoriasis can be hard on a person's self-esteem. It can also be managed effectively with the right initiative and patient education. That's where SurvivorNet's unique combination of useful, video-driven information from top doctors plus patient inspiration will make a huge difference to psoriasis sufferers.
SurvivorNet's new special resource section on psoriasis offers first in class guidance from top doctors in the field, in short, useful videos. This comprehensive information resource is unique in that it's focused on helping patients who are scared, discomfited and seeking the latest guidance on this difficult condition, a condition which is highly treatable with determination and the right information. As is the case with all of SurvivorNet's medical content, all medical information has been medically reviewed by experienced physicians.
SurvivorNet TV has also launched a block of video programming around personal resilience and inspiration. This programming showcases the kind of optimism, determination and strength that people living with psoriasis draw on to live their best lives.
"Millions of Americans with psoriasis are struggling with its health consequences as well as with the psychological burden and sometimes the shame that can come with this disease," said SurvivorNet CEO Steve Alperin. "SurvivorNet is now offering a first in class resource that offers excellent, vetted video information as well as needed inspiration and encouragement."
The special psoriasis section also showcases inspiring patient stories about people living with psoriasis who've overcome its effects with spirit and courage as well as with the best available medical treatment. This makes SurvivorNet the best destination where psoriasis sufferers can find true motivation from patients who've made the best of their condition and are living, free of shame or stigma.
SurvivorNet is the country's leading platform for cancer information, serving 2.5 million people per month who are looking for help making better decisions about their care. The platform was built in collaboration with leading comprehensive cancer centers and features top physicians delivering highly detailed information about specific cancers. SurvivorNet also has produced thousands of stories intended to provide hope and inspiration for patients.
Steve Alperin is the founder and CEO of SurvivorNet.
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(The Hill) – Carlos De Oliveira was indicted on three criminal charges alongside former President Trump and his longtime aide Walt Nauda in a superseding indictment Thursday, part of the classified document investigation at Trump’s Florida club.
De Oliveira, the Mar-a-Lago Club’s property manager, allegedly assisted Trump and Nauta in attempting to delete security footage that showed the men moving boxes of classified documents around the property to hide them from federal authorities.
He was charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice, destroying evidence and lying to the FBI.
De Oliveira, 56, was hired as the Mar-a-Lago manager in January 2022, previously working there as a valet, according to the indictment.
Federal investigators claim De Oliveira helped Nauta move about 30 boxes of classified documents around Mar-a-Lago, and at one point told the club’s head of IT that “the boss” wants security camera footage deleted.
In October of last year, after federal investigators searched the club and found additional classified documents, De Oliveira allegedly drained one of the club’s pools causing flooding in the server room that contained the security camera footage. This happened not long after Trump told De Oliveira he would get him an attorney, the indictment says.
According to investigators, Nauta attempted to judge De Oliveira’s loyalty before that promise came, with De Oliveira telling him that nothing would get in the way of his relationship with Trump.
Trump now faces a total of 40 charges related to the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case, with three of those added this week in the superseding indictment. Nauta faces eight charges.
Special counsel Jack Smith, who is leading the classified documents probe, is also investigating Trump for his attempts to overturn the 2020 election and his actions related to the Jan. 6, 2021 riot on the Capitol.
Smith met with Trump’s defense on Thursday and sent him a target letter earlier this month, raising speculation that he could be indicted again for that separate investigation soon. | https://www.wane.com/news/who-is-carlos-de-oliveira-trumps-mar-a-lago-resort-manager/ | 2023-07-28 23:12:03 | 0 | https://www.wane.com/news/who-is-carlos-de-oliveira-trumps-mar-a-lago-resort-manager/ |
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