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Top Player Prop Bets for Devils vs. Hurricanes NHL Playoffs Second Round Game 3 on May 7, 2023
Jack Hughes and Martin Necas are among the players with prop bets available when the New Jersey Devils and the Carolina Hurricanes play at Prudential Center on Sunday (at 3:30 PM ET).
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Devils vs. Hurricanes Game Info
- When: Sunday, May 7, 2023 at 3:30 PM ET
- TV Channel: TBS, SN1, and TVAS
- Where: Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey
Devils vs Hurricanes Additional Info
NHL Props Today: New Jersey Devils
Jack Hughes Props
- Points Prop: 1.5 (Over Odds: +185, Under Odds: -233)
- Assists Prop: 0.5 (Over Odds: -120, Under Odds: -110)
Hughes is one of New Jersey's top contributors (99 total points), having registered 43 goals and 56 assists.
Hughes Recent Games
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Nico Hischier Props
- Points Prop: 0.5 (Over Odds: -164, Under Odds: +135)
- Assists Prop: 0.5 (Over Odds: +100, Under Odds: -130)
Nico Hischier has 80 points (one per game), scoring 31 goals and adding 49 assists.
Hischier Recent Games
Dougie Hamilton Props
- Points Prop: 0.5 (Over Odds: -115, Under Odds: -115)
- Assists Prop: 0.5 (Over Odds: +140, Under Odds: -175)
Dougie Hamilton has scored 22 goals and added 53 assists through 82 games for New Jersey.
Hamilton Recent Games
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NHL Props Today: Carolina Hurricanes
Martin Necas Props
- Points Prop: 0.5 (Over Odds: -145, Under Odds: +115)
- Assists Prop: 0.5 (Over Odds: +140, Under Odds: -175)
Necas' 71 points are pivotal for Carolina. He has 28 goals and 43 assists in 82 games.
Necas Recent Games
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Sebastian Aho Props
- Points Prop: 0.5 (Over Odds: -154, Under Odds: +125)
- Assists Prop: 0.5 (Over Odds: +155, Under Odds: -189)
Sebastian Aho is a top offensive contributor for Carolina with 68 total points this season. He has scored 36 goals and added 32 assists in 75 games.
Aho Recent Games
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Coming up this week: Mayor’s Fitness Court Challenge
Published: Jul. 23, 2023 at 12:51 PM CDT|Updated: 17 minutes ago
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - Coming up on Thursday, Mayor Paul TenHaken, Sioux Falls Parks and Recreation, and GreatLIFE will be celebrating the addition of the fitness court at Rotary Park with the Mayor’s Fitness Court Challenge.
The event starts at 4:00 p.m. and community members will compete for various community records, including most push-ups, longest bar hang, and most pull-ups. Records will be awarded to both men and women in four different age groups. Record holders will be recognized on social media and will receive a certificate as well as some Sioux Falls swag.
More information can be found here.
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The 2023 Masters Tournament Odds & Preview: Tony Finau
The field for the 2023 Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia at Augusta National Golf Club will include Tony Finau. The competition takes place from April 6 - 9.
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Tony Finau Insights
- Finau has finished below par on 11 occasions, completed his day without a bogey twice and finished 14 rounds with a better-than-average score over his last 20 rounds played.
- He has recorded the best score of the day once while finishing in the top-five three times and with a top-10 score in four of his last 20 rounds played.
- Over his last 20 rounds, Finau has finished within three strokes of the best score of the round four times, and within five strokes of the top score of the day on 11 occasions.
- Finau has posted one top-10 finish and four top-20 finishes in his past five tournaments.
- Finau has finished with a score better than the tournament average in each of his past five appearances.
- Finau has made the cut in nine consecutive tournaments.
Over the last year
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Masters Tournament Insights and Stats
- In Finau's past five appearances at this tournament, he has finished among the top five once and the top 10 three times. His average finish has been 20th.
- Finau made the cut in each of his last five attempts at this event.
- The most recent time Finau played this event was in 2022, and he finished 35th.
- The Tour has played courses with an average length of 7,294 yards in the past year, while Augusta National Golf Club is set for a longer 7,545 yards.
- Golfers at Augusta National Golf Club have averaged a score of +1 per tournament, higher than the Tour-wide scoring average of -5 during the past year.
- The courses that Finau has played in the past year have had an average distance of 7,314 yards, while Augusta National Golf Club will be 7,545 yards this week.
- In the past year, the events he has played have had a scoring average of -4 among finishers, lower than the +1 average at this course.
Finau's Last Time Out
- Finau was in the 24th percentile on par 3s at THE PLAYERS Championship, with an average of 3.31 strokes on the 16 par-3 holes.
- He averaged 3.88 strokes on par-4 holes (of which there were 40) at THE PLAYERS Championship, which was good enough to place him in the 96th percentile among all competitors on par 4s (the tournament average was 4.11).
- On the 16 par-5 holes at THE PLAYERS Championship, Finau was better than 55% of the golfers (averaging 4.63 strokes).
- Finau recorded a birdie or better on one of 16 par-3s at THE PLAYERS Championship (the other participants averaged 1.5).
- On the 16 par-3s at THE PLAYERS Championship, Finau carded four bogeys or worse (more than the field average of 2.7).
- Finau recorded more birdies or better (11) than the tournament average of 5.1 on the 40 par-4s at THE PLAYERS Championship.
- At that most recent competition, Finau had a bogey or worse on six of 40 par-4s (the field averaged 7.1).
- Finau ended THE PLAYERS Championship with a birdie or better on 10 par-5 holes, compared to the field average of 5.1 on the 16 par-5s.
- On the 16 par-5s at THE PLAYERS Championship, Finau carded more bogeys or worse (three) than the tournament average (1.3).
Masters Tournament Time and Date Info
- Date: April 6 - 9, 2023
- Course: Augusta National Golf Club
- Location: Augusta, Georgia
- Par: 72 / 7,545 yards
- Finau Odds to Win: +2500 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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North Carolina House Speaker sued over affair, accused of using sex to garner political favors
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The North Carolina Speaker of the House is being sued by a former local government official who’s accusing the Republican lawmaker of having a multi-year extramarital affair with his wife.
Tim Moore, who represents North Carolina’s 111th State House District, is also accused of having “group sex” with people in order to garner political influence or favors.
The complaint, filed by former Apex Town Council member Scott Lassiter, claims Moore “used his position as one of the most powerful elected officials in North Carolina to entice his wife, Jamie Liles Lassiter, a mid-level employee of the state government, to participate in an illicit relationship with him.”
Lassiter says that when he confronted Moore about the affair, the Republican lawmaker admitted to sleeping with Liles Lassiter for the last three years, then asked “if there was anything he could do” for Lassiter, “implying that he could use the power held as Speaker in some way to benefit Lassiter,” court documents say.
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Men's Citi Open Preview: How to Watch, Odds
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 3:41 AM EDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
The 12 matches today in the Citi Open qualifying qualification round 1 include No. 156-ranked Juncheng Shang matching up against No. Gage Brymer.
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Citi Open Info
- Tournament: Citi Open
- Round: Qualifying round
- Date: July 29
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- Venue: William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center
- Location: Washington, District of Columbia
- Court Surface: Hard
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VANCOUVER, Wash., March 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Northwest Pipe Company (NASDAQ: NWPX), an industry leader of engineered pipeline systems for water infrastructure, announced today that Scott Montross, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Aaron Wilkins, Chief Financial Officer, will participate in the Sidoti Small-Cap Virtual Conference on Thursday, March 23, 2023. Northwest Pipe is scheduled to present virtually at 12:15 p.m. ET on March 23rd and will participate in virtual meetings with investors throughout the day.
The presentation will be webcast live over the Internet, hosted on the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at https://investor.nwpipe.com/. In addition to the live webcast, a replay will be made available on the Company's website for 90 days following the event.
About Northwest Pipe Company
Founded in 1966, Northwest Pipe Company is a leading manufacturer for water-related infrastructure products. In addition to being the largest manufacturer of engineered steel water pipeline systems in North America, the Company manufactures high-quality precast and reinforced concrete products; water, wastewater, and stormwater equipment; steel casing pipe; bar-wrapped concrete cylinder pipe; and one of the largest offerings of pipeline system joints, fittings, and specialized components. Strategically positioned to meet growing water and wastewater infrastructure needs, Northwest Pipe Company provides solution-based products for a wide range of markets under the ParkUSA, Geneva Pipe and Precast, and Permalok® lines. The Company's diverse team is committed to quality and innovation while demonstrating the Company's core values of accountability, commitment, and teamwork. The Company is headquartered in Vancouver, Washington, and has 13 manufacturing facilities across North America. Please visit www.nwpipe.com for more information.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Iga Swiatek dropped four points in a row in her U.S. Open quarterfinal against Jessica Pegula by missing shots, some wildly. So with Pegula up by a break at 3-2 and serving at 30-love, Swiatek walked over to the sideline in the middle of a game to swap out her white racket for another one.
The Arthur Ashe Stadium roof was open, the 70-degree air was as cool and dry as it’s been during a hot, humid tournament, and Swiatek figured maybe she should try a tighter string tension to see whether that would help control the ball a little more.
Whether that actually did the trick, or simply put Swiatek’s mind at ease, the move certainly swung the direction of the match. The No. 1-ranked Swiatek grabbed 14 of the next 15 points and, while closing things out was not easy, she reached her first semifinal at Flushing Meadows by pulling out a 6-3, 7-6 (4) victory over Pegula on Wednesday night.
“I don’t know if it actually was the key or something,” Swiatek said after a match filled with a combined 13 breaks of serve, 10 in the second set alone. “For sure, I wasn’t thinking about the strings (anymore), and I just focused on the right stuff after the change.”
When play resumed, Swiatek popped up a short return that floated toward Pegula, who rushed a backhand swinging volley that landed out. That was followed by three forehand errors in a row by the No. 8 Pegula, the highest-ranked American player.
“I started missing everything for literally the rest of the set,” Pegula said between sips from a can of Heineken. “It was definitely a huge momentum change. I think it helped her a lot. So it was a good move by her. … I was just going for too much. The games kind of flew by.”
Swiatek will face No. 6 seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus in Thursday’s semifinals. The other women’s semifinal is No. 5 Ons Jabeur against No. 17 Caroline Garcia, who eliminated 18-year-old American Coco Gauff on Tuesday.
Swiatek, a 21-year-old from Poland who won the French Open in 2020 and this June, twice failed to serve out the victory Wednesday, at 5-4 and 6-5 in the second set. But she was better in the tiebreaker, and when Pegula missed a backhand to close the contest, Swiatek ran toward her guest box, flung her racket and yelled.
Swiatek compiled a 37-match winning streak earlier this season, claiming the trophies at six consecutive events, but this is her first trip beyond the fourth round in New York.
“I wasn’t expecting that at the beginning of the tournament,” she said. “Trying to keep my expectations low.”
This marked Swiatek’s eighth win in a row against an opponent ranked in the top 10, all in straight sets.
“I’m super proud of myself. My goal, basically, is to be consistent,” she said. “I remember when I was an underdog and every match like that was surreal. Now it feels pretty routine.”
Pegula, a 28-year-old whose parents own the NFL’s Buffalo Bills and NHL’s Buffalo Sabres, dropped to 0-4 in Grand Slam quarterfinals, including a trio of losses at that stage this season. All three of those came against a player atop the rankings at the time: Ash Barty at the Australian Open in January and then Swiatek at Roland Garros and Wednesday.
“I’m a little deflated right now,” Pegula said. “I’m not real happy.”
Of the four players remaining in the bracket, only Swiatek already owns a major championship. And only Sabalenka, who defeated two-time Slam runner-up Karolina Pliskova 6-1, 7-6 (4), ever has been this far at Flushing Meadows previously; she lost in the semifinals last year.
“I’m ready for it,” Sabalenka said. “I’m ready for another fight.”
Bounced from the semifinals at Wimbledon last year by Pliskova, Sabalenka made sure from the start that this one would be different, taking a 4-0 lead.
This year, Sabalenka could not participate at the All England Club, because all players from Russia and Belarus were banned over the invasion of Ukraine. Sabalenka spent that fortnight in Miami, practicing and preparing for a return to the tour.
“It was a tough time, especially when I was working out in the gym and there was Wimbledon playing on the TV,” Sabalenka said. “I was always (turning) it off, because I couldn’t watch it.”
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TORONTO (AP) _ Westaim Corp. (WEDXF) on Thursday reported a loss of $16.8 million in its third quarter.
On a per-share basis, the Toronto-based company said it had a loss of 12 cents. Losses, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 10 cents per share.
The investment company posted revenue of $3.4 million in the period.
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College football administrators are looking at ways to reduce the number of plays in games in the name of player safety, with a tweak in clock operating procedures likely the first step.
The NCAA Football Rules Committee is meeting in Indianapolis this week, and recommendations it forwards and approved in the spring would take effect next season.
Steve Shaw, NCAA secretary-rules editor and officials coordinator, said the average number of plays per game in the Bowl Subdivision has hovered at 180 the past three seasons. NFL games average 154.
Conference commissioners would like to cut the number to reduce the players’ potential injury exposures. The issue has taken on urgency because some teams will be playing more games as the College Football Playoff expands. The playoff goes from four to 12 teams in the 2024-25 season, and further expansion is possible after that.
A proposal to let the game clock continue running when a team makes a first down, except in the last two minutes of a half, has broad support. Currently, the clock stops on a first down until the referee gives the ready-for-play signal. A rules committee study last season found about eight plays per game would be cut if the clock kept moving.
An eight-play reduction over a 12-game season would save 96 potential injury exposures per team, and there would be over 100 fewer exposures for teams that advance to the playoff.
“That probably has significant impact,” Shaw said. “Is that the right number? I don’t know. But let’s start with a conservative approach and see what this does and let’s keep looking at it.”
A more radical proposal would have the clock begin running once the ball is spotted after an incomplete pass. Currently, in both the college and pro game, the clock starts running once the ball is snapped.
Tulane athletic director Troy Dannen, who chairs the Football Competition Committee, said there is minimal support for the clock change on incompletions. The rules committee study showed a wide range in how many plays would be saved because of differing offensive styles, but the average was 17.
A drawback would be that coaches of up-tempo systems might try to further speed up their offenses to squeeze in more plays, thus defeating the purpose of the change.
The rules committee also is looking at a change to the procedure when there is a penalty at the end of a quarter. Currently, the following play is an untimed down if the penalty is enforced. The procedure would not change at the end of the second and fourth quarters, but plays that were untimed at the end of the first and third quarters would be moved into the following quarter.
Another proposal — more in line with reducing game lengths that averaged 3 hours, 27 minutes last season — would eliminate a team’s ability to call back-to-back timeouts during the same dead ball period.
Dannen, whose committee of athletic directors and faculty representatives provides input to the rules committee, said identifying the appropriate number of plays in a game will continue to be a topic for discussion.
“In the year or two ahead of us, there’s going to be a lot more data collected,” he said. “I don’t think there’s an answer that if you were at 150 plays it’s imminently more safe than 160 or 220. The big effort right now is, ‘How do we not increase plays with an increased playoff?’”
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WFO LAS VEGAS Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, August 4, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
1051 AM PDT Thu Aug 4 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING...
The Flood Advisory will expire at 11 AM PDT this morning for a
portion of southern California, including the following county, San
Bernardino.
Heavier rain has ended and any additional rainfall is expected to be
light. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please
continue to heed remaining road closures.
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LPGA, Meijer LPGA Classic, TGC, 3 p.m.
MMA
UFC, Vettori-Cannonier, ESPN, 10 p.m.
SOCCER
UEFA, Lithuania-Bulgaria, FS1, 8:50 a.m.
UEFA, Norway-Scotland, FS1, noon
NWSL, Angel City FC-San Diego Wave FC, CBS, 4 p.m.
RADIO
BASEBALL
MLB, Baltimore-Chicago Cubs, 92.7 FM, 2 p.m.
MWL, Dayton-TinCaps, 1380 AM, 6:30 p.m.
Sunday
Television
AUTO RACING
Formula One, Pirelli Canadian Grand Prix, ABC, 12:30 p.m.
IndyCar, Sonsio Grand Prix at Road America, USA, 1:30 p.m.
BASEBALL
MLB, Baltimore-Chicago Cubs, Peacock, 1 p.m.
MLB, teams TBD, MLB Net, 1:30 p.m.
MLB, Cincinnati-Houston, Bally Indiana, 2 p.m.
MLB, Detroit-Minnesota, Bally Detroit, 2 p.m.
CWS, teams TBD, ESPN, 2 p.m.
MLB, Chicago White Sox-Seattle, NBC Chicago, 4 p.m.
CWS, teams TBD, ESPN2, 7 p.m.
MLB, N.Y. Yankees-Boston, ESPN, 7 p.m.
BASKETBALL
WNBA, Phoenix-New York, CBS, noon
WNBA, Atlanta-Indiana, CBS Sports, 4 p.m.
FOOTBALL
USFL, New Orleans-Houston, FS1, 4 p.m.
USFL, Philadelphia-Michigan, Fox, 7 p.m.
GOLF
USGA, U.S. Open, NBC, 1 p.m.
LPGA, Meijer Classic, CBS, 2 p.m.
RUGBY
MLR, Houston-New England, FS1, 1:30 p.m.
MLR, Seattle-San Diego, FS1, 7 p.m.
SOCCER
UEFA, Croatia-Spain, Fox, 2:30 p.m.
NWSL, NJ/NY Gotham FC-Racing Louisville FC, CBS, 4 p.m.
RADIO
AUTO RACING
IndyCar, Sonsio Grand Prix at Road America, 92.7 FM, 1:30 p.m.
BASEBALL
MWL, Dayton-TinCaps, 1380 AM, 1 p.m.
MLB, Chicago White Sox-L.A. Dodgers, 1380 AM, 4 p.m.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Harrow Health, Inc. (HROW) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter net income of $1.1 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier.
The Nashville, Tennessee-based company said it had profit of 4 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for investment costs and amortization costs, were 7 cents per share.
The pharmaceutical and drug compounding company posted revenue of $20.3 million in the period.
For the year, the company reported that its loss narrowed to $14.1 million, or 51 cents per share. Revenue was reported as $88.6 million.
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DARIEN, Conn., Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Smile Beverage Werks, PBC officially changed its name to Smile Compostable Solutions. The change personifies the company's competitive advantage of having the sustainability expertise and best and most convenient compostable materials for foodware and coffee packaging to help food and beverage companies meet their sustainability and carbon reduction goals.
With the only fully certified compostable turn-key pod system, Smile possess the unique ability to help an entire brand's offerings go sustainable. We offer private label options for producers of coffee pods that are compatible with Keurig brewers. Smile's plant-based pods are certified Carbon Neutral, USDA Biobased, BPI and CMA-W compostable. Smile does not shy away from rigorous third-party testing. Our patent-protected product composts whole and contains no added microplastics. Smile also offers TÜV-Austria OK Home compostable straws, coffee pods compatible with Nespresso Original brewers and certified commercially compostable laminate bags. Smile's material meets or exceeds all new state regulations and can be used across many foods categories. We offer the convenience of a one stop shop across pods, straws, bags and foodware with the best compostable materials.
"As companies realize the importance of sustainability among consumers and municipalities, Smile is here to help them seamlessly meet environmental goals," said CEO Michael Sands. "We offer sustainability expertise and real product solutions to give brands a competitive advantage and meet all legal requirements."
With Co-Founders Michael Sands and Frankie Schuster being members of the US Plastics Pact, US Composting Council, Biodegradable Products Institute, Compost Manufacturing Alliance, and Plant-Based Products Council, Smile has sustainability expertise and industry knowledge. As committee members, Sands and Schuster stay up-to-date on compost and recycling industry intricacies while influencing and advocating industry development. Through trade shows and outreach, the pair are positioning Smile and the industry for the significant challenges of today's business climate. Smile is committed to helping companies with plastic and carbon reduction by offering viable solutions that really work.
Smile Coffee Werks and the green coffee pod are U.S. registered trademarks of Smile Beverage Werks, LLC. All rights reserved. Smile is not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by Nespresso or Keurig Dr Pepper. Commercial composting facilities may not exist in your area. Visit FindAComposter.com or CompostNow.org to find a compost facility near you!
Smile Beverage Werks, PBC is a Delaware Public Benefits Corporation d/b/a Smile Compostable Solutions. Smile utilizes its best-in-class compostable materials for solutions in food packaging, including single-use coffee pods, straws and bags. Founded by Michael Sands and Frank Schuster, Smile produces all plant-based, compostable and carbon neutral products. Follow Smile on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram or visit our website SmileCoffeeWerks.com to learn more.
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WINCHESTER, Ohio (AP) – Seven law enforcement officers have sued rap artist Afroman, accusing him of improperly using footage from a police raid on his Ohio home last year in his music videos.
Four deputies, two sergeants and a detective with the Adams County Sheriff’s Office brought the suit earlier this month, claiming invasion of privacy. Other law enforcement officers who were involved in the raid are not named as plaintiffs.
The plaintiffs say the rapper, whose real name is Joseph Foreman, took footage of their faces obtained during the August 2022 raid and used it in music videos and social media posts without their consent. They say that has caused them “emotional distress, embarrassment, ridicule, loss of reputation and humiliation.”
The plaintiffs are seeking all of Foreman’s profits from his use of their personas. That includes proceeds from the songs, music videos and live event tickets, as well as the promotion of Foreman’s Afroman brand, under which he sells beer, marijuana, T-shirts and other merchandise. They also seek a court injunction to take down all videos and posts containing their personas.
The suit names Foreman, his recording firm and a Texas-based media distribution company as defendants. In an Instagram post made Wednesday, Foreman vowed to countersue “for the undeniable damage this had on my clients, family, career and property.”
Law enforcement officers were acting on a warrant that stated probable cause existed that drugs and drug paraphernalia would be found on Foreman’s property and that trafficking and kidnapping had taken place there, authorities have said. Those suspicions turned out to be unfounded, though, and the raid failed to turn up probative criminal evidence. No charges were ever filed.
When cash seized during the raid was returned to Foreman, it appeared that hundreds of dollars were missing. A subsequent review by the state Bureau of Criminal Investigation determined that deputies had miscounted the amount seized during the raid itself.
Foreman is best known for his songs “Because I Got High” and “Crazy Rap,” which were both featured on his album “The Good Times.” He is also known for his political activism and announced last December that he plans to run for president. | https://blackchronicle.com/rapper-afroman-sued-by-officers-who-raided-his-home/ | 2023-05-01 13:54:18 | 0 | https://blackchronicle.com/rapper-afroman-sued-by-officers-who-raided-his-home/ |
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of Quaker Houghton (NYSE: KWR) today declared a $0.455 per share quarterly cash dividend, an increase of approximately 5% over the prior dividend. The quarterly dividend is payable on October 31, 2023, to shareholders of record at the close of business on October 17, 2023.
Andy Tometich, Chief Executive Officer and President commented, "We are pleased to once again increase our dividend. This increase represents our 14th consecutive year and 47th increase since going public in 1972 and highlights the conviction in our ability to generate cash flow. We remain confident in the long-term outlook for our Company and the opportunities for continued growth."
About Quaker Houghton
Quaker Houghton is the global leader in industrial process fluids. With a presence around the world, including operations in over 25 countries, our customers include thousands of the world's most advanced and specialized steel, aluminum, automotive, aerospace, offshore, container, mining, and metalworking companies. Our high-performing, innovative and sustainable solutions are backed by best-in-class technology, deep process knowledge and customized services. With approximately 4,600 employees, including chemists, engineers and industry experts, we partner with our customers to improve their operations so they can run even more efficiently, even more effectively, whatever comes next. Quaker Houghton is headquartered in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, located near Philadelphia in the United States. Visit quakerhoughton.com to learn more.
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WFO CORPUS CHRISTI Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, April 23, 2023
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
957 AM CDT Sun Apr 23 2023
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WEBB COUNTY...
At 956 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles west of
Aguilares, or 17 miles southeast of Laredo, moving southeast at 30
mph.
HAZARD...Half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
Locations impacted include...
Laredo, Rio Bravo, El Cenizo, Texas A&M, Laredo International
Airport, Unitec Industrial Park, Mirando City, Oilton, United South
High School, Aguilares, Ranchitos Las Lomas, St Augustine High School
South Laredo, Doctors Hospital Of Laredo, Laredo Country Club, Laredo
Community College and Orvil.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 35 between mile markers 1 and 13.
US Highway 59 between mile markers 806 and 824.
US Highway 83 between mile markers 718 and 734.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
South Central Webb County in south central Texas...
* Until 100 PM CDT.
* At 958 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain
have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 3 inches in 1
hour. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Laredo, Rio Bravo, St Augustine High School South Laredo, Laredo
International Airport, United South High School, Laredo Community
College, Texas A&M, Laredo Country Club and Doctors Hospital Of
Laredo.
US Highway 59 near mile marker 824.
US Highway 83 between mile markers 718 and 728.
Interstate 35 between mile markers 1 and 9.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
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OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) – Servers at a ramen shop in Oakland stopped a crime in progress on Friday night, and they were more than dressed for the occasion.
Employees at NōKA Ramen in Oakland were trying out something new: They decided to wear Power Rangers costumes to highlight a drink on their menu called the NōKA Ranger. But little did they know, they’d end up fighting crime just hours later.
As recounted by a witness on Twitter, a woman rushed into NōKA Ramen and told servers she didn’t feel safe. A short time later, a man came running in and proceeded to attack her, the witness said. The black and yellow Power Rangers then told the man to leave before he swung at them, according to the tweets.
The employees, in costume, reportedly told the woman to hide in the kitchen while the man began hurling Asian slurs. One server, dressed as the Yellow Ranger, then grabbed the man by the collar and dragged him out of the restaurant, the witness said.
The man attempted to fight the employees even after he was removed from the restaurant — and even recruited another person to help — but was ultimately locked out of the shop, according to the tweets.
The Oakland Police Department later confirmed that a person entered NōKA Ramen and asked for help shortly before 9 p.m. on Friday. Officers soon arrived to detain an individual before transporting them to a mental health facility.
The owners of NōKA Ramen, in a Facebook post shared Saturday, said incidents like this are a rarity at the shop. The owners are happy with how their employees responded to the incident, and even posted a photo of the servers in their costumes.
“Our NōKA Rangers were real life heroes last night when an incident occurred,” the post reads. “Like our heroic namesakes, it’s not just the powers and costumes that give us strength. It’s who and what we are inside that empowers us.” | https://pix11.com/news/us-world-news/ramen-shop-servers-in-california-stop-a-crime-while-dressed-as-power-rangers/ | 2022-10-20 17:56:49 | 1 | https://pix11.com/news/us-world-news/ramen-shop-servers-in-california-stop-a-crime-while-dressed-as-power-rangers/ |
Sioux Falls Police ask people to avoid the area of W. 12th and S. Hawthorne due to injury accident investigation
Published: Oct. 19, 2022 at 9:57 PM CDT|Updated: 52 minutes ago
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - The Sioux Falls Police Department is currently investigating an injury accident near West 12th Street and South Hawthorne Avenue.
They are asking people to avoid the area.
The crash happened around 7:30 Wednesday evening.
The investigation closed West 12th Street between Hawthorne and West Avenue.
More information is expected at Thursday’s police briefing.
Stay with Dakota News Now for updates on this Developing Story.
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The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden has a new zoo baby!
After roughly a week of 24-hour birth watch, Lightning, a Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth, gave birth to a pup on June 7.
The baby — whose name is still being decided — was born around 7:35 p.m. Wednesday, and the zoo said it appears to be healthy and strong as it bonds with its mother. The sex of the baby sloth isn’t known yet, and the zoo said it often requires DNA testing to know for sure.
Lightning and the new pup also won’t be visible to zoo guests for a while as they continue to bond, but the zoo shared a video clip of mom and baby on Twitter:
We are thrilled to announce that Lightning the sloth had her baby!! So far baby and Mom seem to be doing well. They will remain behind the scenes to bond but we will share updates as we have them! pic.twitter.com/gLmzKO92ct
— Cincinnati Zoo (@CincinnatiZoo) June 9, 2023
The birth of the new pup comes after 10-year-old Lightning gave birth to a stillborn pup in 2021.
“This is the first sloth baby that our team has cared for,” said Julie Grove, Cincinnati Zoo’s manager of ambassador animals. “We are beyond excited that the baby is finally here! We’re ready to provide support to Lightning as she navigates being a mom.”
In an effort to prep Lightning for her motherly duties, zoo staff put a tiny stuffed sloth on her for a few weeks to condition her to get comfortable with it.
So far, Grove said the zoo is seeing all the maternal behaviors from Lightning they were hoping for.
“We are monitoring mom and baby closely but remaining hands off for the most part,” Grove said. “Lightning’s maternal instincts are kicking in.”
As the baby continues to grow, it will start sampling solid food at about 10 days old and will continue to nurse for about a month, the zoo said. After that, the pup will cling to Lightning’s belly and eat whatever she eats.
The baby can be expected to first hang upside down on its own as sloths usually do at about 20 to 25 days old.
Lightning arrived at the Cincinnati Zoo in 2019 on a breeding recommendation and was introduced to Moe, the pup’s father, that December. Because sloths don’t do anything speedily, the pair took their relationship slow and didn’t warm up to each other until 2020.
Moe currently lives at the P&G Discovery Forest in the zoo’s education center. The zoo said he was removed from Lightning’s side when she entered a cranky period of her pregnancy.
Two-toed sloths aren’t considered endangered but are becoming increasingly vulnerable due to human encroachment, the zoo said.
By Molly Schramm and Felicia Jordan, Scripps News Cincinnati.
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Porsche on Tuesday announced that a pilot plant in Chile, which the automaker helped fund, has come online and is producing an almost fully climate-neutral synthetic fuel. To mark the occasion, Porsche R&D chief Michael Steiner used the first gallons to fill a 911.
Although electric cars are growing in popularity, their internal-combustion counterparts are going to be around for years to come, especially in developing countries where electric infrastructure is lacking. One solution for dealing with the carbon emissions of internal-combustion engines is the use of carbon-neutral synthetic fuels, or eFuels—a name that’s growing in popularity.
While CO2 is emitted when the fuel is burned, the generation of the fuel absorbs CO2 from the air. To make the fuel, electrical energy generated by a wind turbine is used to form hydrogen via electrolysis of water, essentially the reverse of what happens in a hydrogen fuel cell. The hydrogen is then combined with CO2 captured from the air, in a synthesis process that creates gasoline and liquefied gas.
The pilot plant is located in Punta Arenas, Chile, a site that experiences strong winds around 270 days a year and is also located close to major shipping routes. Operated by local firm HIF Global, which counts Porsche as an investor, the plant is slated to produce around 34,000 gallons of fuel per year initially and around 145 million gallons by about 2025. Porsche is also looking at establishing similar plants in other areas, including Australia and the U.S.
The automaker previously estimated an 85% reduction in carbon emissions for synthetic fuels made with renewable energy, with lower “well to wheels” emissions than EVs, once emissions related to manufacturing are factored in.
Some environmental groups don’t agree with these claims, however. European environmental group Transport & Environment has called synthetic fuels “a mirage.” But while electrification may be the way forward for new road cars, synthetic fuel could find use in other modes of transportation, like air travel—and for keeping classic cars on the road.
The fuel will also be used in motorsports. Porsche is already testing synthetic fuel in its Supercup race series, in partnership with series sponsor ExxonMobil. Formula 1 is also working with Saudi Arabian oil giant Aramco to create synthetic fuel for use in F1 and eventually to be delivered to gas stations around the world.
“The potential of eFuels is huge. There are currently more than 1.3 billion vehicles with combustion engines worldwide. Many of these will be on the roads for decades to come, and eFuels offer the owners of existing cars a nearly carbon-neutral alternative,” Steiner said in a statement.
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The volatile car market has taken its toll on used car dealer Carvana.
A mix of lowered prices for used cars and softening demand because of higher interest rates on loans.
Analysts said Carvana stock could be worth as little as a dollar per share, CNN reported.
The company may find itself having to sell cars for less than it paid for them.
Wall Street trading had to be halted multiple times as trading for the stock crashed as it fell sharply.
Used car prices have dropped by more than ten percent in the past year. | https://www.kgun9.com/news/national/carvana-stock-falls-as-car-prices-drop-and-interest-rates-rise | 2022-11-08 04:28:09 | 1 | https://www.kgun9.com/news/national/carvana-stock-falls-as-car-prices-drop-and-interest-rates-rise |
US Bestseller List - Paid Books
1. It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover - 9781501110375 - (Atria Books)
2. It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover - 9781668001233 - (Atria Books)
3. Desert Star by Michael Connelly - 9780316421461 - (Little, Brown and Company)
4. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus - 9780385547376 - (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group)
5. Verity by Colleen Hoover - 9781538724743 - (Grand Central Publishing)
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7. The Boys from Biloxi by John Grisham - 9780385548939 - (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group)
8. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver - 9780063251991 - (Harper)
9. Keeper of Secrets by Denise Grover Swank - 9781940562650 - (DGS)
10. Scorch by Helen Hardt - 9781642633412 - (Waterhouse Press) | https://www.ourmidland.com/entertainment/article/Apple-Books-Top-10-17691725.php | 2023-01-03 18:23:30 | 1 | https://www.ourmidland.com/entertainment/article/Apple-Books-Top-10-17691725.php |
- LifeSemantics will participate in the Digital Healthcare section of CES 2023 and unveil the Redpill Breath Solution, a pulmonary rehabilitation DTx.
- The company will open a booth at the Korean pavilion in Eureka Park and offer an opportunity to experience the solution.
- LifeSemantics will "leverage CES 2023 as an opportunity to expand its pulmonary rehabilitation infrastructure and build a foothold for accessing the US market."
SEOUL, South Korea, Dec. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On December 28, LifeSemantics (CEO Song Seung-jae), a specialized digital health company, announced that it will join the Consumer Electronics Show 2023 (CES 2023), one of the world's largest IT and appliance expos, to be held in Las Vegas, the United States, in January 2023, to unveil the solution and technology of Redpill Breath, a digital therapeutics (DTx) for patients requiring pulmonary rehabilitation such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
LifeSemantics will participate in the Digital Healthcare section, opening a booth at the Korean pavilion in Eureka Park and offering a program allowing visitors to experience what it is like to live as a COPD patient and an opportunity to experience the solution hands-on. The company expects to spread the benefits of Redpill Breath to various countries, understand the latest global trends in DTx technologies, and gauge global demand for the solution.
The number of COPD patients in Korea is estimated to be more than 3 million. However, only around 2 hundred thousand of them receive medical assistance for the disease, half of whom or more are treated at tertiary care hospitals in Seoul. In the country, pulmonary rehabilitation is primarily provided by tertiary care hospitals because of the cost, place, and medical staff needed for the treatment. The situation is not vastly different in the United States.
Redpill Breath is a digital therapeutics (DTx) that helps patients with self-rehabilitation of their respiratory functions. LifeSemantics developed the solution to address the lack of pulmonary rehabilitation infrastructure and improve its accessibility for patients. The solution offers various features and systems to help patients perform pulmonary rehabilitation activities in the comfort and safety of their homes. For example, Redpill Breath monitors the patient's oxygen saturation and walking performance to check the patient's motor performance in real-time, alerts the user with an alarm/text message in case of an emergency or lack of exercise during rehabilitation, adjusts the patient's exercise level depending on his/her physical conditions using a metronome, and transmits patient data to the medical staff in real-time.
Director Kwon Hee for LifeSemantics DTx Division said, "DTx has been attracting worldwide attention in the global healthcare market as a solution to manage patients' diseases more efficiently," and added, "We plan to expand our operations into the US market with Redpill Breath in time with the approval of the solution in Korea. Thus, CES 2023 will give us an opportunity to showcase our outstanding technical expertise to the global market and build a foothold for expanding our infrastructure and accessing international markets.
In September 2021, Redpill Breath became the first pulmonary rehabilitation DTx to have its pivotal clinical trial plan approved by the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety. Once its efficacy and safety are substantiated by the clinical trial, it will be the very first DTx for pulmonary rehabilitation in Korea.
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Find Out in New Cape Cod-Based Murder Mystery and Legal Thriller
BOSTON, Nov. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jonathan Kaledin is a lawyer from New England who has decided to bring his career in environmental law—and his passion for defending often-misunderstood apex predators such as the great white shark—into his fictional detective book series.
"I wrote it for the pleasure of murder mystery and legal thriller readers," Kaledin says of his debut novel, Dissonance, "and to make certain social commentary—about climate change, our misunderstanding of other species, the propensity for greed to dominate relationships in America, and flaws in our criminal justice system, including the sometimes horrible consequence of the felony murder rule." The felony murder rule has been receiving lots of press in Massachusetts ever since the state's high court struck down an existing murder law in 2017, leaving some serving sentences for crimes they did not directly commit.
Kaledin brings many of his personal experiences and passions into the novel, which is set on Cape Cod and follows Detective Tim Hennessey as he investigates a series of bizarre, gruesome murders that involve body parts showing up in great whites, which is a topic that has been on the minds of many on the Cape as shark activity in the area remains unusually high. In Kaledin's novel, the big question is: is the shark truly the murderer?
Hoping to dispel any anti-shark mongering still lingering from the effects of other popular media such as Jaws, Kaledin brings his years as an environmental lawyer and his stint as the Massachusetts General Counsel for Environmental Affairs to bear. As he explains in his recent article from LitHub's CrimeReads, "We have recklessly and inhumanely hunted many shark species to the verge of extinction."
Also apparent in Kaledin's novel is his love for the orchestra and classical music, which he weaves into the narrative in various ways. Kaledin himself is a classically trained cellist and has, at times, played in the Boston Philharmonic and Albany Symphony Orchestras.
If you would like to feature the novel or are interested in interviewing Jon Kaledin about his environmental work, love of music, and how he marries it all together (along with gruesome deaths) in Dissonance, please contact his publicity team at Mindbuck Media, jess@mindbuckmedia.com.
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It’s the ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!!! The guys made it a full year bringing you the funniest hot takes and sports news.
LISTEN AS WE COVER
- The Fellas talk about their Mother’s for Mother’s Day 02:50
- JAH MORANT is about to be a name you don’t know!!!! 05:35
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World's Largest Connected Fitness Company Broadens Distribution Channels to Engage Millions of Existing and Prospective Peloton Members for Holiday Gifting
LONDON, Nov. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Peloton Interactive, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTON) today announced the expansion of its collaboration with Amazon. The Peloton Bike, Guide, and select accessories are now available for purchase in Amazon's UK store. Peloton will also launch in Amazon's German store in the coming weeks.
As part of the Amazon experience, the Peloton Bike will be available with a convenient in-home delivery, and for the first-time customers will have the option to assemble the Bikes themselves or select an expert assembly option which is available in mainland UK, excluding Northern Ireland. The in-home delivery and expert assembly are offered at no additional cost to customers.
Peloton and Amazon's further collaboration enables Peloton to expand its distribution channels to immediately engage millions of Peloton Members and prospective Members by making its products and accessories more readily accessible on Amazon. This announcement follows Peloton's launch on Amazon in the US in August 2022 and its inclusion in the Prime Early Access Sale in the US.
"The UK and Germany are strategic markets for Peloton where we have built sizable and engaged Member communities. Further expanding our distribution channels through Amazon is our latest move to make Peloton readily accessible and to meet our Members where they are. Peloton's collaboration with Amazon increases access to Peloton's connected fitness products and the vast library of thousands of instructor-led fitness and wellness classes," said Peloton's General Manager for International, Manu Seigner.
"Peloton is such a great addition to the fitness products range available for Amazon customers," said Neil Sentance, Director of EU Sports at Amazon. "We're delighted Peloton is offering another way for Amazon customers to be part of that community energized by fitness at home. With Amazon's convenient shopping experience, fast delivery, great offers and deals, as well as instalments and other payment options for eligible customers, we hope to further Peloton's mission by providing customers with high quality, innovative products to take their health and fitness to the next level."
Peloton products available at launch on Amazon in the UK will include:
- Peloton Bike: Original Peloton Bike | Indoor Stationary Exercise Bike with Immersive 22" HD Touchscreen. Priced at £1,345 GBP at launch.
- Peloton Guide: Strength Training Device with Built-In Camera Technology, Movement Tracker, and Handheld Remote with Voice Activation. Priced at £275 GBP at launch.
- Select Peloton accessories - additional accessories including Peloton Cycling Shoes will be available soon.
For more information and images, please click here for the Peloton Bike, and here for the Peloton Guide. A Peloton Membership is required to access Peloton content on the Peloton Bike and Peloton Guide.
Peloton (NASDAQ: PTON) is the leading connected fitness platform with a loyal community of nearly 7 million Members worldwide. A category innovator at the nexus of fitness, technology, and media, Peloton's first-of-its-kind subscription platform seamlessly combines innovative hardware, distinctive software, and exclusive content. Its world-renowned instructors, coach and motivate Members to be the best version of themselves anytime, anywhere. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York City, Peloton continues to scale across the US, UK, Canada, Germany, and Australia. For more information, visit www.onepeloton.com.
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LATINO STUDENTS TO BE AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ACADEMIC & COMMUNITY ACHIEVEMENTS
ATLANTA, Oct. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- INROADS is honoring the academic and leadership achievements of Latino students during the virtual Visiones Benefit to be hosted Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, at 12:00 p.m. EST. Twenty students from schools across the country will be awarded scholarships in recognition of their accomplishments, community involvement, leadership, and social impact.
The annual Visiones Benefit event brings together hundreds of leaders and community influencers to celebrate the richness of Hispanic heritage while supporting life-changing internship and scholarship opportunities for Hispanic students. Visiones scholarship recipients participate in the INROADS Internship Program or College Links Program.
Hispanic community leaders will join the event, including keynote speaker Nick Valencia, CNN Anchor & Correspondent; master of ceremonies Lisa Gonzales, KRCA TV News Anchor and INROADS alumna; and Rosa Nuñez, Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Foley Hoag LLP and INROADS national board member.
"Growing up a low-income, first-generation college student, I did not think I would have the financial means to attend college," said Jeannette Mayo Gallegos, 2021 Visiones scholarship recipient. "When you receive a scholarship like this from an organization like INROADS, you think 'Wow, those dreams I had as a kid aren't so crazy after all.' Being a part of INROADS has completely changed my life by opening many doors by not only granting me internship opportunities but scholarship opportunities as well."
INROADS is dedicated to preparing the next generation of Hispanic leaders with career development programs and financial assistance through its Visiones initiative, helping underrepresented students break through glass ceilings and ultimately build generational wealth.
"For nearly a decade, with the support of our partners, INROADS has celebrated Hispanic heritage and student accomplishments through the Visiones event," said Forest T. Harper, Jr., President and CEO, INROADS, Inc. "We are extremely proud of each of our Visiones scholarship recipients and look forward to seeing the continued impact they will have in their careers and communities."
This year's Visiones event sponsors include presenting sponsor Dollar General, Cetera, Southern Company, F5, and UPS.
Visit INROADS.org/Visiones to register for the virtual event and donate today.
Founded in 1970, INROADS delivers innovative programs and creative solutions that identify, accelerate, and elevate the development of underrepresented talent throughout their careers. Through this development, students become equipped for corporate and community leadership that effects community renewal, social change and elevates economic status and quality of life. INROADS has graduated more than 30,000 alumni into full-time professional and leadership positions with more than 1,000 corporate partners. Currently, INROADS serves nearly 1,000 interns. Learn more at INROADS.org and connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn: @INROADSInc.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for LBRT, CCL, AAL, XFOR, and XXII.
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VANCOUVER, BC, November 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - B2Gold Corp. (TSX: BTO) (NYSE AMERICAN: BTG) (NSX: B2G) ("B2Gold" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors (the "Board") has declared a cash dividend for the fourth quarter of 2022 of $0.04 per common share (or an expected $0.16 per share on an annualized basis), payable on December 16, 2022, to shareholders of record as of December 7, 2022. All dollar figures are in United States Dollars unless otherwise indicated.
As part of the long-term strategy to maximize shareholder value, B2Gold expects to declare future quarterly dividends at the same level. This dividend is designated as an "eligible dividend" for the purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada). Dividends paid by B2Gold to shareholders outside Canada (non-resident investors) will be subject to Canadian non-resident withholding taxes.
The declaration and payment of future dividends and the amount of any such dividends will be subject to the determination of the Board, in its sole and absolute discretion, taking into account, among other things, economic conditions, business performance, financial condition, growth plans, expected capital requirements, compliance with the B2Gold's constating documents, all applicable laws, including the rules and policies of any applicable stock exchange, as well as any contractual restrictions on such dividends, including any agreements entered into with lenders to the Company, and any other factors that the Board deems appropriate at the relevant time. There can be no assurance that any dividends will be paid at the intended rate or at all in the future.
B2Gold is a low-cost international senior gold producer headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. Founded in 2007, today, B2Gold has operating gold mines in Mali, Namibia and the Philippines and numerous exploration and development projects in various countries including Mali, Colombia, Finland and Uzbekistan. B2Gold forecasts total consolidated gold production of between 990,000 and 1,050,000 ounces in 2022.
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The Toronto Stock Exchange and NYSE American LLC neither approve nor disapprove the information contained in this news release.
Production guidance presented in this news release reflect total production at the mines B2Gold operates on a 100% project basis. Please see our Annual Information Form dated March 30, 2022 for a discussion of our ownership interest in the mines B2Gold operates.
This news release includes certain "forward-looking information" and "forward-looking statements" (collectively forward-looking statements") within the meaning of applicable Canadian and United States securities legislation, including: projections; outlook; guidance; forecasts; estimates; statements regarding future or estimated financial and operational performance, gold production and sales, revenues and cash flows, and capital costs (sustaining and non-sustaining) and operating costs, and including, without limitation: total consolidated gold production of between 990,000 and 1,050,000 ounces in 2022. All statements in this news release that address events or developments that we expect to occur in the future are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and are generally, although not always, identified by words such as "expect", "plan", "anticipate", "project", "target", "potential", "schedule", "forecast", "budget", "estimate", "intend" or "believe" and similar expressions or their negative connotations, or that events or conditions "will", "would", "may", "could", "should" or "might" occur. All such forward-looking statements are based on the opinions and estimates of management as of the date such statements are made.
Forward-looking statements necessarily involve assumptions, risks and uncertainties, certain of which are beyond B2Gold's control, including risks associated with or related to: the duration and extent of the COVID-19 pandemic, the effectiveness of preventative measures and contingency plans put in place by the Company to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, including, but not limited to, social distancing, a non-essential travel ban, business continuity plans, and efforts to mitigate supply chain disruptions; escalation of travel restrictions on people or products and reductions in the ability of the Company to transport and refine doré; the volatility of metal prices and B2Gold's common shares; changes in tax laws; the dangers inherent in exploration, development and mining activities; the uncertainty of reserve and resource estimates; not achieving production, cost or other estimates; actual production, development plans and costs differing materially from the estimates in B2Gold's feasibility and other studies; the ability to obtain and maintain any necessary permits, consents or authorizations required for mining activities; environmental regulations or hazards and compliance with complex regulations associated with mining activities; climate change and climate change regulations; the ability to replace mineral reserves and identify acquisition opportunities; the unknown liabilities of companies acquired by B2Gold; the ability to successfully integrate new acquisitions; fluctuations in exchange rates; the availability of financing; financing and debt activities, including potential restrictions imposed on B2Gold's operations as a result thereof and the ability to generate sufficient cash flows; operations in foreign and developing countries and the compliance with foreign laws, including those associated with operations in Mali, Namibia, the Philippine and Colombia and including risks related to changes in foreign laws and changing policies related to mining and local ownership requirements or resource nationalization generally, including in response to the COVID-19 outbreak; remote operations and the availability of adequate infrastructure; fluctuations in price and availability of energy and other inputs necessary for mining operations; shortages or cost increases in necessary equipment, supplies and labour; regulatory, political and country risks, including local instability or acts of terrorism and the effects thereof; the reliance upon contractors, third parties and joint venture partners; the lack of sole decision-making authority related to Filminera Resources Corporation, which owns the Masbate Project; challenges to title or surface rights; the dependence on key personnel and the ability to attract and retain skilled personnel; the risk of an uninsurable or uninsured loss; adverse climate and weather conditions; litigation risk; competition with other mining companies; community support for B2Gold's operations, including risks related to strikes and the halting of such operations from time to time; conflicts with small scale miners; failures of information systems or information security threats; the ability to maintain adequate internal controls over financial reporting as required by law, including Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act; compliance with anti-corruption laws, and sanctions or other similar measures; social media and B2Gold's reputation; risks affecting Calibre having an impact on the value of the Company's investment in Calibre, and potential dilution of our equity interest in Calibre; as well as other factors identified and as described in more detail under the heading "Risk Factors" in B2Gold's most recent Annual Information Form, B2Gold's current Form 40-F Annual Report and B2Gold's other filings with Canadian securities regulators and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), which may be viewed at www.sedar.com and www.sec.gov, respectively (the "Websites"). The list is not exhaustive of the factors that may affect B2Gold's forward-looking statements
B2Gold's forward-looking statements are based on the applicable assumptions and factors management considers reasonable as of the date hereof, based on the information available to management at such time. These assumptions and factors include, but are not limited to, assumptions and factors related to B2Gold's ability to carry on current and future operations, including: the duration and effects of COVID-19 on our operations and workforce; development and exploration activities; the timing, extent, duration and economic viability of such operations, including any mineral resources or reserves identified thereby; the accuracy and reliability of estimates, projections, forecasts, studies and assessments; B2Gold's ability to meet or achieve estimates, projections and forecasts; the availability and cost of inputs; the price and market for outputs, including gold; foreign exchange rates; taxation levels; the timely receipt of necessary approvals or permits; the ability to meet current and future obligations; the ability to obtain timely financing on reasonable terms when required; the current and future social, economic and political conditions; and other assumptions and factors generally associated with the mining industry.
B2Gold's forward-looking statements are based on the opinions and estimates of management and reflect their current expectations regarding future events and operating performance and speak only as of the date hereof. B2Gold does not assume any obligation to update forward-looking statements if circumstances or management's beliefs, expectations or opinions should change other than as required by applicable law. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, and actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements. Accordingly, no assurance can be given that any events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will transpire or occur, or if any of them do, what benefits or liabilities B2Gold will derive therefrom. For the reasons set forth above, undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking statements.
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Every year it seems the tech industry comes up with more fascinating gadgets to improve our lives, from color-changing cars to smart sprinklers that automatically turn on when they sense the garden is getting too dry. But there are times when we wonder: Just because the tech industry can do all these nifty things, should it?
This year's CES included some products that at first glance feel more creepy than cool. Like an exercise bike built into a work desk to power your computer, or a device that covers your mouth in the real world while you're chatting on a conference call or playing a game. Perhaps most eyebrow raising was a sensor for your toilet bowl, meant to analyze your pee. And while the ever expanding push of cameras into our lives means potentially more silliness as people livestream their own Great British Bake Off-style moments from their oven, there's the very real question of how many internet-connected cameras are too many, and which companies we can trust with access to them.
In each case, these products might have good reasons for being, but we have to ask if they might also be helping pave the way toward the dystopian future we've been warned about in sci-fi over the decades.
"We have seen so many of those things that were science fiction back in the '80s and '90s that became science fact," said Arnold Schwarzenegger, whose presence at this year's CES unintentionally hit on people's growing anxieties about tech getting out of control. Schwarzenegger, after all, starred as the murderous villain, and hero, T-800 robots in the Terminator franchise of films. "In most of my movies, the machines were an enemy," he told the show's audience without a smidge of irony.
He did, however, say that companies appear to be learning from his various Hollywood roles, "that for technology to really work, it has to work with humans and not against us."
Here are some products that muddle that line, no matter how well intentioned their inventors are.
In the name of protecting your conversations
Blending our work and home lives was one of the biggest struggles of the pandemic. Whether it was kids with cabin fever interrupting work, or dueling conference calls between spouses working from the same spare room in the house, we all had those moments where Get Smart's cone of silence would've been welcome. That's where Shiftall's Mutalk believes it can help.
The device looks like an eerie tech version of a mouth gag, but it's actually meant to help you talk more easily in the virtual and work worlds you may be interacting with. It calls itself a "soundproof Bluetooth microphone that makes it difficult for others to hear your voice and at the same time, makes it difficult for ambient noise to enter the microphone."
French startup Skyted created a similarly sound-absorbing mask to ensure privacy on calls while in crowded and noisy places. It looks more like a bulky version of the reusable masks we've all grown accustomed to during the pandemic, but Skyted says it absorbs 80% of voice vibration and directs it instead through a wireless Bluetooth connection to our phones or computers.
"My original concept was from a transportation perspective, as I focused on how we could keep the human voice from traveling to keep calls private, silent and confidential," Skyted CEO Stéphane Hersen said in a statement when announcing his device. "All of us have experienced calls in very noisy situations, with a high potential for confidentiality breaches and frequent noise assaults on those around, not to mention competing conference calls even within our own homes."
Working you harder for work
There's a moment in Netflix's dystopian sci-fi TV show Black Mirror when the protagonists in the episode are forced to use stationary bikes that generate electricity in exchange for "merits," which they use to pay for daily needs.
That probably isn't the idea designers at Acer were hoping to conjure when they created the eKinekt BD 3, a stationary bicycle melded to a desk. As users pedal, their energy is funneled into a battery. Acer said it envisions the product as a way to "empower sustainable and healthier lifestyles," and perhaps in a nod to any fears people might have, the company said the device's battery can charge your devices whether or not you're pedaling.
I give the product one point for trying to create a work setup that's more sustainable, but I'll subtract a point for inadvertently making us relive Black Mirror's 15 Million Merits episode.
Very personal sensors
There are millions of people today who have to pee into testing cups, or use testing strips to track their nutrition, kidney functions and menstrual cycles. But Withings believes a sensor attached to a toilet bowl can help simplify all that, using a cartridge to detect and then transmit findings to an app.
"You don't think about it and you just do what you do every day," Withings CEO Mathieu Letombe told CNET.
Of course, its mere existence raises larger questions about our personal data, and the trust we put in tech companies to protect it. Advocates are warning, for example, that the digital trails of abortion seekers could be used as criminal evidence in states where abortion is prosecuted.
Three months after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, stripping away the guaranteed bodily rights women in the US had for nearly 50 years, Apple executives took an extra step of reminding people that health data and cycle tracking performed through the Apple Watch and iPhone is "encrypted on your device, and only accessible with your passcode, Touch ID or Face ID." The data is further protected between devices and backups, and "Apple does not have the key to decrypt the data, and cannot read it," Sumbul Desai, Apple's vice president of health, said then.
For its part, Withings says on its website that as a French company, it's subject to European Union regulations "that guarantee you a high level of protection for your personal data," though it also acknowledges it has to follow "mandatory disclosure" to "some authorities" when it's compelled by the law. Withings also says that if you delete your account, the information cannot be retrieved from its systems after seven days.
Big tech is watching
This one's less about what the product is than it is about who made it. There are already many tech-connected dashcams on the market, but what makes the $250 Car Cam from Ring most interesting is that it's designed to work with Ring's broader app and service. That can be a benefit for people who are fans of the company's products, but it isn't such a guaranteed win to those who've been following Ring's close relationships with law enforcement and its announcement last year that it reserves the right to share any video footage with the government in "emergency situations" regardless of user consent or if there's a warrant.
Ring's Car Cam is actually two cameras, one pointing out toward the street and the other pointing inward toward the passengers. Ring said it built a physical shutter into the car-facing side of the device. If someone closes that shutter, it also turns off the microphones, though the outside-facing camera will continue to record. "One of the best things about privacy is for it to be manual -- having it be physical," Ring CEO Jamie Siminoff said in an interview with CNET's Justin Eastzer. | https://www.cnet.com/news/the-tech-vibe-tipped-into-dystopian-nightmare-at-ces-2023/ | 2023-01-07 17:31:20 | 0 | https://www.cnet.com/news/the-tech-vibe-tipped-into-dystopian-nightmare-at-ces-2023/ |
Wisconsin women's hockey team enjoys national championship celebration at the White House
MADISON - During the last three months the Wisconsin women's hockey and UW-La Crosse men's and women's track and field teams won national championships.
Monday, each of those programs has its day at the White House.
The Badgers and Eagles were part of NCAA College Athlete Day. Vice President Kamala Harris hosted the event, which drew 47 teams from 19 sports and all three divisions to the South Lawn.
President Joe Biden was scheduled to host the event but couldn’t, according to the Associated Press, due to the completion of root canal surgery.
Harris praised all the athletes for their dedication to their sport.
“You made tremendous sacrifices — training through injuries, birthdays, vacations, and even a pandemic,” she said. “You know, all of you, what it means to commit and to persevere. “And we know that so often, during the course of a long season, sports teams also become a family. You develop life-long relationships. You demonstrate teamwork and character. You make the people around you better in every way. You are leaders. You are role models. And, of course, you are champions.”
Wisconsin won its seventh national championship on March 19. On March 11, the La Crosse women claimed its second national indoor title, while the men's team won its fourth championship. The La Crosse women also were outdoor champion, winning that title on May 27.
A member from each team was invited to the stage to stand behind the speakers. For Wisconsin, captain Britta Curl did the honor. Sophomore JT Zell represented La Crosse men’s track and senior Emma Lawrence represented the women’s team.
Every player for the Badgers made the trip. Thirty-five members of the La Crosse women's team and 25 members of the school's men's team made the trip.
After the ceremony, each team had a tour of the capital scheduled as well as meetings with Senators Tammy Baldwin and Ron Johnson.
“Some of you may end up playing professionally. Some of you may end up representing our country in the Olympics, in world championships, and in World Cups,” Harris said. “But all of you represent the best of our country and our communities, no matter what you do next. And that is why President Biden and I are so optimistic about our future of our county and our world: because of you, because of each of you.” | https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/college/uw/2023/06/12/wisconsin-womens-hockey-celebrate-national-title-at-white-house/70314228007/ | 2023-06-12 19:45:21 | 1 | https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/college/uw/2023/06/12/wisconsin-womens-hockey-celebrate-national-title-at-white-house/70314228007/ |
FORT SMITH, Ark. — For almost a century the castle on Albert Pike has been a constant in Fort Smith. Many have wondered what it is. Many know. In June, the former home of the Benedictine Sisters of St. Scholastica Monastery will tumble down, leaving only memories of the iconic building near Trinity Junior High.
Demolition of Saint Scholastica’s former monastery building, located at 1301 S. Albert Pike Ave. in Fort Smith, is scheduled to begin June 1, noted a news release from the monastery.
“The decision to demolish the Former Monastery Building is not one that the Benedictine Sisters made lightly or without years of research and discernment. Since 2010, Saint Scholastica has engaged in communications with consultants, realtors, and friends of the community about feasible uses for the nearly 100-year-old building,” the news release said.
To repurpose the building into anything else would require significant investment with a great cost needed to bring it up to code and to adjust the layout for practical uses, the release said. A quote obtained several years ago estimated renovation to be more than $15 million, including all electrical and plumbing updates.
“After years of looking, no feasible uses for the Former Monastery Building panned out,” the news release said.
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Mississippi State’s offense was rolling, Rara Thomas was making big plays and the crowd in Baton Rouge was getting quiet.
Then it was all backwards.
The Bulldogs were the ones getting stuffed. LSU went on the offensive. The Tiger Stadium crowd roared.
MSU had fallen off a statistical cliff after halftime Saturday in its eventual 31-16 loss.
Mississippi State (2-1, 0-1 Southeastern Conference) put up 99 total yards in the first quarter alone and 85 more in the second quarter.
But the Bulldogs had just 105 total yards in the second half — 61 in the third quarter and 44 in the fourth.
“I think the biggest thing is we just have to stay focused and do our jobs for longer,” coach Mike Leach said. “We’ve got to play harder longer, and we didn’t.”
It wasn’t just the offense. LSU, held to 145 total yards in the first half, had 271 in the second half, including 175 in the fourth quarter alone.
The Tigers had 14 first downs in the second half to the Bulldogs' five.
Leach said both teams got fatigued, making for a “little more random” game, but he knows MSU missed opportunities Saturday.
“It was certainly there for us,” he said. “We did things on all three sides of the ball that lost the game, and we did things on all three sides of the ball that could have won it, too.”
MSU fumble prone so far
One of those missed opportunities Saturday was a muffed punt by wide receiver Austin Williams, which LSU recovered at the MSU 9-yard line.
Williams’ fumble was Mississippi State’s fifth through just three games, which is tied for 90th nationally. Only 21 teams have fumbled more times, and five of those have played four contests.
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Quarterback Will Rogers lost a fumble against Memphis, but his fumble Saturday at LSU was recovered by left guard Nick Jones. Running back Jo’quavious Marks and wideout Jamire Calvin both lost fumbles Sept. 10 at Arizona.
As far as Williams’ miscue, Leach seemed open to the possibility of putting freshman Zavion Thomas at punt returner more often.
Thomas, used when the Bulldogs had a better chance at a big return, looked the part Saturday with returns of 26 and 22 yards.
“Zavion’s getting better and better,” Leach said. “I think he certainly looked good. This is about as good of a punt return debut as I’ve seen a guy have. I think he’s going to be returning more punts. That role could definitely grow.”
Bulldogs near the bottom in PATs
Besides its fumble statistics, Mississippi State is near the bottom in another area the Bulldogs don’t want to be.
MSU is just 11 of 14 on extra points this season (78.6 percent), which ranks 127th of 131 FBS teams.
Only four other teams have missed more than once; the four schools below MSU in PAT make percentage are all 3 of 4 on the season. East Carolina (12 of 15) is the only school who has also missed three PATs; 104 FBS teams are perfect on the year.
Ben Raybon pulled his first extra point of Saturday’s game wide left, a week after Massimo Biscardi did the same on his first two kicks at Arizona.
Leach proclaimed Saturday he could make an extra point with a couple weeks of practice and said he knew plenty of people who could fill in as well.
Asked Monday if he had thought about going from two, Leach said he had — and he had the same solution for extra points.
“I’ve considered kicking some of them myself,” Leach said.
Where Mississippi State’s PAT kickers are struggling, though, the Bulldogs’ field goal unit has been strong.
MSU is one of 40 teams perfect on field goals this year, and only 16 teams have made more than the Bulldogs’ total of three. Raybon’s 45-yarder Saturday is the Bulldogs’ longest field goal this year.
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DOHA – It was a new twist on an old story for England.
Harry Kane's late penalty flew high over the bar at Al Bayt Stadium Saturday, effectively sealing the national team's World Cup fate.
France held out for a 2-1 win that sent the defending champions back to the semifinals and England home.
Penalties have cost the Three Lions time and again at major tournaments — they have lost shootouts on seven occasions at World Cups and European Championships since 1990.
It didn't come down to that against France, but Kane still faced a test of nerve from the spot when standing over the ball in the 84th minute.
The England captain had already scored one penalty to tie Aurelien Tchouameni's opening goal, but couldn't repeat that act after Olivier Giroud put France back in front with what turned out to be the winner.
England's wait for a first trophy since its one and only World Cup win in 1966 goes on.
EXPECTATION VS PERFORMANCE
A potential quarterfinal match with France always stood out as the moment England's World Cup hopes could end. And that's how it turned out. But that doesn't tell the whole story of a game in which England dominated possession and chances against one of the tournament favorites. If Kane had converted his second penalty, it could have been a different story. It was a performance that exceeded expectations, even if it ended in defeat, and provides encouragement for English fans. England was also the leading scorer in the tournament with 13 goals, which points to a more attacking style than in past years. But after reaching the semifinals in 2018 and the Euro 2020 final, which England lost on penalties to Italy, a quarterfinals exit feels premature.
WHO’S OUT?
Coach Gareth Southgate is considering his future after three major tournaments without a trophy and will be the biggest departure if he decides to walk away from a contract that still has two years to run. He has transformed England's fortunes since taking charge in 2016 and would leave big shoes to fill in terms of the connection he has built between the team and the nation. On the field, time is still on England's side. Kane, at 29, should have another World Cup in him, while players such as Jude Bellingham, Bukayo Saka, Phil Foden and Declan Rice are still to reach their peak. Kyle Walker, Jordan Henderson, Kieran Trippier, all 32, could be among the ones who start to make way for a new generation.
WHO’S NEXT?
Bellingham looks like the future after his dominant performances in central midfield. At just 19, he has already emerged as a leader, while Saka, Foden and Rice will also be key to England's future. Chelsea right back Reece James is one of the country's most exciting young talents and only missed out on Qatar because of injury. Winger Jadon Sancho will also hope to work his way back into the picture by rediscovering his form with Manchester United. The big challenge for Southgate — or whoever is in charge — is to find a natural successor to Kane, even if England's co-leading scorer isn't ready to step aside just yet.
WHAT’S NEXT?
Euro 2024 is the next target and the majority of this squad could be back again for that tournament. Qualifying starts in March, with England taking on Italy in a repeat of last year's final. Ukraine, North Macedonia and Malta are the other teams drawn in Group C. Eyes will be firmly fixed on the tournament in Germany, when England will once again be among the favorites to finally end its wait for a major trophy.
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The Marvel Cinematic Universe can feel like a soulless machine churning out theatrical movies and Disney Plus shows year after year to keep its legions of fans invested. Disappointing films like Thor: Love & Thunder and inconsistent series like She-Hulk certainly didn't do much to assuage that fear.
Thankfully, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, which hits theaters on Friday, reminds us of the MCU's real strength: its characters' humanity and relatability. The 30th MCU movie and the sequel to 2018 megahit Black Panther manages to stand as a touching tribute to that film's late star Chadwick Boseman, who died at age 43 in 2020. But Wakanda Forever neatly balances that with the excitement and fun we expect from a superhero adventure.
Marvel wisely decided against recasting Boseman's role as Wakandan King T'Challa/Black Panther. Instead, returning director Ryan Coogler (who co-wrote the movie with Joe Robert Cole) weaves the character's death into the narrative as the technologically advanced African nation mourns its lost leader and his heroic alter ego.
A sense of grief is threaded through the movie, as the late king's mother, Ramonda (Angela Bassett), and sister Shuri (Letitia Wright) struggle with their loss. These two are Wakanda Forever's beating heart, with Bassett capturing the pain and resignation of someone whose sense of responsibility outweighs their pain. The science-minded Shuri, by contrast, tries to bury her trauma in logic, and Wright's performance ripples with suppressed suffering.
Coogler's patient direction allows us to feel the family's anguish resonating throughout, but leans into Marvel's traditional easy sense of adventure and light tone as the action kicks off, to stop the movie from feeling too heavy.
The narrative thrust comes after world superpowers fail to respect Wakanda's grief, seeing T'Challa's death as an opportunity to plunder some of Wakanda's vibranium -- a metal so rare and versatile it could shift the global balance of power. The hunt for this resource leads the US to the secret underwater empire of Talokan and incurs the wrath of its king, Namor (Tenoch Huerta), who rises as a threat to Wakanda after seeking the country's aid in fending off invasion.
Huerta is captivating as this antihero making his MCU debut, effortlessly sliding between charm and menace. His rich backstory makes him sympathetic, but he also captures the sexy sense of danger Namor has always exuded in the comics. This guy seems destined to rival Loki in the heart of many a Marvel fan.
Talokan is visually stunning, too, with its magnificent architecture mixing elements from Namor's comic kingdom of Atlantis and ancient Mayan culture to create a fascinating aquatic counterpart to the once-isolationist Wakanda as the two nations become adversaries.
The movie doesn't explore Talokan much since most of the action takes place in the surface world, but Marvel will undoubtedly return to this empire in the future. It's also possible parent company Disney didn't want us spending too much time underwater before the long-awaited Avatar: Way of Water comes out next month.
Outside Wakanda and Talokan, we're introduced to genius MIT student Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne). She's crafted a suit of superpowered armor inspired by the late Tony Stark (we also get some delightful visual mirrors to the original Iron Man) -- her youthful exuberance and sense of wonder offer a fun contrast to everyone else's intensity.
Autumn Durald Arkapaw's kinetic cinematography shines in the car chase and battle that follow Riri's introduction, too, making the side quest to Massachusetts one of the most memorable parts of this adventure.
There's no mystery about the identity of the new Black Panther or any real doubt of who'll take up the mantle, but Wakanda Forever builds cleverly to their introduction. This isn't a straightforward moment of triumph, making the climatic battles feel emotionally fraught and morally uncertain in a way Marvel finales rarely are (though it's possibly a few minutes too long, given the movie's 2 hour and 41 minute running time).
The usual wider MCU storytelling is mercifully kept to a minimum here, since this movie is so focused on the Wakanda-Talokan conflict. There are no conspicuous dangling plot threads setting up Riri's upcoming Disney Plus show, while a recurring villainous character operates only on the fringes (stealing every scene they're in), and the single post-credits scene is more of an epilogue than a typical teaser for an upcoming adventure.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever manages the delicate balancing act of working beautifully as a sequel to the 2018 movie, a touching tribute to Chadwick Boseman's character and a complex, thrilling MCU adventure. Marvel might seem like a machine, but adventures like this are a touching reminder of the humanity at its core. | https://www.cnet.com/culture/entertainment/black-panther-2-is-a-touching-tchalla-tribute-with-a-sexy-new-antihero/ | 2022-11-09 20:36:46 | 0 | https://www.cnet.com/culture/entertainment/black-panther-2-is-a-touching-tchalla-tribute-with-a-sexy-new-antihero/ |
WOONSOCKET, R.I., July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) has appointed Tilak Mandadi as Executive Vice President and to the newly created role of Chief Data, Digital and Technology Officer, effective July 25. Mandadi will be responsible for the company's data, digital and technology strategy while overseeing growth and innovation through digital-led, consumer-focused experiences and services.
"Technology is a catalyst for value-creation and growth at CVS Health," said CVS Health President and CEO Karen S. Lynch. "It is crucial that we continue to enhance customer engagement and experiences, and we're confident Tilak will drive these efforts as we prioritize serving consumers wherever and whenever they need health care."
Mandadi joins CVS Health from MGM Resorts International where he served as Chief Strategy, Innovation & Technology Officer. Prior to that, he served in senior digital strategy roles for Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, and American Express.
"CVS Health serves more than 44 million unique digital customers and is increasingly integrating digital solutions into the consumer health care experience," said Mandadi. "I look forward to helping make health care more seamless, convenient, and personalized, and driving business agility and growth through technology, data, digital and experiential innovations."
Mandadi will become a member of the company's executive leadership team and will report directly to Lynch. He holds a master's degree in computer science from the University of Oregon.
CVS Health is the leading health solutions company, delivering care like no one else can. We reach more people and improve the health of communities across America through our local presence, digital channels and over 300,000 dedicated colleagues – including more than 40,000 physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and nurse practitioners. Wherever and whenever people need us, we help them with their health – whether that's managing chronic diseases, staying compliant with their medications, or accessing affordable health and wellness services in the most convenient ways. We help people navigate the health care system – and their personal health care – by improving access, lowering costs and being a trusted partner for every meaningful moment of health. And we do it all with heart, each and every day. Learn more at www.cvshealth.com.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia and NEW YORK, July 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SEATech Ventures Corp. (OTC PINK:SEAV), is pleased to announce the acquisition of Just Supply Chain Limited ("JustLorry"). JustLorry is a leading digital logistics and supply chain management platform specializing in on-demand commercial trucks aggregator in Malaysia. SEAV will acquire 100% of JustLorry by the issuance of 21,831,660 SEAV restricted common shares at US$0.80 per share to the shareholders of JustLorry. The completion of this acquisition exercise is subject to audit finalization of JustLorry financial statements.
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JustLorry has recorded revenue of MYR76,157,620 (approx. US$16.7 million) and MYR199,840,387 (approx. US$43.9 million) for FY2021 and FY2022 respectively, while profit level stood at MYR12,793,605 (approx. US$2.8 million) and MYR15,836,711 (approx. US$3.4 million) for FY2021 and FY2022 respectively. These figures have been approved and audited by Crowe.
"The acquisition of JustLorry marks an important step forward for SEAV's strategic growth plan. By combining the expertise and resources of both organizations, SEAV is poised to revolutionize the digital logistics platform landscape in Southeast Asia, offering innovative solutions to businesses and enterprises across the Asia-Pacific region," said Mr. Chin Chee Seong, the CEO of SEATech Ventures Corp.
"By strategically leveraging the strengths of both companies, we are confident that we will strengthen our position as a market leader, extend our business into new regional territories, and achieve outstanding business results. Our goal of achieving tenfold growth will be realized through a well-balanced approach, combining organic expansion, strategic partnerships, and unwavering dedication to innovation and excellence. With the invaluable guidance and extensive regional network of SEAV, we are poised to surpass expectations and deliver exceptional outcomes," said Mr. Denell Wong Tien Erl, the CEO of JustLorry.
About SEATech Ventures Corp.
Headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, SEATech Ventures Corp. (OTC PINK:SEAV) (a Nevada corporation) aspires to nurture and incubate emerging growth technology companies in South East Asia that aim to become tomorrow's Asia unicorns. SEATech is an incubation and mentoring platform which pools together talents that are equipped with technical, market developmental and financial expertise. They provide mentoring and consultancy on growth strategy through business combination and integration for companies to expand their business across Asia. SEATech advise companies to monetize, capitalize and securitize their businesses by providing funding strategies which include securitized equity crowd funding, private-placement and public listing. With a vast experience in business and ventures, their key management team possess formidable business acumen and have access to a network of managing partners across Asia who are committed in introducing high quality deal-flows to them. SEATech is well positioned to be recognized as an influential Asian Corporate Venture Capital firm in transforming, securitizing, capitalizing and internationalizing Asia's next technology Unicorns.
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About JustLorry
JustLorry, Malaysia's innovative logistics leader, is redefining the industry with technology-driven solutions. With a unique online platform, they seamlessly connect customers with reliable transporters from their network of over 1,000 partners across the country. Harnessing advanced algorithms, JustLorry expertly matches each customer's unique needs the with optimal transporter, streamlining the logistics process. Their proprietary pricing technology further simplifies the experience, providing a variety of cost-effective transport options. This tech-forward approach to logistrics underscores JustLorry's dedication to enhancing customer experiences. Every service is personalized, ensuring a custom-tailored, efficient solution that meets individual client needs.
For further information regarding the company, please visit https://justlorry.com
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ST. LOUIS (KTVI) – The 19-year-old gunman who killed two people at a St. Louis school Monday was armed with 600 rounds of ammunition, police said at a press conference Tuesday.
Orlando Harris opened fire at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School Monday morning. In addition to the two people killed, seven were injured.
Police later shot and killed Harris.
“The threat here is over. However, we’re going to continue to be vigilant in our schools and in our neighborhoods, to be present and alert for situations that could create harm in our community,” said Michael Sack, interim St. Louis Police Chief, during the news conference Tuesday.
Sack confirmed Harris entered the building with only one weapon, an AR-15 rifle, but with more than 600 rounds of ammunition. That included seven magazines of ammunition on a chest rig he wore and eight magazines of ammunition in a field bag he carried.
DeAndre Davis, Director of Safety and Security for St. Louis Public Schools, said Harris did not enter the school through a checkpoint. Within minutes of being notified, police responded to the scene and exchanged gunfire with Harris.
Davis said the security officers at the high school were not armed.
According to Sack and Davis, officers with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department were trained in active-shooter situations about a month ago, including officers who assist with St. Louis Public Schools.
“Officers were aware of what happened, the magnitude of what was happening,” said Davis. “Our officers were there and directing responding officers directly where the shooter was. … They did exactly what they were supposed to do.”
Harris was a graduate of the high school and had no prior criminal history. While the exact motive has not yet been determined, police presented some documents Tuesday that may provide some clues.
Paperwork inside a car tied to Harris included this handwritten note:
“I don’t have any friends. I don’t have any family. I’ve never had a girlfriend. I’ve never had a social life. I’ve been an isolated loner my entire life. This was the perfect storm for a mass shooter.”
Handwritten note in St. Louis school shooting suspect’s car
“We can see some of what’s going on inside his mind,” said Sack. “He feels isolated, he feels alone, quite possibly angry and resentful of others. … So a desire to lash out.”
The two people killed were identified as tenth-grader Alexandria Bell and 61-year-old physical education teacher Jean Kuczka.
The seven injured students are all 15 or 16 years old. All were listed in stable condition. Sack said four suffered gunshot or graze wounds, two had bruises and one had a broken ankle — apparently from jumping out of the three-story building.
Sack reminded community members of the “see something, say something” approach to address any suspicious behavior, particularly any comments involving guns with people dealing with mental health struggles.
St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones said the tragedy is one of many that should heighten action over gun control.
“The scourge of gun violence that continues to claim our children and families in their communities is a national emergency,” said Jones. “It’s a public health crisis that requires federal action.”
Meanwhile, the St. Louis Public Schools district has activated three new resources for mental health since Monday. The district said it is also working on a long-term plan.
“We’re collaborating with our community partners, as well as the mayor’s office and U.S. Department of Education,” said Dr. Michael Brown, deputy superintendent of student support services for SLPS.
In light of the shooting, Jones and other speakers Tuesday encouraged people to call the Behavioral Health Response’s 24/7 hotline at 314-469-6644 or text “Be Heard” to 31658 if in need of any additional mental health resources in the St. Louis region.
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HUDSON, Ohio, Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE: DBD) will release 2022 third quarter financial results on Tuesday, Nov. 8 before trading begins on the New York Stock Exchange. Octavio Marquez, president and chief executive officer, and Jeffrey Rutherford, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will discuss the results during a conference call and webcast beginning at 8:30 a.m. ET.
Prior to the call, Diebold Nixdorf will provide a press release summarizing business and financial results, and a shareholder letter containing other highlights from the period. The press release and letter will be accessible by visiting the Investor Relations section of Diebold Nixdorf's website located at http://www.dieboldnixdorf.com/earnings. Live access to the conference call, as well as the replay, will also be available on this website.
To access the call, we encourage you to pre-register at https://www.netroadshow.com/events/login?show=d580da18&confId=42384. After registering, a confirmation will be sent via email and will include dial-in details and a unique PIN code for entry to the call. To avoid long wait times, we suggest registering at least one day in advance to receive your unique PIN code. Registration will be open throughout the live call. You may also access the call and register with a live operator. The conference call will last approximately one hour. Participants should plan to dial in 15 minutes prior to the session. Details on the call are as follows:
Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated (NYSE: DBD) is a world leader in enabling connected commerce. We automate, digitize and transform the way people bank and shop. As a partner to the majority of the world's top 100 financial institutions and top 25 global retailers, our integrated solutions connect digital and physical channels conveniently, securely and efficiently for millions of consumers each day. The company has a presence in more than 100 countries with approximately 22,000 employees worldwide. Visit www.DieboldNixdorf.com for more information.
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NORWALK, Conn., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Arcline Investment Management ("Arcline"), today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Omega Engineering Inc. ("Omega" or the "Company") from Spectris plc (LSE: SXS). Omega is a leading provider of sensing, control, and monitoring technologies and has joined the Dwyer Group of companies ("Dwyer"), an Arcline portfolio company.
Founded in 1962, Omega is an established global leader in the technical marketplace, offering more than 100,000 state-of-the-art products for measurement and control of temperature, humidity, pressure, strain, force, flow, level, pH, and conductivity. Omega also offers a complete line of data acquisition, heating, and custom-engineered products. Omega's business is fully integrated, with in-house design and engineering, manufacturing, and distribution capabilities facilitating made-to-order products at attractive lead times, positioning the Company as a technology partner of choice to process engineers worldwide.
"As a global leader in sensing and instrumentation technologies, Omega is a logical, complementary addition to the Dwyer Group of companies," Arcline commented. "Omega brings temperature sensing technology leadership as well as an innovative set of IIOT solutions, which have wide-ranging applications for Dwyer Group's existing sensing and instrumentation portfolio. Together, the combined businesses offer customers the broadest portfolio of highly configurable temperature, pressure, flow, and level solutions for critical environment and automation applications."
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About the Dwyer Group of Companies
The Dwyer Group of companies consists of a series of companies and brands including Dwyer Instruments, Love Controls, Mercoid, WE Anderson, Proximity and UFM. Dwyer is a global leader in the design and manufacture of innovative sensors and instrumentation solutions for the IEQ, building automation, process and environmental markets. Founded in 1931, Dwyer is headquartered in Michigan City, Indiana, and has additional offices in Asia, Europe and Australia. To learn more about Dwyer Instruments, visit www.dwyer-inst.com.
About Arcline Investment Management
Arcline Investment Management is a growth-oriented private equity firm with $4.4 billion in cumulative capital commitments. Arcline seeks to invest in technology-driven, meaningful to the world industrial businesses that enable a better future. For more information visit www.arcline.com.
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Pro-life NY leaders slam Hochul, AG James for 'miserably' failing state at reopening of 'firebombed' office
One New York state senator said the attack on CompassCare was 'an act of terror'
The Buffalo, New York, pregnancy center that was "firebombed" by suspected pro-abortion radicals earlier this summer officially reopened this week. CompassCare celebrated the reconstruction with a ribbon-cutting ceremony as well as stern remarks from conservative New York politicians aimed at Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul and state Attorney General Letitia James for their responses to the attack.
"What happened here was an act of terror," New York state Sen. George Borrello said at the news conference held outside CompassCare in Buffalo on Monday morning. "Terrorists attacked this facility."
"And what happened after that? Did we hear from our governor? Do we have a representative from the governor's office here today? How about our attorney general, the chief law enforcement officer of New York State? What was her response to this? I wish it was just silence, but it was worse than silence. They actually turned around and said, ‘You deserve this,'" he continued.
CompassCare’s facility in Buffalo was attacked on June 7 in an incident for which the radical abortion group Jane’s Revenge appeared to take credit just days later. The attack on CompassCare left thousands of dollars in damages, the group’s CEO Jim Harden told Fox News Digital in June, and photos showed broken windows, office spaces covered in soot, and graffiti reading "Jane was here."
PRO-LIFE PREGNANCY CENTER CEO SLAMS DEM SILENCE AFTER ALLEGED FIREBOMBING, CALLS IT A 'HATE CRIME'
"This is the pro-abortion ‘Kristallnacht.’ Because of this act of violence, the needs of women facing unplanned pregnancy will go unmet and babies will die," Harden said at the time of the attack.
Fifty-two days later, the center has reopened and Harden doubled-down on saying that the recent attacks on pro-life centers across the country since the leaking of the Dobbs v. Jackson ruling overruling Roe v. Wade represent a "pro-abortion Kristallnacht."
"There's two things that caused Kristallnacht to become that watershed moment … in the Jewish community in 1938 Germany: a lack of public outcry and a refusal on the part of the political elite to criminalize and go after those criminals," he said at the news conference.
"And that's, unfortunately, I think what we're seeing here in America today," Harden continued.
NEW YORK PRO-LIFE PREGNANCY CENTER ALLEGEDLY 'FIREBOMBED' BY LEFT-WING GROUP, INVESTIGATION LAUNCHED
Harden said he invited Hochul and James to the press conference on Monday so they could see the pregnancy center first-hand. Harden’s invites come after James called on Google to "correct search results that direct individuals seeking abortions to dangerous and misleading anti-abortion clinics in New York," according to a June press release from her office.
Hochul signed a legislative package regarding abortion access earlier this summer, including a bill that grants permission to conduct a study examining "unmet health and resource needs and impact" at "limited service pregnancy centers." Harden slammed Hochul for signing the bill, which he says will "investigate the victims" of abortion. He also condemned Hochul's comments this summer, in which she called pro-lifers "neanderthals" for opposing the argument that women are "entitled" to abortion access.
"They want to investigate us. Well here we are. We're open to the world," Harden said on Monday. "Come and see what the church is doing through places like CompassCare, reaching and serving women in their hour of need. When a woman faces an unplanned pregnancy, she says 'I'm stuck. I'm trapped. I've got no other choice. I need to have an abortion.' That doesn't sound like empowerment. To me that sounds like coercion."
Borrello argued that Jane's Revenge has become emboldened "by the inaction of our governor, of our attorney general," saying New York leaders have "failed miserably" at protecting New Yorkers.
OHIO RIGHT TO LIFE SAYS OFFICES TARGETED TWICE BY PRO-ABORTION VANDALS WITH ROCKS, SPRAY PAINT
"Their inaction sends a message that violence is okay if it supports their political agenda. That's what the governor, that's what the attorney general, and that's what the majority Democrats in Albany have said: Violence is okay if it supports their political agenda. That's what you see here,'" he said.
New York Rep. Claudia Tenney also joined Harden and state Sen. Borrello at the news conference. Tenney spoke about her newly introduced bill, the Pregnancy Resource Center Defense Act, which would increase criminal penalties against people who attack pro-life centers.
She, too, took aim at Hochul and James for their recent remarks and actions regarding the pro-life movement.
"I was appalled by the comments from Kathy Hochul, our governor, how appalling everything just continues to come out. And especially Letitia James, the Attorney General, who's supposed to be helping all of us up here in upstate New York, not just in New York City, not just doing targeted prosecutions with a political nature to them," Tenney said.
James’ office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment on the remarks.
"Governor Hochul condemns violence of any kind, and the State Police stand ready to assist local authorities with the investigation," a spokesperson for Hochul's office told Fox when approached for comment.
Though no arrests have been made, Harden read a statement from Amherst Police at the press conference saying the department is working with federal law enforcement agencies to track down the perpetrators and is currently working on leads in the case.
CompassCare continued working following the attack, according to Harden, using alternate facilities while their Buffalo office underwent repairs.
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Global alternative investment group, with expertise in innovative, cross border transactions, adds next generation financial infrastructure to its investments portfolio
SINGAPORE, Aug. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Lightnet Group ("Lightnet") announced today it has secured a $50 million capital commitment from LDA Capital Ltd ("LDA") to grow its infrastructure, operations, and expand its technological partner's (Velo Labs Technology) blockchain technology. Lightnet will have the option to increase the $50 million to a total commitment of up to $100 million over the next three years. The funds will be utilized to facilitate web 3.0 payment and blockchain ledger-based remittance services focused across Asia Pacific and globally around the world.
"Lightnet's next generation financial infrastructure, along with Velo Labs' disruptive technology, will be the future rails for dynamic and regulated markets providing financial mobility and inclusivity across Asia," commented Warren P. Baker III, Managing Partner, and Co-Founder at LDA Capital.
This investment will allow the Lightnet Group to boost growth in the payment and remittance space, expanding operating corridors and opportunities, obtaining licenses - enabling a transition of existing payment and remittance systems towards new technology and building the #1 CeDefi banking network in Asia through its licensed subsidiaries and its continuously growing number of partners. LDA's capital commitment will also be utilized to increase internal operations including hiring of employees from around the globe to support the expansion of Lightnet's ecosystem. Lightnet also intends to utilize part of the funds to develop Velo Lab's existing technology and contribute to the growth of Velo anchors, remittance partners and liquidity providers, and assist the blockchain company with enhancements of its team by hiring key management officers and developers.
"We're thrilled with this partnership and are so glad that LDA Capital recognizes the value of the new generation remittance services. This investment will allow us to grow and expand our infrastructure, which partners can participate in and grow business solutions. Our unique architecture makes the solution accessible and attainable for anyone to adopt the service." stated Tridbodi Arunanondchai, Co-Founder & CEO of Lightnet.
The Lightnet Group is a Singapore headquartered fintech group with several licensed subsidiaries around the globe dedicated to improving the lives of the unbanked and underbanked populations throughout Asia Pacific, through its revolutionary advancement in cross-border remittance infrastructure.
Leveraging technology from Lightnet's close partner Velo Labs, the project intends to be the first, real-time blockchain settlement flow for remittance and payments between Money Transfer Operators (MTOs) and banking institutions under regulatory supervision and support. The group intends to pilot programs that enable remittance backed by distributed ledger technology through multiple channels including the use of stable coins, bypassing the traditional SWIFT settlement process and thus reducing the need for high costs of pre-funding that currently dominates traditional cross-border payment flows. The goal of this project is to demonstrate how the emerging blockchain technology offered by companies like Lightnet's technology partner Velo Labs can be used in harmony with Lightnet's existing infrastructure, to enhance and complement remittances in a regulated and secure environment.
Additionally, with the assistance of Velo Labs cutting-edge technology, who are focused on building plug-and-play, blockchain-based remittance solutions, Lightnet will effortlessly be able to connect to a multitude of payment partners across the globe, making the remittance ecosystem and payment options more affordable and accessible to businesses and customers alike.
About Lightnet Group
Lightnet Group is a Singapore-headquartered fintech group with the mission of promoting financial mobility and inclusivity. Lightnet Group empowers unbanked populations and SME trade finance with an inclusive international remittance ecosystem. The Lightnet Group's international remittance ecosystem adopts, in parallel to existing and traditional documentation and process, the Velo Protocol as its blockchain transaction documentation protocol and positions itself as the premiere clearing and settlement network for the Asia Pacific region by connecting existing financial systems with its network of cash agents and wallets. To learn more, please visit www.lightnet.io
About Velo Labs
Velo Labs is using blockchain technology to develop a global settlement network that empowers financial institutions to provide secure, near-instant cross-border payments at low cost for individual and business customers. Velo Labs is working to improve access to efficient financial services by developing key technologies that allow for the seamless transfer of value across-borders. To learn more, please visit www.velo.org
About LDA Capital
LDA Capital is a global alternative investment group with expertise in cross border transactions worldwide. Our team has dedicated their career to international & cross border opportunities having collectively executed over 250 transactions in both the public and private middle markets across 43 countries with aggregate transaction values of over US$11bn. For more information, please visit www.ldacap.com. For inquiries please email: info@ldacap.com
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Illinois Lottery's "LuckyDay Lotto Midday" game were:
07-10-19-29-36
(seven, ten, nineteen, twenty-nine, thirty-six)
Estimated jackpot: $100,000
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Illinois Lottery's "LuckyDay Lotto Midday" game were:
07-10-19-29-36
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — Country superstar and newly minted Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Dolly Parton will give fans a glimpse of her upcoming rock album during the 58th Academy of Country Music Awards.
Parton, who was voted into the Hall of Fame last year, will close out the awards show with her performance of “World On Fire,” from her record “Rock Star.” The ACMs will be held on May 11 in Frisco, Texas and available to watch on Prime Video and the Amazon Music channel on Twitch.
Parton told The Associated Press that her new album will have 30 songs and is packed with so many featured artists that it’s more like an event.
“I’ve never done a rock album, for sure I’ll never do another one,” said Parton. “But I got enough stuff on there that will last for a lifetime and another one.”
In addition to Parton, the ACMs announced on Thursday more performers for the awards show, including Jason Aldean, Kane Brown, Luke Combs, Cody Johnson, Miranda Lambert, Jo Dee Messina, Ashley McBryde, Jelly Roll, Cole Swindell, Keith Urban, Morgan Wallen, The War and Treaty, Lainey Wilson and Bailey Zimmerman.
Leading nominees include HARDY and Wilson, while nominees for entertainer of the year include reigning winner Lambert, Wallen, Combs, Aldean, Brown, Chris Stapleton and Carrie Underwood.
Parton returns as co-host for a second consecutive year, while Garth Brooks is co-hosting for the first time. __
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SHENZHEN, China, Nov. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Utmel said that the rapid penetration of the global new energy vehicle market has stimulated the installation of power batteries to increase year by year. At the same time, the technological route of lithium iron phosphate batteries in the field of electrochemical energy storage has become the mainstream solution of newly installed capacity in recent years, and its proportion is rapidly increasing.
Utmel estimates that the global recycling scale of power and energy storage batteries will exceed 1TWh by 2030, with lithium iron phosphate batteries accounting for more than 58% of the total.
Despite fierce competition, the actual recycling scale of retired power batteries is small.
However, there are still several major problems to be solved in the battery recycling industry at this stage.
First, the lithium ion battery recycling industry is still in its early stages, with approximately 70% of used batteries originating from defective products and wastes of battery factories, implying that the actual recycling scale is still small.
Second, the number of participants in the battery recycling industry is increasing, and the overall industry standardization still needs to be improved.
Take the Chinese market as an example, since 2020, China has continued to introduce power battery recycling policies. In 2021, the newly registered battery recycling-related enterprises exceeded 10,000, an increase of about 4 times compared with 2020.
However, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China's Industrial Specification Conditions for Comprehensive Traction of Waste Power Batteries of New Energy Vehicles enterprises (hereinafter referred to as the white list of enterprises), only 45 will be operational by the end of 2021. According to Utmel statistics, the annual production capacity of whitelisted enterprises' waste battery comprehensive treatment has exceeded 1.01 million tons, and the planned production capacity of enterprises' waste battery treatment has exceeded 4.25 million tons. However, the actual recycling volume of lithium-ion batteries in China in 2021 is less than 300,000 tons, indicating that the battery recycling industry's idle capacity is quite obvious.
Echelon and recycling go hand in hand to create a circular economy in battery industry.
In China, one of the world's largest new energy vehicle markets, the installed scale of the global power battery market will exceed 3TWh by 2030, and the installed scale of China's power battery is expected to occupy about 45% of the world. Therefore, the effective use of the battery life cycle will be one of the important ways to build a low-carbon economy in the future. Besides, battery recycling and utilization can not only make up for resource shortage, but also reduce the impact and pressure on environment and resources compared with the exploitation, production and use of primary mine resources.
According to Utmel's research, the recycling of used lithium-ion batteries in China is currently divided into echelon use and recycling. The echelon use is the gradient utilization of power battery storage capacity decay to less than 80% in such fields as power backup, small energy storage, low-speed vehicles (such as take-away two-wheelers, express three-wheelers) and four-wheeled micro-electric vehicles, etc. However, most of the echelon use in the field of energy storage is still in the experimental demonstration stage and is excluded from large-scale energy storage projects by the National Energy Administration of China; while the regeneration utilization is mainly the dismantling of retired power batteries to recover lithium, cobalt, nickel and other valuable metals and reuse them for regenerative manufacturing of battery materials. The recycling is mainly to recover lithium, cobalt, nickel and other valuable metals after dismantling and reuse them in the regenerative manufacturing of battery materials.
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Which drill press is best?
A drill press is a specialized tool that makes precise holes in a variety of materials. While some light-duty drill presses are better suited for the home DIY enthusiast, others are made of sturdy materials and pack lots of power for punching through wood, ceramic, metal and concrete.
If you’re interested in moving from occasional home use to something more substantial, the DeWalt 2-Speed Magnetic Drill Press is a good step up. It has the power you need to make fast cuts in different materials.
What to know before you buy a drill press
Quill stroke
Quill stroke, also referred to as the quill travel, is how far the chuck — the clamp that secures the bit — moves up and down. How far the chuck moves determines both the maximum thickness of material you can drill through and how deep a hole you can make. Light-duty drill presses have a quill travel of 2 inches, but professional tools have a 6-inch stroke (or more).
Chuck size
Another chuck measurement that is important is its size. Most presses let you choose between a half- and five-eighths-inch chuck. This restricts only the maximum drill shank size, not the maximum hole size. For example, you can drill a 3-inch hole with just a half-inch shank.
If you are just starting out, a half-inch shank is a good size. If you want to use more professional woodworking tools such as a mortising chisel, you’ll need to step up to five-eighths.
Table size and angle
Drill press tables are fairly compact. Most measure 6-8 inches square. This is the perfect size for smaller jobs, but a table this small cannot accommodate long pieces of wood or metal.
You can solve this problem at home by building another table and fastening the original to it. Some drill presses offer tables of different sizes — a good option for woodworkers who routinely work with sheet goods or long pieces of lumber.
In addition to deciding which size works best for you, you might want to select a drill press that can be angled up to 45 degrees in each direction. Some even tilt forward. This lets you produce angled holes.
What to look for in a quality drill press
Brushless motor
A brushless motor is not common in a drill press, but it’s worth seeking out. These are quieter and use power more efficiently for better longevity of your drill.
Depth stop
Once you set your quill depth, you’ll need a feature that reinforces that. A depth stop ensures that all holes you drill are the same.
Inch and metric markings for depth
At the very least, if the drill press does not have a depth stop, look for inch and metric markings on the side of the press. You need to check to make sure they are set properly if you don’t have a depth stop, and this makes it easier.
Laser guidance
Laser guidance is another tool for the beginning wood and metal worker. Two lasers form a target where the drill can be placed.
How much you can expect to spend on a drill press
The price of a drill press varies depending on the capacity of the press and where it’s operated. Expect to spend $50 to $800 on a drill press ranging from a lightweight bench model to a heavy-duty floor-standing press.
Drill press FAQ
How big should your drill press be?
A. Its size depends on what you’re planning on doing. Look for the manufacturer’s measurement to determine its capacity. For example, if the drill press is 8 inches, that means you can drill a hole in the center of a piece of wood that measures 8 inches square.
Most tabletop presses are 8 or 10 inches. Floor presses are larger, but few measure more than 24 inches.
How do you safely operate a drill press?
A. Your drill press needs to be in good working order to function properly.
- Oil its column to fight rust.
- Turn it off to make any adjustments to speed or depth.
- Be mindful of moving parts when operating it.
- Let the drill come to a complete stop before moving to the next piece or making any adjustments.
What’s the best drill press to buy?
Top drill press
DeWalt 2-Speed Magnetic Drill Press
What you need to know: It has a variety of features that make it easy to use and perfect for professional jobs.
What you’ll love: The strong magnet means bigger projects are completed with ease. It’s made from heavy steel and has a 10-amp motor for power when you need it. The teeth are precision ground for fast, clean cuts. It can drill holes from different angles. The included bit can make a hole of up to 2 inches.
What you should consider: The quick-change bit sometimes results in a looser fit.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top drill press for the money
Dremel Mini Portable Drill Press
What you need to know: This light-duty drill press is suitable for small projects and the occasional DIY.
What you’ll love: It adjusts telescopically from 16 to 29 inches. You can store drill bits, wrenches and other Dremel accessories on the tool itself. It also has cord management for safe storage and inch and metric markings on the base for more accurate drilling. It drills to a depth of 2 inches, and the base attaches to a work table securely with four clamps.
What you should consider: There are many parts to it that can be difficult to put together.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Shop Fox Oscillating Floor Drill Press
What you need to know: This press is set up directly on the floor but adjusts for slightly finer work, too.
What you’ll love: The spindle oscillates for more efficient work. The stand is heavy and sturdy, and the tilt of the table can be adjusted, as can the height. You can also use it for sanding without adding any extra tools. It comes with a two-year warranty.
What you should consider: There is not that much range in the height adjustments. Some users also report defective machinery or damage in shipping.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
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BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) _ Terreno Realty Corp. (TRNO) on Wednesday reported a key measure of profitability in its second quarter.
The Bellevue, Washington-based real estate investment trust said it had funds from operations of $36.1 million, or 48 cents per share, in the period.
Funds from operations is a closely watched measure in the REIT industry. It takes net income and adds back items such as depreciation and amortization.
The company said it had net income of $96.7 million, or $1.28 per share.
The industrial real estate company, based in Bellevue, Washington, posted revenue of $65.4 million in the period, which topped Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $64.1 million.
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BEIJING, June 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A report from People's Daily: Chinese President Xi Jinping on June 28 sent a congratulatory letter to a forum on people-to-people friendship between China and the United States.
The event, titled "Bond with Kuliang: 2023 China-U.S. People-to-People Friendship Forum," is being held in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian province.
In the letter, Xi said that back in 1992, he invited Mrs. Elizabeth Gardner to Kuliang, helping her fulfill the wish of her late husband to return to his childhood home. In the following 30 years and more, members of the Kuliang Friends and people from various sectors of both countries have delved deep into the history of this town, actively spread its culture, and worked tirelessly to deepen mutual understanding and friendship between the Chinese and American peoples.
Kuliang is where a touching story of China-U.S. friendship happened.
In 1901, Milton Gardner, born in the United States, came to live in Fuzhou with his parents when he was still in his infancy, and his whole family moved back to the United States in 1911. Gardner had been longing for revisiting his childhood home, but had never been able to make his wish fulfilled.
Gardner's story was told by an article published on People's Daily on April 1992. In 2012, when visiting the United States as China's vice president, Xi shared the Kuliang story with the audience at a welcome luncheon held by American friendly groups, drawing warm response from all sectors in the two countries.
Amity between peoples holds the key to the relationship between countries, and the people are the cornerstone of its growth, Xi said. "I hope that you will continue to write the Kuliang story and carry forward the special bonds, so that the friendship between our two peoples can stay forever strong and robust like the thousand-year-old cedar trees in Kuliang."
Lee Gardner is a grandnephew of Milton Gardner. Though the man, in his seventies, is physically challenged, he still came to China to join the forum this time. It marked his fourth time returning to Kuliang.
Lee Gardner's grandfather and father were all born in Fuzhou. This time, he returned to Kuliang wearing a tie in "Chinese red."
Opening an album of his family, Lee Gardner told People's Daily that his entire family is grateful to Xi, and the Chinese President's efforts to help an American senior fulfill his wish have touched many people in the United States.
Elyn Maclnnis, is the Lead Researcher of the Kuliang Tourism and Culture Research Association. Her husband Peter MacInnis was born in China, and her father-in-law Donald MacInnis was once a member of the Flying Tigers, a formidable group of volunteer fighter pilots who helped China fight the Japanese invasion.
After hearing the letter from Xi at the forum, Elyn Maclnnis noted that the three generations of her family all have a bond with China and love the country very much.
In 2015, the woman started studying the history and culture of Kuliang through conversations with the members of Kuliang Friends. In her point of view, the Kuliang story mirrors the peace and friendship carried by this piece of land.
"Thanks to the efforts of President Xi, the Kuliang story of China-U.S. friendship is known to the world. The article was published on April 8, 1992, and me and Mrs. Elizabeth Gardner arrived in Fuzhou on August 21. This was organized by President Xi. He is as easy-going as family," said Liu Zhonghan, author of the 1992 People's Daily article.
He said that the forum, which was joined by many from the United States, reflected the people-to-people friendship between the two countries.
Currently, the international community is generally concerned about today's U.S.-China relations, and it's more important than ever for the two countries to inherit their friendship, transcend disputes, find common value and establish a heart-to-heart bond, said Luca Barone, who received Xi when the latter visited Iowa in 1985 as the party secretary of Zhengding county in China's northern province of Hebei.
Barone noted that the Kuliang story is inspiring and shows what true friendship is.
Robert Lawrence Kuhn, chairman of the Kuhn Foundation, told People's Daily that non-governmental friendship is a foundation on which different countries enhance mutual understanding, expand consensus and strengthen friendliness.
Xi's congratulatory letter is of vital significance for the United States and China to get rid of the difficulties in their relations and restart communication in all fields, Kuhn said, adding that it demonstrates China's sincerity in developing China-U.S. relations and commitment to cooperation.
Kuhn hopes that the people-to-people friendship between the United States and China can be passed down from generation to generation and help the two countries improve their relations.
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Which do you prefer? Hot or cold? Suzy Fleming Leonard
With much of the world in the midst of a heatwave, it seems our default setting is to complain.
There's no disputing it's hot right now. According to a recent story in USA Today, at least 45 states and more than 100 million Americans were dealt temperatures of 90 degrees or higher in the past week.
It's a true hardship for many, and I certainly don't mean to make light of what's a serious situation in other places. But for those of us who've lived in Florida for any length of time, a sweltering summer is a given.
I live here because of the heat, not despite it. I'll take hot over cold any day. I love visiting the cold, but I don't want it coming to see me.
Walking around the quaint shops near snowy Lake Tahoe in February a few years back was lovely, but it didn't take long for me to tire of taking off the hat scarf and gloves, putting on the hat scarf and gloves. Oops! Where did I drop the other glove? Outside was biting cold. Inside was stuffy hot.
Plus, I never want to scrape my icy windshield with my debit card again.
There's been a lot of discussion among my friends about the merits of hot vs. cold, so I decided to take an unofficial poll on Facebook to see what others prefer.
Turns out, with more than 200 responses, it's a tie.
"Hot," said Marcus Darnell, a Chicago native who moved to the Space Coast for college and never went back. "I'm in Florida for a reason. Winter is for Penguins. I am not a penguin."
"Give me the cold," said Jamey Thompson, a local chef who grew up in Rockledge. "You can only take off so many clothes (legally). At least in the cold you can always layer."
His wife, Myesha Thompson, disagrees.
"Hot," she said. "The heat is miserable but the cold hurts."
Carol Ellis is another Florida native who's not a fan of heat.
"Cold," she said. "I hate it when my arms are stuck to my sides."
The non-natives don't seem to mind.
"I didn't move to Florida to wear a parka," said Gregg Wiggins, who formerly lived in the D.C. area.
Not so for Scott Kingston of Grant-Valkaria.
"Rather be cold because I can always build a fire," he said. "If it's super-hot, I can't make an air conditioning. Also highly doubt anyone wants me shedding more clothes."
For Shannon Mulvaney of Melbourne, it's got to be hot.
"I love it," she said. "I can always cool off by enjoying a pool or the ocean or AC. There's so much more you can enjoy outside when it's hot."
My cousin, Carl Lytle from Birmingham, Alabama, on the other hand, likes doing things outside when the temperatures drop.
"I like the cold," he said. "Being hot drags me down and makes me lethargic. Cold motivates me to move more so I can possibly get warm."
Former FLORIDA TODAY cartoonist Jeff Parker is a true Florida man.
"I hate temps below 70 and live in a Polartec from mid-November to mid-March," he said. "Also, it freaks out loved ones that our AC is set to 78 (and I still get a little cold sometimes and cut off the paddle fan). My motto is: If you can't wear shorts and a t-shirt, what's the point?"
Same goes for local artist Eric Lamarr: "Cold! Well, 75 and sunny."
Brevard attorney Tami Nicholls asked for the legal parameters of my hot or cold question:
"Are we talking about looks and emotions? Thus, me being a hot looking individual with a cold heart, or temperature wise? Temperature wise, 75 degrees please."
And my former colleague Keith Magill in Louisiana took the weather out of the equation entirely.
"I would rather be called hot than cold," he said.
But the person who really nailed it? Former FLORIDA TODAY reporter Kimberly Moore, who now lives in Lakeland.
"Goldilocks here would like to be juuuuuust right," she said.
Me, too, Kimberly. Me, too.
Suzy Fleming Leonard is a features journalist with more than three decades of experience. Reach her at sleonard@floridatoday.com. Find her on Facebook: @SuzyFlemingLeonard or on Instagram: @SuzyLeonard.
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A new federal law, passed after the Department of Energy allowed the export of taxpayer-funded battery technology to China, aims to tighten restrictions on sending such government discoveries abroad.
Initially, the "Invent Here, Make Here Act" will apply only to programs in the Department of Homeland Security. But the law's sponsors in Congress say they plan to expand it to the DOE and other agencies next.
Sen. Tammy Baldwin, a Democrat from Wisconsin, said she and then-Sen. Rob Portman, a Republican from Ohio, sponsored the measure after an NPR investigation into how breakthrough battery technology from a U.S. government lab wound up at a company in China. The bill passed with wide support in December as part of the National Defense Authorization Act.
"The Invent Here, Make Here Act is focused on making sure that when we invest American taxpayer dollars, that the breakthroughs actually end up getting manufactured here," Baldwin said.
NPR, in partnership with public radio's Northwest News Network, found the Department of Energy allowed cutting-edge technology to transfer overseas from its Pacific Northwest National Laboratory with little oversight. The lab spent six years and more than $15 million developing a new battery recipe using vanadium.
Scientists thought the batteries would change the way Americans powered their homes. Instead, China just brought online the world's largest battery farm using the American technology.
NPR and N3 found the Department of Energy and the lab granted the license to a company that moved manufacturing overseas on two separate occasions, even though the contract required the company to "substantially manufacture" the batteries in the U.S.
In a letter to Energy Department Secretary Jennifer Granholm, Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio requested information and criticized the department's actions.
"For far too long, [China] has captured vital U.S. technology through illicit means and the carelessness of government agencies..." he wrote.
Baldwin said she and her colleagues focused the new law on the Department of Homeland Security first to see what kind of response it would get. Now that there is bipartisan support, she said they intend to introduce legislation targeting the DOE and additional federal agencies.
"So many of our legacy laws have huge loopholes," she said. "There's a lot of additional action we can take."
After NPR's reporting, the DOE revoked the license it had given to the battery company, and opened an internal investigation. The department has not shared its findings publicly. In response to NPR's request for public records under the Freedom of Information Act, officials sent 233 fully redacted pages - a couple public documents, and NPR's own emails.
But according to the website E&E, which obtained a copy of the report, investigators found the department and the lab failed to adequately monitor the license. They found that frequent staff turnover and inadequate record-keeping prevented the lab from tracking the battery license despite years of "non-compliance."
"Even though there have been laws on the books for decades designed to ensure that those patents are utilized in the United States by American manufacturing, unfortunately they have been widely ignored," said Scott Paul, president of the Alliance for American Manufacturing, a nonprofit policy group.
Paul said federal agencies are finally coming around to the idea of protecting U.S. taxpayer investments. For decades, the U.S. has lost out on producing some of its best discoveries, such as solar panels, drones, telecom equipment and semiconductors.
"I'm bullish on the prospects for manufacturing," he said. "But we do have to stop making these boneheaded, unforced errors like giving our technology away to companies that are simply going to manufacture in China."
Energy officials did not respond to NPR's written questions. Department spokeswoman Charisma Troiano said only that she does not believe the law "has anything to do with" the Department of Energy.
In June 2021, the department implemented stronger guidelines to a 1984 law which requires American manufacturing except in special circumstances. But Paul said the recent Congressional legislation and possible new laws carry more weight.
"We've been on our heels for way too long," he said. "The policy momentum is with these efforts. It's good that lawmakers are responding."
Paul said he believes the bipartisan support in Congress for the additional laws will lead to new American factories in the next few years.
Courtney Flatt, a reporter with the Northwest News Network, contributed to this story.
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NPR's David Folkenflik reported this story with Mario Ariza and Miranda Green of Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powerful interests stalling climate action.
Terry Dunn couldn't fathom why Alabama's residents — among the poorest in the U.S. — pay some of the nation's most expensive electricity bills.
So in 2010, Dunn ran for a seat on the state commission that sets energy prices. He promised to hold a formal rate hearing at which Alabama Power executives would have to open their financial books and answer questions, under oath and in public. That hadn't happened for nearly three decades.
After winning, Dunn says, a top lobbyist for the utility took him aside and promised he could hold his roughly $100,000-a-year position on the commission for years — as long as he remained a team player. (Alabama Power declined to make the executive available to address the accusation; the utility and its corporate parent, Southern Company, declined all comment for this story.)
"They didn't take me serious," Dunn says now.
Dunn, a Republican and Tea Party conservative, plowed ahead. And soon enough, he found himself the target of a political pressure campaign, replete with character assassinations and online smears.
Attacks began in online news outlets in 2013. One headline in Yellowhammer News read: "Democrats Embrace Republican Public Service Commissioner Terry Dunn."
In a June 2014 column, Alabama Political Reporter's editor in chief, Bill Britt, cast Dunn as a pawn of his own aide, a Democrat.
"For some Dunn is a populist hero; for others, he's a radical environmentalist," Britt wrote. He saw Dunn as manipulated by those who "find companies like Alabama Power a convenient political target."
These were devastating portrayals for Dunn in a deeply red state.
"Mostly everything was all made up," he says. "You get to thinking, 'Why are they attacking me?' I'm just telling the truth and trying to do what's right for the people."
Floodlight and NPR have not been able to independently verify whether Alabama Power directed or had prior notice of the sharply critical coverage aimed at Dunn.
In 2014, Dunn lost his reelection bid by 19 percentage points — to a catfish farmer who had previously served as a county commissioner.
Eight years after Dunn's defeat, Alabama has still not held a rate hearing on electricity prices. Alabama Power remains one of the most profitable utility companies in the country.
An orchestrated attack
Yellowhammer News and Alabama Political Reporter offer clashing ideologies - one hardline conservative, the other centrist - and appear simply to be competitors. Owners of the two sites separately defend their coverage, saying they are independent news outlets.
In reality, they are among six news outlets across Alabama and Florida with financial connections to the consulting firm Matrix LLC, a joint investigation by Floodlight and NPR finds. The firm, based in Montgomery, Alabama, has boasted clients including Alabama Power and another major U.S. utility, Florida Power & Light.
In addition to Yellowhammer and The Alabama Political reporter, the sites include Alabama Today, The Capitolist, Florida Politics and the now-defunct Sunshine State News.
A tally of the five still-functioning sites show they have a collective audience of 1.3 million unique monthly visitors. Many of their consumers are political professionals, business leaders and journalists — people who help set the agenda for lawmakers and talk radio shows in both states.
These readers have been unknowingly immersing themselves in an echo chamber of questionable coverage for years.
Matrix shrewdly took advantage of the near collapse of the local newspaper industry and a concurrent plunge in trust in media in propelling its clients' interests.
"The reduction in just the size of the press corps covering state government has created a vacuum that I think tends to be filled by people who have agendas beyond serving the public interest," says former Miami Herald executive editor Tom Fiedler.
A core tenet of U.S. journalism holds that reporting should be fair and transparent, unaffected by financial backers who may have their own hidden interests. News outlets are supposed to hold the powerful to account and give people the knowledge to make choices as informed citizens.
The public bears the brunt of deep cuts in conventional newsroom staffs, Fiedler says, as those driving the news agenda at some newer outlets are often "the special interests - in many cases, the monied interests."
In Alabama and Florida, Matrix sought to ensure much coverage was secretly driven by the priorities of its clients. Payments flowed as the utilities in Florida and Alabama fought efforts to incorporate more clean energy in electric grids — a fight they are still waging.
For this investigation, Floodlight and NPR drew upon hundreds of internal Matrix documents and public records, more than three dozen interviews, a review of social media postings, and an original analysis of coverage.
Those accounts reflect a complex web of financial links, in which the six outlets collectively received, at minimum, $900,000 from Matrix, its clients, and associated entities between 2013 and 2020.
All of the media organizations deny their coverage was shaped by those payments and deny they acted unethically.
The founder of Matrix, Joe Perkins, says the firm paid news sites only for advertising and other run-of-the-mill services for its clients. He also denies Matrix paid anything at all to two of the sites. Beyond that, Perkins has consistently called the firm's former CEO, Jeff Pitts, a "rogue employee" and, in a lawsuit, alleges Matrix is not responsible because the former executive acted without his knowledge or his firm's consent. Pitts did not respond to several detailed requests for comment. In court filings, Pitts says Perkins knew everything–and he accused Perkins of wrongdoing.
They also cast blame on one another over a series of recent scandals. Matrix recently made headlines for surveillance of a power company CEO and a journalist who wrote critically about Florida Power & Light's business plans. Matrix has also been accused of seeking to influence ballot initiatives on clean energy and offering a lucrative job to a public official in Jacksonville to induce him to resign. Florida Power & Light did not respond to a detailed list of questions, and an executive for the company declined to address them in a phone call.
Payments to news sites flowed as utilities fought clean energy initiatives
Coverage of Matrix's power company clients at the six news sites ebbed and surged around election seasons and other key inflection points. For example, Sunshine State News emerged when Sen. Rick Scott, a consistent ally of Florida Power & Light, was governor of Florida and maintained warm ties with him. Matrix records show the firm paid the site at least $180,000. It shuttered a year after he won election to the U.S. Senate. A former Scott aide also founded The Capitolist, based in Tallahassee.
Additionally, Matrix's clients took a strong interest in who wrote the laws and enforced the regulations. Last year, Florida Power & Light wrote a bill that was passed by the Florida Legislature and that would have gutted the ability of homeowners to make money off solar panels. Gov. Ron DeSantis ultimately vetoed it.
One state away, Alabama Power runs and owns a coal-fired power plant that is the largest single source of carbon dioxide emissions in the United States.
An analysis by Floodlight and NPR of the three Alabama news sites with links to Matrix finds overwhelmingly positive coverage of Alabama Power. The review looked at articles on each site that contained the phrase "Alabama Power" and found that the vast majority of pieces either were positive or appeared to mirror a news release by the utility.
In interviews, two former reporters at the Alabama Political Reporter recounted episodes in which articles about Alabama Power received intense and unusual scrutiny from editors. In one case, the story was never published. Its proprietor denies any such influence on the site.
Together, Alabama Power and Florida Power & Light keep the lights on for nearly 7.5 million businesses and households. Since consumers' payments contribute to much of the two utilities' profits, much of the money that the companies spend effectively derives from consumers' bills.
From its creation, Matrix has focused on manipulating the media
Matrix founder Joe Perkins has long held an interest in the power of the media. As a doctoral student at the University of Alabama, he wrote his thesis about a specific quandary: How can journalists' choice of sources and anecdotes affect public sentiment?
"When a minority opinion gains access to the news media repeatedly through various techniques to make its point, it may be perceived as more widespread and pervasive than it actually is," he wrote in his 73-page paper.
He then put his research to use, building up Matrix.
In the early days, Matrix quietly sought to influence decisions over matters like who was eligible to win contracts with the Alabama teachers pension fund. The firm eventually established a presence in 10 states.
Stealth was a hallmark of the operation. Matrix employees often created shell companies to conduct transactions for clients.
"Invisibility is more powerful than celebrity," reads a plaque hanging in Matrix's Montgomery office.
Perkins and Pitts, the CEO, were characterized by some as akin to father and son; Perkins promised to one day pass on the company. Pitts benefited from an ability to instill loyalty and fear in those who carried out his commands, according to multiple people who have worked with him. (Most Matrix associates refused to be interviewed on the record for this story, citing the influence the two men maintain in their professional circles.)
It took the unraveling of Matrix to reveal the full extent of its influence.
At the end of 2020, Pitts left Matrix to start his own rival consulting firm called Canopy Partners. Perkins sued, accusing Pitts of secretly engaging in work for a utility based in Palm Beach, Florida while at Matrix. That is where Florida Power & Light is headquartered.
In litigation involving both men, Pitts alleged he quit Matrix over Perkins' "unethical practices," including "deploying phony groups and digital platforms to intimidate individuals as a method to influence public perception and litigation."
How Alabama Power became a digital media player
The Alabama Political Reporter and Yellowhammer News launched during the same week in 2011. They have consistently cheered Alabama Power through overwhelmingly positive news stories.
Starting at least as far back as April 2013, Matrix paid $8,000 a month to the Alabama Political Reporter, according to internal Matrix records. Matrix also drew up a proposed website design for the publication in June 2015, according to prototypes obtained by Floodlight and NPR.
Britt, Alabama Political Reporter's editor in chief, says he could not verify the specific Matrix payments. He mocks the authenticity of the prototype, while confirming that Matrix designed his website. Britt affirms he took money from the firm for advertising and acknowledges that Matrix also paid for reporters to do research for the firm, an atypical practice for newsrooms.
"We have to make money," Britt says.
When Alabama Power CEO Mark Crosswhite announced his retirement last month, Alabama Political Reporter posted a story written by "STAFF." It reproduced the company's press release, verbatim.
The links to Yellowhammer News are more convoluted. In 2014 — the year Terry Dunn lost his bid for reelection — he faced attacks in the online press, including in Yellowhammer News.
Floodlight and NPR were able to document a complex stream of transactions between a nonprofit run by an Alabama Power contractor and a series of nonprofits linked to Matrix and Yellowhammer News.
For example, Yellowhammer News runs the Facebook page of a nonprofit, the Alabama Free Market Alliance, which attacks renewable energy. That nonprofit received $100,000 in 2014 from the Alabama Power-linked group, federal tax records show. All the nonprofits were involved in work that furthered the interests of Alabama Power.
"Yellowhammer Multimedia has no relationship, financial or otherwise, with Alabama Political Reporter, Matrix LLC or Alabama Free Market Alliance," Yellowhammer News owner Allison Ross says. She did not respond to questions about the site's relationship with Alabama Power.
A Florida power company CEO orders up a story at The Capitolist
Florida has stood out as one of Matrix's biggest successes. The firm represented several of the state's largest corporations, including a major fertilizer and sugar company as well as Florida Power & Light.
Documents obtained for this story show executives at Matrix and Florida Power & Light dictated some coverage at The Capitolist after a Matrix employee purchased an option to buy the publication in 2019 through a limited liability company.
In May 2020, The Capitolist ran a story mocking a call by the Miami Herald for reader donations. The headline read: "The Miami Herald has turned to begging to support their biased reporting and fear-mongering."
Emails obtained by Floodlight and NPR for this story show that Florida Power & Light CEO Eric Silagy had proposed the story to Matrix employees.
"I would think The Capitolist would have a field day with this one," Silagy wrote to Pitts on May 4, 2020. The story ran three days later. Silagy had also suggested a cartoon of a prominent Herald reporter, Mary Ellen Klas, "with a tin cup on the street corner." The Capitolist blasted to thousands of its email newsletter subscribers an edited image of Klas in which she holds a sign asking for "Spare change for Fake News — Miami Herald reporter needs help."
Journalism relies on a currency of trust: trust that the information provided is fairly presented. Trust that there are no hidden ulterior motives driving those reports, even when news is presented with a point of view.
"If you are paid for copy, then you can't be fair," says Chuck Strouse, the former editor in chief of Miami New Times. "You have to acknowledge and be upfront with your reader about what exactly is happening. I mean, that's just a cardinal rule of journalism."
The editors operating the Matrix-linked sites do not appear to be following those rules.
For example, emails show that The Capitolist's editor-in-chief and publisher, Brian Burgess — once a top aide to Senator Scott back when Scott was Florida's governor — asked Matrix executives for permission to write a pro-solar energy story. The story was requested in May 2020 by one of The Capitolist's other sponsors — a public relations company.
"Sachs Media is asking me for coverage on this, but wanted to run it by you first," Burgess wrote to Abigail MacIver, the Matrix employee to whom the site was formally registered. "Need guidance on this ASAP."
Sachs Media's founder, Ron Sachs, confirms that his firm had advertised in The Capitolist.
Emails show the Matrix executives ultimately agreed to let Burgess write the story because, as MacIver wrote, "it makes him look like he's not in our pocket and it isn't bad for" Florida Power & Light. (The executives were among those Matrix later sued.)
"The Capitolist stands by the accuracy of every story it has published and openly acknowledges that we bring a center-right, pro-free market editorial viewpoint to our work," Burgess writes in response to questions from NPR and Floodlight.
Advertisers receive more coverage at popular news site Florida Politics
Of all the leaders of sites with links to Matrix, only one, Florida Politics Publisher Peter Schorsch, acknowledges he doesn't observe traditional journalistic practices when deciding what to cover.
In an interview, Schorsch says he practices "combination journalism": He says Florida Politics' coverage is not dictated by advertisers, but it often gives them favorable coverage. And, he says, sometimes he gives them more coverage.
"Once a relationship is developed, if they come to us with the pitch [to cover a story], yes, they are going to be at the front of the daily line as opposed to a national advertiser making a pitch who I've never dealt with before," Schorsch says. "I will say there's a very big wall in our operations" between advertisers and coverage.
A 2021 invoice shared by Schorsch shows that Florida Power & Light paid the site $43,000 for advertising, enough to cover the cost of a full-time reporter. Schorsch says his reporters do private research for clients too, though he would not specify what that entailed.
By his own account, Schorsch also was paid roughly $100,000 by April Marie Fogel, the publisher of Alabama Today, another of the Matrix-linked sites. The money went for help with "editorial and digital tech services," he tells NPR and Floodlight. Fogel, who is also former Matrix CEO Pitts' romantic partner, received more than $140,000 from Matrix, the firm's records show. (She declines to comment on her ties to Matrix, saying "not my monkeys, not my circus.")
Schorsch calls Fogel a friend and says he did not know she was being paid by Matrix.
Ryan Ray, a Florida Politics reporter from 2014 to 2017, says Schorsch directed him to write favorably about industries that advertised with Florida Politics.
"There is no question that polluters, big special interests and others who have an interest in influencing Florida state government have paid Peter Schorsch for positive coverage or to avoid coverage," Ray tells Floodlight and NPR. "I think even he would tell you that."
Schorsch rejects that allegation.
"I don't think there's been any thumb on the scale," Schorsch says. And he defends his model of journalism.
"I'm not trying to pretend that I'm an angel or anything like that," Schorsch says. "But ... man. If I go, there's nothing left in this f***ing space. There's like the Tampa Bay Times, the Miami Herald, and you're down to nothing."
"They abandoned me. So let them struggle."
As for Terry Dunn, he now lives more than two hours' drive from Montgomery, Alabama's capital. He left the city for good after he lost his reelection bid in 2014.
"Seeing how dirty everything was, [it's] basically just a cesspool down there," Dunn says. "I was glad to get out."
Despite believing Alabama Power sent Matrix to drag him down, Dunn has trouble separating those who created corporate propaganda from the people who swallowed it — and voted him out of office. He knows that Alabama residents' electricity rates are not appreciably better today than they were before his election. These days, what fight he had has been displaced by resentment.
"Alabamians bitched about high power bills, but when they had someone that would address it, they abandoned me," Dunn says. "So let them struggle to keep the lights on."
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Updated February 3, 2023 at 11:32 AM ET
The U.S. State Department says Secretary Antony Blinken has postponed his trip to Beijing amid concerns about a Chinese surveillance balloon flying over U.S. airspace.
The Pentagon said Thursday it had "very high confidence" that the high-altitude surveillance balloon came from China and is being used to collect information from sensitive sites.
China's foreign affairs ministry confirmed on Friday that the balloon is theirs, but called it a "civilian airship used for research, mainly meteorological purposes," that had gone off course by accident.
"Affected by the Westerlies and with limited self-steering capability, the airship deviated far from its planned course," it said in a statement. "The Chinese side regrets the unintended entry of the airship into US airspace due to force majeure. The Chinese side will continue communicating with the US side and properly handle this unexpected situation caused by force majeure."
U.S. defense officials believe it does not pose a "military or physical threat to people on the ground," as NORAD and U.S. Northern Command said in a Thursday statement, and recommended against shooting it down.
Mao Ning, China's foreign ministry spokesperson, previously told reporters that China has "no intention of violating the territory or airspace of any sovereign country" and urged people to remain calm and avoid speculation until all the facts are clear.
Still, some Republican lawmakers — including House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke — are accusing China of provoking the U.S. and calling for the U.S. to address it.
The incident comes at a tense time for U.S.-China relations, with American national security concerns ranging from TikTok to Taiwan and just before Blinken was set to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing as part of an effort to diffuse those tensions.
The trip would have followed up on President Biden's meeting with Xi in Bali in November. Blinken was due to depart Friday, and would have been the first Biden administration Cabinet secretary to visit China.
The State Department says Blinken plans to reschedule the trip at the next soonest opportunity.
A senior State Department official speaking on background called the balloon incident "unacceptable and irresponsible," adding:
"We have noted the PRC statement of regret, but the presence of this balloon in our airspace is a clear violation of our sovereignty as well as international law, and it is unacceptable that this has occurred."
Here's what else we know so far.
What is a surveillance balloon?
These large balloons carry cameras or other equipment and float above a given area, usually at an altitude of about 80,000 to 120,000 feet, The Guardian reports. In contrast, commercial planes generally fly at about 35,000 feet.
Pentagon press secretary Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder has said the balloon is "currently traveling at an altitude well above commercial air traffic."
The National Parks Service says the use of spy balloons within the U.S. dates back to the Civil War, when both sides used hot air balloons (usually tethered to the ground and reaching about 1,000 feet) to collect reconnaissance and direct artillery toward the other.
The practice became more widespread during World War I and then during the Cold War, when the U.S. launched hundreds of balloons to gather intelligence on China and the Soviet Union, Bloomberg reports.
Surveillance balloons have been overshadowed by satellites and unmanned drones in recent decades, though they still offer certain advantages (for instance, they're cheaper to launch and can conduct long-duration surveillance missions). Politico reported last year that the Pentagon was expanding investment in high-altitude balloon projects.
What do we know about this particular balloon?
This balloon is likely operating in the stratosphere, between 80,000 and 120,000 feet in altitude, according to James Flaten, a researcher at the University of Minnesota who works with NASA to teach students using high-altitude balloons.
Flaten says the balloon appears to be rigged for a long-duration mission.
"It clearly has solar panels," he says. "This is intended to stay up for a long time and power itself."
NASA uses similar balloons to launch experiments high above the Earth. They can inflate to as large as a quarter mile across, Flaten says, and carry payloads up to thousands of pounds.
Flaten says at these altitudes, objects tend to move horizontally around the world from West to East and stick to a fixed latitude, so it could be that the Chinese government launched this balloon from its own territory.
"It wouldn't be impossible at all for a balloon from China to overfly the United States," he says.
But at the same time, he says he doubts that the Chinese government would have much control over its exact path.
"The balloon will go with the wind; these are not horizontally-powered devices for the most part," he says.
And, Flaten adds, in the stratosphere, balloons can behave unpredictably. He thinks it is possible that this Chinese balloon, whatever it is, is not where it's supposed to be.
"I'm not saying they're telling the truth, I'm just saying that's a plausible story," he says.
What is it looking for?
U.S. officials said Thursday that the U.S. had been tracking the balloon since it entered U.S. airspace a few days ago. They didn't specify its exact timeline or path other than to confirm it floated over Montana at one point (the white circle is so large that people could spot it from the ground).
U.S. officials have broadly said it was flying over sensitive sites to collect information.
Montana is home to one of America's three nuclear missile silo fields at Malmstrom Air Force Base, which could be of interest, NPR national security correspondent Greg Myre told All Things Considered.
"The U.S. and China are always trying to gather intelligence on each other, but usually not in a way like this that is so obvious and almost certain to be detected," he added.
China's foreign ministry did not mention surveillance in its statement, simply describing the object as "a civilian airship used for research, mainly meteorological, purposes."
Why didn't the U.S. shoot it down?
A senior defense official told reporters Thursday that the U.S. had prepared fighter jets to shoot down the balloon if ordered, but that the Pentagon recommended against it, in part because of the risk that debris from such a large balloon could pose to people on the ground.
"It doesn't seem that this balloon is capable of gathering intelligence that would be significantly beyond what could also already be gathered by, say, satellites," Myre added.
But, he said, the U.S. is using some of those fighter jets to "take a peek" at the balloon in its efforts to keep monitoring it.
Flaten, the balloon researcher, agrees it might make sense to leave it be:
"If you had a hundred or 200 pounds of stuff and that came tumbling down from a high altitude, that wouldn't be very good for whatever it landed on."
What's the argument for shooting it down?
"We shouldn't let this thing be floating above our ICBM fields, or really over the U.S. in general," says Tom Karako, a senior fellow with the International Security Program who is also the director of the Missile Defense Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
The balloon could be carrying a camera, Karako said, but it could also be trying to soak up signals intelligence and sensitive communications.
"It's hard for me to believe that if we were putting a balloon over China and they had the capacity to take it down, that they wouldn't do so," he said.
Shooting the balloon down or taking it down through other means could accomplish two things: It would immediately demonstrate the U.S. displeasure, and the payload could yield important information.
"If we recovered it in some capacity, we take it apart and perhaps learn something about [China's] own signals intelligence, or whatever the payload is," Karako said.
Karako dismissed China's characterization of the craft as a weather balloon. He also notes the Pentagon's assertion that the balloon's owner has "put it over the continental United States for an extended period of time."
What happened in Canada?
Canada also says it's monitoring a high-altitude surveillance balloon, though it's not clear if it's the same one. U.S. officials said the balloon they are tracking flew over the Aleutian Islands and through Canada before it was spotted Wednesday over Billings, Montana.
"Canadians are safe and Canada is taking steps to ensure the security of its airspace, including the monitoring of a potential second incident," the Canadian Department of National Defence said in a brief statement on Thursday.
It added that it is in frequent contact with the U.S. as the situation develops.
"Canada's intelligence agencies are working with American partners and continue to take all necessary measures to safeguard Canada's sensitive information from foreign intelligence threats," it said.
Have we seen this kind of thing before?
The Pentagon said similar balloon activity has been seen on occasion in recent years.
A defense official "wouldn't characterize this as revolutionary," Myre reports, adding that what seems to be different this time around is the altitude of the balloon and the length of time that it's staying over the U.S.
The U.S. Naval Institute pointed to one not-so-recent memory in a Thursday evening tweet: During World War II, the crew of the USS New York spotted a sphere in the sky that they suspected was a Japanese balloon. After multiple successful attempts at shooting it down, they realized they were actually shooting at Venus.
What was Blinken planning to do in China?
Tensions were already high this week, when the U.S. announced it would expand its presence in Southeast Asia with access to more bases in the Philippines — a move China said would threaten security in the region.
The balloon situation creates more friction between the countries and has given China hawks in the U.S. more material to seize on, as NPR's Beijing correspondent Emily Feng tells Morning Edition.
"The U.S. and China have been trying to stabilize their relationship, but this incident and ongoing bipartisan efforts to increase sanctions on China get in the U.S. officials and former diplomats tell Feng it might result in a joint statement, perhaps about combating climate change or against the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine, but no major breakthroughs are likely.
Still, they had said the fact that Blinken was visiting China at all was a sign of progress.
"There are some meaty issues at the heart of their relationship over human rights, combating climate change, technological competition," Feng says. "So that involves getting China on board, even if the two countries don't see eye to eye."
Correspondents Michele Kelemen and Greg Myre contributed to this report. Correspondent Emily Feng contributed from Taipei, Taiwan.
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INDIANAPOLIS — A rescue in central Indiana is helping find forever homes for abandoned and unwanted Labrador retrievers and Lab mixes.
Love of Labs, Indiana began in 2005 to save as many lovable pets as possible.
"Some dogs we pull come from horrific circumstances, have experienced incredible neglect or abuse in some cases, unfortunately, and they are still tail-wagging, loving, forgiving, like nothing ever happened to them, super loyal to us, and I just think they're fantastic dogs," said Megan Montague, president of Love of Labs, Indiana.
Kanaan, a 5-month-old Lab, is currently with a foster family. The rescue said a lot of people don't understand all the qualities of a Lab before they decide on adding one to the family.
Cecilia Samperio and her family, adopted Sunny after fostering her, adding a second Labrador to the family.
"She's really kind and sweet, and she loves people and other dogs. She gets along with about everyone," Samperio said of Sunny.
Samperio's family has fostered six Labs from Love of Labs, Indiana — one of which ended in a big litter of puppies.
"We fostered this pregnant dog named Charlotte, and she had nine puppies in my room," Samperio said.
Love of Labs, Indiana rescues the breed from across the Midwest, with many dogs coming from Kentucky and Tennessee.
A team of roughly 150 volunteers and fosters does all of the work, and, like every rescue, could always use more assistance.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — United by heartbreak in recent years, the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) and LGBTQ+ communities were invited to share perspectives at Sacramento community forum.
It comes as the Asian American community is still reeling from back-to-back deadly shootings in both Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay.
At the Sacramento Headquarters of Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs (APAPA), keynote speaker Marsha Aizumi spoke as a Japanese American mother to a transgender son, who battled mental health challenges.
"Now I hope they look and say I know a mother, and I know her son, and I hope that changes them," Aizumi said of those who heard her story.
Aizumi said it's too often that Asian Americans face their mental health struggles alone.
"I know in our Asian community, we don’t reach out for support in this area. Because of the stigma of, 'Oh, you can’t handle it.' It’s like you’re weak or you’re not strong enough," said Aizumi.
Sacramento County's first Asian American District Attorney Thien Ho said Asian Americans face barriers when it comes to seeking help from law enforcement too.
"Some of it deals with the language barrier, some of it deals with the cultural barrier, some of it deals with fear and distrust of law enforcement," said Ho. "So, as a partner in law enforcement, one of the things that we have to do is build a bridge and be that bridge to all communities."
Ho said representation is also key.
"Out of 2,400 elected DAs (district attorneys) in the country, I am only, currently, the fifth that is of Asian descent," said Ho.
That's one of the reasons Aizumi speaks out at events like APAPA's.
"The reason that I do this work is because I think it’s so important to have that visibility and voice, so that maybe somebody else will actually seek mental health," said Aizumi.
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NEW ORLEANS — While the New Orleans Saints’ mathematical playoff hopes might be more the stuff of fantasy than reality, they’re evidently not giving up.
“The good thing is we had an opportunity to win it and we took care of business and we did that.”
Now the Saints have to try to win two in a row — something they have yet to do this season.
“Our mindset and our goal is to finish the season the right way and win the next three,” Dalton said.
After Tampa Bay (6-8) lost to Cincinnati on Sunday, New Orleans (5-9) was in a three-way tie with Atlanta and Carolina for second — and last — place in the anemic NFC South. But because the Buccaneers have beaten the Saints twice, New Orleans will have to make up two games on Tampa Bay in the final three weeks of the regular season.
Saints linebacker Demario Davis said the best way the Saints can improve their fortunes is to not dwell on playoff scenarios.
“I’d rather just deal with what’s in front of us and deal with reality,” Davis said Monday. “Control what you can control. We know we have a game this week and that’s what we’re focused on — how well we can prepare to go out and beat a really good Cleveland team in a challenging environment. And that’s going to take an incredible amount of focus, and so you can’t focus on anything else.”
The Saints, who seldom play in cold weather, will have to contend not only with the Browns but also playing outdoors on the shores of Lake Erie in what are forecast to be freezing temperatures.
“It’s going to be cold and windy for both teams and so we’re not going to make too big a deal about it,” Saints coach Dennis Allen Said. “The focus really has to be on the team we’re playing and not really about the elements.”
WHAT’S WORKING
Entering Monday, the Saints rank seventh in pass defense in the NFL after allowing just 97 yards through the air on Sunday. And that’s with top cornerback Marshon Lattimore missing more than half the season.
WHAT NEEDS HELP
The Falcons rushed for a season-high 231 yards against New Orleans on Sunday.
But while Allen said he would like to have seen better defensive numbers against the run, he added, “The job of the defense is to minimize scoring.“
The Saints have allowed an average of 17.6 points during their past five games.
“I think that’s winning football,” Allen asserted.” So we’ve got to continue to do what the ultimate goal is, to limit the number of points allowed.”
STOCK UP
Tight end Juwan Johnson and undrafted rookie receiver Rashid Shaheed.
Johnson, an undrafted rookie of Oregon in 2020 who was converted from a receiver to tight end in 2021, caught both of Dalton’s touchdown passes on Sunday. That gives Johnson a team-leading seven TD catches.
“He attacks every day,” Allen said. “He understands that we’re fortunate to be able to do what we do for a living and I don’t think he takes that for granted.”
Johnson is “a playmaker and one of those guys we’re obviously trying to get the ball in his hands,” fellow tight end and part-time QB Taysom Hill said.
Shaheed’s 68-yard touchdown reception on a deep pass from Hill against Atlanta was Shaheed’s third scoring play this season. All of his TDs have gone for 44 yards or more.
“It’s hard to find guys that can run like him,” Hill said.
STOCK DOWN
Running back David Johnson, playing in his second game for the Saints, gained just 12 yards on four carries and lost a fumble inside the Atlanta 20-yard line.
INJURIES
There did not appear to be significant injuries during the game for New Orleans, but the Saints played a ninth straight game without top cornerback Marshon Lattimore (abdomen) and also scratched defensive end Payton Turner because of his ankle injury.
KEY NUMBER
58 — The number of years between Hall of Famer Frank Gifford’s last game in 1964 and this past Sunday, when Hill became the first player since Gifford to have double-digit TDs passing, running and receiving in his career.
NEXT STEPS
The Saints’ visit to Cleveland on Saturday will be the first of two road games in consecutive weeks before their regular-season finale back home. The Saints will visit Philadelphia in Week 17.
Meanwhile, New Orleans this past offseason was among the teams interesting in acquiring QB Deshaun Watson. Now they’ll try to prevent him from knocking them out of the playoff picture.
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WILMINGTON, Del., June 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Jurdy®, the new other-worldly cartoon character known as the "Hero of Happy-ness™", is landing on earth for National UFO Day, July 2nd to cultivate laughter and ease human fears about UFOs.
With all the news about UFO sightings and curiosity about life on other planets, cartoonist Jenifer Jurden is launching a new single-panel cartoon strip, "Planet Jurdy™," featuring her whimsical, but lovable cartoon alien, Jurdy®.
Jurdy® can't wait to engage human curiosity with an eye toward helping us see the joy of being human through the lens of a humorous and lovable alien. Through Jurdy's earthly creator, Jenifer Jurden, Planet Jurdy cartoons will help us learn that it is precisely our differences that make us unique and able to make our world a kind, happy place where humor reigns.
"Jurdy has arrived to bring levity to our human plight and to demonstrate that even though we may all be from different walks of life, and life-forms, we all experience similar, silly situations and daily challenges. Jurdy uses his alien humor to show us how to handle and cope with life's oddities and absurdities through sarcasm and true to life scenarios," says Jurden. Jurdy is currently in orbit on the Jurdy website, on social media and is also available for other earthly opportunities. Please contact creator, Jenifer Jurden at jen@shoutbcause.com.
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Jurdy®, the "Hero of Happy-ness™," is a cool little alien cartoon character created by Jenifer Jurden, a cartoonist and marketing professional. For more information, visit www.jurdy.com or contact Jenifer Jurden at jen@jurdy.com
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AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday appointed John Scott to temporarily serve as Texas’ attorney general after the House of Representatives voted to impeach Ken Paxton, a Republican, over allegations of misconduct and crimes.
Scott, an attorney, has previously worked in the attorney general’s office and recently served as Texas Secretary of State. Abbott appointed him as the state’s chief elections officer in October 2021 and he served until December 2022, when he left the post before the state Senate would vote to confirm his appointment.
Abbott made the announcement in a statement that did not mention Paxton by name or comment on the accusations against him. The governor has been publicly silent about Paxton since the impeachment proceedings began last week.
“John Scott has the background and experience needed to step in as a short-term interim Attorney General during the time the Attorney General has been suspended from duty,” Abbott said.
Paxton weathered years of scandal and maintained his party’s support to win three state-wide attorney general’s races before the vote in the Republican-controlled House abruptly swept him from power.
The vote came after a monthslong House investigation into the attorney general that resulted in 20 charges alleging sweeping abuses of power, including obstruction of justice, bribery and abuse of public trust.
Paxton has criticized the impeachment as an attempt to “overthrow the will of the people and disenfranchise the voters of our state.” He has said the charges are based on “hearsay and gossip, parroting long-disproven claims.”
Scott briefly joined former President Donald Trump’s legal team last year as it challenged the 2020 election results, although he withdrew after three days. His appointment as Texas’ elections chief troubled voting rights groups as it came amid pressure from Trump and Republican activists to perform an audit of elections even though Trump won the state by 300,000 votes.
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BOSTON, Nov. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Moors & Cabot, a 132 Year-Old diversified financial services and wealth management firm headquartered in Boston with offices throughout the country, and its shareholders have closed on a transaction involving the sale of its shares to Eighteen Ninety Partners, LLC in a "management buy-out" of the current non-operating shareholders. Eighteen Ninety Partners is a limited liability corporation owned and controlled by current Moors & Cabot Executive Chairman Mark Garrett, Moors & Cabot Chief Financial Officer Mike Hildreth and Howard "Skip" Hauser. The transaction is the culmination of a strategic succession planning process launched in 2019 by current ownership for the long-term stewardship of the business.
"As we enter the next phase for our 132 year-old firm, we expect to build on the foundation that is in place today and continue to work closely with our financial professionals, support staff, and partners to continue to serve clients in the manner to which they've become accustomed," Mark Garrett, Executive Chairman, said. "This is an ownership and stewardship commitment to the stability and longevity of our company in a market that has experienced tremendous consolidation. We are entering an exciting period for Moors & Cabot as we look to scale and grow the business for the long-term."
Assisted by Berkshire Global Advisors, an investment bank, the Board of Directors and the shareholders engaged in a strategic review process and ultimately determined that the management buy-out would deliver the best possible outcome for both current shareholders' interests and limit disruption to the remaining stakeholders of M&C; its management, financial professionals, employees, and most importantly - Moors & Cabot clients.
Dan Joyce, President and CEO of Moors & Cabot, commented, "For 132 years, Moors & Cabot has managed private wealth for many families and businesses through generations. This transaction will allow us to continue the tradition of always putting the best interests of our clients front and center."
The terms of the deal are not being disclosed.
The transaction closed on October 27, 2022.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Jacob Ognacevic had 18 points in Lipscomb’s 82-77 victory against Navy on Wednesday.
Tyler Nelson finished with 20 points and 12 rebounds for the Midshipmen (5-2). Daniel Deaver added 16 points and seven rebounds and Mac MacDonald had 14 points.
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NASCAR contractor dies of electrocution setting up Chicago Street Race
53-year-old Duane Tabinski hired to set up audio equipment for the race
A NASCAR contractor has tragically died after being electrocuted as he was setting up for the Chicago Street Race at Grant Park 220.
Duane Tabinski, 53, the founder of an events company hired for audio equipment installation, was the man who died, per the Cook County Medical Examiner. A local station, WLS-TV was first to report.
NASCAR proceeded to release a statement on the matter.
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"We are coordinating with local authorities on this tragic incident," race organizers told the Associated Press. "We share our condolences to the family and their loved ones.
Tabinski was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital after first responders were called to the racetrack. He was pronounced dead Friday morning, per WLS-TV.
The street race in Chicago is set to be the first in NASCAR Cup Series history, as it will take place through the famed city’s downtown streets.
It originally started as a virtual street race in March 2021 as part of the eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series. However, rumors eventually came out that NASCAR wanted to make a real-life race out of the virtual track they created.
The official announcement of the race being a part of the Cup Series came on July 19, 2022.
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SAN RAFAEL, Calif., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ: BMRN) today announced that Jean-Jacques Bienaimé, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BioMarin, will host a conference call and webcast on Wednesday, August 3rd, at 4:30 p.m. ET to discuss second quarter 2022 financial results and provide a general business update.
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Interested parties may access a live audio webcast of the conference call via the investor section of the BioMarin website, www.biomarin.com. A replay of the call will be archived on the site for one week following the call.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Three Alaska Native tribes have sued to block what they say would be one of the largest gold mines in the world, arguing that federal agencies failed to properly analyze health and environmental concerns for the project in southwest Alaska.
Tribes from the communities of Kwethluk, Tuluksak and Bethel filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday challenging the adequacy of a 2018 environmental review by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and issuances of a key permit and lease by federal agencies for the Donlin Gold project.
The lawsuit, filed on behalf of the tribes by environmental nonprofit Earthjustice, claims the agencies failed to fully analyze potential harms and health impacts from a catastrophic spill and did not provide adequate protection for rainbow smelt, a subsistence food, from increased barge traffic related to the project, the Anchorage Daily News reported.
The lawsuit states the project has received the approvals needed for construction to begin but that construction has not yet started. The project is about 10 miles (16 kilometers) north of the Kuskokwim River community of Crooked Creek. Donlin Gold LLC, owned by subsidiaries of Canada-based NovaGold Resources and Barrick Gold Corp., manages the project.
Dolin Gold said in a statement that the federal permitting process was rigorous.
“Donlin Gold’s stakeholders fully believe that this lawsuit is meritless and are confident the actual record will once again fully support the agencies’ decisions," the statement said. “In the meantime, the Donlin Gold team and the owners continue to advance remaining state permitting, as well as drilling and technical work, subject to Donlin Gold LLC Board approval.”
The lawsuit names as defendants the corps, U.S. Interior Department, U.S. Bureau of Land Management and agency officials. An Interior Department spokesperson declined to comment. A spokesperson with the corps in Alaska referred a request for comment to the U.S. Department of Justice, which did not respond.
The deposit contains 39 million ounces (1.1 billion grams) of gold — worth close to $80 billion at today’s prices. A 315-mile (507-kilometer) natural gas pipeline from the west side of Cook Inlet would supply a power plant at the mine. The project life is anticipated around three decades.
The project is on land owned by The Kuskokwim Corp., the area Alaska Native village corporation, and the mineral rights to the deposit are controlled by Calista Corp., the regional Alaska Native corporation.
The mine is expected to employ 3,000 people during construction and about 1,400 people during operations. Opposition has grown in recent years from tribes and other Indigenous groups that worry the project will harm fisheries, a primary subsistence resource for residents. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/3-alaska-native-tribes-sue-to-block-major-gold-17882879.php | 2023-04-06 19:48:46 | 1 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/3-alaska-native-tribes-sue-to-block-major-gold-17882879.php |
SUMMERVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Flood watches were in effect in the U.S. southeast early Monday as forecasters warn of the possibility of torrential downpours on Labor Day across already saturated ground.
Among the hardest-hit areas in this weekend’s storms was northwest Georgia, where 12 inches (30 centimeters) of rain fell in some spots, forecasters said.
The flooding knocked out water service to parts of Georgia's Chattooga County, authorities said.
“Our main thrust right now is getting our water situation back in hand,” said Earle Rainwater, who owns Rainwater Funeral Home in Summerville and serves as the Chattooga County coroner.
“Without water, you can’t do anything,” he said Monday. “We don’t have water except for bottled water and what’s in the creeks.”
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Sunday declared a state of emergency in Chattooga and Floyd counties. That directed all state resources to help with “preparation, response and recovery activities.”
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In Chattooga County, several people had to be rescued from their homes on Sunday, especially in lower-lying areas of the county, Rainwater said. “They used Jon Boats, they used kayaks, they used anything that would float."
Waves of showers and storms were expected to develop Monday in the region, as moisture from the Gulf of Mexico continues to stream across the South, the National Weather Service said. Some training storms — storms that drop several inches of rain as they move over the same areas like train cars — were also possible, the weather service said.
Parts of Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia were under flash flood watches through Monday evening. The chance for flash flooding also extended to the northeast, into Pennsylvania and parts of southern New England, the weather service said.
Church pastors and volunteers planned to distribute water on Monday in the small towns of Summerville and Trion, according to the Chattooga County Emergency Management Agency.
Chattooga County, about 90 miles (145 kilometers) northwest of Atlanta, is home to about 25,000 people.
“We’re just country folks and trying to help each other,” Rainwater said.
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Lawsuit claims Wells Fargo discriminated against Black mortgage applicants
ATLANTA (WSB) - A class-action lawsuit alleges that Wells Fargo discriminated against Black borrowers at all stages of the home loan process.
“I pay on time, and my credit is good,” said Henry Umeana, a Wells Fargo customer.
An IT professional with a sterling credit score and down payment money ready to go, Umeana said there was no explanation for why his home loan with Wells Fargo, where he’s banked for two decades, was never approved.
“I keep waiting, and I push the closing date from April to May and from May to June, and meanwhile, I was still renting, you know,” Umeana said.
Umeana finally went elsewhere for the loan.
He’s one of the named plaintiffs in the class-action lawsuit, alleging Wells Fargo discriminates against Black borrowers.
Attorneys behind the lawsuit gathered with clients Monday at the Mount Zion Second Baptist Church in Atlanta’s historic Old Fourth Ward.
“They’re discriminating against Black people, and it’s systematic,” attorney Ben Crump said.
The lawsuit alleges Wells Fargo denies mortgages for Black borrowers more often, charges them higher interest rates, charges them higher costs and fees and offers them fewer re-financing options.
“I thought I was a shoe-in,” said Christopher Williams, an Atlanta resident and Wells Fargo customer.
Williams said he’s long worked in finance himself, and he said the real estate loan Wells Fargo offered him came with a much higher rate than it should have and that he found elsewhere.
“My credit score was just under 800 before I applied,” he said. “When they told me my credit score when I applied, they told me it was 100 points less.”
Wells Fargo characterizes the lawsuit as “unfounded attacks,” saying in a statement, “We are deeply disturbed by allegations of discrimination that we believe do not stand up to scrutiny. We are confident that we follow relevant government-sponsored enterprise guidelines in our decision making and that our underwriting practices are consistently applied regardless of a customers race or ethnicity.
“(It) seems like the only common denominator was the color of the applicant’s skin,” Crump said.
Attorneys said they have no way of knowing how many Black borrowers could be included in the class-action suit. They’re waiting to get discovery documents from Wells Fargo.
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Houston vs. Auburn: Betting Trends, Record ATS, Home/Road Splits - Second Round
The No. 9 seed Auburn Tigers (21-12) are 5.5-point underdogs in their second round NCAA Tournament matchup against the No. 1 seed Houston Cougars (32-3) on Saturday at 7:10 PM on TBS. The winner advances to the Sweet 16 in the Midwest Region bracket. The point total is set at 131.5 in the matchup.
Houston vs. Auburn Odds & Info
- Date: Saturday, March 18, 2023
- Time: 7:10 PM ET
- TV: TBS
- Where: Birmingham, Alabama
- Venue: Legacy Arena at BJCC
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Houston vs Auburn Betting Records & Stats
- The Cougars are 16-16-0 against the spread this season.
- This season, Houston has won 24 of its 27 games, or 88.9%, when favored by at least -250 on the moneyline.
- The moneyline for this contest implies a 71.4% chance of a victory for the Cougars.
- Auburn is 16-14-0 ATS this year.
- The Tigers have been listed as an underdog of +200 or more on two occasions this season and lost both games.
- Auburn has an implied victory probability of 33.3% according to the moneyline set by sportsbooks for this matchup.
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Additional Houston vs Auburn Insights & Trends
- Houston has covered the spread twice, and is 9-1 overall, over its past 10 games.
- In their past 10 contests, the Cougars have hit the over four times.
- Auburn has gone 4-6 over its last 10 games, with a 5-5 record against the spread in that span.
- The Tigers have hit the over in six of their last 10 games.
- The Cougars score 7.4 more points per game (74.7) than the Tigers give up (67.3).
- Houston is 14-8 against the spread and 25-0 overall when scoring more than 67.3 points.
- The Tigers put up an average of 73 points per game, 16.6 more points than the 56.4 the Cougars give up.
- Auburn is 13-12 against the spread and 19-9 overall when it scores more than 56.4 points.
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NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — A team of biologists recently hauled in the heaviest Burmese python ever captured in Florida, officials said.
The female python weighed in at 215 pounds (98 kilograms), was nearly 18 feet long (5 meters) and had 122 developing eggs, the Conservancy of Southwest Florida said in a news release.
The team used radio transmitters transplanted in male “scout” snakes to study python movements, breeding behaviors and habitat use, said Ian Bartoszek, wildlife biologist and environmental science project manager for the conservancy’s program.
“How do you find the needle in the haystack? You could use a magnet, and in a similar way our male scout snakes are attracted to the biggest females around,” Bartoszek said.
The team used a scout snake named Dionysus — or Dion for short — in an area of the western Everglades.
“We knew he was there for a reason, and the team found him with the largest female we have seen to date.”
Biologist Ian Easterling and intern Kyle Findley helped capture the female snake and haul it through the woods to the field truck.
A necropsy also found hoof cores in the snake’s digest system, meaning that an adult white-tailed deer was its last meal.
National Geographic documented the discovery, highlighting the continued impact of the invasive pythons, which are known for rapid reproduction and depletion of surrounding native wildlife.
Bartoszek said removal of female pythons plays a critical role in disrupting the breeding cycle.
“This is the wildlife issue of our time for southern Florida,” he said.
Since the conservancy’s python program began in 2013, they’ve removed over 1,000 pythons from approximately 100 square miles (25,900 hectares) in southwest Florida.
Over that stretch, necropsies have found dozens of white-tailed deer inside Burmese pythons. Data researchers at the University of Florida have documented 24 species of mammals, 47 species of birds and 2 reptile species from pythons’ stomachs.
Prior to the recent discovery, the largest female removed through the conservancy’s program weighed 185 pounds (84 kilograms) and was the heaviest python captured at the time in Florida, officials said.
The state’s python removal program runs for two weeks in August. Participants compete for prizes, including $2,500 for capturing the most pythons.
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SANTA CLARA, Cuba (AP) — Serious, standing upright and dressed in long gala dresses – despite the midday Cuban heat – Lisset and Liusba quietly walk up the ten steps of the notary office, their hands clenched and shaking.
Less than a few feet ahead walk their two young daughters.
Nearly an hour later, when they walked out of the doors, the tension on their faces was replaced by smiles. From that moment, they were wives.
It became a possibility just three weeks before on the island when Cuba’s new Family Code – opening up everything from equal marriage to surrogate mothers – came into effect.
The couple, which has been together for seven years, is one of the first to make the decision to get legally married in Cuba following the code.
“It’s a big day,” said Liusba Grajales, a manager at the central University of Las Villas, just 250 kilometers from the capital. “Love is love, just the way it is. Without imposition, without prejudice … I don’t know whether I should laugh or cry. It’s a mix of so many strong emotions.”
Just a few meters away, Lisset Díaz, a 34-year-old dancer, shared her joy. “I feel proud,” she added. “I’m amazed.”
The code was approved after heavy campaigning by the Cuban government, and support by the most vocal advocate for gay rights on the island, Mariela Castro, the daughter of former president Raul Castro.
It made Cuba the ninth country in Latin America – following Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Colombia – to legalize gay marriage in recent years.
Cuban elections — in which no party other than the Communist is allowed — routinely produce victory margins of more than 90% — as did a referendum on a major constitutional reform in 2019.
Despite that, a third of the country, 33.15%, voted “no”. The text faced a large campaign against it from evangelical groups that reject gay marriage.
Meanwhile, 66.85% of the Cubans who came out, voted “yes." Nearly 6% left blank or voided ballots.
The code also was rejected by some groups opposed to the government, which called for a “no” vote as a way of rejecting Cuban authorities amid rising discontent with the government of Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez.
It was also opposed by some members of the LGBTQ community, which said they were abstaining to vote on something they considered to be a human right in the first place.
“Many people in the community were against voting “yes” because they don’t believe that they need some paper to tell them they have this on paper (to be recognized as a couple). I think we do need the right, that it protects us,” said Liusba.
Though she said she believes the island is still “a decade away” from becoming a “better and more inclusive” society.
The old Family Code, dating back to 1975, established that marriage was between a man and a woman – not between two people – which excluded lifelong partners from things inheriting the belongings of the other when one died.
Together, they live with their two daughters, 11-year-old Laura and three-year-old Ainhoa. The latter was born by insemination at home because at the time they had no access to assisted fertility treatments because they didn’t have male partners.
The new law goes further than equal marriage – which activists tried to include in the Constitution in 2019 without success – or the ability for gay couples to adopt or use surrogates.
The law regulates for the first time visitation rights of grandparents over grandchildren and communication with step parents in situations of divorces, and even custody of minors in latter when it’s necessary for the child’s welfare.
It also allows for separate property regimens for married couples, authorizes parents to choose the order of their children’s surnames, extends protections for the disabled and elderly, among other rights.
The women considered the marriage a way to also protect their children if something were to ever happen to them.
Ainhoa, also dressed in her best dress for the occasion, didn’t quite understand her mother’s marriage ceremony, but walked around introducing her Laura. “She is my sister,” she repeated.
“I’m happy for what the wedding means,” Laura added to The Associated Press very circumspectly, wiping tears away alongside her mothers.
But it came from strong opposition from evangelical churches, which alleged the law was against the “traditional family” established by God, that they claim is the union of a man and a woman meant to procreate. In some rural areas, the code appeared to receive less support.
While the country's capital of Havana received 70% approval, and Villa Clara – home of Liusba and Lisset – received 66%, in southeastern Holguin it got 53%.
The pushback “indicates that we have to keep working in those areas and deepen and direct educational work,” said Francisco “Paquito” Rodriguez, a blogger and one of the first Cuban activists for the rights of the LGBTQ community.
Though he still called the new code a victory.
Cuban authorities did not disclose how many gay couples were married in these three weeks, although Rodriguez thinks it could be at least dozen based on the information he’s gotten from social media.
“In 2007, we celebrated for the first time the International Day for the Fight Against Homophobia and Transphobia in Cuba. It took 15 years of fighting to make it law,” Rodriguez said. “It seems like a long time in the life of an individual, but it’s an achievement in the course of our history.”
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Buzz Aldrin, moonwalker and former astronaut, ties the knot on his 93rd birthday
Buzz Aldrin, one of two astronauts to set foot on the moon in the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, tied the knot with his longtime love on his 93rd birthday, according to a tweet he posted on Friday.
Aldrin posted on his Twitter account that he and Anca Faur got married in a small ceremony in Los Angeles, California.
"On my 93rd birthday & the day I will also be honored by Living Legends of Aviation I am pleased to announce that my longtime love Dr. Anca Faur & I have tied the knot," Aldrin wrote.
The former astronaut added he and his new wife were "as excited as eloping teenagers."
Aldrin is the only one of the three astronauts on the Apollo 11 mission still alive today.
The Apollo 11 mission was the first in human history to land men on earth's satellite, fulfilling a dream as old as humanity itself.
Neil Armstrong was the first astronaut to step on the lunar surface at 9:56 p.m. ET on July 20, 1969.
He was followed 19 minutes later by Aldrin.
"A distinguished airman, scientist, astronaut and patriot, Dr. Buzz Aldrin has left an indelible mark, not only on the history of his country, but also on that of the world," writes the West Point Association of Graduates.
RELATED: Buzz Aldrin's moon-flown Apollo 11 jacket sells for record $2.8M
The "scientific triumph" of the moon landing, the association notes, was "one of the most memorable events of the 20th century and … represented the epitome of the nation’s scientific capabilities and established its preeminence in the exploration of space."
"An estimated 600 million people — at that time, the world’s largest television audience in history — witnessed this unprecedented heroic endeavor," writes BuzzAldrin.com, the astronaut's official website.
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The number of Americans who live 200 miles or more from an abortion provider has increased dramatically since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and 14 states banned abortion.
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The number of Americans who live 200 miles or more from an abortion provider has increased dramatically since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and 14 states banned abortion.
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President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness plan could lift crushing debt burdens from millions of borrowers, but the tax man may demand a cut of the relief in some states.
That's because some states tax forgiven debt as income, which means borrowers who are still paying down student loans could owe taxes on as much as $10,000 or even $20,000 that was taken off their bill. In Mississippi, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Arkansas and North Carolina, forgiven student loans will be subject to state income taxes unless they change their laws to conform with a federal tax exemption for student loans, according to a tally by the Tax Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank.
That dismays Cathy Newman, a Louisiana State University graduate who just took a job teaching freshman biology at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg. She figures she could end up owing a few hundred dollars of money that she could have kept had she stayed in Louisiana.
Newman said she can come up with the cash because she has a good job, but she knows of a lot of other borrowers who will still be stuck in difficult financial positions even with their loans forgiven.
“If they stay in the state, they could end up with a pretty hefty tax burden if things don't change,” Newman said. “I won't be happy if I have to do it. I can do it. But a lot of people can't.”
More than 40 million Americans could see their student loan debt cut or eliminated under the forgiveness plan Biden announced late last month. The president is erasing $10,000 in federal student loan debt for individuals with incomes below $125,000 a year, or households that earn less than $250,000. He’s canceling an additional $10,000 for those who also used federal Pell Grants to pay for college. But it only applies to those whose loans were paid out before July 1, which leaves out current high school seniors and students who will follow them.
Although having $10,000 or $20,000 in loan payments eliminated will be a boon over the long term to borrowers who qualify, those in the affected states might be required to declare that as income. Depending on a state's tax rates, the taxpayer's other income and the deductions and exemptions they're able to claim, that could add up to several hundred extra tax dollars that they'll owe.
Spokespeople for tax agencies in several states — including Virginia, Idaho, New York, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Kentucky — told The Associated Press that their states definitely won’t tax student loans forgiven under Biden’s program. Revenue officials in a few other states said they needed to do more research to know.
Newman, 38, went into debt to pay for graduate school. She had already set herself up for relief under the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, though that requires five more years of teaching on top of the five she already taught at the University of Louisiana Monroe. Biden's program would cut $10,000 off her debt load when it takes effect, but under existing Mississippi tax law, the relief won't come free.
“It's not a huge burden for me, but it could be for a lot of other people, which is what I'm worried about, especially if it's unexpected, and I think a lot of people don't realize that,” Newman said.
Any relief in states that would tax the forgiven debt would have to come from their Legislatures. Leaders of the Minnesota Legislature and Democratic Gov. Tim Walz have indicated in recent media interviews that there's broad support for a fix, which could come during the 2023 session, or even earlier on the remote chance of a special session.
In Wisconsin, Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ administration plans to propose a fix in the state budget next year, but that would have to be approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature. And Evers needs to get reelected in November before he can formally make that request. Republican legislative leaders and Evers' GOP challenger, Tim Michels, did not reply to messages seeking comment on the student loan tax issue.
However, in Mississippi, the chairman of the state Senate committee in charge of taxes said he's willing to take a look when the Legislature convenes next year. Republican state Sen. Josh Harkins, of Brandon, said he needs to learn more about what his state's tax laws say on debt forgiveness.
“I'm sure people will want to look at adjusting that or making some changes in the law, but a lot of factors have to be considered,” Harkins said, noting that Mississippi enacted its biggest-ever tax cut earlier this year and adding that he wants to gauge the impact of inflation before making big tax policy decisions. “This all just hit in the last week.” | https://www.kgun9.com/news/national/some-states-might-tax-bidens-student-loan-debt-relief | 2022-09-06 14:18:16 | 0 | https://www.kgun9.com/news/national/some-states-might-tax-bidens-student-loan-debt-relief |
Making history: Female athlete first to win state wrestling championship in Maine
ROCKLAND, Maine (WMTW) – A high school junior in Maine has made history, doing what no other female athlete in the state has done – winning a state wrestling championship.
Maddie Ripley, 16, is the only girl on the wrestling team at Oceanside High School in Rockland.
Ripley has become the first girl in Maine to win an individual state title while wrestling a boy.
She did it all in 1 minute and 44 seconds as she pinned Nick Allen during Saturday’s finals at the Class B championship.
“It felt really good. It didn’t feel real. I was, like, just blown away,” Ripley said.
Her twin brother, Gavin, who is also a wrestler and training partner, has been cheering her on every step of the way.
He also won a state title Saturday in his weight class.
Ripley said she plans to keep wrestling and hopes to become a nurse someday.
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The duty commander of a Norwegian Navy frigate that sank following a collision with an oil tanker in 2018 was found guilty of negligence Monday by a Norwegian court.
The unidentified officer was given a 60-day conditional sentence by the Hordaland district court. He had denied the charge.
”He is disappointed with the outcome,” the lawyer for the 33-year-old officer, Christian Lundin, told Norwegian news agency NTB.
NTB said the officer had been on duty for eight minutes on Nov. 8, 2018, when the 134-meter (442-foot) KNM Helge Ingstad collided with the Maltese-flagged oil tanker Sola TS, tearing a large hole in the frigate’s side in a harbor in Sture, north of Bergen.
The frigate’s 137 crew were evacuated before the vessel sank. Eight people were slightly injured.
The duty commander was the only person prosecuted over the incident. The prosecution has claimed that negligent navigation was the main reason for the collision.
The officer had denied criminal guilt but had acknowledged that he did not do everything right. However, he felt it unfair to be held solely responsible for the shipwreck and said that mistakes were also were made on the tanker and at the maritime traffic center, which was responsible for traffic in the region.
The frigate has since been raised and scrapped as it was deemed too costly to repair it. The tanker was only slight damaged in the collision.
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BEND, Ore., Sept. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bend FC Timbers, a nonprofit youth soccer organization in Central Oregon, has learned of a data security incident that may have involved personal information belonging to certain current and former Bend FC Timbers members. Bend FC Timbers has sent notification of this incident to potentially impacted individuals and is providing resources to assist them.
In August 2021, Bend FC Timbers discovered that former employees were in possession of accounts and devices owned by the organization. In response, Bend FC Timers promptly initiated a civil lawsuit and launched an investigation. In so doing, Bend FC Timbers engaged independent digital forensics and incident response experts to determine what information may have been acquired without authorization.
As part of this investigation, Bend FC Timbers undertook a comprehensive review of all information that may have been acquired by the former employees. After conclusion of the review, Bend FC Timbers learned that certain personal information belonging to our current and former members may have been impacted in connection with the incident. As soon as Bend FC Timbers discovered that the incident impacted individual information, we immediately conducted a diligent search to identify current contact information needed to notify potentially impacted individuals.
On September 29, 2022, Bend FC Timbers notified potentially affected individuals directly via letter. In so doing, Bend FC Timbers provided information about the incident and about steps that potentially impacted individuals can take to protect their information.
The following personal information may have been involved in the incident: names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver's license and/or passport numbers, payment card numbers with CVV/expiration date, health insurance and/or medical information, and usernames/emails with passwords. However, not all data elements were involved for every individual.
The privacy and protection of personal information is a top priority for Bend FC Timbers, which deeply regrets any inconvenience or concern this incident may cause. Bend FC Timbers is working to implement additional measures to enhance the security of its digital environment in an effort to minimize the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future. Bend FC Timbers has also established a toll-free call center to answer questions about the incident. Call center representatives are available Monday through Friday from 6:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. Pacific Time, excluding holidays and can be reached at 1-833-903-3648.
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Note: Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.
Wednesday's results
Winnipeg 6 Prince Albert 2
Thursday's results
Regina 4 Edmonton 3 (OT)
Friday's results
Winnipeg 5 Swift Current 0
Moose Jaw 4 Prince Albert 3
Lethbridge 5 Medicine Hat 4
Prince George 6 Kelowna 3
Everett 4 Tri-City 2
Vancouver 4 Victoria 1
Saturday's results
Brandon 4 Moose Jaw 1
Saskatoon 8 Swift Current 3
Red Deer 4 Regina 2
Kelowna 5 Prince George 1
Prince Albert 5 Edmonton 1
Portland 4 Tri-City 2
Winnipeg 5 Medicine Hat 2
Seattle 6 Vancouver 4
Kamloops 4 Spokane 2
Sunday's results
Regina at Calgary, 2 p.m.
Victoria at Everett, 4:05 p.m.
Tuesday's games
Lethbridge at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Wednesday's games
Regina at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Lethbridge at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Saskatoon at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.
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Thai-American suspect in Michigan hit-and-run returned to US
A Michigan woman who fled to Thailand to avoid the consequences of a hit-and-run crash that killed a suburban Detroit college student has returned to the U.S., a sheriff said Friday.
Tubtim “Sue” Howson, 57, of Oakland Township, is in custody while she awaits a detention hearing Tuesday that would clear the way for her return to Michigan to face state and federal charges, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said in a news release.
Howson returned to the U.S. earlier this week, Bouchard said. It was not clear from the news release where Howson is being held.
Benjamin Kable, 22, was struck while walking before dawn on an Oakland County road on Jan. 1. The Michigan State University student was home for the holidays.
Howson faces a federal charge of interstate flight to avoid prosecution and a state charge of failure to stop at the scene of an accident resulting in death.
Howson, who is a dual citizen of the U.S. and Thailand, left Michigan on Jan. 3 and flew to Bangkok. She was picked up by authorities in Thailand.
Howson has been working and living in Michigan with her family and two children for more than 20 years, authorities have said.
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HPD searching for suspect charged with murder of ‘hero’ maintenance man at Montrose apartment
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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Police are searching for a man charged in the death of a maintenance man at an apartment in the Montrose area.
Cardarius Jamar Woodard, 22, is charged with murder for the shooting death of 60-year-old David Walters. Houston police released a photo of Woodard in hopes that someone knows where he is.
Police said Woodard is known to have ties in both Texas and Louisiana. He is considered armed and dangerous.
“I’d like to see him come to justice. I’d like to see him reflect on what he did because he changed a lot of people’s lives,” Michael Walters, the victim’s brother, said . “He (Walters) didn’t deserve this.”
According to police, Woodard, who also lived at the small apartment building, went to Walters’ apartment and confronted him and a coworker about his missing keys.
Police said that’s when the gunman, who was later identified as Woodard, pulled out a firearm and fired a warning shot. Walters then stepped in.
“David got between them and said, ‘You’re not going to do this,’ and Car shot him,” Robert Jones, a longtime friend of the victim, explained. “He (Walters) stood up for somebody who was defenseless. He’s a hero.”
Woodard ran away from the scene, police said. He now has a warrant for his arrest.
“There’s no righteousness in this. He needs to go to jail,” Jones added. “He (Walters) was a good soul. He didn’t wish anybody ill will. It’s a shame.”
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Emmett Till accuser, in memoir, denies wanting teen killed
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — The white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of making improper advances before he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 says she neither identified him to the killers nor wanted him murdered.
In an unpublished memoir obtained by The Associated Press, Carolyn Bryant Donham says she was unaware of what would happen to the 14-year-old Till, who lived in Chicago and was visiting relatives in Mississippi when he was abducted, killed and tossed in a river. Now 87, Donham was only 21 at the time. Her then-husband Roy Bryant and his half-brother J.W. Milam were acquitted of murder charges but later confessed in a magazine interview.
The contents of the 99-page manuscript, titled “I am More Than A Wolf Whistle,” were first reported by the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting. Historian and author Timothy Tyson of Durham, who said he obtained a copy from Donham while interviewing her in 2008, provided a copy to the AP on Thursday.
Tyson had placed the manuscript in an archive at the University of North Carolina with the agreement that it not be made public for decades, though he said he gave it to the FBI during an investigation the agency concluded last year. He said he decided to make it public now following the recent discovery of an arrest warrant on kidnapping charges that was issued for Donham in 1955 but never served.
“The potential for an investigation was more important than the archival agreements, though those are important things,” Tyson said. “But this is probably the last chance for an indictment in this case.”
A cousin of Till who leads the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation, Deborah Watts, said the memoir is new evidence that shows Donham’s involvement in the case and is particularly important when combined with the arrest warrant.
“I truly believe these developments cannot be ignored by the authorities in Mississippi,” she said.
In the memoir, Donham says she attempted to help Till once he’d been located by her husband and brother-in-law and brought to her in the middle of the night for identification.
“I did not wish Emmett any harm and could not stop harm from coming to him, since I didn’t know what was planned for him,” Donham says in the manuscript compiled by her daughter-in-law. “I tried to protect him by telling Roy that ‘He’s not the one. That’s not him. Please take him home.’” She claims in the manuscript that Till, who had been dragged from a family home at gunpoint in the middle of the night, spoke up and identified himself.
Donham adds that she “always felt like a victim as well as Emmett” and “paid dearly with an altered life” for what happened to him.
“I have always prayed that God would bless Emmett’s family. I am truly sorry for the pain his family was caused,” she says at the end of the manuscript, which is signed “Carolyn” but indicates that it was written by her daughter-in-law Marsha Bryant.
The memoir is remarkable not only because it’s the most extensive account of the sensational episode ever recorded by Donham, but also because it contains contradictions that raise questions about her truthfulness through the years, said Dale Killinger, a retired FBI agent who investigated the case more than 15 years ago.
For instance, Donham claims in the memoir to have yelled for help after being confronted by Till inside the family grocery store in Money, Mississippi, yet no one ever reported hearing her screams, Killinger said. Also, Donham never previously mentioned that she and Roy Bryant chatted about the abduction. In the manuscript, she says they did.
“That seems ludicrous,” Killinger said. “How would you have a major event in your life and not talk about it?”
The Justice Department closed its most recent investigation into the case in December and Mississippi authorities haven’t given any indication they plan to pursue the kidnapping warrant or other charges against Donham. But the Till family is pushing authorities to act.
Keith Beauchamp, a filmmaker whose documentary preceded the Justice Department probe in which Killinger was involved and that ended without charges in 2007, said the memoir shows that Donham “is culpable in the kidnapping and murder of Emmett Louis Till and to not hold her accountable for her actions, is an injustice to us all.”
“Our fight will continue until justice is finally served,” Beauchamp said.
It was Beauchamp, along with two of Till’s relatives, who discovered the arrest warrant with Donham’s name on it earlier this month in the basement of a Mississippi courthouse.
Tyson, the historian who provided the roughly 35,000-word manuscript to the AP, helped spur the government’s most recent investigation into the killing by publishing a book in 2017 in which he quoted Donham as saying she lied when she claimed Till grabbed her, whistled and made sexual advances. In the memoir, however, she claims Till did do those things. During the most recent investigation, Donham told the FBI she had never recanted, the Justice Department said.
Tyson said Donham’s statements in the memoir exonerating herself of wrongdoing need to be taken with “a good-sized shovel full of salt,” particularly her claim that Till identified himself to the men who took him from the family home and later admitted killing him.
“Two big white men with guns came and dragged him out of his aunt and great-uncle’s house at 2 o’clock in the morning in the Mississippi Delta in 1955. I do not believe for one minute that he identified himself,” Tyson said.
Neither Donham nor any of her relatives have responded to messages and phone calls from the AP seeking comment. It is unclear where Donham currently lives or if she has an attorney. Her last known address was in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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This story has been edited to clarify that Tyson provided a copy of the manuscript to the FBI for an investigation that ended last year, not in 2007.
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Reeves reported from Birmingham, Alabama. He is a member of AP’s Race and Ethnicity Team.
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FBI seeking photos, videos to identify suspects in Florida Memorial Day beach shooting
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — The FBI is looking for any photos and videos that could help identify suspects in a Memorial Day shooting at a popular Florida beach promenade in which nine people were wounded, including a 1-year-old child.
The FBI issued a statement Wednesday asking for people to upload any visual evidence from the shooting to a page on their website.
“When the FBI has established digital media tip lines in the past, the public responded with a tremendous volume of information that is then reviewed by investigators,” the bureau statement said.
Authorities are searching for three suspects in the shooting, which police said began as a group of people fought in front of a busy stretch of shops on the Hollywood Oceanfront Broadwalk around 7 p.m. Monday.
Two 18-year-old men involved in the altercation have been arrested on firearms charges, police said. Five handguns have been recovered, including one that was reported stolen in the Miami area and another in Texas, they said.
The shooting happened during busy holiday weekend festivities at the popular beach destination just south of Fort Lauderdale.
Police spokesperson Deanna Bettineschi said four children between the ages of 1 and 17 were hit, along with five adults between 25 and 65. Six of those who were shot were hospitalized in stable condition and three were released after treatment.
The names of those wounded have not been released.
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HOUSTON — Several Texas college and university campuses reported receiving hoax 911 calls Thursday, claiming there was an active shooter situation.
As of 11:30 a.m., none of the Houston-area campuses have reported receiving calls including the University of Houston, Texas Southern University, and Rice University.
However, in College Station, the Texas A&M University Police Department reported a hoax call of an active shooter incident at the Health Science Center.
"The report of an active shooter at the Health Science Center is FALSE. There is no threat to campus. The same caller reported an active shooter at other universities today which was also false," police tweeted just after 11:30 a.m.
Here is a list of the other hoax calls reported at Texas colleges and universities:
- Galen College of Nursing in San Antonio
- Del Mar College in Corpus Christi
- Collin College in Plano
- Tyler Junior College in Tyler
- Texas Wesleyan in Fort Worth
- Baylor University in Waco
Investigators have not said if the hoax calls are connected.
The FBI Houston Field Office said its department was collaborating with law enforcement partners to investigate where the calls were coming from.
"These threats put innocent people at risk and cause significant fear in the community," the department said. "We have no information to indicate a specific and credible threat at this time, but we continue to collaborate with our law enforcement partners and are actively investigating these dangerous and criminal threats. Multiple agencies are working to gather and share information and respond to these incidents with a shared goal of keeping the public safe. We urge the public to remain vigilant and report all suspicious activity and/or individuals to law enforcement immediately."
Collin College Plano
According to WFAA, KHOU 11’s sister station in Dallas, Plano police said a hoax call at Colling College Plano led to an evacuation of buildings on campus. Police said the call came to their 911 center at 9:45 a.m.
Plano police originally tweeted that there was a possible active shooter at the campus, then updated that there were no injuries reported.
Galen College of Nursing School
According to KENS, KHOU 11's sister station in San Antonio, just after 10 a.m., San Antonio police responded to the Galen College of Nursing School in the Medical Center area for a report of an active shooter.
Police searched the building and found no signs of any shooting, later saying that the evacuation appeared to be the result of a hoax call.
Texas Wesleyan
Texas Wesleyan University issued a shelter-in-place after receiving a call of a threat on campus. Just after 10 a.m., the university reported that the all-clear was given by Fort Worth police.
"Earlier this morning, an Emergency Alert was sent out to the TXWES community to shelter-in-place. FWPD quickly responded to campus and started clearing buildings and found no evidence of an emergency. Further investigation found the call was placed by a scam number.
"There was never an actual threat to campus. At that time, the shelter-in-place was lifted after the all-clear was given by FWPD. We want to commend our safety and security team for taking swift action in notifying the TXWES community and responding in a timely manner."
Lamar Institute of Technology
According to KBMT, KHOU 11's sister station in Beaumont, just before 10:20 a.m. Beaumont police received notice via Lamar Police and the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office that a person with an AR-15 style rifle was going into the IT department at the Lamar Institute of Technology.
A report of an active shooter at the Montagne Center also came in and officers swept the facility but found nothing.
The threats were deemed to be hoaxes according to the Beaumont Office of Emergency Management.
Del Mar College Heritage Campus
According to KIII, KHOU 11’s sister station in Corpus Christi, Del Mar College Heritage Campus issued a shelter-in-place warning for students and staff at 10:28 a.m. due to a call about an active shooter. Police cleared the campus and issued an "all-clear" at 10:47 a.m.
Tyler Junior College
According to KYTX, KHOU 11's sister station in Tyler, Tyler Junior College received a call of an active shooter call just before 11 a.m. and evacuated the West Campus and Pirtle Technology Building. A short time later, the all-clear was given.
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CHONGQING, China, July 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (HKG: 0386, "Sinopec") has reported that it has achieved a daily production capacity of 530,000 cubic meters of shale gas on June 30 in its Xinye Well-1 in Qijiang, Chongqing, confirming the 100 billion cubic meters of shale gas reserves in its Xinchang shale gas structure.
As of now, Sinopec has established the shale gas resource belt of "Xinchang South – Dongxi – Dingshan – Lintanchang" (the "Belt") in the southeastern Sichuan Basin, with overall shale gas resource volume reaching 1.19305 trillion cubic meters, the second trillion-level shale gas reserve of Sinopec following its Fuling shale gas field that will contribute to ensure China's energy security.
The Xinye Well-1 has a depth of 5,756 meters, and the structure belt has a large favorable area and resources of shale gas, making it a key area for Sinopec's strategic exploration and production of shale gas. The average well depth of the Belt is over 3,500 meters, among which the deepest drilled Dingye Well-8's shale gas layer has a depth of 4,614 meters.
The challenges of developing deep deposits include complex ground stress and deep burial depth. Sinopec attaches great importance to exploring deep shale gas and innovated theories and technologies including fracturing for deep shale gas wells as well as achieving domestic production of fracturing equipment, tools and materials. Sinopec has realized 100 percent drilling ration of high-quality shale.
In 2017, Sinopec established a deep shale gas R&D team to pilot researches in Dongxi. After years of comprehensive research and practices, Sinopec has built up the theoretical understanding of deep shale gas geology and successfully unveiled the development and maintaining mechanism of deep shale holes in deep-water shelf-bathyal facies.
In addition, Sinopec also proposed deep shale gas layer sweet spot prediction technology that has achieved high-precision exploration, and developed deep shale gas fracturing engineering technology that effectively addresses problems of burial depth and plasticity, as well as high in-situ stress, to achieve three-dimensional network fracturing technology that can ensure precision cutting, pressurization, and proliferation, as well as balanced expansion and filling.
Next, Sinopec will strengthen the precise evaluation of the Xinchang gas field and elevate the overall evaluation and deployment of the Belt shale gas resources in southeastern Sichuan, thriving to achieve continuous exploration breakthroughs.
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WHAT ARE THE BEST PUMA GOLF SHOES?
Golf is a challenging sport that requires your mind and body to work in concert to hit the golf ball squarely. Having your feet firmly planted in the ground establishes a sturdy base for the rest of the swing to follow. Golf shoes provide this stability and are an important investment in your golf game.
Puma’s golf shoes are worn by professional and amateur players worldwide and are known for their innovative design and traction. The best Puma golf shoes are the ProAdapt Alphacat shoes, which are flexible and provide excellent grip on all surfaces.
What to know before you buy Puma golf shoes
Spiked vs. spikeless
An important decision is choosing whether to have spikes on the bottom of your shoes. Spiked golf shoes provide more traction and stability. They also hold up better in wet conditions and on hilly courses. The spikes are replaceable if one wears down or falls out. Spikeless shoes have a lower profile and are more comfortable. They are more flexible and can even be worn off the course in casual settings. Spikeless shoes also are less expensive than their spiked counterparts.
Find the right fit
Golf shoes should be snug but flexible. Finding the right fit is easy. Test golf shoes wearing socks that you normally would wear on the golf course. Some Puma shoes are equipped with the patented Boa Fit System that uses a dial to tighten the shoe to the correct fit. Once you find the right fit, the dial stays locked for future rounds.
Pay for play
There is a wide range of prices for Puma golf shoes based on style and technology. If you play a few times a year, you probably should invest in less expensive shoes that will provide basic traction but don’t incorporate all the latest technology. If you are a serious golfer who is frequently found at the first tee, it may be worth the investment in higher-priced shoes that feature the latest innovations in comfort and traction.
What to look for in quality Puma golf shoes
Style
There are three main styles of golf shoes. Traditional shoes look like dress or saddle shoes. They are durable and made from genuine leather. They require a bit more care and can’t be worn off the course. Modern spiked shoes look like athletic shoes. They are made of synthetic leather and designed for performance. They also can’t be worn off the course. Modern spikeless shoes are low-profile and comfortable. They struggle in wet conditions though, but they can be worn off the course without being noticed.
Genuine or synthetic leather
Genuine leather shoes will last longer and are naturally water-resistant. They work better in warm weather and will require some care after each round. Synthetic leather shoes are better in cold conditions and easier to care for. They also are less expensive than genuine leather shoes.
Waterproofing
There are different types of water protection. Water-resistant shoes repel water to a certain degree, while waterproof shoes keep water from penetrating the material. Many Puma golf shoes have a one-year warranty for their waterproofing protection.
How much you can expect to spend on Puma golf shoes
There is a wide array of Puma golf shoes and prices, but the most basic designs cost between $40-$75, while those made from leather and equipped with more technology run $75-$100. The top-end shoes cost between $100-$170 and feature the latest technology for comfort and grip.
Puma golf shoes FAQ
What is Pwradapt technology?
A. Puma’s Pwradapt sole technology is a proprietary design that incorporates 3-dimensional traction pads and Ignite foam that encourages natural foot movement while staying connected to the ground.
Do I really need golf shoes?
A. Golf shoes provide soles and cleats that have been designed to hold the shoe to the ground. Having a firm foundation when you swing is important for making good contact with the ball. If your feet shift under you during the swing, you will likely mishit the ball. If the golf course is wet from recent rains or morning dew, you also will be susceptible to slipping. Golf shoes give you the best chance of making solid contact no matter the terrain or conditions.
What are the best Puma golf shoes to buy?
Top Puma golf shoes
Puma Men’s ProAdapt Alphacat Golf Shoes
What you need to know: This spikeless shoe is lightweight yet securely grips any surface on and off the golf course.
What you’ll love: A new exoshell design is engineered to keep the shoe light. It features a high-durometer, abrasion-resistant thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) chassis for stabilization. The rubberized sole is designed to follow each golfer’s gait.
What you should consider: These shoes are one of the higher-priced brands in the spikeless market.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Puma golf shoes for the money
Puma Men’s Ignite Fasten8 Disc Golf Shoes
What you need to know: Built for comfort, these shoes are designed to breathe and easily put on and removed.
What you’ll love: Featuring the Fasten8 advanced nylon straps, these shoes fit snugly but still let the foot breathe inside the waterproof mesh siding. The midfoot is supported by Pwrcage technology.
What you should consider: There were some concerns about the waterproof material feeling wet with heavy dew.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Puma Ignite Pwradapt Caged Golf Shoes
What you need to know: These shoes are designed for traction on the greens and maximum comfort from energy-returning foam.
What you’ll love: The Pwrcage technology uses a strong TPU saddle for support throughout your swing. Directional lugs are strategically placed along with tornado cleats for stability on all terrains. A one-year limited warranty is included.
What you should consider: There were some reports of the shoes tearing apart after regular use.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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CANNES, France (AP) — Most filmmakers in the Cannes Film Festival’s top-rung competition lineup are well-known directors who have been around for decades. One dramatic exception this year is Ramata-Toulaye Sy, a French-Senegalese filmmaker whose first film, “Banel & Adama,” landed among the 21 films competing for the Palme d’Or.
“It’s only now that I realize that being in competition means being in a competition,” Sy said, laughing, in an interview shortly after “Banel & Adama” premiered in Cannes. “Now that we’re really in the middle of it, I realize there’s a lot of passion going around.”
Sy, 36, is the sole first-timer in Cannes’ main lineup this year. She is also only the second Black female director to ever compete for the Palme, following Mati Diop, also a French-Senegalese filmmaker, whose “Atlantics” debuted in 2019. For the Paris-raised Sy, it’s not a distinction of significance.
“I’m a filmmaker and I really wish we stopped being counted as women, as Black or Arab or Asian,” said Sy.
In “Banel & Adama,” also the only Africa-set film competing for the Palme this year, Sy crafts a radiant and languorous fable tinged with myth and tragedy.
Banel (Khady Mane) and Adama (Mamadou Diallo) are a deeply in love married couple living in a small village in northern Senegal. In their intimate romantic idyll, they wish to pull away from the local traditions. Adama is set to become village chief but is uninterested in doing so. Banel dreams of living outside the village, in a home buried under a mountain of sand.
While Banel and Adama slowly work to sweep away the sand, their yearning to live on their own causes angst in the village, especially when a drought arrives that some take as a curse for their independence. Though often opaque, the film stays largely with the psychology of Banel, whose single-mindedness grows increasingly dark.
“I was quite reluctant at the start to acknowledge that Banel is me,” says Sy. “Now I have to confess that it’s definitely me. I see myself, my questions, my struggle in her journey. How to do become an individual inside a community is really my own question.”
Sy began writing “Banel & Adama” in 2014 as a student at La Fémis, the French film school. Sy, the daughter of Senegalese immigrants, says she was first drawn to literature. Novels like Toni Morrison’s “Sula” and Elena Frenate’s “My Brilliant Friend” inspired “Banel & Adama.”
“The love story was a pretext for to deal with myth,” she says. “I wanted to have this kind of mythological female character that you find in Greek tragedy.”
Sy co-wrote Atiq Rahimi’s “Our Lady of the Nile” and Çagla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti’s “Sibel” — both of which played at international festivals. Her first short film, “Astel,” was well-received.
But little prepared her for the stresses of shooting in rural Senegal. Along with heat, sandstorms and bouts of illness among the crew, Sy struggled to find her Banel. In the end, she found Mane while walking around.
“We had all the cast except for her. We started five months before shooting and one month before shooting we still didn’t have her. One day I was walking down the street and my eyes locked on this girl,” says Sy. “It was the way that she looked at me. Her gaze had something a bit wise and a bit crazy.”
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BALTIMORE (AP) — A new generation of House Democratic leaders taking over for Nancy Pelosi debuted at the party’s annual retreat, feisty and fired up to brag about their accomplishments with President Joe Biden and counter Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s new Republican majority.
The team led by New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, who made history as the first Black American to helm a major political party in Congress, brings a wholesale reshuffling of congressional leadership eager to run alongside Biden if he seeks a second term in 2024 and as they work win back the House majority. Pelosi and her circle stepped aside after some 20 years to make way for the new crew.
“All of us share the same goal: That is to safeguard the progress that we have made for the last two years and to make sure Democrats take the House again in 2024,” said Rep. Pete Aguilar of California, who holds the No. 3 spot as caucus chairman, in opening the three-day party gathering.
But echoes of Pelosi are everywhere: from the location of the retreat in the former speaker’s Baltimore hometown to the Pelosi-isms sprinkled into the speeches, breakout sessions and catchphrases of the new wave of Democrats.
As Democratic Whip Katherine Clark, the second-ranking leader, introduced a dozen women newly elected to Congress and asked them to explain their reasons for seeking public office, she reached into the well of Pelosi sayings.
“Speaker Emerita Pelosi taught us to ‘know our why,’” Clark said, as she turned it over to the newcomers.
Rep. Becca Balint, the first woman elected to Congress from Vermont, spoke of fighting for the “soul of democracy.”
“Trailblazers and tots,” said new Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas, a civil rights lawyer now representing a Dallas-area congressional seat, giving a nod to the Shirley Chisolm, the first Black woman in Congress, and the importance of supporting children. Rep. Delia Ramirez of Illinois cited her pregnant mother’s journey as an immigrant from Guatemala crossing the U.S.-Mexico border to give her child a better life.
“The Speaker Emeritus always says: Our diversity is our strength, and our unity is our power,” Crockett said, noting the diverse class of first-term congresswoman.
Pelosi and her team have stayed on as influential members of Congress, an unusual but not unprecedented situation.
The former No. 2 Democrat, Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland, has been tapped for a new role heading up a group giving voice to the geographic diversity of the Democratic caucus beyond the coasts and into the heartland.
Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina, the third-ranking party figure last year, remains at the leadership table as the assistant Democratic leader.
As Democrats are finding, it’s much easier to remain politically unified as the minority party. The absence of public tensions and infighting is in stark contrast to the divisions plaguing House Republicans, who have been forced to shelve some of their high priority bills on border security and other issues because they cannot agree on solutions.
It’s a turnaround for Democrats from when they had majority control. Back then, they stumbled through interparty battles between progressives and moderates as they debated Biden’s agenda and ultimately ushered the bipartisan infrastructure package and their own health care and climate change bill into law.
Biden implored Democrats in his speech late Wednesday to go out and sell their accomplishments across the country. McCarthy, R-Calif., has a slim majority hold on the House, and Democrats are eyeing the five seats they need in the 2024 election to regain control of the chamber.
Rep. Veronica Escobar of Texas said it’s not only important to show Americans “the positive impact that these projects, whether it be manufacturing or infrastructure, in their daily lives,” but to remind voters of how that compares to Republicans priorities.
“We also draw the continue to draw the contrast with Republicans who voted no but want to take the dough,” she said about the lawmakers who opposed various bills but still promote the projects and programs back home.
Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández of New Mexico said the Congressional Hispanic Caucus was planning events around the nation as Democrats look to prove they are delivering, particularly in rural areas.
“You know what, this infrastructure bill is good because our potholes are not red potholes or blue potholes, they just mess up your truck, right?” Fernández said. “And everybody gets that.”
Democrats also used the annual conference to reinforce their support for Biden as the potential party candidate in the next presidential election. As the president prepares to announce whether he will run for reelection the party has been reckoning with four more years of Biden who, at 80, also represents an earlier era.
Rep. Lauren Underwood of Illinois, one of the vulnerable Democrats who won reelection last year, said she would be “very pleased to have the opportunity to be on a ballot with President Biden in 2024. Unequivocally. Full stop.”
Pelosi, the first woman to be speaker, is attending the conference and offering her insight, views and strategy from the sidelines.
“The Speaker’s iconic,” Clark said in a brief interview. “And we’re in this incredible situation where we have a new leadership, but she’s still here to help guide us and to be a sounding board.”
Added Rep. Joe Neguse of Colorado, chairman of the party’s policy and communication committee that Pelosi created a decade ago: “I think folks recognize kind of the gravity of having her here.” | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/politics/echoes-of-pelosi-as-new-leadership-era-begins-for-democrats/ | 2023-03-03 04:50:07 | 1 | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/politics/echoes-of-pelosi-as-new-leadership-era-begins-for-democrats/ |
The new iconoclasm in Tallahassee
From the time of the Reformation, evangelicals have had an uneasy relationship with art, even religiously themed art. In the 1500s, Protestant zealots decided that statues, paintings, even stained-glass windows that depicted biblical scenes were idolatrous. Known as “iconoclasts” (from the Greek, “image breakers”), they took it upon themselves to destroy as much of this art as they could get their hands on. In more recent times, evangelicals have regarded with suspicion or hostility any book, film or artwork that doesn’t conform to strict moral standards.
The recent controversies about banning certain books from school libraries is largely driven by this evangelical fervor. So in a sense, it shouldn’t have been a surprise that the principal at Tallahassee Classical School was forced to resign last week because parents complained after a sixth-grade art class was shown Renaissance-era art that depicted nudes, notably Michaelangelo’s statue, “David.”
Lest we accuse the school and the parents who complained of mere puritanism, consider that “David” shocked Catholic officials at the time it was created, and Queen Victoria of England found the copy of the statue standing in a British museum offensive. In both cases, a metallic fig leaf was fashioned and strategically placed so David’s (ahem) goods wouldn’t be on public view.
Superficial headlines and late-night show jokes aside, this and related episodes actually represent a retreat from a 20th-century evangelical movement that did not shy away from engagement with the arts.
Some context about Tallahassee Classical School.
It is one of numerous schools around the country (including Geneva Classical Academy in Lakeland) that is part of a network organized by Hillsdale College, a conservative Christian school in Michigan. The idea is to foster an education that returns to a foundation – well-versed in literature, history, modern science, mathematics and the fine arts. The curriculum even requires the study of Latin.
(Full disclosure: Our son taught history at a classical school for a couple of years after he graduated from the University of Florida.)
To be sure, there is a Euro-American worldview here, with heavy emphasis on Western civilization and on American history and civics as its best example. There also isn’t much room for diversity. A Native American student at a classical school in North Carolina was told recently that he had to cut his traditional braids because they didn’t conform to the school’s dress code. Troubling shades of colonialism.
The curriculum’s intellectual rigor attracts a certain kind of evangelical refugee from the public schools. They are the spiritual heirs of Francis Schaeffer (1912-1984), an American pastor, author and thinker, who ran a retreat center in Switzerland. Schaeffer was mostly interested in explaining and defending Christianity in the modern world, but he believed that in order to do that, Christians should engage and examine every aspect of culture, including the fine arts.
Although a fundamentalist, Schaeffer had a kind of intellectual courage. He taught a generation of evangelicals to be fearless in what they read and saw, in history, philosophy, fiction, film, etc., in order to compare it to Christian values. For example, Schaeffer probably would have admired the artistry of “David” while regarding it as a reversion to a pagan idealization of the human body instead of David as a servant of God. This is not iconoclasm – Schaeffer never advocated destroying or censoring such images or ideas – but rather observation and critique.
At Tallahassee Classical School, some parents didn’t get the memo, in more ways than one. According to the chairman of the school’s board of directors, parents were supposed to be advised that the sixth-graders would be, um, exposed to nude figures, but weren’t. But when one of the parents called “David” pornography, then that parent didn’t understand the philosophy of Tallahassee Classical School, simply falling back on moralistic tropes.
Which raises the further question of whether there is a retreat among evangelicals to the kind of cultural isolationism that Schaeffer argued against – a new iconoclasm. Will populist evangelicalism shout down its culturally engaged twin? If so, then evangelicals will be poorly equipped to articulate their point of view in a way that commands respect rather than ridicule among the top circles of business, academia and government. And they’ll be left to wonder why no one takes them seriously.
Cary McMullen is a retired journalist and the former religion editor of The Ledger. He lives in Greensboro, NC. | https://www.theledger.com/story/opinion/columns/2023/04/03/the-new-iconoclasm-in-tallahassee/70060561007/ | 2023-04-03 19:11:31 | 1 | https://www.theledger.com/story/opinion/columns/2023/04/03/the-new-iconoclasm-in-tallahassee/70060561007/ |
Deoleo reaffirms unparalleled commitments to raise industry standards and launches new levels of verified sustainability in its products
DALLAS, May 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Deoleo, the global leader in olive oil, today resolidified its commitment to raising industry standards with a major step forward in the company's sustainability strategy. Years in the making, the company is launching new SKUs of the Bertolli and Carapelli brands that offer sustainability assurances to consumers nationwide.
Arriving to U.S. grocers this summer, the new SKUs will include sustainably sourced versions of Bertolli and Carapelli extra virgin olive oils — "Bertolli Sustainably Sourced" and "Carapelli Original Sustainable" respectively. Deoleo will also introduce a new QR code technology in partnership with IBM that provides consumers additional layers of process traceability in the journey of "Carapelli 100% ITALIAN" from tree to table. Other SKUs currently have a similar QR code that focuses on educating consumers on the company's sustainability initiatives.
These initiatives protect the authenticity and quality of Deoleo's products, bringing to life a small part of the company's much larger sustainability approach and dovetailing other recently launched milestones such as the launch of Bertolli Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil in 100 percent recycled plastic bottles in the U.S. last year.
"As the world's largest olive oil company, we have a responsibility to our heritage, our industry and most importantly, our consumers to deliver sustainability. We will continue to drive toward this goal through a holistic approach that addresses every step of the process. The sustainability conversation is multifaceted, and while these new SKUs are significant, they represent a small part of our global vision," shares Thierry Moyroud, CEO of Deoleo North America.
At the heart of Deoleo's sustainability strategy, established in 2019, are four areas of action materialized through its brands and under the theme of "Caring for What Cares for You":
- Sustainable Production: Deoleo is committed to responsible farming to ensure the highest quality olives possible and to preserve olive farming for generations to come. In 2018, in collaboration with Intertek, a leading total quality assurance provider, Deoleo established the industry's first-ever Sustainability Protocol for extra virgin olive oil products. To date, 70 olive oil mills and nearly 680,000 acres of olive groves across Italy, Spain, Tunisia and Argentina have received certification, advancing more than 40,000 farmers into a new era of olive farming.
- Recycled plastic bottles: Deoleo continues to transition to 100 percent recycled plastic (rPET). In 2022, Bertolli Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil became the first global brand to launch olive oil packaged in 100% rPET in the U.S. Now, the company is rolling out a series of additional initiatives to reduce the consumption of resources in its packaging, including optimizing the weight of its plastic packaging up to 10 percent, which will generate a total reduction of approximately 110 tons of plastic each year globally.
- Transparency and Traceability: Deoleo is reinforcing its commitment to transparency by empowering consumers with knowledge. Later this summer, the new IBM Food Trust technology, a blockchain-backed QR code, will launch with the "Carapelli 100% ITALIAN" SKU, enabling consumers to trace the journey of their olive oil and verify its origin and quality.
- Greener Factories: Deoleo continues to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through various measures. Initiatives include investments in energy-efficient and low-carbon technologies as well as energy consumption audits and viability studies. PreZero, an international waste and recycling management leader, has already deemed Deoleo's Tavernelle and Alcolea plants "Zero waste plants'' and in 2023, the Alcolea plant will further receive photovoltaic panels to generate even more clean energy. Such steps demonstrate the company's aim to maintain and strengthen zero waste certification which aligns to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
"Deoleo's purpose in 'Caring for What Cares for You' is clear," says Moyroud. "Our framework is built upon the value that action speaks volumes. To that end, we will remain laser focused on delivering tangible innovation and initiatives that don't solely respond to market trends, but rather transform sustainability of the entire olive oil category worldwide."
For more information, visit deoleo.com.
For more information about Deoleo's sustainability initiatives, visit deoleo.com/en/sustainability.
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About Deoleo
Deoleo is a Spanish multinational food company and the global powerhouse behind the best-selling olive oils in the world. With a global presence in more than 60 countries and 5 continents, Deoleo has factories in Spain and Italy as well as commercial offices in 15 countries. Deoleo's portfolio consists of global leading brands such as Bertolli, the best-selling brand worldwide, Carapelli, as well as Spanish brands Carbonell, Hojiblanca and Koipe.
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WILLOWBROOK, Ill. – Twenty people were shot, one fatally, early Sunday during a gathering in a parking lot in suburban Chicago, TV stations reported.
Video showed the parking lot filled with debris and police tape in Willowbrook, about 20 miles (32.1 kilometers) southwest of Chicago.
The DuPage County sheriff's office told TV stations at the scene that one person was killed and at least 19 more were wounded.
“It was supposed to be like a Juneteenth celebration. We just started hearing shooting, so we dropped down until they stopped," witness Markeshia Avery told WLS-TV.
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26 organizations recognized in Nintex's annual customer awards program, which celebrates public and private sector organizations in every industry and geography for their digital transformation success with the Nintex Process Platform
BELLEVUE, Wash., June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nintex, the global standard for process intelligence and automation, today announced the 26 winners of the 2022 Nintex Solution Innovation Awards, including this year's 2022 Nintex Champion – Quaker Houghton.
"Our community of customers and partners are a constant reminder of the inspiring digital transformation success that organizations are achieving," said Nintex Chief Executive Officer Eric Johnson. "We congratulate the 2022 Solution Innovation Award winners and applaud them for their success in transforming the way people work with the Nintex Process Platform."
Receiving top honors as the 2022 Nintex Champion, Quaker Houghton is a global leader in industrial process fluids and operates in more than 25 countries with 4,200 employees. Since their precise and sophisticated manufacturing processes leave no room for error, the organization uses Nintex Forms and Nintex Workflow to automate the process of initiating lab requests and directing them appropriately.
- To learn more about Quaker Houghton's Nintex success visit: https://www.nintex.com/case-study/quaker-houghton/
2022 Nintex Solution Innovation Awards winners by award category are available online at https://www.nintex.com/using-nintex/customer-and-partner-awards/2022-nintex-solution-innovation-awards/ and include:
2022 Nintex Champion
- Quaker Houghton
Regional Transformation Leaders
- Americas: GM Financial
- Asia Pacific: Austral Construction
- Europe: Twinings
- Middle East & Africa: Ministry of Tourism of Saudi Arabia
Game Changing Solution-Specific Deployments
- Process Excellence with Nintex Promapp®: Thermo Fisher Scientific
- Operational Performance with Nintex DocGen®: Dubai South
- Breakthrough Use Cases with Nintex RPA: BGL Group
- Cloud-Based Success with Nintex Workflow Cloud: Newson Health
Industry Breakthroughs
- Americas: Capital Farm Credit, Johnson & Johnson, and Draeger
- Asia Pacific: IQumulate, Harrison Group and Yancoal Australia
- Europe: Fidelity International and DuPont De Nemours
- Middle East & Africa: Wema Bank and Al Naboodah Group
Public Sector Excellence
- Americas: Delaware Department of Transportation (Division of Motor Vehicles)
- Asia Pacific: AgriFutures
- Middle East & Africa: Saudi Arabia Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
Education & Non-Profit Success
- Education, Americas: Auburn University
- Education, Asia Pacific: Busy Bees Asia
- Education, EMEA: Khalifa University
- Non-Profit: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
The Nintex Solution Innovation award winners were selected by a panel of judges based on nominations submitted directly by Nintex customers and partners.
To learn how more organizations are achieving digital transformation and improving the way people work with the Nintex Process Platform, visit https://www.nintex.com/why-nintex/case-studies/.
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Nintex is the global standard for process intelligence and automation. Today more than 10,000 public and private sector organizations across 90 countries turn to the Nintex Process Platform to accelerate progress on their digital transformation journeys by quickly and easily managing, automating and optimizing business processes. Learn more by visiting www.nintex.com and experience how Nintex and its global partner network are shaping the future of Intelligent Process Automation (IPA).
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Democrat Tina Kotek holds a narrow lead over Republican Christine Drazan in the Oregon gubernatorial race, according to a new poll, reversing recent surveys that had found Kotek trailing her Republican opponent.
An Emerson College Polling survey released on Friday found Kotek, the former state House speaker, leading Drazan, a former state House minority leader, 44 percent to 40 percent among very likely voters in the state.
Eight percent said they were supporting independent candidate Betsy Johnson, a former senator who was previously a Democrat, while another 6 percent said they were undecided.
When the survey factors in undecided voters who were asked toward whom they were leaning, Kotek’s support increased to 46 percent and Drazan and Johnson both gained one point.
The polling could represent a change in momentum for Democrats who had launched into panic mode earlier this cycle about their chances at continuing their blue streak in the state’s governor’s mansion. Republicans sought to tie Kotek to Gov. Kate Brown (D), who has polled as the most unpopular governor in the country.
Complicating Democrats’ chances at the governorship was Johnson, who raked in much more fundraising than is typical for an independent candidate and held double-digit support in earlier polls. Those factors seemed to suggest that Republicans could have a shot at the governor’s mansion for the first time since 1982.
An Emerson College Polling survey released last month, for example, showed Drazan leading Kotek 36-34 percent, albeit within the margin of error.
“Kotek holds a 14-point lead among Oregon women voters, whereas Drazan holds a nine-point lead among male voters. In a state where the voting population is nearly evenly split, Kotek’s larger base of women voters could win her the plurality of support,” Spencer Kimball, executive director of Emerson College Polling, said on Friday about their latest poll.
The Emerson College Polling survey released on Friday was conducted with 975 very likely voters between Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.1 percentage points. | https://phl17.com/hill-politics/democrat-kotek-holds-narrow-lead-over-drazan-in-oregons-gubernatorial-race/ | 2022-11-04 23:11:44 | 0 | https://phl17.com/hill-politics/democrat-kotek-holds-narrow-lead-over-drazan-in-oregons-gubernatorial-race/ |
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Angelina Jolie and the United Nations’ refugee agency are parting ways after more than two decades.
In a joint statement issued Friday, the U.S. actor and the agency announced she was “moving on” from her role as the agency’s special envoy “to engage on a broader set of humanitarian and human rights issues.”
“I will continue to do everything in my power in the years to come to support refugees and other displaced people,” Jolie was quoted as saying in the statement, adding that she felt it was time “to work differently” by directly engaging with refugees and local organizations.
Jolie first started working with the U.N. refugee agency in 2001 and was appointed its special envoy in 2012. The release described the multi-hyphenate as “carrying out more than 60 field missions to bear witness to stories of suffering as well as hope and resilience.”
“After a long and successful time with UNHCR, I appreciate her desire to shift her engagement and support her decision,” U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi was quoted as saying. “I know the refugee cause will remain close to her heart, and I am certain she will bring the same passion and attention to a wider humanitarian portfolio.”
In an opinion piece published in The Guardian last month, Jolie alluded to frustration with the lack of global progress in ending sexual violence in conflict.
“We meet and discuss these horrors and agree that they should never be allowed to happen again. We promise to draw — and to hold — that line. But when it comes to hard choices about how to implement these promises, we run into the same problems time and again,” she wrote, specifically calling out U.N. Security Council members for “abusing their veto power.”
Jolie previously characterized the United Nations as “imperfect” during a 2017 speech in Geneva, but also defended the international body and said it needed to be supported.
She later pressed the United Nations to create a permanent and independent investigative body to amass and evaluate evidence in cases regarding alleged war crimes, crimes against humanity and other human rights violations. While promoting that effort at U.N. headquarters in 2019, she told the AP that promoting equality for women, combatting injustice, and helping refugees were the most important parts of her life after her children.
“But in many ways, they go hand in hand,” she said. Jolie has been involved in other advocacy efforts, recently pushing for the renewal of the Violence Against Women Act in the U.S.
Jolie began visiting refugee camps in 2001, and was appointed as a UNHCR goodwill ambassador that same year. At the time, the then-high commissioner said he hoped the then-26-year-old actress could direct young people’s attention to the plight of refugees.
Last year, Jolie told The Associated Press in Burkina Faso that she was concerned that increasing displacement across the world would drive more instability — and that governments had to do something to address the conflicts at the root of the issue.
“Compared to when I began working with UNHCR 20 years ago, it seems like governments have largely given up on diplomacy … countries which have the least are doing the most to support the refugees,” she told the AP.
Developing countries play host to more than 80% of the world’s refugees, according to UNHCR, which also announced in May that the number of displaced people crossed 100 million for the first time. Speaking to the AP in August, Grandi praised the European Union’s efforts to aid Ukrainian refugees but implored world leaders to remember the other humanitarian crises for which is agency was fundraising.
“The big problem that we have at the moment is that it tends to marginalize all other crises in which people suffer,” Grandi said of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
UNHCR lists different categories of “prominent supporters” on its website, including goodwill ambassadors like Australian actor Cate Blanchett, British author Neil Gaiman and Pakistani actor Mahira Khan.
In response to a request for additional comment, a spokesperson for the U.N. agency declined to offer further details beyond saying that UNHCR “has no intention of appointing anyone else in the role of special envoy.” | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/ap-angelina-jolie-leaves-role-as-un-refugee-agency-envoy/ | 2022-12-17 03:25:20 | 1 | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/ap-angelina-jolie-leaves-role-as-un-refugee-agency-envoy/ |
Ackerman, Patsy Ann
Mrs. Patsy "Pat" Ann Ackerman, age 88, of Liberty, Ohio formerly of Madison, entered this life on January 15, 1935 in Cleveland, Virginia. She died on Monday, May 1, 2023, at 8:30 a.m. at the Story Point in Hamilton, Ohio.
FUNERAL CEREMONY
Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, May 6, 2023, at 11:00 a.m., by Rev. Rick Fory at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana. Friends may visit from 10:00 a.m. until the time of the service. Interment will follow in the St. Patrick Cemetery,305 West State Street in Madison, Indiana.
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Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre
325 Demaree Drive
Madison, IN
47250
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ATLANTA, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Artivion, Inc. (NYSE: AORT), a leading cardiac and vascular surgery company focused on aortic disease, today announced that it will present at the upcoming Deutsche Bank 30th Annual Leveraged Finance Conference on Wednesday, September 21, 2022. The Company's presentation is scheduled to begin at 9:20 a.m. MST.
A live webcast of the presentation will be accessible through Artivion's website, www.artivion.com, on the Investors page. An archived copy of the webcast will be available for 90 days on the same website.
Headquartered in suburban Atlanta, Georgia, Artivion, Inc. is a medical device company focused on developing simple, elegant solutions that address cardiac and vascular surgeons' most difficult challenges in treating patients with aortic diseases. Artivion's four major groups of products include: aortic stent grafts, surgical sealants, On-X mechanical heart valves, and implantable cardiac and vascular human tissues. Artivion markets and sells products in more than 100 countries worldwide. For additional information about Artivion, visit our website, www.artivion.com.
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Challenger bank Recognise, first to go live with new integration
LONDON, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Codat, the universal API for small business data, today announced a partnership with nCino (NASDAQ: NCNO), the worldwide leader in cloud banking, to automate and accelerate banks' ability to underwrite small business loans around the world.
nCino's seamless solution significantly reduces the time it takes banks to transfer information from a borrower's financial statements into the bank's financial analysis program (a process known as "spreading financials"). With support for 120+ languages and 140+ currencies, nCino's Bank Operating System is used by more than 1,750 financial institutions worldwide. Partnering with Codat will bring this same efficiency to underwriting loans for the banks nCino supports, making it faster and easier for small businesses around the world to access credit.
"The process of underwriting small businesses remains incredibly labor-intensive for most institutions," said Codat CEO, Pete Lord. "A large number of the banks we speak to are still having to request financial data from customers on a quarterly basis and manually input that data into their loan management system - a process that is prone to error and a pain for the customer. The power of this partnership is that we've built our automated data collection and categorization capabilities directly into the nCino platform, which is already used by over a thousand institutions worldwide. They can get started now with very little lift to implement."
"Our platform makes it easier for credit analysts to gain a clear picture of credit risk," said Thomas Byrne, General Manager, EMEA at nCino. "Financial institutions have the opportunity to deliver a better experience to their customers by automating the flow and exchange of data throughout the lending lifecycle. We're proud to be partnered with Codat to further automate processes that enable financial institutions to significantly improve efficiency, accuracy, and create cost savings whilst being able to respond to actual customer need in real time."
One of the first financial institutions to adopt the new integration, Recognise Bank, eliminated significant data entry requirements.
"As a bank focused on SMEs, using technology from best-in-class providers that offer us scalability and flexibility is a key to our success. We looked at other solutions for streamlining the collection of data from customers, but Codat was the clear choice because it offers the ability to automatically categorise accounts and validate accuracy across multiple data sources. Automating our internal underwriting processes means we can provide our customers with a quicker, more efficient and frictionless service. The integration between nCino and Codat further supports our mission to make small businesses' lives easier," said Mo Fadaei, Director, Banking Platforms and Partnerships, Recognise Bank.
Ninety-seven percent of financial institutions have digital transformation plans, but just 30 percent are working to implement their strategy, according to a 2021 survey by BDO. The reason for this is that most banks are held back by the practical challenges and expenses of retrofitting existing systems to incorporate new tools while meeting complex compliance requirements.
This partnership is just the latest in Codat's suite of solutions to streamline and automate the credit process. Earlier this year, Codat launched Assess, enabling smarter credit decisions on small to medium-sized businesses with real-time customer data via a single API after the company's lender clients universally requested a product that would support faster business decisions without increasing risk.
Codat is the universal API for small business data. Codat's API provides real-time connectivity to enable software providers and financial institutions to build integrated products for their SMB customers. Codat clients range from corporate card providers and forecasting software to lenders, and use cases span automatic reconciliation, loan decisioning, and more. Codat was founded in 2017 and has offices in London, New York, San Francisco, and Sydney. For more information, visit www.codat.io.
nCino (NASDAQ: NCNO) is the worldwide leader in cloud banking. The nCino Bank Operating System® empowers financial institutions with scalable technology to help them achieve revenue growth, greater efficiency, cost savings and regulatory compliance. In a digital-first world, nCino's single cloud-based platform enhances the employee and client experience to enable financial institutions to more effectively onboard clients, make loans and manage the entire loan life cycle, and open deposit and other accounts across lines of business and channels. Transforming how financial institutions operate through innovation, reputation and speed, nCino is partnered with more than 1,750 financial institutions of all types and sizes on a global basis. For more information, visit www.ncino.com.
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WASHINGTON , July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GoodFirms, the universally renowned research, ratings, and reviews platform, recently announced the latest list of Best Accounts Payable Software for larger businesses. Using Accounts Payable software to handle vendor or supplier payments can significantly reduce costs by automating the entire process.
Best Accounts Payable Software listed by GoodFirms:
Sage Intacct, QuickBooks Online, Xero, Bill.com, SAP Concur, Tipalti, Zoho Books, AvidXchange, Stampli, PurchaseControl.
Accounts payable software is an intuitive, versatile tool designed for businesses to handle, track, and record every payment management by leveraging a set of customized instructions to run the AP system securely. The AP tools help complete computations automatically with no mistakes compared to manual accounting, and it certainly improves the efficiency of business bank accounts.
Today, it's challenging for businesses to choose the best AP software as there are numerous providers. Here, GoodFirms has assessed and curated the list of most excellent accounts payable software to transform their account operations digitally by reducing accounts' expected workload, human error, and fraud.
"Accounts Payable Software is the best choice for having complete control over the financial data and operations thereby enabling businesses to obtain optimum productivity, flexibility and scalability," says GoodFirms.
Key features of accounts payable software include Approval Management, Automation, Data Extraction, Expense Management, Invoicing, PO Reconciliation, Payment Management, Reporting & Analysis, Vendor Management, and Tax Calculation. The service seekers can choose those AP software that covers all the features precisely meeting their organization's needs to ensure a smooth transition from this system.
With this listing, GoodFirms aims to assist the service seekers in choosing the proper accounts payable software that helps organizations manage their debts and other financial liabilities. Organizations can also take advantage of the advanced filter options for features, pricing models, devices supported, deployment, business size, etc. Furthermore, they can also verify the most reviewed, top-rated tools and select the suitable system.
GoodFirms follows a strict methodology to conduct thorough research based on quality, reliability, and ability to cater to the needs of service seekers. The AP automation software list was created based on several parameters such as the background of each product, the company, years of experience in the domain areas, online market penetration, client feedback, and much more. Only those companies that attained the maximum score made it to the list.
If you are a software service provider and wish to get listed, you can partake in the GoodFirms research processes. Interestingly, gaining the top position among the best service providers will attract the attention of potential prospects, increase productivity, help generate more sales, and earn more profit.
GoodFirms is a Washington, D.C.-based research firm specializing in identifying the most prominent and efficient IT companies and software providers that can automate the tasks of various industries. GoodFirms' industry-wide research, review & rankings help service seekers leap further and multiply their industry-wide value and credibility.
Contact: Sophia Jayden (sophia@goodfirms.co)
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WASHINGTON — White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan tested positive on Saturday for COVID-19, according to the White House.
Sullivan typically has frequent contact with President Joe Biden but last was in contact with the president early in the week, according to a senior administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity. Sullivan had been keeping his distance from Biden after “a couple” of people he had been in close contact with had tested positive for the virus, the official said.
Adrienne Watson, a National Security Council spokeswoman, said Sullivan “is asymptomatic and he has not been in close contact with the president.”
The White House confirmed on Thursday that Biden had tested negative that day. White House officials did not immediately respond a request for comment on whether Biden has been tested more recently.
Earlier in the week, Biden's chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci and U.S. Health Secretary Xavier Becerra tested positive for the virus. The administration said both had mild symptoms and were not in close contact with the president.
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Kitten severely burned in dumpster fire finds forever home after full recovery
LAS VEGAS (Gray News) – A kitten that has fully recovered after being severely burned in a dumpster fire in early May has found its forever home.
The kitten, named Savannah, was adopted Tuesday after eight weeks of recovery.
On May 3, Clark County Animal Protection Services and Animal Foundation Las Vegas teamed up to save the 4-week-old kitten from a dumpster fire.
According to Clark County officials, after burn treatment, time in an incubator, and food, Savannah went to a foster home for rest and recovery.
County officials posted an update on Savannah’s progress on May 29, saying she still had scars from her burns but was healing well. They said Savannah is playful, loves attention, and should live a happy, normal life.
On Tuesday, county officials posted a final update, saying Savannah was fully healed and adopted. While her burns prevented rescuers from knowing what color her coat was, she now shows a healthy dilute tortoiseshell coloring of gray and tan.
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The man who prosecutors said provided the ideological base for a conspiracy to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will spend nearly 20 years in a federal prison.
Barry Croft Jr., 47, of Bear, Delaware, was sentenced to 19 years and seven months behind bars for kidnapping conspiracy and conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, as well as a concurrent 10 years for possession of an unregistered destruction device, five years supervised release and $3,500 in fines. Croft was also ordered to participate in a substance abuse program.
“Yesterday, (the federal prosecutor) said that Mr. Croft functioned as the ‘ideas guy,’ and I think that’s true,” Judge Robert Jonker said Wednesday morning’s sentencing hearing at the federal courthouse in Grand Rapids.
Investigators say Croft, Adam Fox and other militia members wanted to snatch Whitmer from her vacation home near Elk Rapids and blow up bridges to slow down any police pursuing them. Investigators say the men held training exercises and tried to buy explosives from undercover FBI agents.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Nils Kessler said that while Fox seemed to be the person pushing plans forward, Croft offered a “different kind of leadership” that was “of a higher order.” He called Croft the “spiritual leader” of the group, comparing him to the top leaders of al-Qaida or the Islamic State militant group. Kessler said Croft used religious justification to get other people, including Fox, excited about participating. He also said that Croft connected Fox with other militia members to enable the plot.
In seeking a life sentence, federal prosecutors said that the men’s goal was to start a revolution or “second Civil War” and that a long sentence would serve as a deterrent. They also pointed to their plan to blow up bridges and noted that the victim was a government official.
But defense attorneys say there’s no way the men would actually have been able to pull of the kidnapping and that investigators overblew their intent.
In court Wednesday, Croft’s attorney Joshua Blanchard argued that because the group never actually attempted to blow up a bridge, a life sentence was not appropriate. He added that Croft was “not the leader Mr. Fox was.”
Blanchard acknowledged Croft had been radicalized in the years leading up to the pandemic and found others with similar thinking after it began, but also said Croft has a history of mental health problems and substance abuse. The attorney argued that the arrest and the process of going through the trial seemed to have shaken Croft out of the depths of the conspiracy “rabbit hole.”
“The government has painted a picture, perhaps fairly, of Mr. Croft as a radical leading up to the summer of 2020,” Blanchard said, but went on to say that Croft, now sober, has been “shocked” to hear some of the things he previously said.
“Mr. Croft in 2020 said lot of scary things. But I can tell you that he’s been humble, polite and appropriate” in his dealings with Blanchard, the attorney said.
Asked if he would like to speak, Croft thanked the judge but said his attorney had advised against it.
The prosecutor argued Croft has not taken responsibility for his actions and has not demonstrated remorse.
“After inciting everything … he blames everyone and everything else,” Kessler said.
He said that when Croft was first questioned by the FBI after his arrest in October 2020, he blamed the big ideas of the conspiracy on the defendants from Michigan — but secret recordings of the group’s meetings showed otherwise.
Kessler said Croft still feels the same as he felt when the plot was being formed. Appearing from jail in a video posted to YouTube Tuesday night, Kessler said, Croft criticized public servants for “stealing valor.”
“This man is thoroughly radicalized,” Kessler said. “… He’s not admitting the ideas were wrong because he still holds them.”
Croft and Fox were convicted in August of this year at the conclusion of their second trial. The jury had deadlocked the first time around. Fox, of metro Grand Rapids, was sentenced Tuesday to 16 years in prison.
Jonker said Wednesday that the plot threatened the government and the people who serve in it — specifically the governor but also public servants who may have to live with the fear of similar threats.
“The conduct here is incredibly serious and the harm and risk to the public is, too,” Jonker said.
But he said a life sentence was not warranted to serve as a deterrent, also acknowledging that the group did not carry out the kidnapping and would not have been able to do so because of the early intervention of the FBI. The judge agreed with Kessler that he has not seen “meaningful change” in Croft or his ideologies, but said a life sentence would not give him the chance to ever effect that change.
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