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LOS ANGELES, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP announced today that Co-Managing Partner Randall Leff and Partner Geoffrey Gold have been recognized for their accomplishments as leading attorneys within the Los Angeles business community and named to the Los Angeles Business Journal's annual list "2022 Leaders of Influence: Litigators & Trial Lawyers." The publication notes that litigators are a "special breed of attorney" because they need to "transcend expert comprehension of the legal system."
Recently named a "Legal Visionary" by the Los Angeles Times, Leff has more than 30 years resolving "bet the company" business disputes in both state and federal court. The feature reports, "His clients value his consistently customized, high-quality legal services with his signature enthusiasm, creativity, and passion." The feature continues by mentioning that Leff has built his reputation "by developing innovative strategies that recognize the relationship between the immediate legal and the long-term goals of the business." By working collaboratively with his clients, Leff is able to "solve problems creatively and minimize the impact of litigation."
Leff currently serves on the Executive Committee of Geneva Group International (GGI), an international group of attorneys and consultants. Through his participation in GGI, Leff has been representing domestic and international businesses in both litigation and transactional matters throughout the United States.
Gold is a trial lawyer specializing in business and real estate matters. According to the publication, his clients appreciate his "ability and proven track record in obtaining significant arbitration awards, favorable mediation results and settlements, grants of summary judgment and trial victories while keeping costs under control." The feature continues noting Gold "frequently acts as outside general counsel for small and medium size business clients and special counsel for large companies" using his "expertise in working with developing businesses and assisting individual and corporate clients with their everyday legal affairs." Gold has substantial experience negotiating, documenting and closing difficult real estate transactions, and counseling clients on how not only to win, but to avoid litigation.
Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP is a full-service firm that provides a broad range of business-related legal services including corporate law; litigation; intellectual property & technology law; real estate transactions and finance; construction & environmental law; tax planning and controversies; employment law; health care law; bankruptcy, receivership and reorganization; and estate planning. For more information, visit http://www.ecjlaw.com/
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Thirty-four Tyson Foods employees, former employees and family members filed a lawsuit against the company Monday, saying it failed to take appropriate precautions at its meat-packing plants during the early days of the COVID pandemic.
In the lawsuit, filed in Pulaski County Circuit Court in Tyson’s home state of Arkansas, the plaintiffs said Tyson’s negligence and disregard for its workers led to emotional distress, illness and death. Several of the plaintiffs are the spouses or children of Tyson workers who died after contracting COVID.
A message seeking comment was left for Springdale, Arkansas-based Tyson.
Meat-packing facilities were early epicenters of the COVID epidemic in the U.S., with employees working closely together on the production line. At least 59,000 meat-packing workers contracted COVID-19 and 269 workers died in 2020, according to a U.S. House report issued in 2021.
The lawsuit claims Tyson knew about COVID as early as January 2020, when the virus was spreading through its facilities in China. On March 13 of that year, the lawsuit said, Tyson suspended all business travel and mandated that all non-critical employees at its corporate office work remotely.
But at the five Arkansas plants where the plaintiffs or their family members worked, Tyson didn’t provide masks or allow work modifications to allow for social distancing until late April 2020, the lawsuit said. The company also didn’t perform contact tracing or quarantine infected workers, the lawsuit said.
The plaintiffs are seeking monetary damages.
The lawsuit isn’t the first to target Tyson over its COVID protocols.
In late February, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition by Tyson to move a case in Iowa to federal court. Tyson argued that federal officials wanted it to keep the company's plants running, citing an executive order signed by former President Donald Trump designating meat processing as essential infrastructure.
But a federal appeals court judge ruled last year that Tyson can’t claim it was operating under the direction of the federal government. The case filed by family members of Tyson employees who died of COVID __ has been sent back to Iowa state court. | https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/arkansas-tyson-workers-sue-over-lack-of-covid-17823529.php | 2023-03-07 00:33:28 | 1 | https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/arkansas-tyson-workers-sue-over-lack-of-covid-17823529.php |
Experts suggest planning ahead for potential medical expenses
HSAs and FSAs allow you to save money, tax free for medical expenses
InvestigateTV - A new study from MyVision.org revealed 61% of people said they avoided the doctor because of concerns over the cost and 44% of those surveyed say they are overdue for their annual checkups.
Maria Szatkowski worked on the report for MyVision, a website that helps answer questions about eye health.
She said besides worries over cost, a lot of people said they were having trouble getting appointments. She experienced it too; the pandemic forced many people to delay routine checkups.
“There’s been so much catch up having to be played by these offices that it is just hard to schedule an appointment because now everyone can go back in and see their doctor where maybe they had to put it off for a year or two,” Szatkowski explained.
So, what can you do to get back into the habit of regular checkups without fears of the cost?
Experts admit estimating the cost of a doctor’s visit can be challenging, especially for folks with a high deductible or those with no insurance at all.
One way to avoid medical debt is to contribute to a health savings sccounts (HSA) or flexible spending accounts (FSA).
Health savings accounts and flexible spending accounts allow you to put money directly from your paycheck, tax-free into a dedicated account to be used for out-of-pocket health care costs.
If you don’t have an option like that experts say to consider regularly setting aside money in a savings account or set up a separate savings account specifically for health expenses.
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All in all, the elections seem to have gone smoothly with little disturbances Published November 9, 2022 at 7:16 AM EST Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 3:02 NPR's Rachel Martin talks to former Federal Election Commission chief Trevor Potter about the 2022 midterm election results. Copyright 2022 NPR | https://www.mainepublic.org/2022-11-09/all-in-all-the-elections-seem-to-have-gone-smoothly-with-little-disturbances | 2022-11-09 13:34:50 | 1 | https://www.mainepublic.org/2022-11-09/all-in-all-the-elections-seem-to-have-gone-smoothly-with-little-disturbances |
Rental-car giant Hertz has announced several large-scale electric vehicle purchases from Tesla, GM, and Polestar, on the way to making EVs a quarter of its fleet by the end of 2024.
That’s a lot of EVs—tens of thousands of them, and once in place they would quickly overwhelm existing public fast-charging stations around airports. So on Tuesday, Hertz and BP announced the intent to develop a national network of thousands of EV charging stations explicitly for all those vehicles and for the public.
With a memorandum of understanding, BP will oversee charging infrastructure around Hertz locations. It will also write fleet software that will help charge at times advantageous for energy costs, which will in turn provide Hertz with a real-time understanding of its power usage.
As part of the agreement, BP’s charging business called BP Pulse will also develop fast-charging hubs around high-demand rental locations, with access provided not just to Hertz customers but to the general public, it says. BP Pulse will manage charging directly at rental depot locations.
Charging to handle taxi and ride-hailing drivers is included in the effort, according to the companies.
The agreement marks the transition of two companies formerly known for their management of from a gas-station experience to a charging-station one. Hertz is no stranger to EVs, though. As long ago as 2011, the rental company told Green Car Reports that it needed more EVs.
The energy giant that used to stand for petroleum has shown plenty of signs that it’s committed to carving out a big piece of the EV charging market. Earlier this year BP acquired Tritium, a manufacturer of DC fast-charging hardware, and last year, after its acquisition of Amply Power, it rebranded the whole division BP Pulse with the goal of helping provide those fleet solutions.
The charging business is no loss leader. BP earlier this year suggested that its fast chargers are almost as profitable as gas pumps, on a margin basis. BP Pulse itself is now aiming for more than 100,000 chargers globally by 2030, 90% of which will be “rapid or ultra-fast chargers.”
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GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP/NEXSTAR) – A good Samaritan helped rescue four abandoned puppies early Saturday morning after noticing a suitcase seemingly moving on its own on the side of a North Carolina highway, according to Guilford County Animal Services (GCAS).
A photo shows the four young dogs, all mostly black with small white patches, stuffed inside a blue suitcase. The piece of luggage, which was dumped along a road in Guilford County, was almost completely zipped up, except for one small section, according to the shelter.
Animal Services workers said the person who found the puppies was shocked and brought them to the shelter immediately.
“Shout out to all the Good Samaritans who take the time to help animals in need,” GCAS posted on Facebook Saturday.
A spokesperson for Guilford County Animal Services, Stephen Carlson, said that the puppies, all four of which are females, are doing fine.
However, the medical team says they are very under-socialized and will require foster-to-adopt homes with experienced caretakers before they can be put up for adoption.
“They will require lots of human interaction, affection and patience,” Carlson told Nexstar.
For now, the puppies – Tumi, Samsonite, Stowaway and Carion (carry-on) – are settling into a new environment, thanks to a good Samaritan’s decision to investigate a discarded suitcase. | https://www.fox16.com/news/national-news/suitcase-moving-along-north-carolina-highway-leads-to-animal-rescue/ | 2022-09-21 02:11:54 | 0 | https://www.fox16.com/news/national-news/suitcase-moving-along-north-carolina-highway-leads-to-animal-rescue/ |
LONDON (AP) — In an English Premier League title race that keeps producing twists, the pendulum swung back Arsenal’s way again after a frustrating day for Manchester City.
Arsenal came from behind twice before scoring two goals in injury time to beat Aston Villa 4-2 in the early kickoff on Saturday and halt a three-game winless streak in the league.
City then conceded a second-half equalizer and was held at Nottingham Forest to a surprising 1-1 after wasting chances to put the game away. The normally prolific Erling Haaland was guilty of a glaring miss.
That put Arsenal back atop the league standings, two points above City and with a game in hand after Pep Guardiola’s side went ahead on goal difference on Wednesday following a 3-1 win over the Gunners.
Also, Chelsea’s struggles reached a new low after losing at home against last-placed Southampton 1-0, which should ramp up the pressure even further on manager Graham Potter.
The match also had some worrying scenes as Chelsea defender Cesar Azpilicueta sustained a head injury after taking a kick in the face in the second half. He was taken off on a stretcher.
GUNNERS REBOUND
Having seen an eight-point lead slip away, Arsenal badly needed to beat Villa and bounce back from the defeat to City midweek.
It came thanks to a lucky late bounce.
At 2-2, Jorginho’s shot from outside the area in the third minute of injury time struck the crossbar and bounced in off the head of Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez to put Mikel Arteta’s team in front.
“We needed a magic moment and Jorginho produced it,” Arteta said of his new signing, who joined from Chelsea in January.
None of Chelsea’s expensive January signings seem able to produce much of anything at the moment. Instead, set-piece specialist James Ward-Prowse scored the only goal at Stamford Bridge with a free kick just before the halftime break.
The result comes on the heels of three straight league draws and a 1-0 loss to Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League for Potter’s side. To make matters worse, Azpilicueta needed lengthy treatment on the field after being hit in the face by an attempted overhead kick by Sékou Mara in the 74th minute.
Azpilicueta was taken off on a stretcher wearing a neck brace and breathing from an oxygen mask after a 10-minute stoppage of play.
On a low-scoring afternoon, three of the other six mid-afternoon kickoffs also finished 1-0.
Fulham beat Brighton away, Everton earned a crucial victory over fellow relegation struggler Leeds, and Bournemouth won at Wolves. A last-gasp equalizer earned Brentford a 1-1 draw at home against Crystal Palace.
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LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom’s new government outlined plans Friday to cut taxes and boost spending in an effort to bolster the faltering economy, but the high-risk moves sparked concerns that increased public borrowing will worsen a cost-of-living crisis and sent the British pound on its biggest one-day drop in 2 1/2 years.
Treasury chief Kwasi Kwarteng announced sweeping tax cuts that he said would boost economic growth and generate increased revenue without introducing corresponding spending reductions. He also said previously announced plans to cap soaring energy bills for homes and businesses would be financed through borrowing.
Kwarteng offered few details on the costs of the program or its impact on the government’s own targets for reducing deficits and borrowing, but one independent analysis expected it to cost taxpayers 190 billion pounds ($207 billion) this fiscal year.
It triggered the pound’s biggest drop against the U.S. dollar since March 18, 2020, when then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the first nationwide lockdown to control the spread of COVID-19. The British currency fell more than 3% to as low as $1.0899 in afternoon trading in London, from 1.1255 on Thursday.
Investors are concerned that government lacks a “coherent policy” at a time when the economy is facing “immense inflationary pressures,” said Susannah Streeter, senior investment and markets analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown.
“I think Kwasi Kwarteng really set off fireworks with his budget,″ Streeter told The Associated Press. “It was much bigger and bolder than expected. But the real concern on financial markets is that these widespread tax cuts are unfunded, they’re going to add to the government’s debt burden.″
Prime Minister Liz Truss, who took office less than three weeks ago, is racing to combat inflation at a nearly 40-year high of 9.9% and head off a prolonged recession. Facing a general election in two years, she needs to deliver results quickly.
The government’s program offers immediate help for homes and businesses struggling with soaring energy costs while betting that lower taxes and reduced red tape will spur economic growth and increase tax revenue in coming years.
“We need a new approach for a new era, focused on growth,” Kwarteng told lawmakers in the House of Commons.
But opponents accuse the government of dodging scrutiny by rolling out a major shift in economic policy without the normal analysis from the independent Office for Budget Responsibility. Kwarteng said the office would publish a full economic and fiscal forecast before the end of the year.
The opposition Labour Party attacked the plan for favoring the interests of business over working people and failing to provide any figures on its impact on government fiscal targets.
“It is a budget without figures, a menu without prices,’’ said Rachel Reeves, Labour’s spokeswoman on Treasury issues. “What has the chancellor got to hide?”
The British economy has foundered for the past three months as Truss’ center-right Conservative Party staged an internal contest to replace Johnson, who stepped down after a series of scandals.
That left the country with a caretaker government unable to introduce new policies to shield consumers from soaring energy prices, which are fueling inflation and curbing economic growth. The Bank of England on Thursday forecast that gross domestic product would shrink for a second consecutive quarter in the three months ending Sept. 30, an informal definition of recession.
Since taking office, Truss announced plans to cap energy prices for both consumers and business that are expected to cost taxpayers more than 150 billion pounds ($166 billion).
Inspired by Margaret Thatcher’s small-state, free-market economics, she is also pressing ahead with her campaign promise to boost economic growth by cutting taxes and reducing red tape. This will benefit everyone, she argues, by spurring investment, creating jobs and generating more tax revenue.
The so-called mini-budget unveiled Friday reverses many of the initiatives announced by Johnson and his Conservative predecessors, who have led Britain for the past 12 years.
For example, Kwarteng announced that he was canceling an increase in national insurance taxes that Johnson introduced in May to boost spending on health and social care. Kwarteng said the government would maintain the expected level of funding for the National Health Service — but he didn’t say how.
Kwarteng also said the government would cut the basic rate of income tax to 19% next year from 20%. The top rate will drop to 40% from 45%. In addition, he canceled a planned 6 percentage point increase in the corporate tax rate, leaving it at 19%.
“This was the biggest tax-cutting event since 1972, it is not very mini,” said Paul Johnson, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, an independent think tank that scrutinizes government spending. “It is half a century since we have seen tax cuts announced on this scale.”
Truss declared this week that she was ready to make “unpopular decisions” such as removing a cap on bankers’ bonuses to attract jobs and investment.
On Friday, Kwarteng announced new “investment zones” across England where the government will offer tax cuts for businesses and help create jobs. He also said the government would accelerate dozens of major new infrastructure projects, including in transportation, telecommunications and energy.
Truss’ overall program runs counter to the views of many Conservatives, who believe the government shouldn’t rack up huge debts that taxpayers will eventually have to pay.
Reeves, of the Labour Party, criticized the government for expecting taxpayers to foot the bill, rather than increasing a tax on the windfall profits of energy producers benefiting from the jump in oil and natural gas prices triggered by Russia’s war in Ukraine.
While Kwarteng denied that the government was gambling on a “dash for growth,” many economists said it was taking a huge risk by allowing borrowing to balloon while the economy is weak and inflation is high.
The IFS has estimated that Truss’ policies will push borrowing to 190 billion pounds this fiscal year, compared with the 99 billion pounds that the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast in March. While borrowing is expected to decline over the next four years, it will remain above the previous forecast throughout the period, the IFS said.
As a result, government debt will rise to about 94% of GDP by the 2026-27 fiscal year, compared with the March OBR forecast of 81%, the IFS said.
To offset that increase, the government’s policies would have to achieve an additional 0.7% increase in economic output every year for the next five years, according to the IFS.
“If the government were to achieve this feat and get that extra growth, it would be either a stroke of extraordinarily good luck or a huge policy success,” Isabel Stockton, an IFS economist, said Thursday. | https://www.krqe.com/news/world/ap-uk-treasury-chief-to-set-out-tax-slashing-emergency-budget/ | 2022-09-24 02:27:02 | 1 | https://www.krqe.com/news/world/ap-uk-treasury-chief-to-set-out-tax-slashing-emergency-budget/ |
Three weeks after smoke from Canadian wildfires turned skies over the eastern United States an apocalyptic shade of orange, the same blazes continue to cause unhealthy air quality in the Midwest.
Residents of Chicago woke up Tuesday morning to the worst air quality in the world, with hazy skies and the smell of smoke. Windy City residents weren't the only ones dealing with the conditions, as AirNow.gov showed other parts of Illinois as well as almost all of Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin and areas of Minnesota, Iowa, Kentucky and West Virginia being affected.
The poor air conditions are the result of a wildfire season in Canada that's among the worst in the nation's history, with particular difficulties in the province of Nova Scotia, an eastern province that borders the Atlantic Ocean. There are currently 494 active wildfires burning across Canada, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center, with more than half (259) considered to be "out of control."
The smoke from those fires created hazardous conditions in New York City earlier this month, when the metropolis' Air Quality Index spiked to 404, shattering the previous record of 279 set in 1981. Fifty or below on the index is considered "good," with any number over 100 considered "unhealthy" for sensitive groups, such as children or people with heart or lung diseases, and anything above 200 meaning everyone is at risk. Tracking showed the AQI for Chicago, Milwaukee and Grand Rapids all over 200 late Tuesday morning.
The National Weather Service's Grand Rapids office extended its air quality advisory through Wednesday after the distinction of worst air quality in the country went to Grand Rapids for a period Tuesday. Additionally, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued a multi-day air quality advisory Monday that lasts through Thursday.
When the air quality drops like it has for many in the Midwest, experts say prolonged exposure can be dangerous.
"The particulate levels are so high that even for a normal person without any underlying medical conditions, it can still be unhealthy and dangerous if there is long-term exposure," Dr. Purvi Parikh of the Allergy & Asthma Network told Yahoo News earlier this month. "The longer you're exposed to it, there's more chance for it to cause problems. And what is happening with smoke is that these fine particles are able to get deep into your lungs, and these particles contain chemicals, pollution, carbon monoxide that can be damaging to your lungs."
Parikh said that if you check the air quality and it’s an unhealthy level, the best thing to do is to stay indoors if you can. However, she added, “If you absolutely have to go outside, we recommend wearing a mask to limit your exposure. And the medical-grade N95 or KN95 masks are best, similar to COVID times, because they reduce some of those particles getting into your lungs. But even a surgical mask or any type of barrier is helpful.”
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100 years ago
Aug. 16, 1922: Professor C.F. Goudy, of the Pratt Institute and Technical School of Brooklyn, New York, is spending his summer vacation with his parents and friends in Fairbury. Mr. Goudy is known to the sporting fraternity as the world's champion motorcyclist, having beaten the world's motorcycle record on the speedway at Chicago in 1915 when he made the run of 300 miles in 3 hours, 29 minutes and 51 seconds.
75 years ago
Aug. 16, 1947: The week-long milking derby in the Illinois State Fair's junior department ended with 16-year-old James Elson of Chenoa and his jersey cow the winners. Placing behind Elson were Vernon Crozier Jr., of Robinson, and Floyd Hutchings, of Mundelein, third. The youths milked their cows twice daily and winners were decided on the basis of the gallonage and butterfat content of the milk.
50 years ago
Aug. 16, 1972: Bloomington city officials hope to meet with state highway officials in September to negotiate cost-sharing for developing a "new" downtown traffic pattern. The pattern consists of connecting Main and East streets for northbound traffic and Center and Madison streets for southbound traffic. City officials approved the change about three years ago but learned only recently that the state would participate in the cost.
25 years ago
Aug. 16, 1997: A group of ten 11- to 13-year-old girls spent the week running their own day camp for younger children in a Bloomington subdivision near Ewing Manor. For four hours each day, the campers took part in activities that included painting visors, making pet rocks and play time. The group averaged 22 campers during the week, many of them related to the group organizers or members of churches the girls attend.
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2 men arrested in shooting that killed 3 people and injured 8 in Texas
DALLAS (AP) — Two men were arrested Friday in a shooting that killed three people and injured eight others as a crowd of hundreds gathered in a Texas neighborhood on the eve of the Fourth of July, police said.
Christopher Redic Jr., 20, and Brandon Williams, 19, were both taken into custody on murder charges related to the shooting late July 3 in the Fort Worth neighborhood of Como, Fort Worth police Chief Neil Noakes said.
Noakes said investigators believe the shooting was gang-related and followed some kind of altercation.
He said there could be additional arrests. Police had previously said several men fired indiscriminately into the crowd.
The shooting erupted about two hours after the end of the Independence Day celebration called ComoFest in the historically Black neighborhood. The celebration had been held in a park several blocks away from the area where the shots were fired.
Police have said the shooting on Horne Street was “separate from and unrelated to ComoFest.” Noakes referred Friday to the gathering where the shooting happened as an “after-party.”
The three people killed were Paul Willis, 18, Cynthia Santos, 22, and Gabriella Navarrete, 18, according to the Tarrant County medical examiner’s office.
It was unclear whether Redic or Williams had attorneys to represent them.
Following the inaugural ComoFest celebration in 2021, eight people were shot and wounded near a car wash in the area.
A rash of shootings in the U.S. over the Fourth of July weekend has spiked fear in communities across the nation.
In Baltimore, 30 people were shot, two fatally, at a block party. In Philadelphia, a heavily armed gunman in a bulletproof vest opened fire on the city’s streets, killing five people and wounding two boys. At least three people were killed and 10 wounded at an annual July Fourth bash in Louisiana. A 7-year-old was shot dead in Tampa after two groups gathered along a causeway for Independence Day started to fight.
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WASHINGTON — The White House Correspondents’ Association dinner — known for its fun albeit ferocious jabs at Washington — took a more solemn tone this year as President Joe Biden acknowledged the several American journalists under siege in authoritarian countries around the world.
“We are here to send a message to the country and, quite frankly, to the world: The free press is a pillar, maybe the pillar, of a free society, not the enemy,” Biden said in his speech.
The president and first lady Jill Biden, upon arriving at the Washington Hilton on Saturday, met privately with the parents of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has been imprisoned in Russia since March. He was charged with spying, despite strong denials from his employer and the U.S. government. Some guests wore buttons with “Free Evan” printed on them.
Also among the 2,600 people attending the gala was Debra Tice, the mother of Austin Tice, who has not been heard from since disappearing at a checkpoint in Syria in 2012. U.S. officials say they operate under the assumption that he is alive and are working to try to bring him home.
“Journalism is not a crime,” Biden said. “Evan and Austin should be released immediately along with every other American detained abroad.” He said: “I promise you, I am working like hell to get them home.”
The Bidens also made a beeline for Brittney Griner, the WNBA star and Olympic gold medalist who was detained in Russia for nearly 10 months last year before her release in a prisoner swap. Griner attended with her wife, Cherelle, as guests of CBS News.
“This time last year we were praying for you, Brittney,” Biden said to the basketball star.
The annual black-tie dinner drew a wide array of celebrities and media moguls to Washington, with parties being held across the capital. Among those in attendance were actor Liev Schreiber, singer John Legend and his wife, Chrissy Teigen, the model and television personality.
Actor and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger opened the dinner with a pre-taped video about the importance of a free and independent press, calling reporters an “ally of the people.” Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were seated on the stage along with comedian Roy Wood Jr., a correspondent for “The Daily Show,” who was the featured entertainer.
While Biden spent the majority of his speech focused on the issue of press freedom, he also jabbed at some of his most vocal political critics. The occasion is a familiar and comfortable one for Biden, who attended several of the dinners as vice president to Barack Obama. The Washington event returned last year after being sidelined by the pandemic in 2020 and 2021. Biden was the first president in six years to accept the invitation after Donald Trump shunned the event while in office.
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But this year, he came not only as the commander in chief but as a presidential contender.
He started his punchlines with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, taking aim at a recent bill Republicans passed that would lift the debt ceiling in exchange for a series of budget cuts, including some of Biden’s key legislative achievements.
“The last time Republicans voted for something that hapless it took 15 tries,” Biden said, referring to the gruesome fight McCarthy endured to become speaker in January.
And he didn’t stop there, going after Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch about his age. “And you call me old?” he told the crowd. Murdoch is 92; Biden, 80.
Biden even made a couple of self-deprecating jokes, mostly surrounding criticism of his age as he mounts a second bid for reelection. “I believe in the First Amendment and not just because my good friend Jimmy Madison wrote it,” he said to a roaring crowd.
Wood, who took the stage after Biden, also zeroed in on the president’s age.
“We should be inspired by the events in France. They rioted when the retirement age went up two years to 64,” Wood said. “Meanwhile in America, we have an 80-year-old man, begging us for four more years.” | https://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/ct-ent-biden-correspondents-dinner-20230430-mkgs3adsfrcaboryhzxx3d6hey-story.html | 2023-04-30 18:33:57 | 0 | https://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/ct-ent-biden-correspondents-dinner-20230430-mkgs3adsfrcaboryhzxx3d6hey-story.html |
SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the California Lottery's "Daily 3 Midday" game were:
2-6-8
(two, six, eight)
SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the California Lottery's "Daily 3 Midday" game were:
2-6-8
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NEW YORK, March 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Dominari Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: DOMH) ("Dominari" or the "Company") today provided an update on the $2 million share repurchase program (the "Share Repurchase Program") authorized by the Company's Board of Directors on December 5, 2022.
The Company reported that on March 16, 2023, the Company purchased 5,000 shares of common stock at $3.487 per share.
Additional shares may be repurchased from time to time in open market transactions, or other means in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and Rule 10b -18 of the Exchange Act. The timing, number of shares repurchased, and prices paid for the stock under this program will depend on general business and market conditions as well as corporate and regulatory limitations, including blackout period restrictions.
Dominari Holdings Inc. (f/k/a Aikido Pharma Inc.) until recently was focused primarily on the development of a diverse portfolio of small-molecule anticancer and antiviral therapeutics and related patent technology. In September 2022, the Company agreed to acquire a registered broker-dealer and transition its primary business operations to fintech and financial services. Upon the final closing of this acquisition, the Company's fintech and financial services business will be operated through its subsidiary, Dominari Financial Inc. The Company continues to develop its therapeutics and related patent technology, as well as other ventures, through its subsidiary, Aikido Labs, LLC.
Certain statements in this press release constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Words such as "may," "might," "will," "should," "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "continue," "predict," "forecast," "project," "plan," "intend" or similar expressions, or statements regarding intent, belief, or current expectations, are forward-looking statements. While the Company believes these forward-looking statements are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on any such forward-looking statements, which are based on information available to us on the date of this release. These forward-looking statements are based upon current estimates and assumptions and are subject to various risks and uncertainties, including without limitation those set forth in the Company's filings with the SEC, not limited to Risk Factors relating to its business contained therein. Thus, actual results could be materially different. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation to update or alter statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
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Wisconsin assistant Matt Mitchell discusses pass rush and evaluating specialists, plus more from inside linebackers
MADISON – Reporters spoke to Matt Mitchell, Wisconsin’s outside linebackers/special teams coach, and outside linebackers C.J. Goetz, Darryl Peterson, T.J. Bollers and Jeff Pietrowski on Friday.
Goetz, Peterson and Bollers all originally signed with UW.
Pietrowski transferred to UW from Michigan State. Pietrowski played high school ball in Ohio and was recruited by then-Cincinnati coach Luke Fickell. He built a relationship during his redshirt year at Michigan State (2020) with Mike Tressel, who was the Spartans’ safeties coach that season and is in his first season at UW.
Here are a few comments from the session, with UW set to return to practice on Saturday.
Q: Matt, you’ve had six practices with your guys now. With Nick Herbig gone, do you have an idea yet who might be able to come off the edge next season and make quarterbacks uncomfortable?
Mitchell: You could definitely tell watching the tape that Nick was very disruptive. We’re going to miss that.
I think Darryl Peterson has done a good job of affecting quarterbacks, some with speed rushes, some with power rushes. I’ve seen flashes of him being able to do that. C.J. was really good for Wisconsin setting edges and (teams) really had a hard time running the ball because of C.J.’s presence on the boundary. I think the next piece of it is trying to get him to be a better pass rusher. … Jeff Pietrowski had some success at Michigan State.
Q: C.J., you’ve been in the program for five years and have a bachelor’s degree. Why did you choose to return to UW for a sixth season?
Goetz: Throughout (last) year, just how the year went, I felt there was a lot more left on the table. I saw it as an opportunity to come back and finish it out the right way.
Q: Matt, all six practices so far have been held indoors. Have you been able to get a feel for your specialists, the kickers and punters, yet?
Mitchell: That’s been the biggest challenge. We just haven’t been able to get outside. It has been difficult.
Obviously, punter is the one at the forefront … just trying to see who potentially who could be our punter. We try to match the hangtime and the distance. If we can get a 4.5 (seconds) and 45 (yards), that is kind of the standard we’re looking for. We just haven’t been able to evaluate that.
Peter Snowden has done a great job as a long-snapper. There is been a lot of consistency with the time and the location.
There’s going to be competition at kicker, but (Nathanial) Vakos, the transfer from Ohio, was an All-American. We’ve done some extra-point, field goal work. Pretty easy. Nice, controlled environment. No wind. Not a lot of variables. The plan is to get out to Camp Randall on Saturday.
Q: Jeff, when Michigan State’s 2022 season concluded last November, did you have any idea that after three years with the Spartans you would be transferring and landing at another Big Ten school?
Pietrowski: No. It was a wild couple of weeks. We had a lot of good times there and there’s a lot of relationships there – those are some of my best friends. And there are some (coaches) in that building where I look at them like family.
But we had a couple coaching changes and with Coach Fickell and Coach Tressel coming here, it just felt right. It was something I wanted to be a part of. But I was a late transfer. It was like a week-and-a-half before school started. It was crazy.
Q: T.J., you weighed about 250 pounds at the start of last season but checked in at 265 pounds during bowl prep and are up to 268 pounds now. Many players drop a few pounds during the season. How were you able to gain so much weight during the season?
Bollers: That has been a thing that happens to me for a few years. Even during high school season, I always gained weight during the season. It never really made sense to me. It was always confusing to me. It never really made sense to me. | https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/college/uw/2023/04/07/wisconsin-football-assistant-matt-mitchell-outslde-linebackers-qa/70091781007/ | 2023-04-07 19:57:41 | 0 | https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/college/uw/2023/04/07/wisconsin-football-assistant-matt-mitchell-outslde-linebackers-qa/70091781007/ |
New York firefighter dead after four-alarm fire, building collapse in Buffalo
The Buffalo, New York firefighter was trapped in the building until first responders pronounced him dead in the afternoon
A firefighter in New York is dead following a partial building collapse in Downtown Buffalo where firefighters were battling a large blaze, Fox News Digital has confirmed.
"I am deeply saddened to report that a member of the Buffalo Fire Department has lost his life while bravely fighting the four-alarm fire on Main Street in Downtown Buffalo today." Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown shared on social media Wednesday afternoon. "I ask everyone to keep the family and fellow firefighters in your prayers."
DETROIT FAMILY DOG SAVES TODDLER IN FIRE, MOM SAYS: ‘HE WENT RUNNING BACK INTO THE HOUSE’
The firefighter's identity was not immediately released.
Earlier, Buffalo Fire Commissioner William Renaldo shared in a press conference that firefighters responded to the fire in the downtown commercial district in Buffalo, New York at approximately 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 1.
"Quickly thereafter there was a mayday call," Renaldo said. "There was a structural collapse, an interior collapse. Firefighters had to evacuate. And unfortunately one of our firefighters was trapped and is still trapped, and we’re still trying to make our way to that firefighter as we speak."
BODYCAM FOOTAGE SHOWS NJ HOUSE EXPLOSION WHILE FIREFIGHTERS STILL INSIDE
Video from a bystander shows an enormous blaze in downtown Buffalo with firefighters diligently spraying the building with hoses until a massive explosion occurs, causing a huge plume of smoke and ash billow out. The teams of firefighters were seen outside the building being knocked over and enveloped in a cloud of ash, then flailing to regain control of spraying hoses.
Hours following the explosion, first responders worked tirelessly to find the missing firefighters, until he was pronounced dead on Wedensday afternoon.
The cause of the fire is under investigation. Renaldo said his department was investigating a report that workers had been seen with torches near the building, which was being renovated.
"I am heartbroken by this devastating tragedy in Buffalo." New York Governor Kathy Hochul shared on Twitter. "My prayers are with the loved ones of the brave fallen firefighter and the entire Buffalo Fire Department. I have spoken with Mayor Brown to offer any support that is needed."
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BEIRUT (AP) — Another significant section of the devastated Beirut Port silos collapsed on Tuesday morning in a cloud of dust. No injuries were reported — the area had been long evacuated — but the collapse was another painful reminder of the horrific August 2020 explosion.
The collapse left the silos’ southern part standing next to a pile of charred ruins. The northern block had already been slowly tipping over since the initial explosion two years ago but rapidly deteriorated after it caught fire over a month ago due to fermenting grains.
The 50 year old, 48 meter (157 feet) tall silos had withstood the force of the explosion on Aug. 4, 2020, effectively shielding the western part of Beirut from the blast that killed over 200 people, injured more than 6,000 and badly damaged entire neighborhoods.
Emmanuel Durand, a French civil engineer who volunteered for the government-commissioned team of experts, told The Associated Press that the speed of the tilt rapidly accelerated overnight on Monday, just hours before the collapse.
“There was a very sharp acceleration, which was expected,” Durand explained. “When this happens, you know it’s going to go.”
The country’s caretaker environment minister, Nasser Yassin, told Lebanese TV that the government will now look into how to ensure the southern block remains standing. He urged residents near the port to wear masks, and said experts would conduct air quality tests.
In April, the Lebanese government decided to demolish the silos, but suspended the decision following protests from families of the blast’s victims and survivors. They contend that the silos may contain evidence useful for the judicial probe, and that it should stand as a memorial for the 2020 tragedy.
In July, a fire broke out in the northern block of the silos due to the fermenting grains. Firefighters and Lebanese Army soldiers were unable to put it out and it smoldered for over a month. Officials had warned that the silo could collapse, but feared risking the lives of firefighters and soldiers who struggled to get too close to put out the blaze or drop containers of water from helicopters.
Survivors of the blast and residents near the port have told the AP that watching the fire from their homes and offices was like reliving the trauma from the port blast, which started with a fire in a warehouse near the silos that contained hundreds of tons of explosive ammonium nitrate, improperly stored there for years.
The environment and health ministries in late July issued instructions to residents living near the port to stay indoors in well-ventilated spaces.
Durand last month told the AP that the fire from the grains had sped up the speed of the tilt of the shredded silo and caused irreversible damage to its weak concrete foundation.
The structure has rapidly deteriorated ever since. In late July, part of the northern block collapsed for the first time. Days later on the second anniversary of the Beirut Port blast, roughly a fourth of the structure collapsed. On Sunday, the fire expanded to large sections of the silo. | https://pix11.com/news/ap-general/large-section-of-smoldering-beirut-port-silos-collapses/ | 2022-08-23 14:59:21 | 1 | https://pix11.com/news/ap-general/large-section-of-smoldering-beirut-port-silos-collapses/ |
HONG KONG and BEIJING, June 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Madison Auction is delighted to present their 2023 Madison Auction 2023 June Whisky Live Sale at 11 am (HKT) Saturday, June 24nd, the stunning 160+ lots of whiskies with a total estimate of HK$3,400,000 - HK$5,900,000.
This sale will be live-streamed on Madison Auction bidding platform (www.madison-auction.com/auctions) and the Madison Auction App (search 'Madison Auction' in your app store) at 11:00am (HKT) this Saturday. Take advantage of the last few days to place your online absentee bid via the bidding platform and app.
In addition to Hong Kong, Madison Auction will also set up salerooms in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Macao, Thailand and Laos, allowing more Asia-Pacific bidders to attend the auction via live streaming simultaneously.
As the first Hong Kong based luxury lifestyle auction house, Madison Auction hosts auctions for the unique pool of high-net-worth clients from APAC and other regions. Madison Auction continues to accept consignments at 0% seller's commission throughout the year for upcoming sales.
Whisky | Lot 1–166
In this sale there are total 160+ lots of gems from Scotland, Japan, Ireland, US and Taiwan China, valued at HK$3,400,000 - HK$5,900,000, a star-studded lineup.
In this sale Madison Auction brings you more than 50 lots of Macallan, comprising over 140 bottles! This auction caters to enthusiasts of old Macallan whiskies and offers a variety of Macallan distilled between the 1940s and 1980s. Moreover, the prices are very affordable, starting from HKD 10,000 up to HKD 45,000. One of the highlights for collectors seeking aged whisky is definitely Lot 164, a Macallan distilled in 1949 during People's Republic of China's founding year and aged for 40 years in the cask before being bottled by Signatory.
Another highlight for collectors to take note of is the official bottlings from Macallan, including the 25-year-old Anniversary Malt from the 1950s (Lot 166); the 80 proof, 25-year-old Crystal Decanter, 1964 Sherry Wood, and the 17-year-old from the early 1960s (Lot Lot 9, 66, 67, 157, 161, 162), and the 18-year-old Sherry Oak from the early 1970s (Lot 65 & 156).
If the official bottlings cannot keep up with your demand anymore, various independent bottlings of Macallan are sure to surprise you. These include the popular Speymalt series (Lot 10-12, 73, 165, 166), as well as some noteworthy bottlers like Cadenhead's (Lot 11), Japanese bottlers Kingsbury and Shinanoya (Lot 14, 15), and more. In addition, Madison Auction will present one set of James Bond collections with seven bottles bottled in 2022 (Lot 1), and a dark sherry whisky bottled by Signatory a few months ago (Lot 13), which scored an impressive 93 points on Whiskyfun.
More than 70 lots of Scotch whiskies from distilleries other than Macallan are included, covering several discontinued distilleries and the eight major distilleries on Islay, as well as some lesser-known distilleries you may not have tried or heard of before, including new distilleries with less than 20 years of history.
Among the lineup of discontinued distilleries, Port Ellen (Lot 75, 117 & 118) needs no further introduction. In addition to Port Ellen, there are Millburn (Lot 17), St Magdalene (Lot 36), Glen Mhor (Lot 37), Coleburn & Glen Albyn (Lot 76), Littlemill (Lot 89), and Rosebank (Lot 90, 127 & 128), which collectors may want to pay attention to. One noteworthy offering is the Rosebank The Rose Edition 7 Enchantment (Lot 128), just released on the Valentine's Day this year, which the starting price is lower than its release price.
Collectors who love Islay whisky must have heard of the Feis Ile festival held on Islay every May. The Kinship set (Lot 88) celebrating the 2019 Feis Ile festival is not to be missed. Diageo's Casks Of Distinction series (Lot 26-28) is already well known, but the first edition of Prima & Ultima, released in 2020, is even rarer. The Lagavulin 1991 28-year-old (Lot 25) from Islay in this auction is worth collecting.
Of course, there are also 50 lots suitable for daily drinking with starting prices at HKD 10,000 or less. In addition, there are a total of 70+ lots with starting prices ranging from HKD 10,000 to HKD 20,000, covering whiskies from Scotland, Japan and Macallan, and you're sure to find your favorite bottle at the right price.
If you prefer Japanese whisky, this sale also has something for you. Both Karuizawa and Yamazaki are regulars at auctions, but the full set of eight bottles of Karuizawa Geisha Miyako Odori (Lot 111) is probably something many whisky enthusiasts have never seen before! Don't miss out the chance to collect the entire set in one auction! In addition, the School of Malt Lesson Collection (Lot 16), selected by Dave Broom, is an invaluable collection that both collectors and drinkers cannot resist.
The Yamazaki Mizunara cask distilled in 1984 (Lot 50) has always been highly sought after, and the three single casks from the same brand (Lot 447-49) are also not to be missed, especially the one hand-picked by Yamazaki's chief blender SEIICHI KOSHIMIZU (Lot 49). In addition to Yamazaki and Hakushu, there is a distillery called Chita which are under the same Suntory Group, specializes in producing high-quality grain whisky, and its whisky is also one of the main base whiskies for Hibiki. This time Madison Auction presents you a bottle of Chita bottled by SMWS (Lot 78), allowing you to taste the unique flavor of Japanese grain whisky.
In addition to the above big players, there are also many lesser-known Japanese distilleries whose whiskies are worth noting. Shinshu Mars Distillery ceased production in 1992 and resumed distilling in 2011, producing several impressive gems (Lot 32, 51, 52). The Akashi Distillery is the first company in Japan to be licensed for whisky production, but unfortunately its production is extremely low. Their Ghost series (Lot 145) is definitely worth collecting.
Recommendation
MACALLAN JAMES BOND FULL SET
Lot 1
6 Bottles, 6 Single OC | Overall: Perfect | Vol: 700ml, Abv: 43.7%, Other: Single Malt
Est. HK$ 75,000 - HK$ 110,000
Macallan James Bond 60th Anniversary Release
Decade 1(1)(Single OC)
Decade 2(1)(Single OC)
Decade 3(1)(Single OC)
Decade 4(1)(Single OC)
Decade 5(1)(Single OC)
Decade 6(1)(Single OC)
The Macallan and James Bond are bound together by their shared Scottish heritage, innovative nature and the pursuit of excellence. They have created a remarkable collection comprising six limited edition bottles inspired by each of The Six Decades of Bond, telling the story of innovation over 60 years and the pioneering character attributes of James Bond and The Macallan.
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THE SCHOOL OF MALT LESSON COLLECTION
Lot 16
3 Bottles | Overall: Great | Vol: 700ml, Other: Single Malt
Est. HK$ 40,000 - HK$ 75,000
1976 Tomatin 34 Year Old The School of Malt by Dave Broom Lesson I(1)
Ullage: Into neck | Barrel Type: Sherry Butt, Abv: 51.3%
1976 Ballindalloch 36 Year Old The School of Malt by Dave Broom Lesson II(1)
Ullage: Into neck | Abv: 55.2%
Karuizawa 21 Year Old The School of Malt by Dave Broom Lesson III, #9091(1)
Ullage: Top shoulder | Barrel Type: Sherry Butt, Abv: 63.7%
This series contains three bottles selected by famous whisky editor Dave Broom, including a legendary vintage of Tomatin, closed distillery from Japan Karuizawa and Ballindalloch which is from Glenfarclas Distillery.
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1997 Clynelish 21 Year Old Casks of Distinction Boyao Zhao Exclusive, #7555
Lot 28
1 Bottle | Overall: Perfect | Label: China import, Bottled: 15th October 2018, Bottle Number: 336 | Barrel Type: Ex-Sherry Butt, Abv: 56.7%, Vol: 700ml | Other: Single Malt, 405 bottles produced
Est. HK$ 14,000 - HK$ 26,000
An exceptionally rare Clynelish 1997 has been exclusively selected by Boyao Zhao. As successor of the two fabulous 'Casks of Distinction' bottles, this 21 Year Old Clynelish also comes from the legendary distillery with a great taste of elegance, complexity and full of character.
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100 Proof Green Thistle (1990s)
Lot 33
1 Bottle, Single OC | Overall: Perfect | Abv: 50%, Vol: 700ml, Other: Single Malt | WF 93
Est. HK$ 22,000 - HK$ 35,000
This is a 1990s bottle of the Springbank 12 year old, bottled at 100 US proof. These releases were produced by diluting the strength of the regular 12 year old by using under-proof casks of 30-36 year old whisky from the legendary 1960s vintages, giving the bottles their rich colour. These releases are also affectionately known as the 'Green Thistle' bottlings on account of their packaging.
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1960 Linkwood 60 Year Old Gordon & Macphail Private Collection
Lot 39
1 Bottle, Wooden GB | Overall: Perfect | Bottled: 29th October 2020, Barrel Type: Refill Sherry Hogshead | Abv: 46.8%, Vol: 700ml, Other: Single Malt, 75 bottles produced
Est. HK$ 100,000 - HK$ 170,000
The Private Collection series, becomes a unique and high-end rare whisky series in Gordon & MacPhail (G&M in short) portfolio. It's perfect for whisky collectors, as all the whiskies in the collection are hand-selected by the third and fourth generations of the Urquhart family. This series specializes in bottling the rarest and most precious single malt whiskies in the world, representing G&M's core spirit of excellence by only bottling when they believe that a whisky has reached its peak maturity.
It's worth noting that the oldest vintage whisky for Linkwood is 61 years old, so this 60-year-old offering is the second-oldest and has an incredibly deep color that has been refined over time, with only 75 bottles being released.
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1994 Yamazaki The Owner's Cask 輿水精一 , #4G3003
Lot 49
1 Bottle | Overall: Great | Bottled: 2011, Bottle Number: 196, Barrel Type: Sherry Butt | Abv: 51%, Vol: 700ml, Other: Single Malt, 438 bottles produced
Est. HK$ 42,000 - HK$ 75,000
This beautiful Yamazaki Owner's cask was selected by 輿水精一 , the chief blender from Suntory, making sure this is one of the legend Yamazaki Owner's cask.
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1984 Yamazaki 25th Anniversary
Lot 50
1 Bottle, Wooden GB | Overall: Perfect | Bottle number: 1377, Barrel Type: Mizunara Oak casks | Abv: 48%, Vol: 700ml, Other: Single Malt
Est. HK$ 130,000 - HK$ 220,000
This beautiful Yamazaki Owner's cask was selected by 興水精一, the chief blender from Suntory, making sure this is one of the legend Yamazaki Owner's cask.
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KARUIZAWA GEISHA MIYAKO ODORI FULL SET
Lot 111
8 Bottles, 8 GB | Overall: Perfect | Bottled: 1/-7/ 2017;8/ 2018, Barrel Type: Sherry Cask | Vol: 700ml, Other: Single Malt
Est. HK$ 150,000 - HK$ 280,000
Karuizawa Geisha Miyako Odori
1999, #864(1)(GB)
Abv: 57.3%, Other: 440 bottles produced
1999, #866(1)(GB)
Abv: 58.6%, Other: 487 bottles produced
1999, #897(1)(GB)
Abv: 60.4%,Other: 382 bottles produced
1999, #899(1)(GB)
Abv: 60.6%, Other: 478 bottles produced
1999, #2380(1)(GB)
Label: Taiwan import, Abv: 59.7%, Other: 436 bottles produced
2000, #2219(1)(GB)
Label: Taiwan import, Abv: 59.8%, Other: 468 bottles produced
2000, #2267(1)(GB)
Abv: 60.4%, Other: 405 bottles produced
2000, #7834(1)(GB)
Abv: 60.5%, Other: 500 bottles produced
The Miyako Odori is one of the four great spring shows in the five geisha districts (hanamachi) of Kyoto, Japan. The dances, songs, and theater productions presented in the framework of the Miyako Odori are performed by the maiko (apprentice geisha) and geisha of the Gion quarter. This Karuizawa Geisha Miyako Odori full set contains eight incredible single cask whiskies distilled in 1999 and 2000 from Karuizawa distillery. Each one of these bottles is highly collectible, limited in numbers and each bottle features a different stunning label, each depicting a Geisha.
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1949 Macallan 40 Year Old Signatory Vintage, #852&855
Lot 164
1 Bottle, GB | Overall: Great | Ullage: Top shoulder, Label: Slightly bin soiled, Japan import | Bottled: April 1990, Bottle Number: 207 | Abv: 37.9%, Vol: 750ml, Other: Single Malt, 280 bottles produced
Est. HK$ 45,000 - HK$ 80,000
A 40-year-old Macallan distilled in 1940s, only 1 bottle available in this sale.
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KANSAS CITY, Kan., Nov. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Great Range Capital (GRC) has announced that Realm Companies, LLC (Realm), a leading Midwest pallet platform, has been acquired by Kamps Inc. (Kamps), a national pallet company based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Realm, based in Newton, IA, specializes in the complete lifecycle management of pallets, including pallet manufacturing, recovery, sustainable recycling services, freight services, reverse logistics, and on-site pallet services. Realm's recent acquisition of Des Moines-based WestWind Logistics LLC strengthened its regional capabilities and transformed the company into a comprehensive supply chain solutions provider across five states. Realm has 180 employees, nine warehouse and manufacturing sites, and 900 trailers.
"I feel so fortunate to have been able to partner with the team at Great Range Capital," said Realm Founder and CEO Chris Barton. "The knowledge and friendships I've gained while working alongside them will continue to have a lasting impact on Realm. It's been an invaluable experience, and I'm grateful and excited for what's ahead."
"We're proud to have been a part of Realm's continued growth and success, and it's been a true honor to partner with Chris and the rest of the management team," said Ryan Sprott, Managing Partner at GRC. "We have no doubt that Realm has found an excellent home in its partnership with Kamps, and we look forward to following their accomplishments in the years to come."
With more than 400 facilities in its network, Kamps is one of the largest pallet companies in the United States and has been delivering innovative pallet solutions to customers since 1973. It specializes in supplying high-quality recycled pallets, new custom pallets, and comprehensive pallet services, including pallet recycling and on-site (TPM) pallet services.
Kamps is backed by private equity firm Freeman Spogli & Co. BlackArch Partners LLC, a Charlotte-based investment bank with significant transaction experience in the pallet sector, acted as the exclusive advisor to Realm in conjunction with the transaction.
Realm Companies LLC is a pallet, crate, and mulch manufacturer, pallet recycler, and warehousing logistics company headquartered in Newton, IA. In business since 1998, Realm is a true solutions provider, with just-in-time delivery, as well as scalability and flexibility to meet the changing needs of their customer base. Realm manages the complete lifecycle of pallets and crates for customers located across Iowa, Kansas, Illinois, Missouri, and New Jersey. Learn more at www.realmcompanies.com.
Great Range Capital, a private equity firm based in greater Kansas City, primarily targets equity investments in Midwestern companies with revenues ranging from $20 to $150 million. Learn more at www.greatrangecapital.com.
Kamps, Inc. is a full-service national pallet company delivering innovative pallet services to customers since 1973. Kamps specializes in supplying high quality wooden pallets, comprehensive pallet recycling services, and total pallet management services to diverse supply chains across the nation. Learn more at www.kampspallets.com.
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Long seen as a fringe viewpoint, Christian nationalism now has a foothold in American politics, particularly in the Republican Party — according to a new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute and the Brookings Institute.
Researchers found that more than half of Republicans believe the country should be a strictly Christian nation, either adhering to the ideals of Christian nationalism (21%) or sympathizing with those views (33%).
Robert P. Jones, the president and founder of the nonpartisan PRRI, has been surveying the religious world for many years now. Recently, Jones said his group decided to start asking specifically about Christian nationalism.
"It became clear to us that this term 'Christian nationalism' was being used really across the political spectrum," he said. "So not just on the right but on the left and that it was being written about more by the media."
I am a Christian and I say it proudly, we should be Christian nationalists."
Christian nationalism is a worldview that claims the U.S. is a Christian nation and that the country's laws should therefore be rooted in Christian values. This point of view has long been most prominent in white evangelical spaces but lately it's been getting lip service in Republican ones, too.
During an interview at a Turning Point USA event last August, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said party leaders need to be more responsive to the base of the party, which she claimed is made up of Christian nationalists.
"We need to be the party of nationalism," she said. "I am a Christian and I say it proudly, we should be Christian nationalists."
Jones said until now it's been difficult to tell how prominent Christian nationalism is within the Republican Party.
"There was some data out there but what we saw as a need was to have a real set of data that would quantify what that term means, how many Americans really adhere to it," he said. "And we also wanted to have a more nuanced view – not just people who are hard adherents but maybe people who are sympathetic."
Jones said this is just the beginning of his group's effort to track the prevalence of these views in American views. He says over time we will have a better idea of whether these views are becoming more or less widely held.
Americans broadly don't adhere to Christian nationalism
While a majority of Republicans currently either adhere to or sympathize with Christian nationalism, the survey found that this remains a minority opinion nationwide.
According to the PRRI/Brookings study, only ten percent of Americans view themselves as adherents of Christian nationalism and about 19 percent of Americans said they sympathize with these views.
Kristin Kobes Du Mez, a history professor at Calvin University, said it's important to note that this is not a novel ideology in American families.
"These ideas have been widely held throughout American history and particularly since the 1970s with the rise of the Christian Right," she said.
Du Mez said these views are mostly a reaction to changing demographics, as well as cultural and generational shifts in the U.S. As the country has become less white and Christian, she said these adherents want to hold on to their cultural and political power.
In fact, according to the survey, half of Christian nationalism adherents and nearly 4 in 10 sympathizers said they support the idea of an authoritarian leader in order to keep these Christian values in society.
"At its root there are some deeply anti-democratic impulses here," Du Mez said. "So, to see that more than half of one political party is committed to Christian nationalism I think explains a lot in terms of our ability to achieve much bipartisan agreement."
The survey also found correlations between people who hold Christian nationalist views as well as Anti-Black, anti-immigrant, antisemitic views, anti-Muslim and patriarchal views.
Republicans may need to reckon with ideology in its ranks
Most Christian nationalists – either adherents or sympathizers – either agree or strongly agree with the notion that they should live in a country full of other Christians."
Tim Whitaker, founder of The New Evangelicals, grew up in the church and now spends his life trying to detangle these kinds of views from the evangelical faith.
"We need to understand that the world of Christian nationalism largely rejects pluralism, which this study shows," he said. "Most Christian nationalists – either adherents or sympathizers – either agree or strongly agree with the notion that they should live in a country full of other Christians."
Whitaker said he has faith that most Americans will continue to reject these ideas when they hear them, but he's worried about the outsized influence these views have in the Republican Party.
"The reality is that a lot of these folks – especially the adherents – are very militant in this belief that God has given them a mandate to rule over the nation," he said. "And so for them, I think that compromise is a sign of weakness and the GOP needs to understand what they are dealing with."
According to the survey, adherents of Christian nationalism say they will go to great lengths to impose their vision of the country. Jones with PRRI said they found adherents are far more likely to agree with the statement: "true patriots might have to resort to violence to save our country."
"Now is that everyone? No. It's not everyone," Jones said. "But it's a sizeable minority that is not only willing to declare themselves opposed to pluralism and democracy – but are also willing to say, 'I am willing to fight and either kill or harm my fellow Americans to keep it that way.'"
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SALT LAKE CITY, June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SixFifty, a technology company whose solutions are programmed to take on complex legal issues by providing customized contracts, policies, and documents to people and businesses, today announced its 50 State Hiring Kit, which makes the process of hiring in an increasingly remote working world more efficient and cost effective. Built for human resources and legal teams, employers may select the states in which they wish to hire and the software automatically generates a comprehensive document explaining the relevant laws and action items to conduct business and maintain an employee in any state or the District of Columbia.
As part of SixFifty's comprehensive employment solutions, including employment agreements, employee handbooks and policies, and hybrid work policies, SixFifty's 50 State Hiring Kit is available as an add-on to existing subscribers or standalone.
"SixFifty's hiring kit is the ultimate blueprint for a company's nationwide hiring needs—made all the more important as companies like Airbnb and Lyft move to remote working conditions," said Kimball Parker, CEO of SixFifty. "Hiring in new states presents challenges and significant costs, and SixFifty's kit, along with our broader employment and privacy offerings, removes the guesswork and roadblocks because we do the legal legwork for you."
SixFifty's Employee Handbook and Employment Agreements SaaS tools help companies to create customized contracts, policies, and documents that comply with federal and any state employment laws. SixFifty continuously monitors this dynamic area of the law and updates the tools in real time. Users receive updates explaining the changes and the recommended language to update the handbook and agreements, and any new documents generated in SixFifty's system automatically include these updates.
Hatch is a company on a mission to make sleep easier with innovative, all-in-one products for newborns through adults and a user of SixFifty's employment tools. With employees spanning 15 states and two countries, writing employee contracts became complicated and expensive.
"The value we're getting with SixFifty is great," said Melanie Wagner, Head of People Operations at Hatch. "It's the legal tool we use for all contracts, onboarding, offboarding—anything related to employment at Hatch. SixFifty keeps us compliant and up-to-date."
SixFifty's pro bono program builds free tools for people who need legal help. Recently, SixFifty created free tools to help Ukrainian citizens file for Temporary Protected Status and asylum in the United States.
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As a Korean American, Amber Reed didn’t have much education about her culture in her youth. She had to seek information about Asian American history on her own.
Now as president of AAPI Montclair, a New Jersey community organization with over 300 people dedicated to the culture of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, Reed is leading an effort to raise awareness about Asian American history.
On Sunday evening, AAPI Montclair hosted its third Lantern Festival for Justice and Remembrance. The event at Edgemont Park drew more than 3,000 people to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and to remember the history of Asians in America. A Wall of History was erected at the park in remembrance of events such as the Chinese Exclusion Act, Japanese American incarceration camps during World War II, and the murder of Vincent Chin. Reed, who is a native of Flint, Michigan, angrily shares the story of the murder of Chin. In 1982, the Chinese American was beaten to death by two auto workers in Detroit who blamed Chin for the loss of American auto jobs to the Japanese.
"Vincent Chin is really important," Reed said. "It shows how frenzied the country was and the anti-Japanese sentiment."
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With the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes since the pandemic began in Wuhan, China, more than three years ago, remembering history is crucial, Reed said.
According to the nonprofit Stop AAPI Hate, almost 11,000 incidents of hate incidents have been reported between March of 2020 and December of 2021 against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, the first significant law restricting immigration to the United States, impacted generations of Chinese Americans, Reed said. Incarceration camps and removing Japanese Americans from their homes by confiscating their properties during World War II was another page in Asian American history.
"We still have a lot of work to do," Reed said.
The Lantern Festival was launched in May of 2021, after the Atlanta spa shootings that claimed the lives of eight people, including six Asian women.
Coupled with history, the festival is a celebration of culture and how far Asians and Pacific Islanders have come in America.
Winnie Wu, 51, a Chinese American resident of Montclair, New Jersey, showed her support. "I like that it’s a pan-Asian festival so we can celebrate with the entire community," Wu said.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security on Friday announced a process by which migrant workers who witness or are victims of workplace labor violations can apply for protection from deportation, in a development applauded by labor and rights advocates who say it will protect migrant workers who expose abusive working conditions.
Friday’s announcement sets up guidelines on the agency’s website so applicants know what documentation they need to apply and how to go about it.
“Workers are often afraid to report violations of law by exploitative employers or to cooperate in employment and labor standards investigations because they fear removal or other immigration-related retaliation by an abusive employer,” the agency said in a news release. “Agencies tasked with enforcing labor and employment laws depend on the cooperation of these workers in their investigations.”
The agency said that in the past it has been able to use “discretionary authority” to consider requests to protect workers from deportation who are assisting in labor investigations on a case-by-case basis. But the new guidelines create a “streamlined and expedited” process and a centralized location where requests can be submitted.
The new process allows migrant workers to apply for “deferred action,” meaning protection from deportation if they’re taking part in an investigation of workplace labor violations.
As part of the application they’d have to show proof from a labor or employment agency describing the investigation and why they need DHS support. They’d also have to show proof they were working at the company as well as documents like proof of identity. The applications would be reviewed by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, an arm of Homeland Security that handles immigration and citizenship-related requests.
If approved, migrant workers cooperating with a labor investigation can stay in the country for two years. They can also apply for authorization to work legally in the country during that time.
Labor and immigration groups applauded the news as a way to protect migrant workers from employers who might use their immigration status as a way to retaliate against them for coming forward about things like wage or workplace violations.
“As immigration lawyers, we have seen too many of our clients suffer workplace abuses they were too afraid to report for fear of retribution by unscrupulous employers,” said Ann Garcia, staff attorney at the National Immigration Project.
In an October 2021 memo, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said the agency would consider requests for deferred action protection for migrants helping in labor investigations but didn’t set out a detailed policy for how it would be done. Since then, Garcia said, some lawyers have applied on behalf of their clients but it was case by case.
“It was a process of guesswork,” she said. Garcia, who trains other lawyers in aspects of immigration law, said now the formal process will allow her to more easily help other lawyers navigate for their clients.
Stuart Appelbaum, president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, also applauded the announcement.
“Immigrant workers are critical to the success of our economy, yet they are among those who suffer the most exploitation and abuse at work, and then suffer further from intimidation and retaliation when they stand up for their rights,” said Appelbaum said.
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This New Jersey Restaurant Has Been Named The Best Pork Roll In The State
We all know that New Jersey is well-known for one very special type of meat. We are the pork roll capital of the world, so if the experts have singled out one place to name as the top spot to get some, that's a really big deal.
Let's remember, a man named John Taylor invented this beautiful product way back in 1856 in Trenton, according to Shore Catering. It got its start here and will always call New Jersey home.
Of course, the battle wages on regarding what to call this very special meat. Some of us settle on Taylor Ham, which certainly makes sense based on the history of the product.
But just as many of us refer to it as pork roll. We're less interested in the name of it for our purposes today. We just want to know where to get the best the Garden State has to offer.
There is no doubt there will be a great deal of disagreement on this choice, or whatever choice is made as the best pork roll in New Jersey, so we are so glad the decision was not made by us but was made by the food experts at Lovefood.
They are a highly respected food site, so we are really curious to find out what they have crowned the Garden State's best.
What they chose for this honor is a great place called The Committed Pig. They have locations in Summit and Morristown, and by the way, they also have the perfect name for this accolade.
In New Jersey, there is Italian food, bagels, pizza, and pork roll on our Mount Rushmore of food, and The Committed Pig just earned its spot atop our food mountain.
Just an added note, if you are at the Jersey Shore and want a great pork roll, egg, and cheese sandwich, I found one at this great little place called Pixie's Sunrise Cafe in Point Pleasant. Give it a try. | https://wpst.com/best-pork-roll-new-jersey/ | 2023-01-03 15:52:56 | 1 | https://wpst.com/best-pork-roll-new-jersey/ |
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The Flatwoods Marathon on Bruce B. Downs Boulevard will have a sale on gasoline on Monday afternoon.
From 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., drivers can purchase regular gas for $2.38 per gallon. Americans For Prosperity, a libertarian conservative group, is sponsoring the event, which will last an hour.
The gas station is located at 17519 Bruce B. Downs Boulevard.
The group says it’s goal it’s goal is to show people how much the price of gas “should be.” AFP blames the Biden administration for skyrocketing gasoline costs, saying it’s due to their spending policies and regulations.
According to The Auto Club Group (AAA), Florida’s average cost of gas has dropped a total of 96 cents per gallon since mid-June.
The auto group says the most important driver of gas prices is crude oil. Experts say gas prices have also risen significantly due to COVID-19 and other market factors. | https://www.wfla.com/news/local-news/new-tampa-gas-station-to-sell-fuel-for-2-38-per-gallon-monday/ | 2022-08-01 09:18:18 | 1 | https://www.wfla.com/news/local-news/new-tampa-gas-station-to-sell-fuel-for-2-38-per-gallon-monday/ |
Two biopharmaceutical companies will give $5 million and $500,000, respectively, to nonprofit organizations in the United States and abroad that are responding to the growing monkeypox outbreak. The pledges come as the early philanthropic response to the disease, which disproportionately affects LGBTQ people, has been fairly muted compared with the early days of COVID-19.
Gilead Sciences, which produces HIV medicines, is providing up to $5 million to nonprofits in the United States and abroad that are working to prevent and treat monkeypox. It will give $350,000 each to GLAAD, the Human Rights Campaign, the National Black Justice Coalition, and the National Center for Lesbian Rights. Those nonprofits will collaborate on a public education campaign and create materials about vaccination, treatment, and prevention that can be shared with organizations across the country.
Gilead will also give another $500,000 to NMAC, a nonprofit working to end the HIV epidemic, which will use the money to lead an advocacy campaign focused on ensuring monkeypox vaccines are distributed equitably and to fight vaccine hesitancy. The remaining $3 million will be distributed in grants of up to $50,000 to Gilead’s grantees outside the U.S. that are also seeing a rise in monkeypox cases.
ViiV Healthcare, another pharmaceutical company focused on HIV treatments, will make $500,000 in grants to nonprofits in the United States helping with outreach, education, and testing related to monkeypox.
Both companies have a history of helping LGBTQ people deal with health issues and supporting people who have HIV/AIDS or are at risk of getting it.
Tanya Gulliver-Garcia, director of learning and partnerships at the Center for Disaster Philanthropy, said she is not aware of any other major grants for the disease.
“It’s possible, and this has been my prediction from the beginning, that a lot of the funding for monkeypox is going to be very local,” she said. “It will be community foundations and small corporations giving to organizations in their own city or town.”
That smaller scale of giving is in stark contrast to the billions of dollars in funding that foundations and corporations gave in the early days of COVID-19. By May 2020, U.S. grantmakers had given $6 billion in response to the coronavirus spread, according to Candid.
The differences in giving for COVID-19 compared with monkeypox in part stems from differences between the diseases. COVID-19 was a new, not fully understood virus that spread aggressively and could be fatal. Monkeypox is a disease that has been around for decades, spreads through close physical contact, and is very rarely fatal, according to the CDC. Gulliver-Garcia said that the difference also can be attributed to the fact that the current monkeypox outbreak so far has largely affected men who have sex with men.
“This, for me, is very reminiscent of the late ’80s, early ’90s, when HIV and AIDS were considered to be a queer disease,” she said. “Mainstream media didn’t pay a lot of attention.”
Government and mainstream philanthropy only began to take more action, she said, after HIV and AIDS began to spread more broadly.
Because the philanthropic response has been limited, LGBTQ nonprofits and health centers on the front lines responding to monkeypox have struggled to finance their work. Leaders said they had to find money in their budgets to pay for the monkeypox response since few grants are available. Their efforts also have been hampered by a limited supply of vaccines and the spread of misinformation, several nonprofits told the Chronicle of Philanthropy.
Gilead’s decision to donate to nonprofits was prompted by concerns its officials were hearing from grantees starting in May, said Jane Stafford, executive director of corporate giving at Gilead.
Stafford said grantees told her and colleagues, “We need dedicated funding that we can use to put out education, to have vaccine clinics, to make sure that we have enough (personal protective equipment) for staff that are currently working, and then, in some cases, to provide funding for temporary staff to come in and help these organizations.”
With more than 14,000 cases of monkeypox reported across the country, California, Illinois, and New York have joined the federal government in declaring states of emergency.
The outbreak has largely affected gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men, although the virus can be spread to anyone through close, skin-to-skin contact. About 94% of people who have tested positive had sexual or intimate contact with men within the three weeks before their symptoms began, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
As a result, LGBTQ organizations with experience serving gay and bisexual men and health providers that treat patients with HIV/AIDS are helping. According to federal government estimates, 41% of people who have gotten monkeypox so far have also been HIV positive.
One of the biggest obstacles health providers have faced is the sparse supply of vaccines. The United States had only 2,400 doses of the vaccine on hand when the outbreak began, which would have been enough to vaccinate just 1,200 people. The Biden administration ramped up supply, recently announcing an additional 1.8 million doses will be available. The demand still has outmatched the number of available vaccines, according to federal health officials.
As of August 16, the San Francisco AIDS Foundation had distributed about 1,300 vaccines. And about 11,780 people are on the nonprofit’s waitlist of eligible recipients. TPAN, a health provider in Chicago that serves people with HIV and those at risk of getting it, has distributed 400 doses. But the demand has been triple that amount, according to Kara Eastman, the organization’s CEO.
Racial disparities in the vaccine rollout also remain a persistent challenge. In New York City, where monkeypox cases have been particularly high, Black people received just 12% of the doses despite making up 31% of those at risk of contracting the disease, the city’s Health Department reported.
Daniel Driffin, a consultant with NMAC working on an equitable monkeypox response, said he worries that people will get frustrated and stop seeking chances to get vaccinated.
Nonprofits and health providers responding to monkeypox have also seen a strain on their resources after dealing with COVID-19.
“It has been both a time-intensive and a resource-heavy response that has not seen a financial support behind it in the same ways that we saw happening early on (with COVID-19),” said Tyler TerMeer, CEO of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. The organization has tapped into its budget to create a hotline to field questions about monkeypox and pay more staff to host vaccine clinics during the evenings and weekends.
TPAN in Chicago held an online appeal to raise funds that attracted $3,000 in donations to deal with monkeypox.
“This is a time for philanthropy to step up and identify groups that they are already supporting and offer up resources to help us,” Eastman of TPAN said. “Because while this is being inaccurately categorized as something that’s impacting only one group in the country right now, it’s a public-health issue.”
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A roundup of the week's most newsworthy energy industry press releases from PR Newswire, including the latest on EV charging, green hydrogen, grid reliability, and more.
NEW YORK, June 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help journalists covering the energy and natural resources industry stay on top of the week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a roundup of stories from the week that shouldn't be missed.
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- Outdoor Power Equipment Helps Weather A Storm or Power Outage "it's important to be prepared year-round given any season can be storm season. We see more people investing in portable and whole house generators and having other outdoor power equipment on hand such as chainsaws and water pumps to mitigate any damage from felled trees and water damage and floods," says Kris Kiser, President & CEO of the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute.
- ABB E-mobility expands solutions for public and fleet EV charging in North America "ABB E-mobility is committed to developing and deploying advanced charging technologies that are ready for the current and future requirements of public charging sites as well as the unique needs of every sized EV fleet," said Bob Stojanovic, Senior Vice President for ABB E-mobility in North America.
- Experience the Future of Green Energy Solutions: Jackery to Unveil Exciting New Products at Outdoor Retailers Exhibition
The portable energy storage industry is currently in its early stages of development and has not yet made significant progress in the market. However, Jackery acknowledges the potential for growth and the rising popularity of portable energy solutions that encourage eco-friendly and sustainable living. - New Deloitte report: Emerging green hydrogen market set to help reshape global energy map by end of decade, creating US$1.4 trillion market by 2050
Deloitte's outlook provides extensive detail into the cost, production, and market of hydrogen, even analyzing the business challenges facing the successful implementation of clean hydrogen, and providing insights into various market dynamics, such as optimal infrastructure sizing, investment needs, and technology choices. - OCI Global fuels first ever green methanol powered container vessel
This global maiden voyage is an important milestone in decarbonization of the maritime industry, providing proof-of-concept for green methanol as a safe, efficient, commercially ready fuel for global shipping. - dcbel's residential bidirectional DC charger first to achieve certification in the US
The unprecedented certification process was over two years in the making. dcbel collaborated with Intertek, a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) program member, to validate the safety of the product across a wide range of conditions and scenarios. - Eco-dynamic Tech to Unveil World's First Colored Solar Awning: Artpiece for RV 1000W
A game-changer for RV users, Artpiece for RV 1000W combines solar power supply and sun shading in one solution. Instead of using fabric as awning material, it integrates lightweight 360° rollable flexible HJT solar modules and eliminates fabric replacements. - Cadiz Partners with Scale Microgrids to Develop Clean Energy Microgrids for Water Supply, Pipeline Project
The solar-hybrid microgrids designed by Scale for Cadiz will combine ground mount Solar PV, battery storage, and advanced, high-efficiency distributed generation that can lower energy costs by more than 30%, provide 100% uptime reliability and cut carbon emissions by more than 75%. - Anker Expands Into Home Energy Solutions With Launch of Anker Solix Brand
The new Anker Solix brand includes a line of solar balcony solutions designed for apartments and modular solar battery storage systems for the home. Additionally, Anker's popular portfolio of portable power stations (formerly known as PowerHouse) will now be part of Anker Solix. - Gridware Raises $10.5 Million to Improve Grid Reliability Nationwide This round of funding will fuel this growth while providing additional support to Gridware's utility customers looking to improve their operations. This includes increasing visibility on aging infrastructure while improving overall reliability for utility customers by reducing outage time and identifying wildfire risks before they ignite.
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BOSTON, March 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - The five John Hancock closed-end funds listed below declared their quarterly distributions today as follows:
Declaration Date: March 1, 2023
Ex Date: March 10, 2023
Record Date: March 13, 2023
Payment Date: March 31, 2023
Hedged Equity & Income Fund (the "Fund") declared its quarterly distribution pursuant to the Fund's managed distribution plan (the "HEQ Plan"). Under the HEQ Plan, the Fund makes quarterly distributions in a fixed amount of $0.2900 per share, which will be paid quarterly until further notice. Distributions under the HEQ Plan may consist of net investment income, net realized long-term capital gains, net realized short-term capital gains and, to the extent necessary, return of capital. The Fund may also make additional distributions (i) for purposes of not incurring federal income tax on investment company taxable income and net capital gain of the Fund, if any, not included in such regular distributions and (ii) for purposes of not incurring federal excise tax on ordinary income and capital gain net income, if any, not included in such regular quarterly distributions. The Board may amend the terms of the HEQ Plan or terminate the HEQ Plan at any time.
Financial Opportunities Fund (the "Fund") declared its quarterly distribution pursuant to the Fund's managed distribution plan (the "BTO Plan"). Under the BTO Plan, the Fund makes quarterly distributions in a fixed amount of $0.6500 per share, which will be paid quarterly until further notice.
Distributions under the BTO Plan may consist of net investment income, net realized long-term capital gains, net realized short-term capital gains and, to the extent necessary, return of capital. The BTO Plan intends to fund each distribution, to the extent possible, in a tax-advantaged manner through the realization of long-term capital gains where the distribution amount exceeds net investment income. The Fund will seek to realize capital gains for this purpose in a manner which the advisor and subadvisor believe is consistent with prudent portfolio management and the investment objective, policies and restrictions of the Fund.
The Fund may also make additional distributions (i) for purposes of not incurring federal income tax on investment company taxable income and net capital gain of the Fund, if any, not included in such regular distributions and (ii) for purposes of not incurring federal excise tax on ordinary income and capital gain net income, if any, not included in such regular quarterly distributions. The Board may amend the terms of the BTO Plan or terminate the BTO Plan at any time.
A portion of a Fund's current distribution may include sources other than net investment income, including a return of capital. Investors should understand that a return of capital is not a distribution from income or gains of a Fund. As required under the Investment Company Act of 1940, a notice with the estimated components of the distribution will be mailed to shareholders at the time of payment if it does not consist solely of net investment income. At this time, one or more of the Funds anticipates that the notice accompanying the current distribution will include an estimate of return of capital. Such notice will also be posted to the Funds' website at www.jhinvestments.com. The notice should not be used to prepare tax returns as the estimates indicated in the notice may differ from the ultimate federal income tax characterization of distributions. After the end of each calendar year, investors will be sent a Form 1099-DIV informing them how to report distributions received during that year for federal income tax purposes.
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Season 1 of the FieldRoutes Field Famous podcast will launch March 7, 2023, presenting stories of dedicated professionals from the pest control and lawn care industries.
MCKINNEY, Texas, March 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- FieldRoutes, a ServiceTitan company and a leading cloud-based and mobile SaaS provider for field service businesses, today announced the launch of its Field Famous podcast, a new show for listeners and viewers to hear stories of driving success, overcoming challenges, and reaching goals from pest control and lawn care professionals.
"FieldRoutes salutes the hard-working professionals in the industries we serve," said Patti Newcomer, chief marketing officer for FieldRoutes. "FieldRoutes is invested in empowering those in the field service industry to reach their goals and grow their businesses. The Field Famous podcast provides a dynamic new medium through which we will showcase their achievements."
Field Famous, which makes its debut with the launch of Season 1, will be hosted by Dr. Christopher Fasano, director of growth marketing for FieldRoutes. Dr. Fasano, a neuroscientist passionate about connecting with others to understand their journeys and a veteran podcast presenter, began laying the groundwork for Field Famous to a positive reception at the National Pest Management Association's annual conference, PestWorld, in October 2022 in Boston, Massachusetts.
Episodes will feature interviews with industry leaders achieving what FieldRoutes calls "fame-worthy" status in pest control and lawn care. FieldRoutes recognizes that fame-worthy achievements look different for everyone. It might mean maximizing their profit margins, being known by name in a market, or scaling a business so they can make it home in time for dinner with their family.
The podcast, available on platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube, will cover a wide variety of topics including technology, business growth, and marketing. Field Famous guests will inform and inspire others in the industry through their interviews.
In one of the first episodes, Adam Creed, the recruiting director for ABC Home & Commercial Services in Texas, discusses proven strategies companies can use not just to fill jobs but to fill them with top talent. In another, Breanna Neerland of Kwik Kill Pest Control explains how she brought positive change and efficiency to her second-generation family business in Madison, Wisconsin, and why her leadership in the state's Professional Women in Pest Management (PWIPM) chapter matters to her.
The Field Famous podcast is an opportunity for FieldRoutes to help ensure these industry professionals, regardless of their software provider or company affiliation, get the recognition they deserve by celebrating their accomplishments for all to hear.
"No two stories of success and no two experiences are the same in the pest control and lawn care industries," Newcomer said. "Listeners and viewers of Field Famous, whether they're business owners, field employees, office staff, or others, will come away as energized by what they can learn from these real stories and by the people telling them as we are at FieldRoutes."
If you are interested in sharing your story on the Field Famous podcast, contact FieldRoutes via email at fieldfamous@fieldroutes.com. Learn more at BeFieldFamous.com.
About FieldRoutes
FieldRoutes, a ServiceTitan company, is a cloud-based and mobile SaaS provider for field service businesses. FieldRoutes' platform automates many aspects of field service operations for enterprise and small business customers with office management, advanced route optimization, payment processing, digital sales, marketing, and customer acquisition capabilities. Contractors across the country rely on FieldRoutes to provide them with data-driven insights to become more efficient and drive revenue to their business, so they can grow quickly, scale intelligently, and serve their customers relentlessly. In 2018 PestRoutes and Lobster Marketing joined together and in 2021 unified under one brand, FieldRoutes.
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Victoria Guetzkow winds up connecting with the ball sending it into the infield. Volunteer and newest employee with the Williston Wonders Kaylie Castillo plays catcher.
Victoria Guetzkow winds up connecting with the ball sending it into the infield. Volunteer and newest employee with the Williston Wonders Kaylie Castillo plays catcher.
The Williston Wonders hit singles, doubles, and triples at their first fall Sports kickoff event Monday night, a fun-filled evening with lots of laughs.
“It’s fun all the time and we laugh a lot. And I can help,” Williston Wonder athlete Victoria Guetzkow said. “I am going to hit the ball all the way out to the sign out there when I bat.”
The Williston Wonders is a free opportunity for people with any level of special needs to have some fun and meet new friends.
“Our goal of the whole thing is to keep it free. Giving people with special needs the opportunity to have some fun and meet new friends,” event coordinator Heidi Guetzkow said. “This is not just for special needs kids or adults; it is for everyone. We have parents show up, grandparents and siblings, family or friends — all are welcome to watch or join in the game”.
There is no registration needed to participate and all equipment is provided thanks to the Williston State College Tetons girls basketball team. The WSC team chose the Williston Wonders as recipients for their Christmas Giving Tree. This has supplied the Williston Wonders with most of their equipment and gift cards for pizza parties.
Guetzkow explained that the Williston Wonders do their best to adjust the games to match everyone’s ability level and no rules are followed.
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Welsh composer wasn’t Meghan Markle in 'disguise' after viral coronation joke: 'I look this way all the time'
The Duchess of Sussex chose to stay behind in California with her two children on Prince Archie's birthday while Prince Harry attended his father's coronation
A shaggy-haired, mustachioed and bespectacled Welsh composer – who became the center of a viral joke and conspiracy theory that he was actually Meghan Markle in disguise when he attended King Charles III’s coronation last Saturday – confirmed his identity this week.
"My name is Sir Karl Jenkins," the composer said in a TikTok video while seated cross-legged on his sofa with soft classical music playing in the background. "I understand there’s been a lot of interest in me since I appeared at the coronation of King Charles III."
The award-winning composer explained that he was seated near the front of Westminster Abbey because he had written music performed at the ceremony.
"I was quite surprised that some people thought I was Meghan Markle in disguise," he deadpanned before showing a social post of someone joking his look was "obviously a disguise" and he must be there to "steal the Crown Jewels."
PRINCE HARRY SNUBBED BY ROYAL FAMILY AS MEGHAN MARKLE HIKES WITH FRIENDS
"I look this way all the time," Jenkins professed, cracking up. He also defended his prominent mustache.
"I’ve had the mustache since I was 18 years old – it was very trendy then," the 79-year-old smiled while showing a picture of himself playing the saxophone as a younger man.
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"So that’s me," he concluded. "Nothing sinister about it or surprising at all."
Last weekend, the apparent jokes about Markle sneaking into the coronation in a fake mustache, wig and glasses began to appear on social media along with photos of Jenkins.
"Meghan Markle’s disguise nearly had me fooled…" one Twitter user wrote Saturday along with a screenshot of Jenkins at the coronation.
After Jenkins’ TikTok, many posted on social media to say his explanation is "exactly" what Markle dressed in a disguise would say.
Even "Phantom of the Opera" composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, who was seated next to Jenkins during the coronation, tweeted that he can "confirm it probably wasn’t" Markle.
Another social media user mused, "Is there anything more 'Britain In 2023' than Sir Karl Jenkins taking to TikTok to explain that he is not Meghan Markle in disguise?"
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The best holiday gifts from Oprah’s Favorite Things list
Does Oprah have her finger on the pulse of what people love or do people love things because Oprah said they are good? Since she is such an avid reader, for instance, Oprah’s opinions on books are highly valued, even by established writers. Her recommendations carry a great deal of weight and have turned unknown authors into bestselling writers seemingly overnight. It’s called “the Oprah Effect” for a reason.
But Oprah likes more than just books. Each year, she compiles a comprehensive holiday gift list that includes her favorite items, ranging from beauty to tech. This year, there are 104 products she has chosen. We’ve decided to spotlight our favorite things from Oprah’s Favorite Things 2022 list.
How we’ve organized our list
Since there are so many items on this list, we’ve broken it down into seven categories so you can quickly navigate to the items you want most, whether it is an Echo device or an espresso machine. The categories are Beauty, Children’s Gifts, Food, Kitchen Appliances, Self-Care, Tech and Travel.
Beauty
This hand cream is beautifully packaged, making it gift-ready. The set includes three tubes: Mirabai Rose, Octavia Grapefruit and Frida Frangipani. Each lotion is made in a small batch with pure ingredients to ensure the highest quality. Sold by Amazon
Poppy and Pout 100% Natural Lip Tints
There are six premium lip tints in this elegant gift set. Each is made with all-natural ingredients, including beeswax, sunflower oil, coconut oil and mint. Vitamin E is added to this Leaping Bunny-certified product for additional nourishment. Sold by Amazon
Grace Eleyae GE Women’s Adjustable Satin-Lined Hair Care Headwrap Knot Turban
This stylish turban has satin lining to reduce friction and fight frizz. The lining also helps distribute your hair’s natural oils while locking in moisture. The hidden adjustable drawstrings let you achieve a perfect fit no matter what hairstyle you are wearing. Sold by Amazon
Children’s Gifts
Super Smalls Ice Skating Jeweled Gloves
These adorable gloves are embellished with sewn-in gems and jewels that make it look like your child is wearing bracelets and rings. The black knit stretches to fit most hands while keeping them warm and cozy. Sold by Amazon
This unique gift lets the recipient create their own apron. They get six colored pencils and paper to make a design that they send back to the manufacturer to create a custom apron. Alternatively, they can send a photograph of a pet. Sold by Amazon
Dadisi Academy Giant 3-Foot Puzzles
Dadisi Academy’s giant puzzles have large, thick pieces that are easy for small hands to grasp and manipulate. The illustrations are culturally affirming, positive role models. The puzzle can be stored in the accompanying, clear, plastic travel pouch. Sold by Amazon
Food
Kitchens of Africa: East Africa meets West Africa Gift Box
This tour of African cuisines encompasses many cultures and flavors. The four-sauce variety gift pack has curry, tamarind, peanut, and more. The offerings are vegan and gluten-free and come with recipe cards for inspiration. Sold by Amazon
Crocchi Croissant-Shaped Gnocchi
This inspired food looks like rainbow-colored croissants but tastes like gnocchi. These easy-to-cook treats are made by hand with colors that come from vegetables. This delicious food item started as one mom’s way of sneaking veggies into pasta to help her son eat a more nutritious meal. Sold by Amazon
The Cravory: Freshly Baked Cookies
Sometimes, the best gift is indulgence. These Cravory cookies have a soft center and crisp surface to give cookie lovers everything they desire. The fun flavors include Birthday Cake, Cookie Monster, Salted Caramel Cream, Red Velvet and more. Sold by Amazon
Kitchen Appliances
If you have a coffee-lover on your list, this versatile appliance can make an espresso, a cappuccino, a latte, coffee and more at the touch of a button. The built-in conical burr grinder has 13 settings and the LatteCrema system lets you texture milk (or milk alternative) to your liking. Sold by Amazon
Revolution InstaGLO Panini Press Bundle
The manufacturer describes this appliance as “endlessly versatile.” It is a high-end toaster with a panini press and warming rack included. It can be used to toast sandwiches, make quesadillas, bake bread, heat up cookies and more. Sold by Amazon
Solo Stove is a revolutionary smoke-free fire pit. This Pi model uses the same technology to heat up to 800 degrees. If you know someone who loves authentic, homemade, artisan pizza, this is the perfect gift. Sold by Amazon
Self-Care
Asutra Silk Eye Pillow for Sleep
Getting a good night’s sleep is crucial for having a great day. This silk eye pillow is suitable for sleeping, meditating and more. It has a gentle lavender scent and comes with a free gel mask to help relieve eye fatigue. Sold by Amazon
Whether you know someone who works all day or works out, a mini massage gun is a thoughtful gift. This ultra-quiet handheld device relaxes and nourishes muscles to get rid of nagging cramps, aches and knots. Sold by Amazon
Made from Real Greens Gift Set
Show your significant other how much you care by helping them get started on a nutrition path that gives them energy and immune system support. This set comes with vitamin-packed gummies and tablets that quickly dissolve in water (or any other drink) to get a healthy beverage without turning on the blender. Sold by Amazon
Tech
Echo Show 15 has a 15.6-inch HD display and features a 5 MP camera. The Alexa-powered widgets keep calendars, notes, shopping lists and more organized. Family members can connect to their favorite streaming services to enjoy all of their entertainment on demand. Sold by Amazon
These wicked cool sunglasses are a gift for the individual who loves gadgets. Not only can they listen to music and take calls, but the ingenious glasses can also discreetly take photos and capture video of anything you’re looking at. Oprah has said these glasses might just be the “gift of the year.” Sold by Amazon
If you know someone who travels a lot, this compact iron and steamer is only 14 inches and fits in a suitcase. It heats up within three minutes and doesn’t require a bulky ironing board. This device eliminates wrinkles and can even be used in place of dry cleaning. Sold by Amazon
Travel
Capri 2-in-1 Garment and Duffle Bag
This stylish garment bag is designed to convert into a duffle bag with a detachable shoulder strap for transport. The wrinkle-free storage and convenient pockets protect your clothing while keeping items neatly organized. Sold by Amazon
The TRVL Luxe bag is an elegant travel bag made from soft, woven vegan leather. It has four compartments and two removable pouches. The water-resistant case closes with a two-way zipper for convenience. Sold by Amazon
Roverlund Airline Compliant Pet Carrier
This soft-sided case is an airline compliant in-cabin pet carrier. It has a flexible rear frame to allow for more versatility in placement. The cleverly designed shoulder strap doubles as a bonus leash that can also be employed to secure the pet carrier in a vehicle. Sold by Amazon
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By JENNA FRYER
AP Auto Racing Writer
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A cascade of boos rained down on Kyle Busch following his surprise win at Bristol Motor Speedway, a moment that reminded him of the icy reception the late Dale Earnhardt received after a controversial 1999 win at the track.
But this wasn’t even close to that. Earnhardt wrecked leader Terry Labonte out of his way and shrugged it off: “I didn’t mean to turn him around, I meant to rattle his cage.”
Busch had done nothing of the sort. He was comfortably in third on the final lap of Sunday night’s race at dirt-covered Bristol. It was Chase Briscoe who spun into leader Tyler Reddick, and all Busch did was slip through the smoke for the 60th victory of his Cup Series career.
With the checkered flag in his hand, Busch laughed at the crowd reaction: “I mean, man, I feel like Dale Earnhardt Sr. right now. This is awesome. I didn’t do anything.”
What the crowd didn’t realize is that Busch’s ninth career Cup win at Bristol had just earned him a spot in NASCAR’s record books. The victory tied Busch with Hall of Famer Richard Petty with at least one win in 18 consecutive seasons.
“To me, it’s a long time, 18 years,” he said. “The biggest thing to me is just having that opportunity and being thankful for my chances with Joe Gibbs Racing.”
Busch thanked longtime sponsors M&M’s and Interstate Batteries, as well as the leadership at JGR beginning with Hall of Fame team owner Joe Gibbs for “having my back over this long a time, keeping me in the seat.”
Busch ranks ninth on the all-time wins list, but the Bristol win moved him 17 victories away from the Earnhardt, the late seven-time champion and member of the first NASCAR Hall of Fame class alongside Petty. Kevin Harvick, with 58 career Cup victories, is closest to Busch among active drivers; Busch, a two-time Cup champion, is the only active driver with multiple titles.
His journey started first with Jack Roush, who had older brother Kurt Busch under contract, and Kurt swore the driver seven years his junior was going to be better than him. Roush gave Kyle Busch some Truck Series starts when he was 16, but by the time he turned 18 and was approved to race at higher levels, he’d been snagged by Hendrick Motorsports.
Busch won with Hendrick but he was immature and, like his big brother, rather temperamental. He lasted just three seasons before Rick Hendrick cut him loose to sign Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Gibbs grabbed the 22-year-old ahead of the 2008 season and Busch has undoubtedly put together a Hall of Fame career. He has 223 victories across NASCAR’s three national series and “retired” from Xfinity Series racing at the end of last season when he crossed the 100-win threshold with 102.
He still races the five Truck Series events NASCAR permits for his Kyle Busch Motorsports team, though he is winless through his first three starts this season.
Now 36 and awaiting the birth of his second child — Busch and wife, Samantha, have publicly struggled with infertility and are expecting their first daughter via a surrogate — Busch’s focus is on winning more Cup titles.
He knows he backed into the Bristol win, his first in a season that has six top-10 finishes through nine races. He doesn’t believe the No. 18 Toyota team is where it needs to be to contend for the title just yet.
“We got a lot of work to do to win more races and be in contention each and every week,” Busch said. “I feel like I’m in the prime of my career and I would love to be running up front and dominating and winning races and contending for championships. That’s our ultimate goal.”
Next up is Talladega Superspeedway, where Busch has just one victory, in 2008. He’s not counting on past experience in what should be a hectic race with NASCAR’s new Next Gen racecar.
“It’s such a crapshoot there in the last 20, 30 or 40 laps that you never really know who is going to win, what’s going to happen, and where the wreck is going to come from,” Busch said. “You’ve just got to do what you can in order to let these races kind of fall into place, and sometimes it’s just worth taking the finish that’s coming to you and moving on and going to the next one.”
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PITTSBURGH, May 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Global safety equipment manufacturer MSA Safety Incorporated (NYSE: MSA) today announced that Steve Blanco has been elected President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) by the company's Board of Directors. Mr. Blanco, 56, previously served as President of the company's Americas business segment, a position to which he was appointed in 2017. As President and COO, Mr. Blanco will oversee the continued implementation of the company's strategic initiatives across MSA's global portfolio. Nish Vartanian will continue to serve the company as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
"Steve's election reflects the confidence that our Board of Directors and I have in his ability to lead the initiaves that will drive our future performance and enhance our productivity, processes and products on a global scale," said Mr. Vartanian.
Under Mr. Blanco's leadership, from 2018 through 2022, revenue in the company's Americas segment has grown by more than 40 percent. During this period, Mr. Blanco helped oversee the company's acquisitions of Globe Manufacturing, Sierra Monitor and Bacharach, Inc. Most recently, he led the development and deployment of the MSA Business System – a combination of behaviors, processes and tools designed to drive continuous improvement and superior performance across the entire enterprise.
"Steve has made numerous contributions to our success over the past decade and I very much look forward to working with him in this new role as we and our entire management team work to enhance MSA Safety's position as the world's leading developer and manufacturer of advanced safety solutions for workers," Mr. Vartanian said.
Mr. Vartanian noted that Mr. Blanco's election is part of a longer-term effort to continue to develop the company's senior leaders.
Mr. Blanco joined MSA in 2012 as Vice President of Global Operational Excellence, a role in which he oversaw the company's global manufacturing operations and led the implementation of best-in-class practices that helped advance MSA's manufacturing efficiencies across the world.
Prior to MSA Safety, Mr. Blanco worked for Eaton Corporation as Vice President of Manufacturing for the company's $7 billion Electrical Sector. Before that, he worked for Ford Motor Company and Visteon, serving in a variety of engineering, plant management and operations roles. Mr. Blanco earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering technology from Purdue University, and he holds an MBA from Indiana Wesleyan University.
In his expanded role, Mr. Blanco will remain located in Cranberry Township, Pa., at the company's global headquarters.
About MSA Safety
Established in 1914, MSA Safety Incorporated is the global leader in the development, manufacture and supply of safety products and software that protect people and facility infrastructures. Many MSA products integrate a combination of electronics, software, mechanical systems and advanced materials to protect users against hazardous or life-threatening situations. The Company's comprehensive product line is used by workers around the world in a broad range of markets, including fire service, the oil, gas and petrochemical industry, construction, industrial manufacturing applications, heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration, utilities, mining and the military. MSA's core products include self-contained breathing apparatus, fixed gas and flame detection systems, portable gas detection instruments, industrial head protection products, firefighter helmets and protective apparel, and fall protection devices. With 2022 revenues of $1.5 billion, MSA employs approximately 5,000 people worldwide. The Company is headquartered north of Pittsburgh in Cranberry Township, Pa., and has manufacturing operations in the United States, Europe, Asia and Latin America. With more than 40 international locations, MSA realizes approximately half of its revenue from outside North America. For more information visit MSA's web site at www.MSAsafety.com.
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There’s a horror movie cliché that feels a lot like the Federal Reserve’s recent interest rate pause.
That’s the storyline we’re living with the Fed’s relentless push to beat down inflation.
The Fed left interest rates unchanged this week but signaled that inflation is still a scary figure in our economy. And it suggested the rate pause may be short-lived.
“The process of getting inflation down is going to be a gradual one,” Fed Chair Jerome H. Powell said during a news conference Wednesday. “It’s going to take some time.”
So what does this mean for your finances?
I had a conversation with Frank Lietke, executive director and president at Ally Invest Securities, about what’s next in this horror show, which has made it more expensive to buy a home, to purchase a used or new vehicle, and to pay down debt.
Here are four takeaways from the Fed’s recent rate decision.
Consumer prices are still stubbornly high
Powell said the Fed is “acutely aware that high inflation imposes hardship as it erodes purchasing power, especially for those least able to meet the higher costs of essentials like food, housing and transportation.”
A year ago, the consumer price index hit a 40-year high of 9.1 percent on a year-over-year basis. Since then, amid 10 consecutive Fed rate hikes, the inflation rate has been moving down.
Prices rose 4 percent year-over-year in May, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The Fed wants to return inflation to 2 percent.
Don’t view the Fed pause as a sign that we are out of the rising-rates woods just yet, Lietke said. The drop in inflation since last year may feel like we’re getting relief, but many consumer goods and services are still painfully high, he pointed out.
The cost of used cars and trucks climbed 4.4 percent. Motor vehicle insurance was up 2 percent. Apparel and personal care goods also saw increases in May.
“Price stability is the responsibility of the Federal Reserve,” Powell said. “Without price stability, the economy doesn’t work for anyone. In particular, without price stability, we will not achieve a sustained period of strong labor market conditions that benefit all.”
Prepare for more rate hikes
Here’s where the chilling music starts.
“Some further rate increases will be appropriate this year,” Powell said.
There could be a rate hike as soon as July, Lietke said.
“I think the Fed realizes there’s probably going to need to be more tightening or raising in rates absent some other massive economic event to get that inflation number under control,” he said. “We see it persisting now for a longer period of time into 2023. As long as that number is still at that higher level, I think the Fed is going to be pushed and really nudged to continue to raise rates.”
Buy now, not later
If higher rates are coming, this means higher borrowing costs on big-ticket items.
From buying a home to a new car, locking in a fixed interest rate now before rates rise again could save you money in the long run. The average rate on a 30-year mortgage stood at 6.69 percent as of Thursday, according to Freddie Mac. A year ago, the rate was 5.78 percent. But for the same period in 2021, the 30-year fixed rate was 2.93.
“Housing has corrected a bit, but I think that if somebody is waiting for a 2 to 3 percent mortgage rate, again, I don’t see that happening in the near future,” Lietke said. “Given where rates are expected to go in July, they could go up again.”
Before making a major purchase, consider your personal financial situation.
“If you find your dream house and it fits into your budget and it’s good for you or your family, don’t let perfect be the enemy of the good,” Lietke said.
If mortgage rates fall, you have the option to refinance. The same is true if you need to purchase a vehicle.
And if you can afford it, splurge. Don’t let your frugality and your worries about money rob you of paying for some wants.
“Make trade-offs and sacrifices, because the minute you eliminate wants, people can feel a sense of misery,” Lietke said.
Stick to savings
Things are getting better, but you may need to pull back on unnecessary purchases.
In this inflationary environment, reconsider how you allocate your income.
With the increase in the cost of goods and services, more of your money is going to pay for necessities. As a result, you might be considering reducing or even cutting out saving for retirement or building an emergency fund.
“The last thing you want to do for your long-term plan is to eliminate savings,” Lietke said.
If you can, don’t let the higher expenses derail your savings goals.
Understandably, if you’re living paycheck to paycheck, there may not be anything extra to save. But you can plan for a time when your financial situation improves.
Ask yourself: Where do you want to be in one, three and five years?
Then make a plan that might include boosting your job skills or increasing your income. Or set a goal to save even a small amount of money every month, Lietke suggests.
“Little wins have a super motivating effect on people,” he said. “It’s about setting up that plan.” | https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/06/16/fed-rate-pause-takeaways-wallet/ | 2023-06-16 11:30:13 | 0 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/06/16/fed-rate-pause-takeaways-wallet/ |
Thunderstorms on Friday brought a renewed threat of flooding to parts of Kentucky ravaged by high water a week ago.
The National Weather Service issued a flood watch through Saturday morning for nearly the entire state.
As residents continued cleaning up from the late July floods that killed at least 37 people, rain started falling on already saturated ground in eastern Kentucky late Friday morning. Some places could receive up to 3 inches of rain by Friday night, and the storm system wasn’t expected to let up until at least Saturday evening, the weather service said.
“There’s a lot of debris that’s out there that could cause clogging in waterways that could lead to flooding,” Beshear said at a news conference.
Due to unsafe travel conditions, Gov. Andy Beshear canceled visits to two flood-ravaged counties Friday.
The White House announced Friday that President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to eastern Kentucky on Monday to survey the damage from last week’s devastating floods and meet with those affected. The Bidens would join Beshear and his wife, Britainy, at an unspecified Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster recovery center.
Last week’s storm in eastern Kentucky sent floodwaters as high as rooftops. In the days afterward, more than 1,300 people were rescued as teams searched in boats and combed debris-clogged creekbanks. Beshear said Friday that two people in Breathitt County remained missing.
Many residents are still waiting for their utilities to be restored. About 2,000 Kentucky customers remained without electricity on Friday. Some entire water systems were severed or heavily damaged, prompting a significant response from the National Guard and others to distribute bottled water.
Beshear said authorities were checking on people in homes that were still habitable but who might be stranded in areas where private bridges were washed out. Emergency shelters and area state parks housed nearly 530 people who fled homes that were destroyed or badly damaged. Many more residents were staying with relatives and friends.
Biden declared a federal disaster to direct relief money to counties flooded after 8 to 10 1/2 inches (20 to 27 centimeters) of rain fell in just 48 hours last week in the Appalachian mountain region. Federal financial assistance also was being offered to many residents for repairs to privately owned access roads and bridges. The state also was offering disaster unemployment assistance.
The weather service also posted flood watches for much of West Virginia and through the Washington, D.C., area.
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Raby reported from Charleston, W.Va. | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/more-storms-bring-renewed-flood-threat-in-hard-hit-kentucky/ | 2022-08-06 13:01:14 | 0 | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/more-storms-bring-renewed-flood-threat-in-hard-hit-kentucky/ |
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PREDAPPIO, Italy (AP) — About 1,000 anti-fascists celebrated the anniversary of the 1944 liberation of Benito Mussolini’s birthplace Friday, as scattered fascist nostalgics quietly marked the 100th anniversary of the March on Rome that brought the Italian dictator to power in a bloodless coup.
An organization representing partisans who fought to free Italy from fascism and Nazi occupiers during World War II organized the march down the main street in Predappio, where Mussolini was born and buried. They were joined by trade unionists and left-wing politicians.
“I owe this to my parents and to all those people who gave us freedom, and I mean the partisans,'' Daniela Vicchi, the daughter of a partisan, said during the march.
Italy’s uneasy reckoning with its fascist past was under extra scrutiny as the dual anniversaries coincided this year with Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni's first week as head of the first postwar government led by a party with neo-fascist roots.
Meloni has sought to distance her Brothers of Italy party from its more radical, nostalgic wing. At the same time, neo-fascist parties have been part of the Italian political landscape throughout the postwar period despite Mussolini’s disastrous colonial adventure in Africa and racial laws that persecuted Jews and sent thousands to their deaths in the Holocaust.
In a sign of that uneasy coexistence, organizers of the anti-fascist march placed security outside souvenir shops that sell Mussolini memorabilia in his Emilia Romagna birth and burial place, which has become a place of pilgrimage for far-right adherents who see the dictator executed in 1945 as a modernizing force in 20th century Italy.
The National Association of Partisans annual event marking Predappio’s World War II liberation conveniently prevents fascist nostalgics from commemorating the March on Rome in the town that day. Their event is scheduled for Sunday, when thousands are expected to march from the center of town to Mussolini’s crypt.
But that didn’t stop Mussolini admirers from visiting Predappio on Friday, about 50 of whom waited in line to pay their respects in front of the defunct dictator’s grave.
“Without the vote of fascists, Meloni would not be at the government. I can say this loud and clear," said Ferdinando Polegatto, who drove all the way from Sequals to bring flowers to the tomb of Mussolini.
Mussolini’s great-granddaughters, Orsola and Vittoria Mussolini, also were on hand Friday to open an exhibit titled “100 Years of History between Revolution and Counter-Revolution.” Promotional material says the exhibit aims to tell the story of the Mussolini family “and above all the man who indelibly marked Italian history.” Both women declined to comment.
A traditionalist Catholic priest, the Rev. Giulio Tam, celebrated a Mass in Mussolini’s crypt, and later lamented the liberal changes in Italian society that some citizens fear Meloni might undermine as premier.
“The main thing we must consider 100 years after the March on Rome is what Benito Mussolini did and what happened after 1945.'' Tam said. “What was the progress that was brought? If we look at the laws that were approved after 1945, we see laity, secularism, atheism, divorce, abortion, now they are talking about giving equal value" to same-marriage marriages.
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Colleen Barry contributed from Milan. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Hundreds-of-anti-fascists-march-in-Mussolini-s-17541844.php | 2022-10-28 18:25:14 | 0 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Hundreds-of-anti-fascists-march-in-Mussolini-s-17541844.php |
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- Year to date net income of $7.3 million -
NEW YORK, April 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Unique Logistics International, Inc. (OTCMKTS: UNQL) ("Unique" or the "Company"), a global logistics and freight forwarding company, today announced results for its third fiscal quarter ended February 28, 2023. This is the reporting quarter in which the Company completed critical acquisitions. The acquisitions closed on February 21, 2023 and thus there was no discernable impact on revenue or net income in the third quarter.
"The recent acquisitions position Unique to execute our strategy to deliver a scalable operating model with what we anticipate will be a positive impact going forward. We believe the income statement will see a considerable boost from the acquisitions beginning in our fourth fiscal quarter," said Sunandan Ray, Chief Executive Officer.
Third Quarter Key Metrics
The quarter ended February 28, 2023 saw a substantial decline in the shipping market. Compared with the prior year, there was also a significant decrease in shipping prices. The combined impact is reflected in the decline in the Company's revenue. The impact of reduced shipping was particularly severe on the more expensive air freight sector.
Pro-forma information is presented below on the impact the acquisitions would have had if in place for the entire reported periods.
Pro Forma Results with Acquisitions
Third Quarter Financial Results
- Gross Profit margins improved to 12.8% in the three months ended February 28, primarily due to procurement strategies in a seasonal off-peak market.
- Operating expenses fell 80.1% in line with the reduction in revenue.
- Net Income was approximately $663 thousand for the three months ended February 28, 2023, compared to a net loss of approximately $4.9 million for the three months ended February 28, 2022. For the year to date, Net Income was $7.3 million compared with $1.6 million for the equivalent prior year period.
- Adjusted EBITDA was $534 thousand for the three months ended February 28, 2023. For the year to date adjusted EBITDA was $10.8 million.
- Working capital deficit of $9.7 million is primarily the result of our use of short-term financing to fund the acquisitions. The Company has started to pay off such short-term debt and expects to revert to a positive working capital position by the end of the current fiscal year on May 31, 2023.
"The most significant event of the third quarter was the critical closing of the acquisitions we have targeted for so long. These acquisitions will add to our net income and strategic growth potential. In the nine month period to February 28, 2023, had the acquisitions been in place at the start of the period, our share of the revenue of the acquired companies would have been $109.1 million.
"We continue to seek other acquisition opportunities. We remain on track with our planned merger with Edify Acquisition Corporation (NASDAQ: EAC) to secure our position as a Nasdaq listed company with the liquidity to execute on M&A activities," said Sunandan Ray, Chief Executive Officer.
"Third quarter reflects market slowdown due to seasonal factors as well as excess inventory following the post-Covid build up. Nevertheless, we were able to focus on improved gross margin yields and deliver year to date Net Income of $7.3 million."
Business Outlook
"The short-term liabilities associated with the acquisitions should be substantially paid off or refinanced with long-term debt by the end of our fourth quarter with $6 million already having been paid off using operating cash flow. We believe that continuing to drive improvements in our customer and carrier experience and the expertise of our team will lead to gains in market share and growth. Ultimately, our efforts should lead to additional gains in productivity, which reduces our operating costs, and improves returns to shareholders."
Mr. Ray concluded: "The Company continues to pursue its previously announced business combination with Edify, subject to closing conditions including receipt of required regulatory and stockholder approvals. The Edify merger values the Company at an enterprise value of approximately $360 million inclusive of the international acquisitions that the Company reported on February 27, 2023. At the closing of the merger, it is expected that the Company's shareholders will receive Edify common stock equal to approximately $0.03 per share for each share of the Company's common stock that they own or into which their shares of the Company's preferred stock are convertible."
About Unique Logistics International, Inc.
Unique Logistics International, Inc. (OTC Markets: UNQL) through its wholly owned operating subsidiaries, is a global logistics and freight forwarding company providing a range of international logistics services that enable its customers to outsource to the Company sections of their supply chain process. The services provided are seamlessly managed by its network of trained employees and integrated information systems. We enable our customers to share data regarding their international vendors and purchase orders with us, execute the flow of goods and information under their operating instructions, provide visibility to the flow of goods from factory to distribution center or store and when required, update their inventory records.
For more information on UNQL and its businesses, please visit www.unique-usa.com.
About Non-GAAP Financial Measures (Adjusted EBITDA)
We define adjusted EBITDA to be earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and other non-recurring income or expenses.
Adjusted EBITDA is not a measurement of financial performance under GAAP and may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies. We present adjusted EBITDA because we believe that adjusted EBITDA is a useful supplement to net income as an indicator of operating performance. For this reason, we believe adjusted EBITDA will also be useful to others, including our stockholders, as a valuable financial metric.
Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative to net income as an indicator of performance or as an alternative to cash flows from operating activities as an indicator of cash flows, in each case as determined in accordance with GAAP, or as a measure of liquidity. In addition, adjusted EBITDA does not take into account changes in certain assets and liabilities as well as interest and income taxes that can affect cash flows. We do not intend the presentation of these non-GAAP measures to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for results prepared in accordance with GAAP. These non-GAAP measures should be read only in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes express or implied statements that are not historical facts and are considered forward-looking within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act. Forward-looking statements involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events or our future financial or operating performance and may contain projections of our future results of operations or of our financial information or state other forward-looking information. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the following words: "may," "will," "could," "would," "should," "expect," "intend," "plan," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "predict," "project," "potential," "continue," "ongoing," or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology, although not all forward-looking statements contain these words.
Although we believe that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements such as the growth in revenues, along with the statements under the heading Business Outlook are reasonable, these statements relate to future events or our future operational or financial performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Furthermore, actual results may differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements and will be affected by a variety of risks and factors that are beyond our control, including, without limitation, statements about our future financial performance, including our revenue, cash flows, costs of revenue and operating expenses; our anticipated growth; our predictions about our industry; the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business and our ability to attract, retain and cross-sell to clients. The forward-looking statements contained in this release are also subject to other risks and uncertainties, including those more fully described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2022. The forward-looking statements in this press release speak only as of the date on which the statements are made. We undertake no obligation to update, and expressly disclaim the obligation to update, any forward-looking statements made in this press release to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release or to reflect new information or the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law.
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CHICAGO, Feb. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Kern Singh, an internationally known, minimally invasive, and endoscopic spine surgeon at Midwest Orthopaedics at RUSH, has been promoted to Associate Director of the Division of Spine Surgery at Rush University Medical Center. Dr. Singh has been a faculty member at RUMC for the last 18 years and currently holds the academic rank of full Professor.
Dr. Singh has a worldwide reputation in minimally invasive and endoscopic spinal surgery. He frequently teaches minimally invasive techniques to neurosurgeons and spinal surgeons from around the world. He is extensively involved in designing new minimally invasive spinal instrumentation for cutting-edge spinal surgery and was one of the first surgeons in the U.S. to perform endoscopic spine surgery.
He is a leader in performing cervical disc replacement and returning patients to a high level of activity. He has been the principal researcher in several FDA clinical trials involving cervical disc replacements and motion-preserving spinal technology.
Dr. Singh's clinical interests include the minimally invasive treatment of complex degenerative disorders of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine. He also specializes in the minimally invasive treatment of spinal tumors and adult spinal deformities.
Dr. Singh is an award-winning researcher and has published his findings in major medical journals (500+ publications, presentations, and book chapters). In addition, he has authored more than 13 textbooks on minimally invasive spine surgery that have been used by trainees and practicing spinal surgeons across the world. He most recently won awards for his research including Best Paper at the North American Spine Society and Society of Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery International Meetings.
Dr. Singh is listed in Becker's Orthopedic Spine and Pain Management as one of the nation's Top 100 spine surgeons and specialists. He was also awarded the "Top 10" Doctor Award, Most Compassionate Doctor, and Patient's Choice Award from Vitals.com. Dr. Singh has served as the chair of the Spine Program Committee for the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting since 2017.
A graduate of Jefferson Medical College, where he graduated summa cum laude, Dr. Singh completed his training at Emory University in a combined Orthopaedic and Neurosurgical spine fellowship.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump will release a new book next month that features letters from celebrities and politicians written to him through the years.
“Letters to Trump” includes private correspondence with former presidents including Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Richard Nixon, along with celebrities like Oprah Winfrey and Michael Jackson. There are letters from the late Princess Diana, as well as foreign leaders, including former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un.
The letters serve, in part, as a time capsule from an era before Trump became a polarizing political figure, when he was still a New York celebrity only flirting with running for office. They also feature a collection of strongmen with whom Trump has kept in touch since leaving office and as he wages a third White House run.
“We had lots of great letters from lots of great people and not so great people, to be honest with you,” Trump told reporters in a phone call to discuss the book Thursday. “But they’re very famous people. And probably there’s never been such diversity as this in terms of people where the letters come from and who they come from.”
Trump’s letters have also taken on new significance amid the ongoing federal investigation into his retention of presidential records and how documents with classified markings ended up at his Mar-a-Lago club. That investigation began when archives officials noticed they were missing documents that Trump had spoken about publicly, including letters from Kim, with whom Trump corresponded with often as president.
“He wrote me beautiful letters,” Trump once said. “We fell in love.”
In addition to letters from Kim, the book includes a letter from Bolsonaro, the former far-right president of Brazil, who, like Trump, refused to accept his election defeat, claiming, without evidence, that the nation’s voting system was prone to fraud. The disinformation campaign culminated in thousands of his supporters swarming Brazil’s Congress, Supreme Court and presidential palace in a riot that bore striking similarities to the one at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
The letter, which which was sent in January after Bolsonaro was voted out of office, and shared with The Associated Press ahead of the book’s publication, begins with a wistful tone.
“During the time we were both presidents of our countries, we achieved great accomplishments for our nations,” Bolsonaro wrote in Portuguese, describing the “historic relationship” between Brazil and the U.S. as “a source of extreme importance” for both nations, “whether in the economic cooperation, national defense, or for the political stability of our continents.”
“Working together we accomplished several lasting victories which will be fruitful for future generations,” he added. “You will always have a partner and friend in Brazil.”
The letter is signed in thick black ink, reminiscent of Trump’s well-known Sharpie scrawl.
Trump, in the phone call, said that he had a “fantastic relationship” with Bolsonaro.
“I think he’s a very good man and he will be heard from again, I suspect, in Brazil,” Trump said, adding that he has kept in touch with the Brazilian — who has been living in Florida and spoke at the CPAC conference last week — along with a number of other world leaders.
“You know, you don’t just leave and you never speak to somebody again,” he said. “I’ve kept the relationships with quite a few of them and, you know, I think that bodes well for the campaign.”
Trump — who at one point declared, “I’m a denier, I’m an election denier” — also acknowledged his pattern of building close relationships with strongmen like Kim and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, which some former White House aides have said they believe stems from Trump’s desire to share their unchecked power.
“I get along great with, for the most part, almost everyone. And the tougher they were, the better I got along with them, which is sort of an interesting phenomenon,” he said.
Another letter featured in the book was sent by Winfrey, the famous talk show host, in 2000. According to Axios, which first published details of the book on Thursday, she wrote in response to an excerpt Trump had sent her from one of his books in which he talked her up as vice presidential candidate. (“If I can’t get Oprah, I’d like someone like her,” he had written.)
She wrote back to tell Trump his words had “made me a little weepy.”
“Too bad we’re not running for office,” she added. “What a TEAM!”
The book, which will be released April 25, features around 150 letters, along with commentary and photos. Like “Our Journey Together,” a coffee table book of photos from Trump’s time in the White House, it is being published by Winning Team publishing, founded by Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., and Republican political operative Sergio Gor.
“Long before entering politics, Donald Trump lived an extraordinary life. No book highlights his iconic relationships like Letters to Trump, and we are thrilled to be able to share it with our readers,” said Gor.
The book will cost $99 or $399 for a signed edition. | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/politics/ap-politics/new-trump-book-features-letters-from-foreign-leaders-celebs/ | 2023-03-10 16:07:32 | 1 | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/politics/ap-politics/new-trump-book-features-letters-from-foreign-leaders-celebs/ |
(The Center Square) – Federal prosecutors plan to call 70 witnesses to prove that four former ComEd employees and lobbyists doled out jobs, contracts and payments to illegally influence one of Illinois’ most powerful politicians.
The four are accused of a multi-year scheme to gain former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s backing for legislation that would benefit the utility’s bottom line.
Former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore, former ComEd lobbyist John Hooker, former ComEd consultant Jay Doherty and former lobbyist and state lawmaker Michael McClain have all pleaded “not guilty” to conspiracy, bribery, and willfully falsifying ComEd books and records.
Tuesday will mark the first time the four defendants appear in court after being indicted in November 2020. The trial is expected to run for six to eight weeks at the Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse in Chicago.
ComEd, the state’s largest electric utility, agreed to pay $200 million in July 2020 to resolve a criminal investigation into the years-long bribery scheme. As part of a deferred prosecution agreement, ComEd admitted it arranged jobs, vendor subcontracts and payments in a bid to influence Madigan.
Jurors won’t hear about that 38-page agreement at trial. Judge Harry Leinenweber granted a motion to keep that agreement out of the trial. Defense attorneys had argued “allowing the jury to learn of ComEd’s agreement to pay $200 million would severely prejudice defendants because jurors may conclude that ComEd thought that its officers committed a very serious crime if they paid a $200 million fine,” according to pre-trial motions.
The judge also ruled that prosecutors can’t call an expert witness to explain the Chicago political machine. Leinenweber said the jury doesn’t need an explanation and that a detailed history of the corruption of the Chicago political machine could prejudice the jury regarding the four defendants.
Madigan served in the Illinois House from 1971 to 2021. He served as speaker of the Illinois House from 1983 to 1995 and again from 1997 to 2021. He wielded additional power as chairman of the Democratic Party of Illinois. Madigan, who resigned after losing the House speakership in January 2021, has been charged with 23 counts of racketeering, bribery and official misconduct in a separate case that could go to trial in April 2024. He has pleaded “not guilty.”
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STATESBORO, Ga. (AP) — A biracial man who says he was fending off a racist attack on a Georgia highway when he fired a gun into a pickup truck was convicted Wednesday of involuntary manslaughter for fatally shooting a 17-year-old girl in the truck's back seat.
The trial jury spared 23-year-old Marc Wilson from a potential life prison sentence by acquitting him of felony murder, the charge prosecutors argued he deserved for killing Haley Hutcheson of Reidsville.
Defense attorneys for Wilson of Sharpsburg had insisted during the weeklong trial in Bulloch County Superior Court that he should be acquitted on all charges. They said Wilson was justified to shoot in self-defense when the pickup truck's driver tried to run Wilson's car off the road.
The jury began deliberating Tuesday afternoon and spent a total of roughly seven hours weighing the case before returning a verdict.
Defense attorneys acknowledged that Wilson fired the shot that killed Hutcheson on a bypass circling the southeast Georgia city of Statesboro the night of June 24, 2020. Investigators testified that three shell casings found at the scene matched the handgun Wilson surrendered to police when he turned himself in three days after the shooting.
Prosecutor Barclay Black told the jury Wilson had no legal justification for firing a handgun in traffic and could have escaped if he was being harassed by another driver. One of the bullets he fired pierced the truck’s rear window and struck Hutcheson in the head. She died after her friends rushed her to a hospital.
Prosecutors had charged Wilson with felony murder, arguing he caused Hutcheson's death while committing another felony, aggravated assault, by firing his gun at the truck. The jury acquitted Wilson of both those charges and opted to convict him of involuntary manslaughter, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
Superior Court Judge Ronnie Thompson scheduled sentencing for Sept. 20.
Wilson, the son of a Black father and white mother, and his white girlfriend had just picked up food from a Taco Bell about 12:30 a.m. when the pickup truck pulled alongside Wilson’s much smaller Ford Focus. Wilson told police the pickup truck tried to run his car off the road as white teenagers inside yelled racist slurs.
“Me and my girlfriend were very scared that night,” Wilson told police in a recorded interview played for the trial jury. He said that when the truck kept swerving toward his car, ”I didn’t know what else to do, so I grabbed my, uh, my piece and I shot under the vehicle.”
The driver of the pickup and two passengers who took the witness stand denied threatening or otherwise provoking Wilson. They also acknowledged that they had been drinking that night, though they denied being drunk.
One of the truck's passengers, Luke Conley, declined to testify by invoking his Fifth Amendment right against giving self-incriminating testimony. He has been charged with misdemeanor obstruction after police said he gave investigators conflicting information about the shooting.
Emma Rigdon, Wilson's girlfriend at the time, testified that she didn't hear any racial slurs before the shooting. But she recalled being frightened when the pickup truck “started swerving into our lane” and forced Wilson's car onto the shoulder of the highway. | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Georgia-man-guilty-of-manslaughter-in-shooting-of-17410445.php | 2022-08-31 19:17:06 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Georgia-man-guilty-of-manslaughter-in-shooting-of-17410445.php |
VIKEN, Sweden, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TikoMed today announced the inclusion in bioRxiv* of an in vitro study examining the ability of the company's lead drug candidate ILB® to inhibit infection of human cells by four serotypes of Dengue virus (DENV1-4), two strains of Zika virus (African and Asian) and Yellow Fever virus (vaccine strain YF17D) assessed by immunofluorescence of viral particles. In the study, ILB® potently inhibited infection by all the strains of Dengue, Zika and Yellow Fever virus in a concentration-dependent manner with IC50 for ILB® ranging from 31 to 343 μg/ml.
Professor Nicholas Barnes PhD PBPhS (Professor of Pharmacology & CEO, Celentyx Ltd, and one of the world's most highly cited researchers https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/2127569) commented:
"It is well recognised that infection by flaviviruses like Dengue, Zika and Yellow Fever virus can lead to catastrophic life-threatening conditions. This emphasises the clinical need for safe and effective medicines to treat these infections. What I find particularly exciting about these results is the effects observed at ILB® concentrations that have been achieved in humans following doses that have been well tolerated. These findings offer hope to the millions of patients that continue to be devastated by flavivirus infections."
TikoMed recently announced the publication of a peer-reviewed, scientific article on the mode of action of ILB®. In multiple preclinical and clinical studies across a variety of neuroinflammation-driven diseases. ILB® both mobilized and modulated naturally occurring tissue repair mechanisms, released heparin-binding growth factors, and restored cellular homeostasis and function.
"These results provide further evidence of the anti-viral potential and unique broad spectrum mechanism of action of TikoMed's ILB® drug platform. We have already initiated clinical development programs for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and islet cell transplantation and plan to consider additional evaluation in other diseases," said Anders Kristensson, CEO of TikoMed.
*bioRxiv is a free online archive and distribution service for unpublished preprints in the life sciences. It is operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a not-for-profit research and educational institution. By posting preprints on bioRxiv, authors are able to make their findings immediately available to the scientific community and receive feedback on draft manuscripts before they are submitted to journals.
For full study details on "A clinical stage LMW-DS drug inhibits infection of human cells by Dengue, Zika and Yellow Fever viruses", please access the publication: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.08.31.503293v1.full.
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Flaviviruses are responsible for the most abundant arboviral diseases of humans in terms of geographical distribution, morbidity and mortality; at least 2.5 billion people are at risk with, for example, an estimated 100-400 million Dengue infections a year. However, for infections by Dengue, Zika or Yellow Fever virus there are no effective anti-infective drug treatments nor for Dengue or Zika virus a safe effective vaccine and prevention at present focusses on vector (mosquito) control. Whilst symptoms from Dengue, Zika and Yellow Fever virus infection may be mild for some, they are very serious and life threatening for others. For instance, severe Dengue is a leading cause of hospitalisation and death among children and adults in Asian and Latin American countries. Likewise, Zika infection can have catastrophic consequences for pregnant women following the passing of the virus to their foetus with arising miscarriage or birth defects including microcephaly that can be fatal.
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Bipartisan Bill Requiring Trained Human Operator Out of Communications and Conveyance Committee; Bill to Advance to Assembly Appropriations Committee
SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- California Assembly Bill 316 (AB 316), a Teamster-supported, bipartisan bill that would require a trained human operator in autonomous vehicles weighing over 10,000 pounds, overwhelmingly passed the California Assembly Communications and Conveyance Committee on Wednesday with strong bipartisan support. It now heads to the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
The bill, first introduced in January, is authored by California Assembly Members Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters), Asm. Laura Friedman (D-Glendale), Asm. Tom Lackey (R-Palmdale), and Asm. Ash Kalra (D-San Jose). AB 316 will advance to the Assembly Appropriations Committee for its next vote.
"I was simply horrified to present my bill in a California Legislative hearing and have to listen to the representative of the Autonomous Vehicle Industry Association imply that our Nation's, and our State's, professional and skilled truckers are dangerous, drunk and texting drivers who pose a deathly risk to the public," said Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters). "The callous disregard for these stewards of our highways and freeways, motivated by profit, is simply appalling. My motivation, on the other hand, is my commitment to Californians' safety on the roads, and that safety is best protected by keeping well-trained human beings in the cab of 80,000 pound vehicles traveling at high speeds. When this industry proves to me, my colleagues, and our constituents that human-less trucking, and driverless school buses, are safer than our model in California, they will have the support to proceed."
AB 316 is strongly supported by the Teamsters Union and the California Labor Federation. California 2024 Senate candidates Reps. Katie Porter (D-47), Adam Schiff (D-30), and Barbara Lee (D-13), as well as San Francisco Mayor London Breed, also recently announced their support for AB 316.
The general public has significant safety concerns about autonomous vehicles. This trepidation is rooted, in no small part, by continued reports of crashes and traffic delays caused by autonomous vehicles. According to a 2023 American Automobile Association (AAA) study, in the last year, Americans have become more afraid of driving alongside autonomous vehicles. Earlier this month, a poll of Texas voters showed that more than 70 percent were uncomfortable sharing the road with driverless trucks.
"AB 316 is common sense legislation that, in addition to keeping our roads safe, would protect thousands of good-paying jobs in California. Being a Teamster truck driver, I'm able to provide for my family with my pay and take care of my sick wife thanks to our unmatched health benefits," said Mike Fry, professional truck driver of 27 years and member of Teamsters Local 2785. "Tech companies say that more autonomous vehicles mean more jobs, but it's hard to believe that when the industry is leading the way in mass layoffs. We saw what happened in manufacturing, where more jobs were lost to automation than outsourcing. Let me be clear: I'm not against technology, but I am against tech giants putting it before human lives and wellbeing."
As the California legislature considers AB 316, the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is considering a regulatory framework that would allow for autonomous vehicles over 10,000 pounds to hit the road, possibly within one year, without consent from the state legislature. It is highly irregular and undemocratic for such a sweeping public policy change to be implemented by the DMV.
"AB 316 is gaining widespread bipartisan support because safety and jobs are issues that all Californians care about," said Jason Rabinowitz, Teamsters Joint Council 7 President. "This is common sense legislation to everyone except the tech companies and their allies in Sacramento advocating against it."
"The Teamsters are grateful to Asm. Aguiar-Curry for her leadership on this bill and support for our members' safety and good union jobs," said Randy Cammack, Teamsters Joint Council 42 President. "It's time other elected leaders in California follow her lead and put their constituents ahead of Silicon Valley greed."
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And finally today, 2022 was filled with big headlines. And Michel Martin and the team here at ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, they've covered it all. Before we say goodbye, we wanted to introduce you to the people who make it happen. Here they are with the stories they'll remember from 2022.
JEANETTE WOODS, BYLINE: Hi. I'm Jeanette Woods. I'm an editor on the Consider This podcast. I want to shout out my colleague Kira Wakeam. And one piece she did made me smile so much. It was an interview and profile of Jazzy Guerra, an 11-year-old reporter who'd already interviewed some very big names.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST)
MICHEL MARTIN: Do you have another dream interview, somebody you really want to talk to that you haven't spoken with yet?
JAZZY GUERRA: I actually have a big list, but I'm just going to state three. So No. 1 would have to be Bruno Mars.
MARTIN: Solid, can understand that. No. 2?
GUERRA: Oprah.
MARTIN: Yes, I can see that.
GUERRA: And then No. 3 has to be Beyonce.
MARTIN: That's a tough one. Not doing a lot of interviews.
GUERRA: I already know that. But, just you know, a kid can dream.
MARTIN: But you got Jay-Z, so maybe he could put in a good for you.
GUERRA: Maybe.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "UPGRADE U")
BEYONCE: (Singing) Partner, let me upgrade you, Audemars-Piguet you, switch your necktie to purple labels.
KIRA WAKEAM, BYLINE: I'm Kira Wakeam. I'm the line producer here at ALL THINGS CONSIDERED on the weekends. And I wanted to shout out our amazing intern, Lennon Sherburne. Lennon produced one of my favorite pieces in the last little while, which was an interview with the director, Luca Guadagnino, about his new documentary, "Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams." It's about the shoe designer Salvatore Ferragamo.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST)
MARTIN: He describes in the film, he had no fear. And I was just so intrigued by that. What do you make of that?
LUCA GUADAGNINO: Certainly, he was one of a kind. I think even in those period of times in which the south of Italy was almost like a far west, even to those standards, he was really one of a kind and definitely must have been someone with a fierceness in him that was unstoppable.
LENNON SHERBURNE, BYLINE: Hey. My name is Lennon Sherburn. And I want to give a shoutout to my colleague Tyler Bartlam. She produced a super cool piece back in August on Bashar Murad, an openly gay Palestinian pop singer making music with a the message.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST)
BASHAR MURAD: Each of my songs handles a certain topic that I've experienced growing up. And so in "Ana Zalameh," I chose to critique the idea of toxic masculinity and how, you know, growing up, I always heard that a boy should act this way and a girl should act this way.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "ANA ZALAMEH")
MURAD: (Singing in non-English language).
TYLER BARTLAM, BYLINE: I'm Tyler Bartlam. I'm a producer and director here at WATC. And I'm passing the mic to one of our editors, Tinbete Ermyas and one of my favorite things he worked on this year was an interview with two drag queens, Katya and Trixie, about their book, "Working Girls: A Guide To Professional Womanhood."
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST)
TRIXIE MATTEL: Thank you. Hi, NPR. Hi old people commuting. Hi.
KATYA ZAMOLODCHIKOVA: Thank you so much for having me. This is a truly an honor. Listen. I love NPR, a lifelong listener. And I've got a poster of Terry Gross in my bedroom since I was 16, so...
BARTLAM: And it's just laugh-out-loud funny.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST)
MATTEL: Plus, you know, backstage at a drag show, we might look like we love it, but, you know, it's really like it's like a game of Clue. Like, I have a rope. She has a revolver. Somebody has a candle. We're all thinking of killing ourselves or each other.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "9 TO 5")
DOLLY PARTON: (Singing) Working 9 to 5. What a way to make a living. Barely getting by. It's all taking and no giving.
TINBETE ERMYAS, BYLINE: Hey, everybody. My name is Tinbete Ermyas. I'm an editor here at ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. And I'm passing the mic to Ana Perez. She's a producer on the show. And while she's a fairly new addition to our team, she's produced a lot of really stellar interviews, and one that we did recently with Al Gore just after the U.N. climate conference.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST)
MARTIN: Welcome, Mr. Vice President. Thank you for coming.
AL GORE: Thank you so much for having me.
MARTIN: The fact that we're still debating about whether elections in the United States are done correctly, the fact that we have people refusing to concede if they don't like the outcome, does this bring anything up for you? What are your thoughts about it?
GORE: Well, you know, in 2000, after the Supreme Court decision, I made the public statement that I disagree with the Supreme Court's decision. But but and I called then-Governor Bush and offered my concession. I just think that's the right thing to do.
ANA PEREZ, BYLINE: Hi. My name is Ana Perez, and I'm an associate producer here on the show. I actually want to give a shoutout to my colleague Gabriel J. Sánchez, who produced something I really enjoyed. He did a piece about the Postal Service featuring mariachi musicians on stamps. Gabe always seems to find those stories that you just don't quite hear anywhere else.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST)
GABRIEL J SÁNCHEZ: Mexican-born artist Rafael Lopez was also there and feeling proud. He's the creator of the new set of five mariachi-themed commemorative stamps. He said he wanted the images to reflect a vibrant mariachi sound by depicting the musicians in mid-performance.
RAFAEL LOPEZ: I wanted to pay focus on the actual expression of the singers.
SÁNCHEZ: Hello. My name is Gabriel J. Sánchez. I'm a producer for ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. And I'm the director of the live show you're listening to right now. And I'd like to highlight the work of my colleague, Mia Estrada. It's never easy meeting the demands of a national broadcast, and she does it from home in Texas, elevating local stories like this really fun one about a teacher who incorporated hip-hop into the math curriculum.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST)
THOMAS MAYFIELD: (Rapping) Now let's break this thing down. Let's start with the tenths. Like a dime to a dollar, there's 1 out of 10. Then we move to the hundredths, one part out of many. One out of 100, we call that a penny.
MIA ESTRADA: That's Mayfield and some of his previous students. They rap and make music videos about multiplication, decimal point places and motivational songs like passing the big end-of-year exam called the STARR test.
(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)
UNIDENTIFIED PEOPLE: (Singing) We're going to pass the STARR test in the spring.
ESTRADA: Hi. I'm Mia Estrada, a temp production assistant at WATC. And I work remote from South Texas. And I want to shoutout Gurjit Kaur. She's an amazing producer and fellow pop culture nerd. One of my favorite stories graduated this year was on "Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio."
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST)
GUILLERMO DEL TORO: It's a movie that is deeply personal. And it's a movie that tries to sum up - I'm 58. I've been a kid. I've been a parent. I have failed or been failed on both to some degree. I think that the movie talks very, very deeply with great eloquence about life and how precious and brief it is and how we can love each other exactly as we are.
GURJIT KAUR, BYLINE: My name is Gurjit Kaur, and I'm a production assistant on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I want to shout out one of the most talented people I know, Jeanette Woods. She's the editor on our podcast, Consider This. Jeanette always puts in the time and effort to find the right voice, like Brenda Hawkins, a guest from an episode of our podcast back in February about America's childcare crisis.
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BRENDA HAWKINS: The hardest phone call that I ever had to make to these parents to let them know that their child was - that they had come in contact with a child that had COVID. So we made it through. But, you know, there are people who, once that happens, they don't want to come back to your day care.
NADWORNY: And we couldn't end the show without a shout out to our fearless leaders - Michel Martin, who hosts this show, our supervising editor, Adam Rainey (ph), and our executive producer, Natalie Winston, and, of course, our engineer, Kwesi Lee, who gets us on the air. I'm Elissa Nadworny. Here's to more memorable stories in 2023. Thank you for listening. And Happy New Year. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. | https://www.kasu.org/arts-culture/arts-culture/2022-12-31/weekend-all-things-considered-staff-revisit-favorite-stories-of-2022 | 2023-01-08 14:23:12 | 0 | https://www.kasu.org/arts-culture/arts-culture/2022-12-31/weekend-all-things-considered-staff-revisit-favorite-stories-of-2022 |
Study reveals new details of this 'hell planet,' where a year only lasts 17.5 hours
Scientists have published new details about a scorching hot super-Earth where a year only lasts 17.5 hours and its surface is an ocean of lava.
The 55 Cancri e — abbreviated 55 Cnc e — is roughly 3,600 degrees Fahrenheit and is nicknamed the "hell planet" because of its proximity to its sun, according to researchers. The planet is classified as a super-Earth, meaning an exoplanet that’s larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune. The hell planet is located about 40 light years from Earth.
But the astronomers said planets don’t form this close to their star because the temperatures are simply too hot, and one puzzle they’re trying to solve is how 55 Cnc e got so close to its sun — called Copernicus.
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Using a new Yale University-built instrument used in conjunction with Lowell Observatory’s Lowell Discovery Telescope (LDT) in Arizona, scientists were able to determine the planet’s orbital path and how 55 Cnc e got where it is today.
The new findings were published on Dec. 8 in the journal Nature Astronomy, representing some of the most precise data on the tiny, hot exoplanet to date, the astronomers said.
"While the Earth completes one orbit around our sun in 365 days, the planet studied here orbits once every 17.5 hours, hugging its host star, 55 Cnc," Debra Fischer, the Eugene Higgins Professor of Astronomy in Yale’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences and senior author of the new study, said in a statement.
"Astronomers expect that this planet formed much farther away and then spiraled into its current orbit," Fischer continued. "That journey could have kicked the planet out of the equatorial plane of the star, but this result shows the planet held on tight."
An artist’s impression of the planet 55 Cnc e (smaller, dark orange circle) blocking the light from its rotating host star. (Credit: Maggie Chiang/Simons Foundation via Yale University)
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In the new study, the astronomers learned that 55 Cnc e orbits Copernicus along the star’s equator — unlike the other four planets in the system, which are on different orbital paths.
The study authors said that this indicates that the planet may have formed in a relatively cooler orbit farther out and slowly fell toward its sun over time. As 55 Cnc e moved closer, the stronger gravitational pull from the sun’s "thicker, equatorial middle" changed the planet’s orbit.
Fischer said the findings may help researchers better understand how planets form and move over time. This information is also helpful in finding how common it is for an Earth-like environment to exist elsewhere in the universe, the astronomer added.
"Our precision with EXPRES today is more than 1,000 times better than what we had 25 years ago when I started working as a planet hunter," Fischer said. "Improving measurement precision was the primary goal of my career because it allows us to detect smaller planets as we search for Earth analogs."
The study included scientists from Yale, Lowell Observatory, San Francisco State University, MIT, University of Maryland and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.
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Cohen Cook poured in 22 points to lead Mainland to a 54-35 victory over Cedar Creek in the second round of the Cape-Atlantic League Tournament in Linwood.
Mawali Osunniyi scored 13 points for Mainland (21-2), who took control of the game in the second half after leading by just three points at halftime. Mainland went on a 19-8 run in the third quarter, then outscored Cedar Creek 19-14 in the final quarter to cruise to victory.
Michael Ferriola-Brosh and Jeffrey Marano each scored eight points for Cedar Creek (11-15).
Mainland will face the winner of St. Joseph (Hamm.) and Ocean City in the quarterfinals.
Millville 74, Pleasantville 43
Khalon Foster posted 19 points as Millville dominated the second half en route to a 74-43 victory over Pleasantville in the second round of the Cape-Atlantic League Tournament in Millville.
In a tightly contested first half, Millville (14-9) held a six-point lead at halftime. However, Millville extended its lead to double-digits in the third quarter and used a 29-8 run in the fourth quarter to cruise to victory.
Donte Smith paced Millville with 12 points, while Marki Barnes scored a team-high 17 points for Pleasantville (13-13).
Millville will take on the winner of Middle Township/Lower Cape May in the quarterfinals.
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ISTANBUL — People buried under rubble in collapsed buildings in southern Turkey continue to defy the odds, surviving freezing temperatures and a week without water. But the numbers are small, and tired rescue crews know time is running out.
A 40-year-old woman was pulled from the rubble of a five-story building in Islahiye, in Gaziantep province early Monday. Turkish media report that another rescue crew, alerted by a search dog, was in contact with what are believed to be three more survivors – a mother, daughter and baby.
Earlier, 60-year-old Erengul Onder was freed from the rubble in the town of Besni, in Adiyaman province.
The deadly 7.8-magnitude quake that hit last Monday, and the powerful tremors that followed, have killed more than 33,000 people, and experts predict that total is sure to rise. Homeless families shelter in tents erected by AFAD, Turkey's emergency management agency.
In Syria, the U.N. says more than five million people may be without homes after the quake. U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths said the world has failed the people of northwest Syria, who "rightly feel abandoned."
Washington has asked the U.N. Security Council to authorize the delivery of aid to rebel-held territory in Syria through additional border crossings from Turkey.
Across southern Turkey, residents forced to flee their cracked and damaged homes vent their fury at the sub-standard - possibly illegal - construction practices that they say made this disaster much worse than it needed to be.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said no government could be ready for a disaster of this magnitude, but many wonder what this will mean for his political future.
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Yankees GM Brain Cashman and owner Hal Steinbrenner took a lot of criticism this winter. With a record class of shortstops available on the free-agent market and that spot being an obvious need for the Bombers, fans of expected a big splash. Instead, they got some trades that underwhelmed at the time.
Now, with their team sporting the best record in baseball, Cashman wasn’t exactly taking a victory lap, but he’s very pleased with the plan coming together as they saw it.
“Criticism comes with the territory. … Our players have to deal with that all the time. The only thing that matters is going out there and winning and these guys are winning their games right now,” the Yankees GM said Wednesday. “And it’s great to see and it makes it easier to sleep at night in April and May right now.
“So hopefully we can keep the healthy side of it going and the good mojo going, but I know we have a good crew. We knew that before the season started but it’s nice to see these guys have come together really well and do what’s necessary‚ which is finding every which way to win on a consistent basis,” Cashman continued. “[Giancarlo] Stanton said something earlier in the year. The games we lost we actually could have won so even the ones that got away from us right to the very end we had a chance to take another W so we’ve been in every situation which is great to see.”
Instead of signing a Carlos Correa or Corey Seager, Cashman made the deal to bring in Isiah Kiner-Falefa, an infielder they had been linked to for a while. Kiner-Falefa has been an upgrade over Gleyber Torres defensively at shortstop.
“He’s done a nice job. Yeah, I mean, it was a while this winter with a lot of discussions of trying to solve that area. It was one of the stated areas of need,” Cashman said. “We failed on getting him directly from Texas. We tried and then he went to Minnesota, that was a disappointing period of time. And then within 24 or 48 hours we were able to spin it around and pull him down from Minnesota. He was one of the many that we were knocking on the door on, but it’s not easy to pull down whether it’s a free agent or make a trade but thankfully, at the end of the day, we’re able to secure somebody that we liked.”
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Garmin has a watch for every fitness level and will accommodate several different sports. Your watch will be your fitness partner as you set out on your fitness journey. Track your steps, workouts, calories burned, and more as you connect with family and friends.
- Share your activity data with other fitness, wellness, and health apps
- Sync certain products to a compatible mobile device wirelessly
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On Thursday, as the national board of SAG-AFTRA voted unanimously to strike against studios and streamers, effective midnight tonight, it issued a strike notice and order laying out rules its members must follow. The rules apply to tens of thousands of film and television actors.
The order said that, aside from some exceptions, “covered services” and other work under those contracts must be withheld, including principal on-camera work, principal off-camera work, background work and stand-in work.
Principal on-camera work is defined as a broad range of performance work, including acting, singing and dancing, as well as stunt work, motion-capture performance and puppeteering.
Principal off-camera work includes voice acting, singing and narration, as well as working on TV and film trailers. And background work includes costume fittings, camera tests and wardrobe tests.
Perhaps most potentially damaging to upcoming events involving SAG-AFTRA talent, the strike order also forbids promotion and publicity work covered under the contracts, including conventions, festivals, award shows, podcast appearances, junkets and fan expos. The actors must also not promote covered Hollywood projects on social media.
If the strike lasts at least a week, such a rule would affect many appearances at San Diego Comic-Con, which officially begins July 20 and typically has a massive Hollywood presence. If the strike lasts significantly longer than that, campaigning for the Emmy Awards would apparently also be forbidden; the ceremony is scheduled for Sept. 18.
The strike order also forbids negotiating or entering into agreements tied to merchandising connected to a “covered project,” and the “creation and use of digital replicas.”
The order also issued overall rules that must be followed throughout the strike, including: Members must not cross SAG-AFTRA picket lines (aside from some exceptions), and members must “instruct their agent and/or other representatives to discontinue conducting negotiations on their behalf, with the studios, streamers and networks for covered services.”
The strike order was signed by SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher and national executive director and chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland.
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BRANCHBURG, N.J. and CHENNAI, India , July 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Infisign today announced the launch of its Identity and Access Management(IAM) platform, a unique solution to offer passwordless authentication using the ground-breaking Zero Trust approach. The Zero Trust framework eliminates the reliance on traditional perimeter-based security measures and implements robust authentication and access control mechanisms at every level of the network infrastructure.
The launch comes at a time when organizations are seeking reliable and scalable IAM solutions to safeguard their digital environments. With Infisign, users can securely access their accounts and resources without the need for cumbersome passwords, significantly reducing the risk of data breaches and unauthorized access. Users hold their own data and share only the necessary information required for authentication.
One of Infisign's key features is its cryptographic algorithm which overhauls the existing Hardware Security Modules. By enabling DID communications, Infisign can reduce implementation costs for customers by around 80%. This cost-effective innovation is said to have the potential to significantly impact the cybersecurity landscape.
In addition to its Zero Trust IAM capabilities, Infisign offers advanced features for Privileged Access Security, providing organizations with comprehensive solutions to protect their most sensitive assets. By implementing Privileged Access Security, businesses can effectively manage and monitor privileged accounts, mitigating the risk of insider threats and unauthorized activities at a significantly lower cost.
With the combined market for Zero Trust and IAM expected to reach $100B+ by 2028, the founders envision Infisign to disrupt this market with its unique solution.
Aditya Santhanam, Co-Founder shares, "We are thrilled to announce the launch of Infisign. It represents our commitment to resolving one of the most persistent problems in cybersecurity. We are confident that Infisign will make a significant difference in the industry."
Jegan Selvaraj, Co-Founder adds, "We ensured that Infisign was revenue-generating from the start. We believe this approach has set a solid foundation for our company's future and strengthened our journey towards becoming a tech unicorn."
About Infisign:
Infisign is a revolutionary Identity and Access Management (IAM) system that offers passwordless authentications using Decentralized Identity (DID) communications. With its pioneering zero trust and privacy design, Infisign aims to disrupt the cybersecurity industry and become a leader in cybersecurity solutions. For more, visit www.infisign.io.
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FARMLAND, Ind. — From farm to table is the saying, right?
Chalfant Family Farms, located in Farmland, Indiana, carefully planted in May 2022 to form a unique crop design, the world’s largest QR code.
The QR code creation supports Yuengling’s Stars and Stripes program and the farming community. The exact same QR code can be found on Yuengling’s limited edition camouflage Team Red, White, and Blue (RWB) cans.
Yuengling chose to partner with a farming community due to the integral role that farms play in the beer industry.
“This is a QR code like no other,” said Sheryl Yuengling, 6th generation family member.
“As we enter the back half of the summer, we wanted to offer up a unique and fun reminder to support Team RWB and have some fun with Lee Brice. Today’s unveiling further highlights the brewery’s year-round campaign dedicated to supporting our nation’s heroes.”
The QR code measures roughly 1/4 mile long by 1/4 mile wide, approximately the length of 20 football fields.
Yuengling has donated over $800,000 to charities focused on support active-duty service men and women, veterans, and their families since 2016 through their Stars and Stripes Program.
The company will continue to honor our military through the RWB sales the rest of summer 2022.
To see the QR code in its full capacity click here.
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US to relax COVID testing rules for travelers from China
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is preparing to relax COVID-19 testing restrictions for travelers from China as soon as Friday, according to two people familiar with the decision.
The people, who were not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the administration has decided to roll back the testing requirements as cases, hospitalizations and deaths are declining in China and the U.S. has gathered better information about the surge.
The restrictions were put in place on Dec. 28 and took effect on Jan. 5 amid a surge in infections in China after the nation sharply eased pandemic restrictions and as U.S. health officials expressed concerns that their Chinese counterparts were not being truthful to the world about the true number of infections and deaths. The Washington Post was first to report on Tuesday about the expected administration move.
At the time, U.S. officials also said the restriction was necessary to protect U.S. citizens and communities because there was a lack of transparency from the Chinese government about the size of the surge or the variants that were circulating within China.
As part of its response, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention earlier this year expanded genomic surveillance at several U.S. airports, collecting voluntary samples from passengers aboard hundreds of weekly flights from China, and the testing of wastewater aboard airplanes. The Traveler-based Genomic Surveillance Program will continue to monitor travelers from China and more than 30 other countries.
The rules imposed in January require travelers to the U.S. from China, Hong Kong and Macau to take a COVID-19 test no more than two days before travel and provide a negative test before boarding their flight. The testing applies to anyone 2 years and older, including U.S. citizens.
It also applied to people traveling from China via a third country and to people connecting through the U.S. as they go on to other destinations. Anyone testing positive more than 10 days before the flight can provide documentation showing they’ve recovered from COVID-19 instead of a negative test result.
It has been left to the airlines to confirm negative tests and documentation of recovery before passengers board.
China saw infections and deaths surge after it eased back from its “zero COVD” strategy in early December after rare public protests against a policy that confined millions of people to their homes and sparked protests and demands for President Xi Jinping to resign.
But as China eased its strict rules, infections and deaths surged, and parts of the country for weeks saw their hospitals overwhelmed by infected patients looking for help. Still, the Chinese government has been slow to release data on the number of deaths and infections.
The U.S. decision to lift restrictions comes at a moment when U.S.-China relations are strained. Biden ordered a Chinese spy balloon shot down last month after it traversed the continental United States. The Biden administration has also publicized U.S. intelligence findings that raise concern Beijing is weighing providing Russia weaponry for its ongoing war on Ukraine.
Earlier Tuesday, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang warned that Beijing and Washington were headed for “conflict and confrontation” if the U.S. doesn’t change course.
Qin’s comments came a day after Xi in an unusually pointed speech said that “Western countries led by the United States have implemented all-round containment, encirclement and suppression of China.”
White House officials sought to downplay the hot rhetoric from Beijing.
“There is no change to the United States’ posture when it comes to this bilateral relationship,” White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said. “The president believes those tensions obviously have to be recognized, but can be worked through.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk’s hope to operate his satellite internet firm in Iran requires permission from the Treasury Department, which said Tuesday it welcomes applications to support internet freedom in the country that is largely isolated from Wwestern economies.
The Tesla CEO tweeted Monday that his satellite internet firm Starlink would seek permission to operate in Iran. National security adviser Jake Sullivan said it’s up to Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control to decide on Starlink’s next steps.
“We have of course, in the past, provided for various forms of exemptions for the Iranian people’s ability to communicate with each other and with the world,” Sullivan said during a White House press briefing Tuesday.
Starlink, a division of spacecraft manufacturer SpaceX, also owned by Musk, has been in operation since 2019. It disperses thousands of satellites orbiting the Earth to provide broadband access globally.
The firm has attempted to provide internet access to the Ukrainian people during Russia’s invasion and has acquired contracts with the U.S. military since as early as 2021.
If Starlink internet access is provided to the Iranian general population, it could come at the objection of the government, which has tightly controlled internet access.
A Treasury spokesperson, speaking on condition of anonymity because no application has been received, said the Office of Foreign Assets Control welcomes applications for licenses to authorize activities supporting internet freedom in Iran.
In 2014, Treasury’s sanctions arm issued a license authorizing exports of software and services to Iran that would allow the free exchange of communication over the internet, with the intent to foster the free flow of information to Iranian citizens.
Despite the allowance, firms have been reluctant to do business in Iran, due to fears of violating existing sanctions and other laws that impose penalties.
However, in January 2021, Github — a source code storage service— announced that it secured a license from Treasury to offer its services to developers in Iran.
“We were able to demonstrate how developer use of GitHub advances human progress, international communication, and the enduring US foreign policy of promoting free speech and the free flow of information,” the company’s website states.
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(KSNF/KODE) — When you have to leave your vehicle outside in the elements during winter, you’re likely looking for ways to keep it as ready to go as possible.
One tip that many people follow is to leave their windshield wipers up off the windshield in the event of ice or snow. The idea is that your wipers will remain relatively untouched by winter precipitation if left upright. Plus, if they’re not touching the vehicle, the wiper blades won’t freeze to your windshield and make it harder to clear the frozen precipitation when you need to leave — especially when you’re in a hurry.
If you’re someone who lifts up your car’s windshield wipers before winter weather strikes, you could be doing more harm than good.
“The Drive,” a website featuring news, reviews, and guides about the modern automotive culture, reports that wipers aren’t built to stand up. The blades are designed to withstand pressure from the front, and without the support of the windshield on the other side, they could easily become too weak to withstand even a moderately strong gust of wind.
The result could be damage to the plastic gearing that keeps the wipers and attachment hardware securely in place. What may be worse is that you might not even notice anything is wrong until it’s too late since the damage could be hard to see and difficult to assess.
Vehicle experts say the better option is to cover your entire windshield if you want to save time in bad weather. This will also prevent any potential damage to your car’s wipers. An old rug or tarp will work as a windshield cover.
Other tips for winter weather driving, include:
- Keep your car stocked with cold-weather gear, such as food and water, warm clothing, a flashlight, a glass scraper, blankets and medications.
- Be sure your tires are properly inflated and have good tread.
- Keep your fuel tank at least half full at all times.
- Never heat up a vehicle in an enclosed area.
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- Expansion includes presence in three new states and 50 new counties
- Plan features include new virtual primary care through MDLIVE, expanded $0 benefit options, and cost-effective prescription drugs
BLOOMFIELD, Conn., Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cigna (NYSE: CI) will provide more customers and communities access to affordable, predictable, and simple health care coverage in 2023 by expanding the reach of its ACA Marketplace exchange plans. During the upcoming Open Enrollment Period, which begins in November, Cigna health plans will be available on the individual exchange in three new states—Texas, Indiana, and South Carolina—as well as in additional counties in Georgia, Mississippi, and North Carolina.
"As a society, we continue to see a significant need for a competitive and sustainable individual market, which is why Cigna has maintained its presence on the ACA Marketplace since 2014 and continues to expand into new areas," said Charles Berg, president of Cigna's U.S. Government business. "By expanding into geographic areas where we have strong provider partnerships, we are able to offer more people access to affordable, quality care that helps create superior health outcomes."
With this expansion, pending final regulatory approvals, Cigna will offer individual and family plans on the individual exchanges in 363 counties spanning 16 states, including Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Virginia. These new markets have the potential to reach approximately 730,000 additional customers in 2023.
Key features that Cigna customers will enjoy include:
- 24/7 access to virtual primary care: New for 2023, members will have access to MDLIVE's primary care physician network for routine visits via video at any time. Additionally, MDLIVE's network includes access to virtual dermatology and virtual behavioral health care. Members also benefit from access to $0 virtual urgent-acute care and $0 virtual wellness screenings through MDLIVE.*
- Expanded $0 benefits: Select plans offer a $0 deductible or $0 copays on various benefits. All plans offer $0 preventive care.
- First-dollar coverage for outpatient lab exams: Members on select plans will have a predictable copay for outpatient labs exams, regardless of whether they have met their deductible.
- Cost-effective prescription drugs: Plans feature copays ranging from $0-$3 for preferred generics and access to Cigna's Patient Assurance Program,** which caps insulin costs at $25 per month for a 30-day supply.
- Walgreens Advantage pharmacy network: In most markets, members can receive 30-day and 90-day retail prescriptions through the Walgreens Advantage Network, a network of 43,000 independent pharmacies anchored by Walgreens.***
- Incentives for healthy behaviors: Customers 18 and older can earn up to $325 in points that can be redeemed for a debit card or merchandise through our Take Control Rewards program.
Cigna's 2023 plans will also include digital tools, including the myCigna® mobile app and Cigna One Guide®, which provide proactive and personalized support on questions regarding plans, ways to save money, and identifying high-quality care providers.
"From anytime-access to virtual care to $0 wellness screenings and personalized support for chronic condition management, Cigna's plans are designed to meet customers wherever they are on their health care journey and provide the care and coverage they value most," said Lisa Lough, president of Cigna's Individual and Family Plans business. "By continuing to expand and enhance our individual and family plans, more people will have access to quality, affordable care that supports whole-person health."
Individuals and families interested in enrolling in a health plan on the national individual exchange or on a state-based exchange may do so during the 2023 Open Enrollment Period that runs from Nov. 1, 2022 through Jan. 15, 2023. Health plans purchased by Dec. 15, 2022, during the Open Enrollment Period, are effective Jan. 1, 2023.
*Cigna provides access to dedicated virtual care through a national telehealth provider, MDLIVE located on myCigna, as part of your health plan. Providers are solely responsible for any treatment provided to their patients. Video chat may not be available in all areas or with all providers. This service is separate from your health plan's network and may not be available in all areas. $0 virtual care benefit for minor acute medical care not available for all plans. HSA plans and non-minor acute medical care may apply a copay, coinsurance or deductible. Virtual care does not guarantee that a prescription will be written. Refer to plan documents for complete description of virtual care services and costs, including other telehealth/telemedicine benefits. For IL customers a primary care provider referral may be required for specialist virtual visits.
**Discounts available with the Cigna Patient Assurance Program. $25 is the maximum out-of-pocket cost for a 30-day supply.
***The Walgreens Advantage Network will apply to all markets with the exception of TX and VA, which will remain on the current Cigna 90 Now CVS Network.
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Cigna Corporation is a global health service company dedicated to improving the health, well-being, and peace of mind of those we serve. Cigna delivers choice, predictability, affordability, and access to quality care through integrated capabilities and connected, personalized solutions that advance whole person health. All products and services are provided exclusively by or through operating subsidiaries of Cigna Corporation, including Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company, Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, Evernorth, companies or their affiliates, and Express Scripts companies or their affiliates. Such products and services include an integrated suite of health services, such as medical, dental, behavioral health, pharmacy, vision, supplemental benefits, and other related products.
Cigna maintains sales capability in over 30 countries and jurisdictions, and has more than 190 million customer relationships around the world. To learn more about Cigna®, including links to follow us on Facebook or Twitter, visit www.cigna.com.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- RW3 CultureWizard, the premier provider of global inclusion training, has released its report and executive analysis on a poll of over 1500 global respondents regarding the most current topics and trends in virtual work.
The 2022 global survey reveals an accelerating trend toward virtual and hybrid teams, an imperative for workplaces to focus on the optimization and synthesis of both virtual and in-person work environments in a post-pandemic economy, and a markedly more positive sentiment about organizations that offer flexible work options.
Here are some key findings:
- Only 15% of respondents work in an office daily, 38% work virtually every day, and 76% work on hybrid teams.
- 70% report that the ability to work virtually is critical for them, and 79% say that this increases their sense of company loyalty
- A small 7% desire to return to daily in-person work
- 80% of respondents report that the virtual environment has no negative impact on inclusive work cultures
The report also uncovers the distinct need for clear charters and guidelines to unify virtual and hybrid teams, as well as a specific need for virtual inclusive leadership training, as opposed to general inclusive leadership training.
"As the world adapts to a post-pandemic work environment," says Charlene Solomon, RW3 President, "the statistics outlined in the report can help companies assess their baselines for employee satisfaction, and guide decisions on how to improve retention through evolved policies and training initiatives."
For more information on the findings and copies of the report, join the next webinar: The Impact of Proximity Bias in the Workplace, on November 17th.
For copies of the 2022 global virtual work report, contact Liliana.vanegas@rw-3.com.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- LandSouth Construction, a Jacksonville, Fla.-based, award-winning general contractor, broke ground for the construction of Integra Tymber Creek, a high-end, multifamily community in Daytona Beach, Florida.
LandSouth has enjoyed a long, successful relationship with Integra Land Company. Now, the two will work together to bring Integra Tymber Creek to life. The five-building, garden-style community is scheduled for completion in late 2024 and will be located at 2619 LPGA Boulevard.
"We are honored to continue our relationship with Integra Land Company, and we're excited to bring Integra Tymber Creek to the Daytona Beach area," stated LandSouth President and CEO, James Pyle. "Daytona Beach continues to grow, and Integra Tymber Creek will provide much-needed luxury living to current and future residents."
Greg Donahue is the LandSouth project manager for Integra Tymber Creek, and Rodney Richmond will serve as the superintendent. ACi Architects is the architecture firm for Integra Tymber Creek.
Integra Tymber Creek will offer 311 units in the four-story development. Residents can choose from 12 unique floor plans, one, two, or three bedrooms, with one or two bathrooms. Residents will also be able to enjoy several amenities, including a pool, cabana, clubhouse, and dog park. Integra Tymber Creek will also offer proximity to all the great entertainment and recreation of Daytona Beach.
"LandSouth and Integra Land Company have consistently brought beautiful communities to life," Greg Donahue, the Integra Tymber Creek project manager, shared. "We're thrilled to get started on Integra Tymber Creek and bring another best-in-class community to Daytona Beach."
LandSouth will employ its unique integrated construction approach to build Integra Tymber Creek. Service components work together to provide a seamless delivery system through proven procedures, systems, and technology.
LandSouth Construction, the Southeast's premier general contractor, specializing in multifamily, senior living, and mixed–use development, was named one of Engineering News Record's Top 400. Since 1998 LandSouth has transformed ideas into best–in–class communities. Headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla. LandSouth has completed more than 25,000 multifamily units. For more information, call LandSouth Marketing Manager, Mary Hamilton, (904) 273-3182, Ext. 109 or visit www.landsouth.com.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who wounded President Ronald Reagan in 1981 apologized for his actions Tuesday and said he doesn’t remember what he was feeling when he fired the shots that also wounded three others.
John Hinckley Jr. told CBS Mornings in his first televised interview since he was freed from all court oversight this month that he feels sorry for all the lives his actions affected.
“I feel badly for all of them. I have true remorse for what I did,” Hinckley said. “I know that they probably can’t forgive me now, but I just want them to know that I am sorry for what I did.”
Going back to that day, Hinckley recalled Reagan walking out of the Washington Hilton after giving a speech: “And I was right there, and I fired shots at him, which so unfortunately hit other people, too.”
Asked what feelings led him to shoot, Hinckley said he can’t remember those emotions and doesn’t want to.
“It’s such another lifetime ago. I can’t tell you now the emotion I had right as (Reagan) came walking out. I can’t tell you that,” he said, later adding: “It’s something I don’t want to remember.”
Hinckley was 25 and suffering from acute psychosis when his gunshots wounded Reagan and three others. The assassination attempt paralyzed Reagan press secretary James Brady, who died in 201. It also wounded a police officer and a Secret Service agent.
Hinckley told Major Garrett, CBS News’ chief Washington correspondent, that he’s glad he didn’t succeed. He said that at the time of the shooting he did “not have a good heart” and was doing things “a good person doesn’t do.”
Jurors found Hinckley not guilty by reason of insanity and he spent decades at a mental hospital in Washington.
“I was not just a cold, calculating criminal in 1981,” he said. “I truly believe I had a serious mental illness that was preventing me from knowing right from wrong back then.”
Hinckley began making visits to his parents’ home in Williamsburg, Virginia, in the early 2000s. A 2016 court order granted him permission to live with his mother full time, albeit under various restrictions, after experts said his mental illness had been in remission for decades.
He signed a lease on a one-bedroom apartment in the Williamsburg area last year and has been living alone there with his cat, according to court documents. His mother died in July. He’s also been releasing songs online and looking for a venue willing to let him sing and play guitar before a live audience.
Hinckley had previously been under restrictions that barred him from owning a gun, using drugs or alcohol or contacting members of the victims’ families. But a federal judge in Washington had said months ago that he would free Hinckley from those restrictions if he remained mentally stable. Those restrictions were lifted on June 15.
Tuesday’s apology was not Hinckley’s first. His attorney Barry Levine said during a court hearing last year that Hinckley wanted to express his “heartfelt” apologies and “profound regret” to the people he shot and their families as well as to actress Jodie Foster, who he was obsessed with at the time of the shooting, and to the American people.
As Hinckley expressed his regrets on Tuesday, he said he hopes to soften the public’s perception of him.
“I’m just trying to show people I’m kind of an ordinary guy who’s just trying to get along like everybody else,” he said.
But he doesn’t expect to see forgiveness from his victims, saying: “I really don’t think that the Brady family or the Reagan family or Jodie Foster – I don’t think they want to hear from me.”
“I feel terrible for what I did,” he said. “If I could take it all back, I would. I swear — I would take it all back.” | https://who13.com/news/national-news/ap-us-news/hinckley-says-hes-sorry-for-shooting-that-wounded-reagan/ | 2022-06-29 01:04:10 | 0 | https://who13.com/news/national-news/ap-us-news/hinckley-says-hes-sorry-for-shooting-that-wounded-reagan/ |
One fan to be selected for their contributions to their community, awarding their friends and family with Lipton Iced Tea's Fam Fest Hosted by T-Pain; Lipton debuts two new episodes of "Have Some Tea with Cousin T" digital series starring T-Pain
ORLANDO, Fla., July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Block parties have long been a staple of communities across the country, a way for neighbors to come together and connect over music, food, and their own local legends. This summer, Lipton Iced Tea and award-winning hitmaker T-Pain are joining forces to celebrate the power of community and giving fans a once-in-a-lifetime chance to get the ultimate block party in their hometown - hosted by "Cousin T" (aka GRAMMY Award-Winning Artist T-Pain) himself.
As T-Pain returns as the titular character in the Lipton Iced Tea mini-episodic series "Have Some Tea with Cousin T" for the second year, he's back with another opportunity for fans to get to experience the fun, playful vibes of Cousin T in real life.
"Like my Lipton character, I'm the first to kick start the tunes and get the party started, which is exactly what I'll be bringing to the Lipton Fam Fest," said T-Pain. "Hip-hop music started at a local block party because of the energy of everyone getting together in the spirit of neighborly love, and I can't wait to share that with the winner and their community."
Starting today, fans can enter the Lipton Fam Fest Hosted by T-Pain contest until August 28, 2022, by scanning the code displayed in participating stores and sharing how they bring their community together. One lucky winner will be awarded with a $10,000 grant and tickets to the hottest party on their block, the Lipton Fam Fest hosted by T-Pain, complete with food trucks from local Black-owned restaurants, limited-edition merchandise, and activities all designed to bring the community together over some ice-cold Lipton Iced Tea. The party will be capped with a special performance by T-Pain himself that will have everyone saying they "Can't Believe It!"
Consumers will also get a shot at weekly prizes and one of eight grants for $2,000, $5,000 or the $10,000 grand prize. Winners will also be recognized for their impact to their community with a signature Lipton Yellow Circle Award and gift box including a Lipton Iced Tea tasting kit and restaurant gift cards to celebrate.
"Block party culture represents the intersection of community celebration and music, making Lipton's Fam Fest the perfect platform to bring T-Pain's 'Cousin T' to life for fans. Lipton Iced Tea has always stood for taking a moment to connect - with friends, family, and those in the community who often play the role of both. This year, we wanted to create more opportunities to raise a glass to honor the individuals who uplift others and bring people together," said Chauncey Hamlett, Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for PepsiCo Beverages North America (South Division).
GRAMMY Award-winning artist T-Pain is back as the titular character in the Lipton Iced Tea digital content series, "Have Some Tea with Cousin T," playfully inspired by '90s live-audience sitcom formats. The latest mini-episodes continue to follow Cousin T as he brings the tea and the laughs to his family, this time encouraging them all to get ready to work out with Lipton Immune Support Iced Green Tea and educates them on what makes the classic New Orleans po' boy sandwich complete with Lipton Southern Sweet Iced Tea.
Fans can catch the latest episodes on Lipton social channels and visit LiptonBlockPartyContest.com for more information on the Lipton Fam Fest and official rules.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Internet access is required. Standard message and data rates may apply if entering via a mobile device. To enter without scanning code, visit WWW.LIPTONBLOCKPARTYCONTEST.COM (the "Website") and follow the instructions to submit an entry. Open to legal residents of the U.S. residing in AL, AR, GA, KY, MD, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV, and DC who are 18 years and older (19+ in AL) at the time of entry. Contest begins at 12:00 a.m. ET on July 11, 2022, and ends at 11:59 p.m. on August 28, 2022 with intervening deadlines for weekly drawings. Participation is subject to complete Official Rules available at the Website. Void where prohibited. SPONSOR: Pepsi-Cola Company, 7380 W. Sand Lake Road #230, Orlando, FL 32819.
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Heavy flooding in Haiti has left at least 42 people dead and 11 missing, the country's disaster response agency said Monday after a weekend of storms.
More than 13,600 homes were lost because of the torrential downpours and mudslides. The worst of the storm hit Haiti's western region, including the capital, but tens of thousands of residents across the Caribbean nation were affected.
Though the weather has since improved, the damage has been done. Crops were affected, rivers burst into roads and major health care centers and schools were heavily damaged.
Aid agencies are trying to assist in providing food and shelter, but the country's prime minister has asked for international help.
Before the storm, nearly half of Haiti's population had already been in need of help because of the country's humanitarian crisis, worsened by gangs, a lack of food and cholera. Its $720 million Humanitarian Response Plan was underfunded, with only 20% of its budget received before the storm further worsened the crisis.
And this is just the beginning of the Atlantic hurricane season for the area that's been hard-hit with natural disasters in the past. In 2010, more than 200,000 people died in an earthquake. In 2021, a 7.2 earthquake left at least 1,297 dead, at least 5,700 injured and displaced thousands more.
"I am particularly concerned by this situation at a time when the Haitian population is already highly vulnerable," said Jean-Martin Bauer, Haiti's acting humanitarian coordinator.
SEE MORE: Haiti Pleads For Help Due To Ongoing Gang Violence
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WILSON, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A year after shots were fired in Wilson, North Carolina, remembering that day is still tough for the Lake Norman Blue Squad
“As a coach, as a dad, as a fan of the sport, and then on top of that being the guy that is tasked with taking care of these 12 boys. Yeah, it weighed heavily,” said coach Steven Treffiletti.
“Last year was kind of scary,” added shortstop, Cameron Treffiletti. “It was my first time going there and then that happened. We didn’t get to play a lot of games. But it was just scary.”
Not every player was on the team this year, but a majority of them were. The 8 and 9-year-old boys worked their way back to Wilson, North Carolina for the state tournament. But first, they had to get reacquainted as Steve Triffiletti calls it.
“We wanted these boys to see if we could win, and not let last year win,” added Treffiletti.
The first sign they could win, was the night before the first game, as the team walked onto the field for practice.
“We looked up and there was just the most beautiful defined rainbow literally just encompassing the complex,” added Steve Treffiletti. “And we just sat there in awe. We smiled and we hugged. One of the outspoken coaches just kind of laughed and said ‘Somebody’s got us.'”
The team went on to win the first game 31 to zero. Then they won another and then fought back through the loser’s bracket all the way to winning the state title.
“The team played great the whole entire time,” said Cameron. “Might have been a couple of bad plays but then we kept fighting.”
Last year the team was honored as the Charlotte Knights Dream Team because of what took place on the field and the tournament being canceled. This year, they come back after finishing a mission.
“Something that will be with me forever,” said Cameron.
The saying goes you can’t have the rainbows without the rain. This was a storm no one wanted for this team. But 2023 has defined the word team for Lake Norman, and taking the field one more time at Truist will be a dream realized.
“That’s where I think it will really hit us, the adults,” said Steve Treffiletti. “The coaches to look at these guys and go ‘We did it.'” | https://www.qcnews.com/news/local-news/lake-norman-little-league-team-bounce-back-after-shooting-win-state-title/ | 2023-07-22 01:05:18 | 0 | https://www.qcnews.com/news/local-news/lake-norman-little-league-team-bounce-back-after-shooting-win-state-title/ |
PITTSBURGH, June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create improved hearing protection that would comfortably accommodate the straps of any face mask," said an inventor, from Brooklyn, N.Y., "so I invented the EAR RELIEVERS. My design would provide added relief for the wearer's ears."
The patent-pending invention provides an improved set of ear defenders or hearing protection muffs for use with face masks. In doing so, it eliminates the pain associated with wearing masks loops around the ears. As a result, it enhances comfort and safety and it provides added protection and peace of mind while working during the pandemic. The invention features a practical design that is easy to wear and use so it is ideal for workers in industries that have noise levels above 85 decibels. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the National sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-JMT-129, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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Amusement park ride leaves guests traumatized after it wouldn’t stop
RYE, N.Y. (WABC) – Some amusement park riders near New York City say they were traumatized when a ride – going backward – would not stop.
The rush of excitement on the Music Express ride at Playland Park in Rye quickly turned to panic and fear on Sunday night when the ride wouldn’t stop.
Screams of joy became calls for help as the ride, which is designed to go backward, wound up doing so for at least three to four minutes longer than it should have, according to the park’s general manager Jeff Davis.
Video shows traumatized kids grasping for their mom when they finally got off.
Davis said the unwanted thrill was due to an electrical malfunction.
He said the ride’s operators activated an emergency stop button, and when that didn’t work, they called maintenance for help.
Davis also said the ride was inspected earlier that morning and ran through the day without any problems until the incident happened around 8:30 p.m.
One Playland visitor said he’s been riding Music Express for years and will continue without apprehension when the ride reopens.
“This is a minor glitch. I mean, it’s one of the safest rides here they ever had here,” he said.
Davis said he was not aware of any reported injuries. He said the ride will remain closed until the park and the ride manufacturer come up with a fix.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) _ V2X, Inc. (VVX) on Tuesday reported a loss of $17 million in its third quarter.
The Colorado Springs, Colorado-based company said it had a loss of 56 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs and amortization costs, were $1.33 per share.
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The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 89 cents per share.
The government services company posted revenue of $958.2 million in the period, which also topped Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $471.7 million.
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Apollo 7 astronaut Walter Cunningham dead at 90
Walter Cunningham, the last surviving astronaut from the first successful crewed space mission in NASA's Apollo program, died Tuesday in Houston. He was 90.
NASA confirmed Cunningham's death in a statement but did not include its cause. Spokespersons for the agency and Cunningham's wife, Dot Cunningham, did not immediately respond to questions.
Cunningham was one of three astronauts aboard the 1968 Apollo 7 mission, an 11-day spaceflight that beamed live television broadcasts as they orbited Earth, paving the way for the moon landing less than a year later.
Cunningham, then a civilian, crewed the mission with Navy Capt. Walter M. Schirra and Donn F. Eisele, an Air Force major. Cunningham was the lunar module pilot on the space flight, which launched from Cape Kennedy Air Force Station, Florida, on Oct. 11 and splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean south of Bermuda.
NASA said Cunningham, Eisele and Schirra' flew a near perfect mission. Their spacecraft performed so well that the agency sent the next crew, Apollo 8, to orbit the moon as a prelude to the Apollo 11 moon landing in July 1969.
The Apollo 7 astronauts also won a special Emmy award for their daily television reports from orbit, during which they clowned around, held up humorous signs and educated earthlings about space flight.
It was NASA's first crewed space mission since the deaths of the three Apollo 1 astronauts in a launch pad fire Jan. 27, 1967.
Cunningham recalled Apollo 7 during a 2017 event at the Kennedy Space Center, saying it "enabled us to overcome all the obstacles we had after the Apollo 1 fire and it became the longest, most successful test flight of any flying machine ever."
Cunningham was born in Creston, Iowa, and attended high school in California before enlisting with the Navy in 1951 and serving as a Marine Corps. pilot in Korea, according to NASA. He later obtained bachelor's and master's degrees in physics from the University of California at Los Angeles, where he also did doctoral studies, and worked as a scientist for the Rand Corporation before joining NASA.
In an interview the year before his death, Cunningham recalled growing up poor and dreaming of flying airplanes, not spacecraft.
"We never even knew that there were astronauts when I was growing up," Cunningham told The Spokesman-Review.
After retiring from NASA in 1971, Cunningham worked in engineering, business and investing, and became a public speaker and radio host. He wrote a memoir about his career and time as an astronaut, "The All-American Boys." He also expressed skepticism in his later years about human activity contributing to climate change, bucking the scientific consensus in writing and public talks, while acknowledging that he was not a climate scientist.
Although Cunningham never crewed another space mission after Apollo 7, he remained a proponent of space exploration. He told the Spokane, Washington, paper last year, "I think that humans need to continue expanding and pushing out the levels at which they're surviving in space."
Cunningham is survived by his wife, his sister Cathy Cunningham, and his children Brian and Kimberly. | https://www.wesh.com/article/walter-cunningham-apollo-astronaut-dead-at-90/42389580 | 2023-01-04 00:42:06 | 0 | https://www.wesh.com/article/walter-cunningham-apollo-astronaut-dead-at-90/42389580 |
Gunmen threatened Argentine soccer superstar Lionel Messi in a written message left Thursday when they opened fire at a supermarket owned by his in-laws in Argentina, police said.
Nobody was injured in the early morning attack, and it was unclear why assailants would target Messi or the Unico supermarket in the country's third-largest city of Rosario, owned by the family of his wife, Antonella Roccuzzo.
The city's mayor, Pablo Javkin, went to the supermarket and lashed out at federal authorities over what he called their failure to curb a surge in drug-related violence in Rosario, located about 190 miles (300 kilometers) northwest of the capital of Buenos Aires.
Police said two men on a motorcycle fired at least a dozen shots into an Unico branch in the early hours, leaving a message on carboard that read, "Messi, we're waiting for you. Javkin is also a drug trafficker, so he won't take care of you."
Messi has not commented. Considered by many to the greatest soccer player of all time, Messi is revered in Argentina, especially since he led the national team to the country's first World Cup victory in 36 years in Qatar in December.
Messi currently plays for Paris Saint-Germain and spends much of his time overseas, though he often visits Rosario where he has a home in the suburb of Funes. The French team posted a photo on social media of Messi training on Thursday morning.
In Rosario, prosecutor Federico Rébola said authorities were reviewing security camera footage and that the investigation was "preliminary." It was the first time Messi's in-laws had received this kind of threat, he added.
Celia Arena, justice minister for Santa Fe province, where Rosario is located, said the attack amounted to "terrorism" by a "mafia" group meant to intimidate the broader population.
"The aim is to deliberately cause terror in the population and discourage those of us who are fighting against criminal violence, knowing that it will be an event of global significance," Arena wrote in a social media post.
Javkin, a center-left politician in opposition to the ruling Peronist coalition, appeared to throw suspicion of complicity for the attack on both criminal gangs and federal security officials.
"I doubt everyone, even those who are supposed to protect us," Javkin said in an interview with a local radio station.
He said that he had recently had "very strong discussions" with members of the federal security forces over the past couple of weeks demanding that they crack down on the city's crime.
"Where are the ones who need to take care of us?" Javkin said. "It's clear that those who have the weapons and have the possibility of investigating the criminals aren't doing it, and it's very easy for any gang to carry out something like this."
The federal government's Security Minister Aníbal Fernández said drug-related violence was not a recent phenomenon in the city, and that Thursday's attack was typical of what has happened there "for the last 20 years."
He said the incident was an example of how drug traffickers "have won" in Rosario, but now "we have to reverse that."
Opposition politicians blamed President Alberto Fernández's administration for the continuing violence in Rosario. His predecessor, Mauricio Macri, characterized the events as a warning that the country cannot "co-exist" with drug traffickers.
Messi, 35, is currently renegotiating a contract with Paris Saint-Germain that ends this year amid speculation that the soccer superstar could decide to end his career playing for one of the local Rosario clubs, Newell's.
Messi, who this week won FIFA's best men's player award, could travel to Argentina later this month to join the national squad in playing two friendly matches. One takes place March 23 against Panama in Buenos Aires, while the other one will be five days later against Curacao in the northern city of Santiago del Estero. | https://www.kivitv.com/news/world/gunmen-threaten-messi-shoot-up-family-owned-supermarket | 2023-03-02 23:27:41 | 0 | https://www.kivitv.com/news/world/gunmen-threaten-messi-shoot-up-family-owned-supermarket |
If you’re thinking about Vegas, Breeze Airways wants you to think about them.
The low-fare carrier announced Wednesday it is starting non-stop flights from Huntsville International Airport to Las Vegas beginning on Friday.
It’s part of an expansion of services by Breeze at 11 airports across the country to Las Vegas.
Related: Huntsville willing to pay $10,000 a month to land low-cost airline service
“We’re betting our guests are going to love all this new service to Las Vegas,” Tom Doxey, Breeze’s President, said in the announcement. “With our affordable nonstop flights from so many cities, now more people than ever can take a long weekend and visit the Entertainment Capital of the World!”
Vegas routes from Huntsville will be on Fridays and Mondays. A promotional fare of $99 one-way from Huntsville to Las Vegas is available through Sept. 13 at 11 p.m. and must be for trips between Oct. 26 and Feb. 14. The promotional fare from Huntsville is available only on Mondays and the promotional fare is available from Las Vegas only on Fridays.
Promotional fare blackout dates are Nov. 16-29 and Dec. 15-Jan. 3.
Breeze said it will operate its Las Vegas flights with its fleet of Airbus A220s. | https://www.al.com/news/2022/09/breeze-airways-launching-flights-from-huntsville-to-las-vegas.html | 2022-09-07 18:38:26 | 0 | https://www.al.com/news/2022/09/breeze-airways-launching-flights-from-huntsville-to-las-vegas.html |
Lancaster, PA rises to No. 1 this year amid concerns about housing affordability.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in rankings and consumer advice, today unveiled the 2022-2023 Best Places to Retire in the United States. This year's list evaluated the country's 150 most populous metropolitan areas based on how well they meet Americans' expectations for retirement, with measures including housing affordability, health care, desirability and overall happiness – resulting in four new areas in the top five.
Pennsylvania earned three of the top five spots in this year's list, surpassing Florida in overall top 10 appearances. Lancaster, PA moved up four spots to secure the No. 1 rank due to its scores on health care for seniors, retiree tax rates and overall happiness of its residents. Harrisburg, PA rose 11 positions to the No. 2 spot, and Pensacola, FL rose seven positions to No. 3. Tampa, FL moved up two positions to No. 4 and York, PA saw the largest jump to a top five position, rising 12 positions to No. 5.
"The drastic shift in the housing market, high inflation and concerns of a pending recession have retirees weighing housing affordability more heavily when considering where to retire," said Emily Brandon, U.S. News senior editor for retirement. "Additionally, with COVID still a concern and access to good, affordable health care being of importance to retirees, Pennsylvania dominated the Best Places to Retire ranking's top positions, taking five of the top 10 spots on the list."
Florida remains a highly desired location for retirees overall, with several areas placing high in the rankings and a total of nine appearances in the top 25. But the 2022-2023 ranking's emphasis on housing affordability, retiree taxes and overall happiness gave way for Fort Wayne, IN to soar 43 spots to No. 15. Other notable top 25 increases include Youngstown, OH moving up 38 positions to No. 21, and Toledo, OH rising 30 positions to No. 23.
This year, housing affordability is most heavily weighted out of the six factors in the 2022-2023 Best Places to Retire methodology, which also includes happiness, health care quality, retiree taxes, desirability and job market ratings.
"With fixed-rate mortgage rates more than doubling over the past year, it stands to reason that falling affordability would lead to changes in the rankings of the Best Places to Retire," said Patrick S. Duffy, real estate economist. "As long as both rates and home prices are high, indexes related to things like happiness or health care quality, while important, will take a back seat to affordability. For those lucky buyers able to purchase with cash, as investors, they should still be mindful of housing values adjusting lower to compensate for rising mortgage rates."
The six measures factored into this year's rankings were weighted based on a public survey of individuals across the U.S. who are nearing retirement age (ages 45-59) and those who are of retirement age (60 or older) to find out what matters most when considering where to retire. Data sources include the U.S. Census Bureau, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Sharecare, as well as U.S. News Best Hospitals rankings.
Best Places to Retire is part of U.S. News' expanding Real Estate channel, which provides rankings, tools and advice to help individuals navigate the housing market, from getting a mortgage and home value estimate to working with an agent and buying and selling a home.
2022-2023 U.S. News Best Places to Retire – Top 10
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- Lancaster, PA
- Harrisburg, PA
- Pensacola, FL
- Tampa, FL
- York, PA
- Naples, FL
- Daytona Beach, FL
- Ann Arbor, MI
- Allentown, PA
- Reading, PA
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On Veterans Day, Friday, the White Hall Museum staff and others will pay tribute to the local military men and women who served America during war and peace times.
The annual Veterans Day celebration will start at 11 a.m. on the grounds of the White Hall Museum, 9009 Dollarway Road. It is free, and the public is invited to attend, said Brenda Doucey, museum director.
Along with comments by Col. Tod T. Marchand, Pine Bluff Arsenal's 40th commander, the ceremony will include the posting of colors by Brian Hutchinson, White Hall High School ROTC Senior U.S. Army instructor. Tom Owens will be the master of ceremonies.
Beaver Johnson, Ward 2 city council member and White Hall United Methodist Church music director, will perform the national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner," and Glen Minor, former Air Force helicopter pilot, will read the poem, "What is a veteran?" by an anonymous author.
The ceremony also includes music by the Pine Bluff Community Band. "Taps" will be played by Richard Bailey, a University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff associate professor and a band member.
Paul Williams, First Baptist Church of White Hall senior pastor, will offer the invocation.
At 12:30 p.m., the Progressive Women's Association of White Hall will draw the names of the winners of a patriotic quilt and an afghan.
The quilt was made by Mary Ann Davis, and the afghan was made by Linda Hurd, both PWA members; and the proceeds will go into the PWA's Ann Douthit Memorial Scholarship fund.
Suggested donations are $2 each or three for $5, and the items are on display at the museum. It is open Thursday through Saturday from noon until 3 p.m.
Doucey said they are pleased to host the Veterans Day event again, and light refreshments will be served after the ceremony.
She encourages visitors to tour the museum and to walk around the museum's grounds, which include the White Hall Veterans Monument. It features the names of more than 800 veterans who served in all branches of the military going back to the Revolutionary War. It was unveiled on Veterans Day 2001.
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TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Russian court has dropped the authorities' lawsuit to restrict the parental rights of a single father convicted of discrediting the army and sentenced to prison following his daughter’s antiwar sketch at school, a prominent rights group involved in the case said Friday.
Child services officials earlier this week had announced they would withdraw the lawsuit to restrict the parental rights of Alexei Moskalyov and Olga Sitchikhina, the separated parents of 13-year-old Maria whose antiwar drawing set in motion a swift and ruthless crackdown against her father.
OVD-Info, a prominent rights group involved in the case, reported Friday that the court in Moskalyov’s hometown of Yefremov has dropped the lawsuit, citing his lawyer, Vladimir Biliyenko. Biliyenko called it an important moral victory, the group said, and thanked “all caring people who worried about this family.”
Moskalyov, 54, was convicted of discrediting the army and sentenced to two years in prison last month over social media comments critical of Moscow's war in Ukraine. The charges against him were brought under a law adopted shortly after Russian troops rolled into the neighboring country in February 2022.
According to his lawyer Biliyenko and supporters, Moskalyov’s troubles began after his daughter drew an antiwar picture at school in Yefremov that depicted missiles flying over a Russian flag at a woman and child, and said “No to war” and “Glory to Ukraine.” The school called police, the girl was questioned and Moskalyov was fined for critical comments on social media, they said.
Months later, his apartment was raided and a criminal case was opened against him. Last month, he was placed under house arrest and his daughter was placed in the orphanage. He escaped from under house arrest before the verdict was announced by a court in Yefremov on March 28, but two days later was detained in neighboring Belarus. Belarusian rights group Viasna said he was extradited to Russia. His whereabouts remain unknown.
In addition to criminal charges against Moskalyov, the authorities filed a lawsuit to restrict him and Maria's mother Sitchikhina in their parental rights. Moskalyov had raised Maria alone as a single father after Sitchikhina left and started another family in a different part of Russia. Earlier this month, however, Sitchikhina picked Maria up from the orphanage and said she would be taking care of her.
Yefremov child service officials said in an online statement this week that now Maria is with her mother, “they have a good relationship” and she “started studying (in school) again,” the reasons for their lawsuit “have been eliminated.” | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/russian-dad-convicted-in-antiwar-case-keeps-parental-rights/YRSFYY3OZFCQ5M6ISIQNAZBGC4/ | 2023-04-21 15:58:37 | 0 | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/russian-dad-convicted-in-antiwar-case-keeps-parental-rights/YRSFYY3OZFCQ5M6ISIQNAZBGC4/ |
Former NBA guard Ben Gordon arrested on weapons charge
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Former NBA guard Ben Gordon was arrested on weapons and threatening charges after he began behaving erratically in a Connecticut juice shop, police said.
The episode started just before 10 a.m. Tuesday when several 911 callers reported “a male acting aggressively and in a bizarre manner” inside a juice shop in Stamford, the city’s assistant police chief, Richard Conklin, said Thursday.
The man, identified as Gordon, continued to act erratically when officers arrived and tried to take him into custody, Conklin said.
The officers eventually subdued Gordon and placed him under arrest. They found a folding knife clipped to Gordon’s pocket, and a stun gun and brass knuckles in his backpack, Conklin said.
Gordon was arrested on charges including carrying a dangerous weapon, second-degree threatening and interfering with an officer.
The former basketball star, who played for the University of Connecticut before a decade-long NBA career that ended with the 2014-2015 Orlando Magic, was taken to the police detention center and then to a hospital for a mental health evaluation, Conklin said.
Gordon was released late Tuesday on $10,000 bond, he said. A message seeking comment was left with Gordon’s attorney.
It’s not Gordon’s first brush with the law. Last October, he was charged with punching his son at New York’s LaGuardia Airport. And in November, he was charged with a misdemeanor in Chicago for allegedly punching a McDonald’s security guard.
This week’s arrest came hours after Gordon’s alma mater, UConn, defeated San Diego State University 76-59 to win the school’s fifth NCAA championship. Gordon was on the UConn team that won the championship in 2004.
Tuesday, the day Gordon was arrested, was also his 40th birthday.
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Skea set to drive expansion and accelerate growth for maritime market leader
LONDON, Dec. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pole Star Space Applications, the global leader in maritime intelligence and technology, today announced the appointment of Robert Skea as its new Chief Executive Officer. In his role, Skea will spearhead the Company's global expansion following last year's successful growth investment.
Skea brings to Pole Star a proven track record of translating market insights into executable strategies and building profitable businesses within the analytics, fintech, and software industries. He specializes in turning complex technology and data into marketable products and driving Go-to-Market acceleration and growth. Prior to joining Pole Star, Skea was most recently Chief Executive Officer at Discovery Data, which was sold to ISS Governance in 2021. Prior to Discovery Data, Skea ran North America for Dun & Bradstreet from 2014 to 2019. Skea brings a wealth of experience at a pivotal point in the company's development.
Skea succeeds Julian Longson, who was instrumental in building Pole Star's business through the last phase to scale. Longson will move into a new role as an advisor focused on key corporate growth initiatives.
Commenting on Skea's addition to the management team, Deepak Sindwani, Managing Partner at Wavecrest Growth Partners, which co-led the Company's growth financing in 2021, said: "The maritime industry is ripe for change and disruption, and we're excited to have Bob join Pole Star at a very exciting time for the business to help us drive accelerated growth and to extend our market leadership. Bob is a leader in bringing data and analytics products to market in simple, customer-centric approaches."
Skea says: "I'm very excited to be brought into Pole Star at this time. The organization has been a well-established market leader since 1998, and yet the opportunity to grow even further is tremendous. The critical impact that maritime channels have on the global supply chain has never been more important. I'm looking forward to collaborating with our senior management and global teams on how to advance our product offering and increase our presence in the global market. I'd like to thank Julian Longson, for his 7-year contribution as CEO and his 24 years with the company. "
Chairman of the Board Michael Jankowski says: "We are pleased to welcome Bob to Pole Star and have him in the CEO role. He is a proven leader with a clear vision to expand the company's success and take us into our next phase of growth and innovation."
About Pole Star
Pole Star is the global leader in maritime intelligence and technology. Pole Star has been developing solutions to protect our customers' vessels, people, reputation, and financial investments since 1998. It has pushed the limits of innovation, working with governments and businesses across the supply chain to mitigate the growing threats to ships, supply chains, cargo, territorial waters, and lives within the maritime infrastructure and beyond. Pole Star's wide range of solutions are designed specifically to enable time-critical decisions and mitigate risk across all facets of maritime activity - from cross-border trade, to sustainability risk, to the monitoring of territorial waters, and everything in-between. For more information, please visit www.polestarglobal.com.
About Abry Partners
Abry is one of the most experienced and successful sector-focused private equity investment firms in North America. Since its founding in 1989, the firm has completed over $90 billion of leveraged transactions and other private equity or preferred equity placements. Currently, the firm manages over $5 billion of capital across its active funds. For more information on Abry, please visit www.abry.com.
About Wavecrest Growth Partners
Wavecrest Growth Partners is a growth equity firm focused on investing in and partnering with leading B2B software and technology-enabled services companies based in both North America and Western Europe. Wavecrest targets investments in high-growth companies with proven products and business models and brings to bear a differentiated combination of investing and operating experience and networks to help accelerate growth and profitability. Wavecrest's team has over five decades of collective investing and operating experience in growth-stage B2B technology companies, including numerous successful outcomes. For more information, visit www.wavecrestgrowth.com.
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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Jason Gore spent four years at the USGA keeping a better line of communication with players. Now the PGA Tour has hired him for a similar role.
Gore has been hired as a senior vice president and player advisory to the commissioner, a move the tour described Friday as a player advocate to further strengthen the relationship between the tour and the players.
The hiring comes at a crucial time for the tour, which is coping with a Saudi-funded rival tour that already has led to 26 tour players signing up for LIV Golf. Earlier this week, Tiger Woods flew to Delaware for a meeting of only top players that was partly about a strategy for the tour.
Rory McIlroy, a four-time major champion who serves on the PGA Tour board, said Gore’s work at the USGA led to a “complete 180” in players’ relationships with organizers of the U.S. Open. He said it now ranks among the top two majors for how players are treated and the feedback they can provide.
“I think Jason coming back into the fold, especially with everything that’s happening in the world of golf right now, I’m surprised the USGA let him go because he is so good, but it’s a great addition to the tour.”
Mike Whan, the CEO of the USGA, said in a statement to his staff, “He believes deeply in the direction of the USGA, but the pull of his ‘brotherhood’ in the PGA Tour ranks was very strong and Jason knows this is the right decision, at the right time for him (and for golf).”
Gore’s best year on tour was in 2005 when he played in the final group of the U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2, won three times on the Korn Ferry Tour to earn an instant promotion to the PGA Tour, and then won the now-defunct 84 Lumber Classic.
”We’re not looking for former players to run this. The players are players and management are management and they’re executives and they’re trained to run businesses. That’s not what we do,” McIlroy said.
He said Gore might be the “missing link” to take ideas from players and articulate them to Commissioner Jay Monahan.
“He’s a player advocate. He wants to do everything as well as possible to make the players as happy as possible,” McIlroy said. “And it’s a good addition.”
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CLEVELAND, Nov. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Corvus Janitorial Systems ("Corvus"), a national franchisor of office cleaning and janitorial services, is pleased to announce expansion into the Knoxville, Tennessee market by an existing, multi-territory Master Franchisee, Mr. Chad Weaver and his team. Corvus of Knoxville will support local Franchise Owners in delivering high-quality office cleaning services to businesses and facilities in the Knoxville territory, leveraging Corvus' nationally recognized and time-tested brand and systems. "Chad Weaver and his team have been extraordinary partners to Corvus for over two decades," Corvus founder and co-CEO Justin Douglas remarked. "Chad has built a fantastic business and has cemented the purpose and values of the system at large. We're thrilled to see what his team does in Knoxville."
Chad Weaver, Master Franchise Owner since Corvus' inception in 2004, has partnered with long-time teammates Ryan Patrick, Clint Smith, and Wes Furnish to bring their expertise to Knoxville. "Collectively, this partnership carries over 50 years of experience and we're excited to further expand our partnership with an outstanding brand like Corvus. The process, support, and strategy Corvus delivers as a franchisor works; if it didn't, I wouldn't be investing more. With the office cleaning industry in high demand and interest in franchise ownership rising, there are plenty of opportunities to grow here." Mr. Weaver will add this territory to his portfolio after his recent purchase of the Corvus of Orlando Master Franchise in 2020, and his ownership and operation of the Raleigh-Durham, Indianapolis, Louisville, and Lexington markets for 18 years.
"Over the past two years, organizations have come to expect more out of their janitorial services. Our Franchise Owners have an important role in the economy - one of keeping businesses doors open. We will continue to differentiate ourselves with industry-leading cleaning protocols, top-notch training, and a fair and honest culture. We are beyond excited to venture into the Volunteer State," Weaver adds.
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Ukrainian mayor says city 'must be ready' for more Russian attacks after deadly airstrikes reported
Deaths are first in Lviv's city limits since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war, official says
Lviv’s mayor told Fox News Monday that the western Ukrainian city "must be ready" for further attacks from the Russian military after a series of fresh airstrikes there reportedly left at least 7 people dead.
The deaths are the first to occur inside the city since Russia launched its invasion on Feb. 24, Andriy Sadovyi also said.
"We must be ready [for a] new Russian attack. And together we must maximum protect our country," Sadovyi told Fox News. "It is a very special moment in our life. We have only one country, we have only one land. I believe in our victory, never give up. Only victory."
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At least seven people have been killed and 11 others were injured in Lviv Monday morning after Russia’s military launched several missiles into the city, officials said.
Smoke rose over the city after four missiles hit three warehouses and struck a civilian car tire service garage where people were working, according to a Ukraine military spokesperson.
Three of the four targets that were hit were non-military locations, Ukrainian officials also said.
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The explosions severely injured three adults and a child suffered minor injuries.
Reports that a train station in the city was among the targets were unfounded.
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(The Hill) – Researchers from Germany say a man has been cured of HIV following a stem cell transplant that was performed after several rounds of chemotherapy, making him the fifth known case of the virus being cured in an individual.
In the study published in the Nature science journal, German researchers detailed the case of a 53-year-old patient who was diagnosed with HIV in 2008. After their diagnosis, the patient was placed on antiretroviral therapy (ART) which suppressed the viral load within their system.
The patient was enrolled in the University Hospital Düsseldorf’s IciStem program, which explores potential HIV cures requiring stem cell transplants.
The patient was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia about three years after being diagnosed with HIV. Remission of their cancer was achieved through an initial round of chemotherapy but was followed by a relapse shortly after.
During the patient’s treatment for their cancer, they received a stem cell transplant from a female donor with whom they matched. This transplant occurred roughly two years after their cancer diagnosis and five years after being diagnosed with HIV.
The female donor had a mutation that is believed to confer resistance to HIV infection.
ART was continued throughout the treatments for cancer and HIV levels largely remained undetectable in the patient apart from “sporadic” instances when HIV levels were found to be higher than in HIV-negative individuals.
Testing of the patient following treatment was unable to find traces of virus capable of replicating and infecting cells. ART was ultimately discontinued in the patient in 2018, 10 years after they were first diagnosed with HIV. After ceasing ART, the patient displayed no symptoms of HIV, researchers said.
Björn-Erik Ole Jensen, the patient’s physician, first came forward with these findings in 2019, though he declined to say the man was in remission at the time as he felt it was too early. However, he noted that he was “optimistic” at that point.
Timothy Ray Brown, the first patient believed to be cured of HIV, received the same kind of transplant as the Düsseldorf patient in 2007 to treat his leukemia. It was reported last year that a woman had been cured of HIV also through the use of stem cell transplant, with these cells harvested from umbilical cord blood.
Two other cases of HIV being cured are believed to have happened when the two patients’ immune systems eliminated the virus without treatment, a rare phenomenon that researchers have not yet been able to fully explain.
While the findings of this study are promising for future HIV treatment, researchers noted that this type of stem cell transplant is “neither a low-risk nor an easily scalable procedure.” During the course of such treatment, the patient’s immune system is essentially destroyed and replaced through the transplant.
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Which cheap washer and dryer sets are best?
As a homeowner, one of the appliances you never want to break down is your washer or dryer. For new homeowners, this can be an exhilarating purchase until they see the price tag. Buying a quality washer and dryer set without spending a couple of months of mortgage payments on it might seem impossible, but these cheap washer and dryer sets prove you can do it.
Of the economical washer and dryer sets available, the Whirlpool Stacked Washer and Electric Dryer deserve your attention. Just under 28 inches wide, this laundry center can fit most places and includes an electric dryer that shuts off when it senses your clothes are ready, saving energy and money on your electricity bill.
What to know before you buy a cheap washer and dryer set
Buying a washer and dryer set might seem simple enough, but there are a surprising number of options on the market. It all starts with understanding the types of washers and dryers available to you.
Stackable washer and dryer sets have the dryer sitting atop the washer. It reduces the amount of space your laundry machines take but requires a stacking kit. You could skip the kit and go with a laundry center, which looks similar to a stackable set in that you have one machine on top of the other. However, laundry centers are designed to be stacked already rather than being converted like a stackable set. Both of these are great for small spaces.
A portable washer and dryer is always an option and one that renters may want to note. These typically have attachments that are easy and fast to connect and fit most standard faucets. That means you don’t need direct plumbing like you would with a traditional washing machine. These are small and intended to take with you. But that means you can’t do large loads in one go.
Combination and all-in-one units are singular units. In the same footprint as a full-size washer or dryer, an all-in-one unit does both the washing and the drying. This is a reasonable option if you have a family and need a full-size machine but are still short on space. Some even run on standard voltage electricity, so you don’t need gas hookups. They do require more specific maintenance, though.
Finally, most are familiar with your standard or conventional washer and dryer set, which is the traditional two-machine setup. The machines sit side-by-side and are both full size. These require specific hookups. Before you buy any set, you should double-check which hookups are available to you.
Capacity
The capacity of a washer or dryer refers to the volume of the interior drum where the clothes go. It’s always measured in cubic feet. The average for a standard-size washer or dryer is about 3-4 cubic feet. That equates to about 12-16 pounds of laundry. For larger machines, you might see capacity as high as 5 cubic feet, or the same as about 20 pounds of laundry.
If you have a family, consider how capacity impacts the long-term cost to run your washer or dryer. If it has a larger capacity, you can run fewer loads and spend less to use your machines. However, if you don’t have enough to warrant a large-capacity washer or dryer, you could spend more than you need to per load.
Installation
You must know what kind of hookups you have in your home. That will determine the type of machines you can purchase. For example, a conventional electric dryer typically needs about a 240-volt dryer outlet and a vent duct. On the other hand, a gas dryer will need less, about a 120-volt outlet, but it will also need a gas line, along with the vent duct.
Most conventional washers require plumbing specific to a washing machine. Portable washers would be the exception, usually requiring a simple standard faucet. To be safe, make sure you are completely sure of your hookups before you go shopping.
Energy ratings
Not only do energy ratings tell you which machine is best for the planet, but they’ll also tell you which machine will be the most expensive to run. Front-load and high-efficiency washers and dryers will save the most energy, meaning they’ll also save you the most money in the long run.
An easy way to understand the energy rating is to look for the Energy Guide figures. These are yellow stickers from the U.S. Department of Energy and should be on every machine. They will give you figures that explain the approximate amount it will cost to run the machine yearly.
What to look for in a quality cheap washer and dryer set
Variable wash settings
The best washers and dryers have at least a few wash settings from which to choose. This will let you customize your wash and dry cycles to what you need, whether you’re trying to save time or money.
Steam function
Newer machines feature steam functions. This is great for killing more germs on your clothes in the wash, as well as treating stains. In the dryer, it’s a highly efficient way to get rid of wrinkles in your clothes.
Wi-Fi connectivity
Another function of newer machines is Wi-Fi connectivity. This lets you connect your washer or dryer to an app on your phone so that you can monitor and track your laundry remotely. Instead of getting up and walking across the house to check if your shirt is ready for your big date, you can simply check your app.
Long warranty
Think about how often you use your washer and dryer. Chances are it’s at least a couple of times a week. When you multiply that out for an entire year, it’s clear why a long warranty is a highly prized feature. Most machines come with 2 to 5-year warranties. The longer, the better since repairs and replacements are expensive.
Self-cleaning cycle
Even the machines that are keeping your clothes clean need to be cleaned themselves occasionally. The easiest way to do this is with a self-cleaning cycle. When you’re shopping around, check for the self-cleaning cycle. Without it, you’ll be climbing into your washer or dryer periodically to clean it.
Quiet
No one wants their washer or dryer to be a distraction. Newer machines are getting even quieter than before. If possible, see how a machine runs before you buy it and measure the decibel output. If not, check with the manufacturer about the average decibels the machine puts out while in use.
How much you can expect to spend on a cheap washer and dryer set
For a full set, expect to pay from $1,000-$1,500. There are some lesser-quality all-in-one machines for under $1000, but you’ll likely have to spend in that range to get something that will last for a few years.
Cheap washer and dryer set FAQ
Is it cheaper to buy a washer and dryer as a set?
A. Generally, yes, it’s cheaper to buy your washer and dryer as a set. Most retailers have some kind of deal for buying a set versus a single machine. If you know where you plan to buy from, check with the retailer about upcoming deals or sales.
What is the best month to buy a washer and dryer?
A. Because most retailers are releasing new models to their sales floor, they will mark down prices on existing models of washers and dryers to make room in September and October. If you can, wait until those months, but do your homework in the weeks before to know when the retailer plans to do the mark-downs.
How long do washers and dryers last?
A. Most quality washers and dryers will last about 10 years. Manufacturers say you can expect at least that if your machines are well-cared for and well-maintained.
What are the best cheap washer and dryer sets to buy?
Top cheap washer and dryer set
Whirlpool Stacked Washer and Electric Dryer
What you need to know: Perfectly designed for tight spaces, this little workhorse is the durable, efficient laundry center that you’re seeking.
What you’ll love: Gone are the days of over-drying your clothes with the auto dry drying sensor.
What you should consider: The washer only has a 3.5 cubic feet drum and cannot handle large loads.
Where to buy: Sold by Home Depot
Top cheap washer and dryer set for the money
What you need to know: Designed specifically for the tightest spaces, you can get the luxury of in-home laundry without losing too much space or money.
What you’ll love: This tiny laundry center includes various wash cycles to offer you customization with each load. Even better, it has an auto-loading sensing feature.
What you should consider: Odd lint catcher placement
Where to buy: Sold by Home Depot
Worth checking out
LG WM3998HBA Front Load Washer & Dryer Combo
What you need to know: If you’ve considered making the switch to an all-in-one combo machine, this is the affordable way to do it.
What you’ll love: Instead of switching clothes from machine to machine, you can do it all in this all-in-one washer/dryer combo. And there are multiple washing modes like Bright Whites and Towels.
What you should consider: This washer and dryer can’t be vented.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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VESTAL, NY (WIVT/WBGH) – On February 24th, at the Vestal Library, SUNY Broome students will present an original reenactment of the events at The Cazenovia Convention.
The Cazenovia Convention was a Fugitive Slave Convention that took place up the road in Cazenovia, New York, in 1850.
Several prominent abolitionists, including Fredrick Douglas, Juan Soriano, and J.W. Loguen, gathered in protest of the Fugitive Slave Law, which required that slaves be sent back to their owners even if they were caught in a free state.
The presentation, which begins at 6:30 p.m., will feature speeches from the convention and educational songs.
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SkillStorm's Upskill Together project is expanding to provide scholarships to military spouses, dependents of current service members, and veterans
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Tech talent accelerator SkillStorm today announced the expansion of its pioneering scholarship program, Upskill Together, to provide scholarships to the spouses and dependents of both current service members and veterans. The initiative will leverage the unique Upskill Together model, powered by SkillStorm and a growing number of university and corporate partners, to provide free technology upskilling programs in AWS, Salesforce, CompTIA, Appian, and Pega to spouses and dependents of veterans and service members who complete SkillStorm's Air Force and Army Credentialing Opportunities On-Line (COOL) training and certification.
The expansion of Upskill Together is a response to the persistent challenges of unemployment and underemployment facing military spouses. According to a 2022 survey by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, the unemployment rate for military spouses is about 22%, two- to four-times higher than their civilian counterparts, which makes them one of the most unemployed demographics in the country. Further research conducted by Hiring Our Heroes, Syracuse University's D'Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), and First Command Financial Services Inc. revealed that the vast majority (88%) of military spouses believe the military lifestyle impacts their ability to find jobs that match their experience or education level, which has significant financial implications for military families.
"Military families face unique challenges when it comes to employment and professional development," said retired Lieutenant Colonel John Tansill, Director of Veteran Affairs at SkillStorm. "In partnership with universities and business leaders around the country, we're taking action on behalf of more than 2.6 million military spouses and dependents to expand access to high-quality, no-cost upskilling opportunities that can break down barriers to employment."
The expanded Upskill Together project seeks to create new pathways for military spouses and dependents to learn the skills they need to succeed in today's world of work with flexibility of location and without financial strain. For each current service member or veteran who enrolls in training and completes their certification exam, Upskill Together's scholarship program will provide a match, dollar-to-dollar, scholarship at no cost to a military spouse or dependent. Air Force, Army, and Coast Guard COOL benefits can also be applied to select AWS & CompTIA courses.
SkillStorm is proud to serve the military community, and champions the unique skills, dedication, and invaluable experience that service members and veterans bring to the workforce. SkillStorm is a recipient of two national awards for service to veterans, including the Military Times' 2022 Best for Vets: Employers award and the Department of Labor's HIRE Vets Platinum Medallion award. SkillStorm supports and empowers the military community by creating pathways to meaningful civilian employment opportunities, and aims to train over 1,000 veterans in 2023. For more information, visit www.skillstorm.com/vet-tec.
Upskill Together and its Founding Partners welcome inquiries from employers or higher education institutions interested in joining the initiative and making a commitment to accelerating economic opportunity for current service members, veterans, and their families. To learn more or apply for a scholarship, visit https://info.skillstorm.com/upskill-together-military.
About SkillStorm
SkillStorm is building the elite tech force for organizations in need of highly skilled, specialized tech talent. By hiring, upskilling and deploying professionals to work on advanced technologies and platforms such as Pega, Salesforce, and ServiceNow, SkillStorm equips companies with a ready-made domestic tech workforce. An innovation and opportunity accelerator, SkillStorm provides U.S. businesses and government agencies with fully formed and trained teams with all the required experience, skill sets, certifications, and clearances, either directly to its client sites or working from its own delivery centers. Visit www.SkillStorm.com to learn more.
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MACOMB, Mich., Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascent Integration, a business unit of Ascent Aerospace, will be exhibiting at the upcoming WindEnergy event in Hamburg, Germany from September 27-30. WindEnergy Hamburg is the global on and offshore event of the year with over 1,400 exhibitors and 35,000 visitors from over 100 countries.
This semi-annual event will provide a unique opportunity for professionals to get a closer look into the latest products and technologies whirling around the wind and energy sector. There will be sessions reviewing key market trends in the industry as well as networking events and panels to encourage experienced minds to collaborate on key topics.
As a provider of tailor-made, turn-key solutions, Ascent Integration works with wind and energy customers to take new products, innovations and technologies and implement them in industry-proven solutions to maximize manufacturing processes. Come experience the whole world of wind energy and visit Ascent Integration in Hall B5, Stand 534 at the WindEnergy event in Hamburg.
To learn more about the Ascent Aerospace, the Ascent Integration team as well as our European footprint, visit https://ascentaerospace.com/products/integration/integration-europe/.
Ascent Aerospace is a world renowned, single-source provider of production and automated assembly systems for the aerospace, defense, and space industries. As the industry's largest tooling group, Ascent produces a full suite of both mold and assembly tooling required for the aerospace manufacturing market, including the largest Invar molds ever made for aerospace. As an automation provider and production system integrator, Ascent works with airframers to develop their project and see it through from process engineering, to build and installation, to ensure it is an efficient and cost effective solution. Visit www.ascentaerospace.com for more information.
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The iconic destination in St. Moritz, Switzerland, earns prestigious accolade
ST. MORITZ, SWITZERLAND, Feb. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Forbes Travel Guide ("FTG"), announced that the luxurious Badrutt's Palace Hotel has once again earned its prestigious Five-Star award. A world-renowned authority on excellence in hospitality, FTG is the only global rating system for luxury hotels, restaurants, spas and ocean cruises.
"We are honored to receive another Five-Star rating from Forbes Travel Guide," says Thomas Citterio, director of sales and marketing at Badrutt's Palace. "Year after year, we look forward to welcoming guests to our hotel and providing them with top-notch, legendary service, un-paralleled amenities and an experience they will never forget."
Opened in 1896, Badrutt's Palace remains an iconic mountain resort that sits 6,000 feet up in the Swiss Alps. Known for its impeccable service and breathtaking atmosphere, the property is a celebration of style, sports, culinary and wellness adventures. Enhanced by luxe amenities and state-of-the-art innovations, Badrutt's Palace houses newly renovated guest rooms and a luxe, three-story penthouse overlooking the picturesque Lake St. Moritz. The property also recently acquired its 10th restaurant, Paradiso Mountain Club & Restaurant, a world-famous Champagne and après-ski hotspot.
"Travel is in an incredible position for continued growth, as people prioritize authentic, in-person experiences," says Amanda Frasier, President of Ratings for Forbes Travel Guide. "The hotels, ocean cruises, restaurants and spas on our 2023 Star Rating list demonstrate an impressive commitment to creating memorable environments that nurture connection, joy and sense of place as we experience the world to its fullest."
For more information on Badrutt's Palace, visit www.badruttspalace.com. Images can be downloaded here (credit: Badrutt's Palace).
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Since 1896, Badrutt's Palace has been world-renowned for its legendary service and enchanting atmosphere. Offering 155 rooms, inclusive of 43 diverse suites and a luxe, three-story Penthouse overlooking the picturesque Lake St. Moritz, the property has become one of the most sought-after luxury Swiss hotels for the discerning traveler. With ten unrivaled dining concepts and three bars, Badrutt's Palace is a world-class hotel and spa destination with two infinity pools, fitness center, tennis facilities, seasonal activities ranging from skiing to mountain biking, and luxury shopping on Via Serlas, the shortest, highest luxury retail street in the world. Badrutt's Palace Hotel is a member of Leading Hotels of the World, Swiss Deluxe Hotels and Swiss Historic Hotels. The hotel is open for winter season now thru April 3. For more information, visit www.badruttspalace.com.
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – A crash in Green Bay Monday morning involving a loaded bus left one person with minor injuries.
Green Bay Police tells Local 5 that the crash happened on Monday just after 8:30 a.m. at Military Avenue and Dousman Street.
Officials state that witnesses saw a van run a red light and crash into a Green Bay Metro bus. There were reportedly people on the bus but none of them were hurt.
The only person hurt was the driver of the van who reportedly suffered only minor injuries. Police say the crash site should be cleared around 12 p.m.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. inflation is showing signs of entering a more stubborn phase that will likely require drastic action by the Federal Reserve, a shift that has panicked financial markets and heightens the risks of a recession.
Some of the longtime drivers of higher inflation — spiking gas prices, supply chain snarls, soaring used-car prices — are fading. Yet underlying measures of inflation are actually worsening.
The ongoing evolution of the forces behind an inflation rate that’s near a four-decade high has made it harder for the Fed to wrestle it under control. Prices are no longer rising because a few categories have skyrocketed in cost. Instead, inflation has now spread more widely through the economy, fueled by a strong job market that is boosting paychecks, forcing companies to raise prices to cover higher labor costs and giving more consumers the wherewithal to spend.
On Tuesday, the government said inflation ticked up 0.1% from July to August and 8.3% from a year ago, which was down from June’s four-decade high of 9.1%
But excluding the volatile categories of food and energy, so-called core prices jumped by an unexpectedly sharp 0.6% from July to August, after a milder 0.3% rise the previous month. The Fed monitors core prices closely, and the latest figures heightened fears of an even more aggressive Fed and sent stocks plunging, with the Dow Jones collapsing more than 1,200 points.
The core price figures solidified worries that inflation has now spread into all corners of the economy.
“One of the most remarkable things is how broad-based the price gains are,” said Matthew Luzzetti, chief U.S. economist at Deutsche Bank. “The underlying trend in inflation certainly has not shown any progress toward moderating so far. And that should be a worry to the Fed because the price gains have become increasingly demand-driven, and therefore likely to be more persistent.”
Demand-driven inflation is one way to say that consumers, who account for nearly 70% of economic growth, keep spending, even if they resent having to pay more. In part, that is because of widespread income gains and in part because many Americans still have more savings than they did before the pandemic, after having postponed spending on vacations, entertainment, and restaurants.
When inflation is driven mainly by demand, it can require more drastic action from the Fed than when it’s driven mainly by supply shocks, such as an oil supply disruption, which can often resolve on their own.
Economists fear that the only way for the Fed to slow robust consumer demand is to raise interest rates so high as to sharply increase unemployment and potentially cause a recession. Typically, as fear of layoffs rises, not only do the jobless reduce spending. So, too, do the many people who fear losing their jobs.
Some economists now think the Fed will have to raise its benchmark short-term rate much higher, to 4.5% or above, by early next year, more than previous estimates of 4%. (The Fed’s key rate is now in a range of 2.25% to 2.5%.) Higher rates from the Fed would, in turn, lead to higher costs for mortgages, auto loans and business loans.
The Fed is widely expected to raise its benchmark short-term rate by a substantial three-quarters of a point next week for a third consecutive time. Tuesday’s inflation report even led some analysts to speculate that the central bank could announce a full percentage point hike. If it did, that would amount to the largest increase since the Fed began using short-term rates in the early 1990s to guide consumer and business borrowing.
Even though headline inflation barely rose last month, underlying inflation, which reflects broader economic trends, worsened. A measure that the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland uses to track median inflation, which essentially ignores categories with the biggest price swings, rose 0.7% in August. That was the biggest monthly increase since records began in 1983.
Higher prices have yet to cause much of what economists call “demand destruction” — a pullback in spending that could quell inflation. Though higher gas prices have caused Americans to drive less, there isn’t much evidence of significant cutbacks elsewhere.
Restaurant prices, for example, jumped 0.9% in August and have risen 8% in the past year. But that hasn’t noticeably discouraged people from going out. Restaurant traffic has surpassed pre-pandemic levels on Open Table, an app that tracks reservations, and was still increasing into September.
Overall, consumers have largely kept up their spending, even with rampant inflation, though perhaps through gritted teeth. In July, spending rose 0.2% after adjusting for higher prices.
The spread of inflation into services, such as rental costs and health care, largely reflects the impact of higher wages. Hospitals and doctors’ offices have to pay more for nurses and other staff. And as more Americans find jobs or get raises, they’re able to move out from family homes or split from roommates. Rental costs have increased 6.7% in the past year, the most since 1986.
Wages and salaries jumped 6.7% in August from a year earlier, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s wage tracker, the biggest increase in nearly 40 years. And Luzzetti noted that the same data shows a record wage premium for people who switch jobs, compared with those who stay put. That means employers are still offering big raises to try to fill jobs.
Economists had hoped that rising services prices would be offset by falling costs for goods such as new and used cars, furniture, and clothing, after those items spiked in the pandemic. As supply chain backups improved, a better flow of such goods were expected to bring prices down.
Yet so far, that hasn’t happened.
“We’ve seen shipping costs come down, we’ve seen supply chain congestion ease a little bit, production has improved and inventories have risen,” said Laura Rosner-Warburton, senior economist at MacroPolicy Perspectives. “So all of that suggests some supply side improvement. And yet companies are still putting through large price increases for those goods, and that’s problematic.”
Such trends could renew the debate over how much corporations’ ability to raise prices has been fueled by a lack of competition, a phenomenon referred to as “greedflation.” But most economists attribute the ability of companies to still charge more to consumers’ willingness to pay.
“It appears that retailers are now raising prices because they can, not because they have to. Consumer demand is still too strong,” said Aneta Markowska, chief economist at Jefferies, an investment bank, in a research note. | https://www.fox16.com/news/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/ap-driven-by-consumers-us-inflation-grows-more-persistent/ | 2022-09-14 21:08:01 | 0 | https://www.fox16.com/news/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/ap-driven-by-consumers-us-inflation-grows-more-persistent/ |
73-year-old gets free roof after replacing shingles on her own
RIDGEWAY, Va. (WDBJ/Gray News) – A 73-year-old woman from Virginia recently repaired her own roof. Now, she’s getting a brand new one for free.
Last month, Sharon Harris felt water dripping on her arm while she was sitting in her living room.
“I said, ‘Oh, my God, there’s rain dripping on my arm,’” Harris said. “Every night, I would be thinking, what am I going to do?”
Unable to afford to replace the roof, she decided to replace a section of the shingles all by herself - something she and her husband used to do together when he was able.
“I said, ‘I’m going to do it myself,’ and he kept telling me, ‘No, don’t get up there.’ I said, ‘Well, I’m going to do it,” Harris said.
A roofing company in the area heard about her story and offered to give her a new roof at no charge – saving Harris a total of $9,700.
“If anything happened over here, we might not be able to do it. So, I’m so happy. I couldn’t believe it. When I heard it, I thought it was a scam. I thought they’re not really coming, but it’s real,” Harris said.
The general manager for Cenvar Roofing said Harris did a great job on the roof.
“She had everything installed properly,” Collin Murphy said. “She said it took her days of going up there, throwing up two shingles at a time, and then walking herself up the ladder with her hammer going for it. It’s just an inspirational story of someone who went for it on her own and put on her own roof, which is incredible.”
Harris says her determination comes from her mother, who lived to be 102.
“She was the one who really showed me how to do everything. So, now I can do it myself,” Harris said.
The new estate gray roof will be installed and completed Monday.
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ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- RiskSpan, a leading provider of residential mortgage and structured product data and analytics, has announced a new Multi-Scenario Yield Table feature within its award-winning Edge Platform.
REITs and other mortgage loan and MSR investors leverage the Multi-Scenario Yield Table to instantaneously run and compare multiple scenario analyses on any individual asset in their portfolio.
An interactive, self-guided demo of this new functionality can be viewed here. Comprehensive details of this and other new capabilities are available by requesting a no-obligation live demo at riskspan.com.
With a single click from the portfolio screen, Edge users can now simultaneously view the impact of as many as 20 different scenarios on outputs including price, yield, WAL, dv01, OAS, discount margin, modified duration, weighted average CRR and CDR, severity and projected losses. The ability to view these and other model outputs across multiple scenarios in a single table eliminates the tedious and time-consuming process of running scenarios individually and having to manually juxtapose the resulting analytics.
Entering scenarios is easy. Users can make changes to scenarios right on the screen to facilitate quick, ad hoc analyses. Once these scenarios are loaded and assumptions are set, the impacts of each scenario on price and other risk metrics are lined up in a single, easily analyzed data table.
Analysts who determine that one of the scenarios is producing more reasonable results than the defined base case can overwrite and replace the base case with the preferred scenario in just two clicks.
The Multi-Scenario Yield Table is the latest in a series of enhancements that is making the Edge Platform increasingly indispensable for mortgage loan and MSR portfolio managers.
RiskSpan offers cloud-native SaaS analytics for on-demand market risk, credit risk, pricing and trading. With our data science experts and technologists, we are the leader in data as a service and end-to-end solutions for loan-level data management and analytics.
Our mission is to be the most trusted and comprehensive source of data and analytics for loans and structured finance investments.
Rethink loan and structured finance data. Rethink your analytics. Learn more at www.riskspan.com.
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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Five months after scoring the winning penalty in the World Cup final, Gonzalo Montiel converted the clinching spot kick for Sevilla in the Europa League final Wednesday to beat Jose Mourinho’s Roma.
It earned Sevilla a seventh title in the competition.
The Argentina international sent Roma goakeeper Rui Patrício the wrong way with his retaken penalty to seal a 4-1 win in the shootout after the match finished 1-1 after extra time in Budapest, where Mourinho was aiming to maintain his record of having never lost a final in European competitions.
“I’ve won five finals and I lost this one, but I’m coming back home proud again,” Mourinho told Sky Sport Italy. “The boys gave everything.”
Gianluca Mancini and Roger Ibanez failed to convert for Roma from the spot against Sevilla goalkeeper Yassine Bounou. Montiel missed his first attempt but had another chance after Patrício was judged to have come off his line.
Sevilla has still never lost a final it has contested in the Europa League or its precursor, the UEFA Cup — the team also won the competition in 2006, ’07, ’14, ’15, ’16 and ’20 — and secured a place in next season’s Champions League.
At one stage close to the relegation zone in the Spanish league and already eliminated from the Champions League, it had looked like a season to forget for Sevilla. But clearly it was not over yet.
A new coach, José Luis Mendilibar came in and things turned around quickly.
“I’m happy to be here, to have won for the club, which was having a hard time when we got here,” Mendilibar said. “We have done something good that can have repercussions for the good of the club.”
Before the final, Mourinho actually had more European title wins than Mendilibar had total games managed in those same competitions. The 62-year-old Mendilibar’s career is peaking since joining Sevilla just two months ago.
As Sevilla players celebrated on the field, Mourinho kept his calm and congratulated the Spanish club on the victory.
“We lost a game but not dignity. I’ve never gone home prouder than today,” Mourinho said. “Great match, great final. Intense, vibrant.”
After receiving his runners-up medal, Mourinho took it off and gave it to a young fan.
Paulo Dybala had put Roma ahead in the 35th minute at Puskás Aréna in the Hungarian capital. Mancini sent a through ball for Dybala, who netted past Bounou with a low left-foot shot. The Argentina forward had recovered from an ankle injury in time to be declared fit for the final.
It was Dybala’s fifth goal of the Europa League, and 17th overall this season.
Sevilla was only slowly getting into the match but Ivan Rakitić came close to equalizing in first-half stoppage time with a low drive from 20 meters (yards) that bounced off the post.
Mendilibar sent on midfielder Suso and forward Erik Lamela, a former Roma player, as substitutes at the start of the second half to rejuvenate his team.
Sevilla equalized through Mancini’s own-goal 10 minutes into the second half when he was under pressure from Youssef En-Nesyri. Captain Jesús Navas set up the goal with a cross from the right.
Navas, a 37-year-old veteran, was on the team that won Sevilla’s first Europa League title in 2006.
“When they scored against us, you think that it will be very difficult to score against them,” Mendilibar said. “”The equalizer came quickly in the second half and gave us the strength to continue in the fight to win the game.”
Substitute Andrea Belotti failed to beat Bounou in a one-on-one following Lorenzo Pellegrini’s free kick seven minutes from time. Suso had a long-distance shot saved by Patrício in the dying seconds.
Sevilla held the upper hand in extra time but didn’t create a clear scoring chance, and Roma defender Chris Smalling headed the ball onto the crossbar at the end.
Replacing former Argentina coach Jorge Sampaoli in March, Mendilibar became Sevilla’s third coach this season with the team just two points clear of the La Liga relegation zone. His lineup has lost only two of 11 league games since then and is now one point off seventh place going into the final round this weekend.
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Founders Seek to Define New Standard for Excellence in Clinical Trials
DOYLESTOWN, Pa., Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Korio, Inc., a technology-first IRT company, today announced a new solution that will raise industry expectations for quality, consistency and performance of randomization and trial supply management (RTSM).
The compounding negative effects of poor system performance, bloated manual processes and high employee turnover are routinely passed from legacy IRT providers to their life sciences customers. The unfortunate result is interrupted trial operations, costly delays, and decreased confidence of the critical IRT functionality and services teams powering their trials.
To address these systemic quality and scalability issues, Korio has designed the industry's first compliance-centric IRT platform. Reflecting decades of hands-on IRT experience across thousands of trial designs, Korio enables once aspirational goals around IRT feature reusability, process repeatability, system performance, and overall system quality by embedding the IRT workflow into the software itself.
"Korio's suite of best-in-class IRT functionality is nested in a comprehensive GxP framework that efficiently and thoroughly navigates long-standing quality and scalability issues plaguing IRT providers today," says Ryan Keane, co-founder and CEO of Korio. "Since our platform learns each customer's unique preferences and settings, we can automatically provide consistent and predictable IRT outcomes, creating a virtuous cycle of early and sustainable customer and employee success."
Some of the key features of Korio's IRT solution include:
- The ability to reuse client-level study settings and apply them to subsequent clinical trials, saving on time and enabling consistent quality,
- Functionality to create and manage the entire IRT documentation suite within the technology for less overhead and more accuracy in IRT setup,
- Real-time diagnostics on every IRT system to provide assurances of availability, performance and overall system health throughout the duration of every trial.
Korio co-founders Ryan Keane and Chuck Harris bring a combined 30+ years of experience in the IRT space to the company. Ten of those years were spent working together where they scaled an IRT start-up to become a leading global provider.
"To architect an intuitive, scalable, and feature-rich IRT platform, it was critical that we blended thought leaders from both inside and outside of the IRT industry," said Chuck Harris, co-founder and COO of Korio. "By leveraging brilliant product design and technology solutions from outside of our niche, and combining those with IRT needs as stated by clinical trial experts, Korio is positioned to resolve legacy IRT challenges for its customers and employees for the long haul."
Korio will be debuting its platform at the Informa IRT conference in Boston on October 17-19, 2022 and their solution will be available to host its first trials this year.
For more information, please visit https://www.korioclinical.com/
Korio's mission is to enable people to achieve more with clinical technology. By infusing into our platform the industry's top subject matter experts' unique and powerful ways of navigating today's complex protocol designs, the Korio platform transforms the status quo by enabling trial set up and management to be performed with confidence, in less time and with predictable, consistent outcomes. If change is the only constant in clinical trials, we believe that Korio is your co-pilot to success.
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DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — An explosion in a seven-story commercial building in Bangladesh’s capital on Tuesday killed at least 17 people and injured dozens, officials said.
The explosion occurred in Gulistan area, a busy commercial area of Dhaka, fire department official Rashed bin Khaled said by phone.
The building contained several stores selling plumbing products and household items, and its first two floors were badly damaged, according to fire officials.
It was not immediately clear what caused the explosion, but some reports said the explosion happened from accumulated gas.
Khaled said at least 11 fire department teams were working at the scene of the explosion.
Bacchu Mia, a police official at the state-run Dhaka Medical College Hospital, said more than 50 people were taken there for treatment, and at least 14 of them were dead. The others later died from their injuries, he said. Local media reported at least 100 people were injured in the blast.
The United News of Bangladesh agency reported that people on the upper floors were trapped for hours after the explosion.
Brig. Gen. Main Uddin, director general of the Fire Servoce and Civil Defense, said they could not enter the ground floor and they had no clear data if anybody was trapped.
He said that it was not possible to get to the ground floor as the building became very risky because the columns that hold up the building had collapsed.
He said they would take help from the military after the search and rescue operation begin on Wednesday morning.
Bangladesh has a history of fires and industrial disasters, including factories catching fire with workers trapped inside. Monitoring groups have blamed corruption and lax enforcement.
A massive fire on Sunday at a crammed refugee camp for Rohingya Muslims in southern Bangladesh left thousands homeless. No casualties were reported at Balukhali camp in Cox’s Bazar district.
In 2012, about 117 workers died when they were trapped behind locked exits in a garment factory in Dhaka.
The country’s worst industrial disaster occurred the following year, when the Rana Plaza garment factory outside Dhaka collapsed, killing more than 1,100 people.
In 2019, a blaze ripped through a 400-year-old area cramped with apartments, shops and warehouses in the oldest part of Dhaka and killed at least 67 people. Another fire in Old Dhaka in a house illegally storing chemicals killed at least 123 people in 2010.
In 2021, a fire at a food and beverage factory outside Dhaka killed at least 52 people, many of whom were trapped inside by an illegally locked door.
Last year, a fire at a shipping container storage depot near the country’s main Chittagong Seaport killed at least 41 people, including nine firefighters, and injured more than 100 others. | https://www.mcall.com/2023/03/07/bangladesh-building-explosion-kills-at-least-17-scores-hurt/ | 2023-03-13 06:31:58 | 0 | https://www.mcall.com/2023/03/07/bangladesh-building-explosion-kills-at-least-17-scores-hurt/ |
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday received a call from Israel's caretaker prime minister, Yair Lapid, the first such conversation between Abbas and an Israeli premier in years.
The call came amid a rare flurry of high-level Israeli-Palestinian contacts ahead of President Joe Biden’s visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank next week. The talks focused on calming tensions and coordinating security ahead of the visit.
A statement from Lapid’s office said he spoke with Abbas about “the continuation of cooperation and the need to ensure quiet and calm.” Hussein al-Sheikh, a senior Abbas aide, said Lapid congratulated Abbas on Eid al-Adha, a Muslim holiday starting Saturday, and “discussed the latest situation briefly,” without elaborating.
Abbas received Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz at his headquarters in the occupied West Bank town of Ramallah on Thursday and also spoke to Israeli President Isaac Herzog by phone.
The peace process collapsed more than a decade ago. High-level meetings between Israeli and Palestinian leaders are rare and tend to focus on day-to-day economic and security coordination.
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Gantz met with Abbas a couple of times last year and announced measures to improve economic conditions in the occupied West Bank.
Lapid and Gantz, both centrists, are serving in a caretaker capacity ahead of elections planned for Nov. 1, in which religious and nationalist parties that take a hard line toward the Palestinians are expected to retain their majority in the Knesset, Israel's parliament.
Abbas heads the Palestinian Authority, which administers parts of the West Bank under interim peace agreements reached in the 1990s. He is deeply unpopular among Palestinians, in large part because of his close security coordination with Israel.
Biden is expected to meet with top Israeli and Palestinian leaders next week.
The Palestinians seek a state in the occupied West Bank, east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, territories Israel captured in the 1967 war.
Israel annexed east Jerusalem in a move not recognized internationally and views the entire city as its capital. It withdrew soldiers and settlers from Gaza in 2005 but imposed a crippling blockade when the Islamic militant group Hamas seized power from Abbas’ forces two years later, limiting his authority to parts of the West Bank. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/palestinian-leader-israeli-pm-hold-first-call-in-years/article_5ba03105-0612-505b-928d-1d2f09ac0035.html | 2022-07-08 14:24:36 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/palestinian-leader-israeli-pm-hold-first-call-in-years/article_5ba03105-0612-505b-928d-1d2f09ac0035.html |
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Workers at a Goodyear tire plant in Mexico voted Monday to throw out an old-guard union that was accused of stealing a ballot box at a failed union election last month.
The skullduggery at the plant in the north-central state of San Luis Potosi illustrated the uphill battle Mexican workers face in unseating old-guard unions that once kept wages low and enjoyed government protection.
The Labor Department said employees voted 727 to 140 against renewing the labor contract held by a union affiliated with the Confederation of Mexican Workers. The vote opens the way for a new union organizing drive at the plant.
The Confederation of Mexican Workers, or CTM, for decades functioned as a wing of the old ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, the PRI. By signing contracts behind workers' backs, such unions long held Mexican industrial wages to about one-eighth or less of what workers earned doing similar jobs in the U.S..
Mexico’s Labor Department said fraud occurred at the plant in April; eye witnesses and video cameras saw when people associated with the old-guard union stole the ballot box used by workers at the Goodyear plant to vote in a previous election, whose results were thrown out.
“It was evident that after voting concluded, the members of that union, possibly in collusion with the company’s security guards, stole the ballot box,” the department said in a statement.
The department vowed at the time to re-do the elections with “exceptional” security measures “without any intervention by the union that holds the contract, and with the participation of domestic and international observers.”
The department said that observers from the international labor organization, the country's human rights commission and independent groups oversaw the new vote Monday.
It was the latest in a series of votes to oust old-guard unions at automotive and other plants throughout Mexico; the votes have often come only after the United States has filed complaints under the U.S.-Mexico Canada free trade agreement.
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With Turnitin Draft Coach, students access immediate, formative citation and grammar feedback on their essay drafts directly in Microsoft Word online, building students' writing confidence and skills.
OAKLAND. Calif., June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Turnitin, a leading provider of academic integrity, assessment, and writing solutions, announced today that its Turnitin Draft Coach feature is now available on Microsoft Word for the web. The announcement was made at the International Society for Technology in Education conference and expo in New Orleans: ISTELive 22 at Turnitin booth 518.
Turnitin Draft Coach, which first launched as a Google Docs add-on, provides tools and coaching for students to pre-check their work before submission. This helps improve students' academic writing and research skills by providing feedback on: 1) text-similarity; 2) citations in APA, Chicago, and MLA formats; and 3) foundational grammar, mechanics, usage, and structure. And by using AI, Draft Coach can quickly identify citation and grammar issues across large bodies of work.
Unlike other checkers that only flag or auto-correct writing issues, Draft Coach provides detailed, in-app instruction on how students can correct these issues in real-time, helping students think critically about the feedback and independently improve their work before submission.
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New sell-side offering fundamentally improves the way first-party addressable audience data is segmented, controlled, and transacted by publishers to lift eCPMs and programmatic sales results
NEW YORK, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ArcSpan Technologies (www.arcspan.com), a New York-based, real-time audience data monetization and optimization company announced the launch of ArcSpan's Contextual APP™ (referring to the integrated data functions "Analyze", "Process" and "Push"), a new solution within ArcSpan's Audience Engine™ platform that significantly empowers publishers to structure and monetize their contextual first-party audience data. Contextual APP provides an efficient, consumer privacy-forward data processing solution that offers leading publishers greater data control, insights, and access to monetization pathways. Different from legacy providers, this advanced contextual solution incorporates text, image, and video components.
ArcSpan's next-gen audience monetization platform, Audience Engine strengthens publishers' and retailers' media revenue strategies as the digital advertising industry transitions away from the use of third-party cookies. Through ArcSpan's suite of audience data solutions, publishers can better organize, segment, scale, transact and optimize their media sales initiatives and achieve greater alignment with buy-side demand and other tech partners. ArcSpan's data science incorporates deterministic signals and artificial intelligence to improve publishers' abilities to define their audiences and deliver higher-value, targeted ad impressions in real-time across multiple data taxonomies. ArcSpan works across desktop, video, and mobile programmatic channels with additional support for CTV and other digital channels in development.
"I have used ArcSpan's Contextual APP on my owned and operated site, Sportsnaut, and it proves there is opportunity for classification and taxonomy for specific content across the web," said Jeff Misenti, Co-founder of The Publisher Desk. "As someone who manages multiple websites with vastly different content, I am always looking for automated technology to make things easier for publishers. ArcSpan is arming publishers with the right tools to bring robust contextual data insights and transparent trusted activation to better position their clients for growth."
"We're receiving positive feedback for Contextual APP because it offers more integrated, transparent and scalable data solutions and controls purely focused on driving revenue and ROI for the sell-side," said Chris Guenther, ArcSpan COO and former global head of programmatic at NewsCorp. "Publishers know their content and audience engagement levels the best. Contextual APP enables greater first-party data visibility, quality segmentation, quantifiable results and actionable sales insights gleaned from that content, which addresses significant publisher pain points with programmatic media."
According to Guenther, the three core operating components of Contextual APP include:
a. Data Analyze: ArcSpan's proprietary and integrated data measurement and sales lift benchmarking tools assess opportunities to increase the quality and quantity of a publisher's addressable audience data set
b. Data Process: ArcSpan's real-time data processor configures publisher contextual data according to IAB and other industry contextual data taxonomies. ArcSpan's processor complements a publisher's existing ad server, DMP and CDP partners
c. Data Push: ArcSpan enables delivery and tracking of data sales across multiple transaction pathways, including Prebid, SSP and DSP revenue operations to optimize across channels and evolving demand sources
ArcSpan's enhanced system design is based on the company's deep programmatic expertise gained working across rapidly changing sell-side, buy-side and adtech platform solutions over the past ten-plus years. This announcement marks an important advancement for publishers to start monetizing underutilized first-party data directly with buyers in the programmatic environment. Through Contextual APP, programmatic sellers can better align with buyers seeking access to trusted, unique, and scalable targeted audience segments.
Garret Vreeland, CCO and co-founder said, "We're addressing two major challenges for publishers. First, we are helping to boost the value of sometimes 70%-80% of a publisher's audience data that is sub optimally organized and being sold at eCPMs lower than they deserve. Second, we understand many publishers are concerned about their current 2022 sales outlook and need to unlock better tactics to improve their Q3 and Q4 sales potential. ArcSpan's Contextual APP is well-positioned to deliver incremental sales quickly for a light lift."
"The overall ArcSpan Audience Engine™ Platform approach represents a series of coordinated enhancements to make first-party audience data selling more automated, integrated and scalable for publisher revenue teams. We look to generate an estimated 30% to over 100% lift in addressable audience data sales for publishers in a dynamic market environment," said Art Muldoon, CEO and co-founder. "ArcSpan serves as a trusted partner to help publishers quickly retool and deliver first-party, cookieless addressable audiences that is both cost effective and tech agnostic."
ArcSpan Technologies is an exciting first-party data monetization company that is building a best-in-class addressable audience segmentation and revenue optimization platform for leading digital publishers and retail brands to navigate the "Identity Revolution." As publishers seek to adapt to a first-party addressable audience marketplace, ArcSpan's Audience Engine boosts customer revenue by enhancing the quality and quantity of real-time targetable audiences while tracking and optimizing to sales KPIs across digital channels. ArcSpan's enterprise technology product suite and data solutions drive on-site and off-site monetization success.
Established by digital industry leaders from Accordant Media, dentsu, NewsCorp, and Beeswax, ArcSpan prioritizes consumer data privacy and fosters industry transparency. The company is headquartered in New York City. www.arcspan.com
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MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin said Friday that it's open to talking about a possible prisoner exchange involving American basketball star Brittney Griner but strongly warned Washington against publicizing the issue.
Griner, a two-time U.S. Olympic champion and an eight-time all-star with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury, has been detained in Russia since Feb. 17 after police at Moscow's airport said they found vape cartridges containing cannabis oil in her luggage.
A judge convicted the 31-year-old athlete Thursday of drug possession and smuggling, and sentenced her to nine years in prison. The politically charged case comes amid high tensions between Moscow and Washington over Russia’s military action in Ukraine.
In an extraordinary move, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke last week to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, urging him to accept a deal under which Griner and Paul Whelan, an American jailed in Russia on espionage charges, would go free.
Lavrov and Blinken were both in Cambodia on Friday for a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Blinken did not even glance at his Russian counterpart as they took their seats at an East Asia Summit.
Lavrov told reporters that Blinken didn’t try to contact him while they were attending the ASEAN meeting.
“We were separated by just one person at the discussion table, but I didn’t feel his desire to catch me. My buttons are all in place,” he said when asked about Washington’s statement that Blinken would try to buttonhole Lavrov for a quick interaction in Phnom Penh.
Lavrov said Moscow was “ready to discuss” a prisoner swap but that the topic should only be discussed via a dedicated Russia-U.S. channel that U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to establish when they met in Geneva in June 2021.
“If the Americans again try to engage in public diplomacy and make loud statements about their intention to take certain steps, it’s their business, I would even say their problem,” Lavrov said. “The Americans often have trouble observing agreements on calm and professional work.”
In Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov made the same point more harshly, saying “the U.S. already has made mistakes, trying to solve such problems via ‘microphone diplomacy.’ They are not solved that way.”
He, too, emphasized that any discussions on a possible trade should be held via the previously established confidential channels that Putin and Biden agree to during last year's summit.
“Such mechanisms exist, but they will be thrown into doubt if the discussion continues in the public domain,” Peskov said. He said: “If we discuss any nuances related to the issue of exchange via media, no exchange will ever take place.”
People familiar with the U.S. proposal have said it envisions trading Griner and Whelan for a notorious Russian arms trader, Viktor Bout. He is serving a 25-year sentence in the U.S. after being convicted of conspiracy to kill U.S. citizens and providing aid to a terrorist organization.
The call between Blinken and Lavrov marked the highest-level known contact between Washington and Moscow since Russia sent troops into Ukraine more than five months ago, underlining the public pressure that the White House has faced to get Griner released.
Griner was arrested as she was returning to play for a team in Russia, where she has competed since 2014. Blinken said Friday that her conviction and sentence “compounds the injustice that has been done to her.”
“It puts a spotlight on our very significant concern with Russia’s legal system and the Russian government’s use of wrongful detentions to advance its own agenda using individuals as political pawns,” he said.
On Thursday, Biden denounced the Russian judge's verdict and sentence as “unacceptable” and said he would continue working to bring Griner and Whelan home.
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David Rising in Phnom Penh, Cambodia contributed to this report.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy will be allowed to stand until a hearing before the state Supreme Court.
The court said late Monday it will hear the case, which has been part of a legal fight since the law took effect last July.
The law prohibits abortions after 15 weeks, with exceptions if the procedure is necessary to save the pregnant woman’s life, prevent serious injury or if the fetus has a fatal abnormality. It does not allow exemptions in cases of rape, incest or human trafficking.
Violators could face up to five years in prison. Physicians and other medical professionals could lose their licenses and face administrative fines of $10,000 for each violation. | https://www.wane.com/health-2/ap-health/ap-15-week-abortion-ban-set-to-go-before-florida-supreme-court/ | 2023-01-24 21:37:45 | 1 | https://www.wane.com/health-2/ap-health/ap-15-week-abortion-ban-set-to-go-before-florida-supreme-court/ |
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