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A house in Edison that sold for $739,000 tops the list of the most expensive real estate sales in Edison area between April 10 and April 17.
In total, 22 real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past week, with an average price of $453,269, $321 per square foot.
The prices in the list below concern real estate sales where the title was recorded during the week of April 10 even if the property may have been sold earlier.
10. $472,000, single-family home at 38 Ovington Avenue
The sale of the detached house at 38 Ovington Avenue, Edison, has been finalized. The price was $472,000, and the new owners took over the house in March. The house was built in 1952 and has a living area of 936 square feet. The price per square foot was $504. The deal was finalized on Mar. 21.
9. $510,000, single-family residence at 40 Spencer Street
The property at 40 Spencer Street in Edison has new owners. The price was $510,000. The house was built in 1962 and has a living area of 1,176 square feet. The price per square foot is $434. The deal was finalized on Mar. 24.
8. $530,000, detached house at 9 Old Hickory Lane
The sale of the single family residence at 9 Old Hickory Lane in Edison has been finalized. The price was $530,000, and the new owners took over the house in March. The house was built in 1969 and has a living area of 2,402 square feet. The price per square foot was $221. The deal was finalized on Mar. 24.
7. $600,000, single-family house at 3 Hill Road
The property at 3 Hill Road in Edison has new owners. The price was $600,000. The house was built in 1958 and has a living area of 1,610 square feet. The price per square foot is $373. The deal was finalized on Mar. 23.
6. $650,000, single-family residence at 25 Ventnor Drive
The 1,816 square-foot detached house at 25 Ventnor Drive, Edison, has now been sold. The transfer of ownership was settled in March and the total purchase price was $650,000, $358 per square foot. The house was built in 1967. The deal was finalized on Mar. 22.
5. $700,000, single-family home at 42 Wayne Street
The 1,096 square-foot detached house at 42 Wayne Street in Edison has now been sold. The transfer of ownership was settled in March and the total purchase price was $700,000, $639 per square foot. The house was built in 1951. The deal was finalized on Mar. 27.
4. $700,000, detached house at 4 Bennington Drive
A sale has been finalized for the single-family home at 4 Bennington Drive in Edison. The price was $700,000 and the new owners took over the house in March. The house was built in 1983 and the living area totals 2,264 square feet. The price per square foot ended up at $309. The deal was finalized on Mar. 21.
3. $705,116, single-family house at 20 Sherwood Road
A sale has been finalized for the single-family residence at 20 Sherwood Road in Edison. The price was $705,116 and the new owners took over the house in March. The house was built in 1967 and the living area totals 2,171 square feet. The price per square foot ended up at $325. The deal was finalized on Mar. 21.
2. $725,000, detached house at 50 Clive Hills Road
The 2,289 square-foot single-family home at 50 Clive Hills Road in Edison has now been sold. The transfer of ownership was settled in March and the total purchase price was $725,000, $317 per square foot. The house was built in 1962. The deal was finalized on Mar. 24.
1. $739,000, single-family home at 10 Renee Court
The property at 10 Renee Court in Edison has new owners. The price was $739,000. The house was built in 1967 and has a living area of 2,448 square feet. The price per square foot is $302. The deal was finalized on Mar. 21.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina State Board of Elections unanimously voted Monday to recognize the Green Party as a new political party, reversing its previous decision to reject the party’s petition while the board investigated the signature sheets for fraud.
Katelyn Love, the board’s legal counsel, announced Monday that the North Carolina Green Party has submitted more than enough signatures validated by both the state and county elections boards to earn immediate recognition. But Green Party candidates still face an ongoing legal battle to appear on the November ballot after the state board’s initial rejection of the petition led the party to miss the July 1 deadline to submit its nominees.
Though the elections board determined it does not have authority to extend the deadline, an Aug. 8 federal court hearing in Raleigh could widen the window for a new political party to nominate candidates in North Carolina.
“This was never a political decision, but always an important one,” board chair Damon Circosta, a Democrat, said Monday. “I personally did what I said I would do from the start. If there came a time when I believed there were enough valid signatures to recognize the Green Party, I would vote to do so.”
The elections board’s Democratic majority previously rejected the Green Party petition in a 3-2 vote on June 30, citing petition sheets with nearly identical handwriting, incomplete personal information, duplicate names and deceased signatories.
The Green Party then sued the board on July 14, alleging Democratic interference in the petitioning process and asking the court to reverse the board’s decision. The board filed a response to the lawsuit on Friday, opposing the Green Party’s demand that a judge order the board to include its candidates on the ballot.
The board agreed the court should extend the candidate filing deadline should the party earn official recognition at Monday’s board meeting, the brief states.
Democrats have warned that Green Party certification could divide progressive voters and clear a path for Republican victories in key races — particularly the tight U.S. Senate race between Democrat Cheri Beasley and Trump-endorsed Republican Rep. Ted Budd. Prior to the board’s initial vote, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee acknowledged contacting signers of the Green Party’s petition to request they remove their names.
K. Ryan Parker, a plaintiff in the Green Party lawsuit, called the board’s decision “a welcome surprise and a huge win for democracy,” which he believes was prompted by the recent onslaught of media attention and a desire to settle the matter outside federal court.
“It doesn’t change the fact that the Democratic Party attempted to disenfranchise North Carolina voters like me by hiring operatives to call, text and visit voters in their home, attempting to compel them to remove their signatures from the petition,” Parker said in an interview Monday. “And it doesn’t change the fact that this two-party system, this duopoly, has failed us at every turn and continues to force voters into a dilemma every four years of voting for a lesser evil.”
Ballot preparation begins in mid-August, which Love said should give Green Party candidates enough time to appear on the North Carolina ballot alongside Democrats, Republicans and Libertarians if the court rules in their favor.
Circosta said the board also plans to recommend legislative changes aimed at ensuring those who commit fraud in the signature collection process can be easily identified and brought to justice.
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — A Montana man has been charged in a woman’s 1993 slaying in West Virginia, police said.
Ricky Louie Woody, 59, of Billings, Montana, was charged earlier this month in the March 1993 death of Melissa Martinez in Huntington. She had a gunshot wound to the torso, lacerations to the head and died at a hospital, police said in a news release Tuesday.
Witnesses initially provided information that led detectives to Woody, but there was insufficient evidence to charge him. Woody moved from Huntington to Billings within a year of Martinez’s death, the statement said.
Billings detectives contacted Huntington police in May 2021 and indicated Woody told them he knew the person responsible for killing a woman known to him as “Lisa" in the early 1990s. Woody ultimately admitted he participated in her death, the statement said.
Huntington detectives determined Woody was referring to the death of Martinez and interviewed him in September 2021 at a Billings jail, leading to the charges. Woody has waived extradition and will be returned to Huntingtn upon the resolution of the case in Montana, police said. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Montana-man-charged-in-1993-slaying-in-West-17518842.php | 2022-10-19 08:48:03 | 1 | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Montana-man-charged-in-1993-slaying-in-West-17518842.php |
microplastics. Most of us are aware that they're polluting our oceans and making their way into sea life, but the little bits are also making their way into our bodies and it's *** larger quantity than you may have guessed. So how much? Well, according to *** study by the World Wide Fund for Nature International, about *** credit cards worth every week. That's *** four by two lego brick every month or £5.5 of plastic in *** decade meaning over our law lives will likely in just £44 of it. And we're producing more and more plastic every year. The problem is plastic doesn't biodegrade but it does break down into smaller one could say more bite sized pieces. Associate environmental scientist, professor at the University of Southampton dr Malcolm Hudson had this to say about the problem. We can potentially absorb them so it could pass into our blood or lymphatic system and end up in our organs. Something he calls *** quote little time bomb, just waiting to be absorbed by wildlife or humans with potentially catastrophic consequences.
Watchdog: High levels of toxic chemical found in sports bras
Updated: 7:11 PM EDT Oct 13, 2022
Related video above: How much plastic goes into your body every day?New testing on a variety of popular branded sports bras and athletic wear has revealed high levels of BPA, a chemical compound that's used to make certain types of plastic and can lead to harmful health effects such as asthma, cardiovascular disease and obesity.Sports bras sold by Athleta, PINK, Asics, The North Face, Brooks, All in Motion, Nike and FILA were all tested for BPA in the past six months, and the results showed the clothing could expose wearers to up to 22 times the safe limit of BPA, based on standards set in California, according to the Center for Environmental Health. The CEH, which conducted the testing, is a non-profit consumer advocacy group focused on exposing the presence of toxic chemicals in consumer products.Under California law — specifically Proposition 65, enacted in 1986 — the maximum allowable dose level for BPA via skin exposure is 3 micrograms per day.The group also tested athletic shirts from brands that included The North Face, Brooks, Mizuno, Athleta, New Balance, and Reebok and found similar results.The CEH said Wednesday it has sent legal notices to the companies, which will have 60 days to work with the center to remedy the violations before the group files a complaint in California state court requiring them to do so.To date, the watchdog said its investigations have found BPA only in polyester-based clothing containing spandex. "We want brands to reformulate their products to remove all bisphenols including BPA. In the interim, we recommend limiting the time you spend in your activewear by changing after your workout," the group said.Athleta, Nike, Reeobok, The North Face and Victoria's Secret (which owns PINK) did not immediately provide a comment.BPA (Bisphenol A) is found in a large number of everyday products, from water bottles and canned foods to toys and flooring. In adults, exposure to BPA has been linked to diabetes, heart disease, cancer, obesity and erectile dysfunction.Premature death was also associated with BPA exposure, a 2020 study found. More recently, BPA has also been linked to asthma in school-age girls."People are exposed to BPA through ingestion, from eating food or drinking water from containers that have leached BPA, or by absorption through skin," Kaya Allan Sugerman, CEH's illegal toxic threats program director, said in a statement."Studies have shown that BPA can be absorbed through skin and end up in the bloodstream after handling receipt paper for seconds or a few minutes at a time. Sports bras and athletic shirts are worn for hours at a time, and you are meant to sweat in them, so it is concerning to be finding such high levels of BPA in our clothing," Allan Sugerman said.Over the past year, the group has asked more than 90 companies, including Walgreens and socks and sleepwear brand Hypnotic Hats, to reformulate their products to remove all bisphenols, including BPA. Some have already agreed to do so."Even low levels of exposure during pregnancy have been associated with a variety of health problems in offspring," said Dr. Jimena Díaz Leiva, science director with CEH.Although CEH litigates under California's Clean Drinking Water and Toxics Enforcement Act of 1986, it says the repercussions of its settlements extend beyond California "as it is most often economically infeasible for companies to reformulate for just the California market.""Our legal action has been successful in pushing entire industries to remove certain chemicals from products like children's candy or toys," the group said in a statement to CNN Business. "These cases not only serve to protect California consumers but also consumers throughout the country."
Related video above: How much plastic goes into your body every day?
New testing on a variety of popular branded sports bras and athletic wear has revealed high levels of BPA, a chemical compound that's used to make certain types of plastic and can lead to harmful health effects such as asthma, cardiovascular disease and obesity.
Sports bras sold by Athleta, PINK, Asics, The North Face, Brooks, All in Motion, Nike and FILA were all tested for BPA in the past six months, and the results showed the clothing could expose wearers to up to 22 times the safe limit of BPA, based on standards set in California, according to the Center for Environmental Health. The CEH, which conducted the testing, is a non-profit consumer advocacy group focused on exposing the presence of toxic chemicals in consumer products.
Under California law — specifically Proposition 65, enacted in 1986 — the maximum allowable dose level for BPA via skin exposure is 3 micrograms per day.
The group also tested athletic shirts from brands that included The North Face, Brooks, Mizuno, Athleta, New Balance, and Reebok and found similar results.
The CEH said Wednesday it has sent legal notices to the companies, which will have 60 days to work with the center to remedy the violations before the group files a complaint in California state court requiring them to do so.
To date, the watchdog said its investigations have found BPA only in polyester-based clothing containing spandex. "We want brands to reformulate their products to remove all bisphenols including BPA. In the interim, we recommend limiting the time you spend in your activewear by changing after your workout," the group said.
Athleta, Nike, Reeobok, The North Face and Victoria's Secret (which owns PINK) did not immediately provide a comment.
BPA (Bisphenol A) is found in a large number of everyday products, from water bottles and canned foods to toys and flooring. In adults, exposure to BPA has been linked to diabetes, heart disease, cancer, obesity and erectile dysfunction.
Premature death was also associated with BPA exposure, a 2020 study found. More recently, BPA has also been linked to asthma in school-age girls.
"People are exposed to BPA through ingestion, from eating food or drinking water from containers that have leached BPA, or by absorption through skin," Kaya Allan Sugerman, CEH's illegal toxic threats program director, said in a statement.
"Studies have shown that BPA can be absorbed through skin and end up in the bloodstream after handling receipt paper for seconds or a few minutes at a time. Sports bras and athletic shirts are worn for hours at a time, and you are meant to sweat in them, so it is concerning to be finding such high levels of BPA in our clothing," Allan Sugerman said.
Over the past year, the group has asked more than 90 companies, including Walgreens and socks and sleepwear brand Hypnotic Hats, to reformulate their products to remove all bisphenols, including BPA. Some have already agreed to do so.
"Even low levels of exposure [to BPA] during pregnancy have been associated with a variety of health problems in offspring," said Dr. Jimena Díaz Leiva, science director with CEH.
Although CEH litigates under California's Clean Drinking Water and Toxics Enforcement Act of 1986, it says the repercussions of its settlements extend beyond California "as it is most often economically infeasible for companies to reformulate for just the California market."
"Our legal action has been successful in pushing entire industries to remove certain chemicals from products like children's candy or toys," the group said in a statement to CNN Business. "These cases not only serve to protect California consumers but also consumers throughout the country." | https://www.wesh.com/article/high-levels-of-toxic-chemical-found-in-sports-bras/41617035 | 2022-10-13 23:56:24 | 0 | https://www.wesh.com/article/high-levels-of-toxic-chemical-found-in-sports-bras/41617035 |
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Midday Daily 3" game were:
7-3-4
(seven, three, four)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Midday Daily 3" game were:
7-3-4
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Dozens of Carhaulers Join Teamsters Local 332 with Eye on National Contract
FLINT, Mich., Feb. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Rail loaders and yard workers at Auto Warehousing Company (AWC) in Flint, Mich., voted to join Teamsters Local 332 yesterday. The 33 workers seek improvements to wages, health and welfare benefits, and working conditions.
"The entire Teamsters Union congratulates this group for staying strong to win a voice on the job. They deserve it. Now, we will fight at the table to address their concerns and get them covered under our national carhaul contract," said Mark Barnhart, Local 332 Secretary-Treasurer. "I want to thank the Teamsters Organizing Department, the Teamsters Carhaul Division, and Locals 299, 710, and 355 for all the support during the campaign."
AWC workers started organizing for Teamster representation in December. Throughout the campaign, they received support from Carhaul Division members around the country.
"Nonunion carhaulers are realizing the only way to raise industry standards and improve working conditions is by becoming Teamsters. They know about the new national contract and they want in," said Teamsters Carhaul Division Director Avral Thompson. "The Teamsters know how to fight for carhaulers, and we are restoring pride to the entire industry every day."
Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents 1.2 million hardworking people in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico. Visit Teamster.org for more information. Follow us on Twitter @Teamsters and "like" us on Facebook at Facebook.com/teamsters.
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Cardinal Health's Outcomes™ business will combine with Transaction Data Systems to offer improved patient engagement and clinical pharmacy solutions, expanding connections between payers and pharma to its nationwide pharmacy network
DUBLIN, Ohio, June 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH) today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to contribute its Outcomes™ business to Transaction Data Systems (TDS), a portfolio company of BlackRock Long Term Private Capital and GTCR, in exchange for a minority stake in the combined entity. Under the terms of the agreement, Cardinal Health's pharmaceutical segment CEO, Debbie Weitzman, will be appointed to the TDS board of directors.
The transaction will create a broad, integrated offering of pharmacy workflow software with patient engagement and clinical solutions to serve the patient, pharmacy, payer, and pharmaceutical company ecosystem, including one of the nation's largest networks of 40,000 retail, chain and grocery pharmacies.
TDS's existing portfolio of clinical pharmacy solutions includes the Rx30 and Computer-Rx pharmacy management systems and PrescribeWellness, its patient communication-pharmacy enablement application. Through its OutcomesOne™ platform, Outcomes offers a portfolio of patient engagement, clinical care, workflow, and financial solutions.
The combined organization will expand upon TDS's existing solutions for delivering clinical care, medication therapy management and diversifying pharmacy revenue streams by adding Outcomes' digital capabilities for patient engagement, virtual verification, order grouping, pill counting, and financial insights. Together, TDS and Outcomes will create additional opportunities for pharmacists to participate in sponsored clinical interventions and better access for payors and pharmaceutical companies to drive better care and outcomes for patients.
"This is an exciting new chapter for our Outcomes business, reflecting our continued commitment to pharmacies as trusted, community healthcare destinations," said Debbie Weitzman, CEO of Cardinal Health's pharmaceutical segment. "Bringing together the powerful connections and unified platform of Outcomes with TDS's best-in-class pharmacy management solutions will enable pharmacies to offer an elevated level of personal care for their patients, operate more effectively and achieve even better clinical and financial results."
"Adding Outcomes to TDS's platform represents a major milestone for optimizing care delivery and maximizing clinical reimbursement in the pharmacy," said Jude Dieterman, CEO of Transaction Data Systems. "Together we can drive more meaningful connections with payers and pharma companies to improve adherence and health outcomes through streamlined programs in pharmacy workflow directly at the point of care."
The transaction is anticipated to close, subject to customary closing conditions and the expiration or termination of regulatory periods, in the third calendar quarter of 2023. Jones Day is serving as legal advisor to Cardinal Health. SVB Securities is acting as financial advisor and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is serving as legal advisor to Transaction Data Systems.
About Cardinal Health
Cardinal Health is a distributor of pharmaceuticals, a global manufacturer and distributor of medical and laboratory products, and a provider of performance and data solutions for health care facilities. With more than 50 years in business, operations in more than 30 countries and approximately 46,500 employees globally, Cardinal Health is essential to care. Information about Cardinal Health is available at cardinalhealth.com.
About Transaction Data Systems
For over 45 years, TDS has been dedicated to the success of the pharmacy market and pharmacy supply chain. With its portfolio of products and services including Rx30, Computer-Rx, and PrescribeWellness, TDS provides innovative patient-centric technology solutions and pharmacy management systems to the pharmacy industry. We proudly support one of the largest install base of independent pharmacies in the industry with systems in all 50 states and the Virgin Islands. TDS is a leading provider of pharmacy-focused, patient-centric solutions. For more information, please visit tdsclinical.com.
About BlackRock LTPC
BlackRock LTPC is an innovative private equity strategy focused on investing in high-quality businesses and value creation through active collaboration with management teams. The strategy's flexible duration and prudent approach to leverage preserve optionality for growth and help enable compounded capital appreciation. LTPC's team of 21 professionals are based in New York and London and invest across North America and Western Europe. LTPC is backed by BlackRock, Inc., which manages $320 billion in alternative investments and commitments on behalf of clients worldwide as of March 31, 2023. For additional information on BlackRock, please visit www.blackrock.com/corporate.
About GTCR
Founded in 1980, GTCR is a leading private equity firm that pioneered The Leaders Strategy™ – finding and partnering with management leaders in core domains to identify, acquire and build market-leading companies through organic growth and strategic acquisitions. GTCR is focused on investing in transformative growth in companies in the Business & Consumer Services, Financial Services & Technology, Healthcare and Technology, Media & Telecommunications sectors. Since its inception, GTCR has invested more than $24 billion in over 270 companies, and the firm currently manages more than $35 billion in equity capital. GTCR is based in Chicago with offices in New York and West Palm Beach. For more information, please visit www.gtcr.com.
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Transaction Data Systems: Tycene Fritcher, tfritcher@tdsclinical.com, 813.786.1136
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WEST MONROE, La. (KTVE/KARD) — The Mu Tau Chapter of Omega Psi Phi held a Fishing with Fathers event at Kiroli Park ahead of Father’s Day. No fishing license was needed for this father-and-son weekend event.
Wilson Armstrong was one of the attendees. He said he fishes as much as he can.
“It’s kind of relaxing. It’s going to take a lot of patience because you have to sit there for a while, but you also get to talk and play around with your family and friends.”
The third annual event brought some fun opportunities for fathers, grandfathers, or father figures to spend time with their sons while fishing.
“I take any opportunity I have to spend with my son and bond outside the home. Especially with the other fathers, other children. I always look forward to doing that,” said one parent, DeRon Talley. “I’m just appreciative of what Mu Tau Chapter has done for the community. There are a lot of other things that we could be doing on a Saturday.”
But for these fathers, the event is more than just fishing. Chairman of the Mu Tau Chapter Greg Gallien said this is part of the Fatherhood Initiative Program.
“This is an opportunity for them to see some positive role models, and see a different light on their fathers, and actually see other people in their community.”
“I love it so much because it’s so fun,” one visitor, Paolo, said.
“I caught the first fish today, not to brag too much,” added Armstrong.
All fishing supplies were provided at the event. President of the Mu Tau Chapter, Bret Sanders, said their goal is to mentor and provide a safe environment to all kids.
“They are stuck at home watching video games. In some cases, they live in areas that might not be safe, so we like to be able to provide a safe environment for them to come to.”
While some kids enjoyed fishing, others did more rapping than fishing.
“When I catch a fish, I can either let it go or eat it,” said another visitor.
“My name is Cold, and my last name is Fire, and I’m only six years old..” sang one attendee. | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/mu-tau-chapter-of-omega-psi-phi-hosts-3rd-annual-fishing-with-fathers-event/ | 2023-06-04 00:07:05 | 0 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/mu-tau-chapter-of-omega-psi-phi-hosts-3rd-annual-fishing-with-fathers-event/ |
ABOUT TWO WEEKS. CHECK OUT THIS NEW VIDEO OF A JEWELRY STORE BURGLARY AT THE WESTGATE MALL IN SPARTANBURG. POLICE SAY THIS HAPPENED LAST MONDAY, ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF AFTER THE MALL CLOSED. QUEEN’S JEWELERS SENT US THIS VIDEO. THE OWNER SAYS THE BURGLARS GOT AWAY WITH MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS IN JEWELRY.
$1 million worth of jewelry was stolen from a South Carolina business. It was caught on camera
Updated: 4:33 PM EDT Mar 13, 2023
A family business in Spartanburg, South Carolina, says thieves stole more than $1 million worth of jewelry from their store, and it was caught on camera. The owner of Queens Jewelers in Westgate Mall said the store was robbed on March 6, about an hour and a half after closing. The owner said he got an alert on his phone, and when he checked his Nest camera on his phone, he saw three people stealing jewelry from display cases.The Spartanburg Police Department said officers were called to the scene but were not able to find any suspects. Video below: Surveillance video provided by Queens Jewelers of the robberyThe owner told officers that the merchandise that was taken included gold chains, Rolex watches, rings and bracelets.The owner sent the video to sister station WYFF and said in an email they "all are shattered.""We are small family and this was only source of income," the email said. "It's my family Loss. Please help me."
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — A family business in Spartanburg, South Carolina, says thieves stole more than $1 million worth of jewelry from their store, and it was caught on camera.
The owner of Queens Jewelers in Westgate Mall said the store was robbed on March 6, about an hour and a half after closing.
The owner said he got an alert on his phone, and when he checked his Nest camera on his phone, he saw three people stealing jewelry from display cases.
The Spartanburg Police Department said officers were called to the scene but were not able to find any suspects.
Video below: Surveillance video provided by Queens Jewelers of the robbery
The owner told officers that the merchandise that was taken included gold chains, Rolex watches, rings and bracelets.
The owner sent the video to sister station WYFF and said in an email they "all are shattered."
"We are small family and this was only source of income," the email said. "It's my family Loss. Please help me." | https://www.wbaltv.com/article/jewelry-store-heist-million-dollar-south-carolina/43299440 | 2023-03-13 21:08:00 | 1 | https://www.wbaltv.com/article/jewelry-store-heist-million-dollar-south-carolina/43299440 |
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FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz on Wednesday lambasted Democrats' leadership on inflation, crime and foreign policy as he urged Tennessee voters to send Republican Andy Ogles to Congress.
Cruz is on 17-state bus tour, stumping for various Senate and House candidates ahead of the Nov. 8 midterm elections, where control of both chambers is at stake. He joined Ogles in Franklin, Tennessee — an affluent city just south of Nashville — as the former rural county mayor vies to win a newly redrawn congressional seat that cuts into left-leaning Nashville.
“Revival is coming and I believe that with all my heart,” Cruz said, as he warned that the U.S. is in a crisis that would continue if Democrats maintain control. “In two weeks, we're not just going to see a red wave, we're going to see a red tsunami.”
Ogles is running against Democrat Heidi Campbell, who outraised and outspent him last quarter. Her campaign issued a statement ahead of Ogles' rally, accusing both Ogles and Cruz of being willing to use their power to cut benefits and give “giant corporations and billionaires another tax break.”
Tennessee's 5th Congressional District has drawn national attention this year after Republicans carved up Nashville during redistricting in the hopes of gaining an additional GOP seat in Congress. The move caused longtime Democratic U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper to announce he would retire because there was no path for him to win, creating a rare open congressional race in Tennessee.
Since then, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee hasn’t added any of the three seats that divide Nashville to the list of seats it plans to spend on this election as the House Democratic majority remains on the line.
Ogles has led a relatively low-profile campaign after emerging from a crowded and bruising primary race, where he declared, “Liberals, we're coming for you.” in his victory speech. He's declined multiple invitations to debate Campbell, largely avoided media interviews and only recently put up a television ad.
However, on Wednesday, Ogles stated that the country was at a “crossroads," calling President Joe Biden's administration a “criminal enterprise” and repeated calls to impeach both Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. He also criticized the acceptance of transgender Americans, particularly transgender athletes participating in female sports — prompting loud applause from the crowd.
“Sometimes you've got to bring salt and pour it on the wound and remind people where we've gone astray,” Ogles said. “When we win the House and when we win the Senate, we're going to bring truth, we're bringing light and we're bringing a truck load of salt to run them out of town.”
After the event, Ogles declined to answer direct questions about whether he supported a national abortion ban and instead praised the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to revoke the constitutional right to the procedure. Cruz also voiced his support of states now having the power to put their own limits on abortion.
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Second Quarter Net Income of $292.3 Million in Fiscal Year 2023 Reflects Strong Energy Market Conditions
ST. PAUL, Minn., April 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CHS Inc., (NASDAQ: CHSCP) the nation's leading agribusiness cooperative, today released results for its second quarter ended Feb. 28, 2023. The company reported quarterly net income of $292.3 million compared to $219.0 million in the second quarter of fiscal year 2022. For the first six months of fiscal year 2023, the company reported net income of $1.1 billion and revenues of $24.1 billion compared to net income of $671.0 million and revenues of $21.2 billion recorded in the first half of fiscal year 2022.
Fiscal 2023 second quarter highlights include:
- Revenues of $11.3 billion compared to $10.3 billion in the second quarter of fiscal year 2022, a year-over-year increase of 9%.
- Strong refining margins and market conditions in our refined fuels business drove significantly improved earnings in our Energy segment.
- Decreased prices for agronomy products and ethanol contributed to lower earnings in our Ag segment.
- Our CF Nitrogen investment delivered solid earnings due to strong global demand for urea and UAN, although selling prices for those products have decreased.
"Strong global demand for commodities and improved market conditions for refined fuels led to increased earnings for the quarter, as well as the first half of the fiscal year," said Jay Debertin, president and CEO of CHS Inc. "The strength of our diversified portfolio offset margin pressures experienced within our Ag segment, particularly wholesale and retail agronomy products. Looking ahead, we will continue to invest on behalf of our owners in infrastructure, supply chain capabilities and innovative technology throughout our expansive global network to maximize value for our member cooperatives, farmer-owners and customers."
Energy
Pretax earnings of $264.8 million for the second quarter of fiscal year 2023 represent a $254.0 million increase versus the prior year period and reflect:
- Higher refining margins resulting from increased global demand, favorable pricing on heavy Canadian crude oil and improved market conditions for refined fuels
- Higher propane margins driven by global markets and price volatility
- Higher prices for renewable energy credits that partially offset higher margins
Ag
Pretax losses of $81.6 million represent a $136.7 million decrease in earnings versus historically strong earnings in the prior year period and reflect:
- Lower margins due to market-driven price decreases across most Ag segment categories, including wholesale and retail agronomy products and renewable fuels
- A reduction in oilseed processing margins due to the timing of the impact of mark-to-market adjustments
Nitrogen Production
Pretax earnings of $81.7 million represent a $72.5 million decrease versus the prior year period due to lower equity income from CF Nitrogen attributed to a decrease in urea and UAN selling prices.
Corporate and Other
Pretax earnings of $48.0 million represent a $37.5 million increase versus the prior year period and reflect increased interest income resulting from higher interest rates, as well as improved equity income from our Ventura Foods joint venture, which experienced more favorable market conditions for edible oils.
CHS Inc. (www.chsinc.com) creates connections to empower agriculture. As a leading global agribusiness and the largest farmer-owned cooperative in the United States, CHS serves customers in 65 countries and employs nearly 10,000 people worldwide. We provide critical crop inputs, market access and risk management services that help farmers feed the world. Our diversified agronomy, grains, foods and energy businesses recorded revenues of $47.8 billion in fiscal year 2022. We advance sustainability through our commitment to being stewards of the environment, building economic viability and strengthening community and employee well-being.
This document and other CHS Inc. publicly available documents contain, and CHS officers and representatives may from time to time make, "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "goal," "seek," "believe," "project," "estimate," "expect," "strategy," "future," "likely," "may," "should," "will" and similar references to future periods. Forward-looking statements are neither historical facts nor assurances of future performance. Instead, they are based only on CHS current beliefs, expectations and assumptions regarding the future of its businesses, financial condition and results of operations, future plans and strategies, projections, anticipated events and trends, the economy and other future conditions. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of CHS control. CHS actual results and financial condition may differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Therefore, you should not place undue reliance on any of these forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause CHS actual results and financial condition to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements are discussed or identified in CHS filings made with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including in the "Risk Factors" discussion in Item 1A of CHS Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022, and in item 1A of CHS Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended February 28, 2023. These factors may include: changes in commodity prices; the impact of government policies, mandates, regulations and trade agreements; global and regional political, economic, legal and other risks of doing business globally; the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine; the impact of inflation; the impact of epidemics, pandemics, outbreaks of disease and other adverse public health developments, including COVID-19; the impact of market acceptance of alternatives to refined petroleum products; consolidation among our suppliers and customers; nonperformance by contractual counterparties; changes in federal income tax laws or our tax status; the impact of compliance or noncompliance with applicable laws and regulations; the impact of any governmental investigations; the impact of environmental liabilities and litigation; actual or perceived quality, safety or health risks associated with our products; the impact of seasonality; the effectiveness of our risk management strategies; business interruptions, casualty losses and supply chain issues; the impact of workforce factors; our funding needs and financing sources; financial institutions' and other capital sources' policies concerning energy-related businesses; uncertainty regarding the transition away from LIBOR and the replacement of LIBOR with an alternative reference rate; technological improvements that decrease the demand for our agronomy and energy products; our ability to complete, integrate and benefit from acquisitions, strategic alliances, joint ventures, divestitures and other nonordinary course-of-business events; security breaches or other disruptions to our information technology systems or assets; the impact of our environmental, social and governance practices, including failures or delays in achieving our strategies or expectations related to climate change or other environmental matters; the impairment of long-lived assets; the impact of bank failures; and other factors affecting our businesses generally. Any forward-looking statements made by CHS in this document are based only on information currently available to CHS and speak only as of the date on which the statement is made. CHS undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise except as required by applicable law.
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday afternoon's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Midday Daily 4" game were:
2-8-7-6
(two, eight, seven, six)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday afternoon's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Midday Daily 4" game were:
2-8-7-6
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KALAMAZOO, MI -- Western Michigan University’s new student center is nearing completion following an indefinite delay in the facility’s opening.
The university is planning to announce when the building will open sometime in February, according to a message from Diane Anderson, vice president of student affairs, and Jan Van Der Klay, vice president for business and finances.
WMU has received construction materials and is nearing completion of construction on the first and second floors of the building, the email read. The building was originally slated to open in June 2022, but was delayed to Fall 2022 due to a need for beam refortification plus delays in the supply chain.
It was later postponed to January 2023 and then postponed “indefinitely.”
The new three-story student center will be tailored toward student needs, featuring gathering and lounge spaces, a dining center, the campus bookstore, an on-campus brewpub and the admissions welcome center among other amenities.
The Bernhard Center, built in 1957, will continue to serve as the student center until the new building opens.
WMU broke ground on the new student center in September 2019 as part of an overarching plan to redevelop the south side of WMU’s campus into Hilltop Village.
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Stars vs. Kraken: Betting Trends, Odds, Advanced Stats - NHL Playoffs Second Round Game 5
Published: May. 11, 2023 at 8:46 AM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
Game 5 of the NHL Playoffs Second Round at American Airlines Center showcases the Dallas Stars and the Seattle Kraken facing off at 9:30 PM on Thursday, May 11 ET, airing on TNT, SportsNet, and TVAS. The series is tied 2-2. The Stars are favored (-190) against the Kraken (+160).
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Stars vs. Kraken Game Info
- When: Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 9:30 PM ET
- TV Channel: TNT, SportsNet, and TVAS
- Where: American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas
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Stars Betting Insights
- The Stars have been a moneyline favorite 66 times this season, and have gone 42-24 in those games.
- Dallas has a record of 19-7 when it has played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -190 or shorter (73.1% win percentage).
- Based on this game's moneyline, the Stars' implied win probability is 65.5%.
Kraken Betting Insights
- This season the Kraken have been an underdog 53 times, and won 24, or 45.3%, of those games.
- Seattle has a record of 9-4, a 69.2% win rate, when it's been set as an underdog of +160 or more by sportsbooks this season.
- The moneyline set in this outing implies a 38.5% chance of victory for the Kraken.
Stars vs. Kraken Rankings
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Stars Advanced Stats
- Dallas has not gone over in its past 10 contests.
- In their past 10 games, the Stars are scoring 1.1 more goals per game than their season-long average.
- The Stars score the seventh-most goals in the league, averaging 3.4 per game for a total of 281 this season.
- The Stars are ranked third in league action for the fewest goals against this season, having allowed 215 total goals (2.6 per game).
- With a +66 goal differential, they're ranked fourth-best in the NHL.
Kraken Advanced Stats
- Seattle has gone over the total once over its last 10 contests.
- During their last 10 games, the Kraken and their opponents are scoring 1.3 fewer goals per game than their season-long game scoring average, 9.4.
- The Kraken have scored the fourth-most goals (289 goals, 3.5 per game) in the NHL.
- The Kraken's 252 total goals conceded (3.1 per game) rank 14th in the league.
- They have a +37 goal differential, which is 10th-best in the league.
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BOSTON, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The leading company in artificial intelligence (AI) for language understanding expert.ai (EXAI:IM) was among the select companies that Forrester invited to participate in The Forrester Wave™: Text Analytics for both People-Oriented and Document-Oriented Platforms*.
In their 26-criterion evaluation of document-oriented text analytics platforms, Forrester identified the 12 most significant platforms in the market; their 29-criterion evaluation of people-focused text analytics identified the 13 most significant platforms. In both reports, expert.ai was named as a Strong Performer, receiving the highest scores possible in eight criteria, including data enrichment and labeling, support for relevant use cases, knowledge-based AI, subdocument text analytics, document-level text analytics, natural language inference (People-Oriented), DevOps, and architecture and deployment options.
"When enterprises want to put NLP solutions into production—not just as experiments, but real solutions—they need to go beyond traditional tools, single techniques and over-hyped language models," said Luca Scagliarini, expert.ai CPO. "We believe this recognition by Forrester shows that the market is beginning to align with our vision, which is based on providing the most effective mix of natural language tools and techniques to address all of your strategic business use cases within a single, purpose-built NLP platform."
According to both Forrester reports, "Expert.ai is a great choice for customers looking to build customized text analytics applications using hybrid AI (the combination of knowledge/symbolic and machine learning techniques), or customers looking to leverage knowledge-based AI for out of the box accuracy, model explainability (a key in highly regulated industries), or who are not ready to invest in the full ModelOps cycle." The company also received the highest score possible in the planned enhancements criterion within the strategy category in the Document-Oriented Wave.
The document-oriented Forrester report states that "…text analytics – technologies that mine data from enterprise documents - has become a critical enterprise capability…."
To learn more, get The Forrester Wave™: Document-Oriented Text Analytics Platforms, Q2 2022
*The Forrester Wave™: People-Oriented Text Analytics Platforms, Q2 2022 here
*The Forrester Wave™: Document-Oriented Text Analytics Platforms, Q2 2022 here
Expert.ai (EXAI:IM) is a leading company in AI-based natural language software. Organizations in insurance, banking and finance, publishing, media and defense all rely on expert.ai to turn language into data, analyze and understand complex documents, accelerate intelligent process automation and improve decision making. Expert.ai's purpose-built natural language platform pairs simple and powerful tools with a proven hybrid AI approach that combines symbolic and machine learning to solve real-world problems and enhance business operations at speed and scale. With offices in Europe and North America, expert.ai serves global businesses such as AXA XL, Zurich Insurance Group, Generali, The Associated Press, Bloomberg INDG, BNP Paribas, Rabobank, Gannett and EBSCO. For more information, visit https://www.expert.ai
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FAU also Climbs in Nursing, Business Rankings
BOCA RATON, Fla., Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Florida Atlantic University moved up in the U.S. News & World Report list of "Top Public Schools," to No. 132 from No. 140 in this year's ranking of the nation's best universities. This marks the largest rise out of all public universities in the state of Florida.
"Florida Atlantic is a top-choice public university and we are thrilled to see that reflected in the national rankings," said FAU President John Kelly. "Our commitment to ensure success for all has helped elevate FAU on all fronts. I am proud to see the hard work of our faculty, staff and students paying off."
FAU also ranked No. 41 in the U.S. News & World Report "Social Mobility" ranking, which is computed using graduation rates of students receiving Pell grants and includes public and private national universities. At FAU, Pell-eligible students, African American students, and Hispanic students outpace the university's overall retention and graduation rates.
FAU is the No. 1 public university in Florida for campus ethnic diversity, according to U.S. News & World Report, making it the most racially, culturally and ethnically diverse university in the state. FAU has been designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution by the U.S. Department of Education since 2017.
In other rankings, FAU moved up 27 spots to No. 93 from No. 120 last year in the U.S. News & World Report list of undergraduate nursing programs. Its undergraduate business programs also moved up to No. 164 from No. 190 last year.
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Workers laid off by Trulieve, Inc., the state’s largest medical-marijuana operator, have filed a potential class-action lawsuit alleging the Tallahassee-based company failed to give adequate notice before letting them go.
Trulieve, which operates in nine states including Florida, laid off an unspecified number of workers over the past few weeks at facilities in North Florida, where its grow operations are based. The lawsuit alleges Trulieve failed to comply with the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, which requires advance notice before plant closings or mass layoffs.
Tallahassee attorney Tiffany Cruz filed the lawsuit on behalf of Ranjill O’Neil, who worked at the company’s Quincy location. The lawsuit said workers at Trulieve operations in Quincy, Monticello and Midway were laid off. It said federal law requires Trulieve to give employees at least 60 days notice before termination but did not do so. The lawsuit seeks certification as a class action.
Trulieve disputed the allegations. Trulieve “has complied with all state and federal laws with regards to reductions in force,” Tallahassee attorney Glenn Burhans, Jr., a partner in the Stearns Weaver Miller firm, said in a statement Thursday. “Where possible, Trulieve offered impacted employees new positions at the same site or at other sites in the area. Where transfers were not feasible or accepted, employees were offered severance packages,” the statement said.
In a separate statement, a Trulieve spokesman attributed the layoffs to a “combination of factors.” The company also was “consolidating redundant positions” after a merger last year, according to the statement. Trulieve said it is “committed to Northwest Florida,” pointing to a new 750,000 square-foot facility in Jefferson County. The cannabis operator employs nearly 9,000 workers across the country and is hiring “for new positions in other areas,” according to the statement.
Trulieve in October 2021 finalized a merger with Harvest Health & Recreation Inc., making it the “largest and most profitable” marijuana operator in the nation, a press release announcing the deal said. The lawsuit seeks monetary damages equal to the sum of unpaid wages, salary, commissions, bonuses, accrued holiday pay, accrued vacation pay and other benefits for 60 days following the date of the workers’ termination.
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish mother of seven has successfully given birth to premature quintuplets, hospital officials in southern Poland said Tuesday.
The two boys and three girls were born through cesarean section Sunday, in the pregnancy’s 28th week, at the University Hospital in Krakow.
Weighing between 710-1,400 grams (25-49 ounces,) they were all put in incubators and given breathing support, but doctors said they are all doing fine, given their premature birth.
The quintuplets’ mother, Dominika Clarke, 37, told a news conference in Krakow Tuesday that she was feeling “much better than I had expected.”
“If you have a system, a calm approach and a positive attitude, then it is possible to have a really cool life with such a large bunch of children,” Clarke said.
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North Texas shooter kills 2, wounds 3 cops, takes own life
HALTOM CITY, Texas (AP) - A gunman killed two people and wounded four others, including three police officers, before taking his own life Saturday evening in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, police said.
Haltom City Police Det. Matt Spillane said early Sunday that all of those wounded in the shooting in a residential neighborhood had non-life threatening injuries and were expected to recover.
Spillane said the officers returned fire after being shot at while responding to a report of gunshots at a home around 6:45 p.m. One officer was hit in both legs, and the other two officers were shot in the arm. The suspect died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
He said the Texas Rangers — the state’s elite police force — would be taking over the investigation. A motive for the shooting was not immediately clear.
“The main focus is on how and why this happened,” Spillane told The Associated Press.
A woman was found dead inside a house and a man was found dead outside, Sgt. Rick Alexander told WFAA-TV, speaking at a press conference late Saturday. The older adult woman who had initially called 911 was wounded, he said.
The suspect was found with a “military-style rifle” and a handgun, Alexander said.
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At the Oscars a year later, The Slap stays in the picture
The Academy Awards are Sunday, but did last year’s Oscars ever really end?
When Hollywood reconvenes at the Dolby Theatre for the 95th Academy Awards, the ceremony will signal many things. The probable triumph of “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” A potentially historic night for Asians and Asian Americans in the film industry. Possibly a record number of jokes about “Cocaine Bear.”
But for many, nothing will register more than returning to the site of The Slap. In a way, we’re all still living in that frozen-in-time moment. Chris Rock’s face twisted to the side. Will Smith’s arm dramatically extended. A deathly hush over the Dolby Theatre.
A new low for the Oscars but a high point of public fascination, The Slap was immediately etched into collective memory, and its shock has kept reverberating. Rock, in a live stand-up special on Sunday, only just offered his fiery rebuttal, adding a fresh new volley in the still ongoing discourse around the incident.
For the first time, two sequels (“Top Gun: Maverick,” “Avatar: The Way of Water”) are nominated this year for best picture. But this year’s Oscars – whether they like it or not – will be a sequel, too, just one without the main stars in attendance. Smith has been banned by the motion picture academy for 10 years. Rock has been sticking with stand-up.
Host Jimmy Kimmel — who had been on the Dolby stage in 2017 for The Flub, a moment of Oscar infamy now practically forgotten — has said he will address The Slap. It would be “ridiculous” not to, he told The Hollywood Reporter.
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, too, is making preparations. After a sluggish response to Smith’s actions that academy president Janet Yang has called “inadequate,” the Oscars will have their first ever “crisis team” to react to surprises. Kimmel, who has hosted twice before, was brought in partly to have a steady hand on the telecast, which will restore all categories to the live show. Kimmel is the first solo host for the show since the last time he hosted, five years ago.
“We learned from this that the academy must be fully transparent and accountable in our actions,” Yang said at the luncheon last month, “and particularly in times of crisis you must act swiftly, compassionately and decisively for ourselves and for our industry.”
Kimmel’s challenge will be to reference The Slap without allowing another Oscars to become defined by it. Last year, after Smith’s blow and his subsequent yelling from his seat, the Academy Awards stumbled hazily through the rest of an airless ceremony, taking the spotlight away from the landmark win for the deaf drama “CODA” and documentary winner “Summer of Soul,” the award Rock presented to Questlove. Smith also won his first Oscar, for “King Richard.” He didn’t apologize in that moment but did in a statement the following day. Smith soon thereafter resigned his academy membership.
This year, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” comes in with a commanding 11 nominations. Though an unlikely Oscar frontrunner, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s multiverse mash-up is expected to win best picture after sweeping the top guild awards. The Daniels, as they are known, are favored to best Steven Spielberg for best director. Former child star Ke Huy Quan is seen as a lock for best supporting actor. Michelle Yeoh could become the first Asian best actress winner.
CAN ANYTHING STOP ‘EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE’?
The A24 indie hit has had an enviable run leading up the Oscars, winning with the Screen Actors Guild, the Producers Guild, the Directors Guild and the Writers Guild. History says nothing can beat it. Yet some doubts persist that the madcap action comedy just isn’t Oscar material enough to win, and that the WWI film “All Quiet on the Western Front” — which won at the BAFTAs and comes in with nine nominations — could sneak in for the upset. The harrowingly antiwar Netflix film, from Germany, has especially resonated in Europe where Russia’s war in Ukraine continues to rage. The documentary nominee “Navalny,” about the imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, is more directly connected to the current events in Eastern Europe.
WHAT’S THE LATEST IN BEST ACTRESS?
Easily the fiercest and most controversy-generating category this year is best actress. It’s seen as a clash of heavyweight contenders in first-time nominee Yeoh and two-time winner Cate Blanchett, for “Tár.” Either could go home with the trophy. But much of the drama came in nominations, where Andrea Riseborough scored a nod for the little-seen drama “To Leslie” after a host of celebrities led an A-list grassroots campaign for the British actress. At the same time, two acclaimed Black actresses — Danielle Deadwyler (“Till”) and Viola Davis (“The Woman King”) — were left out, prompting a debate about the influence of connections, money and race on awards campaigns. Just as the whole affair seemed to be fading, Yeoh on Tuesday, with hours to go in Oscar voting, posted screenshots to Instagram of a Vogue article advocating for Yeoh to win over Blanchett. Academy rules prohibit “any tactic that singles out ‘the competition’ by name or titles.” Yeoh deleted the post. Throughout the race, though, she and Blanchett have each warmly celebrated the other.
WHERE ARE THE STREAMERS?
Last year’s best-picture winner, “CODA,” marked the first time a streamer won Hollywood’s top prize Many of the pandemic-era nominees were released quickly, if not immediately, into homes. This year, it’s a very different story. Only one of the 10 films up for best picture came from a streaming service: Netflix’s “All Quiet on the Western Front.” That film should take a number of awards on Sunday, including best international film and cinematography. Netflix’s “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” is also heavily favored to win best animated feature. But after years of Oscar advancement, Netflix and company may experience a setback in the top categories. That happens to coincide with retrenchment throughout the industry in streaming after years of torrid growth.
WILL THE BLOCKBUSTERS BOOST RATINGS?
It’s been years since the best-picture candidates were this rich in box office. “Top Gun: Maverick” grossed nearly $1.5 billion worldwide. (Spielberg was overheard telling Tom Cruise he “saved Hollywood” at the Oscar luncheon.) “Avatar: The Way of Water” is the third highest grossing film of all time with nearly $2.3 billion in ticket sales. “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” ($858.8 million) could land Angela Bassett the first acting Oscar for a Marvel movie, though the supporting actress category remains one of the hardest to call. But historically, ratings have often risen with the popularity of the nominees. Last year’s ceremony, perhaps boosted by those who rushed to follow the aftermath of The Slap, drew 16.6 million viewers. That was up 58% from the pandemic-marred 2021 edition (watched by a record low 10.5 million), but still a ways off the viewership of several years ago. Last year’s telecast had been billed as a return to normal for the Oscars — at least before, well, you know what. This year will go a long way to determine what’s the new normal for the Academy Awards telecast.
WHAT’S THE OVER/UNDER ON SLAPS?
As Kimmel has noted, you can bet on anything at the Academy Awards, including whether anyone slaps the host.
“If you bet $100 on yes – you win $1200 ,” Kimmel said earlier this winter on his late-night show. “Which I have to say, seems like they’re encouraging someone with a gambling problem to slap me. Right?”
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NELSONVILLE, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man who was the first person with Down syndrome to play and score a point in a college football game is now suing the school, its president and several staffers.
Caden Cox alleges he was the target of disability discrimination, retaliation and assault during his time at Hocking College. He is seeking compensatory and punitive damages and wants changes made to the community college’s anti-harassment policies.
The college in Nelsonville declined comment, saying it does not discuss ongoing litigation.
The lawsuit alleges that when Cox worked at the school’s student recreation center, his supervisor began “persistent derogatory, discriminatory, and abusive verbal harassment” that was reported to college administrators. Other student-workers there also complained about being harassed by the supervisor, according to the lawsuit.
The harassment culminated in May 2022, according to the lawsuit, with the supervisor threatening Cox with a knife in the student center bathroom. The supervisor resigned and was later convicted in municipal court on menacing charges stemming from the incident.
Cox and his parents filed a written complaint last December with college President Betty Young, claiming the school failed to conduct a background check on the supervisor before he was hired and didn’t protect Cox from harassment and discrimination despite complaints he and other students made.
Young then retaliated against Cox by removing him as the recipient of two graduation awards he had been selected to receive, according to the lawsuit.
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BEIJING, Nov. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A total of 111 project deals in the fields of new material industry were signed during the second International New Materials Industry Conference (INMIC), which kicked off in Bengbu City of east China's Anhui Province Saturday, with a total investment of 135.28 billion yuan.
Wang Qingxian, governor of Anhui Province, said that Anhui has attached great importance to the development of new material industry in recent years and included it in the top ten emerging industries of the province in the 14th Five-Year Plan period.
Taking this conference as an opportunity, Anhui will further promote domestic and international cooperation in the new materials field, and promote vertical and horizontal coordination of the new material industry, as well as deeply integrate the innovation chain, industrial chain, capital chain and talent chain, according to Wang.
Activities such as business promotions, achievement demonstrations and project signing ceremonies were held during the conference. A batch of innovation achievements and innovation needs in the field of new material industry in Anhui were displayed.
Currently, the new material industry has become the main direction of transformation and upgrading of Bengbu City. The city is focusing on the application of new materials, vigorously developing silicon-based and bio-based new materials, as well as high-end equipment manufacturing.
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MELBOURNE, Fla., Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Good Dogg Beverage, The Official Hard Seltzer of Dog Lovers™, announced its golf sponsorship program, partnering with tour regulars Sam Ryder and Kelly Kraft and instructor/coach Adam Schriber. The partnership harnesses the golf world's growing excitement around the philanthropic beverage brand dedicated to providing service dogs to children with rare diseases.
Adam Schriber, recognized by peers and golf media as one of the top 100 golf instructors worldwide, learned of Good Dogg Beverage from Scott Cooke, a longtime friend and an investor in the company that launched on the East Coast in April of 2021.
"I've known Adam for more than 30 years," says Cooke, a former All-American golfer at Rollins College and member of the Golf Foundation of Rhode Island project committee building the "Button Hole Short Course" for inner-city youths in Providence, Rhode Island. "The only thing more important to Schriber than the success of his students is the health and well-being of his chocolate lab, Yoda, who travels the country with him. As a passionate advocate for Good Dogg who loves dogs and giving back, Adam is a perfect fit to represent the brand."
In addition to Schriber, pro golfers Sam Ryder and Kelly Kraft will also sport the Good Dogg Beverage logo and serve as spokespeople to raise awareness for the company and its mission.
Kraft, who often travels with his white lab, Pearl, holds five top-3 PGA Tour finishes, is a winner of the 2015 Chitmacha Open and the 2011 U.S. Amateur Champion, and was a 2011 Walker Cup Team Member. After hearing about Good Dogg's purpose to fund organizations and projects that help children facing rare diseases and the service dogs that support them, Kraft was ready to get involved.
"Kelly is a world-class player and individual whose love of dogs is evident in his enthusiasm for Good Dogg and what the brand represents," says Cooke. "It's an honor to work with him on an opportunity to make a real difference together."
Sam Ryder, who captured the world's attention after his earth-shattering hole-in-one on the 16th hole at the Waste Management Phoenix Open in February of 2022, has been a PGA tour member since 2018 and has three top-10s in the 2021-2022 season. He is also a close friend of Cooke.
Sam, who says he's always wanted a dog but has never had one of his own, became a supporter of Good Dogg Beverage after spending an afternoon with the company at Seltzerland Boston in June. "The positive energy and buzz around Good Dogg stood out," says Ryder. "It's a product and a cause I can easily get behind."
Good Dogg Beverage recognizes not only Sam's talent but also his charismatic personality. "Sam brings playful energy and an edge of excitement to the Good Dogg brand," says Cooke, "and with this partnership, he's finally got his dog."
Tony Venturoso, Founder and CEO of Good Dogg Beverage, is enthusiastic about the company's growing golf partnerships.
"We are thrilled to have these talented professionals join us in our mission to ensure children with rare diseases have access to the life-enhancing resource of a trained service dog," says Venturoso. "This team allows us to connect in new ways with fun-loving, warm-hearted golfers and dog-lovers, so they can experience our products and share in our purpose."
Good Dogg Beverage, a purpose-driven brand and The Official Hard Seltzer of Dog Lovers™, provides funding to its philanthropic partners as part of the company's Leverage the Beverage™ program that affords highly-trained service dogs to children with rare diseases. These extraordinary dogs provide mobility and emotional support to children with rare diseases and their families.
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MOSCOW — Mikhail Gorbachev, who as the last leader of the Soviet Union waged a losing battle to salvage a crumbling empire but produced extraordinary reforms that led to the end of the Cold War, has died at 91, Russian media reported Tuesday.
News organizations quoted a statement from the Central Clinical Hospital as saying he died after a long illness. No other details were given.
Though in power less than seven years, Gorbachev unleashed a breathtaking series of changes. But they quickly overtook him and resulted in the collapse of the authoritarian Soviet state, the freeing of Eastern European nations from Russian domination and the end of decades of East-West nuclear confrontation.
His power sapped by an attempted coup against him in August 1991, he spent his last months in office watching republic after republic declare independence until he resigned on Dec. 25, 1991. The Soviet Union wrote itself into oblivion a day later.
A quarter-century after the collapse, Gorbachev told The Associated Press that he had not considered using widespread force to try to keep the USSR together because he feared chaos in a nuclear country.
“The country was loaded to the brim with weapons. And it would have immediately pushed the country into a civil war,” he said.
Many of the changes, including the Soviet breakup, bore no resemblance to the transformation that Gorbachev had envisioned when he became the Soviet leader in March 1985.
By the end of his rule he was powerless to halt the whirlwind he had sown. Yet Gorbachev may have had a greater impact on the second half of the 20th century than any other political figure.
“I see myself as a man who started the reforms that were necessary for the country and for Europe and the world,” Gorbachev told The AP in a 1992 interview shortly after he left office.
“I am often asked, would I have started it all again if I had to repeat it? Yes, indeed. And with more persistence and determination,” he said.
Gorbachev won the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in ending the Cold War and spent his later years collecting accolades and awards from all corners of the world. Yet he was widely despised at home.
Russians blamed him for the 1991 implosion of the Soviet Union — a once-fearsome superpower whose territory fractured into 15 separate nations. His former allies deserted him and made him a scapegoat for the country’s troubles.
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NEW YORK, June 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of securities Trinseo PLC (NYSE: TSE) between May 3, 2021 and March 27, 2023, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important June 20, 2023 lead plaintiff deadline in the securities class action commenced by the Firm.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Trinseo securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Trinseo class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=13711 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than June 20, 2023. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually litigate securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Trinseo's Bristol, Pennsylvania plant had a troubled safety record while under prior ownership and continued to be unsafe after the Company acquired it; (2) defendants did not sufficiently disclose specific risks related to conducting operations at that plant; (3) operating a chemical plant with an unsafe history and presently unsafe operations exposed Trinseo to a heightened risk of a chemical spill or other adverse event; and (4) as a result, defendants' statements about its business, operations, and prospects, were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
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How many NBA players have numbers retired by multiple teams? originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago
There’s no greater honor for an athlete than having their number retired by a team. Actually, there is … having their number retired by more than one team.
That’s an honor that has been bestowed upon only 16 players in NBA history.
With the Los Angeles Lakers having retired Pau Gasol’s No. 16 on Tuesday, the future Hall of Fame center could become the 17th player on that list if his original team, the Memphis Grizzlies, immortalizes his number.
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It’s safe to assume they’ll eventually do so. Gasol is among the Grizzlies’ top five all-time leaders in nearly every relevant statistical category, including fourth in scoring with 8,966 points.
And the Grizzlies did once announce that they had planned to retire Tony Allen’s number. So, yeah, safe bet that Gasol’s No. 16 will hang from the rafters in both Memphis and Los Angeles.
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Here are the 16 NBA players who already have their numbers retired in multiple cities.
Bill Russell - Celtics, all NBA teams
Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell received the ultimate number-retirement honor when the NBA announced after his passing in July of 2022 that his No. 6 would be permanently retired throughout the league. Russell, an 11-time NBA champion and a civil rights pioneer, became the first player to have his number retired league-wide. The Celtics retired Russell’s No. 6 in 1972.
Wilt Chamberlain - Warriors, 76ers, Lakers
Only one player in NBA history has had his number retired by three teams that he played for: Wilt Chamberlain. The four-time MVP and seven-time scoring champion spent six seasons playing for the Warriors, beginning when the team was based in Philadelphia. He scored more than 20,000 career points with the team, including his 100-point performance. He then spent four seasons with the Philadelphia 76ers and five with the Lakers, winning championships with each organization.
Chamberlain’s No. 13 was retired by all three teams. The Warriors did so in 1999 after Chamberlain died, making him the first and only player to receive the honor from three teams.
He’ll likely remain so until LeBron James inevitably has his numbers retired by the Lakers, Cleveland Cavaliers and Miami Heat. And with LeBron having worn No. 23 and No. 6 with the Lakers, he could become the first player in NBA history to have four retired numbers by teams he played for (assuming the Lakers retire his No. 6 in addition to Bill Russell’’s number already being retired league-wide, kind of like how the New York Yankees did with Mariano Rivera’s No. 42 that was already retired for Jackie Robinson).
Pete Maravich - Hawks, Jazz, Pelicans
Pete Maravich also had his number retired by three teams, but he never played for one of them. The Pelicans, in 2002 after the then-Hornets relocated to New Orleans, honored Louisiana legend “Pistol Pete” by retiring the No. 7 he wore as a member of the New Orleans Jazz. The Jazz, of course, moved from New Orleans to Utah in 1979, keeping the ill-fitting team nickname, and also retired Maravich’s number. The Hall of Fame guard also had his No. 44 retired by the Atlanta Hawks, where he spent the first four seasons of his career.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - Bucks, Lakers
No surprise that the NBA’s former leading scorer had his No. 33 retired by both teams he played for. Abdul-Jabbar spent his first six seasons with the Milwaukee Bucks, averaging 30.4 points per game. He played 14 seasons with the Lakers, with whom he scored 24,176 of his 38,387 career points.
Charles Barkley - 76ers, Suns
Kids today might not realize that before Charles Barkley was a lovable television analyst, he was a very good basketball player. “The Round Mound of Rebound” had his No. 34 retired by the Sixers, where he spent the first eight seasons of his Hall of Fame career, and the Phoenix Suns, whom he led to the NBA FInals in his first of four seasons with the team.
Kobe Bryant - Lakers, Mavericks
The two chapters of Kobe Bryant’s 20-year Hall of Fame career are divided by two numbers: 8 and 24. Both of those numbers have been retired by the Los Angeles Lakers in honor of Bryant, who won five championships with the team and became one of the greatest scorers in the history of the sport. On the day Bryant died at the age of 41 years old in a helicopter accident in 2020, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban released a statement saying, “Kobe’s legacy transcends basketball, and our organization has decided that the number 24 will never again be worn by a Dallas Maverick.”
Clyde Drexler - Blazers, Rockets
Clyde “The Glide” Drexler spent 12-plus seasons with the Portland Trail Blazers, leading the team to two appearances in the NBA Finals. He was dealt to Houston during the 1994-95 season and helped the Rockets capture a second consecutive NBA championship. The Hall of Famer had his No. 22 retired by both teams.
Julius Erving - Nets, 76ers
Julius Erving had his number retired by two different teams … in two different leagues. Before the NBA merged with the ABA in 1976, “Dr. J” won three straight MVP awards and two championships with the New York Nets. He was dealt to the Sixers, winning a championship during his 11 years with the team. During his final season with Philadelphia in 1987, the then-New Jersey Nets retired the No. 32 Erving wore in the ABA. The Sixers later retired his No. 6.
Michael Jordan - Bulls, Heat
You were expecting the Washington Wizards? With all due respect to “His Airness,” Michael Jordan probably shouldn’t be on this list. Make no mistake, based on his dominance and overall importance to the game of basketball, he is worthy of having his No. 23 retired by the Chicago Bulls and even across the league in the same way Wayne Gretzky’s No. 99 is in hockey. But the Heat retiring his number despite Jordan having no ties to the organization other than defeating them many times is kind of cringeworthy.
“In honor of your greatness, Michael, and for all you have done for the game of basketball, not only the NBA but for all the fans around the world, we want to honor you tonight by hanging your jersey forever, No. 23, from the rafters of the American Airlines Arena,” Heat president Pat Riley said prior to Jordan’s final game in Miami in 2003. “No player ever again will ever wear No. 23 for the Miami Heat here. You’re the best.”
As for the other team Jordan actually played for, the Wizards, no Washington player has worn No. 23 since his final season, but the number has not yet been officially retired.
Bob Lanier - Pistons, Bucks
Bob Lanier was drafted first overall by the Detroit Pistons in the 1970 NBA Draft and went on to become one of the great centers of his era. He spent 10 seasons with the Pistons, making the All-Star team seven times, and remains the team’s third all-time leading scorer and rebounder. He was traded to the Bucks in 1980 and went on to help the team reach the Eastern Conference Finals in 1983 and 1984. Lanier averaged 20.1 points and 10.1 rebounds over his career and had his No. 16 retired by both teams.
Moses Malone - Rockets, 76ers
Moses Malone led the league in rebounding in three of his last four seasons with the Rockets and his first three seasons with the 76ers. Hence the reason he was known as “The Chairman of the Board” and hence why his No. 24 was retired by the Rockets and his No. 2 was retired by the Sixers. The Hall of Famer won two MVP awards while in Houston and added a third in his first season with Philadelphia while helping the 76ers win the NBA championship.
Earl Monroe - Wizards, Knicks
Earl “The Pearl” Monroe helped revolutionize the NBA with his school-yard moves. His impact was first felt in Baltimore, where he starred for the then-Bullets after being selected second overall in the 1967 draft. He was named Rookie of the Year, made two All-Star teams in his first four seasons, and led the Bullets to the 1971 Finals before being traded to New York. There he formed a backcourt with Walt Frazier and helped guide the Knicks to the 1972 Finals and to the 1973 NBA championship. Monroe had his No. 15 retired by the Knicks in 1986 (the team later retired No. 15 for a second time in honor of Dick McGuire, who played for the Knicks from 1949 to 1957). The Wizards retired Monroe’s No. 10 in 2007.
Dikembe Mutombo - Nuggets, Hawks
Any player who asks to wear No. 55 in Denver or Atlanta will have a finger wagged in their face. That number in both cities forever belongs to Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutumbo. Drafted fourth overall by the Nuggets in the 1991 draft, Mutumbo was an All-Star in his rookie season. He led the league in blocks for three straight seasons in Denver, helping the team become the first eight seed to upset a one seed in 1994 when the Nuggets stunned the Seattle SuperSonics. The Hall of Famer signed with the Hawks as a free agent and won three of his four Defensive Player of the Year awards while with Atlanta. The Hawks retired his number in 2015, and the Nuggets did the same the following year.
Shaquille O’Neal - Lakers, Heat
Shaquille O’Neal had a chance to become just the second player to have his number retired by three teams he played for. One of the most dominant players in NBA history, Shaq’s No. 34 was retired by the Lakers after he teamed with Bryant to win three straight championships, earning Finals MVP in each. When the well-documented Shaq and Kobe drama reached its peak, O’Neal was dealt to the Heat, where he joined a young Dwyane Wade and captured the organization’s first NBA title. O’Neal became the third member of the Heat to have his number retired when his No. 32 was raised to the rafters in 2016. Shaq’s original team, the Orlando Magic, has not done the same with his No. 32 despite O’Neal having put the team on the map, leading them to the NBA Finals in his third season.
Oscar Robertson - Kings, Bucks
Oscar Robertson knows a thing or two about doubling up. The first player to average a triple-double in a season has his number retired by both of the teams he played for. Robertson spent the first 10 seasons of his career with the Cincinnati Royals, averaging 30.8 points, 12.5 rebounds and 11.4 assists in his second season with the team. After 10 All-Star seasons, he was dealt to Milwaukee, where in his first season he teamed with Abdul-Jabbar to lead the Bucks to an NBA championship in 1971. Three years later, after Robertson retired, his No. 1 was retired by Milwaukee, and his No. 14 was retired by the then-Kansas City Kings, previously the Royals and soon to be the Sacramento Kings.
Nate Thurmond - Warriors, Cavaliers
All Nate Thurmond had to do was replace Chamberlain. When Chamberlain was traded by the Warriors in 1965, it was Thurmond who was left to fill his shoes. That season would be the first of seven All-Star selections for Thurmond, who averaged 17.4 points and 16.9 rebounds in his career with the Warriors. He spent his final two seasons with the Cavaliers, playing in only 114 games and averaging just 5.0 points and 6.3 rebounds over 18.7 minutes per. But the veteran presence he provided on a team that reached the Eastern Conference Finals, along with his status as a fan favorite, was enough for the Akron, Ohio, native to get his number immortalized in Cleveland – becoming the organization's first player to receive the honor. The No. 42 was retired by the Warriors and Cavs in honor of “Nate the Great. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/sports/how-many-nba-players-have-numbers-retired-by-multiple-teams-is-pau-gasol-next/3517205/ | 2023-03-09 00:35:39 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/sports/how-many-nba-players-have-numbers-retired-by-multiple-teams-is-pau-gasol-next/3517205/ |
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BEIJING (AP) — China has sanctioned two U.S. individuals in retaliation for action taken by Washington over human rights abuses in Tibet, the government said Friday, amid a continuing standoff between the sides over Beijing's treatment of religious and ethnic minorities.
The Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Todd Stein and Miles Yu Maochun, along with their close family members, would be banned from entering China.
Any assets they had in China would be frozen and they would be barred from contact with people or organizations within China.
The notice said the measures were in response to the U.S. sanctioning two Chinese individuals “under the excuse of the ‘Tibet human rights’ issue.” Neither could immediately be reached for comment.
On Dec. 9, the U.S. imposed sanctions on Wu Yingjie, the top official in Tibet from 2016 to 2021, and Zhang Hongbo, the region’s police chief since 2018.
“Our actions further aim to disrupt and deter the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) arbitrary detention and physical abuse of members of religious minority groups in the Tibetan Autonomous Region," Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in announcing the sanctions.
An accompanying Treasury Department notice said Wu had been responsible for “stability policies” in Tibet whose implementation involved “serious human rights abuse, including extrajudicial killings, physical abuse, arbitrary arrests, and mass detentions."
It said that during Zhang's tenure, police have been engaged in serious human rights abuses, including “torture, physical abuse, and killings of prisoners, which included those arrested on religious and political grounds."
The Chinese announcement gave no specific accusations against Stein and Yu.
Stein has been deputy staff director at the Congressional-Executive Commission on China since 2021 and previously served as senior advisor to Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights Sarah Sewall, including serving as her lead staffer on Tibetan issues. Previously, he was director of government relations at the monitoring group International Campaign for Tibet.
The Chinese-born Yu is a senior academic who taught at the U.S. Naval Academy and a noted critic of the regime of Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping. He served as key China adviser under former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
China in recent years has passed legislation mandating tit-for-tat sanctions against foreign individuals from the U.S., the EU and other countries over perceived slights against its national interests. Washington and others have compiled a long list of Chinese officials barred from visiting or engaging in transactions with their financial institutions ranging from the leader of the semi-autonomous city of Hong Kong to local officials accused of human rights abuses.
China claims Tibet has been part of its territory for centuries, although backers of the exiled Buddhist leader the Dalai Lama say it was functionally independent for most of that time.
Communist forces invaded in 1950 and China has ruled the Himalayan region with an iron fist ever since, imposing ever stricter surveillance and travel restrictions since the last uprising against Beijing's rule in 2008. Lengthy prison sentences in dire conditions are imposed for acts of defiance, including defending the region's unique language and Buddhist culture from attempts at assimilation.
China has also been accused of detaining hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in reeducation camps as part of a campaign to wipe out their native language and culture, including through forced adoptions and sterilizations. China denies such charges, saying it has only been fighting terrorism, separatism and religious extremism. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/China-sanctions-US-individuals-over-action-on-17673318.php | 2022-12-23 05:04:24 | 0 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/China-sanctions-US-individuals-over-action-on-17673318.php |
Woman hospitalized after SUV goes airborne, crashes into barbed wire fence
CUBA, Kan. (WIBW) - A woman from Cuba was sent to the hospital with serious injuries after her SUV went airborne, spun and crashed into a barbed wire fence.
The Kansas Highway Patrol Crash Log indicates that around 7:55 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 10, emergency crews were called to 260 and Shady Rd. - about 3 miles south of Cuba - with reports of a single-vehicle crash.
When officials arrived, they said they found a 2021 GMC Terrain driven by Amber Cherney, 22, of Cuba, had been headed south on 260 Rd. when the SUV swerved and went into the ditch. From there the vehicle hit a field entrance and became airborne for a short time.
KHP noted that the SUV landed on the south side of the field entrance and crashed into an embankment. The vehicle then spun 180 degrees and hit a barbed wire fence where it came to a stop.
Officials said Cherney was taken to Republic Co. Hosptial with suspected serious injuries. She was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.
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Charl Schwartzel crowned winner of inaugural LIV Golf Invitational Series originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington
After a long three days, 54 holes, no cuts and shotgun starts, 2011 Masters champion Charl Schwartzel is officially the first victor of the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational Series.
With 15 pro titles to his name, Schwartzel cliched an individual victory as well as a team victory for his group Stinger GC, which includes Louis Oosthuizen, Hennie du Plessis, Schwartzel, Branden Grace.
Round three of three of the controversial series proved to be a walk in the park for the South African golfer. No one put much heat on Schwartzel, who remained in first through the entirety of the 18 holes. As a matter of fact, three Stinger GC members – Schwartzel with 7-under, Plessis with 6-under, and Grace with 5-under – claimed the top three spots.
Peter Uihlein tied Grace for third with 5-under and Sam Horsfield secured fifth place with 3-under. Dustin Johnson took eighth place with 1-under.
Coming into the third and final round of the Saudi-Backed golf invitational, Schwartzel, who also happens to be one of the 17 PGA Tour members suspended, held the lead through the first two rounds of play.
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He shot a four-under 66 during the second round at the Centurion Club in England, leaving him with a huge lead at nine under par for the tournament. He was three shots ahead of second place Hennie Du Plessis, who was two shots ahead of third place Peter Uihlein.
In the first round, six-time major champion Phil Mickelson and two-time major champion Johnson were both four shots off the lead after shooting 1-under. While in round two, Johnson moved to sixth place still with 1-under, while Mickelson fell to 26th with 4-over after struggling a five-over 75 on Friday.
The event marked Mickelson’s first return to competitive golf since February. He was grouped with 10 other golfers, including Johnson, competing in the inaugural tournament after resigning their PGA Tour membership.
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Correction: George Floyd-Other Officers story
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — In a story published Jan. 31, 2023, about the state’s aiding and abetting case against former Minneapolis Officer Tou Thao, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the judge has 90 days to rule and issue a sentence. The judge has 90 days to rule on Thao’s guilt in connection with George Floyd’s killing. If he finds Thao guilty, he would order a presentence investigation and a sentencing hearing would be scheduled.
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Despite rhetoric around skills-based hiring, 61% of employers added work or education screening requirements for entry-level hires over the past three years
Companies that removed degree or work requirements see a significant increase in number of applicants and comparable on-the-job performance
WASHINGTON, June 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- New data from Generation, the global employment non-profit, reveals that organizations must radically rethink hiring practices for entry-level tech talent – and lays out first steps to take.
A number of companies have already broken the mold and removed degree or work requirements over the past three years, and they are reaping the benefits.
Nearly 60% of organizations that eliminated these requirements saw an increase in the number of applicants, allowing them to hire more people more quickly, and tapping into new candidate pools that can fuel talent diversity. Better still, they saw little trade-off in terms of performance once candidates were in the job—with 84% of companies saying that people they hired without degree or education requirements performed the same or better than people hired using traditional methods.
These findings come from Launching a Tech Hiring Revolution, a study of thousands of employers, entry-level tech employees, and jobseekers, spanning eight countries: Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Mexico, the UK, and the US. The research was supported by The Hg Foundation as well as Bank of America, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, and MetLife Foundation.
Globally, 86% of surveyed employers say they are hiring for entry-level tech roles. Organizations across various sectors, including banking, manufacturing, and retail, all have tech needs, forcing them to compete for talent. And they are struggling, with 62% of employers saying that entry-level tech recruitment processes need to change.
True entry-level tech jobs have disappeared, with 94% of employers saying their hiring requirements for "entry-level" tech roles include prior work experience in a related field.
But despite the continued rhetoric around skills-based hiring, nearly two-thirds of employers globally (61%) added education or work requirements over the past three years for entry-level tech roles. And not just technical skills, as 40% increased behavioral skill requirements as well.
As those employers that defied that trend have shown, shifting hiring to focus on skills rather than degrees is a way to access new talent pools. Focusing on skills-based techniques was a key part of employer success for the group that removed requirements, with tech industry certifications playing an important role. However, while certifications served as a hiring process equalizer across ethnicities, gender bias persisted. Men without certifications received more job offers per interview than women with certifications.
Even though employers are strongly motivated to expand entry-level tech pipelines, those that are struggling to change cite tight budgets and a lack of executive support as tough obstacles. The report concludes there are four ingredients to unlocking the needed shift, including:
- Expand applicant pools by removing work experience and degree requirements, and instead prioritizing certifications and other skills indicators.
- During the hiring process, use technical assessments to ensure that applicants have the necessary skills for the job.
- Throughout, pay attention to both behavioral and technical skills.
- Rethink hiring teams to reduce tacit bias and increase talent diversity.
To continue to explore the possibilities of a skills-based approach, Generation will assemble a coalition of global employers that want to make the kinds of changes the research calls for and share results publicly to create durable solutions that can be applied across sectors and around the globe.
You can read the whole report here.
Mona Mourshed, founding global CEO of Generation said:
"The first rung of the tech job ladder is broken. Every day, at Generation, we sit at the intersection of thousands of employers and learners, and we see the friction in the hiring process that makes it hard for talented people, who come from backgrounds that have been historically overlooked, to get in the door. That's why we undertook this research to help employers and society unclog that vital entry-level tech pipeline. The next step is to go deeper in exploring what works, and I'm excited to partner with a coalition of global employers that are committed to opening up opportunity in tech to more people."
Martina Sanow, Trustee of The Hg Foundation, a grant-giving charity with a focus on removing barriers to education and skills in technology, and Partner at Hg said:
"Those from diverse backgrounds and who haven't followed traditional pathways represent a huge pool of potential talent for the tech sector. This landmark research represents a step change in our understanding of the global entry-level talent market and where the challenges and opportunities lie. The next crucial step is to build on the report's recommendations and to trial with employers innovative recruitment approaches that harness the abilities of under-served groups."
Notes to Editors
Methodology
The findings in this report are drawn from a survey commissioned by Generation that was in the field from November 4, 2022, to January 9, 2023. The study included employed people (aged 18 and over), unemployed people (aged 18 and over), and hiring and technical managers at employers.
The survey drew 4,023 responses from employed and unemployed people, and 1,325 responses from employers, across Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
About Generation
Generation is a global employment nonprofit network that supports people to achieve economic mobility so they can change their lives. We train and place adults into careers that would otherwise be inaccessible and seek to improve how education to employment systems function. Generation launched in 2015 and consists of a global hub and a network of in-country affiliates that spans 17 countries. To date, Generation has more than 80,000 graduates who have earned more than $630 million in wages, and works with more than 11,000 employers, implementation partners, and funders. For more, visit generation.org.
About The Hg Foundation
The Hg Foundation's vision is that the tech workforce of the future harnesses the talents of all, regardless of background. It does this by supporting education and employment-based programmes across the UK, USA, and Europe where it can demonstrate measurable, long-term and scalable impact and make a difference to those that need it most. To date it has committed $14m to programmes that will reach 10,000 young people and adults from under-represented backgrounds. The Hg Foundation is registered Charity no. 1189216. Find out more at https://www.thehgfoundation.com/
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VANCOUVER, BC, Jan. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Saltworks Technologies Inc. (Saltworks) is delighted to formally announce its Lithium Test Center, dedicated to accelerating and de-risking lithium processing projects. The new center incorporates end-to-end lithium processing pilot plants and technical expertise in the production of battery-grade lithium chemicals. This development consolidates and expands the company's ongoing lithium offerings, including:
- Processing direct lithium extraction (DLE) eluents to battery-grade lithium carbonate or lithium hydroxide through Saltworks' concentration, refining and converting (CRC) technologies,
- Refining and upgrading lithium hydroxide using its SaltMaker MVR crystallizer technology, and
- Producing metals from recycled lithium-ion battery hydrometallurgy processes.
"Saltworks' technologies and engineering expertise are supporting the growth of the lithium extraction, refining and recycling industries at bench-, pilot- and full-scale," said Saltworks' CEO, Benjamin Sparrow. "Our new Lithium Test Center delivers rapid results and project advancement based on proven, scalable technologies. Our full-scale plants are assembled right next door, in Saltworks' manufacturing headquarters, ensuring that our pilot projects are representative of full-scale performance. By dedicating more resources to serving lithium clients, Saltworks intends to fast-track more projects, putting them on the path to clean, economic, full-scale solutions and enabling the transition to clean energy."
"We are proud to build on Saltworks' history of providing everything from scientific and engineering expertise to design and manufacturing for full-scale project delivery in the lithium mining and refining space," said Saltworks' Lithium Test Center Leader, Megan Low.
Saltworks has delivered scalable, battery-grade lithium carbonate for multiple clients, as described in one client's press release. Saltworks' offerings for lithium projects are detailed on its website, and the Lithium Test Center can be reached there. Those with lithium or industrial water projects at any stage of development are encouraged to share project inquiries with Saltworks for a swift, expert response.
Saltworks Technologies Inc. is a leader in the development and delivery of solutions for lithium refining and industrial wastewater treatment. By working with customers to understand their unique challenges and focusing on continuous innovation, Saltworks' solutions provide best-in-class performance and reliability. From its headquarters in British Columbia, Canada, Saltworks designs, builds and operates full-scale plants, and offers comprehensive offsite and onsite testing services with its fleet of mobile pilots.
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ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A boat overloaded with passengers fleeing flooding in southeastern Nigeria capsized and 76 people remain missing days later and are feared dead, emergency officials said Monday.
Many women and children were among those trying to escape the floodwaters in the Ogbaru council area of Anambra on Friday, Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency said.
“Eighty-five of them packed into a single boat and the weight overpowered the boat," said Godwin Thickman, the regional head of the emergency management agency. He said the boat could not move freely because it ran into submerged trees and the roofs of houses.
"It capsized and only nine survived. The remaining 76 were yet to be found,” he said.
Nigeria is battling its worst floods in a decade blamed mainly on the release of excess water from Lagdo dam in neighboring Cameroon and unusual rainfall. More than 300 people have been killed this year by the floods.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has urged rescue officials to do all they can to account for the missing passengers. Rescue officials, though, have not found any additional survivors over the last two days, suggesting there is little chance of survival for many of those missing.
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The NCAA championship trophy made a visit to UConn this weekend, providing just the inspiration the struggling Huskies needed.
Jordan Hawkins scored 20 points and No. 15 UConn snapped a three-game losing streak in emphatic fashion by routing Butler 86-56 on Sunday.
“Just having that (trophy) around us, just reminded us what the main goal is,” Hawkins said. “Just keep pushing, even through this hard stretch and brighter days will come.”
Adama Sanogo added 17 points and 14 rebounds for the Huskies (16-5, 5-5 Big East), who won their first 14 games this season but dropped five of six coming into this matchup with the Bulldogs (11-10, 3-7).
Alex Karaban added 15 points and Tristen Newton scored 11 points for the Huskies.
Coach Dan Hurley said the win was an important confidence booster for his team.
“We know we don’t suck,” Hurley said. “We know we’re really good and we know that these next 10 games we’ve got a bunch of people coming to Gampel and that we’ve got a chance to start stacking some wins.”
Chuck Harris had 16 points and Simas Lukosius added 12 for Butler, which was playing its third straight game without center Manny Bates, who is still recovering from a knee injury suffered earlier this month against St. John’s.
“He’s a heck of a player, but he’s also kind of a leader for this team,” Butler coach Thad Matta said. “Can he go on Wednesday, I’m not sure? We’ve kind of been doing this all year long with game-time decisions and it’s not going real well for us right now.”
Without its big man, Butler was outscored 42-18 in the paint and outrebounded 48-22.
Jayden Taylor chipped in with 11 points for the Bulldogs.
UConn used a 17-3 run over just under 7 minutes in the first half to take a 32-13 lead and seize control of the game.
The Huskies led 45-23 at halftime, holding the Bulldogs to just six field goals on 25 shots before intermission. Harris accounted for 14 of Butler’s first-half points.
UConn scored the first seven points of the second half and cruised to the win.
UConn forward Samson Johnson, who hadn’t played since suffering a stress injury to his right foot in the season opener, entered the game with 12 minutes left. He had two points and two rebounds in seven minutes.
“It was just good to have him out there,” Hurley said. It’s going to take some pressure off of Alex and it just gives us a little more flexibility.”
BIG PICTURE
Butler: Butler fell to 0-7 against the Huskies, including a loss in the 2011 NCAA Tournament title game. The Bulldogs scored just 46 points in losing by 22 points to the Huskies in Indianapolis back in December.
UConn: Hurley and associate head coach Kimani Young were back on the sideline after missing the team’s loss to Seton Hall on Wednesday after testing positive for COVID-19. The school says both are symptom free, but both wore masks on the bench.
POLL IMPLICATIONS
The win may allow UConn to remain in the AP Top 25. The Huskies had been ranked as high as No. 2 before their recent losing skid.
UP NEXT
Butler travels about 75 miles east to Providence to take on the No. 22 Friars on Wednesday.
UConn returns to campus to host No. 8 Xavier on Wednesday night at Gampel Pavilion.
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In a new feature, Baltimore Sun columnist Mike Preston will answer fans’ questions throughout the Ravens season. Fresh off Baltimore’s 37-26 Week 3 win over the New England Patriots, plenty of questions remain with the Buffalo Bills, a Super Bowl favorite, coming to town Sunday.
Here’s Preston’s take:
(Editor’s note: Questions have been edited for length and clarity)
Can we just write off now Ronnie Stanley playing this year?
— Robert Scheerer
Mike Preston: It’s way too early to write Stanley off, but he is definitely needed after Ja’Wuan James went down with a torn Achilles tendon in Week 1 and Patrick Mekari suffered an ankle injury in Week 3. Mekari’s replacement, rookie Daniel Faalele, started slowly against New England on Sunday but got better as the game went on to turn in a solid effort. However, Faalele, a fourth-round pick out of Minnesota, will struggle most of the season with speed rushers if he isn’t given help, and that hurts the passing game.
Sunday’s game against Buffalo is the ideal time for Stanley to return, not just because of Mekari’s injury, but also because the Bills have a strong, aggressive defensive line.
Coming out of Notre Dame, Stanley was criticized for not having a strong work ethic and there have been times in his seven seasons in Baltimore when he didn’t practice even though he should have been on the field. There are some within the organization who believe he didn’t work hard enough during rehabilitation last offseason, which led to him only playing one game in 2021.
With all that said, he’s reportedly had multiple surgeries on his ankle. Because of his weight (315 pounds) and the nature of his position, which puts a lot of pressure on the ankles, it’s going to take him longer to return to the field than most players at other positions.
But the perfect time is now with the Bills coming to town.
How does [Eric DeCosta] escape criticism for the team’s glaring roster weaknesses? Ronnie Stanley has been injured since 2020 and they haven’t brought anyone in to fill his spot through the draft, trades or free agency. They’ve had no pass rush since 2019 and EDC’s [outside linebacker] draft picks have been [Odafe] Oweh, who doesn’t register sacks, [Daelin] Hayes, who was injured and is now gone, and [David] Ojabo, who won’t play until 2023. As for his No. 1 picks, [Marquise] “Hollywood” Brown wasn’t great and is now gone, [Patrick] Queen can’t shed blocks, tackle in the open field, or cover, [Rashod] Bateman looks like an average NFL receiver. The jury is still out on [Kyle] Hamilton and [Tyler] Linderbaum, but the last Pro Bowl-caliber player the Ravens drafted in the first round was Lamar, and that was Ozzie [Newsome]’s call. What other GM could get away with this?
— Jesse D. Marr
Preston: Wow, Jesse, that really isn’t a question but a statement and your opinion. But I wrote about this being a key year for DeCosta back in February and that he needed to add some impact players.
Since becoming general manager four years ago, DeCosta’s drafts have been average at best, with some of the notable disappointments you mentioned. But at the same time, I am giving him ample time to improve, just like the players he selects in the draft who get three to four years, and in some cases five (see outside linebacker Tyus Bowser).
DeCosta’s critics will say he doesn’t deserve that amount of time because he worked under former general manager Ozzie Newsome since the team moved here from Cleveland in 1996, but it’s one thing to provide input on players and another to be the guy who makes the decisions.
Of course, there have been some things that I would have done differently, like select a pass rusher in the first round, a problem area for this team the last four years. I would have beefed up the interior of the offensive and defensive lines in the draft, because that’s where games are won and lost in the NFL, and certainly added more “tough guys,” which this team lacks.
But this year’s draft class appears promising with Linderbaum, Hamilton, defensive tackle Travis Jones, tight end Isaiah Likely and cornerback Damarion “Pepe” Williams.
DeCosta deserves some criticism but the Ravens have been to the playoffs every year but one since he became general manager. So, to put it in perspective, consider him a draft pick who deserves another year or two before some try to run him out of town.
Should the Ravens’ first-round pick in 2023 be a left tackle or middle linebacker? Also, do you think Lamar is the front-runner for MVP right now?
— @Royce90246855 on Twitter
Preston: It’s way too early to speculate about the draft, but the Ravens have a lot of glaring needs on defense, particularly at edge rusher and inside linebacker. As far as left tackle, it remains to be seen when or if Stanley plays and how effective he is on the field. Ask me that same question about two months from now.
As far as Jackson, the front-runner for the MVP changes week to week, but it really doesn’t matter because Jackson is always in that class.
All the talking eggheads on these 24/7 sports channels hype up this MVP race after every game. It’s almost as bad as someone stating every week that Jackson can win a game with his arm, or that he can spark a comeback win.
Really.
One of the things I like best about Jackson is that he doesn’t talk about the accolades or awards. He just keeps focusing on winning a Super Bowl.
In Year 5, Jackson is a proven talent. The only questions that remain about him are, can he lead the Ravens deep into the playoffs, and can he win a Super Bowl?
Front-runner for MVP? It depends on the week and which teams won and lost.
My question is: do you think the past three games, defensively speaking, is cause for concern over the Ravens’ hire of Mike Macdonald? A follow-up question is do you believe Odafe Oweh is being properly utilized in this scheme?
— William Kang
Preston: I would not point the finger at Macdonald, but the lack of success means the Ravens are still adjusting their philosophy, scheme and personnel.
That’s normal under these trying circumstances after the team invested so much money and brought in top talent during the offseason. One problem was that the majority of the starters never got on the field together during preseason games because coach John Harbaugh feared injuries.
If you combine that with a new defensive coordinator and several new defensive assistants, there is going to be an adjustment period, especially with communication.
Harbaugh was a defensive backs coach when he was with the Philadelphia Eagles, so I assume he has been huddling with Macdonald and secondary coach Chris Hewitt to work some things out.
I don’t think the Ravens are concerned about Macdonald at this point, but that might change if they keep allowing receivers like the New England Patriots’ DeVante Parker to put up big numbers like he’s Miami Dolphins star Tyreek Hill.
As far as Oweh, what else can the Ravens do with him? He’s been on the strong side and weak side and still can’t get pressure, and he’s had problems holding the edge against the run. Oweh had a strong training camp, which led a lot of us to believe he would have a strong season. But in retrospect, the second-year player was considered a project when the Ravens drafted him in the first round.
What do you make of Jerry Rosburg now coaching with the Broncos? Surprised to see him unretire and not come back to Ravens?
— David Jacob
Preston: No David, not really. I’ve seen a lot of assistant coaches come back from retirement, such as former Ravens defensive coordinator Dean Pees, who is now in that same capacity with the Atlanta Falcons. These guys are passionate, and they miss that competition on Sunday afternoons. Rosburg was well-liked and respected here in Baltimore. If he wanted to return, some team was going to find a position for him, which Denver did as its senior assistant this season.
With the potential of getting pass rush help back at some point this season with the return of Bowser and Ojabo, if you were DeCosta, would you put a higher priority on acquiring some middle linebacker help? Or bring in more pass rushing help? I was a little surprised they didn’t sign Blake Martinez when he visited.
— Paul in Orlando
Preston: It’s all based on need. The return of Bowser and Ojabo would be an upgrade, but probably not significant since both are returning from Achilles tendon injuries.
In the words of Newsome, it all depends on right player, right price. For instance, the Ravens recently signed Jason Pierre-Paul. At age 33, his best years are behind him, but the Ravens need pass rushers. If Pierre-Paul were that good, Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Todd Bowles, respected for putting together top defenses, certainly would have signed him to a new deal. Instead, the Ravens are willing to take a chance with Pierre-Paul, hoping he has enough left in the tank.
It’s a gamble, but I like the move. If a veteran linebacker similar to Martinez becomes available, I assume the Ravens will not hesitate in signing him.
Have a question for Mike Preston? Email sports@baltsun.com with “Ravens mailbag” in the subject line and it could be answered in The Baltimore Sun.
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China’s Xi warns Biden over Taiwan, calls for cooperation
BEIJING (AP) — President Xi JInping warned against meddling in China’s dealings with Taiwan during a phone call with his U.S. counterpart, Joe Biden, that gave no indication of progress on trade, technology or other irritants, including Beijing’s opposition to a top American lawmaker’s possible visit to the island democracy, which the mainland claims as its own territory.
Xi also warned against splitting the world’s two biggest economies, according to a Chinese government summary of Thursday’s unusually lengthy, three-hour call. Businesspeople and economists warn such a change, brought on by Chinese industrial policy and U.S. curbs on technology exports, might hurt the global economy by slowing innovation and increasing costs.
Meanwhile, Xi and Biden are looking at the possibility of meeting in person, according to a U.S. official who declined to be identified further. Xi has been invited to Indonesia in November for a meeting of the Group of 20 major economies, making it a potential location for a face-to-face meeting.
The Chinese government gave no indication Xi and Biden discussed possible plans by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to visit Taiwan, which the ruling Communist Party says has no right to conduct foreign relations. But Xi rejected “interference by external forces” that might encourage Taiwan to try to make its decades-old de facto independence permanent.
“Resolutely safeguarding China’s national sovereignty and territorial integrity is the firm will of the more than 1.4 billion Chinese people,” said the statement. “Those who play with fire will perish by it.”
The tough language from Xi, who usually tries to appear to be above political disputes and makes blandly positive public comments, suggested Chinese leaders might believe Washington didn’t understand the seriousness of previous warnings about Taiwan.
Taiwan and China split in 1949 following a civil war that ended with a Communist victory on the mainland. They have no official relations but are linked by billions of dollars of trade and investment. Both sides say they are one country but disagree over which government is entitled to national leadership.
A Ministry of Defense spokesman said ahead of Thursday’s call that Washington “must not arrange for Pelosi to visit Taiwan.” He said the ruling party’s military wing, the People’s Liberation Army, would take “strong measures to thwart any external interference.”
Xi called on the United States to “honor the one-China principle,” the statement said, referring to Beijing’s position that the mainland and Taiwan are one country. The United States, by contrast, has a “one-China policy” that says Washington takes no position on the question but wants to see it resolved peacefully.
“Both sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to one and the same China,” the statement said.
The statement cited Biden as saying the United States doesn’t support independence for Taiwan.
Coverage of the conversation in China’s entirely state-controlled media on Friday was limited to repeating government statements.
Pelosi has yet to confirm whether she will go to Taiwan, but if she does, the Democrat from California would be the highest-ranking elected American official to visit since then-Speaker Newt Gingrich in 1997.
Beijing criticized Gingrich for saying the United States would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese attack but did little else in response to his three-hour visit to the island.
Since then, China’s position on Taiwan has hardened as the mainland economy grew to become second-largest after the United States. The ruling party poured hundreds of billions of dollars into developing fighter jets and other high-tech weapons including “carrier killer” missiles that are thought to be intended to block the U.S. Navy from helping to defend the island.
The conflict over a possible Pelosi visit is more sensitive to Beijing in a year when Xi, who took power in 2012, is expected to try to break with tradition and award himself a third five-year term as party leader.
Xi, who wants to be seen as restoring China’s rightful historic role as a global leader, has promoted a more assertive policy abroad. The PLA has sent growing numbers of fighter planes and bombers to fly near Taiwan in an attempt to intimidate its democratically elected government.
The United States has no official relations with Taiwan but has extensive commercial ties and informal political connections. Washington is obliged by federal law to see that Taiwan has the means to defend itself.
Xi called for cooperation on reducing the risk of economic recession, coordinating macroeconomic policies, fighting COVID-19 and “de-escalation of regional hot spots,” according to the government statement.
He also warned against decoupling, or separating, the U.S. and Chinese economies for strategic reasons.
Businesspeople and industry analysts have warned global industries might be split into separate markets with incompatible products due to China’s pressure on its own companies to develop their own technology standards and U.S. restrictions on Chinese access to technology that Washington see as a security risk. That might slow innovation and increase costs.
“Attempts at decoupling or severing supply chains in defiance of underlying laws would not help boost the U.S. economy,” the statement said. “They would only make the world economy more vulnerable.”
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Tom Kim can be excused for his mistake Wednesday. The Presidents Cup is new for the 20-year-old South Korean, just like it is for seven other players on the International team that face a daunting task at Quail Hollow.
Only this was more a math mistake than a rookie mistake.
“We’re on 12 today, and he makes a mistake doing simple math there,” said Camilo Villegas of Colombia, one of the assistant captains for the International team. “So I look at the kid and said, ‘Tom, is that college math?’ He looks at me and goes, ’Dude, I didn’t even graduate from high school.'”
Kim ticks about every box when it comes to the fresh faces at this Presidents Cup, which starts Thursday, only looks are deceiving.
Yes, at age 20 he is the youngest player to play for the International team since Ryo Ishikawa of Japan was 18 in 2009 at Harding Park. Kim also has won more tournaments this year than anyone on his team. And he brings as much personality as he does game.
He likes to laugh and talk trash. The team has players from seven countries who speak four languages. That’s not a problem. Kim speaks three languages.
Captain Trevor Immelman was asked earlier in the week who would be his starting five if they were playing basketball. He had Kim penciled in as his point guard because of his size and his “fast mouth.”
Kim’s given name is Joohyung. As a boy, he was so smitten with Thomas the Tank Engine that he wanted that for his name, and eventually it was shortened to Tom.
Born in South Korea, his family moved to Australia when he was a child. He picked up golf at age 6 and when the cost of living became too high, his parents decided to move to the Philippines. Kim’s golf thrived even more.
As for the high school math? As he said in a first-person account for Golf Digest, “College scouts weren’t coming after me, and my goal was always to turn pro, so I decided to do it early.” He was 15.
Kim worked his way through developmental tours in Asia. His path was slowed by the COVID-19 pandemic, and he spent the last two years on the Korean tour, winning twice.
He ended last year at No. 131 in the world, and then quickly made himself known. He won the Singapore International to start the year (and was runner-up in the Singapore Open a week later). He received a sponsor exemption to the Scottish Open — Korea-based Genesis is the title sponsor — and finished third.
That sent him on his way toward a PGA Tour card and he nailed that a few weeks later by winning the Wyndham Championship, where he started the tournament with a quadruple-bogey 8.
There is very little dull about Thomas the Tank.
Kim was invited to the Saudi International in February and shared a table at the press conference with LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman to talk about Saudi money going to the Asian Tour. But the kid left little doubt where he always wanted to play.
He was overjoyed at getting his PGA Tour card, and he’s even more amped up about the Presidents Cup, a chance to hand the mighty American team its first loss since 1998, before Kim was even born.
“I’ve dreamt of this as a kid. For me to be able to represent the international team is an absolute honor. So I’m super pumped,” he said. “I can’t wait for Thursday to come. I’ve always dreamt of doing crazy fist bumps because it’s match play. So I’m really looking forward to it.”
He won’t have to wait long. Kim is playing with K.H. Lee of South Korea in the third of five matches Thursday in the opening session of fourballs. They face two-time major champion Collin Morikawa and big-hitting Cameron Young, five times a runner-up in his rookie season on the PGA Tour.
The Americans have all 12 players ranked among the top 25 in the world, and they are going for their ninth consecutive victory, playing before a home crowd at Quail Hollow. They are heavily favored.
Kim is among four South Koreans on the team, a record for a golf nation more known for the major champions and No. 1 players the women have produced. Kim joins Lee, Sungjae Im and Siwoo Kim. International team assistant K.J. Choi could not be prouder.
Choi is intrigued by Kim, describing him with terms like “very fun” and “cute” and “many talking.”
“First 15 years, not much coming for the younger players, the Koreans. But now more than seven, nine, 10,” Choi said. “I’m starting in America 30 years old, it’s very difficult English. But younger guy is already out of the country and experienced in English. That’s why the more friendship, comfortable in the play, everything.”
All that’s left is to see how it translate. Tom Kim is full of laughter and void of fear. Thomas the Tank is on the fast track, and the stage has never been bigger for him.
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Two cruisers on Royal Caribbean ship taken to Florida hospitals following medical incidents
BOCA RATON, Fla. - Two guests of Royal Caribbean's Harmony of the Seas ship were flown to hospitals in Florida Sunday after suffering medical incidents, according to the United States Coast Guard.
A 77-year-old woman began suffering from chest pains while the cruise ship was located about 20 miles east of Boca Raton in South Florida, the coast Guard tweeted shortly after 7 p.m.
A few hours later, officials said a 68-year-old man aboard the same ship reportedly suffered a stroke, as the ship was still in the Boca Raton area.
Both were taken to St. Mary's Medical Center.
The Coast Guard said the two occurrences are believed to be unrelated.
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DALLAS, May 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Marine Petroleum Trust (NASDAQ: MARPS) ("Marine") today declared a quarterly cash distribution to the holders of its units of beneficial interest of $0.197500 per unit, payable on June 28, 2022, to unitholders of record on May 31, 2022. Marine's 2021 tax information, cash distribution history, current and prior year financial reports, a link to filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission and more can be found on its website at http://www.marps-marine.com/. Additionally, printed reports can be requested and are mailed free of charge.
This distribution of $0.197500 per unit is higher than the $0.107485 per unit distributed last quarter. As compared to the previous quarter, the volume of oil produced and included in this distribution decreased slightly while the volume of natural gas has increased. The price realized for oil produced and included in the current distribution increased this quarter while the price for natural gas decreased. This distribution is higher than the $0.028228 per unit distributed in the comparable quarter in 2021. As compared to the comparable quarter in 2021, the volumes of both oil and natural gas produced and included in the current distribution and the price realized for both oil and natural gas have increased.
Also included in this quarter's distribution is the Final Distribution from Marine's investment in Tidelands Royalty Trust "B" in the amount of $93,134.47, received as of February 14, 2022.
Marine's distributions to unitholders are determined by royalties received up to the date the distribution amount is declared. In general, Marine receives royalties two months after oil production and three months after natural gas production.
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UPDATE, 4:39 P.M.: Iberia Parish Coroner’s Office have identified the bodies as Katelynn Hebert Bourque, 30 and Samuel Thibodeaux, 46, both of New Iberia.
UPDATE, 2:10 P.M.: According to Iberia Parish Sheriff Tommy Romero, the case is being investigated as a murder/suicide and there is no suspect.
NEW IBERIA, La. (KLFY) — Two bodies were found in a New Iberia residence this morning after a brief standoff on Troy Road, according to Iberia Parish Sheriff Tommy Romero.
Romero said deputies received a call at around 5:30 a.m. from a woman claiming to hear someone outside her residence. As deputies arrived on the scene, they heard gunshots and established a perimeter around the home.
Romero said deputies made contact with a man believed to be inside the residence but lost contact with him. After several attempts to reach people within the home, Romero said the decision was made to enter the residence. Two bodies were found inside. Romero said names are not being released at this time, as the Iberia Parish Coroner’s Office is still at the scene.
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Butler’s buzzer-beater sends San Diego State to title game
HOUSTON (AP) — Lamont Butler made a jumper at the buzzer, sending San Diego State to its first national championship game with a 72-71 win over fellow mid-major Florida Atlantic in the Final Four on Saturday night.
“It’s unbelievable,” Butler said. “This is what I came here to do. I’m glad the shot went in. I’m just happy for my team right now.”
The Aztecs (32-6) appeared to be in trouble as the free-flowing Owls (35-4) picked them apart while building a 14-point lead.
San Diego State got back in it, as it always does, with defense.
The Aztecs shut down FAU and pulled within one when Jaedon LeDee hit a short jumper with 36 seconds left. After FAU’s Johnell Davis missed a contested layup, the Aztecs didn’t call timeout and got the ball to Butler.
The clock ticking down, Butler dribbled to the baseline, found that cut off and circled back. He stepped back to create a little room and hit a jumper that sent the Aztecs racing out onto the floor — and into Monday’s championship game against UConn or Miami.
“The plan was just to get downhill,” Butler said. “They cut me off a little bit. I looked up, there was two seconds left, so I got to a shot that I’m comfortable with. And I hit it.”
San Diego State’s defense has played a key role in its run to the final. It clamped down on four straight opponents to open the NCAA Tournament.
The Aztecs had no answer for the swaggy Owls in the first half, allowing them to hit 5 of 11 from 3-point range to build a 40-33 halftime lead.
FAU stretched the lead to 14 midway through the second half.
Then the Aztecs got gritty.
Contesting nearly every shot and pass while pulling down a string of offensive rebounds, San Diego State rallied into a tie at 65. Matt Bradley led the offense in the second half and finished with 21 points after struggling with his shot in the previous three games.
Alijah Martin kept FAU in it, scoring 19 of his 26 points in the second half, seeming to have an answer for every Aztecs move.
He didn’t get a chance for a final one.
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- Establishes Atlanta as Splitit's global headquarters and head of U.S. operations supporting its other global offices in Australia (finance) and Israel (R&D).
- Move puts the company in the heart of a thriving fintech ecosystem important to the company's new strategic direction.
- The Atlanta metropolitan area includes over 200 fintech companies that generate over $72 billion in annual revenue and process over 70% of all U.S. transactions.
ATLANTA, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Splitit (ASX: SPT) (OTCQX: SPTTY), the only white-label installment solution allowing consumers to use their existing payment card at checkout without increasing their debt, is moving its global headquarters to Atlanta putting the company in the heart of the payments processing center of the world.
Founded in Israel, Splitit established its global headquarters in New York in early 2019, but chose to shift headquarters to Atlanta to better support the company's new strategic direction. Having the global headquarters in Atlanta puts the company in the middle of the thriving fintech ecosystem that is incredibly important to accelerate the company's growth.
Georgia is a growing fintech epicenter with over 200 fintech companies that generated over $72 billion in annual revenue. Dubbed "Transaction Alley," 70% of all U.S. transactions handled by payment processing firms located in the area. Splitit's Center of Excellence in Israel supports the company's research and development and its Center of Excellence in Australia supports the company's finance operations.
To learn more about Splitit and see open positions with the company visit www.splitit.com/about/careers/.
Splitit powers the next generation of Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) through its merchant-branded Installments-as-a-Service platform. Splitit is solving the challenges businesses face with legacy BNPL while unlocking BNPL at the point of sale for card networks, issuers and acquirers all through a single network API. Splitit's Installments-as-a-Service platform mitigates issues with legacy BNPL like the declining conversion funnel, clutter at the checkout and a lack of control of the merchant's customer experience while putting the power back in the hands of merchants to nurture and retain customers, drive conversion and increase average order value. Splitit's white-label BNPL is the easiest installment option for merchants to adopt, integrate and operate while delivering an uncluttered, simplified experience embedded into their existing purchase flow. Headquartered in Atlanta, Splitit has an R&D center in Israel and offices in Australia. Splitit is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) under ticker code SPT and also trades on the US OTCQX under ticker SPTTY (ADRs) and STTTF (ordinary shares).
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SEOUL, South Korea, Oct. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Willog, a leading cold chain monitoring solution provider, announced a strategic partnership with GBD Chile, a solution distributor in the agricultural and fruit sector in Chile. This new partnership will help organizations in South America improve efficiency within its field operations.
"We're very excited to partner with GBD Chile in delivering innovative cold chain solutions to the South American market." said Willog CEO and Founder Jihyun Yoon. "By combining GBD Chile's expertise in market intelligence, networked with Willog's innovative technology, and in-transit and item-level visibility data, customers in South America will get true insights on what is happening with their shipments."
Willog leverages a QR-code based monitoring device called OTQ (One Time QR-code). OTQ, with its cloud-based management console, helps companies gain end-to-end visibility throughout the cold chain. With customized visibility by shipping unit, this flexible integration helps companies gain insightful business insights and data, creating a reliable logistics environment.
Willogs monitoring solution enables businesses to seamlessly identify areas with repetitive issues and devise preventive measures to save time and money. "We were able to improve productivity by 200% and get rid of the time-consuming logistics process with Willog's solution." said Chong Kun Dang, a leading pharmaceutical company in Korea.
As of May 2021, Willog acquired 25 enterprise customers including MNCs like Hyundai Motor Group and DHL Express within a year. Willog is expanding its presence in various industries including bio-pharmaceutical and special logistics, where condition monitoring is key to business continuity. Strengthening its leadership position in Korea, Willog will accelerate global expansion with partnerships in America, Kazakhstan, and Malaysia.
Visit: https://willog.io and www.gbdchile.com.
As a fast-growing startup, Willog provides a "cold chain data monitoring solution" that innovates the cold chain area, and its efforts are to create a transparent logistics flow. Willog owns 37 IPs including design and technology patents, PCTs, and copyrights.
Willog raised a series of funding last year, led by Hanwha Investment Securities with participation from IGIS Investment Partners, Shinhan Capital, and Aju IB Investment. Willog is currently preparing for the next round of investments to bolster its growth and accelerate next-generation solutions. Willog plans to meet global investors at TechCrunch Disrupt 2022 in San Francisco, California.
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Shooting at California birthday party leaves 1 dead, 6 wounded
ANTIOCH, Calif. (AP) - A shooting at a birthday party killed an 18-year-old woman and injured six others in Northern California early Sunday, police said.
The Antioch Police Department responded to multiple 911 calls about a shooting just before 1 a.m., the department said in a statement.
Multiple shots were fired after some people arrived uninvited at a birthday party for a 19-year-old man at a home in the city about 45 miles (72 km) northeast of San Francisco.
Victims and a large crowd were found by officers outside the home, police said.
The 18-year-old woman was transported to an area hospital, where she died, police said.
The victims who suffered non-life-threatening injuries included an 18-year-old man and a 19-year-old man, two 19-year-old women and two 20-year-old women.
Some of the victims transported themselves to area hospitals after “a panic where attendees ... fled in multiple directions and into the neighborhood,” police said.
The Antioch police said a suspect or suspects fled the scene before officers arrived, but there were no arrests immediately reported.
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NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ClaimsFiler, a FREE shareholder information service, reminds investors that they have until November 21, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against Fulgent Genetics, Inc. (NasdaqGM: FLGT), if they purchased the Company's securities between March 22, 2019 and August 4, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Fulgent investors should visit us at https://claimsfiler.com/cases/nasdaq-flgt/ or call toll-free (844) 367-9658. Lawyers at Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC are available to discuss your legal options.
Fulgent and certain of its executives are charged with failing to disclose material information during the Class Period, violating federal securities laws.
On August 4, 2022, the Company disclosed the receipt of a Civil Investigative Demand issued by the U.S. Department of Justice "pursuant to the False Claims Act related to its investigation of allegations of medically unnecessary laboratory testing, improper billing for laboratory testing, and remuneration received or provided in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute and the Stark Law," and that the Securities and Exchange Commission was conducting an investigation into certain of the Company's reports filed with the SEC from 2018 through the first quarter of 2020.
On this news, shares of Fulgent fell $11.02 per share, or 17.29%, over the following two trading sessions, to close at $52.72 per share on August 8, 2022.
The case is Pugley v. Fulgent Genetics, Inc., et al., No. 22-cv-06764.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Friday that he was “misled” about the police response to the shooting at the elementary school in Uvalde, and he’s “livid.”
In his earlier statements, the governor told a news conference, he was repeating what he had been told. “The information that I was given turned out, in part, to be inaccurate,” he said.
Abbott said exactly what happened needs to be “thoroughly, exhaustively” investigated.
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Annual ESG report highlights commitment to the community of East Palestine, safety enhancements
ATLANTA, July 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) Wednesday released its annual Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) report, "Forging a Better Tomorrow," spanning 2022 and early 2023. The report highlights Norfolk Southern's long-term strategy to balance service, productivity and growth, initiatives to enhance rail safety, and the company's ongoing efforts in East Palestine, Ohio.
"We will continue to fulfill our promises to East Palestine and the surrounding areas," said Norfolk Southern President and CEO Alan H. Shaw. "We believe in doing what's right by our people, our customers, and the communities we serve, which is why we will always strive to enhance our safety culture, invest in our people, and build upon our long-standing sustainability initiatives."
Over the last year, Norfolk Southern made meaningful progress toward its sustainability goals and took measurable steps to drive positive outcomes, including:
Reducing environmental impact
- 6% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions intensity, advancing the goal of a 42% reduction by 2034
- Up to a 25% increase in fuel efficiency through each locomotive modernization
- 22% reduction of overall water usage, saving over 91 million gallons over the past two years
- Protected 1,105 acres of ecologically significant land in South Carolina's coastal plain
Building strong connections with stakeholders
- Partnered with union leaders to provide paid sick leave benefits to Norfolk Southern's entire craft workforce, becoming the first Class I railroad to do so
- 5,000+ first responders trained through Norfolk Southern's Operation Awareness & Response (OAR) program
- Announced a permanent regional training facility for first responders
- Ranked No. 1 out of over 10,000 transportation and logistics organizations in attracting talent from underrepresented groups
Driving growth for customers, our economy
- $3.7 billion in intermodal shipments, $2.5 billion in agriculture, forest, and consumer products, and $1.7 billion in metals and construction merchandise
- Nearly $1.9 billion invested to promote safe, efficient operations, modernize technology, and support economic growth in communities
- 3,100 jobs created from customer investment in facilities along Norfolk Southern's lines
"We've made tremendous achievements in decarbonizing supply chains and reinforcing an inclusive workplace culture built around safety, and our work and commitment to these goals is unwavering," said Norfolk Southern Chief Sustainability Officer Josh Raglin. "None of this would be possible without our incredible team of people who are committed to building a better planet and more resilient communities for generations to come."
To access the full report, please visit this link.
About Norfolk Southern
Since 1827, Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) and its predecessor companies have safely moved the goods and materials that drive the U.S. economy. Today, it operates a customer-centric and operations-driven freight transportation network. Committed to furthering sustainability, Norfolk Southern helps its customers avoid approximately 15 million tons of yearly carbon emissions by shipping via rail. Its dedicated team members deliver more than 7 million carloads annually, from agriculture to consumer goods, and is the largest rail shipper of auto products and metals in North America. Norfolk Southern also has the most extensive intermodal network in the eastern U.S., serving a majority of the country's population and manufacturing base, with connections to every major container port on the Atlantic coast as well as the Gulf of Mexico and Great Lakes. Learn more by visiting www.NorfolkSouthern.com.
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Former Harvard Business School professor Benjamin Edelman learned the downsides of going viral on the Internet.
A 2014 spat with the owner of a Brookline Chinese restaurant in which Edelman demanded redress for a $4 overcharge on a takeout order prompted local and national coverage. Edelman publicly apologized for the incident but says in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that the exchange came back to haunt him when he was up for promotion at Harvard.
The civil suit, filed in Suffolk Superior Court, claims that Harvard breached its employment contract with Edelman by mishandling disciplinary proceedings following the restaurant imbroglio, which resulted in the rejection of his tenure application in 2017. He is seeking unspecified damages and for Harvard to redo the faculty review board process and “everything that follows that,” including the reconsideration of his tenure application.
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“My goal in this matter is to stand up for the principle that the rules are the rules,” Edelman, who now works at Microsoft Corp., said in an interview.
Harvard declined to comment on the case.
Edelman, who says he was led to believe he was on track to be granted tenure at the business school, claims that the school failed to follow faculty approved “principles and procedures” for responding to matters involving faculty conduct. The guidelines create “substantial protections” for faculty, according to the suit, some of which it says were not afforded in Edelman’s case.
For example, he said, a faculty review board launched in 2017 to examine Edelman’s conduct did not share all evidence with Edelman or those reviewing the report’s conclusions.
And it wasn’t just the restaurant flap, the suit says. Edelman believes his 2014 blog post about the company Blinkx and its “deceptive” adware, which prompted pushback from Blinkx, was used against him in an earlier faculty review board.
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Edelman says Harvard harmed his “career, livelihood, and reputation” by failing to follow its internal policies.
Few professors resort to legal recourse over tenure denials, Boston College higher education professor Philip Altbach said, and a “vanishingly small number” win such cases. But Edelman’s case raises questions about how much character and personality play into tenure decisions, and whether universities need to be more transparent about a historically opaque and subjective process.
“Certainly someone’s willingness to be a good colleague appropriately plays into a tenure decision,” Altbach said. “But tenure decisions are supposed to be made mainly on the basis of your research, productivity, teaching excellence, and these days, ability to get money.”
Edelman, who has four degrees from Harvard, joined the Business School’s faculty as an assistant professor in 2007, when he was at 26. He taught in the school’s negotiations, organizations and markets unit. His focus is the economics of online markets and Internet fraud. Edelman has also consulted for numerous clients since 1999 including the American Civil Liberties Union, AOL, and Microsoft.
Edelman argues that he would have approached the review board differently if he had known his outside activities were of concern from the start. The final report from the 2017 review included positive feedback from several colleagues who agreed “his conduct had changed and that he had become more reflective” since 2015, according to the suit. But the report also contained 12 anonymous complaints “about the plaintiff’s character.”
Edelman believes the board’s final report was the “sole cause” for the rejection of his tenure application.
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Lawrence Lessig, a Harvard Law School professor, said it was clear from a young age that Edelman “was a genius.” Lessig said Edelman aspired to be “more than just an academic” and became engaged in policy discussions and consulting work to understand how technology impacted consumers. His ambition might have created conflict among peers, he said.
“He was an outstanding law student and an extremely successful academic,” Lessig said. “He has an urge or need to fix injustice wherever he sees it and he uses his genius-like mind to push for resolution or reform. I read this [tenure denial] as a sad reflection on the business school.”
Edelman said the goal with his emails to Sichuan Garden was “consumer protection,” after noticing that the restaurant was advertising lower prices on its website than what it charged customers. National media coverage of the dispute resulted in “physical threats” to Edelman and his family, the complaint said.
After taking about five years to reflect, Edelman said he decided to sue Harvard now before the statute of limitations in Massachusetts runs up.
“It’s no small matter to file a lawsuit against the richest university in the world,” he said. “It’s not just sour grapes. That was a good job for me [and] I worked hard to get it.”
Hilary Burns can be reached at hilary.burns@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @Hilarysburns. | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/02/14/metro/did-viral-spat-over-chinese-restaurant-prices-cost-harvard-professor-tenure/ | 2023-02-14 21:52:02 | 1 | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/02/14/metro/did-viral-spat-over-chinese-restaurant-prices-cost-harvard-professor-tenure/ |
LOS ANGELES, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Schall Law Firm, a national shareholder rights litigation firm, announces that it is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Enochian Biosciences, Inc. ("Enochian Biosciences" or "the Company") (NASDAQ: ENOB) for violations of the securities laws.
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MUNCIE, Ind. — Investigators say a Muncie woman tried to cover up the details in a dog attack that left a 17-month-old girl with “catastrophic facial injuries.”
Muncie police were sent to a home on W. 9th Street on January 6, 2022 in reference to a dog bite.
Officers arrived to find medics treating a toddler for severe head and facial injuries from a dog bite. They spoke with a witness who said Jacklynn Swafford was inside feeding the toddler when the attack happened. He also told police the dog had been aggressive before.
At the hospital, court documents show Swafford said the attack actually happened inside a Dodge Durango. The original witness then changed his story and agreed with Swafford about the attack happening inside a vehicle. A second witness also backed up Swafford’s claim.
When police looked at the car, they did not find any evidence of blood or signs of an attack.
Officers seized the dog, a pit bull named Hades, on January 14. One of its owners advised everyone to get inside their cars as the animal was given over to Animal Control to avoid getting attacked.
The original witness then came forward less than a week after the dog was seized to tell police he wanted to provide a “true statement.” In his revised account, he told police Swafford was inside the house feeding the toddler Wendy’s chicken nuggets when Swafford ran out of the room screaming.
She came out holding the girl who was bleeding from her head from a dog bite. As she ran, Hades jumped up and bit the girl in the head again. The witness said Swafford told him to lie to investigators about where the attack happened to avoid getting in trouble with the Department of Child Services.
The day after the original witness came forward, Swafford confirmed the witness’ revised story. She admitted to having the two witnesses lie for her so so she would not “lose her daughter.”
The other witness who spoke to police also admitting to lying throughout the investigation. She said Swafford advised her to “stick to the story.” She also said multiple people in the past asked her why the dog was allowed to be around the child since it was extremely aggressive, according to court documents.
The toddler has had at least two surgeries for her injuries. In July, investigators were told the girl would likely need another surgery soon because she keeps “choking due to scar tissue.”
Jacklyn Swafford was charged with neglect of a dependent resulting in catastrophic injury, false informing, and interference with the reporting of a crime.
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(NEXSTAR) – Without a winner in Friday’s drawing, the current Mega Millions jackpot has grown to the fourth-largest in the lottery game’s history. It has also become one of the largest in U.S. history.
The current Mega Millions jackpot has been brewing since October, and now stands at an estimated $785 million. It now sits behind three other jackpots – all won within the last five years – that surpassed $1 billion.
That includes the $1.337 billion jackpot won in July 2022.
Though it is the fourth-largest Mega Millions jackpot, a winner in the next drawing could make it the fifth-largest lottery jackpot won in U.S. history.
A $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot won in November is the largest lottery jackpot ever won in the U.S. Another Powerball jackpot – a 2016 $1.586 billion prize split by three tickets – is the second-largest lottery prize in the U.S., followed by three Mega Millions jackpots.
All of the top five lottery jackpots in the U.S. have surpassed the $1 billion mark.
Here are the top 10 largest lottery jackpots in the U.S. based on data from Powerball and Mega Millions, as well as when and where they were won:
- $2.04 billion (Powerball): Nov. 7, 2022; California
- $1.586 billion (Powerball): Jan. 13, 2016; California, Florida, Tennessee
- $1.537 billion (Mega Millions): Oct. 23, 2018; South Carolina
- $1.337 billion (Mega Millions): July 29, 2022; Illinois
- $1.05 billion (Mega Millions): Jan. 22, 2021; Michigan
- $768.4 million (Powerball): Mar. 27, 2019; Wisconsin
- $758.7 million (Powerball): Aug. 23, 2012; Massachusetts
- $731.1 million (Powerball): Jan. 20, 2021; Maryland
- $699.8 million (Powerball): Oct. 4, 2021; California
- $687.8 million (Powerball): Oct. 27, 2018; Iowa, New York
It’s possible the current Mega Millions jackpot could grow to more than $800 million before Tuesday’s drawing. Before last Tuesday’s drawing, the Mega Millions jackpot was an estimated $565 million and grew to $640 million before Friday’s drawing. There are a couple of factors that will impact just how big the Mega Millions jackpot gets over the next two days.
History could also repeat itself this January – if the Mega Millions jackpot reaches $1 billion, it would be the second time in the game’s history that a top prize hits such a mark during the first month of the year.
What likely won’t happen, though, are record-setting wins for Powerball and Mega Millions in January, like we saw in 2021 when jackpots in both games were hit within days of each other. Currently, the Powerball jackpot sits at $265 million, a far cry from the current Mega Millions jackpot.
The next Mega Millions drawing is scheduled for 11 p.m. ET Tuesday. Mega Millions is played in 45 states and the District of Columbia. Tickets are $2 and there are a total of nine ways to win a prize.
Nexstar’s Michael Bartiromo contributed to this report. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/mega-millions-jackpot-becomes-one-of-the-nations-largest-here-are-the-10-others/ | 2023-01-01 21:23:10 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/mega-millions-jackpot-becomes-one-of-the-nations-largest-here-are-the-10-others/ |
LEOMINSTER, Mass. (AP) — The music was blaring on a February afternoon when Francisco Torres stopped by a Massachusetts barbershop, proclaiming he was half-angel, half-devil.
He wanted a dozen people to come outside the shop and shoot him with an automatic weapon stored in his car trunk. Before anyone could make sense of the request, Torres fled the shop and drove off. They never saw a weapon and he didn’t return.
“I didn’t get what he was saying but then I realized he was talking about a gun. I told him there are kids in here, why are you saying this,” said Saul Perez, who was visiting friends at the shop and noted that an employee called 911, ushered children into the back and shut down the shop. “I was spooked.”
The incident took place about a week before Torres would be arrested for attacking a flight attendant and attempting to open the plane’s emergency door on a cross-country United flight from Los Angeles to Boston earlier this month.
Confrontations on flights have skyrocketed since the pandemic started, with some altercations captured and replayed endlessly on social media.
In a video taken by a fellow passenger, Torres loudly threatens to kill people and promises a bloodbath before charging the front of the plane, where a group of passengers tackled him down to the ground to restrain him.
He remains behind bars pending a mental health evaluation, with a judge ruling he “may presently be suffering from a mental disease or defect rendering him mentally incompetent.”
Torres objected to the evaluation through his federal public defender, Joshua Hanye, who didn’t return a call Thursday seeking additional comment. A relative for Torres would not comment on the case.
The flight attack was part of a decadeslong pattern of Torres demonstrating signs of a mental illness. He spent time in mental health facilities, according to lawsuits since closed that he filed in 2021 and 2022 against two hospitals in Massachusetts. Torres says he argued in one of the lawsuits that he was misdiagnosed for a mental illness and, in the other, that he was discriminated against for being vegan.
In December 2022, police confronted him at his house in Worcester County, where he was outside in his underwear saying he was protesting climate change, according to a police report. On another occasion in 2021, police responded to a call from his mother reporting that he was yelling “homicidal threats” out a window. He told police that he was in World War 3 and he had a special device giving him “super sonic hearing,” which he used to listen to his neighbors talking about him.
His case history demonstrates the challenges facing airlines and federal regulators when handling passengers like Torres. Especially since experts say data shows those with mental illnesses are more often the victims of crimes than those responsible for committing violent acts.
Despite repeated run-ins with police, authorities said that he rarely acted violent. He once was accused of grabbing his mother’s arm, but those charges were dismissed. He didn’t legally own a weapon, even though he often talked about guns. And there were no signs of trouble when he boarded that cross-county flight last month, a passenger said, or during the first five hours in the air.
“He is really a nonviolent offender,” said Leominster Police Chief Aaron Kennedy, who is familiar with Torres from previous run-ins. “This guy was pretty mild.”
And even if past incidents raised red flags, experts said there isn’t a whole lot that airline companies can or should be doing. Airlines say they don’t share banned passenger lists with each other, though there have been a few cases so notorious that the passenger’s name became widely known.
The FBI maintains a no-fly list for people suspected of terrorism, to which special agents and other approved government employees can submit names for consideration.
People with mental illnesses are not prohibited from getting on a plane, according to Jeffrey Price, an aviation-security expert at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Federal law gives U.S. citizens “a public right of transit through the navigable airspace,” he said.
Legislation backed by airlines and their labor unions was introduced in Congress last year to create a new no-fly list including people who were charged or fined for interfering with airline crews. The bills died without hearings in the Senate or House, but backers plan to re-introduce them later this month.
Several Republican senators opposed the proposal, saying it could be used to punish critics of the federal rule requiring passengers to wear masks — even to “equate them to terrorists.” From January 2021 to April 2022, while the federal mask mandate was still in effect, the vast majority of unruly-passenger cases reported by airlines involved disputes over masks, according to Federal Aviation Administration figures.
Some liberal groups also opposed the legislation, arguing that the current no-fly list of people suspected of terrorism is opaque and unfair.
The American Civil Liberties Union has sued the government several times over the last decade on behalf of people who didn’t know why they were on the list or how to be removed from it. The ACLU also has accused the FBI of putting some people on the list to pressure them to become informants in counter-terrorist investigations against Muslim communities in the U.S.
The captain of an airline flight can decide not to fly with a particular passenger on board, although flight attendants say this usually happens when a passenger appears to be drunk.
The government runs what it calls “trusted traveler” programs such as TSA PreCheck, which lets people who are fingerprinted and pass a background check speed through security without removing shoes, belts, jackets and laptops from their bags. People can be denied PreCheck for certain crimes, which extends to those who are found not guilty by reason of insanity. But of course people who are denied PreCheck can still fly.
Adding travelers like Torres to any no-fly list or barring them from a flight raises a host of logistical and constitutional questions. And determining who would get on a list would be controversial in a country that prides itself on protecting individual rights and keeping health information private by following strict HIPAA rules.
Plus, having a “mental health challenge” is “not a prediction, necessarily, that someone’s going to have outbursts, have unpredictable behavior,” said Lynn Bufka, a psychologist and the American Psychological Association’s associate chief of practice transformation. “That’s not going to be a good marker for determining whether or not someone should safely board.”
Before Torres became agitated and threatened those around him, fellow passenger Jason Loomis said he didn’t exhibit any strange behavior during boarding and was quiet for the beginning of the flight. Hours later though, Loomis witnessed his outburst. Initially, he spoke with Torres to try to calm him down, but when Torres’ anger escalated, Loomis joined other passengers in restraining him.
Still, Loomis said he couldn’t envision keeping Torres off the flight in the first place. Instead, he said it was a reminder that society needs to take better care of mentally ill people.
“I know there has been a lot of talk about airplane security and safety these days, but this was a very rare occurrence,” Loomis said. “It wasn’t like he was shouting in the airport. He wasn’t threatening anything. He was perfectly fine and then something just snapped.” | https://www.localsyr.com/health/flight-attack-raises-questions-about-security-mental-health/ | 2023-03-17 12:36:40 | 0 | https://www.localsyr.com/health/flight-attack-raises-questions-about-security-mental-health/ |
Dow is cutting about 2,000 jobs, or 5% of workforce
(AP) - Materials science company Dow is cutting about 2,000 jobs, or approximately 5% of its global workforce, as part of an effort to reach $1 billion in cost savings this year.
The Midland, Michigan-based company currently employs approximately 37,800 people.
Dow Inc. will take a charge of $550 million to $725 million in the first quarter. This mostly includes severance and related benefit costs; costs related to exit and disposal activities and asset write-downs and write-offs. Dow did not provide specifics but said it would evaluate assets with a focus on Europe.
The company also reported a fourth-quarter profit of $613 million, or 85 cents per share. Its adjusted profit was 46 cents per share, below the 57 cents per share that analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research were calling for.
Revenue totaled $11.86 billion, missing Wall Street’s estimate of $12.03 billion.
“In the fourth quarter, Team Dow continued to proactively navigate slowing global growth, challenging energy markets, and destocking,” Jim Fitterling, chairman and CEO, said in a statement. “In response, we shifted our focus to cash generation in the quarter as we lowered operating rates, implemented cost-savings measures, and prioritized higher-value products where demand remained resilient.
Shares fell 5.3% before the market open.
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Then-Vice President Joe Biden stood at a podium in the South Court Auditorium of the White House nearly 10 years ago as the leader of a task force formed to find solutions after a gunman killed 20 children and six teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
In 2016, Biden spoke to a group of Sandy Hook families and expressed hope that change was on the horizon with gun laws, noting it took him seven years of pushing as a senator before a decadelong assault weapons ban was enacted in 1994.
Wednesday will mark 10 years since the Sandy Hook massacre, but gun violence is as central to Biden’s politics as ever.
Perhaps more than any other issue, Biden has used his bully pulpit as president to push Congress to address gun violence, calling repeatedly for lawmakers to reimpose a ban on assault weapons as mass shooting after mass shooting devastates the country on a regular basis.
“Together, we’ve made some important progress: the most significant gun law passed in 30 years, but still not enough. Still not enough,” Biden said last week at the 10th annual Vigil for All Victims of Gun Violence.
White House officials and advocates believe the nation is in a different place in its ability to fight gun violence than it was 10 years ago, largely because of the work done by groups after the Sandy Hook shooting that have helped shift public attitudes and make incremental legislative progress.
But the regularity with which Biden issues statements after mass shootings — in Boulder, in Buffalo, in Uvalde, in Tulsa, in Highland Park, in Raleigh, in Colorado Springs — shows how much work there still is to do.
“One benefit of Biden’s long career in Washington is that we all know what issues animate him, and it’s clear that gun violence is at the top of that list,” said Eric Schultz, a former deputy press secretary in the Obama White House.
The Sandy Hook shooting led Congress to coming the closest it has in decades to reinstituting an assault weapons ban. But when it came to a vote in 2013, it only garnered 40 Senate votes because several Democrats from swing states voted against it.
Congress also failed to pass universal background checks in the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting. The 20-year-old shooter in Newtown, Conn., used a semi-automatic rifle and other guns legally purchased by his mother.
In the decade since, through executive action and legislation, the federal government has made progress on gun violence in other ways. Obama signed a package of executive orders after Sandy Hook with the help of Biden and his task force.
Biden has signed executive orders aiming to crack down on the use of ghost guns, which are more difficult to track and trace when they are used in crimes.
And Congress earlier this year passed bipartisan legislation bolstering red flag laws that make it easier for authorities to confiscate weapons from dangerous individuals, closing the so-called boyfriend loophole and enhancing background checks for those ages 18-21.
Groups like Everytown, Sandy Hook Promise, March for Our Lives and others have emerged in recent years to provide a counterbalance to the gun lobby. And polling has repeatedly shown stronger background checks and outlawing some semi-automatic weapons are popular with a majority of Americans.
Aides say the issue is personal for Biden, who has met with scores of survivors of gun violence and family members of victims during his time in government. In a 2016 speech to Sandy Hook families, he lamented that they shared something in common: They belonged to a “lousy club” of parents whose children had died before them. Biden lost his son Beau to brain cancer in 2015.
“He is consistent on this issue, and he’s been consistent for decades,” said Stefanie Feldman, a senior adviser on the White House Domestic Policy Council. “Because of that, he carries with him so many stories of people who have been directly impacted. He knows an assault weapons ban works. He knows other strategies to reduce gun violence work.”
Biden has talked at fundraisers and economic events, such as the signing of the Inflation Reduction Act, about banning assault weapons. A White House official said Biden will sometimes ask that a reference to banning assault weapons be added to speeches if it is not already included.
Biden traveled to Buffalo, N.Y., and Uvalde, Texas, following shootings at a grocery store and an elementary school, respectively. The president is expected to mark the Sandy Hook anniversary on Wednesday, and it is likely to renew attention on what still needs to be done to prevent future mass shootings.
Gun violence prevention advocates agree that not enough has been done to curb violence in the decade since the shooting at Sandy Hook. But, they say, progress has been made.
“The last 10 years have seen remarkable progress in building an effective social movement, the gun and safety movement, virtually from scratch. We have achieved more, I think, from a political advocacy standpoint than you might have expected when we first set out,” said Peter Ambler, executive director of Giffords.
“We’re hopeful that in the next decade that we’re going to be able to start seeing more of the effects of the policies that have been put in place and, more importantly, we’re going to be able to do more,” he said.
Zeenat Yahya, March For Our Lives policy director, said the uptick in gun violence since Sandy Hook is a clear indicator the problem persists.
“I don’t think enough has been done to curb gun violence in America, and particularly what’s really scary to me … what has really indicated that, obviously, is the fact that gun violence has increased so much over the years,” she said.
What gives advocates hope is the support for the gun violence prevention law that Biden signed in June.
Ambler called the gun control bill insufficient and narrow in scope but “an important validation of our strategy and our work over the past decade.” And it sets the stage for another 10 years of growth.
While Biden said as recently as last month that he was counting the votes to see if an assault weapons ban could pass Congress, the White House hasn’t given an update on if he has talked to lawmakers and its path to passage is unclear.
An assault weapons ban would need 60 votes in the Senate to bypass the legislative filibuster. Democrats will increase their majority next Congress to only 51 seats, while Republicans will hold a narrow majority in the House.
Advocates think that Biden should continue pushing for an assault weapons ban, even if he doesn’t have the votes.
“We need him to be able to do everything in his power possible to really apply pressure to Sen. [Charles] Schumer and to the Senate Dems, to get everybody on board and really just kind of go for it,” Yahya said. | https://wgntv.com/hill-politics/how-biden-keeps-focus-on-gun-violence-10-years-after-sandy-hook/ | 2022-12-13 14:48:19 | 1 | https://wgntv.com/hill-politics/how-biden-keeps-focus-on-gun-violence-10-years-after-sandy-hook/ |
Report shows that 19% of water samples tested across the nation indicate high levels of bacteria that exceed water quality criteria
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., May 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Surfrider Foundation today released its annual 2022 Clean Water Report to protect public health and clean water for all people. The report highlights Surfrider's Ocean Friendly Gardens program and results from the Blue Water Task Force, the largest volunteer-run beach water testing program in the country. The data from Surfrider's water quality program reveals that 19% of water samples tested nationwide measured high bacteria levels that exceed state health standards for recreational water.
In 2022, Surfrider's 53 Blue Water Task Force labs tested 9,095 water samples collected from 496 distinct sampling sites. Surfrider's results show that 70% indicated low bacteria levels, 11% had medium bacteria levels, and 19% measured high bacteria levels that exceed water quality criteria, or Beach Action Values, set by each state to protect public health in recreational waters.
"Through Surfrider's Clean Water Initiative, we strive to protect water quality and reduce pollution so it's safe to surf, swim and play in the ocean and in our coastal waterways," said Surfrider's Water Quality Initiative Senior Manager, Mara Dias. "As nearly 10 trillion gallons of untreated stormwater runoff flow into U.S. waterways every year, Surfrider chapters and activists are building awareness of water pollution problems and advocating for solutions to protect clean water and healthy coastal ecosystems for all people."
Surfrider's Blue Water Task Force data reveals chronic pollution problems and locations where local chapters are leading efforts to restore clean water. The report also highlights ten priority beaches from across the U.S. where Surfrider chapters are consistently measuring high bacteria levels that exceed state health standards. Surfrider volunteers test beaches that are typically not covered by state and local agencies, and monitor potential sources of pollution, such as stormwater outlets, rivers, and creeks that discharge onto the beach. Communities can find out how safe their local waterways are by checking the results of the Surfrider Foundation's Blue Water Task Force labs across the country.
The Surfrider network is not only testing the water, but it is also leading the nationwide Ocean Friendly Gardens program to solve pollution problems caused by stormwater and urban runoff. This sustainable landscaping and educational program helps to inform communities about how to protect and conserve clean water and support resilient coasts.
Visit surfrider.org to read Surfrider's Clean Water Report and learn how to get involved and help protect clean water and healthy beaches for the future.
About the Surfrider Foundation
The Surfrider Foundation is a nonprofit grassroots organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of our world's ocean, waves and beaches for all people through a powerful activist network. Founded in 1984 by a handful of visionary surfers in Malibu, California, the Surfrider Foundation now maintains over one million supporters, activists and members, with more than 200 volunteer-led chapters and student clubs in the U.S., and more than 800 victories protecting our coasts. Learn more at surfrider.org.
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Prime Day is a great time to score some of the most sought-after products at significant savings. This year, Prime Day will be on July 11 and 12, and while Amazon sells a nearly infinite variety of products, electronics feature heavily at its yearly midsummer sale. In particular, you’ll find a large number of previously released laptops on sale.
While it’s impossible to accurately predict every single laptop deal we’ll see in July, past events give a good indication of what kinds of products Prime Day 2023 will feature. We’ve included some of our favorites, such as the Apple 2022 MacBook Pro, which we tested and love for its elite performance, durable build and impressive battery life.
We’ve also rounded up the best early deals of Prime Day, so keep your eyes peeled as we approach the big sale.
The deals below were updated on June 22, 2023, at 12 pm EST.
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ANDERSON, Ind. — An Anderson woman is passing along the success of her business to benefit others.
But she is not just giving things away. Malia Songer, owner of Foreverbowens, has started a new drive for prom. You can help by donating items.
Songer says she is constantly holding fundraisers to be able to help those in need. She recently started collecting supplies to help young girls celebrate prom.
Her business is making customized items for people and also selling items she gets wholesale at a discounted price.
And when she had the opportunity to help those in need she took it. Songer is now partnering with the local library and another local company to help girls who can’t afford prom.
She’s asking people to donate makeup samples, nail polish, press-on nails and other accessories.
“I couldn’t imagine not being able to go to prom in high school as a girl and watch all your friends go to prom and have to stay back because of something you can’t control,” said Songer. “At the end of the day they’re high schoolers, but they’re still children. And no child should have to feel like they’re responsible that they can’t go because they can’t afford it.”
In the past, Foreverbowens has also done things like sell customized bracelets to give all the proceeds away.
Songer has made them for a woman whose mother had cancer and some for a family who lost their provider to a drug overdose.
Foreverbowens just celebrated its one-year anniversary on Sunday. Songer had an event with free food and big giveaways to families in need. | https://fox59.com/morning-news/pay-it-forward/anderson-woman-collects-beauty-products-for-prom/ | 2022-04-11 12:14:46 | 1 | https://fox59.com/morning-news/pay-it-forward/anderson-woman-collects-beauty-products-for-prom/ |
ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bidscale Connect is now live in Beta with an AI-powered market intelligence platform to power Federal contracting. Bidscale Connect is tailor-made to accelerate the contracting process for Government buyers and Industry vendors. The tool also provides community engagement to seamlessly collaborate on Federal contracting initiatives.
Technology is advancing at speeds faster than ever, while U.S. Government (USG) purchasing remains bottlenecked. Rules designed to promote fair and open competition make it difficult for the USG to buy quickly, rendering many procurement actions irrelevant upon delivery. The complexities of these Federal regulations intimidate and discourage participation by smaller vendors, causing further challenges in the Government's mission to drive an open and equal playing field. On average, it takes over 18 months of pursuit and business development before a Government contractor wins their first contract. That work includes identifying potential opportunities, marketing to clients, and complying with agency regulations. Bidscale Connect solves these challenges through automatic workflows and intelligent analytics purpose-built for Federal procurement.
"I had the chance to experience the communication gap between Government and Industry from both perspectives. As a business development professional, trying to understand and track shifting procurement timelines was an uphill battle. As a consultant supporting Contracting Officers, it was equally challenging to create market research and solicit feedback on draft documentation. Bidscale Connect bridges that gap and allows both sides to work together in creating the best solutions for our country," said Bidscale CEO, Tony Kwag. "It's a tool people are excited for; the number of people who joined our Beta waitlist showed there is a need for this type of product," he added.
Bidscale Connect opens the doors to both market intelligence and community engagement for the $700 billion Federal contracting market. Users can browse thousands of Federal contracting opportunities through the platform's easy-to-use search feature. While searching, AI-powered recommendations steadily hone in on a user's preferences and send additional opportunities of interest to them. This helps business development professionals spend less time searching and more time developing deals. Industry users can also communicate directly with Government and with each other through the platform to collaborate in real-time and form critical partnerships to win more contracting opportunities.
Bidscale Connect also caters to Government users, explains Bidscale Director of Business Development Raymond Britt. "Bidscale Connect helps Government users to work through the tedious procurement process faster than ever before. For example, market research that usually takes months or years can be completed in just hours, with the click of one button." By strengthening this communication mode, Bidscale Connect provides Government users unprecedented access to Industry feedback, real-time channels for market research, and analysis of initiatives from peer agencies.
Bidscale is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) product that accelerates the USG's ability to buy smarter, faster, and easier. Through intelligent software solutions, Bidscale provides the first community platform purpose-built to navigate the complexities of the Federal acquisition system.
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Elon Musk granting 'amnesty' to suspended Twitter accounts
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - New Twitter owner Elon Musk said Thursday that he is granting "amnesty" for suspended accounts, which online safety experts predict will spur a rise in harassment, hate speech and misinformation.
The billionaire's announcement came after he asked in a poll posted to his timeline to vote on reinstatements for accounts that have not "broken the law or engaged in egregious spam." The yes vote was 72%.
"The people have spoken. Amnesty begins next week. Vox Populi, Vox Dei," Musk tweeted using a Latin phrase meaning "the voice of the people, the voice of God."
Musk used the same Latin phrase after posting a similar poll last weekend before reinstating the account of former President Donald Trump, which Twitter had banned for encouraging the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection. Trump has said he won’t return to Twitter but has not deleted his account.
Such online polls are anything but scientific and can easily be influenced by bots.
In the month since Musk took over Twitter, groups that monitor the platform for racist, anti-Semitic and other toxic speech say it’s been on the rise on the world’s de facto public square. That has included a surge in racist abuse of World Cup soccer players that Twitter is allegedly failing to act on.
RELATED: Musk reinstates Trump's Twitter account after holding online vote
The uptick in harmful content is in large part due to the disorder following Musk’s decision to lay off half the company’s 7,500-person workforce, fire top executives, and then institute a series of ultimatums that prompted hundreds more to quit. Also let go were an untold number of contractors responsible for content moderation. Among those resigning over a lack of faith in Musk’s willingness to keep Twitter from devolving into a chaos of uncontrolled speech were Twitter’s head of trust and safety, Yoel Roth.
Major advertisers have also abandoned the platform.
On Oct. 28, the day after he took control, Musk tweeted that no suspended accounts would be reinstated until Twitter formed a "content moderation council" with diverse viewpoints that would consider the cases.
On Tuesday, he said he was reneging on that promise because he’d agreed to at the insistence of "a large coalition of political-social activists groups" who later "broke the deal" by urging that advertisers at least temporarily stop giving Twitter their business.
A day earlier, Twitter reinstated the personal account of far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, which was banned in January for violating the platform’s COVID misinformation policies.
Musk, meanwhile, has been getting increasingly chummy on Twitter with right-wing figures. Before this month’s U.S. midterm elections he urged "independent-minded" people to vote Republican. | https://www.fox4news.com/news/elon-musk-granting-amnesty-to-suspended-twitter-accounts | 2022-11-25 00:09:51 | 1 | https://www.fox4news.com/news/elon-musk-granting-amnesty-to-suspended-twitter-accounts |
BOSTON (AP) — Ruby Brown beamed with excitement in a community college gymnasium as she waited for Vice President Kamala Harris to take the stage at a political rally for the Democratic ticket in Massachusetts
“As soon as her name was announced, I said I had to find a way to go,” said Brown, 58.
The midterms are just days away, with control of Congress and statehouses across the country up for grabs, but Brown and her friends were really hoping for a hint of what might happen a few years down the line.
“That’s why we’re here,” said Lisa Palmer-Glover, 56. “To see what’s next on the plate.”
The comments are just a glimpse of the expectations and special scrutiny that Harris faces as the first person of color and first woman to be vice president — and someone who campaigned for the top job before agreeing to be Joe Biden’s running mate.
The vice presidency is never an easy position, requiring ambitious politicians to contort themselves into the role of sidekick. And it’s been particularly difficult for Harris. She’s a groundbreaking leader, a former U.S. senator and California attorney general. But she struggled with a portfolio of vexing challenges and internal staff turmoil soon after taking office.
Allies say she’s found a degree of stability since then, and they describe the midterm elections as an opportunity to project her own voice on issues such as reproductive freedom, which became a centerpiece of her message after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the nationwide right to abortion this year.
Now, with Democrats facing the possibility of a sweeping defeat at the ballot box next week, the party is bracing for another round of introspection about its future — and by extension, Harris’ own.
It’s not a conversation the vice president’s inner circle wants to have as Biden lays the groundwork for a second term even as he approaches his 80th birthday.
“They intend to run, and they intend to run together,” said Laphonza Butler, who was as an adviser to Harris’ presidential campaign and now leads Emily’s List, a political organization that supports women who favor abortion rights. “So until there’s another question, that’s the answer.”
Still, midterm campaigning for other Democrats is a chance for Harris, who recently turned 58, to nurture constituencies that supported her in the past and could again. Her travel has focused on young people, voters of color and women, including at historically black colleges and roundtable meetings on abortion.
In Boston on Wednesday, she rallied for a slate of all-female candidates, from governor down to auditor. And she told the crowd to “call your cousins who live in other states” to encourage them to vote for Democrats.
“Elections matter,” Harris said. “We got a lot done. And we still have more to do. And the stakes are high.”
Although Harris has a reputation for tying herself in linguistic knots, allies say she’s at her best when campaigning for others and — to borrow the rhetoric of the former district attorney’s failed presidential bid — prosecuting the case against Republicans.
With poll numbers that remain underwater, she’s steered clear of some of the tightest Senate campaigns in places like Arizona and Ohio. But her abortion advocacy has expanded her travels, taking her to Nevada and Wisconsin, where the president hasn’t campaigned.
She’s also chatted with social media influencers and called into radio shows in battleground states. She’s hosted more than a dozen fundraisers for the Democratic National Committee and visited Pennsylvania, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin, among other states.
Chris Lehane, a former Democratic strategist who worked for Vice President Al Gore, says the midterms are an opportunity to make a “political brand deposit.”
“You’re able to help folks who are running up and down the ticket. And they remember that,” he said.
Turnout among young voters tends to drop off in the midterms, with no presidential race to boost interest. So some of Harris’ work has focused on reaching them through social media personalities who have hundreds of thousands of followers.
“When you weigh in with your vote, you can get what you’re advocating for,” Harris told Hannah Bronfman, a health and wellness influencer. “But if you don’t vote, your voice won’t be heard.”
She also spoke with Keir Gaines, a therapist who creates online content about family relationships and mental health, to warn that “your auntie, your sister, your cousin, your daughter” are going to have less rights because of the Supreme Court’s abortion decision.
Harris can steer herself into rhetorical dead ends, causing her allies to cringe and her critics to try to turn them into viral videos. In September, she referred to the U.S. alliance with the “Republic of North Korea” after touring the Demilitarized Zone.
Nathan Barankin, who served as Harris’ chief of staff when she was a U.S. senator from California, said her gaffes are the result of being “someone who has been overly scripted, or someone who is very worried about deviating from a script that she didn’t create.”
“I would put her head to head with any of the best retail politicians, at least behind closed doors,” Barankin said. “What you see when she’s got 40 cameras pointed at her is usually not what she’s capable of.”
An October AP-NORC poll showed only about half of Democrats want Biden to seek a second term. But it’s not clear that voters are clamoring for Harris instead. When she ran for president, her campaign stalled before voting began, and now her favorable ratings lag behind Biden’s. That’s largely because she’s more unknown.
Only 37% of U.S. adults have a favorable view of Harris, according to the same survey. Another 49% view her unfavorably, while an additional 13% say they don’t know enough to say. Biden earns similar unfavorable ratings, but 45% say they have a favorable opinion of the president.
Young Americans in particular – those under 30 – are especially likely to say they don’t know enough to have an opinion of Harris.
A Saturday Night Live skit from last weekend envisioned a horror movie about Democrats’ chances in 2024 if Biden doesn’t run again. When a panicked voter suggests Harris as his successor, another one slaps him across the face. “Wake up!” she shouts.
Challenging Harris for the nomination, however, would be no easy task.
Rep. Jim Clyburn, a Democratic kingmaker in his home state of South Carolina, said over the summer that he would back Harris if Biden didn’t run. It was a noteworthy comment from a politician who helped secure Biden’s nomination by demonstrating his strength among black voters.
“Tell me who beats her in South Carolina?” said Cornell Belcher, a Democratic pollster.
Although being vice president can be a thankless task, no other job allows someone to take a dress rehearsal to be commander in chief. Her first foreign trip, to Guatemala and Mexico, was overshadowed by an awkward interview about migrant issues, when she tried to laugh off a question about visiting the U.S. southern border.
But she’s also made key appearances on the administration’s behalf, such as attending the Munich Security Conference shortly before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. She’s preparing for her third trip to Asia, with stops in Thailand and the Philippines, as the U.S. looks for ways to counter China in the region.
“She’s making me look good,” Biden said in Philadelphia last week. “And God love her. She’s more like my buddy and my sister, but I trust her with my life. I trust her completely.”
Lehane used a baseball metaphor to describe Harris’ evolution in the role.
“You don’t get to the Major Leagues if you can’t hit a Major League fastball,” Lehane said. “Rookies need to adjust to curveballs and sliders and the pitches that separate the majors from the minors.”
Over the past year, Lehane said, Harris has shown she can do just that.
Cedric Richmond, who worked in the White House before becoming a senior adviser to the Democratic National Committee, used an unprintable word to describe the narrative that Harris initially flailed in the job.
“I think she had a good first year,” he said. “I think she was overly scrutinized by the press, and she was a first in so many ways.”
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Associated Press writer Hannah Fingerhut contributed to this report.
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This is UB Community Development's fourth award, and in conjunction with United Bancorporation of Alabama, Inc.'s prior award represents a total of $315 million.
ATMORE, Ala., Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- UB Community Development, a subsidiary of United Bancorporation of Alabama, Inc., and affiliate of United Bank, announced recently that the U.S. Department of the Treasury has awarded it a $45 million New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) allocation. The award reflects United Bank and UBCD's commitment to enhancing the economic vitality of low-income communities in Alabama and Florida.
"UBCD is deeply appreciative of the CDFI Fund's continued support of our mission and acknowledgment of our capacity to work with our distressed communities," said Alex Jones, President of UBCD. "Our focus on funding businesses and non-profits that create quality jobs in low-income communities and essential community services such as healthcare in predominantly rural areas of Alabama and Florida is critical now as we recover from the pandemic and supply chain shortages amid the impact of inflation and the echoes of recession in our communities."
The New Markets Tax Credit program is designed to stimulate private investment and economic growth in low-income urban neighborhoods and rural communities that lack access to the capital to support and grow businesses, create jobs and sustain healthy local economies.
United Bancorporation of Alabama, Inc. (OTCQX: UBAB) is a $1.3 billion financial holding company that serves Southwest Alabama and Northwest Florida. United is a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), which recognizes its commitment to stimulating economic development in underserved communities. UB Community Development (UBCD) focuses on economic and community development through its New Markets Tax Credits, affordable housing, and community facilities programs. Member FDIC.
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(NEXSTAR) – Dogs come in all shapes, sizes, colors and breeds. Dog owners would also (almost always) agree that each pup’s personality is as unique as a snowflake, making for a one-of-a-kind companion.
When it comes to naming them, however, most of us are apparently just content to call our dogs “Luna” or “Bella” and be done with it.
This week, the American Kennel Club released its statistics on the most common dog names among AKC registered users, and monikers including “Luna,” “Bella” and “Max” (perhaps not surprisingly) topped the list in 2022.
“Dogs are an important part of our families, and people take great care in choosing a name,” said Gina DiNardo, the executive secretary of the American Kennel Club (AKC), in a somewhat contradictory statement included with an AKC press release.
“It’s fun to see if a dog’s personality is reflected in its name,” DiNardo added.
The AKC’s findings, which were divided into male and female lists, were presented as follows:
A comprehensive list of combined dog names for both sexes indicated “Luna” to be the most popular dog name among registered AKC members, followed by “Bella,” “Daisy,” “Max,” and “Milo.”
In compiling its 2020 list, the AKC drew from data submitted by its registered users, as well as dog owners who enrolled their pets in its Canine Partners program. A representative for the AKC would not disclose the total number of registered and enrolled dogs between both programs.
The findings, meanwhile, appear in line with a separate Aug. 2022 study from Bark.com, which found “Luna” to be the most popular dog name in a whopping 35 states across the country. “Bella” was the second-most popular, with “Max,” “Cooper” and “Daisy” rounding out the top five.
“When we analyze the names of dogs by state, the data is surprisingly homogenous,” Bark’s analysts wrote at the time. “Regardless of region or political leaning, we have commonality in what we name our pups as Americans, and the most popular name is Luna.” | https://www.ksn.com/entertainment/animals/american-kennel-club-the-most-common-names-for-dogs-in-2022/ | 2023-01-30 01:39:16 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/entertainment/animals/american-kennel-club-the-most-common-names-for-dogs-in-2022/ |
Successful agency with deep expertise in federal, state and municipal employee benefits will utilize Integrity's knowledge, experience and technology to power significant growth
DALLAS, Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Integrity Marketing Group, LLC ("Integrity"), a leading distributor of life and health insurance, and provider of wealth management and retirement planning solutions, today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Gott Professional Insurance Services ("GPIS"), an independent marketing organization ("IMO") headquartered in Sacramento, California. As part of the transaction, Johnny Gottstein, President and CEO of GPIS, will become a Managing Partner in Integrity. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Gottstein founded GPIS in 2007 to help federal and state employees obtain and make the most of their benefits. Since then, GPIS has become a recognized national expert in the federal employee market and has expanded to provide insurance and financial services products to municipal employees and members of the military. The company's systematic sales process thoroughly trains agents from marketing to sales support, paving the way for consistent and persistent success. Built on a firm foundation of hard work and community service, GPIS's impactful work has helped thousands of Americans feel more confident about their retirement decisions.
"At Integrity, our passion for innovating insurance drives everything we do, especially as we develop solutions to help our partners achieve greater success," explained Bryan W. Adams, Co-Founder and CEO of Integrity. "Technology that's centered on people is critical to the future of many companies like GPIS. Joining Integrity provides GPIS with a roadmap for growth supported by best-in-class resources, shared services and cutting-edge insurtech systems and platforms. We're always thrilled to welcome dedicated leaders like Johnny Gottstein and his team into the Integrity family — together, we'll make a bigger impact and I can't wait to see how we can serve even more Americans, especially those in public service, with their life, health and wealth protection needs."
GPIS will accelerate its momentum by embracing Integrity's comprehensive suite of insurtech solutions. This platform of technology and services includes Integrity's proprietary MedicareCENTER and Mobile App, powerful customer relationship management software, extensive and accessible data and analytics, and world-class marketing and advertising capabilities. Leveraging Integrity's shared administrative services will powerfully impact GPIS's growth by streamlining time-consuming administrative functions. Areas of support available to all partners include People & Culture, Technology & Innovation, finance, legal and compliance.
"Integrity is a clear leader in our industry. When you work with strong leaders and contribute your own experience and expertise, you can make a huge difference in the lives of those you serve," explained Johnny Gottstein, President and CEO of GPIS. "Everything Integrity stands for aligns with what we've been building at GPIS. We're both committed to caring for our clients and offering them the best products and opportunities in the marketplace, which makes this partnership a great fit. By ourselves, we could only go so far. With Integrity, we'll create something very special together."
GPIS's distinct expertise in government employee benefits adds depth and diversity to the Integrity partner network — a rapidly growing collective of industry leaders who are innovating all aspects of insurance and financial services. This network of innovators is constantly developing and optimizing solutions that protect the life, health and wealth of all Americans more holistically, helping them plan for the good days ahead.
Integrity, one of the nation's fastest growing companies, offers all partner companies the significant benefit of meaningful employee ownership through the Integrity Employee Ownership Plan.
"It was very important to me to partner with a company whose interests were aligned with those of my employees," Gottstein continued. "Our hardworking employees and agents deserve the best opportunities we can provide. I know they'll take pride in being part of an organization that shares its success through Integrity's Employee Ownership Plan."
For more information about GPIS's partnership with Integrity, view a video at www. integritymarketing.com/GPIS.
Integrity, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is a leading distributor of life and health insurance, and provider of innovative solutions for wealth management and retirement planning. Through its partner network, Integrity helps millions of Americans protect their life, health and wealth with a commitment to meet them wherever they are — in person, over the phone and online. Integrity's cutting-edge technology helps streamline the insurance and financial planning experience for all stakeholders. In addition, Integrity develops products with carrier partners and markets them through its nationwide distribution network. Integrity's nearly 6,000 employees work with approximately 500,000 agents and advisors who serve more than 11 million clients annually. In 2022, Integrity will help carriers place almost $20 billion in new sales and oversee more than $30 billion of assets under management and advisement through its RIA and broker-dealer platforms. For more information, visit www.integritymarketing.com.
Gott Professional Insurance Services (GPIS) is headquartered in Sacramento, CA. Established in 2007, GPIS provides insurance and financial products and services to specialized markets of federal, state, and municipal governments and small business employees. GPIS represents some of the largest insurance and financial companies in the country and continues to maintain its focus on educating clients through workshops and individualized information. In 2021, they served over 5,000 Americans and produced over $80 million in annual paid premium. For more information, visit www.gpis4u.org.
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MONTREAL (AP) — Pedro Meraz says living in Colima, Mexico, was like living in a war zone, with shootings, burning cars and dismembered bodies being left outside of schools.
When his wife Rocio Gonzalez, a 28-year-old lawyer who worked with abused women, began receiving death threats from a cartel and the local authorities ignored her pleas for assistance, they knew they had to leave.
“They knew where we lived and what car we drove,” said Meraz, 41, who taught at The University of Colima, near the Pacific Coast and about 300 miles (485 kilometers) west of Mexico City. “Feeling that you are going to lose your life, or one of your daughters, I don’t mind starting from scratch.”
The family is part of a surge in the number of Mexicans who have requested asylum in Canada this year. Due to the relative ease of obtaining asylum in Canada compared to the U.S., visa-free travel between Mexico and Canada, and the threat of violence back home, more than 8,000 Mexican nationals have sought refugee status in 2022. That’s almost five times as many as last year and more than twice as many as in 2019, the last year before the COVID-19 pandemic and the travel restrictions that accompanied it.
The vast majority of them are flying in to Montreal, which has many direct flights to and from Mexico.
Among them is Viviana Tapia Gonzalez, a human rights activist and mother of four from Aguascalientes, about 265 miles (425 kilometers) northwest of Mexico City, who said she left Mexico in January after being attacked by the military. She said her work with the families of missing and murdered women and girls made her a target.
“Death threats were constant,” she said. “I thought it was the last option I had to be safe. I work for many causes and help many people. I did not want to stop helping, but I must also protect (and) take care of myself.”
Tapia Gonzalez has been living in a Montreal women’s shelter while awaiting a decision on her asylum claim, which she fears might get rejected.
If her claim is turned down, she wouldn’t be alone.
In the first nine months of 2022, the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, an independent tribunal that investigates and decides asylum cases, finalized more than 2,700 claims by Mexican asylum seekers. Of those, 1,032 were accepted, 1,256 were rejected; and the remaining 400-plus were either abandoned, withdrawn, or had other outcomes, said Christian Tessier, an IRB spokesperson.
In Canada, claimants must meet the United Nations’ definition of a “convention refugee,” meaning they are outside of their home countries and have a well-founded fear that they would be persecuted if they returned based on their race, religion, political opinions, nationality or affiliation with a social group. Otherwise, they must prove that they need protection and can’t safely return to their home countries without risking torture, cruel or unusual punishment, or death.
Despite the risk of rejection, though, the surge in Mexicans seeking refugee status in Canada persists.
The Welcome Collective, a Montreal-based charitable organization that provides essential goods to new asylum seekers, said half of the group’s current clients came from Mexico — a 300% increase compared with earlier this year.
“They had to run away because of violence and other humanitarian reasons. To find a better place for their children,” said Flavia Leiva, the group’s volunteer and social outreach coordinator.
As for what is causing the increase in applicants, Leiva suggested that social media is playing a role.
“There have been YouTubers and some videos on TikTok talking about how easy it is to come to Canada,” she said.
At least one YouTube video that was published 10 months ago and made for a Mexican audience explains the Canadian immigration process in Spanish and has more than 4 million views.
It has been harder for Mexicans to seek asylum in the U.S. since the start of the pandemic. A U.S. public health rule that suspends the right to seek asylum on the grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19 has fallen disproportionately hard on Mexicans. Title 42 authority has been used to expel migrants more than 2.4 million times since it was introduced in March 2020.
Further adding to Canada’s allure is that Mexicans haven’t needed a visa to travel to the country since the Canadian government lifted the requirement in late 2016.
Leiva also suggested that more Mexicans might be choosing to come to Canada instead of the United States because they think it’s safer.
“In the U.S., they are put in cages, the conditions are not as good,” Leiva said. “People do not feel safe or protected.”
Meraz said he and his family decided that Canada would offer them the best chance to start over.
“My wife investigated the existence of international treaties to protect people who are at risk,” he said.
He referenced Canadian policies and regulations protecting women and children in addition to the country’s comparatively low crime rate.
“The U.S. was never in our minds, since there is a lot of violence … attacks where many innocent people die,” said Meraz. “Canada, statistically, has a very low rate of violence and its quality of life is much better than the USA.”
He said his family chose Montreal instead of some other Canadian city because of logistics, though he’s having second thoughts.
“If you were to ask me right now if I would choose another place, then maybe,” said Meraz, noting that he and his family must now learn French.
Hayet Mohammed, who manages the French language program at Carrefour Solidarité Anjou, a nonprofit that helps newcomers settle in Quebec, said not only is obtaining refugee status easier in Canada, but there are plenty of resources for asylum seekers once they arrive.
“They can work as soon as they have their refugee status and are entitled to (French) courses given by the (Ministry of Immigration in Quebec) which gives them financial assistance and finally, there are many work opportunities, and they are not at risk of finding themselves unemployed,” said Mohammed.
“Being a newcomer myself with my little family, there is no other country that gives immigrants so many facilities in terms of training, work and child benefits. All these things make people leave their countries of origin and come to make their lives here, thousands of miles away from their families,” she said.
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PLAINS, Ga. — Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter are marking their 77th wedding anniversary with a quiet Friday at their south Georgia home, extending their record as the longest-married first couple ever as both nonagenarians face significant health challenges.
The 39th president is 98 and has been in home hospice care since February. The former first lady is 95 and has dementia. The Carter family has not offered details of either Jimmy or Rosalynn Carter’s condition but has said they both have enjoyed time with each other and a stream of family members, along with occasional visits from close friends, in recent months.
“As we have looked back at their legacy, it has been really wonderful to see the outpouring of support and respect and love,” grandson Jason Carter said recently. “That word love is really the one that defines certainly their personal relationship, but also the way they approach this world.”
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter have been on the American and international stage together for a half-century. What they described as “full partnership” began years earlier in the Carter family farm business before his political career and their decades of global humanitarian work since leaving the White House in 1981 and establishing The Carter Center the following year.
Through the center, Jimmy Carter conducted multiple diplomatic missions, working with the blessings of his Oval Office successors, even as he sometimes rankled them. The former president and center employees have monitored at least 114 elections across Asia, Africa and the Americas since 1989. They have recently turned their efforts to U.S. elections.
Among their public health outreach, the center’s Guinea worm eradication program has nearly conquered the water-born parasite once prevalent in the developing world. Known cases measured in the millions in the mid-1980s when Jimmy Carter set a goal of eradicating Guinea worm disease. There were fewer than two dozen cases in 2022 and, as of earlier this spring, the center had yet to document a case in 2023.
Rosalynn Carter, meanwhile, took her signature policy issue — mental health treatment and advocacy — beyond the White House and established an annual fellowship for journalists to concentrate on mental health reporting. She also advocated widely for better services for caregivers, a focus the Carter family highlighted earlier this year when they announced the former first lady had dementia.
Beyond the Carter Center, the couple became the most famous volunteers for Habitat for Humanity, the international outfit that builds, repairs and renovates homes for low-income people. The Carters first volunteered for Habitat in 1984, taking a bus from Georgia to the New York City worksite along with other volunteers. They would soon begin hosting annual builds bearing the former president's name, donning hardhats with volunteers into their late 80s and early 90s.
“Everything they’ve done is really just an extension of what they started and who they were in the White House,” said Donna Brazile, a former Democratic Party chairwoman who got her start in politics on Carter’s presidential campaigns. “Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter are just good, decent people.”
The Carters married July 7, 1946, in their hometown of Plains. But their relationship extends to the cradle.
Jimmy Carter’s parents were friends of Rosalynn’s parents. The future president’s mother was the nurse who delivered Eleanor Rosalynn Smith at the Smith family home in 1927. “Miss Lillian” returned to the Smith home a few days later with her eldest son, preschooler Jimmy, to meet the new baby. The Carters moved to a farm in nearby Archery, just outside of Plains, not long after, though the Carter children and Smith children would continue to see each other at school in Plains.
Rosalynn would become a close friend of Jimmy's sister Ruth, who played the part of matchmaker during one of her elder brother's visits back home from the U.S. Naval Academy. Jimmy and Rosalynn married soon after he graduated. They left Plains with no intention of returning other than as visitors. But in 1953, James Earl Carter Sr. died, leaving behind the family’s farming and warehouse enterprise. Without consulting Rosalynn, the young lieutenant decided to leave the Navy and move his young family back to Georgia.
The future president, who became an advocate for women’s rights and nominated more women and non-white people to federal posts than any of his predecessors, later called it inconceivable that he did not consult his wife. Yet over the ensuing years, Rosalynn Carter became a key partner in the family business.
“I knew more on paper about the business than he did. He would take my advice about things,” she told The Associated Press in a joint interview with her husband ahead of their 75th anniversary in 2021.
That continued in politics, as Rosalynn Carter proved herself a skillful campaigner and forceful policy advocate in her own right, overcoming her youthful shyness that the former president has depicted in his writing and painting.
“My wife is much more political,” he said in the interview.
Beyond their longevity, both Carters credit their long marriage to open communication and their shared Christian faith.
“Every day there needs to be reconciliation,” the former president said in 2021. “We don’t go to sleep with some remaining differences between us.”
The pair also have enjoyed hobbies together for years — sometimes even competitively. Before they became frail, they enjoyed playing tennis, hiking and cycling together. Both prolific writers, they sometimes raced to finish drafts of books. Fishing often involved competition, too, and they continued to fish into their 90s on their property in Plains. They added bird watching in recent decades as they slowed down physically.
For all their common joys, Rosalynn Carter added another component of a successful marriage. “Each should have some space,” she said. “That’s really important.” | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/nation-world/jimmy-rosalynn-carter-77th-anniversary/507-ddaae69f-5e47-4bf1-be54-d71701434ac1 | 2023-07-07 07:13:37 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/nation-world/jimmy-rosalynn-carter-77th-anniversary/507-ddaae69f-5e47-4bf1-be54-d71701434ac1 |
Russia tries to press its offensive into Ukraine’s east
POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) - Russian forces tried Monday to press their offensive deeper into eastern Ukraine after taking control of a key stronghold.
The Ukrainian military confirmed that its forces had withdrawn from the city of Lysychansk, the last bulwark of Ukrainian resistance in the Luhansk province, one of the two regions that make up the country’s eastern industrial heartland of Donbas. The Russians also control about half of Donetsk, the second province of Donbas.
Luhansk governor Serhii Haidai said Ukrainian forces retreated from Lysychansk to avoid being surrounded.
“There was a risk of Lysychansk encirclement,” Haidai told the Associated Press, adding that Ukrainian troops could have held on for a few more weeks but would have potentially paid too high a price.
“We managed to do centralized withdrawal and evacuate all injured,” Haidai said. “We took back all the equipment, so from this point withdrawal was organized well.”
Then Ukrainian General Staff said Russian forces were now focusing their efforts on pushing toward the line of Siversk, Fedorivka and Bakhmut in the Donetsk region. The Russian army has also intensified its shelling of the key Ukrainian strongholds of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, deeper in Donetsk.
On Sunday, six people, including a 9-year-old girl, were killed in the Russian shelling of Sloviansk and another 19 people were wounded, according to local authorities. Kramatorsk also came under fire on Sunday.
An intelligence briefing Monday from the British Defense Ministry supported the Ukrainian military’s assessment, noting that Russian forces will “now almost certainly” switch to capturing Donetsk. The briefing said the conflict in Donbas has been “grinding and attritional,” and is unlikely to change in the coming weeks.
While the Russian army has a massive advantage in firepower, military analysts say that it doesn’t have any significant superiority in the number of troops. That means Moscow lacks resources for quick land gains and can only advance slowly, relying on heavy artillery and rocket barrages to soften Ukrainian defenses.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has made capturing the entire Donbas a key goal in his war in Ukraine, now in its fifth month. Moscow-backed separatists in Donbas have battled Ukrainian forces since 2014 when they declared independence from Kyiv after the Russian annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea. Russia formally recognized the self-proclaimed republics days before its Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine.
Putin’s defense minister reported to him Sunday that the Russian army and its separatist allies now hold all of the Luhansk region after taking “full control” of Lysychansk.
In his nightly video address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy acknowledged the withdrawal, but vowed that Ukrainian forces will fight their way back.
“If the command of our army withdraws people from certain points of the front where the enemy has the greatest fire superiority, in particular this applies to Lysychansk, it means only one thing: We will return thanks to our tactics, thanks to the increase in the supply of modern weapons,” Zelenskyy said.
Since failing to take Kyiv and other areas in Ukraine’s northeast early in the war, Russia has focused on Donbas, unleashing fierce shelling and engaging in house-to-house combat that devastated cities in the region.
Russia’s invasion has also devastated Ukraine’s agricultural sector, disrupting supply chains of seed and fertilizer needed by Ukrainian farmers and blocking the export of grain, a key source of revenue for the country.
In its Monday intelligence report, Britain’s defense ministry pointed to the Russian blockade of the key Ukrainian port of Odesa, which has severely restricted grain exports. They predicted that Ukraine’s agricultural exports would reach only 35% of the 2021 total this year as a result.
As Moscow pushed its offensive across Ukraine’s east, areas in western Russia came under attack Sunday in a revival of sporadic apparent Ukrainian strikes across the border. The governor of the Belgorod region in Western Russia said fragments of an intercepted Ukrainian missile killed four people Sunday. In the Russian city of Kursk, two Ukrainian drones were shot down, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
In other developments:
— Ukrainian soldiers returning from the front lines in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region — where Russia is waging a fierce offensive — describe life during what has turned into a grueling war of attrition as apocalyptic.
— Two Russian airplanes departed Bulgaria on Sunday with scores of Russian diplomatic staff and their families amid a mass expulsion that has sent tensions soaring between the historically close nations, a Russian diplomat said.
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Associated Press journalists Maria Grazia Murru and Oleksandr Stashevskyi contributed from Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Porsche is recalling more than 193,000 cars and SUVs spanning nearly two decades for a missing screw cap on the headlight housing that can cause excessive glare for oncoming drivers. The recalls encompasses the Macan and Cayenne crossover SUVs, the Panamera sedan and wagon, and the Cayman S sport coupe, the NHTSA disclosed on Monday.
What sounds like a small issue affecting a lot of vehicles may be more than meets the eye. The missing screw cap acted as a seal on the angle and adjustment of a headlight. Without that sealing cap, the headlight could be inadvertently adjusted to a setting that could cause excessive glare to other motorists, or limit the driver’s vision in the affected vehicles.
Most of the Porsches affected by the recall are older models, and mostly Cayennes. Here’s the list:
2003-2006 Porsche Cayenne
2008-2014 Porsche Cayenne
2016-2017 Porsche Cayenne
2003-2006 Porsche Cayenne S
2008-2009 Porsche Cayenne S
2011-2015 Porsche Cayenne S and S Hybrid, E-Hybrid
2006 Porsche Cayenne Turbo and Cayenne Turbo S
2008-2015 Porsche Cayenne Turbo
2009-2010, 2014, 2016 Porsche Cayenne Turbo S
2008-2010, 2013-2014, 2016 Porsche Cayenne GTS
2010 Porsche Cayenne Transsyberia
2013-2015 Porsche Cayenne Diesel
2015 Porsche Macan S and Turbo
2018 Porsche Macan S
2020 Porsche Macan
2010-2016 Porsche Panamera S, 4S, Turbo, and Turbo S (2012-2016)
2011-2016 Porsche Panamera and Panamera 4
2012-2016 Porsche Panamera S Hybrid and S E-Hybrid (2015-2016)
2013-2016 Porsche Panamera GTS
Owners can expect a recall notice by mail as early as Oct. 29, 2022, as well as a reimbursement offer for owners who have already fixed the issue out of pocket. Porsche dealers will inspect the headlights for sealing caps and install missing caps where necessary, free of charge. For more info, contact Porsche’s customer service at 1-800-767-7243 or visit Porsche’s recall website.
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- Ford Expedition, Lincoln Navigator recalled for fires under the glovebox | https://www.ksn.com/automotive/internet-brands/porsche-recalls-nearly-200000-vehicles-for-possible-headlight-glare/ | 2022-09-19 21:49:14 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/automotive/internet-brands/porsche-recalls-nearly-200000-vehicles-for-possible-headlight-glare/ |
GOP lawmakers poised to end special session on abortion ban
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican legislators in Wisconsin were poised Wednesday to meet in a special session Democratic Gov. Tony Evers called to repeal the battleground state’s dormant abortion ban and quickly adjourn without taking any action.
Wisconsin adopted a ban on abortion except to save the mother’s life in 1849, year after the territory became a state. The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Roe v. Wade ruling that essentially legalized abortion nationwide in 1973 nullified the ban.
The court is expected to overturn Roe v. Wade this month, which would allow Wisconsin’s ban to go back into effect. Evers on June 8 called the Legislature into a special session Wednesday to repeal the ban.
Republicans have blasted the move as a political stunt designed to please the Democratic base as Evers faces reelection in November. GOP leaders in the Assembly and Senate planned to gavel in to start the special session around noon Wednesday and then end it by gaveling out immediately.
The state ban will likely be challenged in court should Roe v. Wade be overturned.
One major question is how the ban would interact with a related state law passed in 1985 that prohibits abortions after the fetus has reached viability but has an exemption for women whose health could be endangered by continuing the pregnancy. Abortion-rights groups have argued for a broad interpretation of that exemption to include a woman’s emotional and mental health.
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, a Democrat, has said he thinks the 1849 law is too old to enforce. He has also said he will not investigate or prosecute doctors who perform abortions if the old law does take effect again.
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How does Jason Oppenheim feel about Selling Sunset's upcoming seasons now that Christine Quinn has left the show?
While the Oppenheim Group president told TMZ he didn't "know the details" of her departure and that he doesn't "get involved in that stuff," he didn't seem worried.
"We have such a strong team," Jason told the outlet on Aug. 18. "We have two new really strong women. Zero concerns about season six and seven being our best."
Netflix previously announced that Bre Tiesi and Nicole Young are joining the Selling Sunset cast and that production was starting this summer. In fact, a few of the show's stars—including Chrishell Stause, Mary Fitzgerald, Chelsea Lazkani and Heather Rae El Moussa—have recently posted photos of themselves filming.
When asked who's "going to become the villain" on the real estate series and "bring the heat," Jason told TMZ, "There are a lot of strong personalities, including two new women. So, I don't want to use the word villain, but I think that there's going to be interesting dynamics that will appear."
But would he ever be up for Christine making a return? "I think it'd be cool if she popped on," Jason said, "but again, I don't get involved."
A source close to Christine told E! News on Aug. 17 that she's leaving Selling Sunset after appearing on the show for five seasons. The insider said the decision was a mutual one and that her exit made sense given that she isn't involved with many of the cast members anymore.
So, what is she doing instead? Christine and her husband Christian Dumontet founded their own brokerage, RealOpen, and the source said she also wants to focus on fashion.
Jason made it clear that he and Christine are still friends and that he wishes her nothing but the best.
"You know, I always follow my agent's lead," he told TMZ, when asked if the decision around her departure was mutual. "I always want them to do what's best for themselves. I know she's starting her own thing, and I supported her in that. I would never question any agent's decision in their professional endeavors. I always think that they're capable of making their own decisions. I'll advise and support, but I would never get upset at anyone for leaving. Honestly, I want the best for Christine, and if she thinks that's best, then I support that."
Last season, Christine missed the Selling Sunset reunion and said she had tested positive for COVID-19 (although, she was spotted working on a campaign with Real Housewives of New Jersey star Melissa Gorga a few days later).
"I did test positive [for COVID-19]," Christine told E! News' Daily Pop in May. "I had a campaign due the next day. Like, I gotta get my bag at the end of the day. So, I was fine. I didn't miss out on anything."
But this wasn't the only drama. Emma Hernan also alleged on Selling Sunset that an associate of Christine's had offered Emma's client $5,000 on Christine's behalf to stop working with Emma and to work with Christine instead. However, Christine denied the allegation on the reality series, saying, "There's absolutely no truth to this."
While premiere dates for seasons six and seven of Selling Sunset have yet to be revealed, fans can catch up on the first five seasons on Netflix now. | https://www.eonline.com/news/1342787/jason-oppenheim-reacts-to-christine-quinn-s-selling-sunset-exit | 2022-08-19 20:50:06 | 1 | https://www.eonline.com/news/1342787/jason-oppenheim-reacts-to-christine-quinn-s-selling-sunset-exit |
DALLAS (AP) — Travelers flying home from July Fourth getaways faced flight delays Monday, but airlines were canceling fewer flights than in the days leading up to the holiday weekend.
Since holiday weekend travel picked up on Thursday, airlines have canceled more than 2,200 U.S. flights, and another 25,000 were delayed.
Airports were packed.
More than 9 million flyers flocked to U.S. airports between Thursday and Sunday, peaking at 2.49 million, a pandemic-era record, on Friday, according to figures from the Transportation Security Administration.
By late Monday afternoon on the East Coast, more than 2,200 U.S. flights had been delayed and more than 200 canceled, according to FlightAware.
The good news: Those numbers were down sharply from recent days.
Flying during the peak vacation season has always been challenging. Big crowds and summer thunderstorms can quickly overwhelm an airline’s operations. That has been compounded this summer by shortages of pilots and other workers.
“It’s not just in North America, it’s everywhere,” said John Grant, an analyst for OAG, a travel-date provider based in the United Kingdom. “It’s a combination of available resources and demand picking up much more quickly than anyone anticipated.”
Grant said labor shortages in Europe and North America have affected airlines, their suppliers including caterers and aircraft fuelers, airports and air traffic controllers. He sees no reason to think the situation will improve anytime this summer.
In the U.S., the rate of cancellations over the last two weeks is up 59% from the same period in 2019, before the pandemic, likely due to a combination of weather, staffing shortages and air-traffic issues.
However, the rate of delayed flights is only slightly worse than it was in the last summer before the pandemic — 19.7% then, 21.5% now, according to FlightAware numbers.
While some of the disruption was due to bad weather, especially along the East Coast for part of the weekend, airlines also made unforced errors.
American Airlines accidentally dropped pilot assignments for thousands of flights in July because of a glitch in its scheduling program. A spokesman for the airline said Monday that the problem had been fixed and crew assignments had been restored for “the vast majority” of flights. He said the issue had no effect on July Fourth travel.
Ed Sicher, the new president of the union representing American’s pilots, said the airline had disregarded their contract by unilaterally reassigning pilots to about 80% of the affected flights.
Sicher said the union and airline are negotiating extra pay for pilots who had trips dropped, then restored during “this debacle.” | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/airlines-cancel-fewer-flights-as-july-4-weekend-ends/ | 2022-07-05 13:35:17 | 0 | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/airlines-cancel-fewer-flights-as-july-4-weekend-ends/ |
Agassi, McEnroe, Chang, and Roddick Compete for a $1 Million Dollar Purse at the Pickleball Slam on April 2
LOS ANGELES, March 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Iconic American heritage and performance Tennis brand K-Swiss is thrilled to announce its sponsorship of the 2023 inaugural Pickleball Slam being held on April 2nd, 2023, at the Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida.
As a Pickleball Slam's official sponsor, K-Swiss will provide all footwear and apparel for the Pickleball Slam and Amateur Pickleball Slam referee and ball handlers. The specially designed collection is not only for the staff members but is also available for purchase on K-Swiss.com, allowing fans to celebrate this exciting tournament.
Created and produced by Horizon Sports & Experiences (HS&E) and InsideOut Sports & Entertainment (ISE), the Pickleball Slam is a first-of-its-kind tournament featuring tennis legends, John McEnroe, Andre Agassi, Andy Roddick, and Michael Chang competing for a $1 million dollar purse. This must-see sports spectacle will be televised live exclusively on ESPN at Noon (ET).
"We are excited to sponsor and partner for the 2023 Inaugural Pickleball Slam. We support the sport of tennis, as well as the growing and popular sport of pickleball." said David Malinowski, Director of Tennis for K-Swiss. "It's an honor to provide our high-performance footwear and apparel to the ball handlers and referee, ensuring they have the support and comfort they need to achieve their roles at the highest level."
"We are thrilled to have K-Swiss join our growing list of sponsors for the inaugural Pickleball Slam," said Neal Gluckman, SVP/Head of Sales, Horizon Sports & Experiences. "K-Swiss is an iconic brand known for its on-court performance and style. We're excited to partner with a brand that has a strong heritage in tennis and a growing fanbase in pickleball."
The Pickleball Slam will be preceded on March 31 and April 1 by the Amateur Pickleball Slam Challenge, featuring top amateur teams of two competing for a $10,000 team prize. The winners will also have the chance to compete against the tennis legends on April 1.
For more information, visit www.thepickleballslam.com.
The full court collection of tennis and pickleball footwear and apparel is available on K-Swiss.com.
ABOUT K-SWISS
From the beginning, K-Swiss was driven by an entrepreneurial spirit when two Swiss brothers moved to California to create a footwear brand focused on tennis. As avid skiers, the brothers took inspiration from leather ski boots to create a supportive, leather tennis shoe. Introduced in 1966, the K-Swiss Classic was the world's first all-leather tennis shoe. It quickly gained worldwide acclaim and became a style statement both on and off the court, worn casually in country clubs and just as fashionably on city streets. Now, 57 years later, K-Swiss is building from its heritage as an American tennis brand and writing new chapters in its storied history. Paying homage to the hard work of our founders and the competitive nature of the game that inspired it all, K-Swiss is dedicated to outfitting and inspiring the next generation of tennis players and injecting that same inspiration and energy into other racquet sport and lifestyle products.
ABOUT HORIZON SPORTS & EXPERIENCES (HS&E)
Horizon Sports & Experiences (HS&E) is an affiliate of Horizon Media, the largest U.S. media agency according to AdAge Data Center 2022, and provides a unique and complementary combination of sports, experiential marketing, and media capabilities. HS&E has a core focus on IP creation and monetization, strategic advisory and consulting, media rights, sponsorship, sales, and experiential, Metaverse, and Web3.0 strategy and activation. HS&E is led by co-CEOs David Levy and Chris Weil.
ABOUT INSIDEOUT SPORTS + ENTERTAINMENT (ISE)
InsideOut Sports + Entertainment (ISE) is a Los Angeles based independent event producer founded in 2004 by former world No.1 and Hall of Fame tennis player Jim Courier and former SFX and Clear Channel executive Jon Venison. InsideOut owns and operates numerous proprietary events and promotions including Champions Series Tennis, the Legendary Night Series, The World Series of Beach Volleyball, Major League Pickleball and numerous customized private and public outings. To date, InsideOut has produced over 300 events in 44 states and 12 countries and is committed to a strong charity tie-in with every public event it owns or produces. Since inception, InsideOut events have contributed over $5 million to various charitable causes.
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WACO, Texas — Two more Sun Belt teams get their shots at ranked teams Saturday, a week after two top-10 teams lost to Group of Five programs on the same day for the first time in the College Football Playoff era. Both winners came from that same fun conference.
There is probably no reason, however, to put No. 2 Alabama and 17th-ranked Baylor on upset alert. Even after those Sun Belt shockers in Week 2.
Alabama (2-0) slipped out of the No. 1 spot in the AP Top 25 after escaping Texas with a 20-19 victory, but is listed as a nearly seven-touchdown favorite for its home game against Louisiana-Monroe (1-1).
Louisiana-Monroe’s 21-14 win at Tuscaloosa in 2007 was part of a four-game Tide losing streak late in coach Nick Saban’s first season there. The team is coached by Terry Bowden, who was Auburn’s coach from 1993 until midway through the 1998 season.
Texas State (1-1) is a more than a four-touchdown underdog going to Baylor (1-1). Since becoming an FBS team in 2012, the Bobcats are 0-9 against Top 25 teams and lost those games by average margin of nearly 34 points.
SEC teams Kentucky and Arkansas each play FCS opponents after big jumps to round out the latest top 10. The ninth-ranked Wildcats, who rose 11 spots in the Top 25, play Youngstown State. The No. 10 Razorbacks jumped six spots before hosting Missouri State and former coach Bobby Petrino, who will be coaching his first game in Fayetteville since getting fired 10 years ago.
The What to Watch rundown for this week of college football, presented by Regions Bank:
BEST GAME
No. 12 BYU at No. 25 Oregon
After playing without two starting receivers in its overtime win over Baylor, BYU will try to get consecutive wins over ranked teams for a second straight season.
In their final season as a football independent before going to the Big 12, the Cougars could put themselves in a strong position with a win, especially with potential showcase games in October against Notre Dame and Arkansas.
The Ducks have the opportunity to really bounce back before Pac-12 play. While they scored 70 points last week, that was in a win over Eastern Washington. Oregon opened with a 49-3 loss to now-No. 1 Georgia.
HEISMAN WATCH
As a true freshman at Oklahoma midway through last season, Caleb Williams unseated preseason first-team AP All-America quarterback Spencer Rattler, who had also been considered one of the early leading Heisman candidates.
This past offseason, Williams followed coach Lincoln Riley to Southern California, where he is second in the Pac-12 with 331 total yards a game. He has completed 39 of 49 passes (79.6%) for 590 yards with six touchdowns and no interceptions, and run for 72 yards.
NUMBERS TO KNOW
15 — Defending Sun Belt champion Louisiana-Lafayette’s winning streak, the nation’s best.
80 — Consecutive AP poll appearances for Notre Dame since Sept. 17, 2017, before the Fighting Irish fell all the way out of the rankings from ninth this week after its 0-2 start. Marcus Freeman is the first Irish coach to open his career 0-3, counting last season’s Fiesta Bowl.
1,349 — Games the Texas Longhorns will have played in their history come Saturday. That is 10 times more than UTSA, its opponent, which will play its 135th.
UNDER THE RADAR
UTSA at No. 17 Texas
After its near-upset of future SEC foe Alabama, the Longhorns play their third consecutive home game to start the season in a first-time meeting against UTSA, a school in the same university system and less than 90 miles away.
The Roadrunners, in only their 12th season of football, got in the Top 25 for the first time last year. They have gone to overtime in both games this season (a loss to Houston and a win over Army). Sixth-year senior UTSA quarterback Frank Harris is the national leader with 394.5 total yards per game.
HOT SEAT
Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher isn't anywhere near losing his job, not when he is making $9 million a season and signed through 2031. But there is certainly some concern among Aggies faithful about this season, Fisher’s fifth, potentially going off the rails.
After being stunned at home last week by Appalachian State, Texas A&M hosts 13th-ranked Miami in its final home game until the last Saturday in October. After that, the offensively challenged Aggies play No. 10 Arkansas in suburban Dallas then have trips to Mississippi State and No. 2 Alabama.
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DALLAS (AP) — The people killed in a shooting at a mall near Dallas include two elementary school-age sisters, a couple and their 3-year-old son, a young engineer and a security guard. The victims represent a multicultural cross-section of the area’s increasingly diverse suburbs.
Cox Elementary School students Daniela and Sofia Mendoza, grades four and two, were among those slain Saturday at Allen Premium Outlets, according to officials in the Wylie Independent School District. They were remembered as “the kindest, most thoughtful students with smiles that could light up any room,” Principal Krista Wilson said in a letter to parents.
Also killed at the outdoor shopping center were three members of a Korean American family: a couple and one of their sons, who was 3. Another son was wounded and was still hospitalized, said Myoung-Joon Kim, head of mission at the Consulate of the Republic of Korea in Dallas. The parents were identified by the Texas Department of Public Safety as Kyu Song Cho, 37, and Cindy Cho, 35.
Andria Gaither, assistant manager at the mall’s Tommy Hilfiger store, said she was devastated to learn that one of the dead was Christian LaCour, a 20-year-old security guard who previously worked at the clothing store and often stopped in to chat. Gaither herself had run for her life when shots rang out,
Just a few nights earlier, she had called LaCour when a customer wanted in after hours. He came and asked the man to leave, then offered a security escort to her and two teenage employees.
“He wanted us to feel safe,” Gaither said.
“I’m just in shock,” she added. “He was very young, very sweet, came in all the time to visit with us.”
Also killed was Aishwarya Thatikonda, 26, who was from India, held a graduate degree in construction management and worked as a civil engineer at the Dallas-area firm Perfect General Contractors.
She was “always prepared to give her very best,” company founder Srinivas Chaluvadi said via email.
He said her parents live in Hyderabad, India, where her father is a judge.
“She came to the United States with a dream to make a career, build a family, own a home and live forever in Dallas,” Chaluvadi said.
Chaluvadi said Thatikonda would have turned 27 next week and she had become like family: “She attended birthday parties at my home, we celebrated festivals together and we had family dinners.”
An aunt of the Mendoza sisters said their mother was still hospitalized and asked for prayers.
“Please pray for our now broken family. The girls have left a void that nothing in the world could ever fill. Please pray for their mom, my sister, and her broken heart,” wrote Anabel Del Angel in a fundraising post verified by GoFundMe. She also asked for prayers for the girls’ father.
Jena Blue, who lives down the street from the Mendoza family, has been to their garage sales and seen Ilda Mendoza walk her two daughters to school.
“She just seemed like a mom just like me,” Blue said.
For Halloween, she said the Mendozas would have a screen playing movies while another neighbor would serve snacks and drinks.
“Whenever you would round the corner right by their house, you’d get like a hot dog, a treat and chips. And watch a movie,” Blue said.
DPS identified the eighth victim as Elio Cumana-Rivas, 32.
Authorities are still trying to piece together what led to the attack, which ended when the suspected gunman — 33-year-old Mauricio Garcia — was fatally shot by police.
Federal officials are looking into whether Garcia expressed an interest in white supremacist ideology, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. The official cautioned that the investigation is in its early stages.
Federal agents have been reviewing social media accounts they believe Garcia used, as well as posts that expressed interest in white supremacist and neo-Nazi views, said the official, who could not discuss details of the investigation publicly and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.
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Alvarez reported from New York and Reynolds from Louisville, Kentucky. Associated Press writers Michael Balsamo in Washington, Terry Tang in Phoenix and Audrey McAvoy in Honolulu contributed.
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The award, named after NSF co-founder and first executive director Walter F. Snyder, honors those who contribute to the advancement of environmental and public health
ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NSF, a global public health and safety organization, and the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA), representing more than 6,000 members of the environmental health workforce, announced today that Captain (CAPT) Luis O. Rodriguez, MS, REHS/RS, CP-FS, CPO, DAAS, is the 2022 recipient of the Walter F. Snyder Environmental Health Award. CAPT Rodriguez, a Senior Environmental Health Specialist for the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) assigned to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), received the award on June 30 at the 2022 NEHA Annual Education Conference. He has dedicated his career of more than 20 years to safeguarding environmental health and safety.
"It is an incredible honor to be recognized by my peers and be part of those professionals seeking to improve environmental health services across the nation," said Rodriguez.
The Snyder Award was created in 1971 in honor of Walter F. Snyder, co-founder and first executive director of NSF. Presented by NSF and NEHA, it is awarded annually to individuals who continue Snyder's legacy through outstanding contributions to environmental and public health.
"From improving emergency preparedness to strengthening environmental health programs nationwide, Luis has spent his entire career demonstrating his commitment to improving and protecting public health," said Pedro Sancha, President and CEO of NSF. "We have witnessed Luis' dedication firsthand at NSF through his active participation on the NSF Joint Committee of Food Equipment and NSF Council of Public Health Consultants. His efforts and support have had a lasting value and positive impact on public health and safety. Through these achievements and many more, Luis has proved himself worthy of the Walter F. Snyder Award."
For the past two decades, CAPT Rodriguez has served in fundamental roles addressing environmental hazards and improving environmental health services. In his role at the CDC, he leads efforts to modernize the national environmental health workforce by helping state and local health departments improve the collection, integration, dissemination and use of data related to environmental health services.
Through his extensive work in vessel sanitation, CAPT Rodriguez helped prevent the introduction of acute gastroenteritis into the U.S. from cruise ships sailing from foreign to domestic ports since 2010. He directed more than 3,000 operational and construction inspections, numerous outbreak surveillance and investigations, more than 50 training seminars for cruise ship managers, and, most recently, served on deployments to address the COVID-19 pandemic. He regularly collaborates with numerous partners, including NSF, NEHA, Conference of Food Protection, and state jurisdictions to improve environmental health.
"Luis has established an impressive track record of consensus-building and servant leadership throughout his career in environmental health, both in the United States and beyond," said David T. Dyjack, Dr.PH, CIH, Executive Director and CEO of NEHA. "Most recently, his leadership has been leveraged through a total of four CDC deployments to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic in cruise ships, emergency intake sites and more. Luis continues to be called upon by our nation in recognition of his expertise in environmental health, vessel sanitation, and emergency preparedness and response."
In his previous role at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), CAPT Rodriguez oversaw the manufacturing and processing of FDA-regulated products, responded to multiple national disasters, and served as a program expert for international food and bioresearch monitoring inspections. His efforts ensuring FDA-regulated products were safe for consumers, recalling unsafe products from the market, and responding to emergencies earned him great recognition.
CAPT Rodriguez has received numerous awards for his leadership and commitment to environmental health. He most recently received a USPHS Outstanding Service Medal as well as the National Center for Environmental Health and the Agency for Toxic Substances Disease Registry's Excellence in Quantitative Sciences Award. He was also nominated for the USPHS Environmental Health Officer Advisory Committee's (EHOPAC) Ted Moran Award. On July 1, he was promoted to USPHS Captain.
In addition to his roles with USPHS and CDC, CAPT Rodriguez serves as a NEHA technical advisor on emergency preparedness and peer reviewer and author of the NEHA Journal of Environmental Health; voting member of NSF's Joint Committee of Food Equipment and Council of Public Health Consultants; member of the Commissioned Officer Association Board of Directors; member of the Hispanic Officers Advisory Committee (HOAC); and mentor for CDC, HOAC, and EHOPAC. He holds a BA in science and education and an MS in environmental health from the University of Puerto Rico, as well as PhD studies in public health from Walden University.
Snyder Award nominations are open to the public with recipients selected by a juror panel of environmental health leaders. For more information about the Walter F. Snyder Award or to nominate a colleague for next year's award, visit NSF's website.
For media interviews, please contact Anj Oto at media@nsf.org or Chana Goussetis at cgoussetis@neha.org.
NSF is an independent, global organization that facilitates standards development to minimize adverse health effects and protect the environment. With clients in more than 100 countries, NSF tests and certifies products for the food, water, health sciences, and consumer goods industries. Founded in 1944 at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, NSF is committed to protecting human health and safety worldwide. NSF is a Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Water Quality, Food Safety, and Medical Device Safety.
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) is a professional organization with more than 6,000 members working in environmental health in the public and private sectors as well as in universities and uniformed services. It publishes the peer-reviewed Journal of Environmental Health providing a valuable resource for the complete spectrum of environmental health topics. NEHA's mission, "to build, sustain, and empower an effective environmental health workforce" is as relevant today as it was when the organization was founded through NEHA's training, education, networking, professional development and policy.
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"The Legends Mint" NFT Collection Brings Iconic Photographs to a New Generation and Creates a Parallel Revenue Stream to Traditional Gallery Print Sales for Photographers
MELVILLE, N.Y., June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Canon U.S.A. Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, announced that several members of its exclusive Canon Legends program have partnered with Immutable Image to create NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) from a limited collection of their photographs and publish them as a collective. "The Legends Mint" will drop on June 30, 2022, using the Solana blockchain on OpenSea, one of the world's largest peer-to-peer NFT marketplaces. Immutable Image and Canon are dedicated to bringing iconic photography direct from photographers to the NFT community in innovative and accessible ways.
Canon Legends is a program created by Canon to honor and preserve the legacy and leadership of some of the most accomplished photographers of our time and former members of its renowned Explorers of Light program. Legends participating in this first-of-its-kind Canon Legends NFT collection include Sam Abell, Barbara Bordnick, Gregory Heisler, Ryszard Horowitz, Walter Iooss, Jr., Melvin Sokolsky, and Joyce Tenneson.
"Canon understands that advancements in technology can translate to new platforms for sharing iconic works, which is what the world of NFTs is doing for photography," explains Tatsuro "Tony" Kano, executive vice president and general manager of Canon U.S.A.'s Imaging Technologies & Communications Group. "Canon wanted to help some of its Legends explore this medium and needed to find an organization familiar with blockchain technology and who, at their core, had an appreciation for photography and the arts. When Immutable Image approached us with their mission and impressive credentials in this space, we knew they were the right partner for these photographers."
"We are honored and very excited to be working with some of the most renowned names in the history of photography and look forward to introducing some of their iconic photos to a new visual platform and a new generation of collectors," said Bjorn Iooss, co-founder of Immutable Image and veteran professional photographer. "Our mission is to support both the photographic and NFT communities by building a new and diverse group of collectors for this culturally vital visual art form and introducing the work of these seven legendary photographers is an incredible start."
The Legends Mint
"Minting," in the world of NFTs, is a term used for publishing tokens (in this case, photographs) on the blockchain to make them available for others to purchase. Immutable Image is curating "The Legends Mint" collection of seven legendary photographers whose works focus on sports, fashion, fine art, portraiture, travel, still life, and pre-digital special effects photography. Each photographer is offering exceptional photographs to "The Legends Mint," with a total supply of editions to be announced. There will be exclusive 1/1 NFTs available from each participating photographer along with multiple edition NFTs.
All participating purchasers of this Mint will receive a randomly selected, unique NFT photograph from "The Legends Mint." Purchases will not include copyright or commercial rights to the image itself. Instead, it will present a unique and limited edition NFT, much like the purchase of a traditional, limited-edition print from a gallery or directly from the artist. The rarity and variance of what purchasers receive will be in the edition size of the image, the artist, and the imagery itself.
"I have to admit that the notion of selling my work in limited editions or as one-of-a-kind art on a digital platform that offered no tangible hard-copy print was a bit foreign to me, but equally intriguing," explained Canon Legend Ryszard Horowitz, who is widely recognized as a pioneer of special effects photography predating digital imaging. "I've always been attracted to new ways of creating and sharing my work, so I thought this was an interesting opportunity to explore. I'm also honored and thrilled to be collaborating with these other legendary photographers, most of whom I've known my entire career and I'm grateful to Canon for bringing us together."
In addition to creating a truly fair and affordable way to collect iconic photography, NFTs are generating a completely new channel for photographers to generate revenue. "The sale of NFTs and traditional print sales are parallel offerings that can co-exist together," explains Bjorn Iooss. "In fact, NFTs can provide revenue in perpetuity," he said, explaining that photographers will continue to receive commissions on the resale of photographs already on the Blockchain, something they do not receive in the traditional open market. "Photographers traditionally received payment from the initial sale of a print, but nothing from the resale of that same print. This changes everything."
About the Participating Canon Legends
Sam Abell – National Geographic magazine photographer
Barbara Bordnick – Internationally renowned portrait and fashion photographer
Gregory Heisler – "The eye of an artist, the mind of a scientist, and the heart of a journalist"
Ryszard Horowitz – Pioneer of special effects photography
Walter Iooss Jr – "The Rembrandt of sports photography"
Melvin Sokolsky – One of the great editorial fashion photographers of our time
Joyce Tenneson – A master of the haunting, ethereal, mystical photographic style
For more information about the Canon Legends, please visit:
https://canon.us/nft
About Canon U.S.A. Inc.
Canon U.S.A., Inc., is a leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions to the United States and to Latin America and the Caribbean markets. With approximately $30.6 billion in global revenue, its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE: CAJ), as of 2021 has ranked in the top-five overall in U.S. patents granted for 36 consecutive years† and was one of Fortune Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies in 2022. Canon U.S.A. was featured in Newsweek's Most Loved Workplaces list for 2021, ranking among the top 100 companies for employee happiness and satisfaction at work. Canon U.S.A. is dedicated to its Kyosei philosophy of social and environmental responsibility. To keep apprised of the latest news from Canon U.S.A., sign up for the Company's RSS news feed by visiting www.usa.canon.com/rss and follow us on Twitter @CanonUSA.
About Immutable Image
Immutable Image is dedicated to creating a broad and inclusive new collector community for ownable and authentic digital works of the most iconic photographers past, present, and future. Partnering with the top NFT marketplaces, leaders in Web3, and metaverses, Immutable Image has built a vibrant blockchain-agnostic channel network for its artists and community to thrive. They were founded in 2021 by Jeffrey Caldwell and Bjorn Iooss.
https://www.immutableimage.com/
†Based on weekly patent counts issued by United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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Winter Weather Advisory issued March 5 at 10:42AM MST until March 5 at 3:00PM MST by NWS Missoula MT
* WHAT…Snow. Additional snow accumulations of up to one inch.
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Highway 93 Lost Trail Pass to Gibbonsville, Lemhi Pass, and
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* WHEN…Until 3 PM MST this afternoon.
* IMPACTS…Plan on slippery road conditions.
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SAO PAULO (AP) — Telegram’s CEO said Thursday that the social media company will appeal a Brazilian judge’s decision to block access to its platform in Brazil for failing to hand over data on neo-Nazi activity. He claimed compliance was “technologically impossible.” In a statement posted to his Telegram account, Pavel Durov said that when local laws or unfeasible requirements counter his company’s mission — “to preserve privacy and freedom of speech around the world” — it sometimes has to quit markets.
Telegram has been blocked in the past by governments, including Iran, China and Russia, while in the latter country. Kremlin partisans have employed it as a digital weapon in President Vladimir Putin’s war of conquest in Ukraine.
Durov said the Brazilian federal judge who ordered the suspension Wednesday “requested data that is technologically impossible for us to obtain.” He claimed to be defending Brazilian users’ “right to private communication” but did not elaborate.
Telegram users can post publicly to channels they create or join — or communicate privately. The company says “secret chats” between individual users can be encrypted.
United Arab Emirates-based Telegram’s press office did not respond to questions emailed by The Associated Press or sent via the app to a company media representative.
In addition ordering the blocking of Telegram, which Brazilian internet providers and wireless carriers enforced, the judge set a daily fine of about $200,000 for noncompliance. Durov did not say whether Telegram intends to pay.
The ruling from a federal court in Espírito Santo state said “the facts shown by police authorities show a clear purpose of Telegram of not cooperating with the investigation.” Police are especially keen on Telegram content related to school violence.
The development comes as Brazil grapples with a wave of school attacks, including one in November in which a man with a swastika pinned to his vest shot four people to death and wounded 12 in the small town of Aracruz in Espírito Santo state.
Brazil’s federal government has strived to stamp out school violence with a particular focus on the supposedly nefarious influence of social media.
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SHENZHEN, China, Oct. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Uahpet, creator of the world's first truly wireless cat water fountain, joined Amazon's Prime Early Access Sale on October 11 and were warmly received by the market. Sales of their flagship product – Uahpet Wireless Cat Water Fountain - reached almost 1,000 units in the first 24 hours of the sale. This represented a 500% increase over average daily sales.
Trusted by doting cat parents, Uahpet's Wireless Cat Water Fountain has received over 75% five-star ratings on Amazon. The product's 120-day maximum battery life and the world's first real wireless design bring fresh water, care, and safety to our lovely furry friends and family members.
Uahpet proudly announced plans to expand the business in Canada on September 21st, with a vision to deliver safer and easier pet parenting experiences to Canadian cat parents with their Wireless Cat Water Fountain.
For more details about Uahpet's Wireless Cat Water Fountain: https://youtu.be/Rc3TFG8gI4k
Like human beings, our feline companions need to be well-hydrated. Water is critical to cat health and overall well-being as it prevents urinary tract disorders and benefits kidney function by flushing toxins.
However, as a species that originally inhabited desert environments, cats naturally have a low thirst drive. They don't gravitate to water the way dogs do, and often suffer from chronic low-level dehydration. Therefore, depriving a cat of water can be dangerous or even fatal.
To complicate matters further, most cats instinctively prefer to drink from water sources that are trickling or running, as their evolutionary experience has taught them that drinking stagnant water is more likely to make them sick.
To solve this pain point and to motivate cats to drink, Uahpet designed the Wireless Pet Water Fountain to fulfill cat parents' needs. The product benefits your fluffy friends in several ways -
Keeps the water source fresh and clean. Uahpet Wireless Cat Water Fountain has the added advantage of aerating the water. The six-level filtration system helps increase the purification effect to get the freshest water. The filter contains KDF, quartz sand, coconut activated charcoal, and ion exchange resin. It will filter and recirculate the water, so it remains fresh for your pet. So, Uahpet's Wireless Water Fountain is more hygienic than a traditional water bowl. It'll help to keep your kitty safe from urinary infections and diseases.
Creates a safer environment for cats to drink. Flowing freshwater is what cats enjoy most. They associate flowing water with a safe source of hydration. A cat water fountain can be more tempting for cats to drink out of than the usual water bowls with stagnant water. They can be a fun and effective way to encourage your cat to drink more and drink safely. This means, your feline companion is staying better hydrated throughout the day.
Pet-friendly real wireless design. Wires and cords can be a hazard for both you and your cat. Uahpet's Wireless Water Fountain is safe and smart because it has no plugs for you and no dangerous wires for your cat. This battery-operated water fountain doesn't have dangerous wires your pet might otherwise get tangled in. This adds a tremendous benefit for multi-pet households.
The easy-to-install and maintenance-free fountain not only provides cats with fresh, clean, running water, but provides peace of mind for pet parents knowing their pets will not run out of water.
Extra-large tank - With this feature, Uahpet's Wireless Water Fountains are great for both cats and small dogs. It features a two-liter (67.6 OZ) storage capacity tank that is enough for all-day drinking. Those half-filled water bowls are now a thing of the past.
Long-lasting battery life - The battery can be used for up to 120 days depending on how often your pets drink from it. Just fill it with water, and the pets will be kept hydrated all day long.
Rechargeable with USB chargers - The external water pump is rechargeable with a USB charger, which is eco-friendly and safe for the planet and your pets, respectively.
Ultra-quiet performance - Uahpet's Wireless Cat Water Fountain is the perfect solution for pet parents who are suffering from noises at night, as its ultra-quiet performance will not disturb the sleep of pet parents. It's ideal for timid cats as well, creating a tranquil, safe and wholesome environment for your beloved fluffy family members.
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Nov. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A. (NASDAQ: CRESY, BYMA: CRES), leading Argentine agricultural company, announces today its results for the first quarter of FY 2023 ended September 30, 2022.
HIGHLIGHTS
- The net result for the first quarter of fiscal year 2023 registered a profit of ARS 5,233 million compared to ARS 5,195 million in the same period of 2022.
- The adjusted EBITDA for the period reached ARS 7,955 million, 14.3% lower than the same period in 2022. The adjusted EBITDA of the agribusiness segments was ARS 2,808 million, 57.3% lower than the first quarter of the previous year, mainly explained by lower production results from the sugarcane activity in Brazil.
- The 2023 campaign is developing with sustained international commodity prices and good margins per hectare, despite the increase in costs and the Niña climate effect in the region. We expect to plant approximately 260,000 ha.
- During the quarter, our subsidiary Brasilagro acquired the Panamby farm of 10,800 hectares (5,400 productive hectares), located in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, for the sum of BRL 285.6 million and, after closing, completed the sale of a fraction of its Morotí field in Paraguay for the sum of USD 1.5 million.
- During the period, we finalized the stock repurchase plan launched in the previous year. The company acquired 0.96% of the capital stock for the sum of ARS 990 million.
- Since November 11, 2022, the Company made available to shareholders a cash dividend in the amount of ARS 3,100 million, equivalent to ARS 5.29/share and ARS/ADS 52.86.
Financial Highlights
(In millions of Argentine Pesos)
3M FY 2023 ended September 30, 2022
Cresud, leading Argentinean agricultural company with a growing presence in Latin American countries, cordially invites you to participate in its first quarter of the FY 2023 Results Conference Call on Monday, November 14, 2022, at 10:00 AM Eastern Time / 12:00 PM BA Time.
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(CNN) — The amount of oxygen on a missing submersible with five people on board is becoming a vital issue, some experts say, as more advanced equipment is rushed to the North Atlantic Ocean in a complex international search operation now at its most critical juncture.
The submersible, known as “Titan,” begins each trip to explore the wreckage of the Titanic with an estimated 96 hours of life support and has been missing since Sunday morning, setting up Thursday morning as a key target for finding the vessel and those on board.
Banging noises detected on Tuesday and Wednesday from underneath the water in the massive search area have provided hope for survivors – but it’s like finding a needle in a haystack and time is of the essence, experts say.
Inside the 21-foot submersible, with rudimentary controls and no room for its passengers to stretch out, the crew would have had “limited rations” of food and water, officials have said.
“We have to remain optimistic and hopeful,” Capt. Jamie Frederick, the response coordinator for the First Coast Guard District said during a news conference Wednesday.
As aircraft perform searches from above and remotely operated vehicles probe underwater, the number of assets in the search operation is expected to double in the next day or two, Frederick said Wednesday.
A Canadian Coast Guard boat with sonar capabilities, the John Cabot, arrived on scene Wednesday to join the search. The US Navy is also sending a lift system that can pull heavy undersea objects from up to a depth of 20,000 feet to help with recovery if the submersible is found.
“We’ll continue to put every available asset that we have in an effort to find the Titan and the crew members,” Frederick said.
The search area for the missing submersible stretches about two times the size of Connecticut on the surface and goes down as deep as two-and-a-half miles, according to Frederick.
“It’s going to be almost impossible. We need a miracle – but miracles do happen,” oceanographer and water search expert David Gallo told CNN.
When banging noises were heard in the search area, crews redirected remotely operated vehicles to explore their origin, according to the US Coast Guard. The underwater sounds detected by sonar devices on Tuesday first came every 30 minutes and were heard again four hours later, according to an internal US government memo update on the search.
However, it remains unclear whether the noises are from the missing submersible, Frederick said. Naval experts were analyzing recordings of the sounds to determine their origin. “I can’t tell you what the noises are,” he said.
Various environmental factors in the ocean are likely complicating efforts to identify the noises, said Rick Murcar, who is the international training director for the National Association of Cave Divers.
Currents in the water can deflect the sound so that it appears like it is coming from miles away from where the actual source is, Murcar explained.
He likened the effort to locate the noise to trying to pinpoint a specific snare drum in a stadium full of cheering fans and other instruments.
The Titan, operated by OceanGate Expeditions, lost contact with its mother ship Sunday about 1 hour and 45 minutes its dive to explore the Titanic’s wreckage – a trip the company offers for prices starting at $250,000, an archived version of the company’s website shows.
Aboard the Titan are OceanGate CEO and founder Stockton Rush, a source with knowledge of the mission plan said, along with British businessman Hamish Harding, Pakistani billionaire Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood, and French diver Paul-Henri Nargeolet, according to relatives and social media posts. Officials have not publicly named those aboard.
Searchers are “very aware of the time sensitivity around this mission,” said a representative of the company that owns the Polar Prince, the support vessel that carried Titan to the site of the Titanic shipwreck.
Harsh conditions on the submersible
As aircraft, ships, sonar buoys and robots comb through the ocean, experts warn that conditions are likely dire aboard the 23,000-pound submersible – especially if it’s still deep underwater.
Ret. Navy Capt. David Marquet, a former submarine captain, described Wednesday what he imagines the five passengers are experiencing in the Titan submersible.
Titan’s passengers are likely thirsty and hungry, and very uncomfortable, Marquet told CNN’s Jake Tapper.
“They’re freezing cold. The water entirely surrounding the ship is at freezing or slightly below. When they exhale, their breath condenses. There’s frost on the inside of the parts of the submarine,” Marquet said. “They’re all huddled together trying to conserve their body heat. They’re running low on oxygen and they’re exhaling carbon dioxide.”
He said the submersible has a “limited ability” to absorb the exhaled carbon dioxide, which at high levels could trigger headaches, confusion and nausea.
“The oxygen and the carbon dioxide and the freezing are what they got to hold onto as long as possible to give the rescuers the time they need,” Marquet added.
Those onboard will need to conserve energy, said Joe MacInnis, a physician and renowned diver who’s made two trips to the Titanic wreck.
“Resting, breathing as little as possible, and trying to keep calm – that is the most important thing,” he told CNN early Wednesday.
The last communication between the vessel and its mother ship, the Polar Prince, came in at 11:47 a.m. Sunday. With no GPS underwater, the submersible is only guided by text messages from the surface ship.
Josh Gates, host of Discovery Channel’s “Expedition Unknown,” went on a test dive on OceanGate’s Titan in 2021 and called news of the missing submersible “surreal” and “haunting.”
“In the course though of going out on Titan, and diving down inside of it, it just became clear to us at that time that there was a lot that needed to be worked out with the sub,” Gates told CNN’s Anderson Cooper Wednesday. “A lot of the systems worked but a lot of them really didn’t. We had issues with thrusters and issues with computer control and things like that. Ultimately, it was a challenging dive.”
Gates and his team ultimately decided not to go through with filming a segment on the vessel, Gates said.
“We were inside Titan for two or three hours and there were a lot of things that weren’t really ready for prime time, it seemed,” he said, adding that he couldn’t get comfortable with the Titan at that time.
OceanGate declined safety review of Titan submersible, industry leader says
The disappearance of Titan and the international dash to find it have put the company that operated it under the microscope.
CNN has learned of at least two former OceanGate employees who expressed safety concerns about the vessel’s hull years ago, including the thickness of the material used and testing procedures. The 23,000-pound craft is made of highly engineered carbon fiber and titanium.
OceanGate Expeditions strayed from industry norms by declining a voluntary, rigorous safety review of the vessel, according to an industry leader.
If OceanGate had pursued a certification review “some of this may have been avoided,” Will Kohnen of the Marine Technology Society told CNN on Wednesday.
The company also faced a series of mechanical problems and inclement weather conditions that forced the cancellation or delays of trips in recent years, according to court records.
The scuttled excursions led to a pair of lawsuits in which some high-paying customers sought to recoup the cost of trips they said they didn’t take. The complaints alleged that the company overstated its ability to reach the Titanic wreckage.
OceanGate did not respond to the claims in court and could not be reached for comment.
Some expeditions were delayed after OceanGate was forced to rebuild the Titan’s hull because it showed “cyclic fatigue” and wouldn’t be able to travel deep enough to reach the Titanic’s wreckage, according to a 2020 article by GeekWire, which interviewed the company’s CEO.
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FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Alex Morgan and Mallory Swanson scored and the United States defeated Brazil 2-1 on Wednesday night to win the SheBelieves Cup for the fourth straight year.
Japan, which defeated Canada 3-0 in the earlier match at Toyota Stadium, was runner-up in the four-team, round-robin tournament. All four SheBelieves Cup teams will play in Women’s World Cup this summer in Australia and New Zealand.
Morgan’s curling goal sailed out of reach of Brazilian goalkeeper Lorena. Morgan now has five goals all-time in SheBelieves matches.
It was Morgan’s 14th goal since the birth of her daughter in 2020, giving her the national team record for most goals as a mom.
“That was huge,” Swanson said. “I think we needed it, we needed the momentum to kind of shift in our favor. (It was) Alex doing Alex things. Simple, left foot, classic. She was getting beat up all first half and ultimately she punished them.”
Swanson scored in the 63rd minute, her fourth goal of the tournament and seventh overall goal this year, matching her total of all of last year.
“I think honestly it’s been a good run. I’ve really just tried to focus on being present and just taking it day by day, game by game,” Swanson said.
Swanson, formerly Mallory Pugh, married Chicago Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson in December.
Ludmila scored in stoppage time for Brazil to avoid the shutout. It was the first goal the United States has allowed this year. The United States is undefeated in five overall matches.
“We need to be on the same page. But not only when it comes to reading the game, but also the emotional game, we need to be on the same page. If we can do that, I think we’ll have a great World Cup. If we can’t, it will be very difficult. So that’s why I’m saying we have a long way to go,” Brazil coach Pia Sundhage said.
Midfielder Rose Lavelle started for the United States after missing the first two matches of the tournament with a minor injury.
Japan snapped a four-game losing streak with its win over Canada. Japan had not scored in four straight matches, including two SheBelieves games, until Kiko Seike put her team in front with a goal in the 26th minute.
The Canadian players, in the midst of a labor dispute with their federation, again wore purple T-shirts reading “Enough is Enough” for the anthems and they wore purple wristbands during the match.
Players for the United States also wore purple wristbands in solidarity with Canada.
The SheBelieves Cup started in 2016. The United States has won six of the eight tournaments.
“I don’t think we’re going to talk a lot about the title. We’re actually going to talk a lot about the play and the details, and we’re going to use these games to prepare for the World Cup,” U.S. coach Vlatko Andonovski said. “So that’s what is good about this, it’s not necessarily the title — obviously we enjoy winning, we enjoy winning the title — but it’s the outcome of these game is what is more important for us.”
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TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals hired Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon on Tuesday to be their next head coach.
Gannon replaces Kliff Kingsbury, who was fired last month after going 4-13 in his fourth season. Gannon becomes Arizona's fourth coach in seven years and the second Eagles coordinator to become a head coach after Shane Steichen was hired by Indianapolis on Tuesday.
The 40-year-old Gannon has been Philadelphia's defensive coordinator the past two seasons, helping rebuild a defense that helped the Eagles reach the Super Bowl last Sunday. The Eagles lost to Kansas City 38-35 at State Farm Stadium, home of the Cardinals.
The Eagles had the NFL's No. 2 defense this season and the third-most sacks in NFL history with 78 under Gannon in 2022. Philadelphia led the NFL with 70 sacks this season — 15 more than any other team.
Gannon's hiring is the first major move by general manager Monti Ossenfort, who was hired last month after Steve Keim and the team parted ways.
Gannon inherits a defense spearheaded by Pro Bowl safety Budda Baker, young linebackers Isaiah Simmons and Zaven Collins. Arizona also is potentially looking at a roster overhaul with roughly 30 unrestricted free agents and the retirement of three-time NFL defensive player of the year J.J. Watt.
Before being hired by the Eagles, Gannon served as the defensive backs coach for the Colts from 2018-20. He also worked as an assistant defensive backs/quality control coach for the Minnesota Vikings from 2014-17 and held the same position with the Tennessee Titans from 2012-13.
Gannon began his coaching career as a defensive assistant with the Atlanta Falcons in 2007 and worked as a scout for the Rams from 2009-10. He played defensive back at Louisville in 2002 before sustaining a career-ending hip injury and served as a graduate assistant at his alma mater.
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AP Pro Football Writer Rob Maaddi contributed.
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden defended his decision Friday to provide Ukraine with cluster munitions, which are outlawed by many of America’s closest allies, saying it was a difficult decision but “the Ukrainians are running out of ammunition” in the fight against Russian forces.
For months, Biden had wrestled with the decision to supply the weapons, which scatter tiny, deadly bomblets across the battlefield. They have been known to cause grievous injuries months or even years after the fighting ends, often among children who pick up duds that did not explode when initially dropped.
Ultimately, the president determined that depriving Ukraine of the weapons would amount to leaving it defenseless against Russia. He said it was a temporary move to hold Ukraine over until the production of conventional artillery rounds could be ramped up.
“It was a very difficult decision on my part — and by the way, I discussed this with our allies, I discussed this with our friends up on the Hill,” Biden said in an interview with CNN. “The Ukrainians are running out of ammunition.
“And so, what I finally did, I took the recommendation of the Defense Department to — not permanently — but to allow for this transition period,” he added.
The decision was a break with several of America’s closest allies and led to criticism from Democrats, who expressed concerns that the weapons risked the moral standing of the United States. The move could also complicate efforts to demonstrate unity when Biden attends a NATO summit next week in Lithuania.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg dodged a question on whether he believed it was wise for the United States to provide the weapons to Ukraine.
“It is for individual allies to make decisions on the delivery of weapons and military supplies to Ukraine,” Stoltenberg told journalists at NATO’s headquarters in Brussels. “So this will be for governments to decide — not for NATO as an alliance.”
Russia, U.S. officials have noted, has been using its cluster munitions in Ukraine for much of the war. The Ukrainians have also used them, and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been pressing Biden to supply him with more in order to flush out the Russians who are dug into trenches and blocking Ukraine’s counteroffensive.
Jake Sullivan, the president’s national security adviser, told reporters at the White House on Friday that Ukraine had made a direct appeal for the weapons several weeks ago.
“Ukraine would not be using these munitions in some foreign land,” Sullivan said. “This is their country they’re defending. These are their citizens they’re protecting, and they are motivated to use any weapon system they have in a way that minimizes risks to those citizens.”
Sullivan said the Ukrainians promised to use the weapons in a way that would avoid civilians, but he said there were no guarantees.
“The battlefield is shifting at all times,” he said.
Many allies of the United States that support Ukraine have drawn a line at providing cluster munitions. Germany and France are among more than 100 nations that have signed a treaty prohibiting the weapons; the United States, Russia and Ukraine have not.
The United States never joined the pact because officials believed that cluster munitions could be useful on the battlefield. The United States used cluster munitions during the war in Iraq, according to the Cluster Munition Coalition, a campaign that calls for an end to the use of the weapons. Saudi Arabia used American-made cluster munitions during the war in Yemen until the United States stopped the transfer amid concerns that civilians would be harmed.
American allies reacted with caution Friday to Biden’s decision.
While Germany and France did not criticize the United States or oppose the move, the countries said they would not follow suit.
The Pentagon said Friday that the administration’s decision would quickly provide hundreds of thousands of cluster munitions to Ukraine at a pivotal time when Ukraine’s monthlong offensive is flagging.
In order to approve the weapons for Ukraine, Biden had to waive a law that prohibits the transfer of such weapons that have a failure rate of more than 1%.
In a briefing to reporters at the Pentagon, Colin Kahl, the undersecretary of defense for policy, said the munitions being sent to Ukraine had a low dud rate.
“These munitions are pretty close to 1%, but they’re not at the 1% level,” he said. “But the president does have the authority to waive that requirement on national security grounds, and that’s what he has done in this instance.”
Recognizing the moral and diplomatic sensitivities of sending Ukraine weapons that are banned by most of Washington’s allies, Kahl said the Russians were already indiscriminately using cluster munitions with failure rates of up to 40% on the battlefield, posing huge risks to civilians. Ukraine wants to use the same weapons to defend its own territory and understands the risks of doing so, he said.
Kahl also said that the United States would work with Ukraine to minimize the risks associated with cluster munitions. Specifically, the Ukrainian government has said that it will not use the rounds in densely populated urban areas and that using the rounds would make demining efforts easier after the conflict.
On Capitol Hill, several Democrats criticized the decision, arguing that the weapons could cause indiscriminate harm to civilians long after the fighting ends.
“I continue to strongly support helping Ukraine stand up to Russia’s brutal war of aggression,” Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., a ranking member of the House Rules Committee, said in a statement. “But cluster munitions won’t help.”
The few Republicans who spoke about Biden’s decision Friday, however, praised him for taking what they said was a necessary step.
“For Ukrainian forces to defeat Putin’s invasion, Ukraine needs at least equal access to the weapons Russia already uses against them, like cluster munitions,” Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said in a statement. “Providing this new capability is the right decision — even if it took too long — and is one I’ve long supported.” | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/biden-defends-difficult-decision-to-send-cluster-munitions-to-ukraine/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | 2023-07-08 02:55:19 | 0 | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/biden-defends-difficult-decision-to-send-cluster-munitions-to-ukraine/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
Fugitive suspect in 1984 killing returned to Florida following arrest in California
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A man arrested earlier this month in California has been returned to Florida to face charges in the 1984 killing of a woman, authorities said.
Donald Santini, 65, was booked into a Florida jail early Wednesday morning on a charge of first-degree murder, according to a Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office statement. Florida detectives had traveled to San Diego, California, following Santini’s June 7 arrest, and he was later extradited to Tampa, Florida.
“The arrest of Donald Santini brings closure to a long-standing cold case and provides justice for the victim and her family after nearly four decades of waiting,” Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said in a statement. “Let’s not forget the tireless work that has gone into this case over the years, the resources, and expertise to pursue justice for Cynthia Wood.”
Santini had been on the run since June 1984, when Florida authorities obtained an arrest warrant linking him to the strangling death of Wood, a 33-year-old Bradenton woman.
Wood’s body was found in a watery ditch three days after she went missing on June 6 of that year. Santini was the last person seen with Wood. The arrest warrant said a medical examiner determined she had been strangled, and Santini’s fingerprints were found on her body.
Santini appeared several times on the television show “America’s Most Wanted” in 1990, 2005 and 2013. Over the years, officials said Florida detectives sent lead requests to Texas, California and even as far as Thailand, but Santini was never located. He used at least 13 aliases while on the run, according to an arrest warrant from the Hillsborough Sheriff’s Office cited by USA Today.
Santini was arrested while living for years under the name of Wellman Simmonds in San Diego County, where he was president of a local water board in Campo, a tiny suburb of San Diego. He regularly appeared at public board meetings.
“The reason I have been able to run so long is to live a loving respectful life,” Santini told ABC 10News in a handwritten 16-page letter sent from jail, the San Diego station reported earlier this week.
Santini wrote that he volunteered with the Rotary Club, owned a Thai restaurant and ran an apartment block, the TV station reported.
Santini previously served time in prison for raping a woman while stationed in Germany, officials said. He was also wanted in Texas for aggravated robbery.
Santini was being represented by the public defender’s office, which didn’t immediately respond to an after-hours telephone message seeking comment.
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CAIRO (AP) — Libyan authorities rounded up thousands of mostly Egyptian migrants and amassed them at the border, activists said Saturday, as Libya continued its crackdown on migrants.
The migrants were detained in raids over the past two days on trafficking warehouses in the border town of Musaid and other areas in eastern Libya, said Tarik Lamloum, an activist with the Belaady Organization for Human Rights.
Libya is the dominant transit point for migrants from Africa and the Middle East trying to make it to Europe. The country plunged into chaos following a NATO-backed uprising that toppled and killed longtime autocrat Moammar Gadhafi in 2011. Oil-rich Libya has been ruled for most of the past decade by rival governments in eastern and western Libya, each backed by an array of militias and foreign governments.
Human traffickers have benefited from the chaos in Libya and smuggled migrants through the country’s lengthy border with six nations. They then pack desperate migrants seeking a better life in Europe into ill-equipped rubber boats and other vessels in risky voyages on the perilous Central Mediterranean Sea route.
Lamloum and another local group, al-Abreen, which helps migrants in Libya, estimated that more than 6,000 migrants have been held at the border. Most of the migrants are Egyptians who were taken to the customs hangar of the Musaid crossing point with Egypt, awaiting their deportation to their home country, they said.
The Security Directorate of Benghazi, which oversees the police force, reported the raids on migrants in Musaid but gave no further details. It also said they detained five suspected traffickers, including four Libyans and Bengal, on a Europe-bound boat carrying eight other Bengalis.
A spokesman for the forces of military commander Khalifa Hifter, which control eastern Libya, did not answer phone calls and messages seeking comment.
Al-Abreen posted footage showing large numbers of migrants guarded by security officers, while being marched on foot to the Musaid crossing point. Other footage shows dozens of migrants it said had been freed from a traffickers’ warehouse.
Esreiwa Salah, an activist with al-Abreen, described the situation at the hangar where the migrants have been held as “tragic.”
“The situation is bad and tragic,” he said over the phone from Benghazi. “The area is not equipped (to host detained migrants). “
Many Egyptian migrants were released and deported to Egypt on Friday according to Mahdi el-Omda, a former Egyptian lawmaker who along with other tribal elders in the western Egyptian city of Matrouh mediated the migrants’ release with Libyan authorities in Musaid.
The detained migrants include Syrians, Sudanese, Pakistanis and Bengals who legally entered Libya over the years through the Benina airport in the eastern city of Benghazi, Lamloum said.
Authorities rounded up at least 400 other migrants from Pakistan and Bangladesh from eastern Libya and took them to the Qanfouda detention center where they await deportation, Lamloum said.
The campaign in eastern Libya comes as raids continue in the country’s western cities on migrants following clashes between Nigerien and Sudanese migrants in the town of Zuwara. The surfacing of a video in April showing migrants torturing and murdering a Libyan national also fueled anti-migrant sentiment, according to an internal report by the U.N. refugee agency.
Drone raids were carried out on what the government in the capital of Tripoli said were trafficking warehouses in the towns of Zawiya and Maya, major hubs for migrants and fuel smuggling in western Libya, officials said.
The UNHCR report, seen by The Associated Press, said the crackdown on migrants in Tripoli and other western towns resulted in the detention of 1,800 migrants over the past month. Most of them were transferred to government-run detention centers for migrants or were in the process of moving from other facilities, the UNHCR said.
Such migrant detention centers are rife with abuses, including forced labor, beatings, rapes and torture — practices that amount to crimes against humanity, according to U.N.-commissioned investigators.
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Tommy Paul went into his first career Grand Slam semifinal with a specific game plan to confront Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open. Makes sense, right? Have to approach that sort of match with a way you think will help you win.
And then, Paul explained, it all fell apart rather quickly in what became a 7-5, 6-1, 6-2 loss to Djokovic, who has won nine of his 21 Grand Slam titles at Melbourne Park.
“I mean, he didn’t let me do all those things,” said the 25-year-old American, who was born in New Jersey, grew up in North Carolina and is now based in Florida, “because of things that he did so well.”
They played under the lights in front of a packed house at Rod Laver Arena. Djokovic knows these settings and circumstances so well, especially at a tournament where he’s won 27 matches in a row and is 19-0 in semifinals and finals for his career. He will face Stefanos Tsitsipas on Sunday for the title.
“I mean, walking on the court was cool,” said Paul, the first U.S. man in the semifinals at Melbourne Park since Andy Roddick in 2009. “Playing the match and getting beaten like that kind of sucked. But, I mean, it’s great I got to see the level of where I want to be and know how good I have to play if I want to beat people like that. It was I think a good experience.”
Let’s let the unseeded Paul explain what his strategy was and what happened:
— “I wanted to serve and volley some. I didn’t serve and volley once. … When I did make my first serve, I felt like he was returning it to the baseline. I was automatically on defense. Like, you get down love-30 in your service games, it’s hard to be like, ‘All right, I’m going to serve and volley now.’”
— “Wanted to throw in drop shots. Didn’t get an opportunity to do any of that because he was hitting so deep.”
— “Wanted to change up pace with my slice. Missed my first three slices of the match. I was like, ‘All right, I’m going to start hitting my backhand; I’m not slicing well today.’”
— “Attack on the second serve. He definitely surprised me. On big points, he was going big seconds. Pretty much every point, the average second-serve speed was a little higher than I thought it was going to be.”
All of that said, Paul did make some inroads against Djokovic.
He did, after all, win more of the 23 points that lasted at least nine strokes, 14-9.
There were the two break points in the match’s opening game — although Djokovic ended up holding there.
“It felt like things were getting away from me really fast,” Paul said. “Felt like points were moving really fast. In-between-points time was going really quick.”
There was the four-game run that turned Paul’s 5-1 deficit into 5-all in the opening set — although Djokovic then proceeded to collect seven games in a row and 14 of the remaining 17.
“I was really fortunate to kind of hold my nerves toward the end of the first set. That was a key,” Djokovic said. “After that, I started swinging through the ball more.”
The 35th-ranked Paul had never been past the fourth round at a Grand Slam tournament before.
His first trip to the semifinals of a major will lift his ranking into the top 20 for the first time.
“I want to keep moving up the rankings, you know? It would be nice to end the year top-10. I feel like the way I started the year is the right path to do it,” he said. “Obviously I have a lot of matches to win this year. Hopefully get some titles, too. I don’t want to just lose in semifinals. I want to have my name on some trophies.”
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RACINE, Wis. (AP) — RACINE, Wis. (AP) — Johnson Outdoors Inc. (JOUT) on Friday reported earnings of $14.9 million in its fiscal second quarter.
On a per-share basis, the Racine, Wisconsin-based company said it had net income of $1.45.
The outdoor gear company posted revenue of $202.1 million in the period.
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MADISON COUNTY, Texas (FOX 44) — UPDATE: A $5,000 reward is being offered for information in the recent cattle mutilations within the Madison, Brazos and Robertson Counties.
The Animal Legal Defense Fund is the nation’s preeminent legal advocacy organization for animals.
They say this reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for killing and mutilating of six cows.
Ranchers found a six-year-old longhorn-cross cow with their tongue completely removed by a “straight, clean cut, with apparent precision” along the jawline – where the cow’s face was exposed. The cow was lying on its side, dead on the ranchers’ property.
The Animal Legal Defense Fund says scavenging animals did not touch the cow’s body – which decayed for several weeks before its discovery. This was originally reported to the Madison County Sheriff’s Office, which led to the discovery of five additional cows – four adults and one yearling.
These cattle were found dead along the TX-OSR highway in Brazos and Robertson counties, approximately 100 miles north of Houston, in identical conditions as the longhorn-cross cow. Two of the cows had their anus and genitalia removed with the same level of precision found in their tongues’ removal.
The cows’ manner of death is unknown and the incisions were bloodless. For all six cows, law enforcement did not find evidence of struggle, footprints, tire marks or disturbed grass near the bodies. The cows were from different locations, pastures and herds.
The Madison County Sheriff’s Office is coordinating with other agencies to investigate this case since similar cow deaths and mutilations have occurred throughout the nation in recent years.
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YORK – A pedestrian accident in York County has claimed a life. A 49-year-old man was struck and while crossing Route 30 at Loucks Road and Pennsylvania Avenue in York early yesterday morning. Authorities say the male victim attempted to cross the roadway heading towards Rutter’s and was outside of the crosswalk. The man was struck by a truck that had been driving in the passing lane. The truck driver stopped and was cooperating with York City Police. Attempts were made to resuscitate the victim, but he died from his injuries. His identity has not yet been released. The manner of death has been ruled accidental. | https://wdac.com/fatal-pedestrian-accident-in-york/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fatal-pedestrian-accident-in-york | 2023-07-07 14:22:39 | 0 | https://wdac.com/fatal-pedestrian-accident-in-york/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fatal-pedestrian-accident-in-york |
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Petar Kutin is a Bulgarian music teacher currently working in an international school in Qingdao. He has lived in Qingdao for 12 years. For him, music is a way to relax after a busy day. He also considers it as the common language for musicians all over the world, and believes it has created many opportunities for his career development.
"Music is a language and it brings people together," Kutin said, "it gives you the opportunity to get new ideas and have a better life."
Kutin enjoys his life with music, so does his wife Wang Yuan, a violin teacher at the Ocean University. The couple often play Chinese music together and fuse it with Western music, which brings the pieces brand new artistic conception.
Being the permanent conductor of the Qingdao Lexian Youth Orchestra, Kutin often tells his students that, they can be their true selves on the stage.Under his guidance, the students are able to showcase their talent and practice what they have learned in class.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Chinese balloon that traversed the United States before being shot down last weekend captivated public attention and drew sharp denunciations as a brazen spying effort.
But if the vehicle for espionage seemed novel, the concept was anything but.
In ways that are far less public, but often more worrisome, U.S. officials say, the Chinese government has been targeting U.S. industry and government agencies with spy operations designed to collect troves of commercial secrets and sensitive personal data — and to generally give the global superpower a competitive edge.
It’s been a constant concern for law enforcement and intelligence agencies across administrations.
“There’s a long history of spying on each other. There’s a dance and a game that both sides do. In this particular instance, maybe the Chinese got their hands caught in the cookie jar,” said Bonnie Glaser, an Asia expert and managing director of the German Marshall Fund’s Indo-Pacific program.
China’s not the only country the U.S. is concerned about, of course, but its efforts to penetrate American networks often seem more covert than noisy — in contrast, say, to the Russian hack-and-dump of Democratic emails before the 2016 presidential election. And its use of cyber spying to steal industry trade secrets, U.S. officials say, runs afoul of traditional espionage norms.
A look at past Chinese operations:
CYBERSECURITY CONCERNS
FBI Director Christopher Wray has repeatedly said the Chinese government has a larger hacking program than all other countries combined, used to steal personal and corporate data and lucrative source code.
China’s government, Wray said in a speech last year, “has the global reach and presence you’d expect of the leadership of a great nation, but it refuses to act the part and too often uses its capabilities to steal and threaten, rather than to cooperate and build.” He said in a separate address in London last summer that the Chinese government “poses the biggest long-term threat to our economic and national security.”
The threat was laid bare in 2014 when the Justice Department, in a first-of-its-kind prosecution, charged five Chinese military officials with hacking into private sector companies in an effort to steal trade secrets.
The following year, Chinese hackers accessed personal information on millions of federal government workers in a hack of the Office of Personnel Management. Subsequent Justice Department indictments have charged Chinese hackers with stealing information from health care insurer Anthem Inc., and with breaking into the computer networks of the Equifax credit reporting agency and obtaining the personal data of tens of millions of Americans.
OTHER ESPIONAGE OPERATIONS
U.S. officials have also disrupted other operations on U.S. soil that took place in person rather than behind a computer.
A former Chicago graduate student was sentenced to eight years in prison last month for spying for the Chinese government by gathering information on scientists and engineers in the U.S. with knowledge of aerospace and satellite technology.
The Justice Department has also alleged a more threatening type of physical surveillance, charging eight people in 2020 with working on behalf of the Chinese government in a pressure campaign aimed at coercing a New Jersey man who was wanted by Beijing into returning to China to face charges.
TECHNOLOGY CONCERNS
The U.S. has long warily regarded China-based companies suspected of having the potential to improperly access user data.
U.S. officials are in private talks about the fate of TikTok, the hugely popular video app that is owned by Beijing-based ByteDance. Wray in December raised national security alarms about the company, saying China could use the app to collect data on its users and has the ability to control the app’s recommendation algorithm. TikTok says it has been working to assuage those concerns.
And the U.S. for years has taken action against Chinese tech giant Huawei, alleging that it has the capacity to facilitate spying — a claim the company vigorously denies. Last month, the Biden administration stopped approving renewal of licenses to some U.S. companies that have been selling essential components to the Chinese company.
WHAT CHINA HAS SAID
When it comes to the balloon itself, China has called it a civilian aircraft used for meteorological research that posed no threat and entered U.S. airspace accidentally.
More broadly, the Chinese Embassy in Washington has repeatedly accused the U.S. of making what it says are baseless and malicious attacks, and has said the U.S. has carried out the same type of hacking operations that it accuses Beijing of doing.
Of course, not all U.S. investigations centered on China have proven successful.
The Trump administration in 2018 developed a program known as the “China Initiative” aimed at cracking down on espionage operations, but it was rebranded last year following a monthslong review in response to complaints that the program chilled academic collaboration and contributed to anti-Asian bias. Several criminal cases against professors in the U.S. who had been accused of concealing research from China have also faltered.
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- The average payouts from an immediate annuity reportedly increased by more than 11% for men and 13% for women since the beginning of 2022.
- "I think we're back where we were prior to Covid," said Branislav Nikolic, vice president of research at CANNEX. "If interest rates go up, it's expected annuities will pay out more."
- The trend appears even more pronounced with so-called longevity annuities, a type of deferred annuity that starts paying income later in life.
Annuity rates are starting to increase after having bottomed out for most of the Covid-19 pandemic.
That means buyers, who are generally retirees or those near retirement age, may find payouts better now than they were just a few months ago.
The trend will likely continue if the Federal Reserve continues raising its benchmark interest rate, as it's expected to do to tame high inflation, according to annuity experts.
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"If you looked at this three months or a year ago and weren't jazzed about the payout rate, go out and look again," said David Blanchett, head of retirement research at PGIM, the investment management arm of insurer Prudential Financial. "It's more attractive."
Higher annuity payouts
Money Report
Annuities offer a guaranteed stream of monthly income, like Social Security and pensions.
There are many types. At their core is a simple concept: The buyer hands over a pile of cash to an insurer, which pays regular income now or in the future for the rest of the buyer's life.
The average payouts from an immediate annuity increased by more than 11% for men and 13% for women since the beginning of 2022, according to CANNEX Financial Exchanges Limited. (The data is based on a 70-year-old man and 65-year-old woman who buy an immediate annuity with a $100,000 lump sum. The average is based on weekly quotes from the top-selling annuities.)
Insurers offered the average man $616 a month at the end of April versus $553 a month at the start of the year, for example, according to CANNEX.
"I think we're back where we were prior to Covid," said Branislav Nikolic, vice president of research at CANNEX. "If interest rates go up, it's expected annuities will pay out more."
The trend appears even more pronounced with so-called longevity annuities, a type of deferred annuity that starts paying income later in life.
Payouts have jumped 42% for both men and women since the start of the year, according to an annuity quote supplied by CANNEX. (The data is based on 65-year-old buyer who receives income starting at age 85, based on a $100,000 lump sum. To get historical quotes, CANNEX used data from one highly rated insurer that's active in the market and which is representative of the overall industry trend, Nikolic said.)
In dollar terms, a female buyer who bought the longevity annuity on May 1 would get about $2,925 a month starting at age 85 — nearly $900 more per month than the $2,054 income stream on Jan. 1, according to the data.
Interest rates
Annuity payouts are largely based on two key factors: mortality (or life expectancy) and interest rates, experts said.
The Federal Reserve slashed interest rates to rock-bottom levels early in the pandemic to prop up the U.S. economy. But high inflation has led the central bank to raise rates at its two most recent meetings. More hikes are expected this year.
Bonds are the lynchpin of insurers' annuity portfolios. When interest rates rise, insurers get a higher yield on new bonds — which generally gets passed along to consumers in the form of a larger monthly check, according to Jeremy Alexander, CEO of Beacon Annuity Solutions.
Some annuities (like multiyear guarantee annuities) act more like savings accounts that buyers can opt to turn into a monthly income stream at the end of their term.
A five-year multiyear guaranteed annuity paid a 2.9% rate, on average, as of mid-May — almost 50% more than the 1.95% average at the end of 2021, according to Beacon data. (That rate is guaranteed in each of the five years.)
"When you're seeing a 50% increase in rates, that's significant," Alexander said.
It's not guaranteed that annuity rates will continue to rise, since it's impossible to predict the course of the U.S. economy and whether Fed policy will respond as expected, Blanchett said.
Consumers thinking of buying an annuity should shop around by getting quotes from different companies, which may vary widely from insurer to insurer, Blanchett said.
It's also important to look at an insurer's respective financial strength rating, he added.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Nov. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- First US Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: FUSB) (the "Company"), a Delaware corporation based in Birmingham, Alabama, announced today that its Board of Directors has extended the Company's existing share repurchase program. The share repurchase program, which was previously set to expire on December 31, 2022, has been extended to expire on December 31, 2023. The Company has repurchased 1,045,972 shares of its common stock to date under the repurchase program and 596,813 shares remain available for repurchase. The Company most recently repurchased shares pursuant to the program during the third quarter of 2022.
Share repurchases under the repurchase program may be made through open market transactions, through privately negotiated transactions or otherwise at times and in such amounts as management deems appropriate, subject to applicable regulatory requirements. Open market purchases may be executed through a pre-arranged repurchase plan that operates in accordance with the guidelines specified under Rule 10b5-1 and Rule 10b-18 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The repurchase program does not obligate the Company to acquire any particular number of shares and may be suspended at any time at the Company's discretion.
First US Bancshares, Inc. is a bank holding company that operates banking offices in Alabama, Tennessee and Virginia through First US Bank (the "Bank"). In addition, the Company's operations include Acceptance Loan Company, Inc., a consumer loan company ("ALC"), and FUSB Reinsurance, Inc., an underwriter of credit life and credit accident and health insurance policies sold to the Bank's and ALC's consumer loan customers. The Company files periodic reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). Copies of its filings may be obtained through the SEC's website at www.sec.gov or at www.firstusbank.com. More information about the Company and the Bank may be obtained at www.firstusbank.com. The Company's stock is traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol "FUSB."
This press release contains forward-looking statements, as defined by federal securities laws. Statements contained in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. These statements may address issues that involve significant risks, uncertainties, estimates and assumptions made by management. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements following the date of this press release, except as required by law. In addition, the Company, through its senior management, may make from time to time forward-looking public statements concerning the matters described herein. Such forward-looking statements are necessarily estimates reflecting the best judgment of the Company's senior management based upon current information and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Certain factors that could affect the accuracy of such forward-looking statements and cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements are identified in the public filings made by the Company with the SEC, and forward-looking statements contained in this press release or in other public statements of the Company or its senior management should be considered in light of those factors. Such factors may include the rate of growth (or lack thereof) in the economy generally and in the Company's service areas; the impact of the current COVID-19 pandemic on the Company's business, the Company's customers, the communities that the Company serves and the United States economy, including the impact of actions taken by governmental authorities to try to contain the virus and protect against it, through vaccinations and otherwise, or address the impact of the virus on the United States economy (including, without limitation, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act and subsequent federal legislation) and the resulting effect on the Company's operations, liquidity and capital position and on the financial condition of the Company's borrowers and other customers; the impact of changing accounting standards and tax laws on the Company's allowance for loan losses and financial results; the impact of national and local market conditions on the Company's business and operations; strong competition in the banking industry; the impact of changes in interest rates and monetary policy on the Company's performance and financial condition; the pending discontinuation of LIBOR as an interest rate benchmark; the impact of technological changes in the banking and financial service industries and potential information system failures; cybersecurity and data privacy threats; the costs of complying with extensive governmental regulation; the possibility that acquisitions may not produce anticipated results and result in unforeseen integration difficulties; and other risk factors described from time to time in the Company's public filings, including, but not limited to, the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K. Relative to the Company's dividend policy, the payment of cash dividends is subject to the discretion of the Board of Directors and will be determined in light of then-current conditions, including the Company's earnings, leverage, operations, financial conditions, capital requirements and other factors deemed relevant by the Board of Directors. In the future, the Board of Directors may change the Company's dividend policy, including the frequency or amount of any dividend, in light of then-existing conditions.
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How to Watch the Brewers vs. Blue Jays Game: Streaming & TV Channel Info for May 31
Published: May. 31, 2023 at 12:16 PM CDT|Updated: 46 minutes ago
Julio Teheran takes the mound for the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday at Rogers Centre against Bo Bichette and the Toronto Blue Jays. First pitch is at 7:07 PM ET for the second game of a three-game series.
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Brewers vs. Blue Jays Live Stream, TV Channel and Game Info:
- Date: Wednesday, May 31, 2023
- Time: 7:07 PM ET
- TV Channel: MLB Network
- Location: Toronto, Ontario
- Venue: Rogers Centre
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Brewers Batting & Pitching Performance
- The Brewers have hit 64 homers this season, which ranks 11th in the league.
- Milwaukee is 27th in MLB with a slugging percentage of only .381 this season.
- The Brewers' .231 batting average ranks 24th in the league this season.
- Milwaukee is among the lowest scoring teams in baseball, ranking 26th with just 216 total runs (four per game) this season.
- The Brewers have an OBP of .307 this season, which ranks 25th in MLB.
- The Brewers rank 25th in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 9.3 whiffs per contest.
- Milwaukee strikes out 8.1 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 25th in MLB.
- Milwaukee has pitched to a 4.19 ERA this season, which ranks 15th in baseball.
- The Brewers have a combined WHIP of 1.305 as a pitching staff, which ranks 15th in MLB.
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- The Brewers will send Teheran to the mound for his second start of the season.
- The right-hander last pitched on Thursday against the San Francisco Giants, throwing five innings and giving up one earned run.
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Man accused of stealing multiple packages while using Amazon driver disguise
CINCINNATI (WXIX/Gray News) - Police in Ohio say they traced a rash of thefts back to a Cincinnati man who was using a disguise to steal packages.
WXIX reports that 33-year-old Breshawn Wynn is accused of breaking into three apartment buildings and an office building dressed as an Amazon delivery driver in October.
According to the Cincinnati Police Department, Wynn targeted each address multiple times in October and stole thousands of dollars in packages and cash.
Wynn was arrested Tuesday on felony charges of theft, burglary, breaking and entering.
The 33-year-old admitted to some of the offenses, according to criminal complaints filed in Hamilton County Municipal Court.
Police said that Wynn stated that he took property from a building while posing as a delivery man in one of the thefts.
A criminal complaint stated that Wynn forced his way into another apartment building and could be seen on video forcing entry to the package room while dressed as an Amazon employee.
Resident Marie Pope said she is one of Wynn’s break-in victims. She lives in an apartment complex on Park Avenue in Walnut Hills.
“I know there had been packages being stolen because we started pulling them inside when we would see them,” she said.
According to Pope, the entire apartment complex banded together to try to protect their packages.
During Wynn’s arraignment on Wednesday, Hamilton County Municipal Court Judge Tyrone Yates set his bond and ordered him to wear an electronic monitoring unit and have no contact with the victims.
Wynn is facing several charges stemming from thefts and has been assigned a public defender to represent him, according to court records. The case is scheduled to go before a grand jury for possible indictment on Dec. 27.
Court records show Wynn has been arrested several times in Hamilton County for a variety of alleged offenses over the past 15 years, starting with a 2007 conviction for felony cocaine possession.
Authorities said Wynn also pleaded guilty to similar break-ins at the University of Cincinnati in 2008 and 2010.
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DES MOINES, Iowa — Now that the Mega Millions lottery jackpot has topped $1 billion — only the fourth time a lottery game has reached such heights — plenty of people who rarely play the game are considering risking $2 or joining an office pool in hopes of an immense payoff.
Buying a ticket is easy, but it’s also easy to be confused about the odds, how the prizes are set and how the winnings will eventually be paid out.
DO YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING RISE OR FALL AS THE JACKPOT GROWS?
Your chances of winning the jackpot always remain one in 302.5 million, regardless of whether the big prize is $20 million or the current $1.02 billion. You do increase your odds of winning if you buy more tickets but before laying down $100 at the Quicky Mart for 50 tries, keep in mind that in the big scheme of things, 50 chances out of 302.5 million isn’t much better than one. Also realize that the $1.02 billion amount is for the annuity option, paid annually over 29 years. The cash option would pay $602.5 million.
IS THIS A GOOD TIME TO PLAY OTHER LOTTERY GAMES?
Just like the Mega Millions odds don’t change, the odds of winning a prize in Powerball, the other big nationwide game, and other smaller state games are fixed, too. Given that, you have no better odds now than at any other time. However, with fewer people buying tickets in those games, there is less of a chance that multiple players could win the jackpot, forcing you to share your winnings.
WHAT STATES HAVE THE MOST MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT WINNERS?
Time for a road trip to a lottery nirvana? Probably not.
Since 2016, players have won 40 Mega Millions jackpots, with the fortuitous few scattered through 22 states. And not surprisingly, there have been more winners in states with greater populations and thus more players.
California takes the prize for the most Mega Millions jackpot winners during that span, with six lucky players. That’s followed by five winners in New York, four in New Jersey and three in Illinois.
Notably, population heavyweights Texas and Florida have had few Mega Millions winners since 2016. Texas had two and Florida had one.
WHERE DO THE DRAWINGS TAKE PLACE?
The drawings happen at 11 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday and Friday and are held at the WSB-TV studios in Atlanta.
DO RETAILERS GET ANYTHING OUT OF THIS?
Rules vary by state but retailers usually get a reward for selling a ticket that wins a jackpot. In Ohio, for example, retailers get $1,000 for every million dollars of a jackpot, with a cap of $100,000.
WHAT IF I CHOOSE AN ANNUITY BUT DIE BEFORE RECEIVING ALL THE PAYMENTS?
Most jackpot winners opt for cash but receiving your winnings through an annuity, with 30 payments over 29 years, can help people slightly reduce their tax burden. If winners die before receiving all their winnings, the future payments would go to their estate.
WHO RUNS MEGA MILLIONS AND HOW DO THEY DECIDE JACKPOT AMOUNTS?
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WASHINGTON (AP) — There were some voting slowdowns Tuesday in Arizona, where races for governor and Senate are among the most closely watched contests of this year's midterm elections.
So what happened? And will every vote be counted?
PRINTING PROBLEMS
Most voting in Arizona happens by mail. But voters can go to any vote center location to cast their ballots. When voters check in, they get a ballot for their specific precinct, with available races printed out. Voters fill out the ballot and put it into a tabulation machine to be counted.
Ever print something and it comes out fainter than you wanted? On Tuesday in Maricopa County, the state's most populous, some of the tabulators did not read the ballots because the printers did not produce what are known as “timing marks” — which tell ballot scanners voter information, so choices can be tabulated — dark enough to be detected by the machines.
Voters who had their ballots rejected were told they could try the location’s second tabulator, put it in a ballot box to be counted at the central facility later, or cancel it and go to another vote center.
HOW BIG WAS THE ISSUE?
About a quarter of Maricopa County's polling places — 60 of 223 vote centers — experienced this issue. It wasn't clear precisely how many ballots were affected.
About 4.5 million people live in the sprawling city of Phoenix, and about 2.4 million are registered voters. More than 80% cast their ballots early, most by mail, and the county said about 230,000 had voted in person by about an hour before polls closed.
DID EVERYONE GET TO VOTE?
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Timothy Ryan denied a request from Republicans to keep the polls open, saying he didn’t see evidence that people were not allowed to vote.
The county supervisor, Republican Bill Gates, apologized after polls closed but said every vote would be counted. Officials did acknowledge many of those votes wouldn't be counted until Wednesday.
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