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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Anderson Lee Aldrich loaded bullets into a Glock pistol and chugged vodka, ominously warning frightened grandparents not to stand in the way of an elaborate plan to stockpile guns, ammo, body armor and a homemade bomb to become “the next mass killer.”
“You guys die today and I’m taking you with me,” they quoted Aldrich as saying. “I’m loaded and ready.”
So began a day of terror Aldrich unleashed in June 2021 that, according to sealed law enforcement documents verified by The Associated Press, brought SWAT teams and the bomb squad to a normally quiet Colorado Springs neighborhood, forced the grandparents to flee for their lives and prompted the evacuation of 10 nearby homes to escape a possible bomb blast. It culminated in a standoff that the then-21-year-old livestreamed on Facebook, showing Aldrich in tactical gear inside the mother’s home and threatening officers outside — “If they breach, I’m a f—-ing blow it to holy hell!” — before finally surrendering.
But charges against Aldrich for the actions that day were dropped and there was no effort to seize the person’s weapons under Colorado’s “red flag” law for reasons the district attorney and the sheriff have refused to explain due to the case being sealed. All of it now stands as one of the most glaring missed warnings in America’s sad litany of mass violence because, just a year and a half later, Aldrich was free to carry out the plan to become “the next mass killer.”
Clad in body armor and carrying an AR-15-style rifle, Aldrich entered the Club Q gay nightclub just before midnight on Nov. 19 and opened fire, authorities say, killing five people and wounding 17 others before an Army veteran wrestled the attacker to the ground.
“It makes no sense,” said Jerecho Loveall, a former Club Q dancer who is recovering from a wound to the leg from one of the high-powered rounds. “If they would have taken this more seriously and done their job, the lives we lost, the injuries we sustained and the trauma this community has faced would not have happened.”
“It was absolutely preventable,” said Wyatt Kent, who held the hand of a woman as she bled to death on top of him, and who also lost his partner that night. “Even if charges aren’t filed for a bomb threat, maybe you’re not mentally sound enough to own a firearm.”
Why nothing was done to stop Aldrich since coming onto law enforcement’s radar last year is a question that has haunted this picturesque Rockies city of 480,000 since the shooting, even as loved ones have begun burying the victims and the shuttered Club Q has become a shrine surrounded by hundreds of bouquets, wreaths and rainbow flags.
Criminal defense lawyers with whom AP shared the law enforcement documents say they questioned why charges were not pursued in the 2021 incident given the grandparents’ detailed statements, a tense standoff at the mother’s home and a subsequent house search that found bomb-making materials that Aldrich claimed had enough firepower to blow up an entire police department and a federal building.
The documents were obtained by Colorado Springs TV station KKTV and verified as authentic to AP by a law enforcement official who was not authorized to discuss the sealed case and kept anonymous. Documents also included a judge’s order to jail Aldrich on $1 million bond and a listing by El Paso County District Attorney Michael Allen of seven offenses “committed, or triable,” including three felony counts of kidnapping and two of menacing.
For his part, Allen has repeatedly declined to comment on why those charges didn’t go forward, citing a Colorado law that automatically seals records in cases when charges are dropped and requires him to not even acknowledge the records exist. The law was passed three years ago as part of a nationwide movement to help prevent people from having their lives ruined if cases are dismissed and never prosecuted.
And even though Allen said during a news conference soon after the nightclub shooting that he “hoped at some point in the near future” to share more about the 2021 incident, he has yet to do so. AP and other news organizations have gone to court seeking to unseal the entire case file, a request scheduled to be heard later this week.
In the absence of that file, there are only scattered clues about what happened after Aldrich’s 2021 arrest, including Aldrich telling The Gazette of Colorado Springs in August about spending two months in jail as a result of the incident and asking the publication to remove or update its web coverage about it, asserting the case had been dismissed. “There is absolutely nothing there, the case was dropped,” Aldrich said in a phone message, adding, “It is damaging to my reputation.”
When a Gazette reporter followed up with a call and asked why the case was dropped, Aldrich declined to say anything more because the case had been sealed.
Such a troubling case — dropped or not — could still have been used to trigger Colorado’s “red flag” law, which allows family members or law enforcement to ask a judge to order a removal of guns for a year from people dangerous to themselves or others, with possible extensions based on subsequent hearings.
But an AP review of court records shows neither Aldrich’s grandparents nor mother went to a judge to get such an order. And the agency that arrested Aldrich, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, didn’t either.
El Paso County is especially hostile to the state’s red flag law, among 2,000 counties nationwide declaring themselves a “Second Amendment Sanctuary” that opposes any infringement on the right to bear arms. It passed a resolution in 2019 specifically denying funds or staff to enforce the law.
Sheriff Bill Elder, who declined to comment on Aldrich’s 2021 case, has previously said he would only remove guns on orders from family members, refusing to go to court himself to get permission except under “exigent circumstances.”
“We’re not going to be taking personal property away from people without due process,” Elder said as the law neared passage in 2019.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, the first openly gay man ever elected to lead a state, said in the wake of the nightclub shooting that the failure to take away guns from the alleged shooter needs to be investigated. Authorities have refused to say how the weapons used in that attack were obtained.
“There were many warning signs,” Polis spokesman Conor Cahill told the AP. “It appears obvious that an Extreme Risk Protection Order law could have and should have been utilized, which would have removed the suspect’s firearms and could very well have prevented this tragedy.”
Aldrich, now 22, remains jailed without bond on murder and hate crime charges in the nightclub shooting that carry a potential sentence of life behind bars. Defense attorneys have said Aldrich is non-binary, not strictly identifying with any gender. Aldrich’s attorneys did not respond to a request for comment.
In both a mugshot and first court appearance, the 6-foot-4, 260-pound Aldrich appeared slumped with deep bruises and cuts on a fleshy face. It was a stark contrast to the many smiling photos as a youngster on the mother’s Facebook page that belied a turbulent life marked by domestic violence, bullying and family run-ins with the law.
Aldrich’s parents split up soon after their child was born. The father, Aaron Brink, pursued a career as a mixed martial arts fighter and porn actor when he wasn’t doing time for drug convictions or contesting other charges, including battery against Aldrich’s mother.
In an interview after the shooting, Brink told San Diego television station KFMB that he had lost track of Aldrich a decade ago and thought the child had died by suicide, until Aldrich reached out to him by phone last year. Brink said that when he first heard about the shooting, he was troubled the alleged shooter had gone to a gay bar, citing the family’s Mormon religion.
“We don’t do gay,” Brink said, adding that he now regrets having praised his child for violent behavior when younger. “Life is so fragile and it’s valuable. Those people’s lives were valuable.”
The alleged shooter, born Nicholas Franklin Brink, was so embarrassed by the father, according to 2016 Texas court documents, that weeks before turning 16, the teen filed for a formal name change to Anderson Lee Aldrich.
The filing came months after Aldrich was apparently targeted by online bullying. A website posting from June 2015 attacked a teen named Nick Brink. It included photos similar to ones of the shooting suspect and ridiculed the youngster for being overweight, not having much money and an interest in Chinese cartoons.
Laura Voepel, the mother, has her own history of outbursts and trouble with the law, including an arson count in Texas reduced to a lesser charge. She reportedly was recorded in a July 2022 video in an airport hurling racial epithets at a Hispanic woman who she felt had been taking too long to get her luggage off a plane.
And according to a court record, Voepel was arrested just hours after the Nov. 19 nightclub shooting on resisting arrest and disorderly conduct charges. She had refused to leave the apartment where she lived with Aldrich, according to FBI records obtained by AP. She can be heard crying out for help as she is pulled by officers away from her home on video she asked neighbors to record.
Aldrich’s behavior on June 18, 2021, began, according to the sealed law enforcement documents, after the grandparents called a family meeting in their living room about their plans to sell their home and move to Florida. The grandchild responded with rage, telling them this couldn’t happen because it would interfere with Aldrich’s plans to store materials in the grandparents’ basement to “conduct a mass shooting and bombing.” The grandparents told authorities Aldrich threatened to kill them if they didn’t promise to cancel the move.
The grandparents begged for their lives as Aldrich told them of the plans to “go out in a blaze.” When Aldrich went to the basement, they ran out the door and called 911.
A short time later, doorbell video obtained by AP shows Aldrich arriving at the mother’s home lugging a big black bag, telling her the police were nearby and adding, “This is where I stand. Today I die.”
Another shot shows the mother later running from the house. “He let me go,” the law enforcement documents quote her as saying. Neither Voepel nor Aldrich’s grandparents, who now live in Florida, returned messages seeking more details.
In the end, Aldrich holed up in the mother’s home, threatening to blow up the place as police swarmed and deployed bomb-sniffing dogs. “Come on in boys, let’s f—-ing see it!” Aldrich yelled on the Facebook livestream before later surrendering with hands up and tactical gear swapped for a short-sleeved shirt, shorts and bare feet.
Aldrich’s next arrest would come 17 months later and a few miles away inside the Club Q.
Gunshot victim Loveall says his days since have been spent dealing with grief over those who died and bouts of crying he can’t control. He also fears going to sleep because of the swarm of images in his head: Bullets flying, people diving for cover, shattering glass and blood all over.
“It happened so fast they didn’t have time to scream,” Loveall said as he smoked a cigarette outside his mobile home.
“There is no reason why he should have had access to an assault rifle … especially for someone who has been quoted saying ‘I’m going to be the next mass shooter.” | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/next-mass-killer-dropped-case-foretold-bloodbath-at-club-q-in-colorado/ | 2022-12-06 21:33:43 | 0 | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/next-mass-killer-dropped-case-foretold-bloodbath-at-club-q-in-colorado/ |
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TORONTO (AP) — Pascal Siakam had 27 points and 10 rebounds and the Toronto Raptors extended their season-high home winning streak to seven by beating the Minnesota Timberwolves 122-107 on Saturday night.
Jakob Poeltl had 14 points and 11 rebounds, matching his career high with his fourth straight double-double, to help the Raptors improve to 24-4 all-time in home meetings with Minnesota.
Fred VanVleet scored 28 points for Toronto, while Gary Trent Jr. added 19, O.G. Aunoby 15 and Scottie Barnes 10.
Rudy Gobert had 14 points and 12 rebounds and Naz Reid scored 22 points for the Timberwolves, who were playing the second game of a back-to-back. Minnesota lost in double overtime at Chicago on Friday.
The Wolves played without guard Anthony Edwards, who left in the first quarter Friday because of a sprained right ankle. Coach Chris Finch said Edwards is using a walking boot, adding there’s no timetable for his return. A first–time All-Star this season, Edwards was injured when he landed awkwardly after jumping while throwing a pass.
Jaden McDaniels scored 18 points and Mike Conley and Kyle Anderson each had 12 as the Wolves lost for the fifth time in six games.
The Timberwolves have not won north of the border since Jan. 21, 2004, when Sam Cassell, Kevin Garnett and Latrell Sprewell were the Wolves’ leading scorers in a 108-97 victory.
Toronto’s only home loss in the series since was a 116-112 defeat on Feb. 14, 2021, when the Raptors were playing in Tampa, Florida, because of border restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
VanVleet shot 6 for 9 and scored 15 points in the first. Poeltl shot 6 for 6 and scored 12 points as Toronto led 32-26 after one.
Siakam scored 10 points in the second and Anunoby had 11, including a 3-pointer with less than a second remaining that gave the Raptors a 66-58 halftime edge.
Reid’s basket with 4:16 left in the third gave Minnesota its first lead since the opening minutes of game, but Toronto closed the quarter with an 11-2 run to take a 94-85 lead to the fourth.
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Timberwolves: Shot 5 for 23 from 3-point range. McDaniels went 4 for 6, but the rest of the team was 1 for 17. ... Minnesota is 15-20 on the road.
Raptors: C Christian Koloko wore a protective face mask after fracturing his nose in Thursday’s win over Oklahoma City. ... Poeltl didn’t score in either the second or third quarters. He had one basket in the fourth. ... Toronto is 23-13 at home.
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Timberwolves: Visit New York on Monday.
Raptors: Visit Milwaukee on Sunday. ___
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Facebook users have one more month to apply for their share of a $725 million privacy settlement that parent company Meta agreed to pay late last year.
Meta is paying to settle a lawsuit alleging the world’s largest social media platform allowed millions of its users’ personal information to be fed to Cambridge Analytica, a firm that supported Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.
Anyone in the U.S. who has had a Facebook account at any time between May 24, 2007, and December 22, 2022, is eligible to receive a payment. To apply for the settlement, users can fill out a form and submit it online, or print it out and mail it. The deadline is August 25.
It’s not clear how much money individual users will receive. The larger the number of people submitting valid claims, the smaller each payment will be since the money has to be divided among them.
The case sprang from 2018 revelations that Cambridge Analytica, a firm with ties to Trump political strategist Steve Bannon, had paid a Facebook app developer for access to the personal information of about 87 million users of the platform. That data was then used to target U.S. voters during the 2016 campaign that culminated in Trump’s election as the 45th president.
Uproar over the revelations led to a contrite Zuckerberg being grilled by U.S. lawmakers and spurred calls for people to delete their Facebook accounts.
Facebook’s growth has stalled as more people connect and entertain themselves on rival services such as TikTok, but the social network still boasts more than 2 billion users worldwide, including an estimated 250 million in the U.S.
Beyond the Cambridge Analytica case, Meta has been under fire over data privacy for some time. In May, for example, the EU slapped Meta with a record $1.3 billion fine and ordered it to stop transferring users’ personal information across the Atlantic by October. And the tech giant’s new text-based app, Threads, has not rolled out in the EU due to privacy concerns.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — MLB The Show has broken a video game barrier: For the first time, the franchise will insert some of the greatest Negro League players — from Satchel Paige to Jackie Robinson — into the 2023 edition of the game as playable characters.
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Video gamers are now able to venture into a storyline mode involving eight Negro League legends through MLB The Show 23, which releases Tuesday. The narrative experience will feature short videos about the players along with gameplay focused on the epic moments of their careers.
Along with Robinson and Paige, the game also features other players including Buck O’Neil, Rube Foster, Hilton Smith, John Donaldson, Hank Thompson and Martin Dihigo.
“This made sense on multiple levels," said Bob Kendrick, the narrator of storyline experience and president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, which is located in Kansas City, Missouri. Along with the museum, he partnered with Sony for the historic Black players' insertion into the game.
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“The way the Negro League players played, it fits perfectly for a video game,” he said. “There were so many gaming fans who have been clamoring for the inclusion of the Negro Leagues. People were popping into my timeline on social media. This has been stirring for several years.
"I never really dreamt this would become reality. And I didn't really think it would happen with arguably the biggest baseball video game of them all. This is something we are inherently proud of.”
Kendrick said the multi-year partnership is a “gigantic step in keeping the legacy alive” for the Negro Leagues.
“For the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, this is all about creating relevancy,” he said. “How do I establish a relevant connection with an ever-changing generation of young people? I can’t sit back and wait for them to come to me at the doors of the museum. I have to got to them in the mode of which they are getting information. If it’s a video game, then so be it.”
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Ramone Russell was the first to pitch Sony executives the concept of breathing life into the Negro League players through the franchise's popular video game. He's been mulling over the idea for more than a decade as a mainstay for the development and marketing team for the MLB The Show series.
“This is a project I've always wanted to do,” said Russell, the product development communications and brand strategist for Sony Interactive Entertainment. He played a vital role in working across multiple teams who did a “tremendously smart job” in creating the mode.
“So many of our fans — even when they hear the word ‘Negro Leagues’ — they have no context of what the Negro League is and what it represents,” Russell continued. “I've been asked ‘Hey, when are you going to have the Negro Leagues?’ My answer would be, ‘As soon as we can find the right way to do it.’ As you know, perfection is the enemy of progress. But about two years ago, I felt like now is the time."
Not a lot of game footage from the Negro Leagues exists, so game creators gathered archive video and photos from the museum and family members of the deceased players to collect as much as they could. That helped nail down the fine animation details for each player, jerseys and the stadiums where games were held.
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Russell said the process was a tedious one, but it couldn't have fully come together without the expertise of Kendrick — who he says knows the real history of the Negro Leagues and players “more than anyone else.” He said Kendrick was the perfect person to narrate the storyline mode, because of his well-rounded knowledge about player's greatness.
Even though Jackie Robinson was the first African American player to play in a Major League Baseball game in 1947, Kendrick said during his narration in the mode that Robinson was not the best player from the Negro Leagues. He said the league had such a rich talent pool where players played with in a “bold, brash way" and was “fast and daring.”
“It's not to disparage Jackie at all, but this is how great the talent was in the Negro Leagues,” Kendrick said. “I tell people all the time that the talent in the Negro Leagues would not take a backseat to any league. We’re talking about some of the greatest athletes to ever put on a baseball uniform. And unfortunately, the majority of the public, they don’t know these names. But they should for both from a baseball perspective as well as a historical perspective.”
Sony’s San Diego Studio will donate $1 to the Negro Leagues Museum for every MLB The Show 23 Collector’s Edition is sold.
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Kendrick said having the Negro League storyline in the game will hopefully inspire young Black kids and others of color to learn more about their heritage. He wants the visibility of the video game to help bring more awareness to the museum.
“Through animation and a project like this, you can bring them to life,” he said. “It’s a beautiful way to convey everything the Negro Leagues represents. I was amazed by people who didn’t know night baseball originated from the Negro Leagues. They just didn’t get their just due. It’s not there in the pages of an American history book. ... Now, we have a chance to let people know." | https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/mlb-the-show-breaks-barrier-with-negro-league-17864282.php | 2023-03-28 15:46:26 | 0 | https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/mlb-the-show-breaks-barrier-with-negro-league-17864282.php |
More than 800,000 Subscribers of 26 local stations across the U.S. are left in the Dark
WICHITA FALLS, Texas, Jan. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On Friday night, January 6th, 26 Mission Broadcasting local television stations in 25 markets across the United States were forced off DISH Network's distribution system when the contract between Mission and DISH expired. As a result of DISH's action, more than 800,000 DISH subscribers are unable to watch the national and local community programming provided by these stations, including programming on Mission's 7 ABC affiliates, as well as key NFL games on Mission's 2 CBS, 11 FOX, and 3 NBC stations. This timing is particularly troubling for subscribers as these CBS, FOX, and NBC stations all carry NFL games through the end of the season, as well as the NFL playoffs, culminating with the Super Bowl on FOX on February 12th.
"We are extremely disappointed in the DISH Network's unwillingness to forge an agreement," said Dennis Thatcher, Mission Broadcasting Inc.'s President. "We are simply seeking the same fair agreement that we have come to with other cable, satellite, and telco providers for the high-quality programming we provide. We produce thousands of hours of local news and programming. We pay our network partners millions of dollars for entertainment programming and live sports. The cost to do these things has, understandably, gone up significantly—especially live sports rights—and these costs are passed along to us, the station owner. DISH has put more than 800,000 of their subscribers in the middle, denying them programming they've already paid for, rather than negotiating on the basis of current market conditions. Mission has a long track record of negotiating fairly and avoiding service interruptions in our markets, and we don't want viewers in our local markets to miss any of the vitally important local news, sports, and weather coverage we deliver every day. Our record of positive negotiations stands in stark contrast to that of DISH. Many, many subscribers will have seen DISH behave this way in the past. In addition, DISH is trying to deny Mission stations to subscribers in many B, C, and D counties, where so many rely on satellite service, as cable companies won't deliver."
Mission Broadcasting is the largest female majority-owned local broadcasting company in the United States.
Mission Broadcasting, Inc., a television broadcasting company founded in 1996, acquires, develops, and operates television stations and interactive community Websites in medium-sized markets in the United States. Its stations provide programming to its markets' viewing audiences via cable or satellite services or over-the-air to those who utilize a television antenna. The company currently owns broadcast television stations in 26 markets across the country and has network affiliation agreements with ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, CW and MyNetwork. Mission's majority shareholder is Nancie J. Smith, who is the leading female owner of broadcast television stations in the U.S. Mission's portfolio includes ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, The CW, MyNetworkTV affiliates in Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, and Vermont.
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MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Castlelake, L.P. ("Castlelake"), a global alternative investment manager specializing in asset-backed private credit with 17 years of experience investing in asset-rich opportunities, today announced a partnership with Peregrine Energy Management resulting in the creation of Peregrine Energy Solutions LLC, an integrated and multi-technology clean energy platform with a focus on utility scale energy storage that will benefit from the financial resources of Castlelake and its affiliated investment funds (collectively, the "Peregrine Platform").
The Peregrine Platform will seek to source, develop, build and manage standalone battery energy storage and renewable energy assets across North America in an effort to unlock value in such assets. Assets within the Peregrine Platform will be developed and operated by a dedicated Peregrine team of power and energy industry veterans with significant experience in battery storage, solar and wind assets.
"As the power industry undergoes transformational trends including what we think are favorable incentives for carbon free power, accelerating renewable portfolio standards and rising commodity prices, we believe there is significant opportunity for asset owners to support the development of low-cost clean energy assets," said Joe McConnell, Partner and Deputy Co-chief Investment Officer at Castlelake. "We believe this partnership will combine Castlelake's investment experience with Peregrine's development, construction and asset management background to generate value for clients."
The Peregrine Platform intends to focus on developing carbon-free power assets in areas of high-power price volatility and grid constraints. The management team leading this work collectively brings over 15 gigawatts of renewable energy and storage facilities development experience to bear on the Peregrine Platform. The Peregrine Platform has developed a 5GW pipeline with site control and premium earning potential based on its proprietary prospecting method.
"At Peregrine, we are focused on creating and optimizing a robust, diversified portfolio of renewable energy assets anchored by battery storage assets in order to generate long-term and outsized value for stakeholders, including the communities in which we operate," said Hagen Lee, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Peregrine. "We are excited to scale our operations and take our business goals to the next level."
Castlelake has experience investing in and managing a diverse set of asset-rich opportunities across geographies within transitional real estate, infrastructure, renewables and power stability. Since inception, the firm has invested over $14 billion in real assets opportunities and over 37,000 assets across the U.S. and Europe. Castlelake has also invested in over 3.0 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity.
Castlelake, L.P. is a global alternative investment manager focused on investments in real assets, specialty finance and aviation across the risk spectrum, from value-oriented to income and investment grade credit. Founded in 2005, Castlelake manages approximately $20 billion of assets. The Castlelake team comprises more than 240 experienced professionals, including approximately 90 investment professionals, across seven offices in North America, Europe and Asia. For more information, please visit https://www.castlelake.com.
Peregrine Energy Solutions is an integrated and multi-technology clean energy platform with a focus on utility scale energy storage that was established in 2022 through a partnership between Peregrine Energy Management and a global alternative investment manager with approximately $20 billion of assets. Peregrine Energy Solutions is a limited liability company formed in Delaware and headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s Maritime Rescue Service says it has rescued three stowaways traveling on a ship’s rudder in the Canary Islands after the vessel sailed there from Nigeria.
The men, found on the Alithini II oil tanker at the Las Palmas port, appeared to have symptoms of dehydration and hypothermia and were transferred to hospitals on the island for medical attention, Spain’s Salvamento Marítimo said.
According to the MarineTraffic website which tracks ships, the Malta-flagged vessel left Lagos, Nigeria on Nov. 17 and arrived in Las Palmas Monday.
Though extremely dangerous, it is not the first time stowaways have been found traveling on the rudder of commercial ships to the Canary Islands. Last year a 14-year-old Nigerian boy was interviewed by Spain’s El País newspaper after surviving two weeks on a ship’s rudder. He had also departed from Lagos. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/stowaways-rescued-from-perch-on-ships-rudder-in-spains-canary-islands/ | 2022-11-29 13:54:50 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/stowaways-rescued-from-perch-on-ships-rudder-in-spains-canary-islands/ |
VANCOUVER, BC, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Defense Metals Corp. ("Defense Metals" or the "Company") (TSX V : DEFN) (OTCQB: DFMTF) (FSE: 35D) is pleased to announce the initial results of alternative Acid Bake process testwork underway at SGS Lakefield on Wicheeda Rare Earth Element (REE) Project mineralized feed. The initial testwork shows that adoption of the Acid Bake process results in improved REE extraction, and potentially improvements in capital and operating costs.
The previous hydrometallurgical flowsheet that was included in the PEA (preliminary economic assessment[1]) was based on a more costly and complex gangue-leach – caustic-crack process. Upon joining the team, Defense Metals' lead metallurgical consultant, John Goode, P.Eng., recommended investigation of the acid-bake process for the Wicheeda ore, and the preliminary results show that the acid-bake process is more efficient, yielding >95% recovery of neodymium and praseodymium from flotation concentrate into a leach solution (Figure 1).
This hydrometallurgy program that started in December, which includes pilot-plant operations, will be concluded in the last quarter of 2022. It will provide data to allow a detailed design and capital- and operating-cost calculations. Updates on the test work will be provided periodically as results become available.
Luisa Moreno, President of Defense Metals commented: "We are delighted that the acid-bake process has yielded higher recoveries of rare earths and offers the potential to significantly reduce operating and capital costs, thus improving project economics and further establishing Wicheeda as a potential near-term source of rare earths."
- Testing of the acid-bake process started in late 2021, with over 20 tests on several concentrate samples completed to investigate the impact of bake conditions including acid addition, concentrate grade, and bake temperature.
- Tests continue to show that the sulphuric acid-bake approach is highly effective. Across all tests, including those under sub-optimal conditions, the neodymium/praseodymium extraction is 94% with better test results showing 97 to 99% extraction.
- Short-duration acid-bake pilot operations using the SGS Lakefield 165 mm diameter kiln are ongoing.
- Pregnant leach solution from the static acid-bake tests is now being tested for impurity removal and the precipitation of a refined rare-earth product suitable for sale.
In the AB-WL process, Wicheeda's mineral concentrate will be treated with concentrated sulphuric acid at high temperatures (200˚C-600˚C) converting the rare earths in the minerals to water-soluble sulphates, which readily dissolve during the subsequent water leach. The leachate is then purified, and the rare-earth elements recovered by a simple precipitation process. This process requires less equipment, and involves fewer steps and circuits, as schematically presented in Figure 2. Importantly, this flowsheet is the same as that used by Lynas at its Kuantan REE production facility and by Baogang at the Bayan Obo REE recovery plants (using a bastnasite and monazite ore). Most of the world's REE are produced by the Acid-Bake process.
The 100% owned 2,008-hectare Wicheeda Rare-Earth Project, located approximately 80 km northeast of the city of Prince George, British Columbia, is readily accessible by all-weather gravel roads and is near infrastructure, including power transmission lines, the CN railway, and major highways.
The Wicheeda Rare-Earth Project yielded a robust 2021 PEA that demonstrated an after-tax net present value (NPV@8%) of $517 million, and 18% IRR1. A unique advantage of the Wicheeda Rare-Earth Project is its ability to produce a saleable high-grade flotation concentrate. The PEA contemplates a 1.8 Mtpa (million tonnes per year) mill-throughput open-pit mining operation with 1.75:1 (waste:mill feed) strip ratio over a 19-year mine (project) life, producing an average of 25,423 tonnes REO annually. A Phase 1 initial-pit strip ratio of 0.63:1 (waste:mill feed) would yield rapid access to higher-grade surface mineralization in year one and payback of $440 million initial capital within five years. The Acid-Bake process is expected to improve upon the 2021 PEA economics.
The scientific and technical information contained in this news release, as it relates to the Wicheeda Rare-Earth Project, has been reviewed and approved by John Goode, P. Eng., who is a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 and has provided the technical information relating to metallurgy in this news release.
Defense Metals Corp. is a mineral-exploration and development company focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of mineral deposits containing metals and elements commonly used in the electric-power market, defense industry, national-security sector and in the production of green-energy technologies, such as, rare-earth magnets used in wind turbines and in permanent-magnet motors for electric vehicles. Defense Metals owns 100% of the Wicheeda Rare-Earth Project located near Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. Defense Metals Corp. trades in Canada under the symbol "DEFN" on the TSX Venture Exchange, in the United States, under "DFMTF" on the OTCQB and in Germany on the Frankfurt Exchange under "35D".
For further information, please contact:
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Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.
This news release contains "forward–looking information or statements" within the meaning of applicable securities laws, which may include, without limitation, statements relating to advancing the Wicheeda Rare-Earth Project, completing the geotechnical and hydrogeological drill program and the expected results and outcomes, the Company's plans for its Wicheeda Rare-Earth Project including other studies and development work, expected results and outcomes, the technical, financial and business prospects of the Company, its rare-earth project and other matters. All statements in this news release, other than statements of historical facts, that address events or developments that the Company expects to occur, are forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Such statements and information are based on numerous assumptions regarding present and future business strategies and the environment in which the Company will operate in the future, including the price of rare-earth elements, the anticipated costs and expenditures, the ability to achieve its goals, that general business and economic conditions will not change in a material adverse manner, that financing will be available if and when needed and on reasonable terms. Such forward-looking information reflects the Company's views with respect to future events and is subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including the risks and uncertainties relating to the interpretation of exploration results, risks related to the inherent uncertainty of exploration and cost estimates, the potential for unexpected costs and expenses and those other risks filed under the Company's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. While such estimates and assumptions are considered reasonable by the management of the Company, they are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive and regulatory uncertainties and risks. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward looking statements include, but are not limited to, continued availability of capital and financing and general economic, market or business conditions, adverse weather and climate conditions, failure to maintain or obtain all necessary government permits, approvals and authorizations, failure to maintain community acceptance (including First Nations), risks relating to unanticipated operational difficulties (including failure of equipment or processes to operate in accordance with specifications or expectations, cost escalation, unavailability of materials and equipment, government action or delays in the receipt of government approvals, industrial disturbances or other job action, and unanticipated events related to health, safety and environmental matters), risks relating to inaccurate geological and engineering assumptions, decrease in the price of rare-earth elements, the impact of Covid-19 or other viruses and diseases on the Company's ability to operate, an inability to predict and counteract the effects of COVID-19 on the business of the Company, including but not limited to, the effects of COVID-19 on the price of commodities, capital-market conditions, restriction on labour and international travel and supply chains, loss of key employees, consultants, or directors, increase in costs, delayed drilling results, litigation, and failure of counterparties to perform their contractual obligations. The Company does not undertake to update forward–looking statements or forward–looking information, except as required by law.
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Upstart menstrual care brand questions what constitutes "indecent, obscene, profane" content on TV with billboards near D.C. federal buildings.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Menstrual care brand MOONS launched their "Our Bodies Are Not Indecent" campaign this week, calling attention to the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) prohibition of menstrual blood on broadcast television as "obscene, indecent, profane content."
Images of menstruators with the FCC seal as a censorship device over blood stains is making waves in Washington, D.C. this week as the billboard truck drives around the FCC building and prominent media organizations. Campaign copy explains that "Our blood is not obscene. Our bodies are not indecent. Our experiences are not profane. Our cycles are powerful and they deserve respect."
Viewers are invited to sign a petition encouraging the FCC to end its outdated censorship policies around menstruation.
At a moment in the public consciousness when bodily autonomy is at risk and women's experiences are being ignored, MOONS hopes to raise awareness around the importance of normalizing menstruators' bodies and realities, in part through representation in media.
The campaign also questions the acceptance of violence-based blood in media, but not the blood of natural experiences.
"The more comfortable we become talking about bodies, cycles, and women's health, the more understanding there will be. And with understanding comes attention and respect," said CEO and co-founder Rachel Donovan Geller.
Co-founder Kaity Potak adds, "Dismantling stigma is the heart of MOONS, and this campaign aims to do so at a higher level. Banning menstrual blood sends the message that it's bad or shameful. It's time to send a new message."
The campaign was developed with agency BCW, led by CCO Fede Garcia. To learn more about MOONS and the #NotIndecent campaign, please visit www.ourmoons.com
About MOONS
Founded in 2021, MOONS is changing the language, culture, and experience surrounding menstruation and other key phases of menstruators' lives. Their first product, duets™, combines a compact tampon + slim liner in one convenient pouch, making it the first-ever product system designed by women to end period stains. MOONS is proud to have an all female executive team led by CEO and Co-Founder, Rachel Donovan Geller and CCO & Co-Founder, Kaity Potak. MOONS is headquartered in New York's Hudson Valley.
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30th & Colorado Underpass Project: Left turns will be restricted westbound, eastbound and southbound for underpass construction. Sidewalk detours where noted (southeast quadrant sidewalks closed). Use temporary crossings at 30th/Euclid and Colorado west of the intersection. Cyclists merge with traffic. Northbound bus stop on 30th (BOUND) closed; board at next stop. Anticipated end date is Dec. 31.
Pollard Jeep site: The right lane on 30th Street heading north will have intermittent lane closures for the duration of the project. Arrow boards and signage will be used to direct traffic between Walnut and Mapleton streets. Anticipated end date is July 15.
30th and Bluff: Expect intermittent lane closures on 30th Street at Bluff Street (between Pearl Street and Valmont Road), for underground utility testing. Work is expected to be done between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., from July 10 to Jul 15.
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Sugarloaf Road: Boulder County started the last of the 2013 flood recovery-related projects on Sugarloaf. The project involves the construction of five retaining walls, drainage improvements and reconstruction of about 2,000 feet of roadway just up from Colo. 119 and includes a four-foot shoulder in the uphill lane. Temporary traffic signals were installed on Sugarloaf because the road is reduced to one lane in the construction zone. In addition, Colo. 119 and Boulder Canyon Drive is reduced to one lane during working hours from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Flaggers are being used to guide travelers on Colo. 119 during the lane closures. The project is anticipated to last into October.
Chipseal roadwork: Chipseal operations throughout Boulder County began June 7. Work will take place from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday on nine stretches of roadway in the following order: 119th Street from Oxford Road to the county line; 115th Street from Oxford to Niwot Road and on to East County Line Road; Isabelle Road from 95th Street to U.S. 287; Valmont Road from 75th to 95th streets; Jay Road from 63rd to 75th streets; Lookout Road from 75th Street to U.S. 287; Somerset and Longview roads in Niwot; 73rd/75th streets from Niwot Road to Colo. 66; North 115th from Colo. 66 to Yellowstone Road. Work will require lane closures and reduced speeds. Cyclists are advised to avoid these roads. The project is anticipated to continue into July.
Lafayette
LaMont Does parking lot: The LaMont Does Park parking lot is closed along South Boulder Road. The parking lot on Saratoga Drive will remain open and accessible for overflow parking. The restrooms at LaMont are also closed. Temporary restrooms are available in the Saratoga Drive parking lot.
South Boulder Road: South Boulder Road is in a two-way/head-to-head configuration on the north side of the road. Eastbound and westbound traffic will continue to use this configuration while crews install the storm sewer pipe. Westbound South Boulder Road at Saratoga and Merlin drives will have one through travel lane and one left turn only travel lane. Prepare for delays in the area.
RTD bus stop: RTD bus riders who use the stop on South Boulder Road at Robin Hood Street can catch the bus at the next stop on Sir Galahad Drive at South Boulder Road. Traffic must stay on designated paths.
South Boulder Road sidewalk: The sidewalk on the south side of South Boulder Road from Saratoga Drive to 120th Street is closed. Pedestrians and cyclists should follow sidewalk detour signage and use the sidewalk on the north side of South Boulder Road in this area.
Longmont
Chipseal roadwork: Chipseal work is being done around the city, on Third Avenue from Martin Street to Colo. 119; Addie Rose Lane; Alpine Lane; Autumn Court; Carbide Court; Drift Place; Eldora Place; Independence Drive; Kinnikinnick Court; North Shore Drive; Snowbank Court; Trevor Circle; and Trevor Court. Work is scheduled to last into September. Affected residences and businesses will be notified in advance.
Sixth Avenue: Sixth Avenue will be closed between Sumner and Vivan streets for gas meter work, from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. July 6-9.
Louisville
Dillon Road: Dillon will be closed from 96th Street east to Pierce Avenue beginning July 5, through July 19, to accommodate storm sewer construction. The detour route includes South 96th Street, Colo. 42 and South 104th Street.
Erie
Weld County Road 5: There will be full closure of the intersection of Flora View Drive and WCR 5 from July 9-15 for removal of existing asphalt, cut/fill grading per project plans, placement of base course, concrete curb and gutter, related utility piping for services, asphalt paving, striping, and signage. All traffic attempting to reach Soaring Heights will need to use the southern parking lot entrance and come from the south on WCR 5. All traffic from the north attempting to reach Soaring Heights or Erie High School will need to detour on Horizon Avenue and Colliers Parkway.
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Interstate 25: From 9 p.m. July 7 to 5 a.m. July 8, crews will close the southbound I-25 on- and off-ramps at Colo. 56 to shift southbound I-25 traffic to a new alignment. This will allow crews to complete work on the new ramps of the improved interchange.
County Road 13: WCR 13 will be closed from Colo. 60 to County Road 50 for guard-rail repair on July 7.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California voters will decide in November whether to guarantee the right to an abortion in their state constitution, a question sure to boost turnout on both sides of the debate during a pivotal midterm election year as Democrats try to keep control of Congress after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
The court’s ruling on Friday lets states decide for themselves whether to allow abortion. California is controlled by Democrats who support abortion rights, so access to the procedure won’t be threatened anytime soon.
But the legal right to an abortion in California is based upon the "right to privacy" in the state constitution. The Supreme Court’s ruling declared that a right to privacy does not guarantee the right to an abortion. California Democrats fear this ruling could leave the state’s abortion laws vulnerable to challenge in state courts.
To fix that, California lawmakers on Monday agreed to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot this year that would leave no doubt about the status of abortion in California.
The amendment would declare that the state "shall not deny or interfere with an individual’s reproductive freedom in their most intimate decisions, which includes their fundamental right to choose to have an abortion and their fundamental right to choose or refuse contraceptives."
California joins Vermont in trying to protect abortion in its state constitution. The Vermont proposal, also on the ballot this November, does not include the word "abortion" but would protect "personal reproductive autonomy" — although there is an exception "justified by a compelling State interest achieved by the least restrictive means."
Meanwhile, four conservative states — Alabama, Louisiana, Tennessee and West Virginia — have constitutions that say a right to an abortion is not protected, according to the Guttmacher Institute, an abortion rights group.
The amendment in California is part of Democrats’ aggressive strategy to expand access to abortion in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling.
Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law aimed at shielding California abortion providers and volunteers from lawsuits in other states — a law aimed at blunting a Texas law that allows private citizens to sue people who help women in that state get an abortion.
California’s massive budget includes more than $200 million to expand access to abortion in the state. The money would help pay for abortions for women who can’t afford them, scholarships for abortion providers and a new website listing all of the state’s abortion services in one place.
The budget also includes $20 million to help women pay for the logistics of an abortion, including things like travel, lodging and child care. But the Newsom administration says the money can’t be used to help women from other states where abortion is illegal or severely restricted come to California to get the procedure.
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New survey reflects optimism among America's diverse small business owners
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October 18th, 2022In partnership with Reimagine Main Street and its corporate partner Nationwide, the USHCC released this new diverse small employer report that sheds light on the current Hispanic-owned business landscape.
The results of the survey, published during Hispanic Heritage Month, present relevant information about the condition of these small businesses in the midst of this period of financial recovery after the impact of the pandemic.
Juan José Pérez, President of Corporate Solutions at Nationwide, stated:
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- Hispanic-owned businesses alone generate more than $800 billion in annual revenue. However, millions of small businesses, including Hispanic-owned small businesses, were disproportionately affected by the global COVID-19 pandemic and are still working to get back on their feet financially.
- Most Hispanic business owners are optimistic about the future of their business, despite the fact that 56% of small employers surveyed do not have cash reserves to recover from the pandemic.
The USHCC, in partnership with @pps_institute, and @Nationwide, released a new survey of diverse small employers featuring insights into the business landscape with a spotlight on Hispanic-owned small businesses. View the survey results below. https://t.co/rMrZcQyYCM pic.twitter.com/2xYP414fGC
— USHCC (@USHCC) October 27, 2022
“If the pandemic taught us anything, it’s to expect the unexpected. The data shows the importance of small businesses preparing for the next potential risk, whether that’s another financial crisis or more localized business disruption,” added Pérez.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Police are asking for the public's help in finding a missing 21-year-old Indianapolis man.
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AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Brett Gabbert threw for 184 yards and a touchdown, Jacquez Warren had a pick-6 early in the fourth quarter and Miami (Ohio) beat Akron 27-9 on Saturday.
Gabbert's deep throw to Mac Hippenhammer over the middle went for 58 yards to set up Miami's 33-yard field goal with 1:11 left before halftime for a 17-3 lead.
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Keyon Mozee added 52 yards on the ground with a 3-yard touchdown for Miami (4-5, 2-3 Mid-American Conference). Graham Nicholson made field goals of 33 and 44 yards.
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Akron outgained Miami 396 to 268 but was undone by three turnovers.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The stiffest penalty Donald Trump’s company could receive when it is sentenced Friday by a New York judge for helping its executives dodge taxes is a $1.6 million fine — not even enough to buy a Trump Tower apartment.
Neither the former president nor his children, who helped run and promote the Trump Organization, are expected to be in the courtroom for the sentencing hearing. The company will be represented by its lawyers.
Because the Trump Organization is a corporation and not a person, a fine is the only way a judge can punish the company after its conviction last month for 17 tax crimes, including charges of conspiracy and falsifying business records.
By law, the maximum penalty that can be imposed by Judge Juan Manuel Merchan is around $1.6 million, an amount equal to double the taxes a small group of executives avoided on benefits including rent-free apartments in Trump buildings, luxury cars and private school tuition.
Trump himself was not on trial and denied any knowledge of his executives evading taxes illegally.
While a fine of that amount isn't likely to affect the company’s operations or future, the conviction is a black mark on the Republican’s reputation as a savvy businessman as he mounts a campaign to regain the White House.
Besides the company, only one executive was charged in the case: former Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg, who pleaded guilty last summer to evading taxes on $1.7 million in compensation.
He was sentenced Tuesday to five months in jail.
Trump has said the case against his company was part of a politically motivated “witch hunt” waged against him by vindictive Democrats. The company’s lawyers have vowed to appeal the verdict.
The criminal case involved financial practices and pay arrangements that the company halted when Trump was elected president in 2016.
Over his years as the company's chief moneyman, Weisselberg had received a rent-free apartment in a Trump-branded building in Manhattan with a view of the Hudson River. He and his wife drove Mercedes-Benz cars, leased by company. When his grandchildren went to an exclusive private school, Trump paid their tuition.
A handful of other executives received similar perks.
When called to testify against the Trump Organization at trial, Weisselberg testified that he didn't pay taxes on that compensation, and that he and a company vice president conspired to hide the perks by having the company issue falsified W-2 forms.
Weisselberg also attempted to take responsibility on the witness stand, saying nobody in the Trump family knew what he was doing. He choked up as he told jurors, “It was my own personal greed that led to this.”
Trump Organization lawyers repeated the mantra, “Weisselberg did it for Weisselberg,” contending that he had gone rogue and betrayed the company’s trust.
Assistant district attorney Joshua Steinglass attempted to refute that claim in his closing argument, showing jurors a lease Trump signed himself for Weisselberg’s apartment.
“Mr. Trump is explicitly sanctioning tax fraud,” Steinglass argued.
A jury convicted the company of tax fraud on Dec. 6.
The company's fine will be barely a dent in the bottom line for an enterprise with a global portfolio of golf courses, hotels and development deals. It could face more trouble outside of court due to the reputational damage, such as difficulty finding new deals and business partners.
The Trump Organization’s conviction and sentencing don't end Trump’s battle with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, a Democrat who took office in January. Bragg has said that a related investigation of Trump that began under his predecessor, Cyrus Vance Jr., is “active and ongoing,” with a newly hired prosecutor leading the charge.
At the same time, New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing Trump and the Trump Organization, alleging they misled banks and others about the value of its many assets, a practice she dubbed the “art of the steal.”
James, a Democrat, is asking a court to ban Trump and his three eldest children from running any New York-based company and is seeking to fine them at least $250 million. A judge has set an October trial date. As a preliminary measure, he appointed a monitor for the company while the case is pending.
Trump faces several other legal challenges as he looks to retake the White House in 2024.
A special grand jury in Atlanta has investigated whether Trump and his allies committed any crimes while trying to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia.
Last month, the House Jan. 6 committee voted to make a criminal referral to the Justice Department for Trump’s role in sparking the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. The FBI is also investigating Trump’s storage of classified documents.
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Early morning shooting leaves 1 dead, officials say
Published: Apr. 20, 2023 at 5:51 AM CDT|Updated: 33 minutes ago
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Emergency officials are responding to a deadly shooting in Baton Rouge early Thursday morning, April 20.
Emergency responders said it happened on Dayton Street, which is near Plank Road.
The coroner’s office has been called to the scene, officials confirmed.
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Epson Certified Courses Offer Students Standardized Training on Implementing, Programing and Operating Automation Systems Quickly and Effectively
LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., Nov. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In order to meet increased demand for automation solutions, Epson Robots, the #1 SCARA robot manufacturer in the world, is expanding access to Epson certified robot training for customers and system integrators. The wide variety of high-quality, certified courses are designed to help students quickly and effectively program and operate Epson's robot and vision products. The courses are offered in-person at Epson's headquarters in Los Alamitos, California and now at a number of regional Epson Robots Certified Training Centers located in the Western, Southern, and Northeastern US.
All courses are taught by Epson-certified instructors in structured environments designed for hands-on learning. Students will achieve valuable skills that will help them implement automation systems faster. They will understand how and when to use various functions and options in Epson Robots programming software, resulting in the ability to deliver a higher quality of work and gain a head start on their next automation projects.
"Epson recognizes that taking time to leave the plant and travel to attend essential training sessions can be a challenge for our customers," said Rick Brookshire, director of product management and product development, Epson Robots. "Epson opened these Robot Certified Training Centers to provide customers and partners with an efficient and flexible way to obtain the latest in automation training to reduce their development time through innovative robot usage techniques taught in these courses."
Conveniently located across the country with Epson Robots AutomateFirst partners, such as Gibson Engineering, Olympus Controls, CIMTEC Automation, and Advanced Control Solutions, Epson Robots Certified Training Centers provide flexibility for students who wish to minimize travel time and costs. Courses include beginner and advanced robot programming in the RC+® development environment, Robotic Vision Guidance, and Epson RC+ Express, and are standardized to ensure students receive the same training and certification, regardless of the location attended.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona announced Friday she has registered as an independent, a renegade move that could bolster her political brand but won’t upend the Democrats’ narrow Senate majority. She says she will not caucus with Republicans.
Sinema, who faces reelection in 2024, has modeled her political approach on the maverick style of the late Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona. A vibrant yet often unpredictable force in the Senate, she tends toward the state’s independent streak, frustrating Democratic colleagues at times with her overtures to Republicans and opposition to Democratic priorities.
Rather than assailing the Democratic Party in her statement Friday, she said she was “declaring my independence from the broken partisan system in Washington.”
While unusual for a sitting senator to switch party affiliation, Sinema’s decision may well have more impact on her own political livelihood than the operations of the Senate. She plans to continue her committee positions through the Democrats. Her move comes just days after Democrats had expanded their majority to 51-49 for the new year, following the party’s runoff election win in Georgia.
In case of tie votes, Vice President Kamala Harris will continue to provide the winning vote for Democrats.
Sinema will join a small but influential group of independent senators aligned with the Democrats — Sen. Angus King of Maine and Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont.
In a video explaining her decision, she said: “Registering as an independent and showing up to work with the title of independent is a reflection of who I’ve always been. … Nothing’s going to change for me.’’
At the White House, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre praised Sinema as a “key partner” in passing some of President Joe Biden’s priorities and said the switch “does not change the new Democratic majority control of the Senate. … We have every reason to expect that we will continue to work successfully with her.”
Sinema has not said whether she will seek reelection in 2024, but her move scrambles the landscape as Democrats already face a tough path to maintaining Senate control. Her switch risks splitting the Democratic vote in Arizona between Sinema and the eventual Democratic nominee, giving Republicans a solid opening.
A splintered ballot could help Republican recruiting efforts as they seek to perform better than their losses in the recent midterm elections. A weak GOP field contributed to Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly’s reelection in Arizona last month.
A political action committee, Primary Sinema, that is raising money to support a potential challenger, said the money it has already raised will now be used to back “a real Democrat” in 2024.
Abandoning the Democratic Party is a striking evolution for a politician who began her career as a Green Party member and antiwar activist known as a “Prada socialist.” The shift has been particularly vexing for progressive activists who now see her as one of their chief antagonists.
The first-term Sinema wrote in The Arizona Republic that she came into office pledging “to be independent and work with anyone to achieve lasting results. I committed I would not demonize people I disagreed with, engage in name-calling, or get distracted by political drama. I promised I would never bend to party pressure.”
She wrote that her approach is “has upset partisans in both parties” but “has delivered lasting results for Arizona.” Sinema also said that she has “never fit perfectly in either national party.”
She told Politico in an interview that she will not caucus with Republicans and that she plans to keep voting as she has since winning election to the Senate in 2018 after three House terms.
Ahead of the 2024 elections, Sinema is likely to be matched against a well-funded primary challenger after angering much of the Democratic base by blocking or watering down progressive priorities such as a minimum wage increase and Biden’s big social spending initiatives.
Sinema’s most prominent potential primary challenger is Rep. Ruben Gallego, who has a long history of feuding with her.
The senator wrote that she was joining “the growing numbers of Arizonans who reject party politics by declaring my independence from the broken partisan system in Washington.”
Sinema bemoaned “the national parties’ rigid partisanship” and said “pressures in both parties pull leaders to the edges — allowing the loudest, most extreme voices to determine their respective parties’ priorities, and expecting the rest of us to fall in line.”
“In catering to the fringes, neither party has demonstrated much tolerance for diversity of thought. Bipartisan compromise is seen as a rarely acceptable last resort, rather than the best way to achieve lasting progress,” she wrote.
She added: “My approach is rare in Washington, and has upset partisans in both parties.”
Along with West Virginia’s Joe Manchin, she has been one of two moderate Democrats in the 50-50 Senate, and her willingness to buck the rest of her party has at times limited the ambitions of Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.
Sinema is a staunch defender of the filibuster, a Senate rule effectively requiring 60 votes to pass most legislation in the 100-member Senate. Many Democrats, including Biden, say the filibuster leads to gridlock by giving a minority of lawmakers the ability to veto.
Last January, leaders of the Arizona Democratic Party voted to censure Sinema, citing “her failure to do whatever it takes to ensure the health of our democracy″ — namely her refusal to go along with fellow Democrats to alter the Senate rule so they could overcome Republican opposition to a voting rights bill.
While that rebuke was symbolic, it came only a few years since Sinema was heralded for bringing the Arizona Senate seat back into the Democratic fold for the first time in a generation. The move also previewed the persistent opposition that Sinema was likely face within her own party in 2024.
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A Tennessee man filed a lawsuit Friday claiming that operators of the Kanakuk Camps in Branson, Missouri, lied to him and his parents while persuading them to sign a settlement over sexual abuse by a camp counselor.
Logan Yandell, 27, of Hendersonville, Tennessee, and his parents reached a confidential settlement with Kanakuk in 2010 that included a non-disclosure agreement after Yandell was abused by Peter Newman, who is serving two life sentences for sexually abusing multiple children while working for the Christian summer camps.
The lawsuit names Kanakuk Ministries, Kanakuk CEO Joe White, Kanakuk Heritage Inc., Westchester Fire Insurance Company and a John Doe.
A statement from Kanakuk said the company just received the lawsuit on Friday and does not comment on pending litigation.
“We will respond further if or when appropriate,” the company said. “In the meantime, we continue to pray for all who have been affected by Pete Newman’s behavior.
Yandell was sexually abused while attending the summer camp and other activities between 2005 and 2008.
The lawsuit alleges that Kanakuk officials claimed they did not know about Newman's sexual abuse of children prior to his arrest but the Yandell family later learned that wasn't true.
In December 2021, the conservative online news outlet The Dispatch reported that Newman’s supervisor, Will Cunningham, recommended in 2003 that Newman be fired because of reports of child sexual abuse, including participating in several activities with children while nude, “counseling” them in a hot tub and sleeping alone with children.
The lawsuit filed Friday contains an affidavit from Cunningham confirming that he wanted Newman fired. Instead, White overruled the suggestion and promoted Newman to camp director, according to the lawsuit.
The family would not have signed the settlement and non-disclosure agreement if they had known that Kanakuk officials had lied to them, Brian Kent, one of the family's attorneys, said Friday.
He said company officials took advantage of the family.
“Knowing that the Yandells were really trying to deal with making sure their child is OK and getting him better, this was a clear effort by Joe White and Kanakuk to advise them this is something they should do. And they lied to them in order to get them to sign.”
The lawsuit is not a class action but Kent said it's possible more of Newman's victims will file similar lawsuits because of the new information.
The Associated Press generally does not name victims of sexual abuse but Yandell is named in the lawsuit and has publicly discussed his case.
One of the reasons the family decided to file the lawsuit 12 years after signing the settlement was to allow Yandell to “get his voice back and have his voice heard,” Kent said.
Newman is serving two life sentences plus 30 years in state prison after his 2010 sentencing on seven felony counts of sexually abusing boys while he was a Kanakuk counselor. The number of victims is believed to be in the hundreds, according to the lawsuit. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Missouri-summer-camp-operators-sued-over-abuse-17595950.php | 2022-11-18 22:13:07 | 1 | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Missouri-summer-camp-operators-sued-over-abuse-17595950.php |
The English actor said he was bitten by a rattlesnake in Malibu over the weekend. He posted a close-up photo of the bite on his finger on Twitter.
Bit not by a ROUS but a rattlesnake. Grateful to the staff of Malibu Urgent Care, LA County Fire Dept. and the staff and medical professionals at @UCLAHealth for their great care. Am recovering well thanks to all these wonderful folks. 🙏 pic.twitter.com/0vHuFvKMTj
— Cary Elwes (@Cary_Elwes) April 25, 2022
"Bit not by a ROUS but a rattlesnake," said the actor referring to the rat-like creature from his popular film. "Grateful to the staff of Malibu Urgent Care, LA County Fire Dept. and the staff and medical professionals at @UCLAHealth for their great care."
Paramedics were sent to a home in the 23000 block of Pacific Coast Highway just before 3 p.m. Saturday, the Los Angeles County Fire Department confirmed to Eyewitness News.
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Elwes was sent to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center after he was bitten. The actor was reportedly doing yard work when he came across the snake.
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LOS ANGELES, July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumer Watchdog filed its Opening Brief in a California Public Records Act ("CPRA") lawsuit against Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and the Department of Insurance. The CPRA suit alleges that Lara and the Department of Insurance failed to search for and produce records related to a pay-to-play scandal involving insurance companies with business pending before the agency.
The trial will be held September 2, 2022. Download the brief here: https://consumerwatchdog.org/sites/default/files/2022-07/2022-07-05%20Brief%20Petitioner%27s%20Opening%20Brief%20and%20Exhibits%201-40%20%28stamped%29.pdf
As explained in the Opening Brief, though Commissioner Lara had previously pledged not to accept insurance company contributions, in 2019 individuals linked to workers' compensation insurer Applied Underwriters and another company, IHC, contributed $53,400 to Lara's 2022 re-election campaign fund. Some of the contributions were made in the name of relatives of insurance company executives, apparently to hide their true source. Shortly after, Applied's president, Steven Menzies, requested that Commissioner Lara intervene in proceedings at the Department involving Applied. Lara did so, overriding Administrative Law Judge orders in at least four proceedings. Menzies also stood to gain if Commissioner Lara approved his purchase of Applied's subsidiary, California Insurance Company ("CIC").
In the wake of statewide news reports Commissioner Lara apologized and promised "transparency."
Consumer Watchdog then filed two CPRA requests with the Department seeking communications and meeting records involving 13 named individuals and any other individuals "employed by or representing" the insurance companies involved in the scandal.
Several records the Department ultimately produced suggest that Menzies and others improperly discussed the sale of CIC with Commissioner Lara and Department staff simultaneous to campaign fundraising. The Department refused to produce other records and failed to provide an adequate explanation for withholding them.
Without recourse, Consumer Watchdog filed a public records lawsuit asking the court to require the Department to search for and produce all responsive records.
Following the filing of the lawsuit, discovery responses from the Department demonstrated that the Department failed to search for, perhaps intentionally so, records related to at least four individuals that the Department knew were "employed by or representing" Applied and IHC.
These individuals include a former New Mexico insurance regulator who left office following a different pay-to-play scandal, an insurance executive involved in the sale of CIC, and two former California legislators-turned lobbyists, Rusty Areias and Fabian Nunez.
As noted in the Opening Brief,
"During discovery, Respondents admitted that they had done nothing to determine who was 'employed by or representing' Applied or the other companies, or to search for records responsive to the second half of the CPRA Requests. After this litigation was filed, Petitioner uncovered evidence that Respondents were aware of other individuals who represented the companies, but still failed, perhaps intentionally, to include their names as search terms in order to identify other responsive documents. As a result, the universe of responsive documents remains unknown…. Respondents have a duty under the CPRA to establish search protocols and adopt search terms adequate to identify responsive records. Respondents violated this duty. . . . An agency fails to conduct an adequate search when it fails to pursue leads in response to a records request that, if followed, could reasonably lead to further responsive records."
The lawsuit, Consumer Watchdog v. Ricardo Lara et al. Case No. 20STCP00664, is being litigated in Los Angeles Superior Court. Consumer Watchdog is represented by attorneys for the group and Kelly Aviles, esq.
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Which Charlotte Tilbury lip liner is best?
Lip liners are versatile products that everyone should keep on hand. Lining your lips can lead to eye-catching multishade looks, help keep your lipstick and other lip products from smearing and can be used directly on the lips for a subtle look.
Charlotte Tilbury is among the better midrange brands. Its lip liner, the Lip Cheat Lip Liner, comes in 15 shades and contains no unhealthy ingredients, such as parabens. The company also doesn’t engage in animal testing or use animal-based ingredients for an entirely vegan product.
What to know before you buy a Charlotte Tilbury lip liner
Finish
Lip liners typically come in either matte or cream finishes, though most exist somewhere in the middle. Charlotte Tilbury lip liners tend to have matte or matte-leaning finishes.
- Matte finishes produce a flat look, as in they don’t reflect light. They tend to dry the lips out slightly unless they include some hydrating ingredients, which many of Charlotte Tilbury’s do. They also don’t smudge as easily and usually last for many hours.
- Cream finishes are full of hydrating ingredients and, as a by-product, greatly reflect light for a more attention-grabbing look. The downside is they are easy to smudge, and even if they don’t smudge, they likely won’t last longer than two hours at best.
Barrel
Charlotte Tilbury lip liners come packaged in pencil-like barrels that require manual sharpening with a special, makeup-only pencil sharpener. Other brands use retractable barrels, which twist up and down. Both have their pros and cons.
- Pencil barrels are harder to maintain, and there’s a high likelihood of you wasting product during the sharpening stages if you’re inexperienced or using a bad sharpener. However, you can also fine-tune the tip to be as narrow or wide as you want to achieve the look you desire.
- Retractable barrels are much easier for the inexperienced user, as there’s no need for sharpening and little chance of wasting product. However, you’re stuck with the same tip thickness, and with cheap liners, you risk the product falling out of the tube.
What to look for in a quality Charlotte Tilbury lip liner
Application length
Charlotte Tilbury lip liners, thanks to their matte and matte-leaning finishes, have long application lengths. Most last for 6 to 12 hours, depending on what activities you’re engaging in.
Color
Charlotte Tilbury lip liners come in 15 shades, and a majority of them are shades of red, pink and brown. They use the same color names among all their products, so it’s easy to pair like and similar colors depending on your intended look.
How much you can expect to spend on a Charlotte Tilbury lip liner
Charlotte Tilbury only has one lip liner that costs $10-$30, and the cost depends on the seller. It also offers kits that bundle its lip liner with other lip products for $30-$100, and again, the cost depends on the seller.
Charlotte Tilbury lip liner FAQ
When should I apply my Charlotte Tilbury lip liner?
A. There are two schools of thought, and both are valid. One says you should apply lip liner before lipstick and other lip products. This helps you keep your lipstick application between the lines. The other says to apply it after lipstick or other lip products. This lets you somewhat fix the first application by lightly adjusting it.
Should I exfoliate my lips before applying lip liner?
A. It isn’t necessary, but it does help improve a few aspects. The biggest is simply that your lips won’t have creases. There won’t be any valleys that can fill with product, so there won’t be enough product to smear around later in the day. In turn, this helps your application last a little longer than it would otherwise. It also improves the health and softness of your lips, regardless of whether you want to apply lip product after.
What’s the best Charlotte Tilbury lip liner to buy?
Top Charlotte Tilbury lip liner
Charlotte Tilbury Lip Cheat Lip Liner
What you need to know: If all you need is a new lip liner, then find your favorite color and add it to your cart.
What you’ll love: It is available in 15 colors, including shades of red, pink and brown, and comes in full or travel sizes. Its application time is long, and it contains no parabens or animal-based ingredients.
What you should consider: A few consumers felt that the lip liner colors were slightly lighter than their matching lipsticks. Others thought the application didn’t last as long as it should.
Where to buy: Sold by Sephora and Amazon
Top Charlotte Tilbury lip liner for the money
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Lip Secrets
What you need to know: This kit includes four travel-sized lip products, including lip liner.
What you’ll love: The kit includes lip gloss, lip plumper, lipstick and a lip liner all in matching colors. Each product is hydrating and contains no parabens. You can finish your application with either the plumper or gloss to vary your look.
What you should consider: The price is a little high, and the products won’t last long if you use them outside of special occasions.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Charlotte Tilbury Mini Pillow Talk Lipstick and Liner Set
What you need to know: This mini set is perfect for testing the Charlotte Tilbury brand.
What you’ll love: The kit includes a travel-sized tube of lip liner and lipstick in a matching color. Both products are paraben- and cruelty-free with matte finishes that last for hours. These products won’t dry out your lips, and they resist fading and smearing, even when eating and drinking.
What you should consider: It’s only available in three colors. The product runs out fast, so you’ll need to spend more money quickly if you like it.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Sephora
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Dan Wetzel, Ross Dellenger & SI’s Pat Forde break down the fallout from last week’s news of Colorado leaving the Pac-12 for the Big 12.
Now that the dust has settled on Colorado’s exodus to the Big 12, the guys discuss which team could leave the Pac-12 next. The University of Arizona seems to be the most logical program to join a new conference, but the Pac-12 may not be willing to let another member go. Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark has shown his savvy this offseason by keeping his foot on the pedal to acquire talented programs so it doesn’t look like he will stop until the Big 12 has 14 teams.
A new article came out from University of Minnesota players critiquing PJ Fleck and the culture of the football program. The show dissects the article and determines how much weight it does and should carry. PJ Fleck is an interesting character for sure, but there doesn’t seem to be much evidence of a toxic environment for student athletes.
New Ohio State commit Aaron Scott, Jr. took a moment to troll Michigan fans during his recruitment video. Scott revealed an Ohio State jersey that was pulled out of a University of Michigan backpack, giving the Michigan faithful a quick glimmer of hope before taking it away.
Hugh Freeze had a big week on the recruiting trail with a couple highly touted prospects committing to Auburn, including flipping a 5-star wideout from Alabama. Aside from football, Freeze won the first golf flight at the Auburn University Club. After some extensive investigative journalism, the podcast deduces that Hugh Freeze may in fact be a very good golfer.
Lastly, an Ohio State player isn’t as focused on NIL money, but rather farming supplies.
1:00 - What is the Pac-12's next move?
23:56 Do the Minnesota Golden Gophers have a toxic program?
45:00 Aaron Scott Jr commits to Ohio State over Michigan
48:40 Auburn is recruiting exceptionally well in Alabama right now
57:39 Ohio State’s Cade Stover has a unique NIL request
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More than 26,000 events and activities planned by traditional public, public charter, public magnet, private, online, and home education options
MIAMI, Jan. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On the heels of a year of huge changes in the education policy landscape –– during which more than two dozen states expanded education options for parents in 2022 –– National School Choice Week (Jan. 22-28) is poised to help transform those options into actual school choices for countless families. Through events and activities at local schools, conversations on social media and among friends and family, and large-scale school fairs and rallies, more parents will be thinking about finding the right educational fit for their sons and daughters during National School Choice Week (NSCW) than at any other time of the year.
In its thirteenth year, the Week is unique in its emphasis on partnering with and celebrating every type of school: traditional public schools, public charter schools, public magnet schools, private schools, online learning options, private schools, homeschooling, learning pods, and microschools. Of the 23,000 schools planning events and activities for the Week:
- 16.3 percent of all regular K-12 public and private schools, including 13.7 percent of public schools and 24.5 percent of private schools, are participating in NSCW 2023.
- 8.79 million students attend schools that will participate in NSCW 2023, an increase of 19.5 percent over the number of students attending NSCW-participating schools in 2022.
- 2,413 counties, or 76.8 percent of all counties across the U.S., are home to a school that will participate in NSCW 2023.
- 14.3 percent of NSCW-participating K-12 schools are located in geographic areas where the median household income is 150 percent or less of the HHS Federal Poverty Guideline; comparatively, 10.3 percent of all U.S. K-12 schools are located in such geographic areas.
- 26.9 percent of NSCW-participating K-12 schools are located in geographic areas where nonwhite residents comprise more than 50 percent of the total population; comparatively, 19.1 percent of all U.S. K-12 schools are located in such geographic areas.
"School Choice Week shows the many sides of school choice on a macro and micro scale," said Andrew Campanella, president and CEO of the National School Choice Awareness Foundation, which organizes the Week.
"On the one hand, it's a time when individual conversations are happening across the country between dads and daughters, teachers and students, and community leaders and parents. On the other, cities and states at large are taking stock of the education options they make available to parents, celebrating the success of students in all types of schools, and challenging themselves to be more proactive in putting kids first when it comes to education."
National School Choice Week will be celebrated from Jan. 22-28, 2023. More information and resources for journalists interested in covering the Week at schoolchoiceweek.com/multimedia. More information for families can be found at schoolchoiceweek.com/mystate.
National School Choice Week (NSCW) informs, inspires, and empowers parents to discover the K-12 education options available for their children, including traditional public, charter, magnet, online, private, and homeschooling. Every January, tens of thousands of schools, organizations, and individuals plan unique events and activities to shine a positive spotlight on effective education options in their communities. The Week is a project of the nonpartisan, nonpolitical National School Choice Awareness Foundation.
For more information, visit schoolchoiceweek.com
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ATHENS, Ohio (AP) — Kurtis Rourke set a single-game passing record for Ohio with 537 yards and his fourth touchdown pass went to Jacoby Jones with 52 seconds remaining to help Ohio hold off FCS-member Fordham 59-52 on Saturday.
Fordham, trailing 53-52, drove to its 40 with five seconds left but the final play ended in Bryce Houston's fumble return for a touchdown to prevent an FCS-FBS upset.
Rourke was 41-of-50 passing with four touchdowns for Ohio (2-2), which totaled 692 yards. He also carried it 10 times for 45 yards and a score. Jones and Tyler Foster each had two touchdown grabs.
Tim DeMorat's record-breaking day came up just short for Fordham (3-1), which was trying to open the season 4-0 for the first time since 2013 when the Rams opened with ten straight wins.
DeMorat threw his school-record sixth TD pass, the fourth to Fotis Kokosioulis for an 84-yarder, to put the Rams up 49-38 with 53 seconds left in the third quarter.
DeMorat was 27 of 35 for 503 yards and Kokosioulis had 13 receptions for a school-record 320 yards and four TDs. Kokosioulis' scores went for 33, 74, 45 and 84 yards.
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Capturing the recent flooding in Weld County, Colorado, was the reason 18-year-old Josh Logue decided to fly his drone Saturday morning. But little did he know at the time, that decision may have saved the lives of two people.
A man and a woman were trapped inside an upside-down Jeep that had fallen deep into a newly opened sinkhole on a bridge, and it was quickly filling with water.
The area where the sinkhole opened up is a desolate spot. The road is a lightly traveled gravel road in rural Weld County. The odds of getting help from a passing motorist were not good.
But unbeknownst to the two occupants of the Jeep, a teenager at his Weld County home two miles away was about to come to their rescue.
Logue was flying his drone and looking at the feed when he saw what he initially thought was a shadow. But upon closer inspection, he saw a very real and life-threatening event.
"I fly down here and there's a car in the ditch. I'm like, in a hole? And like, what?" Logue said.
He flew the drone closer to the sinkhole and soon realized there were people trapped inside the upside-down SUV.
"They had six inches of room of an air pocket in there for them to breathe," he said. "But the rest was water."
Logue immediately called 911 and gave them the general area of the sinkhole.
Ryan Nuanes, Logue’s neighbor and a Denver firefighter, was at the 18-year-old's house at the time the drone came upon the sinkhole. He said time was running out.
"This had the potential for the emergency to get worse because my concern was that the water was going to infiltrate that hole and it was going to fill it up," Nuanes said.
The Brighton Fire Department arrived shortly after and went to work removing the vehicle from the sinkhole. Nuanes said the rescue was a bit unorthodox, but it worked.
"The equipment that any fire department had has to be augmented by heavy equipment to get into something like that. What we ended up doing was backing one of our pickup trucks up to the hole and throwing a chain on the pickup truck, and then some tow straps. The Brighton Fire Department pulled it forward, and Brighton was able to pull them out," he said.
The pair inside the Jeep was finally rescued. The man who was driving was not wearing a seat belt and was seriously injured, according to the Colorado State Patrol. The woman was wearing a seat belt and was uninjured.
The CSP said sinkholes are another example of the many potential hazards drivers may encounter on the road, and driving distraction-free is crucial.
"Young man buys his drone, and that's his hobby. And he just happens to be in the right place at the right time, and we're able to see this car from somewhere around two miles away," Nuanes said.
This story was originally published by Robert Garrison at Scripps News Denver.
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Oct. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DISH Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) will host a conference call at noon Eastern Time (ET) on Wednesday, November 2, 2022, to discuss its third quarter results. To attend the call, please use the information below for dial-in access. When prompted on dial-in, please utilize the participant passcode listed below.
Participant conference numbers: (800) 289-0459 (U.S.) and (323) 794-2558
Participant Passcode: 823723
Please dial in at least 10 minutes before the call and have the passcode ready to ensure timely participation.
A webcast replay will be available on DISH's Investor Relations website at http://ir.dish.com, and will remain available for 48 hours.
DISH will distribute its financial results before the call, which will also be posted to the Investor Relations website at http://ir.dish.com.
About DISH
DISH Network Corporation is a connectivity company. Since 1980, it has served as a disruptive force, driving innovation and value on behalf of consumers. Through its subsidiaries, the company provides television entertainment and award-winning technology to millions of customers with its satellite DISH TV and streaming SLING TV services. In 2020, the company became a nationwide U.S. wireless carrier through the acquisition of Boost Mobile. DISH continues to innovate in wireless, building the nation's first virtualized, O-RAN 5G broadband network. DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) is a Fortune 200 company.
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HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla. — Sheli Thomas and her daughter live in Clermont, just minutes from Disney, but their magic kingdom is an hour away in Hernando County.
Thomas, who has made it her mission to visit every Florida spring, is forever mesmerized by the beauty of Weeki Wachee Springs.
“Pristine Florida. Real Florida. Crystal clear, beautiful water,” she said. “Just beautiful nature.”
Tuesday, the mother-daughter duo spent the day kayaking the spring-fed river.
“The water was absolutely gorgeous,” Thomas said afterward as she loaded their boats onto the roof of her SUV. “It did seem [clearer].”
Soon, the water of the natural attraction could become even clearer and cleaner because of what happened across town — at the Spring Hill Water Reclamation Facility — at the same time Thomas and her daughter paddled the spring run.
Hernando County leaders and others participated in a valve closing ceremony to mark the closure of the facility, which is located behind the Walmart Supercenter on US Highway 19.
The county closed the facility, which had been in operation since 1967 because it was ultimately sending water rich with nitrogen into spring.
Nitrogen and other types of nutrient pollution can cause algae to bloom in springs like Weeki Wachee.
According to the Southwest Florida Water Management District, “large amounts of algae growth can cause reduced water clarity and extreme fluctuations in dissolved oxygen, which is stressful to aquatic life.”
Hernando County said the water reclaimed at the Spring Hill site will now be sent to another facility near the airport, where newer technology will scrub more of the nitrogen from reclaimed water before it is used to irrigate a local golf course.
Utilities Director Gordon Onderdonk estimates that the closure of the Spring Hill facility will remove 46,000 pounds of nitrogen from Weeki Wachee Springs each year.
“The Basin Management Action Plan that was created for Weeki Wachee Spring set a 20-year goal of removing roughly 195,000 pounds of nitrogen per year,” he explained. “So, this is approximately…one-fourth there just from removing this one project right here, so it’s a great accomplishment.”
According to Onderdonk, closing the valve in Spring Hill is not the only solution Hernando County is deploying to improve the spring’s health.
A separate project will convert hundreds of homes not far from the spring from septic tanks to a central sewer system. According to the Basin Management Action Plan for Weeki Wachee Springs, septic tanks account for the spring’s largest source of nitrogen pollution.
Hernando County has also asked the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) to designate a stretch of the Weeki Wachee River as a Springs Protection Zone.
Such a designation would drastically change what is and isn’t allowed on the river. If approved, it would aim to stop visitors from getting out of their boats to swim or walk on riverbanks, sand point bars, or the river bottom by prohibiting virtually all banking and anchoring of kayaks, canoes, and other boats along a roughly 5-mile span of the river.
The zone would be enforced by county law enforcement.
To Thomas, the efforts are both good and bad.
While she applauds efforts to remove nitrogen pollution from Weeki Wachee Springs, she believes the Spring Protection Zone would hinder her ability to enjoy the natural gem.
“Conservation is important,” she said. “I’m 100% on conservation, but we have to be able to enjoy this because otherwise, what’s the purpose.”
Others, though, believe the protection zone is needed to prevent the spring from being loved to death.
As ABC Action News documented last year, rope swings are bending and snapping trees. Some paddlers are beaching their kayaks, canoes, and boats and, as a result, eroding the delicate river banks. Visitors’ feet are trampling and injuring plants both above the water and below it, including eelgrass, which is a precious food source for manatees.
According to County Administrator Jeff Rogers, the FWC will host another public input session in February before making a decision on the Springs Protection Zone for Weeki Wachee Springs.
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Australia passes law to cap energy prices against ‘wartime whims’
By Angus Watson, CNN
Australia’s parliament passed a new law Thursday capping its domestic gas price and some states’ coal prices, a move the government said would protect consumers from the “wartime whims” of the world.
The move comes as tens of millions of Australians grapple with a surge in utility bills this year, despite the country being one of the world’s top coal and natural gas producers.
“The price of Australian gas for Australian customers should have a connection to the cost of producing it, allowing for a reasonable return on capital, rather than being solely subject to the wartime whims of the international market,” Treasurer Jim Chalmers said in parliament Thursday.
The law caps the domestic gas price at 12 Australian dollars ($8) a gigajoule. It also limits domestic coal prices to 125 Australian dollars ($86) per metric ton in the states of New South Wales and Queensland, which have the largest share of the nation’s total identified coal resources.
The price caps run for 12 months, effective immediately. The government will then have the power to set what it deems a “reasonable price” for energy, though it says it will factor in an “appropriate return on capital” for fossil fuel producers.
The law includes measures to authorize 1.5 billion Australian dollars ($1 billion) in power subsidies for Australian households and small businesses.
Strain on consumers
As with many other countries, energy prices in Australia have spiked this year.
In a report last month, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said the typical residential customer was already paying about 300 Australian dollars ($205) more a year for electricity than in 2021, an increase of 23%.
“There are signs this will increase further,” it added.
Without intervention, domestic electricity prices were set to surge 36% in the next financial year, and retail gas prices would likely rise 20%, the ruling Labor government had argued.
Addressing parliament Thursday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the law was meant to respond to “the challenge of the here and now, as a result of Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine” and would “help put downward pressure on inflation.”
The Australian fossil fuel industry has rallied against government intervention in the market, arguing it could backfire. Gas producers met with government officials earlier this week, but could not negotiate the removal of new price setting powers by the government.
The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association, an industry lobby, has said the bill’s passage would have a chilling effect on future investment in supply.
These measures would “smash investor confidence and undermine Australia’s reputation as a secure and stable investment destination,” it said on Thursday in a statement.
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Broncos standout running back Javonte Williams is out for the year after tearing his right ACL in Denver’s 32-23 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders, and pass rusher Randy Gregory needs knee surgery and will miss multiple weeks.
Also, QB Russell Wilson has a sore right throwing shoulder and he was hypothetically listed as limited on the players’ day off Monday.
“Yeah, he got dinged up in the game and you know he’s just a little sore today,” coach Nathaniel Hackett said. “We’re just gonna be sure to take care of him and give him treatment throughout the week.”
Hackett said as of now, Wilson will play Thursday night against the Colts.
As for Williams and Gregory, “both of those guys are obviously very important to our team,” Hackett said. “Losing Javonte is so unfortunate, a dynamic player in this league. Randy, same thing. Having to have him miss some time right now is hard because he’s been a great force on the team.”
Hackett said Gregory, who got hurt chasing Derek Carr with about six minutes left in the game, will have arthroscopic surgery soon and IR is a possibility. The good news is an MRI showed his ACL was intact.
Williams got hurt on the first play of the third quarter Sunday when he took the handoff from Wilson and was tackled behind the line of scrimmage. He didn’t put any weight on his right leg as he was helped off the field after staying down for an extended time.
Williams earned the starting job this season after sharing backfield duties with Melvin Gordon his rookie year in 2021.
Williams had 202 yards on 47 rushes and 76 yards on 16 catches this season.
Last year, Williams rushed for 903 yards and four TDs and caught 43 passes for 316 yards and three TDs, making him one of the top running backs in the league coming into his second NFL season.
Williams’ backups faired poorly Sunday when the Broncos (2-2) lost for the fifth consecutive time to the Raiders. Gordon had a fumble on his first carry that was returned for a long touchdown and Mike Boone had two critical drops and failed to pick up the blitz on a sack.
The Broncos’ ability to explore the trade market for a running back is hampered by a lack of 2023 draft picks following the trade for Wilson this spring.
The Broncos’ best bet with their next game coming up Thursday night at home against Indianapolis (1-2-1) would be to promote Devine Ozigbo from their practice squad.
Williams is the second key offensive starter the Broncos have lost to a season-ending knee injury. Wide receiver Tim Patrick got hurt in training camp.
“This is part of football; it’s a physical game,” Hackett said. “We can’t deny there’s certain things we can’t control. And as a team we’re going to band together and we’re going to step it up and we’re going to get better. And whoever has the opportunity to go in has to embrace it and be excited for it and play the best they’ve ever played.”
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Event Series to Help Consumers Fight High Utility Bills
CHICAGO, JULY 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In an expensive year for energy customers, the Citizens Utility Board (CUB) has launched a free summer webinar series with helpful information about high energy prices, tips on how renters and other consumers can cut their utility bills, and the benefits of Illinois' historic Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA).
"Consumers are getting hit with skyrocketing electric and gas prices this summer, so CUB wants to offer its free services to as many utility customers as possible," CUB Executive Director David Kolata said. "We invite people to check out this webinar series–in both English and Spanish–to get tips on cutting costs."
Events in English:
- July 28 5:00 pm (tonight!) Home Energy Savings (Virtual)
- August 4 5:00 pm CUB Renter's Guide (Virtual)
- August 8 5:00 pm Building Decarbonization (Virtual)
- August 17 6:00 pm Virtual Utility Bill Clinic (Virtual)
Events in Spanish:
- July 29 3:00 pm Guía para inquilinos de CUB (Virtual)
- August 5 2:00 pm Eficiencia energética en el hogar (Virtual)
- August 12 3:00 pm Ley de medio ambiente y trabajos asequibles (CEJA) (Virtual)
- August 17 6:00 pm Virtual Utility Bill Clinic (Virtual)
For helpful tips, visit CUB website www.CitizensUtilityBoard.org and CUBHelpCenter.com, the consumer group's online center on high energy prices.
CUB is Illinois' leading nonprofit utility watchdog. Created by the Illinois Legislature, CUB opened its doors in 1984 to represent the interests of residential and small-business utility customers. Since then, it has saved consumers more than $20 billion by helping block rate hikes, secure refunds and fight for clean, low-cost energy. For more information, call CUB's Consumer Hotline, 1-800-669-5556, or visit its website, www.CitizensUtilityBoard.org.
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NAPLES, Fla., Jan. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Capital Wealth Planning's Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Kevin Simpson, proudly announces the firm's Enhanced Dividend Income Portfolio has successfully reached a historic 10th-anniversary milestone. The Enhanced Dividend Income Portfolio features a domestic equity portfolio of approximately 20-30 large-cap blue-chip companies primarily from the S&P 100.
The first objective of the Enhanced Dividend Income Portfolio strategy is to invest in blue-chip companies with a history of paying and raising their dividends. The second objective of the portfolio is to achieve a consistent estimated 4% to 7% combined cash flow from dividends and option premiums. Since January 1, 2013, the Enhanced Dividend Income Portfolio produced an average combined dividend and option annualized income of 4.94% per year. The Enhanced Dividend Income Portfolio has had -4.10%(1 year), 8.54%(3 years), 8.12%(5 years), and 9.64%(10-year) net returns after the maximum 3% possible annual client fee is represented. "Dividend growth — that's the secret. That is the true hedge against inflation", says Kevin Simpson.
About Capital Wealth Planning
Capital Wealth Planning, LLC (CWP) is an SEC-registered fee-only investment advisory firm based in Naples, Florida. Building and managing proprietary income-oriented portfolios since 2005, the company has approximately $7.5 billion of assets under management. The firm's methodologies are designed to enhance risk-adjusted returns and offer portfolio protection while delivering monthly cash flow. Ranked by Financial Advisor Magazine in 2016, 2018, 2019, and 2021 as one of the top 50 fastest-growing SEC-registered investment advisors in the country, CWP's focus is the implementation of covered call strategies with their Enhanced Dividend Income Portfolio, Catholic Values Enhanced Dividend Income Portfolio, Hedged ETF Portfolio and Tactical Transition Portfolio Service. Additional information is available at www.capitalwealthplanning.com.
Net results are after all fees including management fees, brokerage fees, and transaction costs, but not domestic taxes. Performance includes reinvestment of all income, dividends, and capital gains. Composite results have been verified by a third party. The verification report is available upon request. CWP does not guarantee any minimum level of investment performance or the success of any investment strategy. Cash flow from a covered call option writing program is based on a single representative account, not a composite. Covered call option cash flow for any portfolio will vary depending on actual portfolio positions, option premiums received, individual stock price volatility, and general stock market volatility. Covered Call writing can provide limited downside protection. It does not, however, eliminate downside risks. Cash flow is not guaranteed over any period. Net performance reflects an approximate annual client fee of 3%.
CONTACT: Shelley Henry, shenry@capitalwealthplanning.com
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- 18 additional cryptocurrencies included in OKX Proof of Reserves, available to be verified using trustless tools
HONG KONG, April 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- OKX, the world's second-largest crypto exchange by trading volume and a leading Web3 technology company, today announced the biggest upgrade to its Proof of Reserves (PoR) yet, introducing zk-STARK zero-knowledge technology which allows users to independently verify exchange solvency and confirm their assets are backed by OKX reserves. The latest PoR report showed USD10.4 billion in Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT, a 39% increase since January 2023.
Zero-Knowledge Scalable Transparent Argument of Knowledge (zk-STARK) is a secure cryptographic method that verifies the accuracy and authenticity of OKX's PoR while upholding user privacy - no account balances are visible to other parties.
Current OKX reserve ratios:
- BTC: 103%
- ETH: 103%
- USDT: 103%
For the first time, 18 additional crypto assets are available for the public to verify, bringing the total to 21. The additional assets covered are: USDC, XRP, DOGE, SOL, OKB, APT, DASH, DOT, ELF, EOS, ETC, FIL, LINK, OKT, PEOPLE, TON, TRX and UNI.
Lennix Lai, Chief Commercial Officer at OKX, said: "Proof of Reserves is an indispensable way to demonstrate transparency and guarantee solvency, and builds user confidence and trust in the industry as a whole. OKX is committed to leading the crypto space when it comes to empowering users to verify reserves and liabilities in real time using trustless 'future tools' like Proof of Reserves."
OKX PoR has raised the bar for transparency in the industry, having published tens of thousands of addresses for its Merkle tree program. OKX is one of the only major platforms to release monthly PoR.
As part of its commitment to transparency, OKX will continue to publish PoR on a monthly basis.
What is Proof-of-Reserves?
Proof of Reserves is a report of crypto assets that ensures the exchange (OKX) holds the assets it claims to hold on behalf of its users. OKX uses the Merkle tree (hash tree) to prove this claim in two ways. First, users can find their balance in the tree and prove their assets are held in the total OKX balance. Second, the total OKX balance is compared to the publicized OKX on-chain wallet balance to determine Proof of Reserves.
About OKX
OKX is a world-leading technology company building the future of Web3. Known as the fastest and most reliable crypto trading platform for investors and professional traders everywhere, OKX's crypto exchange is the second largest globally by trading volume.
OKX's leading self-custody solutions include the Web3-compatible OKX Wallet, which allows users greater control of their assets while expanding access to DEXs, NFT marketplaces, DeFi, GameFi and thousands of dApps.
OKX partners with a number of the world's top brands and athletes, including: English Premier League champions Manchester City F.C., McLaren Formula 1, The Tribeca Festival, golfer Ian Poulter, Olympian Scotty James, and F1 driver Daniel Ricciardo.
OKX is committed to transparency and security and publishes its Proof of Reserves on a monthly basis.
To learn more about OKX, download our app or visit: okx.com
Disclaimer
This announcement is provided for informational purposes only. It is not intended to provide any investment, tax, or legal advice, nor should it be considered an offer to purchase, sell, or hold digital assets. Digital assets, including stablecoins, involve a high degree of risk, can fluctuate greatly, and can even become worthless. You should carefully consider whether trading or holding digital assets is suitable for you in light of your financial condition. Please consult your legal/tax/investment professional for questions about your specific circumstances.
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PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. (EPRT) on Wednesday reported a key measure of profitability in its fourth quarter. The results matched Wall Street expectations.
The Princeton, New Jersey-based real estate investment trust said it had funds from operations of $55.8 million, or 39 cents per share, in the period.
The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for funds from operations of 39 cents per share.
Funds from operations is a closely watched measure in the REIT industry. It takes net income and adds back items such as depreciation and amortization.
The company said it had net income of $35.4 million, or 25 cents per share.
Essential Properties, based in Princeton, New Jersey, posted revenue of $74.3 million in the period, falling short of Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $76.2 million.
For the year, the company reported funds from operations of $208.8 million. Revenue was reported as $286.5 million.
Essential Properties expects full-year funds from operations in the range of $1.58 to $1.64 per share.
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EXETER TWP., Pa - She says helping others distracts her from thinking about the moment she felt helpless.
"That's why I'm doing what I'm doing,” said Meg Coyne. "Keeps my mind off of that."
Meg Coyne is spending another day volunteering at a flood relief distribution site at the Lower Alsace Township Fire Company, while recalling Sunday, when flash flood waters ripped through parts of Berks County.
"My son had gone into the water and they couldn't find him,” Coyne said friends told her.
“I'm gonna die,” recalled Corey Bryant, Meg's son. “Cause the water just kept getting higher and higher."
Rushing water worked its way through homes in Exeter Township, moments before Meg's son Corey and his boyfriend Jason got swept away.
"I got hit in the ribs and spun around and got stuck to a tree,” Bryant said.
Rescuers got the pair out, sans a cell phone and wallet.
"I was just shocked. I was happy it was the phone and not me or him cause there was no way we could have survived that current going that far,” said Bryant.
It's been a broad range of emotions for this mom, all culminating in the moment a woman from Douglassville found her son's cell phone and wallet, and brought them to Lower Alsace Township Fire Company.
“She knew I was occupied here and couldn't get there, so she drove it from Douglassville. That's where the hope comes from. There's still good in the world. There's still good in this community,” said Coyne. “And we're gonna be okay. We beat Covid and we'll beat this." | https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/berks/lost-found-in-the-flash-flood-family-recalls-harrowing-rescue-and-more/article_77271e46-21b9-11ee-8b32-37527d3c1d13.html | 2023-07-13 23:56:57 | 0 | https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/berks/lost-found-in-the-flash-flood-family-recalls-harrowing-rescue-and-more/article_77271e46-21b9-11ee-8b32-37527d3c1d13.html |
The red carpet gala welcomed live streaming royalty and a community of users to celebrate the most entertaining broadcasters in the world
LOS ANGELES, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bigo Live, a global leader in live streaming and entertainment, hosted North America's first ever BIGO Awards Gala in Los Angeles on July 15, 2022 at the world-famous Paramount Pictures in the heart of Hollywood, CA. The premiere Gala event was appropriately themed "Realize Your Dreams" and it did not disappoint as Bigo Live creators from across the world gathered to accept awards, perform their musical talents and more at this invite-only soiree that commenced with a Hollywood premier-style red carpet entrance. Guests such as GuitarGod83, Jaybies and Sloan Bone posed for photos before being escorted into the historic Paramount Theater draped with a mix of Hollywood memorabilia and Bigo Live signage. Attendees were met by an incredible DJ set by award-winning DJ ER to kick the night off.
The hosts of the evening, Gia Gunn and Dwight Allen O'Neal, started their shift on the red carpet where they interviewed guests before joining the several hundred attendees in the theater to introduce themselves and preview what the night had in store. "It's an absolute pleasure to be here tonight surrounded by hundreds of the internet's most talented creators, performers and musicians," said O'Neal. "We are here to celebrate each other in an awards show unlike anything you've ever seen."
Before the awards ceremony got underway, attendees were greeted by State Senator Maria Elena Durazo who praised the platform for all of the good it has done for people around the world. "I'm honored to speak to such an incredible theater full of the globe's best and brightest stars on social media. It's incredible to see Bigo Live continue to bring people together to make the world safer, more inclusive and more fun!"
The night showcased talents from all regions of the world including South America, Australia and New Zealand, Europe and North America; with creators sending in video messages of thanks and praise along with in person award acceptances, all broken up in between by special performances by Bigo Live's most influential broadcasters. One of the standout performances of the night was Atlanta-based artist, Zone21, who wowed guests in attendance with his electrifying wordplay that weaved in the live streaming platform.
"To put on such a successful award show truly shows how close knit Bigo Live's creators really are. Even though our hosts are separated by thousands of miles and come from different backgrounds, they have grown to know each other as if they're a family," says Yvonne Feng, Vice President of BIGO. "Live streaming has proven to be unlike any other social channel by bringing its creators together in a collective space to be their authentic selves and collaborate in ways never thought possible. What better place to honor the future entertainers than by hosting an awards show to honor and celebrate these dedicated and talented people."
Bigo Live exists and prospers thanks to its marvelous creators; as a platform, it continues to celebrate their creators by giving to their community through events such as this Award Show.
About Bigo Live
Bigo Live is one of the world's fastest-growing social live streaming platforms where users broadcast in real-time to share life moments, showcase their talents, and interact with people from around the world. Bigo Live has more than 400 million users in over 150 countries that represent 23 different languages. Launched in March 2016, Bigo Live is owned by BIGO Technology, a video-based products and services technology company based in Singapore. Download Bigo Live on the App Store or Google Play.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Utah boy who suffered a serious head injury after falling from a bunk bed during last month’s Little League World Series in Pennsylvania has returned home from the hospital and his family is suing the league and the company that made the bed.
Easton Oliverson, 12, of Saint George, Utah, suffered a skull fracture and bleeding on the brain in the Aug. 15 fall at a players dormitory in Williamsport. He has since had three operations and battled a staph infection, the family’s lawyer, Ken Fulginiti, said Tuesday.
“He’s not doing well. The more recent development, after a third craniotomy, is seizures. It’s been a long road,” Fulginiti said. Easton had been hospitalized in Pennsylvania and Utah before his discharge last week, he said.
The negligence lawsuit, filed by Jace and Nancy Oliverson on Friday in Philadelphia, said there was no railing on the top bunk. Kevin Fountain, a spokesperson for Little League International, said the league would not comment on the pending suit. Savoy Contract Furniture of Williamsport did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment.
Easton, a pitcher and outfielder with the Snow Canyon team from Santa Clara in southwestern Utah, fell in his sleep, Fulginiti said. The lawsuit seeks more than $50,000 for the boy’s care, along with punitive damages.
“They really appreciate all the support they’ve gotten throughout the nation,” Fulginiti said. ”But they’re struggling to focus on the family. They have two other kids and it’s a lot.”
Jace Oliverson was an assistant coach on the baseball team, while Easton’s younger brother Brogan was an alternate who was tapped to take his place after the fall. Snow Canyon was eliminated after two losses.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Lotto" game were:
08-15-17-18-24-28
(eight, fifteen, seventeen, eighteen, twenty-four, twenty-eight)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Lotto" game were:
08-15-17-18-24-28
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CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WTVR) — There’s a club at Monacan High School in Virginia that students can really sink their teeth into.
"I've always wanted to make a club," said high school senior Jack Alexander Cheatum. “I feel like they're very valuable for building a stronger community. And it's just a good way to meet friends. And I love food, so I wanted to tie it in somehow."
The charcuterie club is a great way to meet new friends.
When Jack pitched the idea to counselor Jacki Slemaker, the club's sponsor, he told her “sweet dreams are made of cheese."
“I thought it was only going to be a handful of kids hanging out after school. And it's kind of taken on a life of its own," said Slemaker.
"I was surprised too," Jack said. “Just a lot of people showed up!"
Nearly 100 students meet weekly for some amazing grazing. Socializing is perfectly paired with a little education.
Meeting in the library, students can look up countries where certain charcuterie items originated.
Jack is also learning something about himself.
"I learned how to speak in front of people," he said. "I mean, if you had told me two years ago that I was doing an interview on the news, I would have been like, what is wrong with you?"
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SRM is working with Seattle Children's to provide ovarian tissue freezing for patients undergoing treatment for cancer and other conditions that can cause infertility
SEATTLE, June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Seattle Reproductive Medicine (SRM) today announced the expansion of its Fertility Preservation Program to include ovarian tissue cryopreservation (OTC), an emerging fertility preservation option for girls and young women undergoing medical treatment that can cause infertility. SRM is the first facility in the Pacific Northwest to provide ovarian tissue processing and freezing in addition to other methods of fertility preservation such as egg and embryo freezing.
SRM now provides OTC services to Seattle Children's patients who are undergoing medical treatment that can cause ovarian failure, including cancer treatments such as chemotherapy, bone marrow transplant and radiation as well as treatments for other conditions such as sickle cell disease.
OTC is the only method of fertility preservation available to girls who have not yet gone through puberty and are too young for the hormonal stimulation needed for egg or embryo freezing. OTC is also an option for women whose need for treatment is too urgent to allow sufficient time for the standard fertility preservation methods of egg and embryo freezing.
"For these patients, ovarian tissue cryopreservation is a vitally important option for preserving their fertility," said Dr. Lynn Davis, who leads SRM's Fertility Preservation Program. "SRM is proud to partner with Seattle Children's, which is one of the only institutions in our region that currently offers this choice to girls and young women who have no other fertility preservation option."
Ovarian tissue cryopreservation was considered experimental until 2019, when the American Society for Reproductive Medicine determined that OTC can be regarded as established medical procedure. To date, more than 200 babies have been born worldwide to women who have had their ovarian tissue removed, cryopreserved, and later transplanted back into their body.
"Seattle Children's began offering OTC for fertility preservation in 2020 as part of its comprehensive cancer services," said Dr. Tyler Ketterl, medical director of Seattle Children's Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Program and medical director of its Comprehensive Fertility Care and Preservation Program. "Ovarian tissue cryopreservation is critically important to us because it is the only fertility preservation option for prepubescent girls undergoing curative cancer therapies such as bone marrow transplant that can cause infertility."
With OTC, a surgeon removes one of a patient's two ovaries by laparoscopy and the tissue is transported to a facility where it is cryopreserved in liquid nitrogen so it can be used later in life. Once the tissue is transplanted back into the patient's body, it may restart the patient's menstrual cycle and estrogen production and may enable the patient to get pregnant, either naturally or through in vitro fertilization (IVF).
"It is important to remember there is no type of fertility treatment that can achieve a positive outcome 100 percent of the time, and that too is the case with ovarian tissue cryopreservation," said Dr. Davis. "But OTC does offer the possibility of fertility to a very specific group of pediatric patients who would otherwise probably not have that possibility later in life because of the need for treatments that are expected to result in ovarian failure."
Since 2020, Seattle Children's has performed OTC procedures for patients ranging in age from one year old to 22 years old. Previously, ovarian tissue needed to be sent to the East Coast for processing and freezing because there was no facility in the region. This was often complicated and costly because of the distance and time difference. In the past two months, SRM was able to locally perform the processing and freezing of ovarian tissue for three patients at Seattle Children's.
"Working with SRM will be beneficial," said Dr. Ketterl, "because it is much more convenient and cost-effective to send ovarian tissue to a trusted facility here in Seattle for processing and freezing rather than a facility across the country."
Faster delivery also allows for greater flexibility in scheduling OTC procedures, which is especially important for patients who urgently need to have their ovarian tissue removed before starting treatment. When tissue is shipped cross-country, procedures cannot be scheduled on certain days or at times when there is a risk the tissue may not be received at its destination within 48 hours. Same-day delivery from Seattle Children's to SRM reduces scheduling limitations, which improves access to OTC for eligible patients.
"SRM is committed to improving access to fertility preservation options," said Dr. Davis. "We are pleased to be partnering with Seattle Children's to improve access to ovarian tissue cryopreservation for patients who can benefit."
Seattle Reproductive Medicine brings a special blend of medical expertise, pioneering technology, and compassion to fertility care. SRM has 14 board certified or eligible doctors and 13 Reproductive Endocrinologists on staff, plus four male fertility specialists. With six locations throughout Washington State in Seattle, Bellevue, Kirkland, Tacoma, Everett and Spokane, SRM is caring for patients from all areas of the PNW as well as Alaska and Montana. On-site laboratories in Seattle and Spokane enable SRM to provide patients with results quickly and expedite their care plans. Our providers are community leaders in wellness and fertility preservation and are producing leading-edge research to advance fertility success. For more information visit seattlefertility.com.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays are off to one of the best starts in Major League Baseball history.
But it took a visit by the New York Yankees to bring the big crowds to Tropicana Field.
“Every time you play the Yankees, it feels like you’re playing in the World Series,” said Rays first baseman Yandy Díaz, through a translator.
Tampa Bay’s 27-7 start through Saturday’s 3-2 loss to the Yankees ranks among legendary World Series-winning teams like Kirk Gibson’s 1984 Detroit Tigers, Joe DiMaggio’s 1939 Yankees and the 1928 Yankees, which included Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.
The first meeting this season between the AL East foes had the Rays opening up the normally closed upper deck. The attendance Saturday was 27,708, which bested the season-high 25,025 from opening day against the Tigers.
The total turnout through the first two games was 52,715, lifting the 2023 home attendance average to 17,137. It ranks eighth-best in the AL, an increase from last year’s 13,927.
Despite six postseason appearances over the stretch, the Rays haven’t had a 20,000 average since 2010.
Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash likes the atmosphere of a boisterous crowd.
“This place, when there’s a lot of people in here, it gets really loud,” Cash said. “I appreciate the fans coming out. Anytime we get a packed house, it’s pretty exciting.”
Tampa Bay’s 5-4 victory in Friday’s series opener had that playoff feel from the start. Popular Rays left fielder Randy Arozarena homered in the first inning, and was hit by what both team called unintentional pitches in each of his next two plate appearances,
The ensuing barking between the two dugouts prompted the umpires to issue an warning to both benches. Unhappy that a warning wasn’t given earlier, Cash stormed out of the dugout to make his point and was ejected.
Adding to it all was “Randy Land,” a section of seats in left field set aside for Friday’s game where fans got a Arozarena T-shirt.
Part of the package includes a free soda, water or beer — for those of legal age — if Arozarena goes deep. He quickly obliged.
“Very happy and excited,” said Arozarena, through a translator. “I know the fans are pretty excited, too, because they’re able to drink for free because of me.” ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/sports/article/yankees-arozarena-help-bring-big-crowds-to-18084221.php | 2023-05-07 15:51:36 | 0 | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/sports/article/yankees-arozarena-help-bring-big-crowds-to-18084221.php |
Kyle Teel is already feeling the benefits of the 10 to 15 pounds he added to his frame since last season, he said.
And his upgraded sturdiness was part of the difference in Virginia’s 3-0 win over VMI on Tuesday. In a third-inning at bat with two outs and the bases loaded, Teel swung at a fastball in on his hands and dumped it softly into center field for a two-run single.
“I muscled it into the outfield,” he said. “If you don’t have the strength on you, you’re not going to muscle it over [the infield], so strength plays a big part in this game.”
The Cavaliers’ junior catcher provided breathing room for the Hoos, too, when he clobbered an opposite field RBI double over the left fielder’s head in the seventh inning to finish 2 for 4 with three RBI. It was his fourth multi-hit performance this season as he’s hit safely in seven of the first eight games for UVa (8-0).
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Teel is batting .481 with two homers, two doubles and nine RBI. He’s only struck out once, and the batting average, albeit in a small sample size, is way up from the .276 mark he hit last year.
He credits his increased strength, which aids his durability behind the plate, too, for the scorching start to the campaign.
In order to achieve the necessary gains he made this past offseason, Teel said, he hit daily with his father Garett Teel — a former draft pick of the Los Angeles Dodgers and ex-coach in the organization who now owns a baseball training center in New Jersey — in addition to a tough, regimented weight-lifting routine and “a lot of eating.”
But this wasn’t the usual, cliché diet of grilled chicken, broccoli and protein shakes many athletes trying to reach their peak physical condition will swear by and brag about sticking to.
Kyle Teel scoffs down meals that would make Babe Ruth proud.
Teel’s Godfather is Roger Schnorrbusch, who is better known as ‘The Deli Guy‘ — the owner of Park Wood Deli in Ridgewood, N.J and a national viral video star for the sandwiches he makes on camera and serves to his customers.
“He’s been taking good care of me and was getting me food every single day,” Teel said.
Park Wood Deli’s menu is a salivating array of sandwiches, in which some are named for local sports teams and icons. The restaurant has one called the New York Giant, which features sliced filet mignon, gruyere cheese, caramelized onions and horseradish cream. And one of The Deli Guy’s videos shows him crafting the Polar Bear — roast beef, turkey, maple ham, Swiss cheese, cheddar, coleslaw and Russian dressing on semolina bread — in honor of New York Mets star Pete Alonso.
‘The Deli Guy’ shows himself in video clips with former Giants quarterback Eli Manning and Alonso.
Teel’s go-to is the New York Jet, he said.
“A buffalo chicken sandwich with ranch and they’ve got the fresh mutz-a-rell,” Teel said as he articulated every bit of “mozzarella” like someone from New Jersey should, “and they make it nice and hot, and it’s really good.”
In Charlottesville, Teel cannot access his favorite sandwich shop, but he said he is eating plenty of Chipotle and Five Guys to keep his weight up and keep swinging the way he has to begin the season. He’s listed at 190 pounds on the Cavaliers’ roster.
“It’s just about doing the little things every day and working hard. That’s it,” Teel said.
Cavaliers coach Brian O’Connor said he thinks Teel is swinging the bat better than he did last spring.
That’s important in a critical year, too, for Teel, who is MLB.com’s 28th best prospect and second-highest rated catching prospect for this summer’s MLB Draft.
“He’s spraying the ball to all fields,” O’Connor said, “and he’s mature and taking a nice approach to the plate every time up there and when you do that on a consistent basis, you’re going to be rewarded for it, and he is.” | https://richmond.com/with-some-help-from-the-deli-guy-virginia-catcher-kyle-teel-bulks-up/article_901613f4-b877-11ed-a0eb-a3c8c916f7f1.html | 2023-03-02 00:55:32 | 1 | https://richmond.com/with-some-help-from-the-deli-guy-virginia-catcher-kyle-teel-bulks-up/article_901613f4-b877-11ed-a0eb-a3c8c916f7f1.html |
On a miserable, rainy Saturday at Oak Hill Country Club, Lee Hodges provided a bit of early entertainment at the PGA Championship.
Hodges' 20-foot par putt at No. 17 was headed for the hole when it stopped and stayed on the lip. After a little over 30 seconds, the ball eventually dropped.
After his round, however, Hodges was informed that he had violated Rule 13.3a. According to the PGA:
During play of the 17th hole, Hodges played his first putt to the edge of the hole and after having walked up to the hole, behind his ball, he then waited more than ten seconds. The ball then fell into the hole, after the ten second limit provided for in the Rule. As a result, Hodges received a one-stroke penalty, under Rule 13.3a, and the ball was holed.
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77-year-old’s impromptu karaoke concert at Hamilton Goodwill goes viral
The Facebook video has more than 34,000 views.
HAMILTON, Ohio (WXIX) - An impromptu concert at a Hamilton Goodwill is going viral.
Diana Garvin, 77, travelers to nursing homes to sing to residents. Recently, her karaoke machine broke so she went looking for a new one.
That is when she ended up at the Goodwill on Main Street in Hamilton on Aug. 8.
She found a karaoke machine sitting on the shelf and wasted no time in picking up the mic, entertaining customers like John Schuerfranz.
Schuerfranz got his phone out and started recording Garvin’s musical performance.
“All of a sudden, I heard this angel singing over in electronics, and I thought, well, I got to go over and see what this is,” recalled Schuerfranz “Sure enough, she was over there with her karaoke machine, and singing ‘He’s got the whole world in his hands.’ I thought I got to share this with the world.”
The video has more than 34,000 views on Facebook.
“I just love music,” Garvin said. “I don’t do it perfectly. I just love music, and I love people, and I have my own special way of talking to people.”
Garvin said she was going to buy the karaoke machine, but someone beat her to it.
Before she could buy it, another customer purchased it and gave it to Garvin free of charge, said Ohio Valley Goodwill Industries Public Information Officer Michael Flannery.
Now, Garvin will be able to entertain her nursing home friends on karaoke night.
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Serena’s daughter, Olympia, sports beads, like Mom years ago
NEW YORK (AP) — When Serena Williams won the 1999 U.S. Open for her first Grand Slam title at age 17, she wore white beads in her hair. On Monday night, when Williams won her first match of the 2022 U.S. Open at age 40, her daughter, Olympia, was courtside, sporting a hairstyle paying homage to Mom’s from all that time ago.
“It was either her wear beads or me, so ...” Williams said after beating Danka Kovinic 6-3, 6-3, finishing that thought with a smile. “I wanted to do it, but I just didn’t have the time.”
Williams was pregnant with Olympia while playing in, and winning, the 2017 Australian Open for her 23rd Grand Slam title. Olympia was born later that year and turns 5 on Thursday.
“Yeah, she likes, actually, wearing them. She asks to wear beads a lot,” Williams said. “It actually wasn’t my idea, but I was so happy when she had them on. It’s perfect on her.”
On Monday, Olympia sat in Williams’ player guest box in Arthur Ashe Stadium, at one point snapping pictures with a camera. She was with her father — Williams’ husband, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian — and her grandmother — Williams’ mom, Oracene Price.
After the match, Williams’ long and influential career was celebrated during an on-court ceremony that included a video narrated by Oprah Winfrey and a speech from Billie Jean King. At the end, Ohanian carried Olympia down on to the court.
“Tonight was all a surprise, actually, towards the end. I didn’t know any of that was happening,” Williams said. “I was just ready to do the on-court interview and leave.”
She has said she is ready to move on from her playing days to focus on having another child and pursuing her business interests.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In conjunction with Nucor's (NYSE: NUE) second-quarter earnings release, you are invited to listen to its live conference call with host Leon Topalian, Nucor's President and Chief Executive Officer. This conference call will include a review of Nucor's results for the second quarter ended July 2, 2022, followed by a question-and-answer session. The event will be available on the Internet on July 21, 2022, at 2 p.m. Eastern Time.
Nucor and its affiliates are manufacturers of steel and steel products, with operating facilities in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Products produced include: carbon and alloy steel -- in bars, beams, sheet and plate; hollow structural section tubing; electrical conduit; steel racking; steel piling; steel joists and joist girders; steel deck; fabricated concrete reinforcing steel; cold finished steel; precision castings; steel fasteners; metal building systems; insulated metal panels; overhead doors; steel grating; and wire and wire mesh. Nucor, through The David J. Joseph Company, also brokers ferrous and nonferrous metals, pig iron and hot briquetted iron / direct reduced iron; supplies ferro-alloys; and processes ferrous and nonferrous scrap. Nucor is North America's largest recycler.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of TDCX Inc. ("TDCX" or the "Company") (NYSE: TDCX). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether TDCX and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On November 22, 2022, TDCX issued a press release announcing its unaudited financial results for the third quarter of 2022. Among other items, TDCX reported revenue of $120.5 million, missing consensus estimates by $2.37 million.
On this news, TDCX's stock price fell $1.28 per share, or 11.14%, to close at $10.21 per share on November 22, 2022.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, London, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com.
CONTACT:
Robert S. Willoughby
Pomerantz LLP
rswilloughby@pomlaw.com
888-476-6529 ext. 7980
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The ‘human error’ that could cost Arsenal the English Premier League title
By Issy Ronald, CNN
The English Premier League has long been decided by the finest of margins; a dropped point here, a missed goal there.
Just a single point separated last year’s champion Manchester City from runner-up Liverpool and, as Jurgen Klopp’s side are now learning, languishing mid table, chances to win the title do not come around often.
So when “human error,” as acknowledged by the body responsible for Premier League referees, allowed Brentford’s equalizer to stand in a 1-1 draw with league leader Arsenal, it provoked a furious reaction as it denied the Gunners a crucial victory.
“I just looked back and it is offside, yes,” manager Mikel Arteta told Sky Sports afterwards. “Have they explained why it wasn’t allowed? No. It is frustrating but they will probably give an explanation later in the week. Today we haven’t got one.”
With Brentford trailing 1-0, Ivan Toney headed in a goal after the ball had bobbled around the penalty box from a free kick.
The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) Lee Mason checked Ethan Pinnock’s challenge on Gabriel during the initial free-kick but appeared to not use the VAR guidelines to check a second incident in the goal’s build up when Christian Norgaard seemed to be offside.
“You have to apply certain principles in defending and you do that by sticking to the rules. Suddenly you change the rules and then you have to change your principles,” Arteta continued.
“So tell us before so then you don’t hold the (defensive) line that high. Because you’re always going to have an advantage if you get blocked. You cannot block if you are offside.”
Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL), the body responsible for Premier League referees, told CNN that its Chief Refereeing Officer Howard Webb had contacted Arsenal “to acknowledge and explain the significant errors in the VAR process.”
It added that the error was “being thoroughly reviewed by PGMOL.”
Arsenal’s draw against Brentford marked the second consecutive week in which it dropped points following a shock loss against Everton, and its lead over Manchester City is now just six points, instead of eight had it secured victory over Brentford.
The Gunners next take to the field on Wednesday, playing City in a clash that will likely define their season.
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ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tupperware Brands Corporation (NYSE: TUP), a leading global consumer products company, today announces that it has reached a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to fully resolve resolve its inquiry related to certain accounting practices of the now divested House of Fuller beauty business in Mexico from 2016 through the first quarter of 2020. Under terms of the settlement, Tupperware neither admits nor denies the SEC's findings and will pay an immaterial civil penalty, which was fully accrued in the second quarter of 2022.
"One of our core principles at Tupperware is that we do what's right. When we first discovered certain accounting issues in our now divested beauty business in Mexico, we took swift action to conduct a thorough internal review and proactively address the findings to improve our processes, procedures and internal control framework in this former business," said Miguel Fernandez, CEO of Tupperware. "We are pleased to put this issue to rest and focus on moving the Tupperware brand into the future."
Tupperware closed on the sale of the House of Fuller beauty business in Mexico in the second quarter of 2022 as part of its stated strategy of divesting non-core assets and focusing its resources on growing the core Tupperware brand.
About Tupperware Brands Corporation
Tupperware Brands Corporation (NYSE: TUP) is a leading global consumer products company that designs innovative, functional and environmentally responsible products that people love and trust. Founded in 1946, Tupperware's signature container created the modern food storage category that revolutionized the way the world stores, serves and prepares food. Today, this iconic brand has more than 8,500 functional design and utility patents for solution-oriented kitchen and home products. With a purpose to nurture a better future, Tupperware® products are an alternative to single-use items. The company distributes its products into nearly 70 countries primarily through independent representatives around the world. For more information, visit Tupperwarebrands.com or follow Tupperware on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.
Investors: Doug Lane, douglaslane@tupperware.com
Media: Cameron Klaus, cameronklaus@tupperware.com, (407) 371-9784
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CMIST to determine whether CEM improves breast cancer detection for women with dense breasts
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The American College of Radiology (ACR) is set to launch the Contrast-Enhanced Mammography Imaging Screening Trial (CMIST) in collaboration with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) and GE Healthcare. The trial will determine whether contrast-enhanced mammography improves breast cancer detection and reduces false-positive exams in women with dense breasts.
About 43 percent of women aged 40 to 72 have dense breasts, which can make detection of breast cancer more challenging when using mammography alone. The CMIST study seeks to determine if contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM) provides more accurate cancer detection compared to digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) in women with dense breasts.
CEM combines mammography and vascular-based screening methods in a simple and quick procedure to highlight areas of unusual blood flow patterns that may indicate malignancy. Early studies of CEM in screening women with dense breasts have shown the potential benefit of CEM in the detection of breast cancer.
"In the fight against breast cancer, unfortunately it is all too common for women with dense breasts to face an agonizing wait for answers," says Catherine Lezy, General Manager for Mammography at GE Healthcare. "We know that CEM technology can be a game-changer in helping improve breast cancer outcomes. I'm excited that both GE Healthcare's Senographe Pristina™ mammography system and SenoBright HD™ CEM technology, together with GE Healthcare Pharmaceutical Diagnostics contrast media will be used to further evaluate the clinical benefits of CEM. We hope that this will help clinicians feel more confident in their diagnosis and help patients get the answers they deserve."
The planned study will be managed by the American College of Radiology Center for Research and Innovation, with support from the Breast Cancer Research Foundation and GE Healthcare, under the supervision of Principal Investigator Christopher Comstock, MD, FACR, FSBI, Director of Breast Imaging Clinical Trials, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, who said: "The CMIST Trial can help determine if contrast-enhanced mammography can provide a more sensitive and specific method for breast cancer screening in women with dense breasts, finding many cancers missed with our current methods."
"Through CMIST, we hope to gain increased understanding of the potential role of contrast mammography for women with dense breasts with the goal of developing more individualized breast imaging strategies." said Etta Pisano, MD, FACR, American College of Radiology Chief Research Officer.
"Given recent trends in the rising incidence of breast cancer, it is a key imperative to improve current diagnostic tools," said Dorraya El-Ashry, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. "We know that early detection is a key determinant of survival and improving diagnostic technology for women with dense breasts will undoubtedly save lives."
As the world observes Breast Cancer Awareness month throughout October, women are encouraged to 'Don't Skip' their annual mammogram - where they can learn more about their own risk factors, including breast density, and consider the best care options with the help of their physician. Click here to learn more.
The American College of Radiology (ACR), founded in 1924, is a professional medical society dedicated to serving patients and society by empowering radiology professionals to advance the practice, science and professions of radiological care. acr.org
Breast cancer is a complex disease with no simple solution. Research is the key to stopping it in its tracks. Founded in 1993 by Evelyn H. Lauder, BCRF is the largest private funder of breast cancer research in the world. Investing in the best minds in science—from those investigating prevention, diagnosis, treatment, survivorship, and metastasis—and foster cross-disciplinary collaboration, BCRF's approach accelerates the entire field and moves us closer to the answers we urgently need to be the end of breast cancer. Learn more and get involved at BCRF.org.
GE Healthcare is the $17.7 billion healthcare business of GE (NYSE: GE). As a leading global medical technology, pharmaceutical diagnostics and digital solutions innovator, GE Healthcare enables clinicians to make faster, more informed decisions through intelligent devices, data analytics, applications and services, supported by its Edison intelligence platform. With over 100 years of healthcare industry experience and around 48,000 employees globally, the company operates at the center of an ecosystem working toward precision health, digitizing healthcare, helping drive productivity and improve outcomes for patients, providers, health systems and researchers around the world.
For the latest news, or visit our website www.gehealthcare.com for more information.
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Final Month for Residents to Seek Group-Buying Savings on Solar Energy and Battery Storage
RALEIGH, N.C., Dec. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With a Dec. 31 deadline ahead to sign up for a free solar energy assessment, Solarize the Triangle has reached another lower-cost tier in its discount price offering to property owners in the Region.
The community-based group-buying program – developed by 11 local governments in the Triangle – has already enrolled 1,111 property owners seeking proposals for solar-energy systems.
To date, 546 kW of renewable solar power – more than half a megawatt – has been purchased through the program, which launched in August. Once these installations are completed, over 1 million per year in pounds of CO2 will have been avoided in the Region – equivalent to 100 gasoline-powered passenger vehicles driven for one year.
Enrollment will continue through Dec. 31 at solarizethetriangle.com.
The Triangle Sustainability Partnership, a local government partnership of 11 communities, created the initiative to enable residents and businesses to save on the typical cost of solar energy and battery power. When property owners join with others to purchase simultaneously across the Triangle, significant discounts compared to ordinary market costs can be achieved. A federal tax credit of 30 percent improves the economics of solar energy even further.
Helping to facilitate the program is The Triangle J Council of Governments and Solar CrowdSource. The program's installer, selected and vetted through a competitive bidding process, is Yes Solar Solutions, a Cary-based, fully-licensed NC general contractor.
Communities involved include: Chatham County, City of Raleigh, Durham County, City of Durham, Town of Cary, Town of Chapel Hill, Town of Hillsborough, Town of Carrboro, Town of Apex, Town of Morrisville and Orange County.
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More Thunderstorms Possible
Slightly Cooler Temps
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) -- We’ll be partly to mostly cloudy today with a chance for more showers and thunderstorms, especially this afternoon and this evening. Highs will range from the upper 70s in the west to the mid 80s in the east. There is a slight risk for some severe weather later today in central South Dakota. The main threats would be for some large hail and some strong wind gusts.
On Saturday, that slight risk of severe weather will shift to the east and impact parts of southern Minnesota and northern Iowa. Thunderstorms look likely during the day on Saturday. Highs will be in the 70s and 80s around the region. We could see a few showers linger into Sunday with highs in the 70s for most of us.
We could have a couple dry days early next week with highs getting back into the 80s. The middle to end of next week looks a little unsettled with more thunderstorm chances and highs in the 80s.
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The Nation's Weather for Monday, October 31, 2022
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NATIONAL SUMMARY
A powerful storm moving into the Northwest today will bring
rounds of rain to coastal Washington and Oregon, along with
the risk for flooding. Some showers will reach farther
inland in Washington. In the higher elevations of the
Cascades, some snow will fall. A separate storm will move
into the East, spreading showers from Illinois and Tennessee
to Pennsylvania by the afternoon. Farther south, in the
Carolinas, Georgia and Florida, showers may be accompanied
by a rumble or two of thunder. Showers are also expected in
southern Texas. Elsewhere across the country, dry conditions
are expected. In the northern tier of the U.S. temperatures
will be above normal for most, while it remains seasonable
elsewhere.
SPECIAL WEATHER
No new information for this time period.
WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS
No new information for this time period.
DAILY EXTREMES
National High Sunday 92 at Death Valley, CA
National Low Sunday 4 at Gothic, CO
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How Time Flies is a daily feature looking back at Pantagraph archives to revisit what was happening in our community and region.
100 years ago
Feb. 18, 1923: Another of Bloomington's old landmarks is destined to pass into history in the near future when the old Jefferson school building on East Jefferson Street is razed. Jefferson school was in the early days known as Franklin school building and was at one time a three-story structure.
75 years ago
Feb. 18, 1948: Edward Preodor, violinist, and R. Dwight Drexler, pianist, both of Illinois Wesleyan University, will make their Chicago debut Feb. 27 at Kimball Hall. They have appeared at Kimball Hall before, but only to private audiences. This recital will be open to the public.
50 years ago
Feb. 18, 1973: There will be an organizational meeting to form a McLean County area chapter of the Right to Life Association at 8 p.m. Thursday in the home of Mrs. William Bradey, 108 S. Bellemont. Organizers are Mrs. Brady, Mrs. David Fairfield and Mr. and Mrs. David Wochner.
25 years ago
Feb. 18, 1998: Some Illinois State University professors said that faculty may file a lawsuit or form a union after the ISU Board of Trustees adopted a constitution that vests all final decision-making power in the president and the board. The move, in effect, brings an end to shared governance at ISU. Although professors and others in the campus community will continue to offer advice and make recommendations, the president and board are free to ignore them.
100 years ago: See vintage Pantagraph ads from 1922
Gerthart's
Union Gas and Electric Co.
Hoover
Dr. J.A. Moore Dentists
Moberly & Klenner
W.P. Garretson
W.H. Roland
Pease's Candy
Thor 32 Electric Washing Machine
The Kaiser's Story of the War
Ike Livingston & Sons
Gossard Corsets
Cat'n Fiddle
'Stolen Moments'
Case Model X
The Johnson Transfer & Fuel Co.
The Pantagraph want ads
Franklin Motor Car Co.
'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'
Calumet Baking Powder
Mayer Livingston & Co. Newsmarket
'The Emperor Jones'
'California Fig Syrup'
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EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND (AP) - Results from Scotch football:
Partick Thistle 1, Inverness CT 2
Inverness CT 1, Partick Thistle 0, Inverness CT advances on 3-1 aggregate
Celtic 4, Hearts 1
Ross County 0, Motherwell 1
Hibernian FC 1, Aberdeen 1
Livingston FC 1, St. Johnstone 1
St Mirren FC 2, Dundee 0
Rangers 2, Dundee United 0
Inverness CT 0, Arbroath FC 0
Dundee vs. Hibernian FC, 2:45 p.m.
Dundee United vs. Celtic, 2:30 p.m.
Motherwell vs. Hearts, 2:45 p.m.
Rangers vs. Ross County, 2:45 p.m.
St. Johnstone vs. Aberdeen, 2:45 p.m.
St Mirren FC vs. Livingston FC, 2:45 p.m.
Arbroath FC vs. Inverness CT, 2:45 p.m.
Celtic vs. Motherwell, 7:15 a.m.
Hearts vs. Rangers, 7:15 a.m.
Ross County vs. Dundee United, 7:15 a.m.
Aberdeen vs. St Mirren FC, 7 a.m.
Hibernian FC vs. St. Johnstone, 7 a.m.
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BEIJING, Oct. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Capitalizing on its victory in eradicating absolute poverty, China is now ready for a new round of agricultural and rural development as the efforts to propel rural vitalization are in full swing.
The report to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) stressed the country will continue to put agricultural and rural development first, consolidate and expand achievements in poverty alleviation, and reinforce the foundations for food security on all fronts.
In his first inspection after the conclusion of the 20th CPC National Congress, Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed advancing rural revitalization across the board and striving tirelessly to achieve agricultural and rural modernization.
He said it's necessary to prioritize the development of agricultural and rural areas, and consolidate and expand China's achievements in poverty alleviation during his visit to Yan'an in northwest China's Shaanxi Province and the city of Anyang in central China's Henan Province from Wednesday to Friday.
Getting off the train on Wednesday afternoon, Xi headed directly to the village of Nangou in Yan'an.
In an orchard there, Xi chatted with local villagers, asking in detail about how they grew apple trees and picked fruits, what species of apple they planted, at what prices their apples were sold, and their income. He also inquired about how the village developed apple planting and other industries.
Xi said that he lived in northern Shaanxi for seven years. During that time, he saw villagers live in harsh conditions, and he kept thinking about ways to make their lives better.
"Now villagers have jobs and stable income, while children have a good education and the elderly are covered by medical insurance," Xi said. "Lives are getting better and better."
As Xi mentioned "the changes in northern Shaanxi reflect the changes in China." Recent years have seen solid progress in fostering rural industries, promoting the application of agricultural technologies and building beautiful countryside when pursuing rural vitalization.
According to the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the per capita disposable income of rural residents reached 18,931 yuan (about 2,981.96 U.S. dollars) in 2021, an increase of 9.7 percent in real terms.
The improvement of the rural living environment is part of the implementation of the rural vitalization strategy. According to Hong Tianyun, deputy head of the National Rural Revitalization Administration, more than 40 million rural household toilets had been refurbished, and the rural sewage treatment rate has reached around 28 percent since China launched a three-year rural living environment upgrade campaign in 2018.
Xi called for the enterprising spirit of self-reliance and hard work when he visited the Hongqi Canal, or the Red Flag Canal, in Linzhou City of central China's Henan Province on Friday morning.
The canal, a key irrigation project and major engineering feat of the 1960s, took local people almost 10 years to complete. It was built across the steep Taihang Mountain to bring water to the parched Linxian County, which is now known as Linzhou City.
The Red Flag Canal itself is a monument to the heroic spirit of the people of Linxian County who did not resign themselves to fate or give in to defeat, Xi said.
He urged the younger generation to carry forward the spirit and contribute to the realization of the Second Centenary Goal of building China into a great modern socialist country in all respects. "We are living in an extraordinary time and should live up to it."
During his inspection to the central Chinese city of Anyang, Xi also underscored the importance of building cultural confidence when he visited the Yin Ruins on Friday afternoon.
The ruins boast archaeological remnants of the ancient city of Yin, the last capital of the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 B.C.). The oracle bone scripts discovered within the ruins are considered to be the oldest Chinese inscriptions.
In 1928, Chinese archaeologists discovered the complex of the ruins, which were added to the World Heritage List in 2006 by UNESCO.
Xi said fine traditional Chinese culture can be better preserved through excavation, studying and protection of cultural relics.
He called on the Chinese people to boost their confidence in Chinese culture and become more confident and proud.
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On the Fourth of July, Americans often spend the day celebrating the country’s independence with food, friends, family and fireworks.
According to the National Retail Federation, 42% of Americans plan to watch fireworks or some kind of community celebration. While fireworks aren't legal to purchase in every state, in 2022 the American Pyrotechnics Association says consumers in the U.S. bought 436 million pounds of fireworks.
But what happens to fireworks you buy, but don’t use? Can you save them for next year? Or some other celebration? People online have been asking about fireworks and expiration dates for years.
THE QUESTION
Do fireworks expire?
THE SOURCES
- Library of Congress
- Julie L. Heckman, executive director of the American Pyrotechnics Association
- Uncle Sam’s Fireworks
- Dynamite Fireworks
- Black Cat fireworks
THE ANSWER
No, fireworks don’t expire. But, several online retailers say with age, the fireworks display might not be as bright or explosive.
WHAT WE FOUND
Aerial fireworks, like the ones used by pyrotechnicians for large displays, are made of numerous small pellets of black powder called stars, according to an article published in the Library of Congress. The main ingredient in fireworks is black powder, but different chemicals or metals lit and combined create the colors you see when the firework explodes.
Fireworks consumers can buy from smaller stands or large retail stores – in states where they are legal – are made the same way, but are typically smaller and weaker.
Julie L. Heckman, executive director of the American Pyrotechnics Association, told VERIFY fireworks, including sparklers and novelty devices, will last for years, provided they are stored properly in a cool, dry place.
Retailers Uncle Sam’s Fireworks and Dynamite Fireworks agree. Dynamite Fireworks says the shelf life is typically eight to 20 years when kept in a cold, dry and safe storage container.
But some fireworks packaging does have a use-by date. The manufacturing date on a fireworks package helps tell people how old the fireworks are, Uncle Sam’s Fireworks website says. But, the older the firework, there is a possibility they won’t perform as well.
“Remember, the older your fireworks are, the more prone they are to not perform well,” Uncle Sam’s website says.
When looking at fireworks, inspecting the packaging is important if the fireworks are old. Heckman said if the packaging shows deterioration, punctures, exposed or signs of water damage, the fireworks are past their prime and could be dangerous.
Also, if the fuse on your fireworks is no longer connected, don’t use it. You can no longer guarantee it will be set off safely and it is unsafe to try to reattach the fuse, Dynamite Fireworks says.
Dynamic Fireworks offers these tips on how to preserve the quality and safety of unused fireworks:
- Store fireworks in a plastic container or plastic garbage bag away from moisture.
- Store fireworks in a cool and dry area away from animals like cats, mice and rats.
- Do not store fireworks in your home as home insurance policies can deny any claims in the case of home damage, due to the explosive nature of fireworks.
- Secure your fireworks storage containers within locked areas or facilities to keep them away from children, or other unwitting persons.
If you are disposing of old fireworks, Black Cat fireworks says the safest choice is to let the fireworks sit in a bucket of water for a day. Once these fireworks are wet, you can dispose of them in a regular trash can. This will keep them from igniting later while in the trash.
Heckman said alternatively, fireworks can be taken to most local fire stations for proper disposal. Many fire stations will offer a fireworks “amnesty” time frame to get rid of unwanted fireworks, Heckman said. In some cities or states where fireworks are illegal, these amnesty days allow for residents to turn in illegal fireworks without getting cited.
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PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Drivers are experiencing heavy delays Thursday morning on Florida's Turnpike northbound in northern Palm Beach County.
All northbound lanes of the Turnpike are blocked after a vehicle caught fire between the Northlake Boulevard and Beeline Highway exits.
RELATED: Latest traffic delays
Traffic was backed up before mile marker 105 into West Palm Beach at about 10:45 a.m.
It's unclear if anyone was injured.
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NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – A New Orleans mother is demanding answers after her daughter was attacked at pre-school.
The incident happened a week ago at Angel’s Haven Daycare on South Claiborne Avenue in Hollygrove.
“To relive it is just a horror,” Cymande Ford said.
Ford is talking about the moment she was reunited with her daughter, 19-month-old Harley, at Angel’s Haven Daycare around 11:15 a.m. February 9.
Minutes earlier, she received a call from the school’s director, asking her to come to the school.
“I see [Harley’s] face, and it looks like she’s been mauled by a cat, so I start screaming, I’m crying, I dropped my purse, and I ask what happened,” Ford explained. “I took Harley, and I’m just asking [the school’s director] what happened.”
Ford says she was told Harley was involved in a “tussle” with a 1-year-old at the school.
The school’s director and daughter, who works there, reportedly went with Ford to the emergency room to get Harley examined.
“Seven bites up one arm, she has a couple bites up the other arm, she has pants on, but [the 1-year-old] has bitten through her pants on both legs,” Ford said. “You can see the teeth marks; they’re clear and visible.”
While at the hospital, Ford says the nurse started to ask questions to find out what happened.
“So, [the nurse] says, ‘What time did this happen?’ I say ‘11 o’clock’ because that’s the time they called me,” Ford said. “The daughter says, ‘Oh no, it happened a little bit before 8 [a.m.]’”
Ford says she wasn’t given an explanation as to why it took them so long to call.
WGNO called Angel’s Haven Daycare to see if they would like to share their side of the story. The director said ‘no’ and hung up.
“It was hard enough for me to send my child to daycare because I’m a business owner, and this is just crazy for this to be happening on her third day after something that I already fought myself with so much,” Ford said.
A report was filed with the New Orleans Police Department, and the Department of Children and Family Services is investigating the incident. | https://www.cenlanow.com/state-news/new-orleans-mother-wants-answers-after-baby-is-attacked-at-daycare/ | 2023-02-17 20:41:23 | 0 | https://www.cenlanow.com/state-news/new-orleans-mother-wants-answers-after-baby-is-attacked-at-daycare/ |
NEW YORK, June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Spero Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPRO).
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The lawsuit seeks to recover losses for shareholders who purchased Spero between October 28, 2021 and May 2, 2022.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until July 25, 2022 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to a filed complaint, Spero Therapeutics, Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) the data submitted in support of the New Drug Application ("NDA") for the Company's product candidate, Tebipenem HBr, were insufficient to obtain approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA"); (ii) accordingly, it was unlikely that the FDA would approve the Tebipenem HBr NDA in its current form; (iii) the foregoing would necessitate a significant workforce reduction and restructuring of Spero's operations; and (iv) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Two brothers from Illinois have been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges for their alleged roles in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the United States Capitol, with both accused of being part of mobs that overwhelmed police officers who were desperately trying to keep them from storming the building, the FBI announced on Tuesday.
In a news release, the FBI said Daniel Leyden, 55, of Chicago and Joseph Leyden, 56, of nearby La Grange, were arrested in Illinois on Tuesday. In a complaint, Daniel Leyden was charged with a felony offense of assaulting, resisting or impeding law enforcement with a dangerous weapon. He and his brother, Joseph, are also charged with the felony offense of interfering with a law enforcement officer during a civil disorder as well as four related misdemeanor offenses.
It was not immediately known if Daniel Leyden or Joseph Leyden had an attorney to speak on their behalf.
According to the release, Daniel Leyden was part of a crowd that confronted police outside the Capitol, where they “lifted and pushed” a metal barricade onto a U.S. Capitol Police officer, pinning the officer underneath. At the same time, the mob assaulted officers, one of whom “was knocked unconscious and suffered a concussion.”
According to the release, Daniel Leyden’s actions contributed to that officer’s injuries as well as the injuries of others.
Joseph Leyden was charged in connection with the actions of another group of rioters. As that group began to pull metal barriers into the crowd, Leyden, the FBI said in the release, allegedly “advanced and rushed towards an officer with the Metropolitan Police Department” before he “lunged at and pushed the officer.”
The two are among more than 860 people from all over the country charged with crimes related to the breach of the Capitol building on that January 2021 day by supporters of then-President Donald Trump who were storming the building to interrupt the certification of President Joe Biden’s election win over Trump.
They are the latest of more than 30 Illinois residents to be charged.
The two were scheduled to appear in federal court in Chicago on Tuesday afternoon. | https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/local-brothers-charged-in-jan-6-capitol-riot/ | 2022-08-23 22:58:10 | 1 | https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/local-brothers-charged-in-jan-6-capitol-riot/ |
MESA, Ariz., April 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Verra Mobility Corporation (NASDAQ: VRRM), a leading provider of smart mobility technology solutions, announced today that it will report financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023, after market close on May 4, 2023.
Verra Mobility's Chief Executive Officer, David Roberts, and Chief Financial Officer, Craig Conti, will host a conference call and live webcast to discuss financial results for investors and analysts at 5:00 p.m. ET on May 4, 2023.
To access the conference call, dial 1-888-886-7786 (U.S. toll-free) or 1-416-764-8658 (International) with conference ID 53331233 or click on the following link and request a return call: callme.viavid.com. A live webcast will be available on the Company's Investor Relations website at ir.verramobility.com.
An audio replay of the call will also be available until 11:59 p.m. ET on May 18, 2023, by dialing 1-844-512-2921 (U.S. toll-free), or 1-412-317-6671 (International) and entering passcode 53331233.
In addition, an archived webcast will be available in the "News & Events" section of Verra Mobility's Investor Relations website at ir.verramobility.com.
About Verra Mobility
Verra Mobility Corporation (NASDAQ: VRRM) is a leading provider of smart mobility technology solutions that make transportation safer, smarter and more connected. The company sits at the center of the mobility ecosystem, bringing together vehicles, hardware, software, data and people to enable safe, efficient solutions for customers globally. Verra Mobility's transportation safety systems and parking management solutions protect lives, improve urban and motorway mobility and support healthier communities. The company also solves complex payment, utilization and compliance challenges for fleet owners and rental car companies. Headquartered in Arizona, Verra Mobility operates in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. For more information, please visit www.verramobility.com.
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SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The food industry continues to face significant, simultaneous crises, including labor shortages, inflation, product shortages, supply chain disruptions, an ongoing war overseas, and climate change putting food production at risk. Now, industry expert Kari Hensien, RizePoint CEO, predicts what's ahead in 2023.
"As we continue to face serious threats to our food supply, food businesses should be mindful of key trends and predictions for 2023. In the coming year, we should be focusing on sustainable food production, prioritizing DEI, training differently, and relying on digital solutions that can help boost transparency, accuracy, safety, and quality. Luckily, tech solutions have become more affordable and accessible for food businesses of all sizes," Kari explained.
Kari's 10 key predictions for 2023 include:
- A focus on sustainable food production. Climate change is putting food production at risk. Therefore, there will be a renewed effort around sustainable food production, like vertical farming, hydroponics, and aquaponics.
- Quality and accuracy are king. To make your customers feel valued and appreciated, get their orders right! Implement solutions to boost accuracy, which will elevate a variety of critical metrics, including improved customer satisfaction and loyalty, increased revenue, positive reviews, word-of-mouth recommendations, etc.
- Digital solutions will become more affordable and widely used. Digital efforts don't have to break the bank. Organize supplier certifications and streamline supplier collaboration in the process. Gain visibility and identify/predict the operational improvements that will maximize your business success.
- Continued efforts to overcome conflicts. The food industry continues to face major, concurrent crises, including production delays, food shortages, and extreme weather impacting crops. Food businesses will have to work hard to keep the lights on and deliver products (and promises) to customers.
- A rise in workplace accountability. Moving forward, organizations will need to prioritize broader social accountability. This includes a focus on hiring a diverse workforce to ensure your products and services are being delivered by people that represent your increasingly diverse customer base. Now more than ever, treating employees fairly and equitably is key to securing a knowledgeable, stable, and productive workforce.
- Training will change. Historically, food businesses trained employees by explaining how things should be done. But what if you thought about training differently? Train, practice, demonstrate, and reinforce to boost employee confidence and retention. Encourage employees to ask questions, seek feedback, and feel empowered. Create a collaborative culture vs. a punitive one.
- The supply chain will become more transparent. It's critical to implement safety and quality protocols for your business, but it's not enough. You must also inspect safety, quality, and traceability all along the supply chain. Thanks to more affordable, accessible tech tools, this is now possible for brands of all sizes and budgets, and you can get started without a big investment. Focus on what the regulations require and use digital solutions to seamlessly manage your vendors' safety and QA certifications.
- Consumers will embrace the hybrid model. Customers have become accustomed to the hybrid of in-person, pickup and delivery, so food businesses need to excel at all these models, focusing on safety and accuracy for each.
- Operational data and programs will gain credibility in the Board Room. Business intelligence will connect operational data and improvement to business performance.
- Remote brand protection. A growing number of companies are looking for ways to protect their locations and/or facilities if they can't physically reach them for audits or inspections. Maybe it's a travel issue to that area or maybe it's cost prohibitive, but tech solutions can save quality teams as much as 70%, which is a huge win at a time when every dollar counts.
RizePoint, builds technology that empowers users to audit, assess results, and determine when/if corrective actions must be taken. Its best-in-class solution is complete, comprehensive, and user-friendly, boosting visibility, accuracy, and efficiency.
For 25+ years, RizePoint has offered quality management software solutions that help companies keep brand promises through their quality, safety, and compliance efforts. Customers gather better data, see necessary actions earlier, and act faster to correct issues before they become costly liabilities. Visit rizepoint.com.
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Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin, who is working on his return to the field after having gone into cardiac arrest during a game in January, has been selected as the winner of the 2023 George Halas Award.
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The Professional Football Writers of America on Monday announced the 55th winner of the award, which is given to an NFL player, coach or staff member who overcomes adversity to succeed.
Hamlin went into cardiac arrest during a nationally televised game on Jan. 2 after making a tackle on a Cincinnati Bengals receiver. He got up but collapsed and had to be resuscitated on the field. The 24-year-old player was taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center in critical condition and spent a week there before being flown to Buffalo for further treatment. He was released Jan. 11.
He said last month that his doctors have concluded that a hit to the chest caused his heart to stop. The rare condition — called commotio cordis — occurs when a severe blow to the chest causes the heart to quiver and stop pumping blood efficiently, leading to sudden cardiac arrest.
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Hamlin has been cleared to resume playing and took part in the Bills’ voluntary workout program last month.
The other Halas finalists were Giants running back Saquon Barkley, 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey, Commanders running back Brian Robinson Jr. and Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith.
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Founders seeking capital see limited opportunities as investors take their time – and their summer vacations
SAN FRANCISCO, July 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- DocSend, a secure document sharing platform and Dropbox (NASDAQ: DBX) company, released a new data analysis of its Pitch Deck Interest (PDI) metrics showing lukewarm investor engagement is signaling continued diligence and selectivity in fund deployment. Despite this ongoing pullback, startup founders continued to seek out funding in Q2 2023. The amount of pitch decks sent out by founders in Q2 increased 4.0% year-over-year (YoY), but investors' engagement with those decks decreased both quarter-over-quarter (QoQ), and YoY by roughly the same amount. The widening gap punctuates the struggles founders face this year in their fundraising.
Early Summer Slowdown Keeps Investors in Control
Seasonality, which refers to the typical slowdown in activity during the summer months and other holiday time frames, may already be impacting the early-stage fundraising marketplace.
QoQ analysis shows that founder activity, which serves as a gauge for fundraising market supply, increased 4.0%, while investor activity, a gauge for market demand, decreased 4.6%. Similarly, YoY analysis saw a 4.0% increase in pitch decks sent out, with a 5.7% decrease in pitch decks reviewed by investors.
Year-to-date (YTD) data shows that this trend has been a constant in the first half of 2023. Founder activity decreased less than 1% in 2023, but investor activity decreased by nearly 12%, implying that investors are on the advantageous side of the deal-making table, and have been all year. YTD analysis is still impacted by 2021's end-of-year momentum, accounting for founders' strong start in 2022.
Additionally, while investors are reviewing fewer pitch decks from founders, they are spending less time reviewing them when they do. In Q2, investor time spent reviewing pitch decks decreased 4% QoQ, while decreasing 7.7% YoY and 7.7% YTD. These are all-time lows for investor time spent on deck, showing that founders have less time than ever to grab potential investors' attention.
"All three of DocSend's historical metrics point clearly to an investor-friendly marketplace at this time," said Justin Izzo, data and trends analyst at Dropbox DocSend. "Due to continued macro concerns as well as the usual seasonal lull, fundraising dollars may be challenging for fundraising founders to come across in the near future."
2023 vs. 2021 Analysis Reveals Uphill Battle for Founders
In venture capital, 2021 is a year that has been hailed as one of the most founder-friendly climates in recent history. 2023 is clearly a different picture, but analyzing these two years shows that founders have continued to aggressively pursue fundraising, but in two entirely different climates.
When comparing the percentage change from Q2 2021 to Q2 2023, founder activity increased by 15.9%, while investors slowed their pace by 11.5%. YTD analysis between the two years shows a slightly lower, but similar contrast, with a 13.6% increase and a 7.9% decrease for founders and investors, respectively. The 14.3% and 10.7% decreases in time spent by investors reviewing pitch decks in Q2 and YTD, respectively, further proves that founders looking to raise money in today's market are experiencing a starkly different marketplace than two years ago.
In Q1 of 2023, VC investment in early stage companies totaled $9.6 billion dollars, down significantly from Q1 of 2021's $16.4 billion, according to Crunchbase. Despite discouraging fundraising dollars, investors are still reviewing pitch decks at a relatively steadier pace than capital invested.
"Since 2021, there has been a consistent shift in valuations and some founders and investors aren't seeing eye-to-eye on company valuations," said Winter Mead, founder and Chief Executive Officer at Coolwater Capital. "Private markets usually take a few quarters to catch up to the public markets. The price correction can take a little longer to reach early-stage than late-stage and these dynamics are currently playing out in the market today."
DocSend releases quarterly data analyses via the Pitch Deck Interest metrics to track and predict the investment landscape, informing founders of volatility or stability in the venture capital environment.
Key Leading Indicators of Fundraising Activity
There are three core metrics unique to DocSend for tracking investors' hunger for deals and founders' quest for capital.
- Founder links created - the average number of pitch deck links each founder is creating via DocSend. This serves as a proxy for the supply of startups seeking funding. A "link" refers to the unique URL a founder creates using DocSend to share their pitch deck with investors. When the average number of links increases, it means that founders are sending their decks out to more investors.
- Investor deck interactions - the average number of investor interactions for each pitch deck link. This serves as a proxy for demand for investments. The higher the interaction metric, the more often decks are viewed, shared, and revisited by potential investors.
- Investor time spent - the average time spent per pitch deck by potential investors. This metric offers a look at how long VCs are spending reviewing deals. More time spent per deck could mean investors are more closely scrutinizing deals.
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DocSend enables companies to share business-critical documents with ease and get real-time actionable feedback. With DocSend's security and control, startup founders, investors, executives, and business development professionals can build business partnerships that have a lasting impact. Over 30,000 customers of all sizes use DocSend today. Learn more at docsend.com.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A founding member of the 1990s hip-hop group the Fugees was enmeshed in political conspiracies involving millions of dollars in foreign money under two different U.S. presidents, federal prosecutors said as his trial got underway with opening statements Thursday.
Prakazrel “Pras” Michel is accused of funneling money from a fugitive Malaysian financer through straw donors to Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign. Five years later, prosecutors say he tried squelch an investigation into the financer and persuade then-President Donald Trump’s administration to return to China a “vocal critic of the government.”
“This is a case about foreign money, foreign influence and concealment,” said prosecutor Nicole Rae Lockhart. Michel pocketed over $100 million in the saga involving “political intrigue, backroom dealing, … burner phones and lies,” she said.
Michel’s lawyers have previously said he is innocent and “extremely disappointed” in the charges, but the defense decided to wait to give its opening statement in the trial that’s expected to last weeks.
The Department of Justice says Michel conspired with Low Taek Jho, usually known as Jho Low. The fugitive financer is accused of masterminding a money laundering and bribery scheme that pilfered billions from the Malaysian state investment fund known as 1MDB.
Looted money paid for jewelry and luxury art and helped finance Hollywood films like “The Wolf of Wall Street.”
Low was once known for his business and social ties to American celebrities like Kim Kardashian and Leonardo DiCaprio, a possible witness in the case. During the 2012 presidential campaign, prosecutors allege Low directed more than $20 million to Michel, who concealed its origin by giving the money to straw donors to give to the Obama campaign. He later tried to lean on the donors to keep them from talking to investigators, Lockhart said.
In 2017, prosecutors say, the Grammy-winning rapper worked with a Republican “fixer” to try and shut down a U.S. investigation into Low and embezzlement from the Malaysian fund. He’s also accused of pushing the Trump administration to send a Chinese person who had fled to the U.S. back to China.
“It almost worked,” Lockhart said. “The defendant wanted money and was willing to break any laws necessary to get paid.”
The Justice Department last year announced charges against Low and two former Goldman Sachs bankers in the money laundering and bribery scheme that pilfered money from the fund, which was created to spur economic development projects in Malaysia. Low is a fugitive but has maintained his innocence.
One of the bankers, Roger Ng, was sentenced to 10 years in prison this month for his role in the scheme. | https://www.wivb.com/entertainment-news/rappers-multimillion-dollar-politics-conspiracy-trial-opens/ | 2023-03-31 05:07:18 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/entertainment-news/rappers-multimillion-dollar-politics-conspiracy-trial-opens/ |
Why diesel is more expensive than regular gas
Most drivers today are focused on the high cost of filling up their tanks with regular fuel.
But there's another important fuel on the gas station price board, and its nationwide price average currently eclipses gasoline's by more than a $1 a gallon: diesel fuel.
"Diesel is what powers trucking. It is what powers our global economy," said Joseph Sykora, an equity analyst at Aptus Capital Advisors.
But diesel isn't only crucial for trucking — it's fundamental to international transport as a whole because the engines of heavy-load vehicles like freight trucks, cargo jets and barges run on diesel. So when sending products all over the country and the world becomes more expensive, the prices of the products those transport vehicles carry also rises, worsening inflation.
Diesel prices have long been more expensive than gasoline, well before today's factors including the ongoing war in Ukraine, low refinery capacities and post-COVID energy demand crunched global oil supplies and pushed up prices. But why?
There are three primary reasons for the price discrepancy: the transition to cleaner diesel blends, higher state and federal taxes, and diesel's supply and demand.
Dirty diesel
In 2006, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency began phasing in rules that significantly limited the sulfur content of diesel fuel. The agency did this because aggravated levels of airborne sulfur matter are toxic for both humans and the environment.
And since 2014, the EPA has regulated that all diesel sold and produced in the United States must be ULSD (ultra low sulfur diesel) — a standard of diesel which limits sulfur contents to 15 parts per million. Sulfur content regulations have reduced toxic emissions by at least 90%, according to the EPA.
The EPA's regulations greatly benefit the environment. But lowering the sulfur content of diesel has led to lower energy density (less fuel economy per gallon) and raised production costs at the refinery, placing upward pressure on prices.
Diesel's duty
President Joe Biden's administration recently called on Congress to suspend the federal tax on diesel and gasoline. Regardless of whether the proposed tax holiday would be effective, it calls attention to the tax itself.
The federal motor fuel excise tax, which has not changed since 1993, imposes an extra 18.3 cent tax on gasoline and a 24.3 cent tax on diesel. Revenue from the tax supports the Highway Trust Fund, a federal purse that finances the construction and maintenance of highways and other mass-transit projects.
In addition to the federal tax, each state has its own additional duty on both fuels — the average diesel tax is 7.55 cents higher.
Diesel taxes are higher because the primary vehicles with diesel engines, freight trucks and buses, are substantially heavier and deteriorate roads considerably more than the average automobile.
Demand for diesel
Finally, diesel's steep price is attributed to the basic economic principle of supply and demand: not enough supply, combined with barrels and barrels of demand.
On the supply side, diesel is produced at a reduced rate compared to gasoline. In the U.S., for every one barrel of crude oil refined there are about 19 to 20 gallons of gasoline produced. That figure drops to just 11 to 12 gallons for diesel.
On the demand side, diesel and its molecular siblings help manufacture, grow and transport nearly all consumer products. The fuel powers engines in trucks, trains, industrial machines, construction and farming equipment, buses, generators, home heating systems, ships and military vehicles.
Gasoline might power American cars, but because diesel powers the American economy, its price also affects our daily lives. | https://www.wvtm13.com/article/why-diesel-is-more-expensive-than-regular-gas/40715511 | 2022-07-26 19:06:40 | 1 | https://www.wvtm13.com/article/why-diesel-is-more-expensive-than-regular-gas/40715511 |
Wood, aluminum or composite, these are the best baseball bats
If you’re an aspiring baseball player hoping to make it to the big leagues someday, or even if you play recreationally with friends on weekends, you need high-quality equipment to perform at a high level. Baseball is about scoring runs, but you won’t run the bases often if you don’t have a reliable bat.
A good baseball bat can make the difference between striking out and a base hit, so it’s crucial to have one that’s durable, easy to swing and suits your needs. Depending on your swing, many bats can serve you well, but comfort and feel are key to performing well.
What you should know before buying a baseball bat
There are many things to consider before buying a baseball bat. The main concern should be to get a bat with an adequate length and weight. The right bat will be easy to swing, and you'll be able to generate enough power to make contact consistently.
Professional players prefer wood bats, and while any player can use them for training, aluminum or composite bats are standard in most USA leagues. One-piece bats are suitable for power hitters, while two-piece bats are best for players with trouble generating sufficient swing speed. In any case, a bat should feel good in your hands and be easy to swing.
Best baseball bats
[ Louisville Slugger Meta BBCOR Bat ]
This bat has a composite barrel with a prominent sweet spot for more forgiveness, and a vibration-reducing system offers a stiff feel for superior performance at the plate. It has a balanced swing weight and comes in several weight and length options, making it suitable for any player.
Available at Dick’s Sporting Goods
Easton Typhoon USA Baseball Bat
Designed for youth baseball, this aluminum bat has a military-grade alloy construction for superior durability, a cushioned flex grip for improved comfort and a concave end cap for increased balance. It has a -12 drop weight and a 4-inch barrel and is certified for use in USA baseball leagues.
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Marucci Posey 28 Pro Metal Smoke USSSA Bat
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Tigers pound Manaea, Padres for 12-4 win; SD’s Gore injured
By DAVE HOGG
Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) — Eric Haase hit a grand slam off Sean Manaea, Jeimer Candelario homered twice and the Detroit Tigers routed the San Diego Padres 12-4 Monday night.
Miguel Cabrera hit his 506th career homer in the sixth inning and moved past Al Simmons for 13th on the career RBI list with 1,840.
“I’m tired,” joked Cabrera, who hadn’t homered since May 15. “It is the first time I’ve run around the bases in years.”
Manaea (5-5) was pummeled for a career-worst nine runs in 3 1/3 innings, including five unearned runs in the third.
“They got something going, and instead of focusing on getting it stopped, I let it snowball,” he said. “That’s just a lack of focus.”
Making things worse for the Padres, his replacement, promising young left-hander MacKenzie Gore, was pulled with an injury.
Gore, ranked among the game’s top pitching prospects before debuting this season, got four outs despite an average fastball velocity 2 mph slower than normal. He left with a trainer during the fifth inning.
“We saw his (velocity) was down to 90, but it came back up to 92,” Padres manager Bob Melvin said. “When we saw him flexing his fist — the move you make when your elbow is hurting — we did the proper thing and got him out of there.”
Melvin said Gore will return to San Diego with the team Wednesday evening to be examined by Padres doctors.
The Tigers had lost 11 of 13, scoring five runs in the last three games.
“This felt great, because everyone was contributing and we scored a lot of runs,” said Candelario, who entered the game hitting .194. “We have to keep this rolling if we want to start winning games.”
San Diego, which didn’t arrive in Detroit until the early hours of Monday morning, lost its second in a row.
“Sean was good for a couple innings, and then it got away from him a little bit,” Melvin said. “We didn’t play cleanly behind him, and when we play like that, we lose. When we play clean, sharp baseball, we give ourselves a chance to win games.”
Manaea gave up eight hits, including two home runs, and walked one batter while striking out nine.
The Padres took a 1-0 lead in the third on Jurickson Profar’s homer, but Detroit loaded the bases with no one out in the bottom of the inning on an error and two singles.
Javier Báez tied it with a sacrifice fly and Willi Castro moved to third. After Robbie Grossman popped out, Manaea walked Cabrera to reload the bases, and Haase hit a line drive to right that hit the top of the fence.
The play was originally ruled a double but changed to a grand slam via instant replay.
Candelario made it 6-1 with a long homer in the fourth, and Báez’s RBI double ended Manaea’s night later in the inning. Grossman added an RBI groundout and Báez scored on Gore’s wild pitch to make it 9-1.
Tigers starter Drew Hutchison couldn’t get out of the fifth. The first six Padres hitters reached base, making it 9-4 with two on and one out when Will Vest came out of the bullpen.
“He had two really long delays while we were scoring all the runs, and while you’ll obviously take that, it did throw off his rhythm,” Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said. “We were about to face Manny (Machado) and I just liked the matchup with Vest better in that spot.”
Vest (2-2) got out of the jam, and Candelario gave the Tigers an 11-4 lead in the bottom of the inning with his second homer of the night.
WELCOME HOME
Padres second baseman Jake Cronenworth, who grew up just north of Detroit and attended the University of Michigan, received loud cheers in his first game at Comerica Park.
UP NEXT
The Padres will start Mike Clevenger (2-3, 3.50) on Tuesday night against Detroit RHP Garrett Hill (1-2, 5.63).
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This April 4, residents living within the boundaries of Unit 5 school district will have to decide whether or not to vote yes for the referendum.
My family and I are incredibly grateful for the education our children have received in Unit 5. They are thriving today and their accomplishments are simply too many to enumerate.
After several months of community conversation, it is becoming clear that both opponents and proponents of the referendum seem to agree that proposed cuts are not the optimal solution.
I have faith in the individuals who have both the training and experience to educate our young people. Having interacted with them for 20 years as a parent and higher education professional, I have seen how their dedication and genuine care has changed the lives of our students. They go above and beyond to show their care by choosing to have difficult community conversations about the future of education in our town, and face scrutiny with honesty and transparency. These educators are exemplifying sacrificial service to the youth of our community.
Finally, I would like to point out that our school systems are one of our community's greatest assets and as such, we should invest more in our strengths than divest from them. When businesses consider whether to locate in a community, the quality of schools is a factor. When workers consider whether to bring their careers to a community, they also consider, more than anyone, the quality of schools for their children. This is why I believe it is important for us to support this referendum, for the kids of today and those of tomorrow. A community with a superior educational system will always be a healthy community.
Vote yes for Unit 5.
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In 1965, P.F. Sloan's heartfelt song "Eve of Destruction," performed by Barry McGuire, became a Billboard No. 1 hit.
The anti-war anthem was one of the first protest songs to make the pop charts. It became the rallying cry for supporters of the 26th Amendment to the Constitution, which changed the voting age from 21 to 18.
Sloan wrote a string of hits in the '60s, including "Secret Agent Man" (recorded by Johnny Rivers), "You Baby" (The Turtles) and "Where Were You When I Needed You" (The Grassroots).
But Sloan slipped off the charts and nearly out of the music business more than 30 years ago. He made a few recordings that were released overseas, but rarely performed. Now he's back with a CD called Sailover, filled with songs both old and new.
Sloan speaks with NPR's Liane Hansen about his "unpublishable material" and the trauma of success.
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HONG KONG, Aug. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NetDragon Websoft Holdings Limited ("NetDragon" or "the Company", Hong Kong Stock Code: 777), a global leader in building internet communities, is pleased to announce that Ms. Tang Yu, an AI-powered virtual humanoid robot, has been appointed as the Rotating CEO of its flagship subsidiary, Fujian NetDragon Websoft Co., Ltd. The appointment is a move to pioneer the use of AI to transform corporate management and leapfrog operational efficiency to a new level.
Tang Yu's appointment highlights the Company's "AI + management" strategy and represents a major milestone of the Company towards being a "Metaverse organization". Tang Yu will streamline process flow, enhance quality of work tasks, and improve speed of execution. Tang Yu will also serve as a real-time data hub and analytical tool to support rational decision-making in daily operations, as well as to enable a more effective risk management system. In addition, Tang Yu is expected to play a critical role in the development of talents and ensuring a fair and efficient workplace for all employees.
Dr. Dejian Liu, Chairman of NetDragon, commented, "We believe AI is the future of corporate management, and our appointment of Ms. Tang Yu represents our commitment to truly embrace the use of AI to transform the way we operate our business, and ultimately drive our future strategic growth. Looking forward, we will continue to expand on our algorithms behind Tang Yu to build an open, interactive and highly transparent management model as we gradually transform to a metaverse-based working community, which will enable us to attract a much broader base of talents worldwide and put us in a position to achieve bigger goals."
About NetDragon Websoft Holdings Limited
NetDragon Websoft Holdings Limited (HKSE: 0777) is a global leader in building internet communities with a long track record of developing and scaling multiple internet and mobile platforms that impact hundreds of millions of users, including previous establishments of China's first online gaming portal, 17173.com, and China's most influential smartphone app store platform, 91 Wireless.
Established in 1999, NetDragon is one of the most reputable and well-known online game developers in China with a history of successful game titles including Eudemons Online, Heroes Evolved, Conquer Online and Under Oath. In recent years, NetDragon has also started to scale its online education business on the back of management's vision to create the largest global online learning community, and to bring true integrated blended learning solutions to every school around the world.
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40 Prado Homeless Services Center in San Luis Obispo has an urgent need for volunteers after January’s storms, ongoing cold weather and COVID outbreaks have added to their already-high demand.
On the day of an active COVID outbreak in January, 40 Prado's Homeless Services Director Jack Lahey said the virus is an ongoing threat that is still straining their resources.
"We can't continue to do program intakes while we have active COVID in here. It's just a lot," he said.
Without enough volunteers to help with things like giving out mail, checking people in and serving meals, a lot of those tasks fall to staff.
“Cecil Hale, our manager, he is tireless. He would have been here, but he actually worked last night, the full night shift. He's coming back at midnight tonight to work the overnight shift. We've got staff who are doing this every day, contorting their schedules making sure that we can continue operations," he said.
Lahey said that workload limits the amount of work he and his staff can do to help unhoused people get into permanent housing. If licensed social workers are folding linens, that’s time they’re not able to spend cultivating the relationships he described as essential to 40 Prado’s work.
“Figuring out how we can get somebody from, 'Hey, I need shelter for the night' to, 'I'm moving in tomorrow to an apartment.' That's where the staff can use their skills and their expertise and do all the non-violent de-escalation, and manage crises all the time in the shelter. It's those other components that volunteers really could and should be doing," he said.
Lahey said while the recent storms and ongoing COVID outbreaks are further adding to demand right now, 40 Prado doesn’t just need volunteers to help out in the short-term. He said getting one volunteer for one hour every week can make a huge difference.
"God, I sound like a PBS pledge," he joked. "A consistent pledge, [so] if you're going to come in and help do linens and you can commit to every Friday for an hour, that allows us to plan around that volunteer activity so we can really make it the most effective as possible," he said.
“Because if I know a volunteer is coming in that day, we don't have to have a staff person do that activity. And they can focus on something else that can actually kind of get them back to working one-on-one with folks to get their documents in order to get people housed.”
Lahey said some of that work may seem mundane, but it’s essential. And it’s not just those day-to-day tasks that the center urgently needs. He said here’s plenty of other ways people can volunteer their time that are more personalized.
"Maybe somebody wants to come in and read the paper and say 'Hey, let's talk about an issue that's in the paper today,' and people can come and talk and just be people. I know that one volunteer wanted to come in and do like a sports talk kind of thing. That can really happen if we have volunteers helping out with other components too," Lahey said.
Lahey said ideally, he would love to have 40 Prado overflowing with volunteers.
"I'd rather be in a situation where I'm having to say, we have too many volunteers and let's figure out how they could help out with other nonprofits.”
40 Prado is run through the Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County, or CAPSLO. Anyone interested in volunteering can visit their website at capslo.org and click the volunteer tab.
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EL PASO, Texas (AP) — One person was killed and three more were wounded Wednesday in a shooting at a shopping mall in El Paso, Texas, adding to the dozens of people already killed this year in mass shootings across the United States.
El Paso police said hours after the gunfire that two people had been taken into custody, though details of what led the shooting remained unclear.
Interim police chief Peter Pacillas said that Cielo Vista Mall was still considered a crime scene, and that it would remain locked down until authorities had completed their investigation.
Pacillas stressed that the danger had passed.
“There is no more danger. I want to repeat that: There is no more danger to the public,” Pacillas said.
The shooting happened in a busy shopping area and across a large parking lot from a Walmart where 23 people were killed in a racist attack targeting Hispanic people in 2019. El Paso — with a largely Latino population of about 700,000 people — sits on the U.S. border with Mexico, where residents of both countries cross frequently.
“Today’s shooting at the Cielo Vista Mall has brought back traumatic memories for many of us. Please know you are not alone,” Democratic U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, whose district includes El Paso, said on Twitter.
She urged anyone who needed it to reach out to the city’s crisis help line.
The United States has seen dozens of people killed in mass shootings so far in 2023, most recently Monday at Michigan State University, where three students were killed and five more were wounded. In January, 11 people were killed in the Los Angeles-area city of Monterey Park as they welcomed the Lunar New Year at a dance hall popular with older Asian Americans.
Pacillas said the two people taken into custody after Wednesday’s shooting as well as all of the victims were males.
University Medical Center in El Paso said in a statement that two gunshot victims being treated there were in critical condition.
The condition of the third victim was not immediately known.
Police earlier said the shooting was reported in the shopping mall’s food court.
Authorities set up a reunification center at a nearby high school, where those affected by the shooting could reconnect with loved ones.
The FBI, which is assisting El Paso police in the investigation, set up a website where the public can share photos or video from the shooting: www.fbi.gov/cielovistamallshooting.
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said in a tweet Wednesday night that he had spoken to the mayor of El Paso and offered assistance from the Texas Department of Public and Safety and the Texas Division of Emergency Management.
In 2022, more than 600 mass shootings occurred in the U.S. in which at least four people were killed or wounded, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
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WASHINGTON, April 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Teamsters National Negotiating Committee, including rank-and-file members and representatives of all supplemental negotiating committees, met with UPS in Washington, D.C., on April 17.
While the company gave its opening statement through a PowerPoint, the Teamsters presented video testimonials from members nationwide sharing their trials and tribulations working at UPS.
Teamsters General President Sean M. O'Brien and General Secretary-Treasurer Fred Zuckerman are leading the negotiations. They stated the union's intentions loud and clear.
"We don't work for this company. We work for our members. It's not Wall Street that concerns us, it's Main Street," O'Brien told UPS across the table. "We are not going to negotiate a contract that is cost neutral or with concessions. We are going to push this company and its management harder than they've ever worked before, and for the first time you're going to face a productivity standard. We have 12 weeks until this current contract expires. Let's get to work."
O'Brien told UPS if they are serious about a deal, they will negotiate the supplements to their finale now. The Teamsters National Negotiating Committee told UPS directly that the union will not enter national negotiations until supplements are resolved.
"If UPS wants to show workers that they are true partners and they care about the workforce, then they need to get off their asses and start making movement on our issues now," O'Brien said.
Watch UPS members in their own words talk about what they want in their next contract.
Meetings with UPS will resume on April 18.
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 to learn more. Follow us on Twitter @Teamsters and "like" us on Facebook at Facebook.com/teamsters.
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ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Mario Draghi’s national unity government appeared to be headed for collapse Thursday after key coalition allies boycotted a confidence vote, signaling the likelihood of an early election and a renewed period of uncertainty for Italy and Europe at a critical time.
Draghi told Parliament’s lower chamber on Thursday that he was heading to see President Sergio Mattarella, suggesting his resignation was imminent. Among his options, Mattarella could ask Draghi to stay on in a caretaker role until an early election.
Draghi’s government imploded Wednesday after members of his uneasy coalition of right, left and populists rebuffed his appeal to band back together to finish the legislature’s natural term and ensure implementation of the European Union-funded coronavirus pandemic recovery program.
Instead, the center-right parties of Forza Italia and the League and the populist 5-Star Movement boycotted a confidence vote in the Senate, in a clear sign they were done with Draghi’s 17-month government.
Italian newspapers on Thursday were united in their outrage at the surreal outcome, given Italy is dealing with soaring inflation and energy costs, Russia’s war against Ukraine and outstanding reforms needed to clinch the remainder of the EU’s 200 billion euros in recovery funds.
“Shame,” headlined La Stampa on the front page. “Italy Betrayed,” said La Repubblica. “Farewell to Draghi’s Government,” said Corriere della Sera.
Mattarella had rejected Draghi’s original resignation last week when he first offered it after the 5-Stars boycotted a confidence vote tied to a bill aimed at helping Italy endure soaring inflation and energy costs. Mattarella asked Draghi to return to Parliament to brief lawmakers on the situation, which he did on Wednesday in appealing to party leaders to listen to the calls for unity from ordinary Italians.
While the next steps were unclear, the outcome suggested Mattarella could dissolve Parliament, paving the way for early elections as soon as late September or early October. The legislature’s five-year term had been due to expire in 2023.
In briefing senators Wednesday, Draghi had appealed for the parties to heed the spontaneous appeals for unity from Italian mayors, doctors’ associations and ordinary citizens who had signed petitions in recent days begging Draghi to stay on.
“You don’t have to give the answer to me. You have to give it to all Italians,” he said.
Opinion polls have indicated neck-to-neck percentages for the center-left Democratic Party and the right-wing Brothers of Italy party, which had remained in the opposition to Draghi’s coalition.
The Democrats had tried to salvage its alliance with the 5-Stars, but the populist party has fractured over the crisis leaving the Democrats without a strong ally heading into a possible campaign.
The Brothers of Italy has long been allied with the center-right Forza Italia of ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi and the League of Matteo Salvini, suggesting that a center-right alliance would likely prevail in any election and propel Brothers’ leader Giorgia Meloni to become Italy’s first female premier. | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/italys-draghi-heads-to-president-after-government-implodes/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | 2022-07-21 07:47:00 | 0 | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/italys-draghi-heads-to-president-after-government-implodes/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s 11th atmospheric river left the storm-soaked state with a bang Wednesday, bringing flooded roadways, landslides and toppled trees to the southern part of the state as well as drought-busting rainfall that meant the end of water restrictions for nearly 7 million people.
Even as residents struggled to clean up before the next round of winter arrives in the coming days — with some 27,000 people still under evacuation orders statewide Wednesday — the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California’s decision brought relief amid the state’s historic drought.
The district supplies water for 19 million people in six counties. The board imposed the restrictions, which included limiting outdoor watering to one day a week, in parts of Los Angeles, Ventura and San Bernardino counties last year during a severe shortage of state water supplies.
But weather woes remained Wednesday, as an additional 61,000 people remained under evacuation warnings and emergency shelters housed more than 650 people, according to the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services.
Meanwhile in Arizona, the city of Sedona urged people in a dozen areas to immediately evacuate Wednesday evening because of predicted flooding of Oak Creek. The churning waters had submerged a roadway near a mobile home park and forecasters said it could rise to 15 feet (4.6 meters), a foot above flood stage.
In Southern California, flooding also closed several miles of the Pacific Coast Highway through Huntington Beach, south of Los Angeles on the Orange County coast, and potholes disabled more than 30 cars on one Southern California freeway. More than 144,000 utility customers statewide remained without power Wednesday afternoon, according to poweroutage.us.
Some Southern California beaches were closed as heavy rain overwhelmed sewage systems and sent thousands of gallons of raw sewage to the sea.
In Los Angeles, a man who clung to a concrete wall of the rushing, rain-swollen Los Angeles River was saved from being swept away when a Fire Department rescuer, dangling from a helicopter, reached him and he was hauled up to safety.
Gov. Gavin Newsom surveyed flood damage in an agricultural region on the central coast, noting that California could potentially see a 12th atmospheric river next week. Officials have not yet determined the extent of the winter storms’ damage, both structurally and financially.
“Look back — last few years in this state, it’s been fire to ice with no warm bath in between,” the Democrat said, describing “weather whiplash” in a state that has quickly gone from extreme drought and wildfires to overwhelming snow and rain.
“If anyone has any doubt about Mother Nature and her fury, if anyone has any doubt about what this is all about in terms of what’s happening to the climate and the changes that we are experiencing, come to California,” the governor said.
California’s latest atmospheric river was one of two storm systems that bookended the U.S. this week. Parts of New England and New York were digging out of a nor’easter Wednesday that caused tens of thousands of power outages, numerous school cancellations and whiteout conditions on roads.
Remaining showers across Southern California were expected to decrease through Wednesday evening as the storm headed toward parts of the Great Basin. The weather service said California will see minor precipitation this weekend, followed by another substantial storm next week.
Three clifftop apartment buildings were evacuated Wednesday morning when earth slid away from their backyards in coastal San Clemente, the Orange County Fire Authority said. Residents were also cleared out of a nearby building as the severity of the slide was studied.
Orange County had already declared a local emergency when a similar hillside collapsed March 3 in Newport Beach, leaving a house uninhabitable and endangering others.
For downtown Los Angeles, the National Weather Service said just under two feet of rain (61 centimeters) has been recorded so far this water year — making this the 14th wettest in more than 140 years of records.
An overnight mudslide onto a road in the Baldwin Hills area of Los Angeles County trapped two cars, KNBC-TV reported. Another hillside in the neighborhood also gave way, threatening the foundation of a hilltop home.
Weather in the northern and central sections of the state had dried out earlier, following Tuesday’s heavy rain and fierce winds that blew out windows on a San Francisco high-rise and gusted to 74 mph (119 kph) at the city’s airport.
Forty-three of the state’s 58 counties have been under states of emergency due to the storms.
Despite California’s rains winding down, flood warnings remain in effect on the central coast for the Salinas and Pajaro rivers in Monterey County and other rivers in the Central Valley as water runs off land that has been saturated by storms since late December.
Runoff from a powerful atmospheric river last week burst a levee on the Pajaro River, triggering evacuations as water flooded farmland and agricultural communities. Nearly half of the people under evacuation orders were in Monterey County. Closed sections of the Pacific Coast Highway in the area were expected to reopen Wednesday night.
The first phase of repairs on the 400-foot (120-meter) levee breach was completed Tuesday afternoon, and crews were working to raise the section to full height, county officials said.
Damage continued to emerge elsewhere in the state. In the Sequoia National Forest, the Alta Sierra Ski Resort said it would be closed for at least two weeks because of extensive flooding and infrastructure damage, citing the U.S. Forest Service. There is also “massive slide potential” on the highway serving the resort, the resort tweeted.
California was deep in drought before an unexpected series of atmospheric rivers barreled into the state from late December through mid-January, causing flooding while building a staggering snowpack in the Sierra Nevada.
Storms powered by arctic air followed in February, creating blizzard conditions that buried mountain communities under so much snow that structures began collapsing.
The water content of the Sierra snowpack is now more than 200% of the April 1 average, when it normally peaks, according to the state Department of Water Resources.
Michael McNutt, a spokesperson for the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District, said the end of the Southern California restrictions is good news but cautioned people to continue to conserve water even in non-drought years.
“We all know that the next drought is just around the corner,” he said Wednesday. “We’ve got to treat the water coming out of our taps as the liquid gold that it is.”
The district depends almost entirely on state water supplies and had adopted aggressive conservation measures, including putting devices that drastically restrict water flow onto the homes of hundreds of people — including celebrities — who were deemed to be wasting water.
That program is now on hold, as is the district’s restrictions on lawn watering.
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IRVING, Texas, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The North Texas Commission has announced recipients of the organization's 2022 Regional Leadership. The awards recognize North Texas organizations and individuals who have had a lasting impact shaping the region.
The North Texas Commission's Regional Awards Selection Committee convened in early August to determine who would receive the awards. Out of more than 50 nominees, nine recipients were selected to receive the Awards, including business leaders, elected officials, civic leaders, and organizations. Honoring the memory of the organization's former president/CEO Dan Petty, the North Texas Commission also established the Dan Petty Regional Visionary Award, announced for the first time during the Commission's 51st Annual Members' Luncheon.
"These nine unique awards represent the significance of our region's public and private sector leaders and the importance of collaboration in North Texas. These past few years have reminded us that we are better together as we work as one, unified region to tackle our challenges and work on future growth opportunities," said Chris Wallace, the NTC's President and CEO.
Recipients of the 2022 Regional Leadership Awards are:
Civic Leadership Award: Dr. Susan Bohn, Aledo ISD – In addition to serving as Superintendent of Aledo ISD, Dr. Bohn is an engaged and active member of her North Texas community. By forging meaningful relationships with leaders in the region, she has created strategies to help boost economic development and collaboration.
Corporate/Organization Leadership Award: DFW International Airport – DFW Airport serves as a major economic generator for the North Texas region. The organization supports over 200,000 full-time jobs, promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion through programs like their Capacity Building Program Series, and works to enhance infrastructure development through various sustainable design projects such as the Terminal D expansion, which incorporated sustainable approaches and products to reduce energy usage.
Diversity Leadership Award: Wendy Lopez, AECOM – As one of the most significant female leaders within AECOM, Wendy Lopez has had the power to influence positive change across the region. As a gay female in a male-dominated industry, Wendy has worked with her peers and colleagues to help grow AECOM's diversity, equity, and inclusion focus. As a top female executive in North Texas, Wendy has been able to encourage members of the LGBTQ community and young engineers to be themselves.
Education Leadership Award: Dr. James Hurley, Tarleton State University – Since becoming president of Tarleton State University in 2019, Dr. Hurley has shown his commitment to education. Through the creation of partnerships with regional school districts and two-year colleges, he has deepened the university's commitment to educational attainment and affordability for all North Texas students.
Elected Official Leadership Award: Councilmember Adam McGough, City of Dallas – Throughout time as a Dallas City Councilmember, Adam McGough has made significant contributions to the North Texas region. McGough has served on the City of Dallas's Public Safety committee, Regional Transportation Council, and TEX-21. During his time as an elected official, Councilmember McGough has championed the voice of the underrepresented and has been known to bridge gaps, provide solutions, and mitigate disagreement and dissension inside of his council.
Philanthropy Award: Anthony Mbroh, Mbroh Engineering – Anthony Mbroh, PE, is an advocate and a leader who has devoted his time to supporting various North Texas non-profit organizations over the past 25 years. Tony's philanthropic endeavors include mentoring disadvantaged students, donating his time to help small businesses grow, and supporting the ongoing education at the University of Dallas.
Social Impact Award: University Crossroads, The University of Texas at Arlington – For more than three decades, University Crossroads has been helping students navigate the road to higher education by providing services that focus on college awareness, readiness, and access; career exploration; and financial literacy. Through the help of community partners, the organization is able to offer these services free of charge to more than 40,000 students annually across North Texas.
Rising Star Award: Kyle Riley, HNTB – Kyle Riley has not only become a leader in the HNTB organization but as a rising leader in the Dallas-Fort Worth community. Kyle currently leads the HNTB Fort Worth office, has been appointed to the Downtown FTW Inc. board, is an Leadership North Texas Alumnus, and participates in several local chambers. As he continues to rise in his career, Kyle will continue to make a positive impact in the region.
Dan Petty Regional Visionary Award: Victor Vandergriff – Recognizes a visionary leader who has demonstrated a history of pioneering solutions across a wide spectrum of sectors and needs.
Established in 1971, the North Texas Commission is a unique public-private partnership that drives large impactful projects and legislative issues benefiting a robust 13-county region, and tackles the region's greatest challenges with board and staff subject matter experts who provide resources to market the region and educate future leaders. The Commission also manages the region's unified advocacy voice at the state and federal levels.
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Leading New York-based trial attorneys recently achieved back-to-back, precedent-setting victories on behalf of clients.
NEW YORK, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP continues to expand its Global Litigation and White Collar Defense and Investigations groups, with the addition of high-profile partners Kenneth M. Breen and Phara A. Guberman.
Breen and Guberman are highly experienced trial attorneys who join Cadwalader from Paul Hastings, where Breen most recently served as head of Paul Hastings' New York white collar group after 10 years as chair of the firm's global investigations and white collar defense team.
Their practice focuses on defending corporations and executives in high-stakes investigations, trials, and appeals, typically involving allegations of accounting fraud, securities fraud, insider trading, cybersecurity issues, and money laundering. They are also skilled in conducting internal investigations for companies, teams, clubs, and university systems, and have substantial business litigation experience, representing clients in complex civil matters in federal and state courts and arbitration proceedings.
Together, they recently achieved major back-to-back victories for clients in two of the highest profile white collar matters in the United States. In a precedent-setting appellate victory in U.S. v. Connolly, et al., the Second Circuit Court of Appeals overturned all counts of conviction and directed a judgment of acquittal in favor of their client, Matthew Connolly, the lead defendant in the case and the first U.S.-based trader to be charged with alleged manipulation of LIBOR. Breen and Guberman represented Mr. Connolly at trial and on appeal. Their win represents the only LIBOR-related criminal case in the U.S. or U.K. to be overturned on sufficiency of the evidence and sets an important standard for all future wire fraud prosecutions. For this they were recognized by The American Lawyer as Litigators of the Week, which referred to the Connolly appellate success as a "remarkable turnaround" and recognized that the "decision is the second white-collar appellate reversal [Breen and Guberman] have won in as many years." Global Investigations Review short-listed the Connolly trial as its "Most Important Case of the Year" for its impact on future investigations and Law360 honored them for securing a sentencing ruling without any period of incarceration for Mr. Connolly, though the government was seeking 15 years.
The duo also represented David Gibson, former Chief Financial Officer of Wilmington Trust Corporation, in U.S. v. Gibson, et al., at trial and on appeal in a matter involving accounting and securities fraud brought by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Delaware. Mr. Gibson's conviction was overturned on all counts in a matter of first impression for the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, and the remanded counts were dismissed by the District of Delaware. The Gibson case sets a precedent for false statement prosecutions in the Third Circuit. The American Lawyer deemed this win a "stunning reversal of criminal convictions… in a case dating back to the Great Recession."
"Ken and Phara have certainly established a market-leading reputation as white collar attorneys, both individually and as a team," said Cadwalader managing partner Pat Quinn. "They have represented and achieved noteworthy victories for individual and corporate clients on some of the highest profile matters of the past decade. They are outstanding additions to the white collar practice and our firm."
Added white collar defense and investigations practice chair Jodi Avergun: "The arrival of Ken and Phara is another crucial step in the ongoing build-out of our exceptional white collar practice. They are first-rate white collar attorneys – equally as adept in the courtroom as working behind the scenes on behalf of their clients."
Breen is a first-chair trial attorney who has been consistently recognized among the leading white collar attorneys in the country. Prior to private practice, Breen served as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York, where he was Deputy Chief of the Business and Securities Fraud Section, and in the U.S. Department of Justice Tax Division. He has tried 48 cases to verdict and argued 12 appeals as a federal prosecutor and defense attorney. In ranking Breen as a leader in this field, Chambers USA notes that his clients praise his "very shrewd mind," "exceptional legal vision," and "ability to look across the full spectrum of white-collar issues." According to Chambers, he impresses clients as an advocate who is "dedicated, tireless and [someone who] can quickly effectively understand legal issues and the business needs of his clients," and as an "extraordinarily effective trial counsel" who "comes with the experience, gravitas and intellect" that lets the other side know that he will be "really prepared to try the matter."
Guberman is a highly regarded versatile litigator considered a next-generation leader in the field. She was recently honored by Benchmark Litigation as one of the Top 250 Women in Litigation and by Global Investigations Review as one of 100 notable Women in Investigations. Law360 has named her a "Legal Lion" and as one of its five national rising stars in white collar defense for major client victories in high-profile matters. The Legal 500 USA has recognized Guberman for Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Defense: Advice to Individuals and Advice to Corporates. She has successfully defended a wide array of criminal and complex commercial trials, managed investigations, and handled appeals on a full spectrum of legal issues.
Breen and Guberman envision continued growth of their practice at Cadwalader, owing to the firm's outstanding market reputation among financial institutions and funds, as well as leading corporate clients.
"Phara and I are excited to join Cadwalader's world-class white collar defense practice," Breen said. "In our experience, being ready, willing, and able to go to trial leads to the best results for our clients, whether resolutions are reached in or out of court. Our adversaries certainly know our reputation and track record of success in high-stakes and high-profile matters, for company and individual clients alike. Our default setting is not capitulation. Cadwalader's white collar team shares and practices our ethos in this regard. In joining the Cadwalader team, we will continue to bring that fight for our clients in avoiding charges, obtaining client-friendly settlements and, when necessary, winning at trial and on appeal. We believe that the best results come from the ability to deliver for our clients at those levels."
Added Guberman: "The extraordinary group of litigators at Cadwalader are individually known for their fierce advocacy and winning records. We are thrilled to be part of a dynamic and talented team to provide unmatched service and achieve the best results for clients in resolving their most difficult issues. We are honored to join Cadwalader, with its long-standing reputation for legal excellence and collaboration, and to be part of its continued growth."
The arrival of Breen and Guberman represents the next phase of the expansion plan for the white collar and global litigation groups. Over the past 18 months, Cadwalader has added leading litigators Nicholas Gravante, Philip Iovieno, Larry Brandman, and Helen Maher in New York; Phil Khinda, Doug Gansler, and Rachel Rodman in Washington; and Mark Beardsworth and Kevin Roberts in London.
About Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, established 230 years ago, serves a diverse client base, including many of the world's leading financial institutions, corporations and funds. With offices in New York, London, Charlotte, Washington and Dublin, Cadwalader offers legal expertise in antitrust, banking, corporate finance, corporate governance, executive compensation, financial restructuring, health care, intellectual property, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, private wealth, real estate, financial regulation, securitization, structured finance, tax and white collar defense. For more information, visit www.cadwalader.com.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
6-6-9-5
(six, six, nine, five)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
6-6-9-5
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Mark Appel is a big league ballplayer nine years after he was selected No. 1 overall in the amateur draft.
Appel has been promoted by the Philadelphia Phillies. The right-hander, who turns 31 on July 15, went 5-0 with a 1.61 ERA in 19 appearances for Triple-A Lehigh Valley.
“Completely overwhelmed. I have so many thoughts I want to share but can’t find the words, so I’ll just say this: I’m thankful,” Appel posted on Twitter on Saturday.
“Today, I get to play a game I love as a Major League Baseball player.”
Appel is stepping in for right-hander Connor Brogdon, who has been placed on the COVID-19-related injury list.
Appel was selected by Houston with the No. 1 pick in the 2013 draft after a standout college career at Stanford. He was an Astros fan growing up in West Houston and received a $6.35 million signing bonus from the team.
He went 10-3 with a 4.37 ERA while making a total of 25 starts at Double-A and Triple-A in 2015, and then was traded to Philadelphia in a multiplayer deal. But he announced in early 2018 that he was quitting the game, saying he was at peace with the decision.
Appel rejoined the Phillies organization before last season, and he went 3-6 with a 6.06 ERA in 23 appearances with Double-A Reading and Lehigh Valley.
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BEIJING — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday said she agreed Washington will listen to Chinese complaints about security-related curbs on U.S. technology exports and might "respond to unintended consequences" as she ended a visit to Beijing aimed at reviving strained relations.
Yellen defended "targeted measures" on trade that China's leaders complain are aimed at hurting its fledgling tech industries. She said the Biden administration wants to "avoid unnecessary repercussions" but gave no indication of possible changes.
Relations between the two biggest economies are at their lowest level in decades due to disputes about technology, security and other irritants. A key Chinese complaint is limits on access to processor chips and other U.S. technology on security grounds that threaten to hamper the ruling Communist Party's development of smartphones, artificial intelligence and other industries.
"We will open up channels so that they can express concerns about our actions, and we can explain and possibly in some situations respond to unintended consequences of our actions," Yellen said at a news conference.
Yellen talked with China's No. 2 leader, Premier Li Qiang, and other officials during 10 hours of meetings. She had a five-hour session Saturday with her Chinese counterpart, Vice Premier He Lifeng. Treasury officials said in advance there were no plans for her to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
Yellen received a warm welcome and prominent coverage by the state press, but Chinese officials gave no sign they would change industrial or other policies that Washington and other governments say violate Beijing's free-trade commitments. On Saturday, He said Washington should "adopt a rational and pragmatic attitude" to improve relations.
On Sunday, Yellen announced no agreements on major disputes or plans for future activity but said her department and Chinese officials would have "more frequent and regular" communication.
U.S.-Chinese political strains are adding to uncertainty that is dampening the willingness of consumers and businesses to spend and invest.
China's economic growth rebounded t4o 4.5% in the first quarter of 2023 from last year's 3% after anti-virus controls on travel and business activity were lifted in December. But factory activity and consumer spending decelerated in the quarter ending in June.
Xi accused Washington in March of trying to hold back China's industrial development.
Beijing has been slow to retaliate for U.S. technology restrictions, possibly to avoid disrupting its own industries. But three days before Yellen's arrival, the government announced unspecified controls on exports of gallium and germanium, metals used in making semiconductors and solar panels. China is the biggest producer of both.
Yellen said she tried to reassure officials Washington doesn't want to decouple or separate its economy from China, while it tries to "de-risk" trade.
The Biden administration is pressing semiconductor makers to move production to the United States to reduce reliance on Taiwan and other Asian suppliers, which is seen as a security risk. Washington wants to develop alternatives to Chinese supplies of rare earth elements, metals used in smartphones, wind turbines and other products.
"They have expressed some concern that de-risking amounts to decoupling," Yellen said. She said she tried to "assure my Chinese counterparts that this is by no means the same thing."
"The de-risking involves attention to clearly articulated and narrowly targeted national security concerns, as well as broader concern with diversifying our supply chains, which the United States is doing in a few important sectors," she said.
Throughout her visit, Yellen appealed for "healthy economic competition," a reference to complaints Beijing violates its free-trade commitments by subsidizing and shielding politically favored industries from private and foreign competition.
Yellen said she had expressed concern to Chinese officials about "coercive activities" against U.S. companies.
That follows raids on consulting firms and the detention of staff members without explanation and what the U.S. government says is arbitrary detention or prohibitions on people leaving China that some complain are used to pressure them in business disputes.
Chinese leaders are trying to revive investor interest, but foreign companies are uneasy about their status after Xi and other officials called for economic self-reliance. The ruling party has also expanded an anti-spying law that has fueled uncertainty about what law firms or consultants can do.
On Saturday, Yellen appealed to He for cooperation on climate change, the debt burdens of developing countries and other global challenges. She said their governments shouldn't let disagreements about trade and security derail economic and financial relations.
Beijing broke off climate discussions with Washington last August in retaliation for a visit by then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi of the House of Representatives to Taiwan, the self-ruled island democracy claimed by China as part of its territory.
President Joe Biden's climate envoy, John Kerry, is due to become the next senior official to visit China next week. China and the United States are the world's top emitters of climate-changing carbon.
China signed an agreement last month to restructure the debt of Zambia, including billions of dollars lent under Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative to build ports and other infrastructure across Asia and Africa. Treasury officials pointed to that as successful cooperation.
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Anne M. Smith
Anne Marie (Lindholm) Smith, 86, of Campbell, California, formerly of Two Harbors, died Tuesday, January 24, 2023 in California.
Anne was born November 9, 1936 to Evald and Selma (Dahlberg) Lindholm in Two Harbors, where she grew up and attended school. After earning her bachelor’s degree at the University of Minnesota-Duluth she moved to California with her sister, Lu. Anne was employed as a cost accountant for a medical glove manufacturing company for 37 years in Los Gatos, and raised her son Eddie in San Jose and Campbell.
Anne was preceded in death by her parents; and sisters, Lucille “Lu” Lindholm and Pauline McCutchen.
She is survived by her son, Eddie Smith and daughter-in-law, Ann Laverty; a granddaughter, Sandra Laverty; sisters, Lois (Ed) Johnson and Ruth Erickson; a brother, Robert (LaVerne) Lindholm; and nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Anne appreciated her regular chats with Mic and Mary Jo Dahlberg, and enjoyed returning to Two Harbors many times over the years, to visit her family and friends
Services will be held in the Spring of 2023 at the United Church in Two Harbors, followed by burial at Lakeview Cemetery.
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Delaware lacrosse looks for redemption while its coach looks to top an old friend in Duke
DeLuca returns to the school where his coaching career was rejuvenated; Blue Hens see if they can repeat their stunning 2022 NCAA Lacrosse Tournament success with upset over No. 1-seeded Duke
The University of Delaware faces one of the most imposing challenges imaginable in Sunday’s NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Tournament round-of-16 visit to Duke.
But it’s also a welcomed by the Blue Hens, who’ve surmounted daunting obstacles before.
“If we do a good job alleviating distractions and staying focused, our guys can compete with anyone in the country,” sixth-year UD coach Ben DeLuca said.
For players, it’s a chance to see how far they’ve come since a February, 2022, trip to Durham, well before the Blue Hens found their stride in May and reached the NCAA quarterfinals.
For DeLuca, it’s a return to the place and a reunion with the opposing coach who, at the low point of DeLuca’s career, helped spark his professional resurrection.
Trying to make magic again
Delaware (13-4) is coming off Wednesday’s 25-10 rout of Marist at Delaware Stadium in the 17-team tournament’s lone play-in game. Last year, Delaware took the momentum from a similar 20-8 romp over Robert Morris and stunned No. 2-seeded Georgetown 10-9 four nights later.
Repeating that accomplishment will be a formidable task against the top-seeded Blue Devils (13-2) at their Koskinen Stadium in the 5 p.m. face-off (ESPNU). Duke was the fifth seed when it beat Delaware in the schools' only previous NCAA bout 15-14 in a 2011 first-round matchup there.
The Blue Devils are on a mission after not being chosen for last year’s NCAA Tournament. They feature three first-team USA Lacrosse All-Americans in attackman Brennan O’Neill, face-off specialist Jake Naso and defender Kenny Brower.
“It’s a huge challenge but our guys are ready for that,” DeLuca said.
BACK FOR MORE:Delaware relishes shot at repeating 2022 exploits
Open the record book
Delaware’s 25 goals Wednesday night equaled the second most in history in an NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Tournament game, topped only by Syracuse’s 28-7 win over Michigan State in 1991.
It also tied for the third most goals in a game in UD history as Delaware took a remarkable 64 shots.
Mike Robinson (7 goals/1 assist) and Tye Kurtz (5 goals/3 assists) led the way with school NCAA highs of eight points each, much to the delight of 1,857 fans, the most in Delaware Stadium for a lacrosse game in 12 years. Robinson’s seven goals were also a Blue Hens NCAA record.
Return trip
Delaware lost 19-14 in last year’s visit to Duke. The Hens trailed by five in the first half but were down just 14-12 entering the fourth period before Duke pulled away.
Owen Grant, the Delaware defender chosen second overall in Tuesday’s Premier Lacrosse League draft, was asked if that experience was beneficial in Sunday’s rematch.
“One-hundred percent,” he said. “. . . It’s definitely an advantage having gone down there and making that trip, playing their top players. Last year we went there and we weren’t the same lineup that we were at the end of the year, so I’m excited to see our guys go against theirs.”
Special place, coach
DeLuca was head coach at his alma mater, Cornell, from 2011-13 but was fired in the fall of 2013 two months after a team hazing incident. DeLuca has long used descriptions such as “learning experience” and “opportunity for personal growth” rather than expressing bitterness about that situation.
In early 2014, Duke coach John Danowski hired DeLuca as a volunteer assistant coach on his staff. Duke was 2014 NCAA champ. DeLuca stayed at Duke two seasons before joining the Harvard staff for two seasons and then being hired by Delaware after Bob Shillinglaw’s retirement in 2017.
The emotion in DeLuca’s voice and on his face were clear when asked about Danowski, who also had DeLuca on his 2018 U.S. team staff for the World Championships.
“He’s a great friend, a phenomenal mentor, one of the best if not the best to ever do it, and I just respect the heck out of him,” DeLuca said. “ . . . We still talk quite often and he’ll always be a mentor and role model to me. I learned a great deal from him and have carried a lot of what I learned from him to how I operate as a head coach now.”
Statistically speaking
There are just two teams in the top 10 nationally in both scoring offense and scoring defense and Delaware is one of them.
The Blue Hens are third in goals against per game (9.29) and sixth in goals scored (14.94).
Only Notre Dame is also in the top 10 in both – third with 15.83 goals scored per game and sixth with 9.83 against.
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Using Salesforce, RBC Wealth Management is driving success and reducing maintenance costs
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), the global leader in CRM, today announced that RBC Wealth Management, a division of RBC Capital Markets, LLC, is using Salesforce to drive success with significant cost savings and efficiency across multiple areas of its business, while continuing to deliver on client and advisor expectations.
RBC Wealth Management in the U.S. is a values-driven financial institution providing clients with customized strategies to grow, preserve and share their wealth. More than 2,100 financial advisors in 184 locations in 42 states rely on technology to enable an exceptional client experience.
Like many companies, RBC Wealth Management had a wealth of client data that was spread across multiple systems making it time consuming for advisors to access information and prepare for client meetings.
RBC Wealth Management turned to Salesforce to help its teams deliver the insights and tools they needed to make it easier for their advisors to provide the superior experience their clients had come to expect from RBC Wealth Management. Guided by Salesforce Professional Services, RBC Wealth Management was able to consolidate the 26 systems into a single, trusted CRM.
"Our number one priority is to deliver world-class wealth management services. For us, this meant we needed to enhance our client and advisor experiences by embracing automation and moving away from inefficient and manual processes," said Greg Beltzer, Head of Technology, RBC Wealth Management U.S. "With Salesforce, we have been able to consolidate 26 systems into one, reduce maintenance costs and streamline the client onboarding experience from 30-plus signatures and an average of 200-300 pages per client, to signing packets with just one digital click."
With MuleSoft, RBC Wealth Management was able to consolidate data across disparate data sources, reducing maintenance cost by 50% and making it easier to create a unified, 360-degree view of every client using Salesforce for Financial Services, which is tailored to the wealth management industry.
In the past, client onboarding could be a cumbersome process, with clients needing to review, sign, and initial lengthy documents.
RBC Wealth Management leveraged Salesforce Platform and Experience Cloud to improve that experience. With automated case management workflows, the RBC Wealth Management new client onboarding process has been reduced from weeks to an average of just 24 minutes.
RBC Wealth Management also needed a way to make vast amounts of data relevant and actionable. By leveraging Slack as their digital HQ, and Tableau, and Einstein to deliver AI-powered insights, portfolio managers and executives can quickly view and discuss employee and branch performance by portfolio value, revenue, and active campaigns. Even more, advisors are able to use automation to handle previously manual tasks, like sending reminders and schedule client meetings.
"Business leaders everywhere are exploring ways to deliver success now during these uncertain economic times. Our business is to help customers like RBC Wealth Management navigate through these times by enabling the power of end-to-end automation to create efficiencies and save costs," said Liam Doyle, Senior Vice President, product management, MuleSoft. "By implementing automation, companies can realize efficiencies and savings, while also building transformative experiences for customers, partners, and employees. This is the promise of automation, increasing agility and scaling to meet growing or new demands to accelerate digital transformation and help organizations become more resilient."
- Learn more about the latest automation capabilities.
- Read how customers are achieving success now with Salesforce.
- Get the latest research showing how companies are tapping Salesforce to save on IT costs.
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HAMILTON, Bermuda, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Höegh LNG Partners LP's (NYSE: HMLP) second quarter 2022 results will be released on Wednesday, August 24, 2022, before the market opens. In connection with this, a presentation will be held at 8:30 A.M. (EST) on Wednesday, August 24, 2022. The results and presentation material will be available for download at http://www.hoeghlngpartners.com.
The presentation will be immediately followed by a Q&A session. Participants will be able to join this presentation using the following details:
a. Webcast
https://app.webinar.net/E3qLlRjln9Y
b. Teleconference
Participants should ask to be joined into the Höegh LNG Partners LP call.
There will be a Q&A session after the presentation. Information on how to ask questions will be given at the beginning of the Q&A session.
For those unable to participate in the conference call, a replay will be available from one hour after the end of the conference call until August 31, 2022.
The replay dial-in numbers are as follows:
Replay passcode: 9296187
Media:
The IGB Group, Bryan Degnan, +1 (646) 673-9701 / Leon Berman, +1 (212) 477-8438
www.hoeghlngpartners.com
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Orangeburg Co. deputies searching for suspects linked to deadly home invasion
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (WIS) - Sheriff Leroy Ravenell announced investigators are seeking to identify several suspects caught on security camera footage moments before a woman was killed.
Sheriff Ravenell says during an apparent home invasion, a 33-year-old Santee woman was shot and killed in the early morning of December 27, 2022.
Investigators say footage from the Vincent Drive home showed multiple suspects exiting a vehicle that pulled up in front of the home.
The suspects were also seen on the camera approaching the home and one suspect is seen pushing the home camera system down.
“They knew the cameras were there as you can see one move directly to it to push it down,” the sheriff said. “If you have any information on these subjects, please call us.”
The Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office is asking anyone with information on the suspects or the incident to call 803-534-3550.
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MAMOU, La., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bonnette Auction Company (www.bonnetteauctions.com) announces the online auction of 235.61± acres of prime farmland, ending on Thursday, August 4, 2022, 2pm CST, according to Barbara Bonnette, auctioneer.
"This is an online auction," explained Bonnette. "All bidding will take place online at our website. It will be sold by the acre in its entirety."
"Farmland is considered a stable and secure asset that will grow in value over time," said Bonnette. According to FarmFolio, "From 2000 to 2020, U.S. farmland returned an average annual rate of return of 11 percent, keeping pace with the stock market over the same time period but with significantly lower volatility. Investing in agricultural land makes intuitive sense because farmland itself it's a limited and diminishing resource. This scarcity provides near-constant pressure on supply, ensuring price support over time."
Located in Sec. 26, T5 South, R2 West, off Hwy 104 and BJ Lane Road.
This is a very productive, level rice farm, with underground irrigation, an 8" deep well, and good roads.
The owner will transfer 50% mineral rights. The 2023 crawfish crop has already been restocked.
2022 land rent will remain with the seller.
The current farm rent for rice is 60% tenant, and 40% landlord (40% chemical / cost share).
65.00 / ac crawfish rent to the landlord with a year-to-year lease.
Farm lease can be re-negotiated for 2023.
Below is a breakdown of the soils of the property.
Crowley – Vidrine Complex – 71.55%
Mowata Silt Loam – 23.77%
Kinder – Vidrine Complex – 8.28%
The property is mapped on our interactive map site, where a buyer/client can access and overlay data, soil report, etc at his /her discretion. Available on our website portal.
Those seeking additional information may visit www.bonnetteauctions.com or call 318-443-6614.
Bonnette Auctions and Real Estate Group is based in Louisiana. Bonnette Auction Company is the leading real estate auction company of commercial, residential, and agricultural real estate. The company has won multiple national marketing awards. They specialize in bringing buyers and sellers together.
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — At age 9, T’yonna Major excelled at her school work and in gymnastics, shown flexing her arms after competitions with newly won medals around her neck in photos her proud dad posted on social media.
“She was a light to everyone that knew her,” the girl’s father, Tokiyo Major, posted on the fundraising site GoFundMe, where he has asked for donations to help pay for his daughter’s funeral. “She was everything to us.”
T’yonna was killed Wednesday when a gunman barged into her home outside Orlando and shot the third-grader and her mother, who survived the attack. The Orange County sheriff said the same assailant killed two other people in the Pine Hills area — a TV journalist shot in a vehicle outside and a 38-year-old woman slain hours earlier in the same neighborhood.
Sheriff John Mina said the victims appear to have been killed at random.
Grieving families and friends of the victims are still trying to come to terms with the bloody rampage. A least two vigils in their memory were planned Friday evening.
Julie Schroeder, who has has worked with T’yonna’s father for nearly a decade, described the girl’s family as loving and close. She described T’yonna as precocious, with grades at the top of her class and reading two grade levels above her age group, as well as affectionate and polite.
“She loved deeply when you’re around her,” Schroeder told WESH-TV. “She always hugged you and she always referred to you as Mr. and Mrs. because respect was very big in their family.”
Her father wrote that T’yonna was also an “amazing gymnast,” often referred to by her coaches as “the next Gabby Douglas.”
Authorities arrested 19-year-old Keith Melvin Moses at the scene and charged him with murder. The public defender’s office for Orange and Osceola counties, which is representing Moses, has declined to comment.
The first victim, 38-year-old Natacha Augustin, was killed late Wednesday morning. A man who identified himself as Moses’ cousin told investigators that he was driving around with Augustin when he spotted Moses and offered him a ride, according to an arrest affidavit.
The witness, whose name was redacted from the affidavit, said Moses climbed into the backseat behind Augustin, who was fatally shot about 30 seconds later before Moses fled on foot.
Hours later, news crews at the scene of the shooting included Spectrum News 13 reporter Dylan Lyons and photographer Jesse Walden. They found themselves caught in a another round of gunshots, which the sheriff said were also fired by Moses when he returned five hours after the first shooting.
Lyons, 24, was killed by gunfire while sitting inside an unmarked news vehicle. Walden was wounded and taken to a hospital.
“You’re losing a friend,” Walden said of Lyons from his hospital bed. “You’re not losing an acquaintance or just coworker — it’s someone that made working fun.”
Walden said he and Lyons both started working a the TV around the same time last year and regularly covered stories together on the night shift. He told Spectrum News 13 that Lyons was a “very, very wholesome person” with a great sense of humor.
“He had a very strong sense of justice,” Walden said. “He would really want everyone to follow the rules when it came to people of power.”
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WA Portland OR Zone Forecast for Saturday, August 27, 2022
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Zone Forecasts for Northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington
National Weather Service Portland OR
330 AM PDT Sun Aug 28 2022
Spot Temperatures are for Today, Tonight, Monday, Monday
Night, and Tuesday.
WAZ021-282345-
South Washington Coast-
Including the cities of Raymond, Long Beach, Ocean Park, Naselle,
Cathlamet, and Cape Disappointment
330 AM PDT Sun Aug 28 2022
.TODAY...Partly sunny until afternoon, then mostly sunny. Highs 65
to 75. North wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to northwest 5 to 15 mph
in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 55. Northwest wind 5 to
10 mph shifting to the north after midnight.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then mostly sunny. Highs
70 to 80. Light wind becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph in the
afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 55 to 60. Northwest wind 5 to
10 mph shifting to the north after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 75 to 85. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
Near beaches and headlands, north wind 10 to 15 mph with gusts to
25 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly
cloudy. Lows around 60.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 65 to 75.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly
cloudy. Lows 55 to 60.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of showers in the
morning. Highs 65 to 70.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly
cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers. Lows 55 to 60.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers. Highs
in the mid 60s to lower 70s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers
after midnight. Lows 55 to 60.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 65 to 75.
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WAZ020-282345-
Willapa Hills-
Including the cities of Willapa, Frances, Elk Mountain,
and Ryderwood
330 AM PDT Sun Aug 28 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy, then partly cloudy early in the
afternoon, then mostly sunny. Patchy morning fog. Highs 65 to 75.
Light wind becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 50 to 55. Northwest wind 5 to
10 mph shifting to the northeast after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 75 to 85. Northeast wind 5 to 10
mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
North wind 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 80 to 90. Northeast wind 5 to 10
mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 60 to 65.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then mostly sunny.
Highs 75 to 85.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 55 to 60.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then mostly sunny.
Highs 70 to 75.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers
after midnight. Lows in the 50s.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers. Highs
65 to 75.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy.
Lows in the 50s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 70 to 80.
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South Washington Cascade Foothills-
Including the cities of Toutle, Ariel, Lake Merwin, Yale Lake,
and Cougar
330 AM PDT Sun Aug 28 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then mostly sunny. Patchy
morning fog. Highs in the upper 60s to mid 70s. Light wind
becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 50 to 55. North wind 5 to 10 mph
becoming light after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s. Light
wind becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 55 to 65. Northeast wind 5 to
10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 85 to 95. Northeast wind 5 to 10
mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s to upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s to upper 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 55 to 60.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then mostly sunny.
Highs 75 to 80.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the 50s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then partly cloudy. Highs
70 to 80.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the 50s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then mostly sunny.
Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s.
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WAZ019-282345-
South Washington Cascades-
Including the cities of Coldwater Ridge Visitors Center,
Mount St. Helens, and Wind River Valley
330 AM PDT Sun Aug 28 2022
.TODAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then mostly sunny. Free
air freezing level 15000 feet. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Free air freezing level 15000 feet.
North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light after midnight.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Free air freezing level 15000 feet.
Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Free air freezing level
16000 feet. East wind 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Free air freezing level 15000 feet.
Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Free air freezing level
15000 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Free air freezing level 15000 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Free air freezing level
rising to 16000 feet after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Free air freezing level 16000 feet.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Free air freezing level
16000 feet lowering to 15000 feet after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Free air freezing level 15000 feet.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Free air freezing level rising to
16000 feet after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then mostly sunny. Free
air freezing level rising to 15000 feet in the afternoon.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An overheated rocket engine nozzle caused last year’s Blue Origin launch failure that has grounded flights for six months, the company said Friday.
Jeff Bezos’ rocket company Blue Origin said it expects to resume its quick trips to space from West Texas sometime later this year.
The New Shepard rocket was carrying experiments but no passengers when its engine nozzle broke apart due to excessive temperatures last September.
As the rocket started veering off course a minute into flight, the escape system kicked in and the capsule catapulted off and parachuted to safety.
But the rocket came crashing down, with the wreckage confined to the designated keep-out zone.
No one was hurt and no property on the ground was damaged. All of the critical flight hardware was recovered within days.
The investigation found that a design change led to the problem, which is being fixed, according to Blue Origin. The next flight will carry the experiments that were on the failed launch.
It was the first launch accident for the Kent, Washington-based Blue Origin, founded in 2000 by Bezos, who also started Amazon.
The company has launched 31 people to the edge of space since 2021, including Bezos and William Shatner, the original Captain Kirk of TV’s “Star Trek.”
The investigation included the Federal Aviation Administration, NASA and National Transportation Safety Board.
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Miller to focus on health and address allegations raised in CBC program
MONTREAL, Feb. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Future Electronics today announced that - despite not being involved in the operations for a number of years - Chairman, President and CEO Robert G. Miller will permanently step down to focus on his very serious health issues and devote his attention to the protection of his reputation.
Mr. Miller adamantly and vehemently denies the malicious allegations made against him, and confirms they are false and wholly unsubstantiated and that they arose as a result of a bitter divorce. They are now being repeated for financial gain. A police investigation was conducted into these allegations and the authorities determined that they were unfounded.
Effective immediately, Omar Baig assumes the role of President and CEO.
About Future Electronics
Future Electronics is a global leader in electronics distribution, recognized for providing customers with global supply chain solutions, custom-tailored engineering services and a very extensive variety of electronic components. Founded in 1968, Future Electronics believes its 5500 employees are its greatest asset, with 170 offices in 44 countries. Future Electronics is globally integrated, with a unified IT infrastructure that delivers real-time inventory availability and access to customers. With the highest level of service, the most advanced engineering capabilities, and the largest available-to-sell inventory in the world, Future's mission is always to Delight the Customer®. For more information, visit www.FutureElectronics.com.
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Chicago-based firm Power Rogers LLP earned the No. 1 spot in Chicago Lawyer Magazine's annual Settlements Report.
CHICAGO, Nov. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Power Rogers has proven once again why it is one of the most respected personal injury law firms in the country.
For the 12th time in 13 years, Power Rogers earned the No. 1 spot in Chicago Lawyer Magazine's annual Settlement Survey.
Founding Partner Joseph A. Power, Jr., also received the 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award from the JVR Awards for Trial Lawyer Excellence.
Each year, Chicago Lawyer publishes an issue featuring its highly anticipated law firm rankings, which are based on settlements reported to the Jury Verdict Reporter during a cycle that runs from August 1st through July 31st. This year's report highlighted a total of 393 settlements valued at $500,000 or more and totaled more than $1.16 billion in recovered compensation.
In the 2022 JVR Settlements Report, Power Rogers was ranked as the No. 1 firm of 101 law firms that made Chicago Lawyer's final cut. Some highlights about this achievement:
- This was the 12th time in 13 years that Power Rogers claimed to No. 1 spot in Chicago Lawyer's annual Settlements Report.
- Power Rogers recovered more than $187 million in compensation for its clients during the 2022 reporting cycle - $77 million more than its closest competitor.
- The firm obtained 32 settlements valued at $500,000 or more during this year's reporting cycle.
- Power Rogers also secured the No. 1 largest settlement in the past year – a $50 million recovery for a plaintiff who sustained severe burns and amputations in a tree-trimming accident.
In addition to the firm's continued recognition as one of Chicago's leading trial practices in most dollars earned, several attorneys at Power Rogers were selected for individual distinction.
This includes Firm Partner and Co-Founder Joseph A. Power Jr., who was awarded the 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award as part of the annual JVR Awards for Trial Lawyer Excellence. This is one of our legal community's most prestigious accolades and it serves as a testament to Power's exceptional career as a plaintiffs' trial attorney, his unwavering commitment to his clients, and his respect in the legal community at large.
Power Rogers is a nationally recognized Plaintiff's Personal Injury Law Firm with a roster of highly respected and accomplished trial attorneys. In addition to continued recognition in ranking publications such as Chicago Lawyer's Leading Lawyers report, The Best Lawyers in America, and Super Lawyers, several of the firm's attorneys have been inducted into prominent organizations such as the Inner Circle of Advocates, the American Board of Trial Advocates, and the Society of Trial Lawyers.
As Chicago's premier personal injury law firm, Power Rogers' track record includes multiple record-setting verdicts and settlements and more than $5 billion in recoveries in serious personal injury and wrongful death cases ranging from trucking accidents to medical malpractice, product liability, premises liability, and more. Most recently, the firm was appointed to represent the State of Illinois as Special Assistant Attorneys General in a civil suit against Monsanto over the environmental and health effects associated with its production of polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs.
For more information, visit: www.powerrogers.com.
Media Contact:
Kathryn L. Conway
kconway@powerrogers.com
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What is behind a huge drop in the murder rate this year?
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One researcher calls it one of the largest annual shifts in the murder rate ever recorded. In more than 90 American cities, murder is down 12% this year. New York’s murder rate is down by 13%, and shootings in the city are down by 26%. Jackson, Mississippi; Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Little Rock, Arkansas, are among the cities that have seen 30% decreases in murder.
There are many potential explanations for the drop. Times of political upheaval and public distrust have led to spikes in murder. A slow return to normal after the pandemic may have brought back traditional restraints on lawlessness.
Why We Wrote This
A story focused onAtlanta offers a window into a surprising trend – a substantial drop in the murder rate in many big American cities. There are a variety of factors, but one appears to be police working to establish trust.
But Atlanta offers an additional clue. A new police strategy has tried to apply lessons from recent years: Take a hard line on “guns, gangs, and drugs” but have a gentler side, too. Officers are asked to engage with the public to lessen fear and build trust. This year, the city’s murder rate has dropped by 29%.
“It’s really about putting officers in positions where we don’t force them to be adversaries,” says criminologist Thaddeus Johnson at Georgia State University. “It humanizes the officers for the public, and it reminds officers that it’s not us versus them.”
Last summer, Atlanta Police Department Capt. Ralph Woolfolk accepted a devastating truth: Far too many Atlantans were killing each other, and they weren’t letting up.
As murder rates spiked in 2020 and remained at levels not seen since the early 1990s, Captain Woolfolk, the head of the city’s homicide division, hatched a plan.
On an early July 2022 evening, a new task force fanned out across the city for the first time. The mission of Operation Heatwave was to use crime data and word on the street not just to identify trouble spots but also to pinpoint residents at particular risk of engaging in gun violence.
Why We Wrote This
A story focused onAtlanta offers a window into a surprising trend – a substantial drop in the murder rate in many big American cities. There are a variety of factors, but one appears to be police working to establish trust.
Spanning various agencies, the unit had a dual purpose: a hard line on “guns, gangs, and drugs,” but a gentler side, too. On every corner, the word went out: If you are not participating in the drug and gun trade, you will not be a target of stepped-up police activities. The central goal was to build trust – working with the community to lessen fear and improve life.
Nearly a year later, police here say Operation Heatwave has played a part in a historic drop in the city’s murder rate – 29% year over year, with nonfatal shootings down dramatically as well.
The new policing tactic is not the only cause – or even the major cause, some analysts say. Factors like an easing of the pandemic and political upheaval may play important roles. But Operation Heatwave’s early success fits into an encouraging trend: In big cities across the United States, murder rates have dropped dramatically in the last 12 months.
Reporting in The Atlantic, crime data researcher Jeff Asher has called it one of the largest annual percentage shifts in murder ever recorded. While up in some places and down in others, murders have declined 12.5%, on average, in 99 U.S. cities that have released updated 2023 data, according to his analysis. New York’s murder rate is down by 13%, and shootings in the city are down by 26%. Jackson, Mississippi; Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Little Rock, Arkansas, are among the cities that have seen 30% decreases in murder.
Trends from early in the year often don’t hold up, Mr. Asher notes in another online post. But the development bears watching. It comes amid a broader evolution of policing in the post-George Floyd era as departments rethink tactics, attitudes, and even parts of their mission. In Atlanta, Operation Heatwave is offering early evidence that changes in policing can have a balming effect not just on police and community relations, but on levels of violence.
“Crime going up ... was more than a gentle reminder that there is a place where we need armed guardianship in America and in our world,” says Thaddeus Johnson, a criminologist at Georgia State University and a former Memphis police officer. “It’s really about putting officers in positions where we don’t force them to be adversaries.”
“It humanizes the officers for the public, and it reminds officers that it’s not us versus them,” he adds. “It makes them engage the public differently. We’re all human beings.”
View from Atlanta
In Atlanta, the new policing strategy has led to more intelligence bubbling up from neighborhoods, breaking through a “no snitches” culture, police say. The result is a virtuous cycle that, residents say, has rebuilt some of the trust lost over years of conflict between police and African American communities, much of which came to a head in 2020.
“I tried to engineer processes that were focused on blending hot-spot policing with target-based policing – that’s the premise for Operation Heatwave,” says Captain Woolfolk.
Once targets have been identified, often through street intelligence, the department deploys undercover and special teams in a 1,200-foot radius, focusing on those who have been deemed the most potentially dangerous individuals.
“We’re not taking people selling dope or doing nuisance [crimes]. And we have seen an impact as a result of that,” he adds. “Cultivating our relationship with the community remains a top priority for us at all times. Our mission is to save the kids we can, move them toward the right resources and tools, and the ones that are adamant about doing criminal street gang activity and violence” will be arrested.
Criminologists are quick to note that there are many potential explanations for the drop in murders nationwide. Throughout U.S. history, times of political upheaval and public distrust have led to spikes in murder. A slow return to normal after the pandemic may have brought back traditional restraints on lawlessness.
For example, declines are also happening in cities that have not added police officers or shifted strategies. Jeffrey Fagan, a crime expert at Columbia Law School, likens the rise and fall of the murder rate to “an epidemic, and [it] behaves as such,” he says in an email. “Police and incarceration are minor actors in these episodes.”
But new research on focused deterrence – the strategy heart of Operation Heatwave – suggests that focusing aggressive policing only on the most at-risk individuals while promoting community-led violence prevention can be effective.
“Focused deterrence works because it focuses us on the right people, and that’s not looking at people’s race or ethnicity or things like that, you look at the data,” says David Harris, a police expert at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Analyzing data correctly and vigorously “can identify for us the several hundred people ... in any large city who may end up on either end of a gun. Then the question is: What do you do?”
Like many cities, Atlanta has struggled with that question. The city was rocked by violence during the 2020 social justice protests. Police shot an unarmed man, sparking more retribution and fear. Individual police officers struggled with questions of how to do their jobs.
“Everyone was afraid, so how can you police in that climate?” says Professor Johnson, a senior fellow at the Council on Criminal Justice. “How do you approach a traffic stop? How do you continue to police, even if you’re doing it the right way? How do you make room for mistakes in a job? Now, these departments are learning how to do more with less officers while keeping them safer. That’s what it should be about.”
Across the U.S., demands to defund the police gradually gave way to police departments using pandemic funds to hire more officers to address rising crime. But many departments appear to be learning lessons.
“Police can’t be everywhere all the time. They don’t see everything, they don’t know everything,” says Professor Harris, author of “Good Cops: The Case for Preventive Policing.” “That means you must have the cooperation of the people you are trying to serve.”
“You don’t get cooperation and information without having some trust built up. That is a difficult thing to do, it takes time,” he adds. “But for the police departments that are putting in the work, they are getting to the point where the community is out there for them.”
Gloria Leonard’s doorbell
Atlanta resident Gloria Leonard still sees too much crime. She became the president of a local neighborhood association when the previous president was shot and killed in his front yard.
“There is a lot of murdering going on,” she says.
Her relationship with the police has often not been good. “Sometimes [officers] want to act bad and talk to you in any kind of way, and I think, ‘I’m not talking to you like that, so hold up.’”
But when Ms. Leonard recently reported that her doorbell camera had captured footage of a car break-in, an officer quickly responded. After seeing the video, he said, “I’ll be right back; I think I just saw that guy.”
His quick search of the area failed to find the suspect, but Ms. Leonard was still impressed. The officer’s posture was friendly and attentive. And another request she made – to have cops cruise through the neighborhood at different times of the day – was granted.
“You are our eyes and ears out here,” she recalls the officer saying. “We can’t do this without you.” | https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2023/0609/What-is-behind-a-huge-drop-in-the-murder-rate-this-year | 2023-06-11 01:00:56 | 1 | https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2023/0609/What-is-behind-a-huge-drop-in-the-murder-rate-this-year |
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