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BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Ezra Miller pleaded not guilty Monday to stealing bottles of liquor from a neighbor’s home, one of a string of arrests and reports of erratic behavior by the “Flash” actor that stretch from Hawaii to Vermont.
Miller, 30, appeared Monday with their lawyer remotely from Burlington, Vermont, for the arraignment in Bennington on a felony burglary charge. They agreed to conditions that they not have any contact with the homeowner or go to the residence.
Vermont State Police responded to a burglary complaint in Stamford on May 1 and said they found that several bottles of alcohol had been taken from a residence while the homeowner was away.
The homeowner said he had been friends with Miller for about 18 years and bought the home a year and half ago in the town, where Miller had also purchased a home, according to the police affidavit. Miller was charged after police consulted surveillance footage and interviewed witnesses.
Miller was arrested twice this year in Hawaii, including for disorderly conduct and harassment at a karaoke bar.
Also this year, the parents of 18-year-old Tokata Iron Eyes, a Native American activist, filed a protection order against Miller, accusing the actor of inappropriate behavior with her as a minor from the age of 12. Iron Eyes has disputed that.
A Vermont attorney for Miller on Monday didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment on the Vermont charge or the protection order related to Iron Eyes.
Miller stars in the upcoming film “The Flash,” expected to be out in June 2023, after appearing in several “Justice League” films for Warner Bros. and D.C. Films as the Flash. A representative for Warner Bros. did not immediately return an email seeking comment.
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PESCADERO, Calif. (KRON) — A quick-thinking custodian safely confined a curious cougar in an empty classroom after it entered a Northern California high school Wednesday morning, authorities said.
“The mountain lion casually walked through campus and decided to go into an English classroom,” said Detective Javier Acosta with the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office. “The custodian acted quickly and managed to shut the door behind it.”
The sheriff’s office shared a photo of the big cat curled up inside Pescadero High School.
The superintendent of the school district said the mountain lion, which has been described as a cub, likely entered the classroom before school started and there were no students in the classroom at the time.
The sheriff’s office confirmed Wednesday morning that all students and staff were safe, adding that U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service were notified for a “safe and humane removal.”
Acosta said the animal is estimated to be approximately 40 pounds and appeared “lost and scared.”
The incident occurred two days before the school year was scheduled to end. Finals and a graduation ceremony were originally scheduled for Wednesday. Both will now likely be postponed.
A spokesperson for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife told Nexstar’s KRON that because of the cub’s age and because it is possibly not in the best state of health, the agency doesn’t know whether it can survive in the wild.
Authorities said Wednesday the cat would be transported to the Oakland Zoo, where veterinarians will evaluate its health and then take appropriate next steps.
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MNJ's Advanced Technology Services offering helps customers maximize, optimize digital transformation efforts
BUFFALO GROVE, Ill., June 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- IT services provider MNJ Technologies announces the availability of its Advanced Technology Services suite, designed to solve real business problems and digital transformation initiatives through technology adoption. From cost-effective connectivity to cloud initiatives, from security to staff augmentation, ATS' goal is to drive business outcomes such as risk mitigation, cost optimization and operational efficiency.
"MNJ's professional services and staff augmentation capabilities help founders and business leaders save on IT costs and optimize IT operations," says Matt Ogden, chief technology officer of MNJ Technologies. "In a cloud-first, security-focused world, organizations are constantly looking for comprehensive solutions to help them reduce spend, drive business outcomes and maximize operational efficiency in areas such as cloud strategies, connectivity and cybersecurity insurance, for example. MNJ's consulting-led service offerings provide leaders with the tools they need to achieve these goals."
Just a few years ago, MNJ's business model was that of the traditional value-added reseller. However, the organization knew that in order to best serve its customers and position itself for future growth, it needed to expand its services capabilities, as well. The evolution of ATS has been in process since 2016, when MNJ purchased solution and services provider Equivoice. The purchase not only brought Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) designation into the business, allowing the company to save customers money by wholesaling circuits, but also was the genesis of MNJ's services side of the business. This has allowed MNJ to vastly increase its value to clients through the provision of robust managed services, including areas such as security, connectivity, cloud, infrastructure and professional services. Customers now have a cost-effective, consultative and process-driven resource for the provision and ongoing management of complex IT solutions.
MNJ's Matt Ogden Leads the ATS Charge
MNJ entered 2022 determined to bring those services capabilities into full maturation and began the hunt to find the perfect executive to lead ATS. It didn't have to look far from home. It turns out that longtime customer Marathon Petroleum had the perfect match – Matt Ogden, who then led Enterprise Network Services at Marathon.
Marathon became an MNJ customer in 2008, only months after Ogden started at the company as Senior Advisor of Information Technology Services, working in server and network administration. Over the next decade and a half, Ogden worked his way into leadership roles by spearheading and managing several initiatives in conjunction with MNJ, including server standardization, WAN upgrades and cost optimization strategies for circuits that created a roadmap for long-term reduced spend while modernizing the organization's technology.
Ogden's vast experience managing complex IT environments and leading expansive IT teams was a perfect fit to vitalize and expand MNJ's ATS platform. His experience with end user computing, cybersecurity, networking and cloud computing has contributed greatly toward his successes serving clients at MNJ.
"At Marathon, I spearheaded those maturation and optimization initiatives through rigid standards, processes and policies," says Ogden. "Much of that translates over to MNJ. My goal here is to help us be more efficient so we can better manage our customers and our internal teams."
For his part, Ogden was enthusiastic about coming onto the MNJ team because, in part, of how personally the company approached relationships with customers and employees. IT services is a relationship-based business, and he felt MNJ excelled in that area, particularly when it came to connecting with engineering teams and technicians.
"Not only did I love MNJ's technology, but I came from a background of engineering and consulting work, so its consultative, customer success-driven approach to supporting clients was really attractive," says Ogden. "It's the kind of organization that makes me feel at home in a technology leadership role."
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Collegiate Baseball has named Jacksonville State's T.J. Reeves as one of its nine players of the week for his efforts this past weekend in a sweep of Central Arkansas.
Reeves, a senior center fielder, is the only ASUN Conference player included on the list.
In three wins over UCA, Reeves hit at least one home run in each game. For the series, he went 6-for-14 with four home runs, one triple and 13 RBIs. His slugging percentage wasd 1.429.
Among his home runs were a pair of grand slams.
Reeves did not win the ASUN's player of the week honor. That went to Lipscomb third baseman's Trace Willhoite, who went 9-for-16 in four games with four home runs and 11 RBIs.
The Gamecocks will travel to Lipscomb for a three-game series Thursday, Friday and Saturday. JSU was scheduled to play at Auburn on Tuesday, but according to a statement from the school, that game has been canceled.
The other eight players who earned national player of the week honors from Collegiate Baseball included RHP Paul Skenes, LSU; LF Alberto Rios, Stanford; 3B Kerrington Cross, Cincinnati; 1B Billy Amick, Clemson; INF Travis Bazzana, Oregon State; 1B Derek Bender, Coastal Carolina; 3B Tommy White, LSU; RHP Nathanial Tate, East Tennessee State.
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SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — The CEO of a San Francisco-based tech company has apologized after she quoted Martin Luther King Jr. in a layoff letter sent to employees last week.
PagerDuty CEO Jennifer Tejada sent the letter to employees, also posted on the company’s website, announcing layoffs affecting roughly 7% of employees on Thursday. A cloud computing company with locations in San Francisco, Atlanta, Toronto, Australia and the United Kingdom, PagerDuty employed roughly 950 people as of January 2022.
In the letter, Tejada begins by listing out economic conditions which have led to the layoffs, before moving on to discuss the company’s successes.
She goes on to describe how PagerDuty’s business model is still strong despite the economic conditions: “While demand for our products and services remains stable and our strategy to help our customers transform their operations remains relevant and intact, it is taking longer to convert than prior years.”
The announcement of the layoffs does not begin until the seventh paragraph, where Tejada lists the elimination of roles, “the vast majority of which are in North America,” as “refinements” that aim to strengthen PagerDuty moving forward. The letter goes on to discuss upcoming top-level position changes and severance plans for those impacted by layoffs.
Tejada closed with the words of Martin Luther King Jr:
None of this would be possible without you, our leadership, and our board — thank you for your grit and resilience, your commitment to our customers and your support of our values and people. I am reminded in moments like this, of something Martin Luther King said, that “the ultimate measure of a [leader] is not where [they] stand in the moments of comfort and convenience, but where [they] stand in times of challenge and controversy.” PagerDuty is a leader that stands behind its customers, its values, and our vision — for an equitable world where we transform critical work so all teams can delight their customers and build trust.
Jennifer Tejada, CEO of PagerDuty
Users on Twitter were quick to call Tejada’s statement “disgusting,” “callous,” and “tone-deaf.”
Friday night, Tejada posted an apology to the company’s website. She noted that the way she wrote the letter distracted from the struggle of the employees being laid off.
“There are a number of things I would do differently if I could. The quote I included from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was inappropriate and insensitive. I should have been more upfront about the layoffs in the email, more thoughtful about my tone, and more concise. I am sorry,” Tejada wrote.
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LONDON, June 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Bachmann & Welser has today announced the launch of its new company website.
The website offers an understanding of Bachmann & Welser's services and overall client benefits.
It also provides updated information on the products & services of Bachmann & Welser.
The new website can be located at: www.bachmannwelser.co.uk
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Bachmann & Welser offers global advisory services relating to Project/Business Funding, Private Debt, Project Management, Bank Instruments, Trade Finance, Proof of Funds. The services of Bachmann & Welser are provided only to its approved clients and not to the general public. Through our valued and extensive funding partners and other associates, we can acquire funding on your behalf by acting as your Project Manager entrusted to have your Project Funding available when it is needed. Bachmann & Welser can provide high-value private debt funds for international companies, entrepreneurs looking for financing of more than $3 million. With direct access to the select lenders and private investors that offer very significant finance, Bachmann & Welser can broker private debt up to $100 million and above.
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Jennifer Sheils logs into her online portal for Missouri food benefits every day, refreshing the screen in the hopes that the state’s deposit of roughly $1,500 in summer supplemental grocery assistance has arrived.
For months, Sheils, a mother of five in St. Charles, has waited without a clear timeline from the state, except officials’ assurance that the benefits would be disbursed by the end of this year. She has scrambled to make ends meet.
Now, the state says, she could be waiting until next year to receive the benefits.
The federally-funded COVID relief program, called summer Pandemic EBT, is designed to retroactively help families cover summer food costs. The program provides grocery benefits of $391 for every child who qualified for subsidized school lunches during the prior academic year, and for children under 6 who qualify for SNAP. Four of Sheils’ children are in school and qualify for free meals, making them eligible for the one-time benefit.
Missouri’s plan for distributing the aid was approved by the federal government Oct. 19, after all but five other states had been approved.
By that point, many states had finished dispersing benefits. By the end of September, for instance, Kentucky and Tennessee had already finished issuing the benefits. Arkansas concluded in mid-October. In Oklahoma, all benefits were provided in July and October.
Each additional month without the benefit, Sheils said, “things kind of snowball.”
In the fall, Sheils’ family had to divert money from utilities bills to groceries, narrowly avoiding being disconnected. Last month, her family couldn’t afford to pay their credit card bill.
Sheils worries about her ability to afford Christmas gifts for her children, or even the ingredients to bake holiday cookies.
If the food benefits had been issued closer to summertime, Sheils said, her family wouldn’t be in such a precarious position.
“If [the benefits] would have been there when you needed it, you wouldn’t have had to do some things like use credit cards,” she said.
“I don’t think people understand that everything just kind of compounds.”
Series of delays
Because of a series of delays, the benefits designed to help families with summer food costs likely won’t be distributed until deep into winter.
In the state’s plan, submitted to the federal government in October, Missouri officials predicted families would begin receiving benefits “by the end of 2022 or sooner.”
Now, the state urges schools to begin submitting eligibility data by the end of the year — the first of several steps to providing benefits. That is a timeline that does not seem likely to allow the majority of benefits to be issued this year.
The benefits program, Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer (P-EBT), is a federally-funded pandemic relief program which includes not only summertime benefits for low-income children and students, but also a program for academic-year benefits.
The school year benefits are more narrowly targeted toward low-income students who missed school due to COVID-19, and thus missed subsidized meals. The benefit is prorated based on the number of COVID-related absences.
States must have an approved school year plan in order to submit a summer plan, and Missouri’s school year plan for 2021-2022 wasn’t approved until June. The federal government approved the state’s summer plan Oct. 19, after the state was told to resubmit it for leaving out children under age 6.
At that point, Missouri was one of just six states that hadn’t yet been approved for the summer program.
The state cited administrative hurdles to data-sharing across departments, and delays brought about by the need to construct a new data collection portal. Before this year, the state “did not have a mechanism to collect student absence data,” which delayed dispersal of benefits, said Mallory McGowin, spokesperson for the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
The state estimates that it will issue benefits to 454,000 schoolchildren and nearly 158,000 children under age 6, according to the plan submitted to the federal government.
The “exact timeline of when families will receive a P-EBT benefit is not known,” but it could be “as early” as the end of 2022, McGowin said. An education department news release for families last week included the same message.
That timeline is less certain than the one McGowin gave in October, before the state’s plan was approved, that “families should start receiving benefits by the end of 2022.”
Asked whether it’s fair to predict the majority of children will not be receiving their benefits before 2023, McGowin said she is “not going to make any predictions” and reiterated that the exact timeline is unknown.
Officials cited many of the same reasons for the possible delay as they did previously, particularly technological. This is the first year the program is run by the education department rather than social services.
Building a new online portal for data submission required “securing a contract with a vendor,” McGowin said. The education department then needed to test the new system in October and November. Earlier, the education department was delayed because it didn’t have the under-6 data required for their plan, and needed to get it from the social service department, which contributed to “a delay in USDA’s final approval that shifted our timeline back some,” McGowin said.
The news release posted last week, provided some of the first public guidance for families regarding this year’s program.
Families had, for months, received little communication from the state regarding P-EBT benefits or when they would be dispersed, which advocates said caused some to mistakenly believe they had missed the benefits. Advocates from Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, which has a public benefits division, and Operation Food Search, which is a hunger relief advocacy group, both noted an influx in calls during the fall from people concerned about having missed their P-EBT benefits.
‘Depending on how quickly schools submit data’
In its letter to school districts, the education department urged them to “be prepared to start submitting students eligible for P-EBT by the end of December 2022.”
Compiling the absence data may require schools to resolve complex questions about eligibility. Even a single day absence due to COVID qualifies a low-income child for an additional $21.30 in food benefits, according to the guidance in the letter, so schools will need to ensure absences were correctly coded last year. Districts vary in the mechanisms they used to track COVID-related absences, according to a training video released by the education department, which also includes instructions for districts which did not track COVID-related absences at all.
“Depending on how quickly schools submit data and when DSS is given the information to process the benefits and issue the card,” McGowin added, “families may receive a benefit as early as the end of 2022.” (emphasis original)
The video teaching schools how to use the data portal has only been available since Nov. 16, and many districts will go on winter break in about two weeks. If districts are able to submit all the data by the end of the month, there is still no guarantee the majority of benefits will be issued before 2023.
After schools compile the data in the department of education’s portal, it must go to the social service department for benefits to be processed and distributed.
The spokesperson for the Department of Social Services, Heather Dolce, declined to provide an estimate of how long it will take to disburse those benefits once the department receives the information.
The benefits “will be loaded as soon as possible to an existing P-EBT card, if available, or a new P-EBT card that will be issued to the child,” Dolce said.
Issuing a new benefits card could take more time, Dolce added, because of the “additional, manual process” required.
Many eligible children did not receive the benefit last year, likely leaving them in the more time-intensive category of requiring new cards.
Only around 50% of the 440,000 children predicted to be eligible actually received summer 2021 P-EBT benefits, according to data provided by the social service agency. Last year, the social service agency ran the program and required participants to opt-in with an application. This time, families do not need to apply to receive the benefits.
Sheils, the mother in St. Charles, applied for summer P-EBT in August of last year for her children but did not receive benefits until February of this year, after months of following up with her children’s schools and the state, she said. (DSS emphasizes that the process this year is “significantly different than previous years.”)
This year’s delays reminds Sheils of her difficulties obtaining the benefits last year. She is not optimistic her benefits will arrive in the next few weeks, “unless there’s some miracle and the school does what they’re supposed to, and it works flawlessly.”
This story was originally published by the Missouri Independent.
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Researchers from Yale University released findings this month as it investigates why young men who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 face an increased risk of myocarditis.
The study released by Yale this month followed a 2022 report that found young men, generally in their teens or early 20s, who got both doses of COVID-19 vaccines had an increased risk of myocarditis.
Myocarditis is considered by the American Heart Association as a rare but serious condition. The organization says symptoms can often resolve themselves, but can sometimes lead to stroke, heart attack or heart failure.
The Yale study notes that the risk of myocarditis is higher among those who are unvaccinated who get COVID-19 than from getting the vaccine. Although there is also a link between COVID-19 infection and myocarditis, it was not the vaccine’s antibodies that caused the increased risk, researchers said.
SEE MORE: US COVID vaccine policy ending for federal workers, foreign travelers
They said the condition was caused by a generalized response involving immune cells and inflammation.
“The immune systems of these individuals get a little too revved up and over-produce cytokine and cellular responses,” said Carrie Lucas, Yale associate professor of immunobiology and lead researcher.
The researchers noted the small sample size of its study, and noted “variations in age, vaccine dose, or time after vaccination across individuals are considerations for interpretation and broad conclusions.”
They also said the benefits of the COVID-19 vaccine far exceeds the risks.
“I hope this new knowledge will enable further optimizing mRNA vaccines, which, in addition to offering clear health benefits during the pandemic, have a tremendous potential to save lives across numerous future applications,” said Anis Barmada, co-author of the study and student at Yale School of Medicine.
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HOUSTON, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- KBR (NYSE: KBR) announced today that Xandar, LLC, a KBR joint venture, has been awarded a $4.8 billion ceiling multiple-award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract for the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) Scientific and Technical Information Analytic Capability Support (NOVASTAR).
Under this contract, Xandar LLC will provide NASIC with support for research, development, and sustainment of new and existing hardware, systems and software capabilities enabling scientific and technical intelligence production for the United States Air Force, the Department of Defense and national level intelligence efforts through 2033.
Xandar LLC combines KBR, NASIC's trusted Advanced Technical Exploitation Program prime, with NASK, a small business performer with a history of prime support to NASIC and the intelligence community. KBR serves as the mentor in the joint venture, which is designed to enhance the capabilities of protégé firms.
"Xandar's broad technical capabilities and strong understanding of the customer's mission make us the right partner to support NASIC in meeting both the known and unforeseen challenges of the future," said KBR Government Solutions U.S. President Byron Bright. "We bring the highly skilled, analytically agile workforce NASIC needs to achieve its vision for the next decade and to lay the technology foundation necessary to solve global security challenges deep into the 21st century."
Xandar will provide agile and innovative resource capabilities supporting technical analysis in the intelligence community, turning innovation into intelligence products, and constantly improving productivity in technical analysis product generation.
"Xandar is the natural alignment of NASK and KBR with a demonstrated, seamless ability to work together to advance the NASIC mission. NASIC's need to counter rapidly evolving threats requires the agility of a small company plus the power and scope of a large company," said NASK President Peter Zurbach. "Xandar is perfectly constructed to meet NASIC's requirements moving forward."
The Xandar team will support NASIC's mission to discover and characterize air, space, missile, forces and cyber threats to enable full-spectrum, multi-domain operations; drive weapon system acquisition; and inform national defense policy.
NASK deploys personnel globally for on-site software development and analytics, supporting satellite, airborne and terrestrial environments. We designed and developed the applications that form the basis for most of the geolocation platforms currently in use in the community.
In addition to our catalog, which includes an assortment of existing SIGINT capabilities and solutions, we embrace agile methodologies to respond to QRCs and rapid prototyping requests based on our customers' unique needs.
We developed the premiere analytics enablement framework for the Intelligence Community, and continue to provide maintenance, development, outreach, analytic support and training.
We deliver science, technology and engineering solutions to governments and companies around the world. KBR employs approximately 28,000 people performing diverse, complex and mission-critical roles in 34 countries.
KBR is proud to work with its customers across the globe to provide technology, value-added services, and long-term operations and maintenance services to ensure consistent delivery with predictable results. At KBR, We Deliver.
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The statements in this press release that are not historical statements, including statements regarding future financial performance, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. These statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the company's control that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results expressed or implied by the statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: the significant adverse impacts on economic and market conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic and the company's ability to respond to the resulting challenges and business disruption; the recent dislocation of the global energy market; the company's ability to manage its liquidity; the outcome of and the publicity surrounding audits and investigations by domestic and foreign government agencies and legislative bodies; potential adverse proceedings by such agencies and potential adverse results and consequences from such proceedings; changes in capital spending by the company's customers; the company's ability to obtain contracts from existing and new customers and perform under those contracts; structural changes in the industries in which the company operates; escalating costs associated with and the performance of fixed-fee projects and the company's ability to control its cost under its contracts; claims negotiations and contract disputes with the company's customers; changes in the demand for or price of oil and/or natural gas; protection of intellectual property rights; compliance with environmental laws; changes in government regulations and regulatory requirements; compliance with laws related to income taxes; unsettled political conditions, war and the effects of terrorism; foreign operations and foreign exchange rates and controls; the development and installation of financial systems; the possibility of cyber and malware attacks; increased competition for employees; the ability to successfully complete and integrate acquisitions; and operations of joint ventures, including joint ventures that are not controlled by the company.
The company's most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K, any subsequent Form 10-Qs and 8-Ks, and other U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings discuss some of the important risk factors that the company has identified that may affect its business, results of operations and financial condition. Except as required by law, the company undertakes no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason.
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Woman narrowly avoids reverse mortgage foreclosure due to communication breakdown
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX/Gray News) - Retirement is typically a time of relaxation, assuming you have enough savings to live comfortably. Unfortunately, things don’t always go as planned.
Some seniors turn to reverse mortgages, loans that allow homeowners who are at least 62 years old to withdraw some of their home equity and convert it into cash.
While it can be a useful loan for many seniors, one College Station resident almost lost her home after her mortgage company claimed she had failed to fulfill all the requirements of her reverse mortgage.
Mamie Ellis believed that she had fulfilled the obligations of her reverse mortgage when she maintained her home insurance and paid her taxes on time, but her mortgage lender disagreed, foreclosed and sold her home at auction.
When KBTX first met Ellis last month, the situation was dire. She was still recovering from open-heart surgery and was facing the prospect of losing her home.
Despite her confidence that she had fulfilled all of the requirements of her loan, Ellis was understandably shaken.
“It’s been really painful. I can’t sleep, I can’t eat, I can’t do anything without shaking and nervous because I don’t know what the outcome might be,” Ellis said.
In a statement to KBTX, Brazos County Tax Assessor Kristeen Roe confirmed that Ellis had fulfilled her tax obligations, and Ellis herself expressed her confidence that she had fulfilled all the insurance requirements of her reverse mortgage, and supplied documentation, too.
The mortgage provider told KBTX that they made several attempts to contact Ellis for nearly three-and-a-half years to discuss the status of her loan, but those attempts were unsuccessful. They also stated that Ellis’ mortgage servicer thoroughly reviewed this matter and determined that it complied with all applicable laws and guidelines set forth by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) since the loan was transferred in May 2019.
The company went on to say it stands by its original statement that it properly serviced Ellis’ mortgage and complied with all applicable laws and guidelines.
Twenty-one days after meeting Ellis, KBTX was there when she learned that all the parties involved had agreed to undo the sale of her home.
Fabi Payton, an educator and founder of the nonprofit I Heart Bryan, and Dr. Carolyn Waldon with Calvert ISD led the community’s efforts to keep Ellis in her home and said that what saved the home was Ellis’s good record-keeping, proving she had met her obligations to the lender.
Payton and Waldon say it’s important for the community to step in and help when they see someone facing a challenge.
“We have a magic here that allows us to write these wrongs and we have a power and an opportunity to show the rest of the world how because of this place,” said Payton.
“When I found out I’ve been trying to reach out to different people in the community to see how we can help her, how can we help her keep her home,” Waldon said. “I hope and pray that there’s someone out there that will be able to do justice, justice for Mrs. Mamie because she deserves to keep her home but we need help. We need help from the community. If all of us pull together to make this happen.”
However, there is still one more hurdle that Ellis must overcome before she can fully put her troubles behind her: reimbursing the buyer who purchased her home at the auction.
“He didn’t anticipate buying a house that was wrongfully foreclosed on. It’s not fair. It’s not just for him to lose out financially for his family. He has sons going to college. That’s what he intended to do. He intended to bring his sons here and go to A&M and then rent the house,” said Payton.
Ellis says she is grateful to all of the people who helped her keep her home.
“I had God on my side, and I knew, and I had live Fabi on my side. You on my side and Ms. Walden on my side. And I had great, great people to help me,” said Ellis.
Experts suggest that homeowners stay in communication with their reverse mortgage provider and take prompt action if problems arise to prevent foreclosure. It’s important to maintain accurate records and seek advice from a HUD-approved housing counselor if needed.
The National Council on Aging says taking out a reverse mortgage is a big decision and suggests that before you act, it’s important to learn more about what a reverse mortgage is and how it works. The NCOA also has a step-by-step guide for seniors considering taking out a reverse mortgage.
Community members have established a fundraiser to help Mrs. Ellis generate the funds needed to repay the person who purchased her home on the auction block.
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WARNER ROBINS, Ga. (AP) — Ads with the candidates’ ex-wives. Cries of “liar” flying in both directions. Stories of a squalid apartment building and abortions under pressure. Questioning an opponent’s independence. His intellect. His mental stability. His religious faith.
The extended Senate campaign in Georgia between the Democratic incumbent, Raphael Warnock, and his Republican challenger, football legend Herschel Walker, has grown increasingly bitter as their Dec. 6 runoff nears. With Democrats already assured a Senate majority, it’s a striking contrast from two years ago, when the state’s twin runoffs were mostly about which party would control the chamber in Washington.
“Herschel Walker ain’t serious,” Warnock told supporters recently in central Georgia, saying that Walker “majors in lying” and fumbles the basics of public policy. “But the election is very serious. Don’t get those two things confused.”
Walker casts Warnock, the senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church, as a “hypocrite” and servile to President Joe Biden. Underscoring the insult, Walker calls the incumbent “Scooby-Doo,” complete with an impression of the cartoon hound’s gibberish.
The broadsides reflect the candidates’ furious push in the four weeks between the Nov. 8 general election and runoff to persuade their core supporters to cast another ballot. For Walker, it also means drawing more independents and moderates to his campaign after he underperformed a fellow Republican on the ticket, Gov. Brian Kemp, by 200,000 votes.
Warnock led Walker by 37,000 votes out of almost 4 million cast in the first round, but the senator fell short of the 50% threshold needed to avoid a runoff.
In many ways, the shift from his first runoff campaign is exactly what Warnock wanted: a straightforward choice between two candidates. Two years ago, then-President Donald Trump, fresh off his defeat, and Biden, then president-elect, made multiple Georgia trips to illuminate the national stakes of the races between Warnock and Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler and between Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republican Sen. David Perdue as control of the Senate hung in the balance.
Trump ended up alienating his own supporters and many moderates with his false claims of a rigged 2020 presidential election. Victories by Warnock and Ossoff put the Senate at a 50-50 split, with Democrats gaining control by virtue of Vice President Kamala Harris’ tiebreaking vote. Warnock also became Georgia’s first Black senator.
This year, with Warnock vying for a full six-year term after winning the 2021 special election, Democrats have already guaranteed control of the Senate by flipping a seat in Pennsylvania. A Warnock win would give Democrats an outright majority at 51-49, meaning that the parties would not have to negotiate a power-sharing agreement.
Warnock’s preferred emphasis for most of his reelection bid has been his deal-making in Washington and the personal values he brings to the job. It took until the campaign’s final stages — only after two women accused Walker, an opponent of abortion rights, of encouraging and paying for their abortions — for the senator to ratchet up his attacks, arguing Walker is “unprepared” and “unfit” for the job.
“My opponent lies about everything,” Warnock said in a recent campaign stop, ticking off a litany of Walker’s repeated falsehoods and exaggerations. “He said he was a police officer. He’s not. He said he worked for the FBI. He did not. Said he graduated from the University of Georgia. He did not. Said he was valedictorian of his class. He was not. … He said he had another business with 800 employees. It has eight.”
Walker, alternately, has relished the jousting since he won the GOP nomination in the spring.
“Herschel is a competitor. He’s very comfortable with the mano a mano,” said Scott Paradise, Walker’s campaign manager, noting the candidate’s athletic prowess as a football running back, kickboxer and Olympic bobsledder.
Indeed, Walker takes his attacks right to Warnock’s strengths as the pastor of the famous church where Martin Luther King Jr. once preached. Walker has criticized Warnock over an Atlanta apartment building, owned by a foundation of Warnock’s church, where residents have complained to The Washington Free Beacon, a conservative media outlet, of eviction notices and poor conditions.
“What he’s doing in this apartment building at Columbia Towers is not right,” Walker said recently at a suburban Atlanta campaign stop. “You shouldn’t put Jesus’ name on what you’re doing to people, and don’t put Martin Luther King name on it. … You’re not Jesus, and you’re not Dr. King.”
Warnock, who says no residents of Columbia Tower have been evicted, incorporates Walker’s attacks into the list of the challenger’s documented exaggerations and falsehoods. “What kind of a person lies on the church?” Warnock said in Macon. “This isn’t the first time people attacked Ebenezer Baptist Church. They attacked Martin Luther King Jr. I’m in good company.”
Still, asked whether he’s reconsidered his church’s stewardship of Columbia Towers, Warnock sidestepped: “I’ve already answered the question. I’m proud of what my church does to feed and house the hungry and the homeless every single week.”
Walker also accuses Warnock of “getting rich” as a senator, a nod to the pastor’s $7,500-a-month housing allowance from the church. The payments are not a violation of Senate ethics rules that limit senators’ outside income.
On at least one occasion during the runoff, Walker has suggested Warnock is a negligent father. Warnock told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution the comment “crossed a line.” Earlier in the campaign, Walker publicly acknowledged three of his children for the first time, doing so only after The Daily Beast reported on their existence. Warnock has not mentioned those children in any of his critiques of Walker.
Walker, meanwhile, has not taken reporters’ questions at an open campaign event since late October, when a second accuser came forward to say he had pressured her to have an abortion — a contradiction of his advocacy as a candidate for a national ban on all abortions. Walker has denied the women’s claims.
Both candidates’ former wives also loom in the campaign, though the two men avoid the topic themselves, leaving the discussion of their marriages mostly to paid advertising. In one ad, Warnock’s former wife tells Atlanta police that he ran over her foot. The Republican ad doesn’t note that a police report states that officers found no physical evidence supporting her claim. A Democratic ad features an interview with Walker’s first wife detailing that he threatened violence against her, circumstances Walker has confirmed in an autobiography.
Since the two men met for their lone debate Oct. 14, Warnock has hammered Walker for a lack of policy details and sometimes flubbing what policy he does discuss.
Warnock promotes his new federal legal provision capping insulin costs for Medicare recipients and notes Walker said diabetics could manage their health by “eating right,” a practice that isn’t enough for insulin-dependent diabetic patients.
“Maybe he ought to apply to be a dietician. I’m running for the United States Senate,” Warnock said in Macon.
He pounced when Walker declared the United States is “not ready” for climate action and should “keep having those gas-guzzling cars” that he said already have “good emissions” standards. Warnock added gleeful mockery when Walker recently introduced a tangent about vampires to a campaign speech.
“I mean, who says that kind of stuff?” Warnock asked supporters.
Warnock’s aides say that the personalized arguments help convince core Democrats that they should not sit out the runoff, while also swaying the potentially decisive middle of the electorate in the senator’s favor. “Herschel Walker continues to be bogged down by his pattern of lies and disturbing behavior, all of which led him to underperform” in the first round, said Quentin Fulks, Warnock’s campaign manager, in a statement.
From Walker’s camp, Paradise insisted that Republicans’ best argument remains Warnock’s alignment with Democrats on economic policy. Still, he acknowledges the campaign’s tone has darkened.
“We’re certainly going to continue to aggressively prosecute the case against Warnock,” he said, “and I suspect they’ll do the same.”
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NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- The governor of Texas says he will resume bussing migrants to sanctuary cities again as a COVID-era public health policy is expected to be lifted.
This news is problematic for New York City, which has been grappling with the influx of migrants for a year now.
City officials say more than 53,000 migrants have entered the city's shelter system over the last year, many of them arriving at the Port Authority.
Right now, there are about 200 asylum seekers arriving in the city daily but that number to grow once Title 42 is lifted on May 11; that's the COVID era public health policy that quickly expelled migrants.
The impending influx is why Texas Governor Greg Abbott says he's started busing migrants to sanctuary cities again.
Abbott sent a letter to the mayor of Chicago Monday, saying the migrant crisis is not just a Texas problem, but a problem for the entire country.
So, Abbott has started busing migrants to sanctuary cities again, including New York and Chicago.
Mayor Eric Adams says this move is problematic, not just because the governor is playing politics, but because he's using this crisis to hurt Black-run cities. The five cities Abbott's busing migrants to are run by Black Democrats.
Just like New York City, the influx has put a strain on resources in Chicago.
"We have now at least 40,000 refugees that are waiting at the border who will be likely, many of them coming to Chicago and the city still does not have a plan. We presented a plan back in September and the city still has not acted," said Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez, 25th Ward.
The city anticipates it will spend $4.3 billion through the end of fiscal year 2024 on services for asylum seekers.
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Album Released Friday, Sept. 30 via UMe, Produced by Dave Cobb
Sammy Hagar & The Circle Currently on Critically Acclaimed "Crazy Times" Summer U.S. Amphitheater Tour
LOS ANGELES, July 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rock & Roll Hall of Fame®-inducted, Grammy award-winning singer, songwriter, performer, entrepreneur, and New York Times #1 best-selling author Sammy Hagar has announced the release of his second studio album with his Billboard chart-topping supergroup, The Circle. Their forthcoming album, titled "Crazy Times," finds Hagar, fellow Hall of Famer and longtime bassist Michael Anthony, Grammy-winning drummer Jason Bonham and Grammy-winning guitar virtuoso Vic Johnson changing course, traveling to Nashville to record the album with 8-time Grammy Award-winning producer Dave Cobb at Nashville's historic RCA Studio A. Due out Friday, Sept. 30 via UMe on CD as well as digitally, with the vinyl following on Oct. 28, the band has released the title track today on digital and streaming platforms. The CD and vinyl configurations, including a translucent red color vinyl exclusive, are available for pre-order HERE. The album's first single, "Crazy Times," and music video directed by Travis Detweiler – is below and HERE.
Sammy shared about making the album,
"Working with Dave Cobb for the first time was enlightening. We went into the studio to record in the fall of 2021, when the world was starting to come out of the pandemic bubble we'd all been living in. The lyrics for 'Crazy Times' just came from that new freedom we were feeling, the freedom felt unbelievable, but a little uncertain, too. We had to ask ourselves 'what are we doing here and what do we want?'"
"Going back in the studio, creating and being with the music is just what felt natural. And it was just so different from any record I've ever made. There was joy in the hard work, catharsis and the comradery we'd craved. It was like those two years of not being able to do very much fell away and we really all came together and let it out in the music and lyrics. We were able to express what we all felt."
"Crazy Times," the band's long-anticipated sophomore album, is a follow-up to their much-lauded debut "Space Between," a multi-category #1 Billboard charting album. The new album will include 10 songs, nine of which Hagar wrote or co-wrote, along with a notable cover, "Pump It Up," a 1978 song by Elvis Costello and the Attractions. The song "Crazy Times" was written by the whole band along with Dave Cobb and recorded live. Sammy explains:
"Before I stepped into the studio with Dave, he'd told me he wanted the best of my career on this record, and he wasn't going to let me get out of that studio until I gave it to him. So, I said, 'If you expect that from me, at my age, as many records as I've made, you're going to have to push me,' and he said no problem. Obviously, I dug down and just tried to write good strong songs, great lyrics, great melodies and not worry so much about the arrangements because he had that covered. And he pushed and squeezed every one of us. We went in the studio with seven songs and came out with 10. We ended up cowriting three songs with Dave Cobb and the band—including the new track, Crazy Times."
CRAZY TIMES TRACKLIST
- INTRO: THE BEGINNING OF THE END
- SLOW DRAIN
- FEED YOUR HEAD
- PUMP IT UP
- BE STILL
- YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR
- CRAZY TIMES
- FUNKY FENG SHUI
- FATHER TIME
- CHILDHOODS END
In support of the album release, Sammy Hagar & The Circle hit the road in June with the 21-city "Crazy Times" U.S. amphitheater tour. Fans and critics have been raving about the new songs, which have found their way into their explosive greatest hits-heavy setlist. Following the tour wrap on Saturday, Oct. 1 in Sacramento, California, Hagar will celebrate his 75th birthday at his annual week of Birthday Bash concerts at his Cabo Wabo Cantina in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Visit RedRocker.com for ticket information.
Sammy Hagar & The Circle "Crazy Times Tour" Tour Dates:
SAMMY HAGAR'S ANNUAL BIRTHDAY BASH IN CABO
Hagar remains committed to social advocacy and philanthropy through his Hagar Family Foundation. For more than a decade, the foundation uses music and Sammy's entrepreneur endeavors as a means to give back to causes special to him and his family; mainly food pantries and children's music and health related causes. To date, they have supported these causes with personal contributions of more than $4 million.
About Sammy Hagar:
For more than five decades, Sammy Hagar has been recognized as one of the best and most accomplished lead singers and songwriters in rock music. From breaking into the industry with the seminal hard rock band Montrose, to his multi-platinum solo career, to his ride as the frontman of Van Halen, Chickenfoot and his latest best-selling supergroup, The Circle, Hagar has amassed 25 Platinum albums on sales surpassing 50 million worldwide. Along his journey, he has set the tone for some of the greatest rock anthems ever written with songs like "I Can't Drive 55," "Right Now," and "Why Can't This Be Love," and earned the highest respect of the music industry with a Grammy Award and induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Since launching his flagship Cabo Wabo Cantina in 1990, he's turned a lifelong passion for great food, music and spirits into a thriving and iconic lifestyle brand. A pioneer in the spirits industry, Hagar's development and 9-figure sale of his Cabo Wabo Tequila to Gruppo Campari in 2008 is widely credited as the start of the celebrity-owned spirits trend. His portfolio of spirits now includes Sammy's Beach Bar Rum, Santo Tequila, and Sammy's Beach Bar Cocktail Co., as well as several restaurants. Never one to hit the brakes, he's also found success in publishing, TV, radio and beyond, including five seasons of his hit TV show, "Rock & Roll Road Trip with Sammy Hagar," and as host of "Sammy Hagar's Top Rock Countdown," his syndicated radio show that's broadcast on 90+ U.S. stations. He's also a #1 NYT bestselling author, a dedicated philanthropist and since January 5, 2022, the first Honorary Ambassador to Los Cabos, an honor he was bestowed in recognition of his longtime investment in the people and economy of Mexico.
Visit RedRocker.com information on his upcoming 2022 tours and Las Vegas residency dates and follow him on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and his newly launched TikTok.
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HAMPSTEAD, N.H. — Blanketed in nearly a foot of snow, you don't need a thermometer to see just how cold a recent Thursday morning felt in Hampstead, New Hampshire.
But it was the cold inside a 36-year-old home, not outside, that Sam Nieves and his brother, Ivan, were concerned with.
"We're trying to get the heat fixed," Nieves said as he walked into the basement of the house.
Nieves is a chimney sweep, and lately, he has barely been able to keep up with demand.
"For the last 15 years, we’ve done chimneys. We’ve never seen it this busy before," Nieves said.
The home Nieves was called to is owned by Rick Turpin, whose heat hasn't been working correctly recently, so he called in a heating company and eventually, a chimney company to fix the problem.
"I hate to spend the money. I’d like to do it with something fun, but it is what it is," Turpin said.
It's not just heating system problems keeping chimney sweeps busy. Inflation and high energy costs are also playing a role.
Looking to keep their home heating systems running efficiently, many Americans are calling in chimney sweeps. What they’re finding is older chimneys like Rick Turpin's are made of terracotta tile. After three decades, the tiles are no longer sealing properly, letting precious heat and money escape.
"Your house is almost like a lung. It breathes, and if it gets suffocated, something is not gonna work properly," Sam Nieves explained.
To fix the problem, the brothers and their crew installed a new chimney liner made of steel. Relining Rick Turpin's chimney sealed it up tight. Over the next few years, it could save the Turpin family thousands of dollars. It's an installation any homeowner can have done.
For Americans who simply can’t afford to pay their heating bills right now, another unique concept is helping to fill the gap—firewood assistance banks. Think of them like a food bank, only instead of canned soup, people can pick up firewood free of charge, including one in Hopkinton, New Hampshire.
This year, the US Forest Service is helped expand firewood banks, giving out $712,000 in funding. More than 100 firewood assistance programs exist nationwide.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The California Lawyers Association (CLA) has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve the test that applies to communications between lawyers and their clients involving both legal and nonlegal purposes, known as dual-purpose communications, and when those communications are protected by the attorney-client privilege. CLA supports adoption of the test that provides the most protection to the attorney-client privilege.
In an amicus brief filed June 1, CLA urges the Supreme Court to grant a petition for certiorari to review a Ninth Circuit decision, In re Grand Jury, 23 F.4th 1088 (9th Cir. 2022), which created a three-way split among the Circuit Courts on the issue of attorney-client privilege and dual-purpose communications.
The Ninth Circuit held that a dual-purpose communication is only privileged when the most significant purpose is legal. This test requires courts to evaluate and balance all the purposes for the communication. The decision conflicts with the D.C. Circuit, which found that a dual-purpose communication is privileged when it has a significant legal purpose. In the Seventh Circuit, a dual-purpose communication is never privileged.
CLA argues that the attorney-client privilege needs to be clearly defined so attorneys know the boundaries of the privilege and clients know when they can communicate freely and candidly with their counsel to ensure they are receiving competent and informed legal advice. CLA endorses the D.C. Circuit's test.
"CLA urges this Court to grant certiorari to protect this sacrosanct tenant of the legal profession and resolve the conflict in the circuit courts," the amicus brief says. "CLA has an interest in ensuring there are uniform and clear rules regarding whether a communication is privileged, especially when those rules substantially affect a broad spectrum of attorneys in many practice disciplines."
Adria Price and Laura L. Buckley of CLA's Taxation Section authored the brief, with editing and technical appellate assistance from H. Thomas Watson of CLA's Amicus Committee.
"We appreciate the work of these dedicated volunteers who are helping to bring attention to an issue with nationwide significance for lawyers and their clients across the country," CLA President Jeremy M. Evans said.
"This amicus brief highlights CLA's invaluable role in advocating on issues of interest to our members and the legal profession as a whole," CEO and Executive Director Oyango A. Snell said.
Established in 2018, CLA is the bar association for all California attorneys. CLA's mission is to promote excellence, diversity and inclusion in the legal profession and fairness in the administration of justice and the rule of law.
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HARROGATE, United Kingdom, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Over 600 dental professionals came together to Integrate, Educate, Celebrate last week from June 9th to June 11th at Neoss Integrate 2022 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The participants were treated to three days of social activities, multiple integration opportunities and a scientific program with 40 speakers, who for the first time ever in the dental industry presented on a 4K wall and floor screen.
"I am overwhelmed with the positive feedback we have received from the participants and our speakers alike. Really pleased with how we at Neoss have managed to take dental events to a new level with the implementation of new technology never seen before in the industry. The future is bright for Neoss."
Dr. Robert Gottlander, CEO and President of Neoss Group.
This milestone celebration marked 20 years since the first Neoss implant was placed, and that initial patient was present on stage to commemorate the event. This was also the first time the latest 10-year data on the Neoss implants was presented along with a significant amount of positive clinical research.
"Wow, this has been 3 amazing days of education and celebration. I think all speakers did an outstanding job and that has also shown in the extremely positive response that we have received!"
Prof. Christer Dahlin, Scientific Chairman
Neoss launched multiple new products at the meeting. The most notable was the Neoss branded intraoral scanner, NeoScan 1000TM. An easy to use, fast, light weight intraoral scanner that fits perfectly into any practice's digital workflow. Other notable launches were a new surgical tray, new surgical tools, SLM implant bridges and more.
Neoss offers intelligent solutions that are intuitively easy to use. Our products allow dental professionals to provide reliable and cost-effective treatments to their patients with predictable long-term results. Leading the market with ingenuity and integrity, we strive to set new standards. In developing smart treatment solutions and working closely with each practice, Neoss makes the complex less complicated. We call that Intelligent Simplicity. Headquartered in Harrogate, UK, with research and development based in Gothenburg, Sweden, the company has established a global footprint with a long-standing presence in key markets. To find out more visit https://www.neoss.com
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(NEXSTAR) – Paper? Plastic? Or none of the above?
This month, Walmart locations in three states eliminated single-use plastic and paper bags at checkout, as part of a move designed to encourage customers to bring, or buy, their own reusable bags.
These Walmart locations — in Colorado, Connecticut and New York — join Walmart stores in Maine, New Jersey and Vermont, where single-use bags have already been eliminated for shoppers at checkout registers, or those picking up online orders. (Single-use paper bags are still the default for delivery orders in most of these states, and plastic bags remain available “as needed” in the produce and meat sections, to prevent cross-contamination.)
“Eliminating single-use bags in Connecticut is part of our effort to reduce waste,” said Jane Ewing, senior vice president of Walmart Sustainability, in a statement provided to CT-based WTNH. “Our customers want to be engaged on this journey, and we remain committed to making the sustainable choice the everyday choice.”
The ultimate goal, as explained on the webpage for Walmart’s “Bag Better” initiative, is to eliminate potentially harmful waste entirely. Walmart stores in Mexico and Canada, for instance, have already eliminated single-use bags.
“We’ve set a goal to become a zero waste company, and plastic bags are a part of that,” the site says.
Walmart, however, has so far chosen only to eliminate single-use bags in states that had already enacted, or planned to enact, some kind of ban, restriction or additional fee for the bags. The company’s retail locations in Vermont, for instance, had eliminated single-use bags during a test in the summer of 2020, when the state announced that all businesses would be prohibited from providing them by July 2021.
Maine largely banned single-use plastic bags in July 2021, the same month as Vermont, at which time Walmart also went “bagless” at Maine locations, according to a Walmart representative.
In New Jersey’s case, a ban on single-use plastic bags — as well as paper bags at larger retailers — was approved in late 2020, with plans to go into effect by May 2022. Walmart locations in New Jersey stopped using single-use bags at statewide locations that month.
As for Colorado, Connecticut and New York, all three states have, or had planned, some form of statewide bag restriction. Colorado’s, which mandated that stores charge 10-cent fees per single-use paper bags, took effect Jan. 1, when Walmart ceased using single-use bags altogether at the state’s locations, Nexstar’s KDVR reported. Connecticut had already banned single-use plastic shopping bags in July 2021, WTNH reported, and New York had done the same the previous year.
In some of these cases, Walmart has opted to go further than the laws required, specifically by banning all single-use bags in states where only plastic bags are no longer allowed. But its plans for future programs in similar states — and which states those may be — have not been publicly outlined.
The company’s corporate website states its intentions to continue encouraging reusable bags, mainly by participating in, and donating money to, a “Beyond the Bag” initiative alongside retailers like Target and CVS, which seeks to find new, sustainable solutions.
“We will continue to follow regulations as well as learning from the pilots we are working on with Beyond the Bag about how to make this transition as convenient as possible for our associates and customers, improve pain points around recycling, offer reusable options and identify additional ways to encourage customers to reuse the bags again and again,” said Aman Singh, Walmart’s leader of global communications, in a statement shared with Nexstar.
When asked where Walmart plans to eliminate single-use bags in the future, Singh declined to provide any specifics.
It would seem likely, though, that Walmart would eventually expand its bag-free policy to states with laws already prohibiting, or somehow restricting, their distribution. California, Delaware, Oregon, Washington and all Hawaii counties already have some sort of restriction (or otherwise widespread ban) on the distribution of plastic shopping bags, or require a fee for paper bags, according to the National Conference of State Legislators.
Currently, however, the above states are outnumbered by those with preemption laws on the books, which would block or override any attempt by a smaller municipality or jurisdiction from imposing such a bag ban, according to the NCSL. In some of these states, lawmakers had cited the COVID pandemic for keeping single-use bags around. A senator in Oklahoma, too, had also argued that a fee for plastic bags might raise food costs back in 2019, according to Ballotpedia.
Opponents, meanwhile, say these preemption laws only protect plastics manufacturers. An opponent of the preemption law in Oklahoma accused the bill’s author of doing just that, and bowing to lobbyists with “deep corporate pockets,” per Oklahoma news outlet The Norman Transcript.
Walmart could always choose to eliminate single-use bags at its retail outlets even in states with preemption laws. But so far, it appears as if the company has expanded its bag-free initiatives to states where lawmakers already made the first moves.
There’s also no telling when Walmart might attempt to eliminate single-use bags from future locations. Despite the company’s own goals to “achieve zero waste in [its] own operations” by 2025, Walmart has “not yet” given itself any deadline for nixing the bags nationwide, a representative tells Nexstar.
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From retirements to promotions, some big changes are coming to the Erie Police Department by the end of the summer.
Erie police Chief Kim Stewart will be stepping down on Aug. 30, 10 years to the day from her starting date with the department.
“This has been the greatest job ever,” Stewart said. “The employees of our department are truly the most compassionate, impartial and dedicated group of people I have ever had the pleasure to work with and know. Their professionalism and sense of service is unmatched. I am so proud to be a small part of the best department in the state.”
Stewart started with the department as an operations manager in 2013, after having served for 23 years with the Boulder Police Department.
According to an internal email sent throughout the department on Friday from Erie Town Administrator Malcom Fleming, Stewart was responsible for a number of accomplishments during her tenure.
Most notably, she met the 30×30 initiative, which aims at advancing the representation and experiences of women in policing agencies across the country with a national goal of 30% female inclusion in departments by 2030. Stewart managed to bring the Erie Police Department staff up to 40% seven years ahead of schedule.
Stewart is also credited with having doubled the size of the department while also establishing new positions and sections to include a detective sergeant, training sergeant, traffic unit, public information officer, victim services unit, and drone and K9 units. Additionally, Stewart is said to have implemented a community review panel to assess professional standards and directives, as well as expanded the property and evidence unit.
“Chief’s leadership, dedication and passion for service have inspired many,” Deputy Chief Lee Mathis said of Stewart. “She has been a trailblazer, mentor, and an advocate for change. She has led us with a steady hand, a compassionate heart, and an unwavering commitment to our community.”
Mathis will succeed Stewart as the new Erie chief of police. Mathis has been in law enforcement for 28 years, nearly 20 of those with Erie. Mathis joined the Erie Police Department in 2005 and is credited with assisting Stewart in developing the department.
Fleming said he chose to look for Stewart’s replacement within Erie’s department because he felt confident in Stewart’s “excellent” succession plan. He added that based on Stewart’s “thoughtful and thorough mentoring” of her command staff, he concluded a national recruitment effort would not produce better candidates than those already employed within the department.
Fleming also added that he expects Mathis will continue with Stewart’s “stellar leadership” and with the support of the command staff will continue building the department’s capability and reputation.
“I value Lee’s personable approach and long-term vision,” Fleming said. “His project management and people skills are excellent. He excels at supervising diverse law enforcement teams, managing complex budgets, and internal—and external—collaboration and communication. I look forward to seeing Lee’s excellence shine even brighter in the future.”
During Mathis’ tenure with the Erie police, he is credited with helping grow the department from 12 officers and two support staff to 46 officers and nine support staff. In 2015 Mathis also helped lead the capital construction project that involved relocating the department from Town Hall to the new Erie Police and Municipal Courts building on Telleen Avenue.
Mathis has led community engagement and strategic planning efforts while also being instrumental in creating the Professional Standards Review Panel, the Police Directives Task Force and the Community Police Academy.
“I am honored and humbled to be selected as the next chief of police for the town of Erie,” Mathis said. “I am looking forward to continuing to work with the community to provide exceptional police services.”
With Mathis’ promotion creating a vacancy at deputy chief, Cmdr. Heather Carmosino will be promoted to the position on Aug. 30, and will be sworn in on the same date, making her the first ever female deputy chief for Erie.
“Commander Carmosino has an excellent base of experience and all the skills needed to be successful as the deputy chief of our department and I am honored to select her for this vital position,” Mathis said.
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The Weld County Coroner’s Office identified the man who was shot and killed during a pursuit by law enforcement last week as a 53-year-old Loveland man.
Douglas Weishaupl died following the altercation near Mead, according to a news release from the office.
About 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Weishaupl was traveling in a vehicle police started pursuing in Larimer County. Police in a news release said Weishaupl was “a known wanted fugitive.”
Online court records indicate he had warrants out for failing to appear in court for four cases: a Jefferson County case relating to charges of possessing burglary tools and aggravated motor vehicle theft in February, a Larimer County case for theft, traffic and drug charges in May 2021, a Larimer County case for a Class 1 drug misdemeanor in May 2021 and a Larimer County case for drug paraphernalia and driving under restraint in September 2021.
During the pursuit, according to police, Weishaupl fired multiple rounds at Larimer County deputies as the driver tried eluding deputies. Shortly after, the driver stopped and Weishaupl fled on foot to a field near Weld County Road 38 and the Interstate 25 Frontage road.
He was shot and killed. Police did not indicate in the initial release that law enforcement fired any weapons.
The 19th Judicial District Critical Incident Response Team, a multi-agency unit that investigates all shootings involving police, is investigating the incident under the leadership of the Greeley Police Department. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Greeley police Detective Fidel Sanchez at (970) 351-5394.
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Experts warn about scams targeting public housing seekers
Section 8 assists with housing for low-income families, elderly, disabled
InvestigateTV - The Federal Trade Commission is warning renters against scams involving Section 8, a housing choice voucher program that assists low-income families, the elderly, and the disabled.
Signa Brooks, one of millions of Americans living in public housing, had been struggling to find new housing when she came across a listing for a beautiful property on a website with Section 8 listings.
Brooks left a message for the lister, who asked for an application fee and to communicate via personal email instead of the site. When the lister asked for the fee to be paid via a cash app, Brooks knew it was a scam.
The FTC says this scam has been popping up across the country, stealing not only money but also people’s personal information.
Diane Shelley, the Midwest Regional Director for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) said HUD would never ask for an application fee; it’s actually against the law.
Shelley urged people to pay attention to the websites you use to look for public housing. A good way to vet websites is to check for a “.gov” at the end of a url. Most government agencies use this top-level domain.
The website Brooks used, AffordableHousing.com, has a scam alert section on their site.
Richard Cupelli, the Founder and CEO, AffordableHousing.com, took Brook’s experience seriously. He said the site will add trusted owner badging and membership dates to the site so people can see if an owner is legitimate. He also had several tips for people looking for affordable housing.
- Do NOT send any money until you have a signed contract.
- Do NOT pay any money if you have not seen the property with the landlord that owns the property.
- Review the listing on other websites to ensure this is a valid property. It is a red flag when the terms and contact information differ.
- If the owner does not want to meet face to face this is usually a red flag and should be questioned.
- Send no money up front to “hold” the property.• If there is not a first/last/security deposit requested.
- If there is a lock box on the rental – scammers target vacant properties.
- If the owner is too pushy to get your money.• Ask if they are the owner and get their full name and then check it against Public Records to verify they are the owner of record.
- Favorite the landlord on AffordableHousing.com to view all rentals listed by that landlord. It is a red flag if the owner’s rentals are in different states and all newly listed.
- It’s a red flag if the landlord would rather text than talk.
- Record any suspicious activity and report it back to AffordableHousing.com so we can verify the listing and report it to the authorities.
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Twelve people were arrested in an undercover human trafficking sting at a local hotel, according to Hillsborough County deputies.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said it conducted its undercover operation targeting those looking to purchase sex from sex workers on May 16 and May 17.
The sheriff’s office worked in tandem with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to apprehend the suspects.
“We will not tolerate human trafficking in our county,” Sheriff Chad Chronister said. “By apprehending individuals involved in the purchase of sexual acts, we are sending a clear message that these illicit activities will not be tolerated. We are committed to protecting the victims and holding the perpetrators accountable.”
Deputies said Among those arrested during the operation was Brandon Martinez, 28. Martinez was on probation in Polk County for Escape From Custody.
Another suspect was 36-year-old Charles Fowler Jr, a registered sex offender. The sheriff’s office said Fowler was on an ankle monitor for charges of human trafficking, including lewd lascivious battery, impregnation of a child, procuring a minor for prostitution, and use of a child to promote sexual performance.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The release of the Tyre Nichols video adds to the growing call for a change in culture among law enforcement.
ABC10 attended the Sacramento County Sheriff Training Academy Tuesday to see the safeguards in place when deciding who becomes a deputy. We also discuss procedures around body cameras.
Before becoming recruits, potential soon to be deputies go through extensive background checks, physical exams and psychiatric interview with a screening including hundreds of questions just to get into the classroom. Sergeant Amar Gandhi is the Public Information Officer for the department and also had to go through the screening.
“They want to see how you’ll adapt to stress they want to see how different aspects of your life translate into the career,” said Gandhi, noting there is a high success rate but “there is a good amount [of people] that don’t even make it past the first day."
The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department says conversations were had at every level about the Tyre Nichols body camera footage.
In terms of safeguards there are multiple levels of supervision for ever member of the department.
But also, body cameras.
The department was one of the last agencies in the area to use them. Their policy is to have the camera on for all incidents except when it might affect privacy for example: sexual assault victims.
“There might be some misconception that police are scared of body cameras that the sheriff’s department is scared of body cameras and that’s quite frankly not the case on the line because it helps us far more than it can hurt us,” said Gandhi.
Activists like Berry Accius say there have been several incidents involving the Sacramento Sheriff that they say could be clarified by releasing more body camera video.
"There's a lot of people right now currently just here in Sacramento, that haven't got any bit of comfort, or resolve in their issues,” said Accius.
Gandhi believes the Memphis incident, where five officers fatally beat Tyre Nichols, did not put more pressure on their department to be any more or less transparent.
“I think we’ve done a good job with it and we will continue to do so,” he said.
Accius says that simply having body camera’s is not enough but more needs to change when it comes to choosing the right people for the job.
“For folks that put on a badge, that they will honor that badge and truly protect and serve, not hunt and kill anyone, whether it's black or white. I think that until we recognize the systematic issues of what we're dealing with and what we're facing — in not only our communities — but in law enforcement, we're going to continue to be here over and over again,” said Accius.
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Dolphins' best 21st century non-QBs
June 14, 2023 12:27 PM
Chris Simms and Ahmed Fareed examine the greatest players, not including QBs, to represent Miami in the 21st century, featuring Ricky Williams, Jason Taylor, Cameron Wake, Zach Thomas and Xavien Howard.
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- Florida Arbor Day is recognized on the third Friday in January
- Company encourages strategic tree planting to maximize environmental benefits, conserve energy and help keep power on
- Nearly 11,000 trees distributed since 2017 through Energy-Saving Trees program
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Jan. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In honor of Florida Arbor Day, Duke Energy Florida is collaborating with the Arbor Day Foundation's Energy-Saving Trees program to give away 1,200 free trees.
Starting on Florida Arbor Day, January 20, Duke Energy customers can request a free tree online at arborday.org/dukeenergy, until all trees are distributed.
The one-gallon trees are shipped directly to customers' homes with planting and care instructions. They are expected to be delivered in time for National Arbor Day, April 28, 2023.
Available tree species include the dahoon holly, sweetbay magnolia, baldcypress, crape myrtle (pink) and crape myrtle (red).
Duke Energy Florida is donating $50,000 to the Arbor Day Foundation to purchase and distribute the trees through its Energy-Saving Trees program.
"For years, Duke Energy Florida has teamed up with the Arbor Day Foundation in giving away nearly 11,000 free trees to customers and communities throughout the state," said Melissa Seixas, Duke Energy Florida state president. "To provide reliable service, it's important we maintain trees and other vegetation along the lines that deliver electricity to our customers. By planting the right tree in the right place, you are assisting us in providing the safe, reliable service you depend on, while helping to keep the environment healthy and beautiful."
The Arbor Day Foundation's Energy-Saving Trees and Tree Line USA programs demonstrate how trees and utilities can coexist for the benefit of communities and citizens by highlighting best management practices in public and private utility arboriculture. Duke Energy Florida has been recognized for its tree management practices for 17 consecutive years.
For information about planning and planting vegetation around electrical facilities, please visit Duke Energy's Right Tree Right Place website.
Duke Energy Florida
Duke Energy Florida, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, owns 10,300 megawatts of energy capacity, supplying electricity to 1.9 million residential, commercial and industrial customers across a 13,000-square-mile service area in Florida.
Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), a Fortune 150 company headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., is one of America's largest energy holding companies. Its electric utilities serve 8.2 million customers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky, and collectively own 50,000 megawatts of energy capacity. Its natural gas unit serves 1.6 million customers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Ohio and Kentucky. The company employs 28,000 people.
Duke Energy is executing an aggressive clean energy transition to achieve its goals of net-zero methane emissions from its natural gas business by 2030 and net-zero carbon emissions from electricity generation by 2050. The company has interim carbon emission targets of at least 50% reduction from electric generation by 2030, 50% for Scope 2 and certain Scope 3 upstream and downstream emissions by 2035, and 80% from electric generation by 2040. In addition, the company is investing in major electric grid enhancements and energy storage, and exploring zero-emission power generation technologies such as hydrogen and advanced nuclear.
Duke Energy was named to Fortune's 2022 "World's Most Admired Companies" list and Forbes' "World's Best Employers" list. More information is available at duke-energy.com. The Duke Energy News Center contains news releases, fact sheets, photos and videos. Duke Energy's illumination features stories about people, innovations, community topics and environmental issues. Follow Duke Energy on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.
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Media line: 800.559.3853
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Ohio's Largest Nonprofit Energy Aggregator Requests Swift Consideration by PUCO to Re-Enroll Electric Customers in June 2023
SOLON, Ohio, Dec. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Over 100 interested parties filed comments with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) in support of the Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council's (NOPEC) continued certification today strongly endorsing NOPEC's recertification as a supplier to its 208 electric member communities.
"NOPEC has an outstanding 21+ year track record, and is supported by its member communities, community organizations, customers, elected state officials and others as demonstrated by the overwhelming number of comments filed with the PUCO today. In the best interest of Ohio consumers, on November 22 we respectfully requested that the PUCO approve NOPEC's renewal certificate application expeditiously. By doing so, hundreds of thousands of Ohio consumers will benefit by having NOPEC as a choice when we plan to reenroll our customers in June 2023, amidst a likely higher utility default price environment", said Chuck Keiper, NOPEC's Executive Director.
The Office of the Ohio Consumer's Counsel (OCC), in an appeal filed earlier in the week, agreed that swift resolution of NOPEC'S recertification will benefit Ohio consumers. The PUCO's "suspension of NOPEC's certificate renewal can be expected to lead to more uncertainty. That means more market risk and potentially higher electricity prices for FirstEnergy's standard-offer consumers, "the OCC wrote in their filing calling for NOPEC's recertification.
In August, NOPEC informed the PUCO that it was taking an unprecedented action to help its nearly 550,000 electric customers across Ohio benefit by transitioning them back to the utilities' standard service offer (SSO) to take advantage of their currently lower electric generation rates. While that move will continue to benefit the average residential customer well into 2023, NOPEC needs to take steps now to prepare to bring those customers back to the NOPEC electric aggregation in June 2023, to provide customers a competitively-priced option as compared to next summer's projected higher utility SSO rates.
Andrew Thomas, Director of Cleveland State University's Energy Policy Center and co-author of several whitepapers on the benefits of electric deregulation in Ohio, said NOPEC "made the correct and responsible decision" in returning customers to the lower-priced electric service offered by utilities, adding that "substantially higher pricing is likely to happen with the next SSO offering," making it critical that NOPEC's competitive rates be available to consumers by June 2023. "The decision of NOPEC to temporarily put its customers into the SSO under recent market conditions should be celebrated, not condemned," Thomas added.
NOPEC acted in August to return its customers to lower SSO rates as utility customers across the nation were seeing higher bills as energy markets experienced unprecedented inflation because of global and domestic economic issues and hotter than normal weather driving up demand. NOPEC said it and other retailers' electric rates spiked significantly higher than the utilities' rates, also known as the Price to Compare, because the utilities rates were determined in auctions conducted prior to April 2022, when energy prices were considerably lower.
Shortly after the customer transition was announced, the PUCO received a complaint about that move from an energy provider and issued an Entry that NOPEC "show cause" to justify why it should continue to be certified as an electric governmental aggregator in Ohio.
In NOPEC's formal response to the show cause entry filed in September, NOPEC explained that its action was to put its customers and communities first, and that it acted in accordance with Ohio law and PUCO rules in doing so. "NOPEC acted in the best interest of all of its Standard Price customers – including the most vulnerable – and returned them to the SSO," NOPEC's response noted. "Simply put, NOPEC's decision was both lawful and the right thing to do."
Nearly 80 NOPEC member communities as well as numerous state legislators and pro-consumer, education and business organizations and others, have submitted comments to the PUCO in support of NOPEC's continued certification.
Lakewood City Councilman Tom Bullock wrote: "Our community's residents have participated in NOPEC's electric aggregation since 2000, and NOPEC has been a valued partner for our city these many years," citing NOPEC's customer service, stable financing, prudent and experienced management, and ability to negotiate better deals for consumers, giving them flexible choices "without anti-consumer clauses hidden in the 'fine print.'''
Kayla Griffin, President of the Cleveland NAACP Branch, said NOPEC's decision to transition its customers to the lower-priced utility rate option "must have been a difficult decision and not one that any for-profit electric company would have made." Griffin added, "We understand that NOPEC's electric price program unexpectedly increased this year due to reasons beyond its control. We also understand that many customers were already making the switch back to their default utility. The practical impact of this reality is, had NOPEC not switched all customers to the lower cost option, the customers who could least afford higher rates would have been the only ones paying the higher amount. We applaud NOPEC for doing the right thing."
Jon R. Veard, Managing Partner of Property Technicians Inc. in Lorain County, wrote "NOPEC is able to support small and medium sized businesses like ours because of its robust energy aggregation programs," adding that "NOPEC did the right thing for our community, small businesses and residents."
"We look forward to working with the PUCO and its Staff to continue our electric aggregation program, for the benefit of the hundreds of thousands of residential and small business electric customers in the 208 Ohio communities that NOPEC represents," added NOPEC's Keiper.
The Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council (NOPEC) is the largest nonprofit governmental energy aggregator in Ohio supplying electricity and natural gas to residential and small business accounts in 242 communities and 19 counties statewide.
Since 2001, NOPEC has saved Ohio consumers hundreds of millions of dollars on their energy costs through our consumer advocacy efforts. NOPEC has also awarded over $40 million in community energy-efficiency grants. For more information about NOPEC, visit us at nopec.org.
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ODENVILLE, Ala. (WIAT) — According to the Odenville Police Department, a 12-year-old girl was accidentally shot Friday afternoon.
The Odenville Police and Fire Departments were dispatched to a residence on Love Joy Terrance road off Highway 411. Someone called 911 to report on a 911 call that a 12-year-old female had been accidentally shot in the stomach.
Once first responders arrived at the scene, the juvenile victim was treated by medics and flown to Children’s Hospital in Birmingham. She is currently in stable condition.
The St. Clair County Sherriff’s Office Investigations Division is investigating the incident alongside OPD.
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union imposed more sanctions on Russia on Thursday over the war in Ukraine after the bloc’s member states backed a series of measures that would include gold imports and tighten export controls on some high-technology goods.
European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said that the “reinforced, prolonged EU sanctions against the Kremlin” send “a strong signal to Moscow: we will keep the pressure high for as long as it takes.”
The details of the sanctions were still unclear since they still need to be posted in the EU’s official journal.
EU officials have been seeking all week to tighten the extensive package of sanctions on Russia and looking at ways to add a ban on gold exports in hopes that the measures might finally start to have a decisive impact on the war in Ukraine.
EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell said Monday that at the moment “the most important thing is a ban on Russian gold,” which is Moscow’s second-largest export industry after energy.
The Group of Seven leading industrial nations last month already committed to a gold ban, arguing the Russia has used its gold to back up its currency to circumvent the impact of several rounds of sanctions that nations around the world had already imposed on Moscow for its Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine.
On top of the restrictive measures, the EU also decided to grant 500 million euros to boost military aid to Ukraine.
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Travel broadens the mind, not because you have seen the Eiffel Tower or the Colosseum in the metaphorical flesh, but because it teaches us that our view of the world is limited, informed — or deformed — by the rites, customs and mythologies of wherever it is we’re born, and the cultural assumptions we grow up to regard as “normal.” And while there’s no substitute for being there, this is nevertheless a lesson you can learn from your own American couch, through the offices of imported television.
One incidental benefit of the streaming wars — produced by the hunger for content, niche programming and platforms, and the big streamers’ global presence — is that programs from around the world have become available here as never before, and in such profusion that you can fill your queue with interesting programs from now until New Year’s and never hear a word of English. Many foreign-language shows are available dubbed, but the sound of a tongue is as fundamental to a culture as the taste of its food. Imagine going to Italy or Egypt and every voice you hear is dubbed in English. (Of course that app will be available soon, sadly.)
These are series that, for the most part, were made for their respective native audiences; they offer an inside, not a tourist, view, and so take you places tourists don’t go. This isn’t a “best” list — “Borgen” is not on it — just a collection of things I like, shows I found fun, funny, surprising, enlightening, exciting or beautiful, or that opened a window onto a new world. Each will free you for a while from American ways of thinking.
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El Encargado (Hulu). In this splendidly rendered dark comedy of social and economic class, Guillermo Francella plays Eliseo, the manager of a luxury condominium in Buenos Aires, who in 30 years has come to identify the building as his own, and the tenants, upon whom he spies, as what must be managed. He’s a man not averse to kickbacks, or surreptitiously renting out a flat when its owners go on vacation, but he takes pride in his work. Suddenly faced with a plan to build a pool on the terrace that will eliminate his living quarters, and his job, Eliseo quietly goes to war.
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Inspector Rex (MHz Choice). Long-running, colorful, location-rich ‘90s police procedural teams groovy Vienna police detective Tobias Moretti with the eponymous police dog. (A German shepherd, so he speaks the language.) They’re roommates too.
BELGIUM
Rough Diamonds (Netflix). Set in Antwerp among Orthodox Jewish diamond merchants, this stately series is played in Yiddish, Flemish, English and French. A suicide in the Wolfson family brings estranged, secularized brother Noah (Kevin Janssens) back from England, to find that his late sibling’s gambling debts have brought their business under the thumb of Albanian mobsters. Prosecutor Jo Smets (Els Dottermans) is interested. With Ini Massez, centered and powerful as Noah’s sensible sister Adina, and Marie Vick as Gila, the girl he left behind.
EGYPT
Paranormal (Netflix). A hangdog professor (Ahmed Amin) finds his rational worldview shaken in this series, set in 1979, that elegantly mixes horror with the lightest wash of comedy — it’s dark and scary, but never ponderous. Genre tropes — haunted house, a mummy’s curse, ghostly presences and barely glimpsed beasties — are served on a bed of family matters and self-reflection. With Aya Samaha as the fiancee the doctor would surely make miserable and Razane Jammal as an undeclared old flame (red hair sells the metaphor) back in his life, and by his side.
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FRANCE
Call My Agent (Netflix) /Standing Up (Netflix). Two from Fanny Herrero. “Call My Agent” revolves around a Parisian talent agency, disrupted by the death of its founder. The agents and their assistants collide in a sort of multi-thread screwball workplace comedy, spiced with famous actors, including Juliette Binoche, Isabelle Huppert, Monica Bellucci and Francophone American Sigourney Weaver, as themselves. The terrifically sweet “Standing Up” is set in the comedy clubs of the city’s less chic quarters, its characters struggling to make a name for themselves, with a cast that trends young and ethnically diverse. (Actual French comics make appearances, but you’re unlikely to recognize them.).
Candice Renoir (Acorn TV). This long-running police series set in a picturesque Mediterranean resort/port town delivers just what the name suggests: It’s French, fizzy and temperamentally and literally sunny. Cécile Bois plays Candice, an outsider imported, after a long sabbatical, to head a tight-knit team of investigators not quick to trust her, given her chirpy demeanor and “feminine” self-presentation. She’s also managing four kids, a nearly ex-husband and various romantic possibilities. There is eating and drinking, because you have to live.
UFOs (MHz Choice). Colorful period science-fiction comedy set in the late 1970s. When the rocket he’s worked on for a decade for the French version of NASA explodes after liftoff, engineer Didier Mathure (Melvil Poupaud) is bounced down to head a department dedicated to investigating flying saucer reports; his new associates include Marcel (Michel Vuillermoz), alert to conspiracies; Esperanto-speaking Vera, who believes; and mutton-chopped Rémy (Quentin Dolmaire). With a percolating electronic score, a “North by Northwest” homage and a flamingo.
GERMANY
Dark (Netflix). There’s a wormhole in the caves below the nuclear plant in the fictional forest town of Winden, Germany. A missing child sets off this time-spanning, time-traveling, mind-bending multifamily drama, long on Teutonic sorrow and shades of gray. Moody, mysterious. (Read more.)
ICELAND
Ordinary People (MHz Choice). Hit comedy dry as hardfiskur. Harried mother of two Júlíana (Júlíana Sara Gunnarsdóttir) — three if you count husband Tómas (Halldór Halldórsson) — finds herself the host of a comic talk show when she stumbles into a presentation by best friend, lodger and struggling actress Vala (Vala Kristin Eiriksdottir), demoted to costume-wearing sidekick. Tension, lies and kayaks ensue.
INDIA
Guilty Minds (Prime Video). First-rate, character-rich, lively legal drama, in Hindi and English, often in the same sentence. Varun Mitra and Shriya Pilgaonkar play lawyers and old friends who sometimes find themselves on opposite sides of a case; she works on the side of the underdog, he’s part of a large firm that serves the powerful. Big issues — sexual harassment in the film business, corporate water theft, what lawyers should and shouldn’t do — are raised without melodrama.
The Office (Hulu). An Indian adaptation of the American adaptation of the U.K. series. You will recognize old friends, plots and jokes — but even as we are all the same, we are not all the same.
Amid a writers’ strike largely about the power of platforms, we take a snapshot of the streaming pecking order, from Netflix to (formerly HBO) Max.
ITALY
Boris (Hulu). The fourth season of a series revived after 11 years, this hectic backstage comedy concerns the production of an Italian TV series portraying the life of Jesus, funded by a Netflix-like American streaming platform, beholden to “the algorithm” (which would like it to include a teen story). Neurotic actors, dodgy extras, beleaguered writers and a director (Francesco Pannofino) trying to hold it all together. (Boris is his fish.)
My Brilliant Friend (HBO) / The Lying Life of Adults (HBO). Two series from the works of Elena Ferrante. The first, which has so far adapted three of her “Neapolitan” novels, is an intimate epic that follows its protagonists — the impulsive, original Lila (Ludovica Nasti as a child, Gaia Girace as an adolescent) and more circumspect Lenù (Elisa Del Genio, younger; Margherita Mazzucco, older) — as they grow together and apart from 6 to 66, women in a world ruled by childish men. (Read more.) Set in the 1990s, “The Lying Life of Adults,” finds teenager Giovanna (Giordana Marengo), exploring the loud working-class roots of her quiet middle-class life; getting to know her demonized Aunt Vittoria (Valeria Golino); and figuring things out as various factions try to claim her. (Read more.)
The Law According to Lidia Poët (Netflix). A progressive feminist period mystery set in 1880s Turin and based on the historical character of Italy’s first female lawyer. Lidia (Matilda De Angelis) is accepted to the bar, then kicked out by grumpy old men; to achieve justice for the wrongly accused and socially outcast she turns detective, attaching herself as an assistant to her lawyer brother Enrico (Pier Luigi Pasino), in whose big house she comes to live, alongside his family, including handsome journalist brother-in-law Jacobo (Eduardo Scarpetta). Smart, exciting and a little naughty, it moves through a variety of social strata and historical moments, while spinning some affecting domestic arcs.
JAPAN
Heaven and Hell: Soul Exchange (Netflix). A police detective (Haruka Ayase), the lone woman in a sea of men, and her prime suspect (Issei Takahashi), the male president of a large company, Freaky Friday into one another’s bodies in a semi-comic, sweet-tempered yet suspenseful and finally quite moving murder mystery. The production is quirky — the opening motif of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony keeps popping up for some reason — but Ayase and Takahashi perform brilliantly as their own and each other’s characters, as their lives grow increasingly linked.
Midnight Diner (Netflix). An anthology series — set in and around a compact backstreet Tokyo eatery, open from midnight to 7 a.m., where night owls from all walks of life occupy its U-shaped counter — offers short stories that tend to the bittersweet, but with sweetness most prominent. Kaoru Kobayashi plays the taciturn proprietor and chef with the pacific solidity of a 20th century movie hero. Food matters — we see it prepared, watch it being eaten, hear it talked about; sometimes it plays an integral role in the story; some episodes end with a brief demonstration of the episode’s signature dish.
Tiger and Dragon (Netflix). In this deceptively complex comedy concerning stories and storytelling, a young yakuza (Tomoya Nagase), frustrated because he can’t tell a joke, comes to collect a debt from a man (Toshiyuki Nishida) who turns out to be a master of rakugo, a classical form of comic performance. In lieu of payment, the yakuza becomes his apprentice, incidentally forming a friendship with the master’s son, a talented rakugoka who only wants to design clothes. Themes from rakugo are reflected in the framing narrative; characters from the series enact the tales as they’re told from stage.
For brands like Tplus and Vix, reimagining one of Spanish-language TV’s most venerable formats is just one path to finding a younger, larger audience.
MEXICO
Cecilia (Paramount+). Mariana Treviño (recently seen here in the Tom Hanks vehicle “A Man Called Otto”) is subtly brilliant in this sweet, noisy dramedy as a woman at the center of an issues-laden extended family — including two ex-husbands, various children and stepchildren, a sister, a father — dependent on her more than is healthy for any of them. A collapse in the middle of twin daughters’ quinceañera, and a period of slow recovery, brings a doctor on the spectrum into her life.
SOUTH AFRICA
Yizo Yizo (Netflix). Many South African series are available here, but largely in English. In this very fine high-school series, set in a Black township, characters swing from Zulu to English and other tongues with ease. In its seriousness, naturalism and age-accurate casting, the show — which grew out of a campaign by the South African Department of Education, though you would never guess it — has something of the flavor of “Degrassi High,” while remaining true to its setting. Boys and girls try to figure one another; better and worse teachers struggle under an autocratic principal obsessed with discipline. Some things get bad, and some things get better.
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SOUTH KOREA
Extraordinary Attorney Woo (Netflix) / One Dollar Lawyer. (Hulu). Oddball legal series. In the globally popular “Extraordinary Attorney Woo,” Park Eun-bin plays Woo Young-woo, South Korea’s first lawyer with autism spectrum disorder. The tone is largely whimsical, often comic, but never mocking. There are office politics; there’s love in the air. The cases cover a range of subjects; the show appropriately stands up for the individual against the group and modern thought against empty tradition. In “One Dollar Lawyer,” attorney Cheon Ji-Hoon (Namkoong Min) accepts no more than $1 from needy clients; he’s cool, colorful, eccentric and behind on the rent. Barbed banter with reluctant apprentice Baek Ma Ri (Kim Ji-eun) suggests romantic inevitability.
Pachinko (Apple TV+). American-made trilingual epic melodrama tells the story of four generations of a Korean family, first in Korea under Japanese colonial rule and then in Japan, where legal restrictions and discrimination kept them a people apart. Among a huge cast of characters, Minha Kim and Oscar-winner Yuh-Jung Youn stand out as the series’ heroine, Sunja, young and old — humble, but not to be humbled. The modern storyline focuses on Solomon (Jin Ha), Sunja’s rootless Americanized grandson, who has plans. (Read more.)
The Three Musketeers (Amazon Freevee). Alexandre Dumas’ oft-adapted novel is prettily translated to 17th century South Korea, with Jung Yong-hwa a charming D’Artagnan stand-in and, notwithstanding some new narrative twists, Dumas’ main characters in temperamental form. Romance, comedy, intrigue, fascinating period work and a little bit of swordplay.
SPAIN
A Private Affair (Prime Video). A corking Nancy Drew tale set in 1960s Galicia. When rich girl Marina Quiroga (Aura Garrido), the sister of the new police commissioner, sees a woman murdered down by the port, she sets out, in the face of official resistance and sexual prejudice, to investigate. Her intelligence, beauty, bravery and madcap fabulousness inevitably spark romantic interest from detectives Pablo (Gorka Otxoa, sweet) and Andrés (Álex García, rakish). The production values are high, the cinematography cinematic, and planes and boats and trains carry the action across eight episodes for an epic feel. With Jean Reno as Hector, her faithful butler and reluctant Watson.
Garcia! (Max). Francisco Ortiz plays the title character, a handsome, super-strong super-spy put into suspended animation in 1961, who awakens in the present day and finds himself adopted by Veki Velilla’s Antonia, a talkative aspiring journalist. In his pre-suspended life, Garcia worked for an anti-Communist, nationalist, Catholic dictatorship, and now must come to terms with a democratic nation — if one in which political skulduggery is nevertheless rife — even as certain elements try to bring him down. Though there are some tragic storylines, in a Spanish key, this is fundamentally a comedy that comes with romance, action and things to say about the possibility, not to say the necessity, of change.
I Don’t Like Driving (Max). A beautifully shaped, novelistic single-season comedy, and possibly my favorite series here. Pablo (Juan Diego Botto) is a middle-aged, misanthropic literature professor who decides finally to learn to drive. He’s been stuck emotionally and literally: relying on others for rides, including his newly former but still friendly wife; caught in old patterns in the classroom; unable to form new relationships; haunted by the failure of a novel and fearful of death behind the wheel. Into his life come the friendly, forward Yolanda (Lucía Caraballo), a student of his enrolled at the same driving school, and their teacher, the avuncular, eccentric Lorenzo (David Lorente), who, unlike Pablo, considers his work a calling.
The Neighbor (Netflix). In a kind of “Santa Clause” scenario, aimless Javi (Quim Gutiérrez) finds himself the inheritor of a superhero suit and attendant powers and the message that he is now the “guardian and protector of the cosmos.” The series, however, is intensely local — for the whole of the first season, at least, concentrated around the apartment where he lives and the bar where he now and then works — and less interested in cosmic justice than the personal lives of its cast, including reporter Lola (Clara Lago), Javi’s sometime girlfriend; her free-spirited friend, Julia (Catalina Sopelana) and José Ramón (Adrián Pino), the shy student who becomes her roommate and Javi’s confidant.
SWEDEN
Rebecka Martinsson (Acorn TV). We weren’t going to get out of here without a Scandinavian mystery, and this one has the benefit of a strong female-led cast and an emphasis on human frailty rather than gritty perversity. (Which is to say, it’s kind of sad.) With Ida Engvoll as Rebecka, a Stockholm lawyer back in her small hometown after the death of a friend, and Eva Melander as Mella, chief inspector of the local constabulary, who appropriates her semi-formally to the force. And a lot of snow.
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Outpatient IV therapy provider opens eighth location in Michigan to serve patients with conditions such as Crohn's disease, multiple sclerosis and autoimmune diseases
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich., June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Infusion Associates (IA), a leading provider of medically prescribed outpatient infusion and injection therapies in the Midwest, today announced the opening of a new infusion center in Clinton Township of Macomb County as one of their three new locations to serve metro Detroit. IA opened an infusion center in Troy on June 8 and will open another in Novi in September, operating 15 locations by the end of 2022.
Infusion Associates is currently accepting new patients at 44720 Hayes Rd. in Suite 200 in Clinton Township, their newest infusion center in Michigan offering a cost-effective alternative to hospital-based treatment. IA's patient-centered care model offers outpatient treatment 365 days a year with access to comfortable reclining chairs, private rooms, high-speed internet, warm blankets, and many other amenities.
"Our promise at Infusion Associates is to make care accessible and affordable to all that need routine infusion or injection therapies," said John Crawford, director of operations with Infusion Associates. "We look forward to bringing the 'IA Way' to the surrounding communities of Macomb and Oakland counties to provide patients with a new perspective on how comfortable care can be."
Infusion Associates creates a seamless process for medical providers and their team members to refer patients as well as for patients who want to switch their care. The IA team processes prior authorizations, copay assistance, benefits eligibility all while communicating with the provider's office throughout each step of their patient's care.
Call (833) 394-0600 or visit Infusion Associates' website to request an appointment or refer a patient to the Clinton Township location in Macomb County: www.infusionassociates.com/office-locations/clinton-township-mi/
Infusion Associates (IA) provides life enhancing therapies for patients with chronic conditions, such as gastrointestinal diseases or autoimmune disorders, in a warm and comfortable environment. Current infusion centers are located in Clinton Township, Troy, Okemos, Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Grandville, Grand Haven, and Traverse City, Michigan as well as Plymouth, Minnesota. Infusion Associates provides both a patient and provider-friendly service that delivers high-quality patient care while also being the lowest cost provider of infusion therapy. For more information, please visit www.infusionassociates.com.
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Less than 24 hours after Monday’s mass shooting in Philadelphia, in which a gunman dressed in a ski mask and body armor killed five people and injured two children, right-wing pockets of social media were exploding with speculation about the suspect’s gender identity.
Among those fueling the speculation was Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., who has been repeatedly criticized for amplifying conspiracy theories and anti-LGBTQ sentiments. On Tuesday, Greene tweeted a link to an article by the right-wing media outlet The Post Millennial that includes an image from the suspect’s Facebook page that appears to show him wearing women’s clothing and jewelry.
“Another trans shooter,” Greene declared in the tweet, which had been viewed more than 853,000 times as of Wednesday night.
A representative for Greene did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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TULSA, Okla. (AP) _ Williams Cos. (WMB) on Monday reported third-quarter earnings of $600 million.
The Tulsa, Oklahoma-based company said it had net income of 49 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, came to 48 cents per share.
The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 44 cents per share.
The pipeline operator posted revenue of $3.02 billion in the period, also beating Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $2.87 billion.
Williams Cos. expects full-year earnings in the range of $1.59 to $1.76 per share.
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The Death Penalty Information Center has released its 2022 year-end report, and three items caught my eye.
First, 2022 was a year of botched executions.
The report notes a “high number of states with failed or bungled executions. Seven of the 20 execution attempts were visibly problematic … as a result of executioner incompetence, failures to follow protocols, or defects in the protocols themselves.”
All three of Arizona’s executions had “significant problems,” including the “surreal” scene of one prisoner helping the executioners find a usable vein for his own lethal injection.
There were 18 executions last year, with five each in Texas and Oklahoma. The Death Penalty Information Center, or DPIC, however, cited “serious concerns about the application of the death penalty.” Among the executed “were prisoners with serious mental illness, brain damage, intellectual disability, and strong claims of innocence.”
Texas prisoner Andre Thomas, who has ripped out the hearts of family members, stabbed himself and gouged out both his eyes, is seriously mentally ill. His execution is set for April 5.
The report notes that the victims’ families objected to two executions. The executions were done despite these objections. In two other executions, prosecutors requested to withdraw their death warrants. These requests were ignored.
In July, Alabama executioners “took three hours to set an IV line putting Joe James Jr. to death.” It now stands as “the longest botched lethal injection execution in U.S. history.”
In Tennessee, the governor stayed the execution of one prisoner when he discovered there was no testing of the execution chemicals for impurities or contamination. The governor then canceled all pending executions and appointed a former federal prosecutor to conduct a study of Tennessee’s execution process.
Second, the DPIC cited National Public Radio reporting that “corrections personnel who participate in executing prisoners experience emotional trauma so profound that it often changes their views about capital punishment.”
It has long been known that an execution exacts an emotional and physical toll on prison personnel, often leading those individuals to doubt any justification for the “ultimate penalty.”
An NPR reporter interviewed 26 current or former corrections workers who had carried out executions in 17 states and the federal government, and most “reported suffering serious mental and physical repercussions.”
To make matters worse, NPR reported “only one person said they received any psychological support from the government to help them cope.”
Of those who were required to witness an execution, including at least one person in Texas, “none said they still support the death penalty, including those who were in favor of capital punishment when they started their jobs.”
In other words, some supported the death penalty when it was remote and distant. When they actually had to watch it carried out, their views changed dramatically.
This reminds me of my late friend, the Rev. Carroll “Bud” Pickett, who spent 15 years as the death house chaplain at the Walls Unit of the Texas prison system.
It was Pickett’s responsibility to be in the death chamber with the condemned prisoner.
Pickett ministered to 95 men during their executions. At first, he supported the death penalty.
Pickett recounts in his book, “Within These Walls: Memoirs of a Death House Chaplain,” that when he began his career as a Presbyterian minister, he had “embraced the idea of putting murderers to death.”
Following the execution of Carlos DeLuna, arguably an innocent man wrongly put to death, Pickett began to reassess his feelings about the death penalty.
He confided to another chaplain, “I do not believe it’s right. And with every execution that is carried out, that belief grows stronger.”
Pickett would eventually be a strong public voice calling for abolition of the death penalty.
The third important item I found in the DPIC report was titled “Oregon’s governor commutes death row.”
Before leaving office last year, Gov. Kate Brown commuted all 17 death sentences and ordered the dismantling of Oregon’s execution chamber, declaring, “The death penalty is immoral.”
Further, she said: “It is an irreversible punishment that does not allow for correction; is wasteful of taxpayer dollars; does not make communities safer; and cannot be and never has been administered fairly and equitably.”
The same is true of Texas’s death penalty.
Roger C. Barnes is professor emeritus of sociology at the University of the Incarnate Word.
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INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Pacers and rapper 50 Cent embarked on a mutli-year partnership in 2022 to highlight youth initiatives in Indianapolis, according to a press release.
The partnership includes investments from Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s 501(c)(3) charity, The G-Unity Foundation, which will develop mentoring programs, a youth advisory council, and other initiatives to strengthen the community and enhance opportunities for the city’s youth.
The partnership also includes a wine and spirits business venture, making Jackson’s Sire Spirits the official partner of the Indiana Pacers, featuring his Branson Cognac and Le Chemin du Roi Champagne.
“What impressed me most about the Pacers organization was its firm commitment to the community which will allow me to extend my charitable efforts into Indianapolis. I am also excited to have my brands featured at one of the countries newest premiere entertainment venues. I’m excited to be a part of the new development that Gainbridge Fieldhouse will bring to the city of Indianapolis. I look forward to meeting and spending time with the fans.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s team hit Capitol Hill on Thursday, urging a fresh round of sanctions over the war in Ukraine that moves beyond wealthy oligarchs to spread the financial pain to Russian government officials, mid-level politicians and public figures.
The group is discussing with senators a list of 6,000 people for possible sanctions, including Russian defense and security officials, administrative employees, governors, members of parliament, even editors and managers at state-aligned media operations.
Vladimir Ashurkov, the executive director of Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation, said Thursday the “avalanche of sanctions” so far from the West is having an effect in Russia. But the group is seeking to reach beyond the wealthy allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin to focus on lower-level figures who potentially coud be more swayed by the financial strain.
“Let’s bring on, or at least announce, the next wave,” Ashurkov said in an interview with journalists.
While sanctions are not “silver bullets” that will stop the war, he said, “it’s one of the few instruments available to the Western countries to affect what’s going on.”
The push from Navalny’s allies this week in Washington came as Congress gave final passage to $40 billion in military and humanitarian aid to Ukrainians battling the Russian invasion, the most significant war in Europe since World War II.
Support for Ukraine is showing signs of strain in Congress, where Republicans are growing weary of emergency spending that will soon total $53 billion since Russia invaded in February. The administration is considering next steps as Western allies seek to expand the NATO military alliance with Sweden and Finland and confront the deepening assault from Putin’s Russia.
The list of new sanctions was an idea from Navalny himself, said another official involved with his group. The charismatic opposition leader has been jailed since his 2021 return to Russia after being poisoned and is considered among Putin’s most powerful critics. “Navalny” is an award-winning documentary of the Russian politician recently released in U.S. theaters.
Despite his imprisonment, Navalny remains “very much operational,” said Anna Veduta, the foundation’s vice president.
One argument the group is making to the senators, particularly the Republicans, is that unlike the hard costs of military equipment like anti-tank Javelin missiles or tanks for the Ukrainian fighters, sanctions to curtail Russia do not have a direct cost to the treasury or U.S. taxpayers.
The group also said that earlier efforts, including the decisions by credit-card giants Visa and MasterCard to suspend Russian operations, have had some detrimental impacts on Russians abroad or in exile.
“We believe the sanctions policy has to be more nuanced,” Ashurkov said.
The group said it met with Sens. Jim Risch of Idaho, the ranking Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee, Republican Marco Rubio of Florida and others. The group is also planning to meet with administration officials at the State Department, Justice and other offices in Washington.
Risch tweeted Wednesday, “It was an honor to meet” with Leonid Volkov, who is Navalny’s chief of staff.
Rubio’s office also tweeted about the senator’s meeting with Volkov.
Held in prison in Russia, Navalny is visited by his lawyers daily on weekdays and they are able to print out internet stories for him to read the latest developments. He is able to convey what he’s thinking, Veduta said.
“He’s very strong and he is working a lot,” she said.
Navalny recently issued a long Twitter thread about the need for U.S. tech platforms including Google and Facebook to free up restrictions on advertising in Russia so opposition leaders can get their voices out and counter the state-aligned messaging apparatus.
He urged President Joe Biden and other Western leaders “to urgently find a solution to crush Putin’s propaganda using the advertising power of social media.”
“Even if such advertising is bought for the full commercial price, its cost will be laughable compared to the price of this war,” Navalny wrote on Twitter.
“One shot from Javelin costs $230,000. For the same money we would get 200 million ad views in different formats and provide at least 300,000 link clicks or at least 8 million views on a video with the truth about what is happening in Ukraine.”
Navalny is about to be moved to a maximum-security prison where he will be more restricted, Veduta said.
“But he’s not going to give up and he will never give up, of course, and he’s calling against the war since day one,” she said. “He was the one of the first people to say that: We should not be against the war, we should fight against the war. And he calls on our partners here and in Europe during this fight.”
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WACO, TX (FOX 44) – The National Weather Service’s upgrade from a heat advisory to an excessive heat warning, has safety experts urging the community to take precaution
The Waco-McClennan County Office of Emergency Management says the excessive heat warning will be in effect until Sunday night.
It’s staff provides tips ranging from staying hydrated to when possible staying inside.
“Just listen to your body, make sure that you are aware of what’s going on,” said Elizabeth Thomas, coordinator of the Waco-McClennan County Office of Emergency Management. “If you feel like something is wrong, something is probably not feeling right, so you just want to check in with yourself.”
The weather outside this weekend continues to stay in the low 100s.
Thomas says the heat index could be around 112 degrees and urges the community to be cautious.
“I know we’re Texas. We’re used to the heat here, but this is really going to be dangerous conditions that could cause some kind of illness,” said Thomas.
The first stages being outside can be symptoms of heat exhaustion.
“Kind of feeling faint, dizzy, excessive sweating, kind of feeling that cool, pale or clammy skin, maybe you’re nauseous. There could be some muscle cramps,” said Thomas.
If you ignore the initial signs, it can lead to heat strokes.
“Throbbing headache, you are not sweating, your body temperature is above that 100 degree temperature. Still, that nausea or vomiting,” said Thomas.
Another symptom includes loss of consciousness.
If experiencing extreme symptoms, Thomas recommends you visit your doctor before it’s too late.
“Heat exhaustion can then lead to heat stroke, and heat stroke can even lead to death,” said Santos Soto, Public Information Officer for the Temple Fire Department.
Seeing more heat injuries as the temperature increases, Soto.
“It’s just important not to be out there for too long. If you are having to stay out there, stay hydrated, seek some shade. If you can, stay nice and cool and take care of yourself and those around you,” said Soto.
For anyone needing a place to stay cool, the City of Waco and Office of Emergency Management will open a cooling station at the multipurpose center opening tomorrow from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. until Saturday.
On Sunday, the cooling center will be at the Sul Ross Senior Center.
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Kayakers help rescue pilot after small plane crashes into creek in Maryland
Kayakers help rescue pilot after small plane crashes into creek in Maryland
LUGGAGE BY HAND. A SMALL PLANE CRASHED INTO ICY WATER THIS MORNING NEAR EDGEWATER, MARYLAND. OFFICIALS SAY THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY PERSON ON BOARD THE PLANE WHEN IT WENT DOWN INTO BEARD’S CREEK. TWO KAYAKERS ON THE CREEK WERE ABLE TO REACH THE PLANE AND PULLED THE PILOT OUT OF THE WATER. THE FACT THAT THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS WERE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE WHAT HAPPENED AND GOT INTO THEIR KAYAKS AND WENT OUT THERE. ABSOLUTELY, PROBABLY SAVED HIS LIFE. THE PILOT WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH WHAT IS SAID TO BE NON-LIFE THREATENI
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Kayakers help rescue pilot after small plane crashes into creek in Maryland
A small plane crashed into icy water near Edgewater, Maryland.Emergency crews said the plane crashed into Beard's Creek Monday morning after it went off the runway at Lee Airport.The pilot was the only person on board.Two kayakers helped pull him out of the water."The fact that these two individuals were able to recognize what happened and got into their kayaks and went out there, absolutely probably saved his life," said Lt. Jennifer Macallair, with the Anne Arundel County Fire Department.The pilot was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.The cause of the crash is under investigation.
EDGEWATER, Md. —
A small plane crashed into icy water near Edgewater, Maryland.
Emergency crews said the plane crashed into Beard's Creek Monday morning after it went off the runway at Lee Airport.
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The pilot was the only person on board.
Two kayakers helped pull him out of the water.
"The fact that these two individuals were able to recognize what happened and got into their kayaks and went out there, absolutely probably saved his life," said Lt. Jennifer Macallair, with the Anne Arundel County Fire Department.
The pilot was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The cause of the crash is under investigation.
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Sean McVay is trying to avoid 'career crisis'
January 19, 2023 03:47 PM
Sean McVay had one losing season in Los Angeles and now, the Rams have fired five of his assistant coaches. Michael Holley and Jim Trotter discuss what the future holds for the 36-year-old Super Bowl winner.
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GASTONIA, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Police say that a 24-year-old Gastonia woman was taken into custody on March 14th after she stabbed her husband.
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Around 11 a.m. on March 13th, officers say they were called to a home on Mobile Lane for a stabbing. A 25-year-old man was found with two non-life-threatening stab wounds and taken to the hospital.
After an argument, a woman stabbed her husband, officers claim. She is being held without bond and is charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill or seriously injure.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lambert, a strategic communications and advisory firm specializing in investor relations, public relations and integrated marketing, announced that Beth Wiegard joined the company as a Director in its Capital Markets group. In this role, Wiegard will be an integral member of the firm's private equity (PE) practice, which was ranked first in The Deal's list of private equity PR firms for the second quarter of 2022.
"Beth's expertise in financial communications and public relations will be a great asset to us in advancing the growth and development strategies of our current and future PE clients," said Lambert Managing Director Cornell Hazelton. "We're excited to welcome her to our top ranked PE team."
Wiegard started her career in communications in higher education, writing grant proposals and promotional materials for Fordham University in New York City. She then moved into financial communications at Ogilvy Adams & Rinehart (now Ogilvy), where she developed and implemented client programs in the financial services, energy, defense and telecommunications industries, including work on M&A transactions, proxy fights and crisis communications. Wiegard earned her master's degree from the University of Toronto and her bachelor's degree from Fordham University.
"It is essential for PE firms to be strategic in their use of communications in order to reach their growth and investment goals in a complex and rapidly changing market," said Wiegard. "I'm thrilled to join the Lambert PE team and look forward to helping further the success of its outstanding—and expanding—client portfolio."
Founded in 1998, Lambert invented the PR and IR integrated agency model with over 20 years of continuous growth attributed to the firm's laser focus on strategic communications and bottom-line results in the achievement of client goals. The award-winning national agency is a top-40 PR and top-15 IR firm with top-5 specialties in automotive and mobility, education, and M&A/private equity, alongside robust practice areas in consumer packaged goods, healthcare and biotech, and tourism and hospitality. The firm's reach spans major talent hubs, including New York City, Detroit, St. Louis, Houston, and Phoenix. Lambert is a founding partner of TiiCKER, a shareholder loyalty, marketing, and perks platform, and an equity partner in minority-owned independent marketing agency 9th Wonder. Lambert's Founder and Chairman Jeff Lambert is the global board chair of PROI Worldwide, the world's largest and most diverse partnership of PR firms, and named 2021 Ally of the Year, the top diversity award in public relations issued by Diversity Action Alliance.
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Summer is in full swing and many people look forward to enjoying times outdoors.
Why not have fun and enjoy it with some wine?
The New River Vineyard is hosting several events to officially kickoff summer.
Owners say the Pulaski County Tourism leaders held many events which helped promote their business.
NRV also opened a brewery, Lil Squeech Brewing.
If you want more information, check out The New River Vineyard & Winery in Fairlawn, Virginia (nrvwine.com)
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WFO DALLAS / FT. WORTH Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, June 21, 2022
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AIR QUALITY ALERT
...OZONE ACTION DAY...
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has issued
an Ozone Action Day for the Dallas-Fort Worth area for Tuesday,
June 21, 2022.
Atmospheric conditions are expected to be favorable for producing
high levels of ozone air pollution in the Dallas-Fort Worth area
on Tuesday. You can help prevent ozone pollution by sharing a
ride, walking, riding a bicycle, taking your lunch to work,
avoiding drive-through lanes, conserving energy, and keeping your
vehicle properly tuned.
For more information on ozone:
Ozone: The Facts (www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/ozonefacts)
Air North Texas: (www.airnorthtexas.org)
EPA Air Now
(www.airnow.gov/index.cfm?action.local_state&STATEID=45&TAB=0)
Take care of Texas (www.takecareoftexas.org)
North Central Texas Council of Governments Air Quality
(www.nctcog.org/trans/air/index.asp)
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Elina Svitolina vs. Marketa Vondrousova: Prediction and Match Betting Odds | Wimbledon
In Wimbledon semifinals on Thursday, Elina Svitolina takes on Marketa Vondrousova.
In this Semifinal match, Vondrousova is the favorite (-135) against Svitolina (+110) .
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Elina Svitolina vs. Marketa Vondrousova Match Information
- Tournament: Wimbledon
- Round: Semifinals
- Date: Thursday, July 13
- TV Channel: ESPN
- Venue: AELTC Wimbledon Qualifying and Community Sports Ground
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Court Surface: Grass
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Elina Svitolina vs. Marketa Vondrousova Prediction and Odds
Based on the moneyline in this match, Marketa Vondrousova has a 57.4% chance to win.
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Elina Svitolina vs. Marketa Vondrousova Trends and Insights
- In the quarterfinals on Tuesday, Svitolina took down No. 1-ranked Iga Swiatek, 7-5, 6-7, 6-2.
- Vondrousova won 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 versus Jessica Pegula in the quarterfinals on Tuesday.
- Svitolina has played 14 matches over the past 12 months across all court surfaces, and 20.5 games per match.
- Svitolina has played one match on grass over the past year, and 14.0 games per match.
- In her 34 matches in the past year across all court surfaces, Vondrousova is averaging 20.8 games per match while winning 58.7% of those games.
- In eight matches on grass courts in the past 12 months, Vondrousova has averaged 22.1 games per match and 11.1 games per set, winning 55.9% of those games.
- When matching up against Svitolina, Vondrousova has a 2-0 record. They last met in the semifinals of the Olympic Games, on July 29, 2021, which was a 6-3, 6-1 victory for Vondrousova.
- In four total sets against one another, Vondrousova has won four, while Svitolina has secured zero.
- Vondrousova has bettered Svitolina in 24 of 31 total games between them, good for a 77.4% winning percentage.
- Svitolina and Vondrousova have played two times, averaging 15.5 games and 2.0 sets per match.
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Winter camping is a must-try experience. Although it may seem intimidating at first, nothing compares to the beauty of the pristine winter wilderness, and more importantly, nothing beats curling up in the coziest sleeping bag for a well-deserved rest.
Whether you’re an avid winter backpacker or just gearing up for your first outing, you’re going to need a quality sleeping bag that’s capable of handling the weather wherever you are, and then some. The last thing you want to do is get caught outside in the winter without the proper gear. However, with so many brands, styles and insulation types to choose from, finding the right sleeping bag can be a challenge.
In this article: Outdoor Vitals Summit Sleeping Bag, Hike and Byke Quandary Sleeping Bag and Marmot Ironwood 30-Degree Lightweight Sleeping Bag.
Best down sleeping bags for winter camping
Outdoor Vitals Summit Sleeping Bag
With 800-plus fill down insulation and a cocoon-like mummy shape, the Outdoor Vitals Summit sleeping bag is more than equipped to handle the needs of intermediate to advanced outdoor campers. It can keep you warm in temperatures as low as 15 degrees and doesn’t weigh more than 2 pounds inside the compression pouch.
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Hike & Byke Quandary Sleeping Bag
If you’re looking for performance on a budget, you’re in the right place. Rated for 15 degrees and equipped with 650 fill duck down insulation, this bag has all the high-end essentials for a fraction of the price. However, the compression sack could be more effective since this bag is still a bit bulky in its smallest form.
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Marmot Ironwood 30-Degree Lightweight Sleeping Bag
Depending on where you are, winter camping may mean preparing for sudden drops in temperature, from searing heat to a cool 30 or 40 degrees, which is common in the desert. If this is the case where you are, you’re going to need a lightweight transitional sleeping bag like the Marmot Ironwood.
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Hyke & Byke Eolus Hiking and Backpacking Sleeping Bag
If you’re an experienced winter camper or someone who lives far north, you’re likely going to need a more capable sleeping bag that’s rated for zero degrees. The Eolus has lightweight, compressible 800 fill down insulation that makes it easy to carry and easier to fall asleep in.
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Best synthetic insulation sleeping bags for winter camping
Marmot Trestles 30 Mummy Sleeping Bag
The Trestles is great for backpackers and campers who plan to use their sleeping bag outside of the winter season. The synthetic insulation is lightweight and warm and won’t become slogged with water if it rains or snows overnight. Going to bed in a wet sleeping bag in the winter can be downright dangerous, but you really won’t have to worry with the Trestles because of its water-repellent coating.
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Elite Survival Systems ELSRECON4-T Sleeping Bag
If you’re going to be braving rough terrain, this is the bag for you. Constructed from heavy-duty ripstop nylon on the inside and outside, it’s equipped with thick yet packable insulation that’s rated to keep you comfortable in temperatures as low as 23 degrees.
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This Coleman sleeping bag has a traditional design and feel, thanks to the flannel lining and wide rectangular shape. Although the Big Game sleeping bag isn’t as packable as others, it’s durable and reliable, which is all you need for short excursions. It also comes with a neat camping pillow that will save you a sore neck for the walk back.
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Kelty Cosmic Synthetic Fill Backpacking Sleeping Bag
The Kelty Cosmic gives you the best of both worlds when it comes to insulation. Synthetic fill has the loose, soft feel of down insulation and the quick-drying properties of synthetic insulation. Kelty has been a leader in the outdoor gear industry for more than 50 years, and its experience shows through in the quality of this sleeping bag.
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Best two-person sleeping bags for winter camping
Teton Sports Tracker Ultralight Double Sleeping Bag
Some things are better in pairs, and winter camping is one of them. Like most Teton products, the Tracker has a durable construction that you and a partner can rely on to keep you warm on multiday excursions. Designed with backpacks and adventurers in mind, the Tracker uses quick-drying synthetic insulation to keep you warm.
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Kelty Tru.Comfort Doublewide 20 Degree Sleeping Bag
Although the Tru.Comfort Doublewide is designed for two people, there’s plenty of individual comfort customization options, such as independent ventilation, a removable top layer and two-way zippered foot vents. Also, because this sleeping sack is a square, you can comfortably fit small children as well.
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Best kids sleeping bags for winter camping
Teton Sports Celsius Jr. Sleeping Bag
Teton has earned a reputation for producing high-quality gear at an affordable price, and its kids line is no different. This sleeping bag is rated for 20 degrees, so you won’t have to worry about your kids waking you up in the middle of the night because they’re cold. To top it all off, this sleeping bag weighs less than 3 pounds.
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Kelty Kids Mistral Sleeping Bag
The Mistral is the perfect kids sleeping bag for the budding adventurer. The efficient mummy design keeps heat in while reducing weight, which is important for anyone who frequently has to carry their kid’s pack while hiking. The liner is also quilted and coated with waterproofing in case of any leaks or spills on the inside.
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Worth checking out
- The North Face One Bag Camping Sleeping Bag has superb all-year versatility, thanks to its hybrid down and synthetic insulation that’s comfortable in temperatures as high as 40 degrees and as low as 5 degrees.
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Ariel Rivera advocates for long-term reauthorization with key reforms, including greater transparency in Risk Rating 2.0
WASHINGTON, May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) needs a long-term reauthorization and key reforms, according to testimony provided on May 25 before the House Financial Services Committee by the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA).
Testifying on behalf of PIA was Ariel Rivera, founder and agency principal of Deer Insurance Agency, an independent insurance agency located in Jacksonville, Florida. Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Rivera has over 18 years of experience in the industry and currently sells flood insurance both through the NFIP and the private market. He also serves as Secretary of the national PIA.
Rivera addressed a broad range of issues regarding the flood program, including PIA's support of Risk Rating (RR) 2.0; the NFIP's need for a long-term reauthorization; the importance of a continuous coverage provision; the benefits of creating an affordability framework; and the need for greater rate transparency.
PIA strongly supports RR 2.0 because it will make the NFIP more solvent while also providing policyholders with more accurate information about their properties' flood risk. With better information, we hope property owners will learn more about their risk of flood, engage in mitigation efforts where needed, and, ultimately, purchase flood insurance that matches their risk.
However, Rivera said, the RR 2.0 system lacks sufficient transparency.
"The rating engine was designed to take in data from agents and produce a rate, so the system does not show how it arrives at a particular rate," he said. "Agents cannot see what effect any single data point has, making it nearly impossible for them to walk policyholders through the system's process of building an increased rate. Policyholders deserve to understand how their data is being used to calculate their premiums, whether mitigation efforts could change those premiums, and how existing mitigation efforts are accounted for in the new system.
"Independent agents are the face of the NFIP, and our expertise and personal attention to our clients are vital assets to the program. The lack of transparency in the rating engine makes our work harder because it leaves us with frustrated clients and incomplete information. Better information about how rates are produced would help us maintain the level of service we are accustomed to providing and would improve the customer experience. Increased transparency will lead to an increase in the flood insurance take-up rate all over the country, which will further strengthen the NFIP."
The program's most recent five-year reauthorization expired on September 30, 2017, nearly five years ago. Leading up to that deadline, Congress was unable to agree on reforms to the program. As a result, the NFIP briefly lapsed three times within a three-week period in early 2018. Since the 2017 deadline, the NFIP has been subject to around 20 extensions of varying lengths, and its current extension will expire on September 30, 2022.
"The series of short-term extensions over the last five years has been extremely disruptive for everyone associated with the NFIP, including policyholders," Rivera said. "Even if the program does not lapse, the federal government and every facet of the insurance industry incurs costs associated with preparing for a lapse as the NFIP's next expiration date approaches."
Rivera noted that the inclusion of a continuous coverage provision in any reauthorization is one of PIA's top priorities. Continuous coverage would allow policyholders to move between the private market and the NFIP without penalty. "We were gratified to witness the bipartisan support this provision garnered in the 2019 committee vote and appreciate its inclusion in the draft legislative text associated with today's hearing."
PIA stated that, to increase the take-up rate, particularly in high-risk areas, the NFIP needs an affordability framework with means testing to ensure that flood insurance is not out of reach for those who need it most. PIA is committed to the creation of an affordability framework to ensure that existing NFIP policyholders are not priced out of their homes as their rates increase along the glide path toward full risk.
"Because agents are in regular communication with existing and prospective policyholders, they are already seeing the effects of RR 2.0 increases in some of the communities they serve," Rivera testified.
Consumers and agents need more information about how the new methodology's rating factors combine to calculate NFIP premiums, especially in the context of mitigation efforts. Reauthorization should include provisions demanding greater rate transparency from FEMA, including information about how the rating engine builds a rate and how rating factors may be used to increase or decrease a rate. Everyone invested in the future of the NFIP would benefit from understanding how the system is intended to work.
Rep. Nydia Velázquez's National Flood Insurance Program Administrative Reform Act of 2022 includes provisions that would strengthen disclosure requirements for NFIP policies, and PIA supports these provisions.
PIA also advocated for the creation of an Agent Advisory Council housed within FEMA, but independent of the agency, which could provide FEMA with agents' recommendations to enhance the customer experience.
In conclusion, PIA's Rivera urged Congress to work toward a long-term NFIP reauthorization that will attract and retain policyholders and provide everyone associated with the program the certainty they need to remain in the business of flood insurance.
"We support the NFIP because it provides critical flood coverage to residential and commercial property owners, and we support Risk Rating 2.0 because it provides property owners with a more accurate estimate of their flood risk than was previously available to them," said Rivera. "This additional information will help property owners make sound decisions about how to protect their investments. Plus, the progress toward risk-based rates will enable the NFIP to rebuild its long-term financial stability for the first time in nearly twenty years."
Founded in 1931, PIA is a national trade association that represents member insurance agents and their employees who sell and service all kinds of insurance but specialize in coverage of automobiles, homes, and businesses. PIA's web address is www.pianational.org.
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Comanche Nation mourns loss of former chairman
Published: Jun. 19, 2023 at 9:55 PM CDT|Updated: 43 minutes ago
LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - The Comanche Nation is mourning the loss of a former chairman, Bernard Kahrahrah.
“This Comanche Warrior’s soul is now at peace. May our condolences bring his family comfort, and may our prayers ease the pain of our loss,” current Comanche Nation chairman, Mark Woommavovah, said. “What an amazing person and what a remarkable life Bernard shared with us. We feel so lucky that Chairman Kahrahrah was a part of our Comanche family.”
All Comanche Nation flags have been ordered to be flown at half staff in recognition of the former chairman.
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Supreme Court Refuses to Review California Law Curtailing Independent Contractors
WASHINGTON, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to take a case seeking to overturn a California law on worker misclassification, and by doing so expanded employment protections to California truck drivers currently misclassified as independent contractors.
In denying the petition of the California Trucking Association, the court will let stand AB 5, a California law meant to ensure that those who work at the beck-and-call of a company must be considered employees. The measure, which was signed into law in 2019 but hadn't fully gone into effect, was landmark legislation for California truck drivers, particularly at the ports, who rallied with the Teamsters for years against being improperly labeled as contract workers.
"Finally, port truck drivers and so many others across California will have the opportunity to join together and earn a fair wage that allows them to support their families," said Sean M. O'Brien, Teamsters General President. "These companies can no longer take advantage of workers and fill their own executive pockets with unfairly earned profits."
"AB 5 was a significant victory in the Teamsters' decades-long battle against misclassification in trucking," said Jason Rabinowitz, President of Teamsters Joint Council 7. "We thank the courts for letting stand legislation that guarantees truck drivers the employment protections they deserve. Now it's time to enforce this law."
The Teamsters worked with Attorney General Rob Bonta to help defend the legislation.
"Over the last decade, the California Labor Commissioner found misclassification is rampant at our ports, in construction, package delivery, and more," said Randy Cammack, President of Teamsters Joint Council 42. "The race-to-the-bottom in trucking is going to end in California when the Teamsters help to enforce AB 5."
Companies purposefully and deceptively misclassify their workers as independent contractors to deny workers fair wages and benefits, and to avoid paying employee-related expenses, like unemployment insurance, workers' compensation and Social Security. This corporate greed damages the economy, leaves workers' lives in jeopardy, and puts good employers who play by the rules at a competitive disadvantage.
Lorena Gonzalez, who previously authored AB 5 as a state legislator and now is the incoming Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the California Labor Federation, said workers will now have a better quality of life thanks to the law.
"AB 5 stands for the simple principle that all workers deserve the protections of employment status, including the right to unionize," Gonzalez said. "Misclassified truck drivers have been at the forefront of this fight for decades. The courts have spoken and AB 5 is the law of the land. Now it's time for us to crackdown on abusive employers and better the lives of working people."
Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents 1.2 million hardworking men and women throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Visit www.teamster.org for more information. Follow us on Twitter @Teamsters and "like" us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/teamsters.
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NEW YORK, July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Teladoc Health, Inc. ("Teladoc" or the "Company") (NYSE: TDOC) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Teladoc investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud between October 28, 2021 and April 27, 2022. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
TDOC investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (i) increased competition, among other factors, was negatively impacting Teladoc's BetterHelp and chronic care businesses; (ii) accordingly, the growth of those businesses was less sustainable than Defendants had led investors to believe; (iii) as a result, Teladoc's revenue and adjusted EBITDA projections for FY 2022 were unrealistic; (iv) as a result of all the foregoing, Teladoc would be forced to recognize a significant non-cash goodwill impairment charge; and (v) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Teladoc during the relevant time frame, you have until August 5, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
WHY LEVI & KORSINSKY: Over the past 20 years, the team at Levi & Korsinsky has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders and built a track record of winning high-stakes cases. Our firm has extensive expertise representing investors in complex securities litigation and a team of over 70 employees to serve our clients. For seven years in a row, Levi & Korsinsky has ranked in ISS Securities Class Action Services' Top 50 Report as one of the top securities litigation firms in the United States.
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Man accused of taking small child from mother’s shopping cart at store, police say
ATTALLA, Ala. (WBRC/Gray News) - Police in Alabama say they are searching for a man who allegedly took a child from a mother’s shopping cart Thursday afternoon.
According to the Attalla Police Department, a report was filed saying that an older man had picked up a small child from the mother’s cart and then placed the child in his shopping cart.
The mother reportedly took the child back immediately.
Police said investigators have been able to determine the man is a truck driver for a trucking company based in Illinois after viewing surveillance footage from the store.
Attalla police said they are also working with several state agencies to find the man in question.
Anyone with further information has been urged to contact the Attalla Police Department at 256-538-7837.
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TOKYO (AP) — Toshiba shareholders approved 13 nominated directors to its board Tuesday, as the Japanese technology giant struggles to restore its one-time glory and set a clear leadership direction.
Chief Executive Taro Shimada, who oversaw the annual shareholders’ meeting in Tokyo, said the majority had voted to OK that plan.
He promised shareholders Toshiba Corp. would forge ahead with clean energy, infrastructure projects, data services, devices and storage. He stressed the Tokyo-based company had boosted profits for the latest fiscal year, ended in April, to 194.7 billion yen ($1.4 billion), up from 114 billion yen the previous fiscal year.
By 2030, Toshiba is aiming for 5 trillion yen ($37 billion) in annual sales, up from about 3 trillion yen ($22 billion), now.
During the question-and-answer session, several shareholders got up to express concern about the future of Toshiba, saying its management appeared confused and its brand image negative.
Toshiba has been studying privatization as it tries to move ahead with the latest restructuring plan. Some potential investors are recommending Toshiba go private. At the meeting, several shareholders said they opposed privatization because Toshiba was involved in public works projects that widely affect society.
Toshiba has also set up a special committee to oversee the restructuring efforts, headed by Jerry Black, who joined the board as an outside director in 2019. Black, who has extensive experience in Japanese management, also spoke at the shareholders’ meeting, stressing his commitment to bring back a strong Toshiba.
In March, investors rejected a company-backed reform proposal to split Toshiba into two businesses. An earlier plan that also was scrapped had called for a three-way split.
The options will now be narrowed, and there was no clear indication at Tuesday’s shareholders’ meeting. But speculation is rife the bid will move forward because of the addition of those more likely to push for such a move, including Eijiro Imai, who works with Farallon Capital Japan, and Nabeel Bhanji, with Elliott Investment Management, a major investor in Toshiba.
Japan Investment Corp., owned partly by the Japanese government, and U.S. investment fund Bain Capital are reportedly among those trying to acquire Toshiba. Black has said Toshiba is working closely with the Japanese government in evaluating its options.
Toshiba, founded about 150 years ago, has been struggling since the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011. An earthquake and tsunami damaged a nuclear plant in northeastern Japan, sending three reactors into meltdowns and spewing radiation over an area that’s still partly a no-go zone. Toshiba is involved in decommissioning the damaged plant, which will take decades.
Former chief executive Satoshi Tsunakawa, who tried to lead Toshiba through reforms in recent years, has been replaced by Shimada, formerly with Siemens.
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(WKBN) – June 1 may mark just the start of hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico, but this year’s hurricane names are already set.
The World Meteorological Organization decided on the list of 21 names. When a tropical storm strengthens to wind speeds of 39 mph or higher, it gets a name from the list, starting in alphabetical order.
There are 26 letters in the alphabet but only 21 names chosen. The letters Q, U, X, Y and Z are all left off because they aren’t common enough to be easily understood in local languages spoken in North America, Central America and the Caribbean (areas all affected by hurricanes).
There are six lists of names, which are rotated through and recycled every six years. For example, the list used in 2023 will also be used in 2029.
The only time there is a change in the lists is if a hurricane is so costly or deadly that the future use of its name would be inappropriate or insensitive. If this occurs, the name is retired, and another is selected to replace it.
For example, Fiona and Ian from 2022 were recently retired and replaced with Farrah and Idris for the next time that list of names is recycled.
What are the 2023 Atlantic hurricane names?
Here is the list of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane names and their pronunciations.
This year, long-range forecasters are predicting a slightly below-average hurricane season thanks to an expected El Niño climate pattern.
But in the event that this year’s hurricane season exceeds expectations and produces more than 21 named storms, additional names will be pulled from a backup list agreed upon by the World Meteorological Organization. The WMO used to use Greek letters after the primary list was exhausted, but said it caused too much confusion and abandoned the system in 2021.
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SINGAPORE, Feb. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- XT.COM, the world's first socially infused trading platform, is thrilled to announce the listing of PLCU on its platform in the innovation zone, and the PLCU/USDT trading pair will be open for trading from 2023-02-03 10:00 (UTC).
- Users can deposit PLCU for trading at 2023-02-02 10:00(UTC)
- Withdrawals for PLCU will open at 2023-02-04 10:00 (UTC)
About PLCU
PLC Ultima (PLCU) is a cryptocurrency running on its own native blockchain using the CryptoNight hashing algorithm with a max supply of 11,000,000. This cryptocurrency aims to solve the problems of online payments and is designed to be easily accessible and usable by everyone, with the ability to mine PLCU coins on a smartphone. All users using PLCU cryptocurrency as payment can experience fast and secure service with low transaction fees. The development team has added the option for minting as a reward for network participation. The blockchain is decentralized, ensuring complete anonymity and independence.
Users in the network can take advantage of this network feature to accumulate their PLCU holdings. The rewards that users earn from mining can be stored in the platform's digital wallet called Ultima wallet. It offers various functionality, from payment for goods and services to tracking and sending PLCU and other tokens globally.
PLCU coin is not competing with other coins in the market but rather creating its own market. The goal is to become a leader in cryptocurrency payments, particularly as a means of mass payment. It intends to become a major entry point for fiat currencies with fast transaction times and low volatility risks. Currently, PLC Ultima network utilizes PLCU coins in their marketing campaigns to expand their reach in the cryptocurrency space currently and in the future.
About PLC Ultima Blockchain
PLC Ultima Blockchain is a blockchain-based network that aims to provide a global financial infrastructure and instant payments to millions of people who have no access to fintech services. The PLC Ultima technology is built on the Litecoin blockchain. The network chose the Litecoin blockchain because it is stable, transparent, and has a fast transaction speed that can benefit all PLC Ultima users around the world. Through this partnership with Litecoin, PLC Ultima is able to bridge the gap between traditional business and the crypto world by offering innovative solutions that will help its community stay competitive in a world where technology changes quickly.
PLC Ultima was established in 2016 as a cutting-edge new business in Switzerland. A group of highly skilled crypto professionals with many years of experience designed the project. Currently, PLC Ultima consists of businesses from Switzerland, Germany, Austria, the United Arab Emirates, and Hong Kong. Each of these nations is renowned for its stability, security, sophisticated legal system, openness to experimentation, and dedication to identifying workable international solutions.
Website: https://plcultima.com/en
Whitepaper: plcultima.pdf
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PLCU_OFFICIAL
Telegram: https://t.me/plcultima
"We're delighted to have PLCU listed on our trading platform. 2023 will be a great turning point for XT.COM as I'll be ensuring the utmost quality in trading opportunities and experience for XT.COM users," said Albin Warin, CEO of XT.COM. "The company is headed toward a brighter future, and users can look forward to more unique web3 opportunities with our various trading portfolios."
About XT.COM
Founded in 2018, XT.COM cryptocurrency exchange now serves more than 6 million registered users, over 1,000,000+ monthly active users, 40+ million users in the ecosystem, and 800+ trading pairs. Covering a rich variety of trading categories together with an NFT aggregated marketplace, our platform strives to cater to its large user base by providing a secure, trusted, and intuitive trading experience.
As the world's first social-infused digital assets trading platform, XT.COM also supports social networking platform-based transactions to make our crypto services more accessible to users all over the world. Furthermore, to ensure optimal data integrity and security, we see user security as our top priority at XT.COM.
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- Revenue of $4.9 billion grew 7.0% year-over-year, or 9.5% in constant currency1
- Operating Margin of 15.5%, up 30 basis points year-over-year
- Over $1.0 billion deployed on share repurchases and dividends year-to-date
- Operating cash flow of $528 million and free cash flow1 of $485 million
- Full-year 2022 revenue growth guidance 6.3% to 7.3%, or 8.5% to 9.5% in constant currency
TEANECK, N.J., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH), one of the world's leading professional services companies, today announced its second quarter 2022 financial results.
"In a period of unprecedented labor market conditions characterized by elevated attrition and significant wage inflation, we focused on our client commitments and delivered balanced financial results in the second quarter," said Brian Humphries, Chief Executive Officer. "As we position the company for sustained success, we will continue to invest in our talented employees, our clients and our capabilities."
Second Quarter 2022 Performance by Business Segment
Financial Services revenue grew 2.7% year-over-year, or 5.1% in constant currency, driven by growth in U.S. regional banking clients, strength in the United Kingdom and solid performance within insurance. The sale of the Samlink subsidiary, which closed on February 1, 2022, negatively impacted segment revenue growth by approximately 190 basis points.
Health Sciences2 revenue grew 6.3% year-over-year, or 7.6% in constant currency. Growth was driven by digital services among pharmaceutical clients and sustained demand for integrated software solutions among our healthcare clients.
Products and Resources revenue grew 8.1% year-over-year, or 11.6% in constant currency, driven in part by strength among automotive, logistics, retail and consumer goods clients. Segment growth includes the benefit of acquisitions closed in Q2 2021.
Communications, Media and Technology revenue grew 16.1% year-over-year, or 19.5% in constant currency, driven by strength among digital native companies.
Bookings
Q2 bookings declined 3% year-over-year. This resulted in trailing 12-month bookings of $23.2 billion, which represented a book-to-bill of approximately 1.2x.
Return of Capital to Shareholders
The Company repurchased 4.2 million shares for $300 million during the second quarter and 9.2 million shares for $744 million year-to-date under its share repurchase program. As of June 30, 2022, there was $1.4 billion remaining under the share repurchase authorization. On July 26, 2022, the Company declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.27 per share for shareholders of record on August 19, 2022. This dividend is payable on August 30, 2022.
"During the quarter, we maintained a disciplined approach on pricing, while managing supply constraints and labor cost inflationary pressure. While quarterly bookings performance was below our expectations, our 1.2x book-to-bill supports our revenue growth outlook for 2022," said Jan Siegmund, Chief Financial Officer. "We now expect to return approximately $1.8 billion to shareholders through share repurchases and dividends for the full year, which reflects the strength of our balance sheet and our near-term acquisition outlook."
Third Quarter and Full Year 2022 Outlook
The Company provided the following guidance:
- Third quarter revenue is expected to be $4.98-$5.03 billion, or growth of 5.0%-6.0% (7.5%-8.5% in constant currency).
- Full-year 2022 revenue is expected to be $19.7-$19.9 billion, or growth of 6.3%-7.3% (8.5%-9.5% in constant currency).
- Full-year 2022 Adjusted Operating Margin3 is expected to expand 20 basis points to 30 basis points to 15.6% - 15.7%.
- Full-year 2022 Adjusted Diluted EPS3 is expected to be in the range of $4.51-$4.57.
Conference Call
Cognizant will host a conference call on July 27, 2022, at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern) to discuss the Company's second quarter 2022 results. To listen to the conference call, please dial (877) 810-9510 (domestic) or +1 (201) 493-6778 (international) and provide the following conference passcode: "Cognizant Call."
The conference call will also be available live on the Investor Relations section of the Cognizant website at http://investors.cognizant.com. An earnings supplement will also be available on the Cognizant website at the time of the conference call.
For those who cannot access the live broadcast, a replay will be available. To listen to the replay, please dial (877) 660-6853 (domestically) or +1 (201) 612-7415 (internationally) and enter 13730594 beginning two hours after the end of the call until 11:59 p.m. (Eastern) on Wednesday, August 10, 2022. The replay will also be available at Cognizant's website www.cognizant.com for 60 days following the call.
About Cognizant
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) engineers modern businesses. We help our clients modernize technology, reimagine processes and transform experiences so they can stay ahead in our fast-changing world. Together, we're improving everyday life. See how at www.cognizant.com or @cognizant.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes statements that may constitute forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the accuracy of which are necessarily subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions as to future events that may not prove to be accurate. These statements include, but are not limited to, express or implied forward-looking statements relating to our expectations regarding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, our strategy, competitive position and opportunities in the marketplace, investment in and growth of our business, the effectiveness of our recruiting and talent efforts and related costs, trends in demand for digital solutions and services, labor market trends, the anticipated amount of capital to be returned to shareholders and our anticipated financial performance. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in these forward-looking statements. Existing and prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied include general economic conditions, the competitive and rapidly changing nature of the markets we compete in, the competitive marketplace for talent and its impact on employee recruitment and retention, legal, reputational and financial risks resulting from cyberattacks, the impact of and effectiveness of business continuity plans during the COVID-19 pandemic, risks related to the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, changes in the regulatory environment, including with respect to immigration and taxes, and the other factors discussed in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Cognizant undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities law.
About Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Performance Metrics
To supplement our financial results presented in accordance with GAAP, this press release includes references to the following measures defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission as non-GAAP financial measures: Adjusted Operating Margin, Adjusted Diluted EPS, free cash flow, net cash and constant currency revenue growth. These non-GAAP financial measures are not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles and should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP, and may be different from non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies. In addition, these non-GAAP financial measures should be read in conjunction with our financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. The reconciliations of our non-GAAP financial measures to the corresponding GAAP measures should be carefully evaluated.
Our non-GAAP financial measures, Adjusted Operating Margin and Adjusted Diluted EPS, exclude unusual items. Additionally, Adjusted Diluted EPS excludes net non-operating foreign currency exchange gains or losses and the tax impact of all the applicable adjustments. The income tax impact of each item is calculated by applying the statutory rate and local tax regulations in the jurisdiction in which the item was incurred. Free cash flow is defined as cash flows from operating activities net of purchases of property and equipment. Net cash is defined as cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments less short-term and long-term debt. Constant currency revenue growth is defined as revenues for a given period restated at the comparative period's foreign currency exchange rates measured against the comparative period's reported revenues.
Management believes providing investors with an operating view consistent with how we manage the Company provides enhanced transparency into our operating results. For our internal management reporting and budgeting purposes, we use various GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures for financial and operational decision-making, to evaluate period-to-period comparisons, to determine portions of the compensation for our executive officers and for making comparisons of our operating results to those of our competitors. Accordingly, we believe that the presentation of our non-GAAP measures, which exclude certain costs, when read in conjunction with our reported GAAP results, can provide useful supplemental information to our management and investors regarding financial and business trends relating to our financial condition and results of operations.
A limitation of using non-GAAP financial measures versus financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP is that non-GAAP financial measures do not reflect all of the amounts associated with our operating results as determined in accordance with GAAP and may exclude costs that are recurring such as our net non-operating foreign currency exchange gains or losses. In addition, other companies may calculate non-GAAP financial measures differently than us, thereby limiting the usefulness of these non-GAAP financial measures as a comparative tool. We compensate for these limitations by providing specific information regarding the GAAP amounts excluded from our non-GAAP financial measures to allow investors to evaluate such non-GAAP financial measures.
Bookings are defined as total contract value (or TCV) of new contracts, including new contract sales as well as renewals and expansions of existing contracts. Bookings can vary significantly quarter to quarter depending in part on the timing of the signing of a small number of large contracts. Our book-to-bill ratio is defined as bookings for the trailing twelve months divided by revenue for the same period. Measuring bookings involves the use of estimates and judgments and there are no independent standards or requirements governing the calculation of bookings. The extent and timing of conversion of bookings to revenues may be impacted by, among other factors, the types of services and solutions sold, contract duration, the pace of client spending, actual volumes of services delivered as compared to the volumes anticipated at the time of sale, and contract modifications, including terminations, over the lifetime of a contract. The majority of our contracts are terminable by the client on short notice often without penalty, and some without notice. We do not update our bookings for subsequent terminations, reductions or foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations. Information regarding our bookings is not comparable to, nor should it be substituted for, an analysis of our reported revenues. However, management believes that it is a key indicator of potential future revenues and provides a useful indicator of the volume of our business over time.
We disclose digital revenue as management believes it provides additional insights into the Company's business. Measuring digital revenue requires the use of estimates and judgement, there are no independent standards or requirements governing the calculation and our calculation may differ from the calculations underlying similar such metrics disclosed by other companies. In the first quarter of 2022, we modified our definition of digital revenue to reflect our latest assessment of digital skills, growth priorities and pricing initiatives. Under the updated definition, digital revenue as a percentage of total revenue was 46%, 47%, 49% and 49% for the first, second, third and fourth quarter of 2021, respectively, and 48% for full year 2021.
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The effective tax rate related to non-operating foreign currency exchange gains and losses varies depending on the jurisdictions in which such income and expenses are generated and the statutory rates applicable in those jurisdictions. As such, the income tax effect of non-operating foreign currency exchange gains and losses shown in the above table may not appear proportionate to the net pre-tax foreign currency exchange gains and losses reported in our unaudited consolidated statements of operations.
The above tables serve to reconcile the Non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures. Refer to the "About Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Performance Metrics" section of our press release for further information on the use of these Non-GAAP measures.
1 Constant currency ("CC") revenue growth, Adjusted Operating Margin, Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share ("Adjusted Diluted EPS") and free cash flow are not measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. See "About Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Performance Metrics" for more information and, where applicable, reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures as well as more information about digital revenue at the end of this release.
2 Previously referred to as Healthcare.
3 A full reconciliation of Adjusted Operating Margin and Adjusted Diluted EPS guidance to the corresponding GAAP measure on a forward-looking basis cannot be provided without unreasonable efforts, as we are unable to provide reconciling information with respect to unusual items. See "About Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Performance Metrics" for more information and a reconciliation at the end of this release.
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Residents who say they’re still suffering from illnesses nearly a month after a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in Ohio confronted the railroad’s operator Thursday at a town forum, demanding to know whether they’d be relocated from homes they’re afraid to live in.
“It’s not safe here,” said one man, staring straight at representatives of Norfolk Southern. “I’m begging you, by the grace of God, please get our people out of here.”
While the railroad announced it was ready to begin moving more contaminated soil from underneath the tracks, buying homes and moving people out of East Palestine hasn’t been discussed, said Darrell Wilson, the railroad’s assistant vice president of government relations.
“Why?” someone shouted.
Few seemed to come away satisfied with answers they heard about air and water testing from state and federal officials — even after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it was ordering Norfolk Southern to begin testing for dioxins, toxic chemical compounds that can stay in the environment for long periods of time.
Many people remain scared about whether the area will be safe for their children years from now, saying they fear that dioxins not yet detected will cause long-term damage. Testing so far by the EPA for “indicator chemicals” has suggested there’s a low chance that dioxins were released from the derailment, the agency said.
Some residents booed, laughed and yelled, “Don’t lie to us,” when Debra Shore, a regional administrator with the EPA, reiterated that tests have continually shown that the village’s air is safe.
Investigators looking into the fire that erupted after the derailment said it melted a key part of the tank cars filled with toxic chemicals, leading federal officials to warn railcar owners earlier Thursday to check their fleets for similar flaws.
The National Transportation Safety Board said investigators determined the aluminum covers over the pressure relief valves on three of the five tank cars carrying vinyl chloride melted and that some of the metal was found around the valves.
The NTSB said melted aluminum may have degraded the performance of the valves and kept them from releasing some of the flammable gas to relieve pressure inside the tank cars. Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw has said the failure of the valves was part of why officials decided to breach the cars and burn off the vinyl chloride. The resulting toxic fire prompted the evacuation of half of East Palestine, Ohio, and the surrounding area near the Pennsylvania border.
Shaw said the railroad agreed with all the officials responding to the Feb. 3 derailment that venting the hazardous materials cars was the best way to prevent a disastrous explosion.
“The factors on the ground at that time were that the safety valves on the rail cars had failed and the temperatures inside the railcars were heating up,” Shaw said. “So, our independent expert was extremely concerned about a catastrophic uncontrolled explosion that would shoot shrapnel and hazardous gas throughout this populated community.”
Wilson told residents that Norfolk Southern feels horrible about what happened. So far, more than 2 million gallons (7.6 million liters) of water and liquid waste have been removed along with 1400 ton (1,270 metric tonnes) of solid waste.
Many people have complained that Norfolk Southern opened the tracks less than a week after the derailment and didn’t remove the soil underneath. The railroad now plans to dig up the areas and should be able to remove all the contaminated soil by the end of April if it’s able to start right away, Wilson said.
That only brought more jeers and angry shouts.
“You should have done it right the first time,” someone yelled.
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration sent an urgent safety warning out to tank car owners Thursday saying they should check how many of their cars have aluminum covers over the valves like the ones that melted after the Ohio derailment. The agency said car owners should consider switching to steel covers, which is now the industry standard on new tank cars.
It’s not clear how many tank cars in use might have aluminum valve covers. The cars with them involved in the derailment were all manufactured in the 1990s.
The derailment prompted many lingering concerns for the roughly 5,000 residents of East Palestine, even though state and federal officials say their tests haven’t found any harmful levels of toxic chemicals in the air or water around the derailment.
The NTSB has said that an overheating bearing likely caused the train to derail, sending 38 cars, including 11 containing hazardous materials, off the tracks. A trackside sensor detected the overheating bearing just before the derailment, but the crew didn’t have enough time to stop the train.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has said he is focused making sure Norfolk Southern cleans up the mess while helping the town recover, and Shaw agreed to testify in Congress next week at a hearing about the derailment.
Already, members of Congress and the Biden administration have proposed many rail safety reforms, but Norfolk Southern and the other major freight railroads want to wait until after the NTSB completes its investigation a year or more from now to make any significant changes.
The major freight railroads said earlier Thursday they would take one of the steps Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg recommended and join a government program that runs a confidential hotline for employees to report safety concerns.
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- The cooperation offers a wide range of performance, safety, and reliability testing services in the market
LITTLETON, Mass., Dec. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TÜV Rheinland and CFV Solar Test Laboratory announce the signing of an exclusive partnership agreement. The two companies agreed to cooperate and provide testing, inspection, and certification services, which cover the needs of the North American market in the fields of Solar PV Components and Solar PV Power Plants.
The agreement aims to provide services to a larger audience related to mainstream certification such as IEC 61215, IEC 61730, IEC 61853 and IEC 63209, but also customized testing meeting supply chain and bankability needs. The cooperation will offer a wide range of performance, safety, and reliability testing services for PV modules, PV Components and Power Plants in the North American market and will provide the world's best sustainable and independent technical services for testing, inspection, and certification.
This agreement was signed six months after the U.S. Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) decided to expand the scope for TÜV Rheinland's testing laboratories to include Solar related standards as a U.S. NRTL (Nationally Recognized Test Laboratory).
"This partnership with CFV Solar Test Laboratory will allow us to offer a wide range of customized services for our customers in North America, but also cover our customer needs all around the globe in North America. So we are confident that this step is going to strengthen our companies in the following years", stated Dr. Christos Monokroussos, Global Segment Coordinator for Solar at TÜV Rheinland.
150 years dedicated to safety. Since 1872, TÜV Rheinland has been committed to making technology safe for people and the environment. From steam engines to digitalization, what started as a regional association for the monitoring of steam boilers has grown into a global provider of test services. Today, TÜV Rheinland ensures safety and quality in almost all areas of business and life. This shared commitment unites more than 20,000 employees. They generate annual revenues of 2 billion euros. TÜV Rheinland's experts test technical systems and products around the globe, support innovations in technology and business, train people in numerous professions, and certify management systems according to international standards. By ensuring safety and sustainability, TÜV Rheinland is also shaping the future. Since 2006, TÜV Rheinland has therefore been a member of the United Nations Global Compact for more sustainability and against corruption. Website: www.tuv.com
CFV Labs is a premiere PV test and research lab in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The laboratory has service offerings for PV clients all through the product cycle with a consistent approach of technical excellence and exceptional client service. CFV enjoys an excellent reputation with clients throughout the value chain. Website: www.cfvlabs.com
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Limited Edition Extra Strength Shot is the latest in 5-hour ENERGY flavor innovation
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., April 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The makers of 5-hour ENERGY products have unleashed a new tsunami of flavor, Tidal Twist. The new Tidal Twist Extra Strength 5-hour ENERGY shot will be sold exclusively at participating 7-Eleven and Speedway stores. The tide begins to roll into stores this month.
"The new Tidal Twist flavor will take 5-hour ENERGY fans on a wild ride," said Jeff Sigouin, president and chief executive officer of 5-hour ENERGY products. "We're thrilled to partner with 7-Eleven to offer this limited-edition flavor exclusively to their customers. Fans of 5-hour ENERGY will find Tidal Twist flavor the perfect item to fuel their cross-country journeys or boost their favorite summer activity."
The Tidal Twist is a tropical tsunami of flavor featuring the proprietary 5-hour ENERGY Extra Strength blend containing B-vitamins, amino acids, nutrients, zero sugar and caffeine. With 230 mg of caffeine in each extra strength shot, it is equivalent to a 12-ounce cup of premium coffee. The new Tidal Twist 5-hour ENERGY shots feature limited edition artwork on the bottle. The moment fans taste it, their tastebuds will thank them!
"We love bringing our customers new and innovative products that can only be found at our stores – and can't wait to hear what they think about Tidal Twist," said Jack Stout, Executive Vice President and Chief Merchandising Officer at 7-Eleven.
The Tidal Twist flavor 5-hour ENERGY shot is the perfect pick me up for anyone looking to refuel before their next adventure. Fans should ride the wave into participating 7-Eleven and Speedway locations as the tide will only bring this limited-edition flavor into retail for a short time.
For those who want to enjoy their 5-hour ENERGY shot with just the touch of a button, customers can order it to their doorstep through the 7NOW Delivery app, in addition to over 3,000 of their favorite 7-Eleven snacks, hot foods and more.
The 7NOW Delivery app can be downloaded from the App Store or Google Play, or by visiting 7Rewards.com.
About 5-hour ENERGY®
Living Essentials launched its 5-hour ENERGY brand in 2004. The effective formula is found in its iconic shot and a 16-ounce carbonated drink. Trusted by hard-working people to get them through a hectic day, 5-hour ENERGY products are widely available in convenience, grocery, retail, club stores, and online outlets.
About 7-Eleven, Inc.
7-Eleven, Inc. is the premier name in the U.S. convenience-retailing industry. Based in Irving, Texas, 7-Eleven operates, franchises and/or licenses more than 13,000 stores in the U.S. and Canada. In addition to 7-Eleven stores, 7-Eleven, Inc. operates and franchises Speedway®, Stripes®, Laredo Taco Company® and Raise the Roost® Chicken and Biscuits locations. Known for its iconic brands such as Slurpee®, Big Bite® and Big Gulp®, 7-Eleven has expanded into high-quality sandwiches, salads, side dishes, cut fruit and protein boxes, as well as pizza, chicken wings and mini beef tacos. 7-Eleven offers customers industry-leading private brand products at an outstanding value. Customers can earn and redeem points on various items in stores nationwide through its 7Rewards® and Speedy Rewards® loyalty programs with more than 80 million members, place an order in the 7NOW® delivery app in over 95% of the convenience retailer's footprint, or rely on 7-Eleven for other convenient services. Find out more online at www.7-Eleven.com.
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NAMPA, Idaho — It’s hard to talk about death, especially when it’s your own. It’s especially hard to do it in a room of people you’ve never met.
But Karen Midlo, Tara Marie, and Joe Morcomb are doing it, along with a dozen others, in a conference room in Nampa, Idaho. No one in the room is actually dying. They’ve been asked to act as if they have three months to live while the person across from them tries to help.
They are three hours into three days of training to become end-of-life doulas.
"These are times of transition, and that's what doulas are all about," said Kris Kington-Barker. She leads trainings for the International End-of-Life Doula Association, or INELDA. They train 1,200 people a year to guide patients and their families through a scary, often unknown process.
“We have a lot of gaps in our health care. We have things like hospice, hospitals and home health, but they all have spaces in between where people fall into gaps,” Kington-Barker said.
In one survey, nearly half of Americans said patients have too little control over end-of-life medical decisions. In another survey, more than a third said they’d given a great deal of thought to their end-of-life care. That was up 9% from a generation before. Nearly half said they’d experienced death up close, through the terminal illness of a close friend or relative.
It’s those experiences and others that Midlo, Marie, and Morcomb share upon meeting.
“Families seem to think that they don’t have to come up with a plan for when someone dies," Midlo said, "or that they’re not going to die.”
“It’s like the big elephant in the room, and we want to deny that it’s actually happening rather than honoring it the way we would honor the birth of a child,” Marie added.
But perhaps the conversation is becoming more open. And just as there are birth doulas, now there are death doulas. There is no government or industry standard for certification. But programs like INELDA’s offer rigorous training on how to engage, facilitate, and, above all, listen.
“Dying is a time for people to reflect on their truth. My truth doesn’t matter,” Kington-Barker said, “A lot of us are people who want to make people feel better. We want to make their lives better. And you can’t fix dying. You just can’t.”
It’s all part of being unafraid to look in the eye on a subject too often pushed to the side.
“They don’t show up because they’re afraid of coming too close to this topic," said Kington-Barker. "They show up here because they’re ready."
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Krispy Kreme and Reese’s are together again, this time for three new doughnuts inspired by some of their most popular sweet and salty treats: Reese’s Big Cup Stuffed with Potato Chips, Reese’s Big Cup Stuffed with Pretzels and Reese’s Outrageous.
First up, the Reese’s Salty Sweet Crunch is a shell doughnut filled with Reese’s peanut butter Kreme filling. It is then dipped in Reese’s peanut butter icing, drizzled in Hershey’s milk chocolate icing and topped with sea salt praline pretzels.
An Original Glazed doughnut, the Reese’s Salty Sweet Crisp Doughnut is dipped in Hershey’s milk chocolate icing, topped with potato sticks, a drizzle of milk chocolate icing and Reese’s peanut butter sauce. It also has a dollop of Reese’s peanut butter Kreme filling right on top.
Lastly, the Reese’s Outrageous Doughnut has more chocolate and peanut butter, but is still a bit salty. An Original Glazed doughnut, it is dipped in Hershey’s milk chocolate icing, topped with Mini Reese’s Pieces and drizzled with Reese’s peanut butter sauce and salted caramel icing.
The doughnuts can be ordered individually or as a Reese’s Salty Sweet Dozen, which includes three of each doughnut and three Original Glazed doughnuts. The collection is in shops nationwide now for a limited time.
This is the second time Krispy Kreme collaborated with Reese’s, with their previous Reese’s doughnut collection launching in 2019.
While the full collection was only for a limited time, the Reese’s Classic Doughnut was so popular that it became a permanent addition to their menu. The doughnut is filled with Reese’s Peanut Butter Kreme, dipped in Hershey’s chocolate icing and topped with mini peanut butter chips and a drizzle of chocolate and Reese’s peanut butter sauce.
The new Reese’s doughnuts replaced Krispy Kreme’s last collection: Biscoff doughnuts.
The doughnuts combined Krispy Kreme’s Original Glaze with Lotus Biscoff’s cookies and cookie butter. The doughnut shop said they had a “caramelized cookie taste” from the Biscoff cookies, combined with flavors like cheesecake and dark chocolate.
Will you be heading to Krispy Kreme to try the new Reese’s doughnuts?
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The warming of the waters off the East Coast has come at an invisible, but very steep cost — the loss of microscopic organisms that make up the base of the ocean’s food chain.
The growing warmth and saltiness of the Gulf of Maine off New England is causing a dramatic decrease in the production of phytoplankton, according to Maine-based scientists who recently reported results of a yearslong, NASA-funded study. Phytoplankton, sometimes described as an “invisible forest,” are tiny plant-like organisms that serve as food for marine life.
The scientists found that phytoplankton are about 65% less productive in the Gulf of Maine, part of the Atlantic Ocean bounded by New England and Canada, than they were two decades ago. The Gulf of Maine has emerged as one of the fastest warming sections of the world’s oceans.
Potential loss of phytoplankton has emerged as a serious concern in recent years in other places, such as the Bering Sea off Alaska. The loss of the tiny organisms has the ability to disrupt valuable fishing industries for species such as lobsters and scallops, and it could further jeopardize imperiled animals such as North Atlantic right whales and Atlantic puffins, scientists said.
“The drop in the productivity over these 20 years is profound,” said William Balch, a senior research scientist with Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay, Maine, who led the study. “And that has large ramifications to what can grow here. The health of the ecosystem, the productivity of the ecosystem.”
The scientists did the study using data gathered since 1998 by tracking chemical changes in the Gulf of Maine. The samples used to perform the work were gathered via commercial ferries and research vessels that run the same routes over and over.
The data showed changes between the gulf and the broader Atlantic, Balch said. Intrusions of warm water from the North Atlantic since 2008 have created a gulf that is hotter, saltier and less hospitable to the phytoplankton, the study states. The scientists published their findings last June in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences.
Phytoplankton are eaten by larger zooplankton, small fish and crustaceans, and they are critically important to sustaining larger marine life up the food chain such as sharks and whales. Loss of phytoplankton “will likely have negative impacts on the overall productivity” of larger animals and commercial fisheries, the study states.
Decline of fish stocks in the Gulf of Maine would be especially disruptive to American fishermen because it’s a key ground for the U.S. lobster industry. Other important species such as haddock, flounder and pollock are also harvested there.
Researchers have tracked similar warming trends in the Bering Sea, Southern Ocean and northern Barents Sea in recent years. Warming’s impact on plankton is an ongoing subject of scientific inquiry. A 2020 article in the journal Nature Communications found that climate change “is predicted to trigger major shifts in the geographic distribution of marine plankton species.”
Cyclical ocean conditions also have placed more stress on phytoplankton. An El Niño climate pattern, when surface water in the equatorial Pacific becomes warmer, can reduce phytoplankton production, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has said. The impacts include lack of anchovies off South America, fewer squid off California and less salmon in the Pacific, NOAA said.
The Maine scientists say loss of phytoplankton is also significant because the organisms absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, much like plants do on land.
It’s part of the toll climate change is taking on ecosystems all over the world, said Jeff Runge, a professor in the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences, who was not involved in the study.
“There’s mounting evidence that it’s linked to climate change,” Runge said. “It’s having all kinds of effects on the system that we’re beginning to see.”
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TOKYO (AP) — Okinawa on Sunday marks the 50th anniversary of its return to Japan on May 15, 1972, which ended 27 years of U.S. rule after one of the bloodiest battles of World War II was fought on the southern Japanese island.
The day is being marked with more bitterness than joy in Okinawa, which is still burdened with a heavy U.S. military presence and is now seeing Japanese troops increasingly deployed amid rising China tensions.
The Associated Press takes a look at the frustration that still lingers in Okinawa, 50 years after it returned to Japan.
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WHAT HAPPENED AT THE END OF WWII?
U.S. troops, in their push for mainland Japan, landed on Okinawa’s main island on April 1, 1945.
The battle lasted until late June, killing about 200,000 people, nearly half of them Okinawan residents, including students and victims of mass suicides ordered by the Japanese military.
Okinawa was sacrificed by Japan’s imperial army to defend the mainland, historians say. The island group remained under U.S. occupation for 20 years longer than most of Japan, until 1972.
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WHY WAS OKINAWA OCCUPIED?
The U.S. military recognized Okinawa’s strategic importance for Pacific security and planned to maintain its troop presence to deter Russia and communism in the region.
A 1946 decision by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, separated Okinawa and several other southwestern remote islands from the rest of Japan, paving the way for U.S. rule beyond April 28, 1952, when the San Francisco treaty took effect, ending the seven-year U.S. occupation in the rest of Japan.
According to the Okinawa Prefectural Archives, imperial advisor Hidenari Terasaki told MacArthur of Emperor Hirohito’s “opinion” that the U.S. military occupation of Okinawa should continue to address worries about Russia.
Economic, educational and social development in Okinawa lagged behind as Japan enjoyed a postwar economic surge that was helped by lower defense spending because of the U.S. military presence in Okinawa.
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HOW DO OKINAWANS REMEMBER U.S. RULE?
During U.S. rule, Okinawans used the dollar and followed American traffic laws, and any trips between Okinawa and mainland Japan required passports.
The base-dependent economy hampered the growth of local industry. The local Okinawan government had little decision-making power, and authorities had no access to the criminal investigation of U.S. military personnel.
Demands for reversion to Japan rose in the late 1950s across Okinawa over the confiscation of local land for U.S. bases.
Many Okinawans demanded tax reform, wage increases and better social welfare systems to correct disparities between Okinawa and the rest of Japan.
But the delayed reversion, the heavy U.S. military presence and mismanaged development funds from the central government have hampered the island’s economic development, experts say.
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WHAT ARE OKINAWA’S MAIN PROBLEMS TODAY?
Many on Okinawa had hoped that the island’s return to Japan would improve the economy and human rights situation. A year before the reversion, then-Okinawa leader Chobyo Yara submitted a petition asking Japan’s central government to make the island free of military bases.
Today, however, a majority of the 50,000 U.S. troops based in Japan under a bilateral security pact and 70% of military facilities are on Okinawa, which accounts for only 0.6% of Japanese land. The burden has increased from less than 60% in 1972 because unwelcomed U.S. bases were moved from the mainland.
Okinawa’s average household income is the lowest and its unemployment is the highest of Japan’s 47 prefectures. If land taken by the U.S. military is returned to the prefecture for other use, it would produce three times more income for Okinawa than the island now makes from bases, Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki said.
Because of the U.S. bases, Okinawa faces noise, pollution, aircraft accidents and crime related to American troops, Tamaki said. A recent NHK television survey showed 82% of respondents in Okinawa expressed fear of being the victim of base-related crime or accidents.
The biggest sticking point between Okinawa and Tokyo is the central government’s insistence that a U.S. marine base in a crowded neighborhood, the Futenma air station, should be moved within Okinawa instead of moving it elsewhere as demanded by many Okinawans. Tokyo and Washington initially agreed in 1996 to close the station after the 1995 rape of a schoolgirl by three U.S. military personnel led to a massive anti-base movement.
Despite 72% opposition in Okinawa’s 2019 referendum, Tokyo has forced the construction of a new runway at Henoko Bay off Okinawa’s eastern coast. Opponents have cited environmental destruction, structural problems and soaring costs. But the prospects for completion remain uncertain.
Tamaki earlier in May adopted a new petition demanding from Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government a significant reduction of the U.S. military on Okinawa, the immediate closure of the Futenma base and the scrapping of the Henoko base construction.
Adding to Okinawa’s fears is the rapid deployment of Japanese missile defense and amphibious capabilities on Okinawa’s outer islands, including Ishigaki, Miyako and Yonaguni, which are close to geopolitical hotspots like Taiwan.
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HOW DO OKINAWANS FEEL TODAY?
Resentment over the heavy presence of U.S. troops runs deep. Many Okinawans believe their sacrifice made possible the post-World War II Japan-U.S. security alliance.
There are also ancient tensions between Okinawa and the Japanese mainland, which annexed the islands, formerly the independent kingdom of the Ryukus, in 1879.
There are complaints of discrimination and claims that Okinawans are forced to serve an “expendable role to protect mainland Japan,” said Hiromori Maedomari, an Okinawa International University politics professor.
Some people have started calling for independence from Japan.
After seeing their requests repeatedly ignored, many Okinawans, including younger generations for whom U.S. bases are part of their daily lives, feel there is no use speaking out, said Jinshiro Motoyama, 31, a key organizer of the 2019 referendum.
There are worries that calls by ruling lawmakers for a further military buildup amid rising tensions around nearby Taiwan could increase the risk of war.
”I’m afraid plans are being made on the premise that Okinawan people can be victimized in a conflict,” Motoyama said.
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Man struck and killed by lightning while boating off North Carolina coast
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT/Gray News) – A man was struck and killed by lightning near Masonboro Island, a small island off the North Carolina coast, Sunday afternoon.
Several marine units responded after civilians flagged them down during a routine patrol.
Authorities found William Friend, 33, had been struck by lightning, WECT reports.
Deputies performed CPR on Friend as they were taking him to a marina to meet emergency responders.
EMS moved Friend to the ambulance, where they attempted to resuscitate him for 20 minutes before pronouncing him dead.
They took the man’s body to the hospital to meet with family members.
Boaters and lightning safety experts say Friend’s death is a reminder of the dangers of being on the water or at the beach during a storm.
“There’s really no safe place on a boat,” said Captain Ryan Saporito with Sea Tow Wrightsville Beach who was helping other boats in the area during the storm Sunday.
According to John Jensenius with the National Lightning Safety Council, being near the water without shelter during a thunderstorm can be life-threatening.
“Some people think that there’s some protection just based on a little bit of metal, but really there isn’t when you consider that lightning gets into the metal systems of your boat and you’re very close to those,” Jensenius said.
With pop-up storms and the threat of lightning becoming the norm through the summer months, being near water can increase your risk of danger.
“We recommend getting as far away from water as possible but, to be honest, if you’re in the water or if you’re on the beach you’re very exposed to the lightning threat,” Jensenius said.
According to the National Lightning Safety Council, this was the third lightning-related death in the United States this year.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Rock singer Bret Michaels was taken to a hospital in Nashville before Poison’s scheduled performance at Nissan Stadium Thursday night.
Michaels’ band was set to perform in Nashville as part of their stadium tour with Motley Crue, Def Leppard, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, and L.A. band Classless Act.
The 59-year-old performer issued an apology to fans on Instagram.
“To the incredible fans in Nashville, thank you for all your well wishes!! I was truly fired up to get on stage in the Music City and perform, but due to an unforeseen medical complication & following hospitalization, it was not possible. I send my deepest apologies for being unable to rock the stage tonight!!! I’m working on being back 100% very soon & hope you rocked hard with my friends Motley/Leppard/Joan and Classless Act!!!
Bret Michaels
Michaels was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes as a child and suffered a warning stroke in 2010.
The cause of his hospitalization in Nashville was not immediately released.
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Autopsies: 3 family members killed at Iowa state park campground were shot, stabbed and strangled
ANKENY, Iowa (AP) — Three family members killed during a shooting last month at an eastern Iowa state park were shot, stabbed and/or strangled, according to autopsy results released Thursday.
Tyler Schmidt, 42, died from a gunshot wound and “multiple sharp force injuries,” while his wife, 42-year-old Sarah Schmidt, died from multiple sharp force injuries, the Iowa Department of Public Safety said in a news release.
Their 6-year-old daughter, Lula Schmidt, died from a gunshot wound and strangulation, officials said. All three family members’ deaths have been ruled homicides.
The department confirmed Thursday that the killer was Anthony Sherwin, 23, of LaVista, Nebraska, who died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after the family was attacked early on the morning of July 22 in their tent at the Maquoketa Caves State Park campground.
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Florence Foster Jenkins, portrayed by Meryl Streep in a 2016 movie, “was evidently the world’s worst opera singer.”
Malcolm Burnside, an early owner of The Boston Store (now known as Boscov’s), “really showed off his wealth” with the imposing Corinthian-style columns on the front of his mansion.
As for the Stegmaiers, at one time they were the richest family in Wilkes-Barre. “They paid the most into Wilkes-Barre’s treasury,” Tony Brooks said as he led a walking tour on Wednesday afternoon.
“I wish we had that now,” Brooks lamented. “We could fix a lot of potholes.”
Brooks is a member of the Wilkes-Barre City Council. But on Wednesday he represented the Wilkes-Barré Preservation Society as he led the first Y Walk Wednesday walking tour of 2022.
The Y Walk Wednesday series continues through the next 12 weeks, with walks leaving from the YMCA building at 6 p.m. each Wednesday. Various walk leaders will discuss topics ranging from flood control to murals to the Kirby Park Natural Area during the excursions, which typically last 90 minutes.
For the first walk of the season, Brooks concentrated on “Millionaires and Mansions,” with more than 40 walkers taking part.
“You’re on the best walk,” Larry Newman called to the group from across the street.
Newman, executive director of the Diamond City Partnership, is scheduled to lead a walk on July 20, when the topic will be “What’s New Downtown?”
Brooks’ walk focused more on the area’s rich history, when Foster Jenkins, Weckesser and the Stegmaiers were just a few of the wealthy people who once lived on South Franklin Street.
But his glimpse into the past reached back earlier than the time the mansions were built, as he talked about settlers from Connecticut in 1769 establishing a village in what is now downtown Wilkes-Barre.
“The boundaries were North Street, South Street, Front Street, which is now River Street, and Back Street, which is now Pennsylvania Avenue. Very creative,” he added with a laugh. “I guess these Yankees didn’t want to get lost.”
The early settlement was divided into 50 lots of 3 acres each, Brooks said, noting that St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church is on what was once lot 17, and a Turkey Hill Minit-Mart is on what once was lot 50. The River Common consisted of 35 acres where people let their cows graze.
If you wanted to learn about architecture, Brooks was a wealth of knowledge, telling people the YMCA building was built to resemble a Moroccan castle; the Westmoreland Club, once the home of Dr. Levi Shoemaker, is Georgian Revival style, and what is now Wilkes University’s Weckesser Hall was built in the Chateauesque style you might see in France’s Loire Valley.
If you were more interested in the people who lived in these mansions, Brooks had some society gossip, too. The debutante ball held in honor of Frederick Weckesser’s daughter, for example, started at 8 p.m. and didn’t end until 4 the next morning.
And the Mary Stegmaier Mansion was actually built for both Mary and her husband George Stegmaier, but “poor George paid for the house and then died right before it was finished.” Later, the family would donate the building to the Red Cross.
“People don’t realize how awesome Wilkes-Barre is,” walk participant Max Furek of Mocanaqua said as he gazed at the many examples of grand architecture.
His wife, Pat, said the couple plans to return to downtown Wilkes-Barre for more Y Walk Wednesdays. “All of them, I hope,” she said
The free walks are not limited by number of participants, and pre-registration is not required. Next up is “A Walk on the Wild Side: The Kirby Park Natural Area,” on June 15, followed by “Keeping the Susquehanna Out of Our Living Rooms” on June 22. Both walks begin at 6 p.m. at the YMCA’s South Franklin Street entrance.
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Ja Morant still had his endorsement deals Monday. While his latest gun video on social media is costing him plenty in public relations currency, he hasn’t lost any money.
Any, or all, of that could change any day. Once again, Morant is in limbo — awaiting the outcome of yet another NBA investigation into what could end up becoming a cataclysmic off-court decision.
“This is going to be a hot question,” Syracuse professor of sport management Rick Burton said Monday. “I don’t think they can hit pause on this. I think that there will be too much demand for, ‘What are you going to do?’”
The NBA already suspended the two-time All-Star guard eight games in March for livestreaming himself holding an apparent handgun in Colorado. That cost him about $669,000 in salary.
How Morant’s sponsors react to him being caught on social media apparently holding a weapon for the second time in less than three months is another issue.
Morant has endorsement deals with Nike and the sports drink Powerade, which is owned by Coca-Cola. Endorsement deals traditionally include confidentiality and morals clauses.
Representatives of Nike, which started selling Morant’s Ja 1 shoes on April 19, did not return a message from The Associated Press on Monday. Powerade pulled his ad almost immediately after the March video.
In April, Morant countersued a Memphis teenager accusing the Grizzlies guard of punching him during a pickup court fight last summer at Morant’s home. The countersuit noted the lawsuit jeopardized relationships with sponsors including some “unconsummated deals.”
Burton, commissioner of Australia’s National Basketball League from 2003-07, said research shows some athletes believe negativity can help them break out as a “perfect pitch person.” Burton wrote in 2001 about the demand for antiheroes or athletes with controversial images.
“I’m sure the people at Nike are trying to figure out, ‘Does this make him more relevant to a certain audience? And this is something we’re going to ride out?’” said Burton, who noted Nike doesn’t often give up on an athlete trending negatively.
Memphis suspended Morant on Sunday from team activities, though that’s unclear what that involves in the offseason. The Grizzlies were eliminated from the playoffs in the first round. Charity events are the biggest offseason events until training camp in late September. Players start receiving game checks when the season begins in October.
Criminal charges are not likely with no indication of where the latest Instagram video was streamed.
Morant has a home in Tennessee, where Republican leaders have repeatedly worked to relax state gun laws, including in 2001 when they allowed most adults 21 and older to carry handguns without first obtaining a permit. A federal judge has since cleared the way to drop that minimum age to 18.
The issues are much broader for the face of the franchise and one of the NBA’s more marketable players.
“Hopefully, the young man will figure out what he’s got to do to turn the ship around if he wants to continue in not only the money, but his career in the NBA,” said Rob Prazmark, founder and CEO of 21 Marketing, whose clients have included the NBA and USA Basketball.
Morant now is facing criticism — even from his own fans. He remained among Twitter’s top trending topics nationally even 24 hours after his latest suspension.
Game 1 of the NBA Finals is scheduled for June 1. Commissioner Adam Silver, who cited Morant for “conduct detrimental to the league” when suspending him in March, traditionally holds a news conference before the Finals start.
Spotrac.com noted Monday that Morant is projected to be paid $33.5 million for the 2023-24 season if the NBA salary cap is $134 million. A suspension of 20 games or fewer would cost Morant $231,034 per game while more than 20 games would mean he loses $304,545 a game.
Morant said when the Grizzlies’ season ended that he needed to work on his decision-making.
“I’ve got to be better in that area,” Morant said.
The Grizzlies hold the No. 25 overall pick in the June draft and now likely are preparing for the possibility Morant won’t be available when the season starts in October.
The biggest question now is just how long that might be.
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Re: “Frankenstein 2.0” [June 4, Opinion]:
Cartoonist David Horsey’s work is a prescient comment on the nature of being a “businessman” and artificial intelligence. Of course the idea is to make money — but at any cost? The survival of civilization hangs in the balance, but we’ll get “ours” first and let someone else deal with the results?
This what I call the dark underbelly of capitalism: Suck everything up, squeeze out any and all profits, and don’t worry about who takes care of the collateral damage.
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SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Accuray Incorporated (NASDAQ: ARAY) announced today that Seth Blacksburg, M.D., MBA has joined the company as vice president, chief medical officer for the Americas (North and South America) region. Dr. Blacksburg will be responsible for bringing the strategic clinical insights, real-world experience and voice of the customer necessary to help drive the continued commercial growth of the region. He will report to Mike Leischer, Accuray president and general manager for the Americas region.
"On behalf of Accuray, and particularly the Americas region, I welcome Seth to the team! He has a unique background - combining medicine, business and analytics - that has enabled him to substantially improve the care of his patients while achieving the economic goals of the hospitals at which he has worked," said Mike Leischer, president and general manager of the Americas region. "Seth's experience and guidance will help the Americas team to fine-tune our strategic approach and to build and maintain relationships that will ultimately benefit patients. We look forward to partnering with him to expand access to our one-of-a-kind radiation therapy solutions."
Dr. Blacksburg is a board-certified radiation oncologist who earned a master of business administration degree while concurrently completing his medical studies. He is highly skilled in all facets of radiation oncology, with expertise in stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) and radiosurgery for prostate cancer, breast cancer, CNS cancers, and other tumor sites, LDR and HDR brachytherapy, and integrating radiation with immunotherapy.
Prior to joining Accuray, Dr. Blacksburg was chairman of radiation medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital, a part of Northwell Health, the largest private employer in New York (state). Dr. Blacksburg was responsible for the clinical oversight and strategic development of the department. He also served as a key member of the hospital's cancer committee, medical board and national accreditation programs for breast and rectal cancers. During Dr. Blacksburg's tenure with the Lenox Hill cancer program, the cancer program achieved Commission on Cancer (CoC) accreditation and the department patient volume increased significantly.
A nationally renowned expert on prostate and pelvic malignancies, Dr. Blacksburg was the co-host of a popular regional radio show, "Hanging Out: Men's Health Radio," on 710 WOR and iHeart radio. He is also the co-course director and a moderator for the internationally-attended annual SBRT For Prostate Cancer course. Dr. Blacksburg is considered a thought leader in medical informatics for which he was been a reviewer for the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) since 2014.
"During my tenure as an oncologist, I've focused on identifying emerging and state-of-the-art radiation therapy technology and techniques and implementing those that advance personalized cancer care into clinical practice. My experience with the Accuray CyberKnife® System – a key example – and the pivotal role I believe it can play within a radiation therapy department are a couple of the reasons I decided to join the company," said Seth Blacksburg, M.D., MBA, vice president and chief medical officer Americas region at Accuray.
He continued, "I think there are many clinicians who are unaware of the extensive benefits offered by radiation treatments delivered with the CyberKnife or Accuray Radixact® Systems. I've loved caring for my patients and will remain an active radiation oncologist. Through this new opportunity with Accuray and the innovative technology they offer, I am grateful for the chance to broaden the impact I can have on patients' lives."
Accuray is committed to expanding the powerful potential of radiation therapy to improve as many lives as possible. We invent unique, market-changing solutions that are designed to deliver radiation treatments for even the most complex cases—while making commonly treatable cases even easier—to meet the full spectrum of patient needs. We are dedicated to continuous innovation in radiation therapy for oncology, neuro-radiosurgery, and beyond, as we partner with clinicians and administrators, empowering them to help patients get back to their lives, faster. Accuray is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with facilities worldwide. To learn more, visit www.accuray.com or follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube.
Statements made in this press release that are not statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements and are subject to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements in this press release relate, but are not limited to, expectations related to the company's strategic approach as well as its ability to build and maintain relationships and expand access to the company's solutions. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. If any of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or if any of the company's assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially from the results expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, risks related to the current global economic environment; the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the operations of the company and those of its customers and suppliers; disruptions to the company's supply chain; the company's ability to achieve widespread market acceptance of its products; the company's ability to develop new products or enhance existing products to meet customers' needs and compete favorably in the market; the company's ability to realize the expected benefits of the China joint venture and other partnerships; the company's ability to effectively manage its growth; the company's ability to maintain or increase its gross margins on product sales and services; the company's ability to meet the covenants under its credit facilities; the company's ability to convert backlog to revenue; and such other risks identified under the heading "Risk Factors" in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on August 17, 2022 and as updated periodically with the company's other filings with the SEC.
Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date the statements are made and are based on information available to the company at the time those statements are made and/or management's good faith belief as of that time with respect to future events. The company assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect actual performance or results, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting forward-looking information, except to the extent required by applicable securities laws. Accordingly, investors should not put undue reliance on any forward-looking statements.
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Ways to show mom you care as Mother’s Day approaches
Consumers plan to spend $274 per person, a record high for Mother’s Day
InvestigateTV - Consumers plan to spend more than $35 billion on Mother’s Day this year, according to the National Retail Federation.
Flowers and cards are the top gifts, per the NRF survey. That’s why experts recommend you call local florists as far in advance as possible to find the best price.
Sara Bigham, a lifestyle contributor with the website and app Eventbrite, said their research shows tickets to a live event or an experience are another popular idea, with Mother’s Day events on their platform having doubled since 2019.
“The idea is that mom can get out of the house for a live event. Think a jazz concert or an experience where she can go out and get out with her family, her friends, her significant other, like a pizza tour or a cooking class,” Bigham suggested. “These are the types of experiences, not just concerts, but those are great too, that mom can do on her special day.”
Bigham also said homemade gifts are trending right now. She suggested searching for painting or floral arranging classes in your city or town.
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Rep. Santos says he’s protecting family members by seeking to keep bond cosigners secret
NEW YORK (AP) — Rep. George Santos wants to protect family members by asking the courts to keep his bond cosigners secret as he fights criminal charges, his lawyer told a Long Island federal judge Friday as he asked her to reverse a magistrate judge’s decision to make the names public.
Attorney Joseph Murray said in a letter to Judge Joanna Seybert, who is based in Central Islip, New York, that Santos would agree to the disclosure that there is a “family” relationship between the Republican congressman and those who signed his bond.
News media outlets have challenged the sealing of records regarding the cosigners after Santos pleaded not guilty on May 10 to a 13-count indictment charging that he duped donors, stole from his campaign, lied to Congress about being a millionaire and cheated to collect unemployment benefits he didn’t deserve.
The New York Times first sought to unseal the names and other news outlets, including The Associated Press, soon followed. Lawyers for the news entities did not immediately comment Friday.
Santos, 34, who represents parts of Queens and Long Island, has refused to resign and plans to seek a second term.
On Tuesday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Anne Shields ordered that the names be revealed but gave Santos until Friday to appeal. Murray had told Shields that Santos would rather go to jail than subject bond cosigners to the kind of threats he has gotten.
Murray filed a letter with Seybert on Friday morning.
In it, he repeatedly decried the “media frenzy” that has surrounded the criminal case, saying that three individuals lined up to cosign his bond “grew very fearful and concerned” on May 10 and one of them had a “change of heart and backed out.”
Murray said he publicly notified the House Ethics Committee that those who signed his bond were family members and not lobbyists, donors or others seeking to influence Santos, and he was willing to do the same in court documents.
In asking Seybert to overturn the magistrate judge’s decision, Murray wrote that Shields “failed to perceive the importance of the privacy issues” facing the cosigners.
Murray said Santos has faced “hateful attacks” since his arrest and been confronted with individuals who were “extremely angry, anti-gay, anti-Republican and all around anti-social.” Prior to Friday, Murray has said he, Santos and Santos’ staff have been receiving threatening and harassing calls and messages, including death threats.
If the names of the cosigners are revealed, they too might face attacks, he argued in Friday’s letter.
“Moreover, given the political temperature in this Country and acts of political violence that occur, the privacy interests of these suretors are far more concerning, especially considering their ages and respective employment,” Murray wrote.
In a May 23 letter requesting release of the names, attorney Dana Green wrote on behalf of the Times that the First Amendment required public access to the identities of those who signed the bond.
She said the signing of the bond “presents an obvious opportunity for political influence,” but she also noted that the public has an interest in ensuring that Santos appears in court and in exercising oversight of the effectiveness of the bond.
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Associated Press Writer Michael R. Sisak contributed to this report.
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HAMPTON, Va. -- Chesapeake Sheriff's Deputy Scott Chambers, 55, was released from Riverside Regional Medical Center Hospital Wednesday morning after he was shot in the line of duty by a suspect wanted in a murder on Christmas Day.
The father of two came out to dozens of law enforcement officers from several different agencies cheering him on. He gave them fist bumps before getting into a car that was escorted by police to take him home.
Chambers wasn’t ready to do any formal interviews but told News 3 Reporter Antoinette DelBel he’s thankful for all the support.
“How are you feeling deputy?” DelBel said.
Chambers said, “I’m doing all right. Thank you.”
His boss, Chesapeake Sheriff Jim O’Sullivan, planned the surprise send-off. O’Sullivan said he’s been visiting his deputy and close friend of almost 30 years in the hospital every day.
“He’s a fighter and a tough guy and he’s going to continue to do well and he’s got the best care imaginable here at the hospital,” he said.
Doctors at Riverside helped Chambers get back on his feet.
“He’s doing great,” said Riverside Regional Medical Center Hospital President Michael Oshiki. “The more fit someone is and healthy, the faster their recovery. Deputy Chambers is fit and that is certainly something that helps in recovery.”
During a traffic stop in Hampton on January 11, Deputy Chambers, who’s also an investigator on the U.S. Marshals Task Force, was trying to arrest Lamont Lewis for allegedly killing his wife on Christmas Day.
When Lewis got out of the car, he started firing at task force agents and they returned fire, according to Hampton Police Chief Mark Talbot.
Lewis and Chambers were struck during the exchange of gunfire.
Lewis later died at the hospital.
Chambers was hit twice - underneath the collarbone and in the thigh.
Sheriff O’Sullivan said after the shooting, Chambers was in critical condition and underwent surgery.
“When that call came out, my heart sunk but I knew it was Scott, so I knew he’d be going home,” said O’Sullivan.
Chambers embraced family and friends once he got home. He said was thankful for all the support.
“He’s truly a hero, public servant and a guy that just wants to go out and take the worst of the worst off the streets,” O’Sullivan said. “We’re so excited for Scott to be going home.”
Riverside’s hospital president said Chambers will be in rehab for the next several weeks.
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Man seriously injured after crash in Johnson County
Published: Jul. 2, 2023 at 3:28 PM EDT|Updated: 33 minutes ago
PAINTSVILLE, Ky. (WYMT) - Officials said one man was seriously injured after a crash in Johnson County.
Officials with the W.R. Castle Fire-Rescue said they were notified of a crash on US-23 just after 11 p.m. on Saturday night.
The call was sent from an automated collision detection service from Toyota Motor Company.
First responders said they found the truck in a creek near Route-3224.
Firefighters were able to stabilize the truck with ropes and stabilizations struts and remove the man.
The man was taken to Paintsville ARH with serious injuries. He was later transferred to Cabell-Huntington Hospital.
The incident is under investigation.
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State-of-the-Art Training Center Aims to Unlock the Potential of Any Athlete
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Athletic Republic, the premier destination for individualized, sport-specific training backed by science, is set to open its newest location in Knoxville with a VIP event on June 24. Located in Walker Springs Plaza at 8425 Kingston Pike, the innovative training center focuses on one's metabolic, neurologic, and muscular systems in order for athletes both to maximize their abilities and better understand their bodies.
As a way to introduce themselves to the community, Athletic Republic Knoxville will host a VIP and Media Reception on Friday, June 24, with a Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony taking place at 5:30 pm. The new training center will also hold a Grand Opening Public House event on Saturday, June 25, offering residents and guests complimentary training sessions, facility tours, athlete showcase and giveaways.
Athletic Republic Knoxville is owned by local entrepreneur Adam Scott. Athletic Republic perfectly matched Adam's desired business structure and personal interests. After graduating from the University of Tennessee, Adam worked successfully for a local sport agency firm in which he was responsible for recruiting, onboarding, and assisting athletes as they adjusted to the pro sports world. Adam also brings to the table a substantial amount of experience in the franchise space, as he owned and operated a franchise that worked on behalf of small to medium-sized businesses by making shipping more convenient and affordable. Additionally, Adam currently owns a women's resale apparel franchise with two stores in Louisville, Kentucky, and a third in Knoxville. Adam is highly involved in the Knoxville sport community, serving as the head coach of his nine-year-old daughter's softball team, and enjoys playing ice hockey and golf in his free time. Adam's business impressive acumen and passion for athletics makes him the prime candidate to bring Athletic Republic to Knoxville.
"My main goal with Athletic Republic is to help athletes in reaching the potential they are capable of," said Adam. "No matter their goal or age, Athletic Republic has the tools and resources to assist them in realizing their full ability. Helping others attain what they are looking to achieve athletically is the ultimate reward for us here at Athletic Republic."
Athletic Republic offers state-of-the-art sports training that unlocks the potential of any athlete, helping them perform at their best. The brand's use of science-based protocols and specialized equipment have helped nearly two million athletes of all ages achieve their goals, by improving their speed, power, agility, strength, and stability. Athletic Republic conducts functionality testing through their Plyo Press Power Quotient (3PQ), video running analysis on their famous AR High-Speed Running Treadmill, and full-body assessments to identify each athlete's strengths and weaknesses to pinpoint where the emphasis of their training should focus on. Utilizing their revolutionary Athlete Information Management System, or AIMS, Athletic Republic can monitor and quantify improvements achieved by the athletes, and show how they compare against the average produced by athletes throughout the network.
"Adam and his family are the quintessential example of what we look for in our partners at Athletic Republic," said CEO Charlie Graves. "Adam not only has an impressive background in various aspects of sport business, but also a passion for athletics. He and his team are eager to provide unmatched customer service to their Knoxville community. We're extremely grateful to break into this new market with such an impressive franchise partner."
Founded by the late John Frappier in 1990, the innovative sports training concept was derived from practices used by the Soviet Union to expand the threshold of athletic performance. After being introduced to a multitude of physiological and training principles used by the Soviets in 1986 for the United States National Team during the Goodwill Games, John was inspired to bring these innovative ways to America. The Athletic Republic founder formed a team of sports medicine professionals and athletic trainers to implement these practices in the United States.
Athletic Republic Knoxville is open Monday through Saturday and available for private training and team training. For more information on Athletic Republic Knoxville, please visit www.knoxville.athleticrepublic.com or call 865-855-FAST.
About Athletic Republic
Athletic Republic is the nation's premier destination for individualized, sport-specific training. With technologically advanced equipment, Athletic Republic tracks and showcases the improvements an athlete experiences through their training regimen. The brand is the leading sports performance franchisor, with over 80 training centers and nearly two million athletes trained in the program. It is the preeminent option for individualized, sport-specific training for athletes of all ages and abilities who seek to improve their speed, power, stability, agility and stamina. For more information, visit www.athleticrepublic.com.
Contact: Grant Hennessy, Franchise Elevator PR, 630-453-8187, ghennessy@franchiseelevator.com
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — A former corrections officer at Fayette County Detention Center has entered a guilty plea to third-degree sodomy.
Joshua Rogers, who has served as a corrections officer at the detention center, was booked into the same jail in June 2022 after being charged with "deviate sexual intercourse with an inmate," according to court records.
Rogers is facing the charge of third-degree sodomy, according to his arrest citation.
He was fired by the detention center in June 2022, said jail spokesman Major Matt LeMonds.
The criminal investigation is being handled by the Lexington Police Department and any internal investigation by the jail is on hold until the criminal investigation is complete, LeMonds said.
According to federal law, an inmate is unable to legally consent to any sexual contact with a jail guard or employee.
The woman who came forward with the allegation, Jamie Gray, reached out to LEX 18 to tell her story. She said that Rogers forced her to perform oral sex on him.
Gray, who is transgender, also said that she was denied hormone treatments for several days at the jail and that corrections officers and other inmates made inappropriate comments toward her and repeatedly misgendered her.
When asked about any inappropriate comments by other jail staff against Gray, LeMonds said he was not aware of any other allegations of misconduct by officers against her.
“Any allegations of staff misconduct get investigated and would be dealt with accordingly,” LeMonds said.
LeMonds said he was unable to comment on any individual’s medications, but did say that every medication given at the jail has to go through a “vetting process” which can cause a delay.
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Dish and Design's 'Grill & Chill' offers ideas for warm-weather entertaining and decorating
The latest Dish and Design event landed on Wednesday, which was a very, very hot day, so it was no wonder the first topic of conversation was crisp, summertime beverages.
Executive chef of the Daxton Hotel and its signature restaurant Madam, Rece Hogerheide kicked the evening off with cocktail chatter, asking the crowd to name some of their favorite warm-weather drinks. Sangria, Aperol Spritz and gin and tonic were called out, to name a few.
For summer entertaining, Hogerheide suggested serving a beverage that can be made in a big batch in advance, and then giving your guest a chance to customize theirs with a garnish bar featuring frozen fruit or fresh herbs.
After demonstrating how to make the Daxton Hotel bar’s cocktail the Geode Spritz, Hogerheide and his team moved on to a grilling demo, crafting a rib-eye cap with pickled watermelon panzanella salad. They worked from the open kitchen of the venue, the Great Lakes Culinary Center in Southfield, which is outfitted with cameras so the audience can get a closer look.
Attendees were treated to samples of the perfectly charred and versatile steak as the chef described the benefits of saving watermelon rind to pickle and put in the salad, which also had an herb vinaigrette, hearty slices of seasoned tomato, toasted sourdough croutons and local feta cheese. The Michigan native also gave tips on purchasing meat from your local butcher and preparing it for summer grilling, including the importance of letting your meat rest after cooking it.
"Always let your steaks rest," he said. "When we say rest, we're letting it come to an even temperature."
He said this allows for the juices to stay in the protein so the meat stays tender and delicious.
More samples followed with the next presenters, mother-daughter team Jodie Polk and Jessica Barris of Culinary Combo Bakery in Southfield.
They demonstrated an easy-to-make Key lime mousse that is great to assemble on a hot day because you can bake the graham cracker base ahead of time so you don't have to turn your oven on the day of your gathering.
Polk said if you didn't want to make lime, the recipe would also work with other citrus flavors or even something like pomegranate.
"When it comes to lime juice you can use traditional lime or you can use Key lime, the little lime. They're a little more tart," she said. "I'm going to add a little bit of food coloring, you don't have to, but if you want your guest to know that it's lime (flavored), add a little bit of green food coloring."
The food talk continued with the greenery décor demonstration from Telly's Greenhouse and Garden Center, which has locations in Troy and Shelby Township.
Owner George Papadelis demonstrated the joys of container gardening for herbs as well as decorative plants, and even touched on growing fruit trees in Michigan (just bring them in during the winter, "cross your fingers" and hope for the best).
"If you don't have great soil, if you don't have the will or desire to dig or plant into the ground, get a container like this that has drain holes, fill it with organic potting soil," he said. "And people say, well what should I grow? And I say, well, what do you like to eat?"
Papadelis' tips included pinching off the flowers that may grow on your herb plants like basil, and how to build an attractive container of decorative plants by choosing one taller centerpiece plant, some filler to go around it and foliage that dangles for the edges, which he calls "thrillers, fillers and spillers."
Wednesday's event was the second Dish and Design gathering for 2022, and the second in-person party since the pandemic.
"It's so energetic and upbeat," said attendee Kay Carpenter of Sylvan Lake, adding that she's been to Dish and Design events before. "We love supporting our local newspaper."
"The speakers were all amazing, but I think what I really appreciate is that they give you a sample of what they're doing as well."
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NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (WPIX) – A video was captured on the campus of Rutgers University, showing someone being chased by a deer Friday afternoon.
In the video, you see a woman running down College Avenue on the Rutgers New Brunswick campus, trying to escape a deer. Morgan Lazarus, who filmed the incident, said she was walking down Senior Street heading towards College Avenue when she heard screaming.
“To my surprise, I saw someone running, and a baby deer was chasing after them. I then instantly took out my phone,” Lazarus told WPIX. “Immediately after, I ran over to make sure she was okay, but it continued to chase her all the way down the street past my point of view.”
The person being chased in the video is unknown, and no witnesses have been found to try and figure out why this deer was chasing the woman.
Deer sometimes chase people if they get too close to a baby, according to an article published by the Indiana city of Bloomington.
The U.S. Army said the chasing could be due to it being the mating season. Peak mating season in all areas of New Jersey extends from late October to November and into mid-December, according to the New Jersey Department of Transportation.
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Debi Wallick is my “Local Hero.” As a lifelong volunteer, I’m inspired by her compassion and dedication to community causes. As a community pillar she empowers everyone to feel a sense of community purpose. Through volunteering, Debi has showed me how to gain a more compassionate perspective of others and their circumstance. In turn, you learn to meet others needs where they are, not where we perceive them to be. Debi demonstrated that by not placing limitation on what we achieve, we all have an infinite capacity to start creating change regardless of circumstances struggles. I believe that integrity isn’t something you are born with, but instead achieved through the moral principles established in one’ environment. Debi embodies this definition; looking not to lead from associated titles, but through examples inspiring future volunteers.
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Astros vs. Mariners Predictions & Picks: Odds, Moneyline, Spread - July 6
Thursday's game between the Houston Astros (49-38) and the Seattle Mariners (42-43) at Minute Maid Park has a good chance to be a close matchup, as our computer prediction projects a final score of 4-3, with the Astros taking home the win. Game time is at 8:10 PM ET on July 6.
The Mariners will look to George Kirby (7-7) versus the Astros and Framber Valdez (7-6).
Astros vs. Mariners Game Info & Odds
- When: Thursday, July 6, 2023 at 8:10 PM ET
- Where: Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas
- How to Watch on TV: SportsNet SW
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
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Astros vs. Mariners Score Prediction
Our pick for this matchup is Astros 4, Mariners 3.
Total Prediction for Astros vs. Mariners
- Total Prediction: Under 8.5 runs
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Astros Performance Insights
- In six games as the underdog over the last 10 matchups, the Astros have posted a mark of 5-1.
- When it comes to the total, Houston and its foes are 5-5-0 in its last 10 contests.
- Oddsmakers have yet to post a spread in any of the Astros' past 10 games.
- The Astros have been victorious in 14, or 56%, of the 25 contests they have been chosen as underdogs in this season.
- This year, Houston has won 12 of 22 games when listed as at least -105 or worse on the moneyline.
- The Astros have an implied victory probability of 51.2% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
- The offense for Houston is No. 9 in MLB, scoring 4.7 runs per game (411 total runs).
- The Astros have pitched to a 3.60 ERA this season, which ranks second in baseball.
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German police detain Iranians accused of plotting 'Islamist-motivated attack' after US tip
Two Iranian men were accused of trying to obtain cyanide and ricin
Two Iranian men were detained by German police on Saturday evening after receiving a tip from U.S. security officials that they were plotting an attack, according to Munster police and German press reports.
Munster police officials said that the two men were suspected of preparing "a serious act of violence" involving cyanide and ricin to "commit an Islamist-motivated attack."
The two men, ages 25 and 32, were taken into custody in Castrop-Rauxel, a town in Western Germany just outside of Dortmund.
Ricin is a poison found naturally in castor beans, while cyanide is a deadly chemical that can exist in various forms.
US SOLDIER KILLED IN AL-SHABAB ATTACK IN KENYA IDENTIFIED
The extent of the suspects' plans wasn't immediately known. Investigators wearing hazmat suits searched the house on Sunday, but no toxins were located, according to police.
The FBI tipped officials off about the planned attack, according to the German newspaper Bild.
A spokesperson for the FBI declined to comment on Sunday.
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A 31-year-old Tunisian man was convicted in Germany of manufacturing a biological weapon in 2020 after buying thousands of castor beans to produce ricin, then testing it on a dwarf hamster.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Top Greener, Inc. is a leading provider of green solutions in the lighting technology field. TOPGREENER's countdown timer switches continue that trend. The switch automatically turns off any connected load once the set timer has run out. This saves time and energy by ensuring that the device is never left on by mistake.
The line of countdown timers has a range of preset times available. These are as little as one minute and as much as four hours depending on the model. Each timer has six buttons for different countdown settings. A blue LED light will blink twice to indicate which timer setting has been selected. It also features a manual on/off switch button for prolonged times when the connected light or fan is not in use.
Countdown timer switches can replace any standard switch or wall outlet. They are perfect for lights, fans, heaters, or other appliances that can become an energy drain if forgotten. As a result, it is ideal for locations such as the bathroom, closet, pantry, garage, or laundry room. It comes in a variety of colors such as white, ivory, and almond.
Top Greener, Inc. has an extensive line of timer switches. For even more customized controls, shop Top Greener digital switches on the TOPGREENER website and Amazon.
Top Greener, Inc. is a high-tech company specializing in home automation solutions. Our goal is to meet the growing everyday needs of our technology-driven world. We push the boundaries of innovation to be trendsetters of unique, customizable, smart products with a wide range of applications. We aim to deliver high quality products that are safe, convenient, and efficient. Our growing catalog consists of green, smart solutions that are professional grade while being DIY-friendly for both residential and commercial use.
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With one game yet to be completed as of the time of this writing, the first round of the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament featured plenty of one-sided victories and lots of chalk, with each higher seed winning in every matchup except for one -- the No. 8 vs. No. 9 seed.
Edison 62, Woodbridge 31
Ghelsey Go scored a game-high 24 points to lead fifth-seeded Edison to a one-sided win at home over 12-seed Woodbridge, 62-31, in the first round of the GMC Tournament.
Keisha Ortiz finished with 15 points while Trista Whitney and Olivia Smart added eight points apiece for Edison (19-4), which will face fourth-seeded Monroe in the quarterfinal round on Saturday at 3 p.m. at Middlesex County College.
Amber Miltenberg tallied a team-high 10 points while Aviva Palms chipped in nine for Woodbridge, which falls to 13-9 with the loss.
Monroe 61, North Brunswick 25
Halley Cottrell scored a game-high 17 points to propel fourth-seeded Monroe to a win at home over 13-seed North Brunswick, 61-25.
Haley Higgins notched 13 points while Nicole Turco added 10 for Monroe (13-7), which has won each of the last five matchups against Edison, dating back to Jan. 2018.
Niyell McCargo had a team-high 11 points while Shahd Elshamma had six points for North Brunswick, which drops to 5-16.
Old Bridge 52, Piscataway 44
In the most closely contested GMC first-round matchup of the day, Abigail Jazmin scored a team-high 18 points to lead sixth-seeded Old Bridge to a victory at home over 11-seed Piscataway, 52-44.
Leena Tran finished with 10 points and seven rebounds while Gabrielle Walker tallied eight points, five rebounds and three assists for Old Bridge (13-8), which will face third-seeded Colonia in the quarterfinals at 11 a.m. on Saturday at MCC.
Alyssa Rice scored a game-high 21 points while Courtney Edmundo added 10 points for Piscataway, which falls to 6-16 with the loss.
Colonia 56, South Plainfield 38
Taylor Derkack had a game-high 25 points to lead third-seeded Colonia to a victory at home over 14-seed South Plainfield, 56-38.
Mattison Chiera made three 3-pointers on the way to 24 points while Isabel Gidado chipped in five for Colonia (12-10), which has split a pair of games this season against quarterfinal-round opponent Old Bridge, most recently eking out a 46-43 win on Jan. 24.
Olivia Kapolka scored 15 points and pulled down six boards while Stella Sweeney added nine points and three assists for South Plainfield, which falls to 11-12 with the loss.
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St. Thomas Aquinas 81, J.P. Stevens 34
Jessica Cooper scored a game-high 27 points to go along with 12 rebounds and four assists to lead top-seeded St. Thomas Aquinas to a blowout win at home over 16-seed J.P. Stevens, 81-34.
Leah Crosby had a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds while Nia Clemons chipped in nine points, five rebounds and four assists for St. Thomas Aquinas (18-6), which will face ninth-seeded Middlesex in Saturday’s quarterfinals at MCC at 5 p.m.
Middlesex 70, Spotswood 56
In the lone upset of the round, if it can be considered that, Jessica Devine scored a game-high 31 points to lead ninth-seeded Middlesex to a win on the road over eighth-seeded Spotswood, 70-56.
Neysa Aguilar notched 28 points while McKenna Healey chipped in eight points for Middlesex (17-5), which won the only matchup against quarterfinal-round opponent St. Thomas Aquinas over the last couple of years, taking a 59-50 win in Feb. 2021.
Lizzie Calandruccio scored a team-high 16 points while Tatum Jones added 14 points for Spotswood, which falls to 17-7 with the loss.
South Brunswick 68, Metuchen 35
Alexis Lease-Springer and Katie Rausch scored a team-high 17 points apiece to lead second-seeded South Brunswick over 15-seed Metuchen, 68-35.
Meher Vig had 12 points while Cynai Price notched 11 points and six steals for South Brunswick (16-6), which led by seven after one before blowing things open with a 23-8 second quarter.
The Vikings will face the winner of Wednesday night’s matchup between seventh-seeded East Brunswick and 10-seed North Plainfield in the quarterfinal round on Saturday at 1 p.m. at MCC.
Cassidy Connors scored a game-high 20 points while Vicky Zaniecki added seven points and eight boards for Metuchen, which falls to 17-7 with the loss.
STILL TO COME
7-East Brunswick vs. 10-North Plainfield
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Fallout from a TV report alleging that St. John Paul II covered up clergy sex abuse cases escalated Thursday, with Poland’s Catholic Church and lawmakers defending him as one of the greatest Poles ever and the government “inviting” the U.S. ambassador for talks.
A report this week on TVN24, which is owned by the U.S. company Warner Bros. Discovery, named three priests whom John Paul allegedly moved around during the 1970s after they were accused of abusing minors. At the time, he was still Archbishop Karol Wojtyla, the head of the church in Krakow in southern Poland.
John Paul is revered in the predominantly Roman Catholic country for his role in helping bring down communism, and the TVN report ignited a national debate at a time when the Polish Church has been undergoing a reckoning with its record of clergy sexual abuse. A heated debate erupted Thursday in parliament debating his legacy.
Government figures, including Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, have strongly defended the late pope as a national hero and the country’s highest moral authority. Leftist politicians seized on allegations that he knowingly protected predator priests, with some calling for John Paul’s name to be taken off street and school names.
On Thursday the lower house of parliament also passed a resolution defending John Paul as the “most outstanding Pole in history,” but many opposition members walked out or abstained from voting.
The resolution praised the late pontiff for “actively supporting the Polish nation in its efforts to regain freedom and independence” while also strongly condemning “the shameful, negative media campaign based largely on the materials of the communist apparatus of violence,” against the pope.
On Thursday, the head of the Polish bishops’ conference, Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki, entered the fray, strongly defending the late pope and appealing to “all people of good will” to not destroy his legacy. Gadecki celebrated Mass at John Paul II’s tomb at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, praying for those seeking to discredit the pontiff.
Gadecki joined some critics in casting doubt on the report’s credibility, as some of the documentation it quoted came from the files of the communist-era secret security service that had been seeking to compromise the church.
“The Polish pope has been a moral yardstick, a teacher of the faith and an intercessor in heaven” for millions of Poles,” Gadecki said. “It comes as a shock that attempts are made to discredit John Paul II himself and his legacy, all in the name of concern with truth and good.”
Wojtyla served as archbishop of Krakow from 1964 to 1978, when he became Pope John Paul II. He died in 2005 and was declared a saint in 2014 following a fast-track process.
While defending John Paul, Gadecki said his “sainthood and greatness” don’t mean that he “could not have made mistakes.” But he also noted that at the time the church and society at large dealt differently with abuse, and with different regulations. “There was a different social consciousness and customary ways of solving problems,” he said.
Separately, the dispute gained a diplomatic dimension, when Poland’s Foreign Ministry invited U.S. Ambassador Mark Brzezinski for discussion about the activity of a TV station. While TVN wasn’t named, the ministry said the talks were in connection with the activities of a television station “which is an investor in the Polish market,” a clear reference to TVN.
TVN was at one point the largest ever U.S. business investment in Poland, and its coverage is often critical of the ruling party, with investigations into alleged wrongdoing by authorities.
The ruling party has sought in the past to pass legislation that would strip the U.S. owner of its controlling stake in the company, but amid U.S. pressure the law was vetoed by President Andrzej Duda shortly before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The ministry statement said that potential effects of the reports “are identical to the goals of hybrid war aimed at leading to divisions and tensions in Polish society.”
An earlier version of the Foreign Ministry’s statement said the U.S. ambassador was being “summoned,” but it was changed to say “invited.” A summoning would indicate that the ambassador was being given a note of protest. The Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Twitter: “We thought the latter (invitation) sounded better due to our friendship and alliance.”
On the main evening TVN24 news, the newscaster said the station was not trying to attack John Paul’s legacy, but sought to give voice to the victims of clerical abuse.
John Paul II isn’t the only pope under scrutiny for dealing with predator priests.
His immediate successor, Benedict XVI, who had a much stricter stance and defrocked hundreds of abusive priests, was faulted for his handling of four cases while he was Munich archbishop by an independent report commissioned by the diocese.
Accusations of having failed to react to cases of abuse by priests in his native Argentina and in Chile, while bishop and then pontiff, have been also addressed to Pope Francis.
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Vanessa Gera in Warsaw, Nicole Winfield in Rome, and Geir Moulson in Berlin, contributed to this report.
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President Biden still faces the threat of a recession. He has no assurance Republicans will refrain from forcing the U.S. Treasury to default on the debt sometime in the next two years. For now, however, he can take comfort in a recent batch of good economic news.
Though Republicans rejected a proposal to increase the number of sick days for railway employees from one day to seven, the Senate, by a vote of 80-15, ended fears of a strike that could have thrown hundreds of thousands of people out of work and brought the holiday shopping season to a screeching halt. Among Democrats, only Sen. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia voted against including sick days in the labor agreement; all but six Republicans opposed the legislation.
Biden praised the deal’s passage on Thursday. “Congress’ decisive action ensures that we will avoid the impending, devastating economic consequences for workers, families, and communities across the country,” he said.
That news came shortly after the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported that personal consumption expenditures increased by 0.8 percent in October. Meanwhile, third-quarter growth came in higher than expected at 2.9 percent. If we are looking for steady, sustainable growth, this number fits the bill.
And despite those growth figures, inflation abated somewhat. The Wall Street Journal reported: “The personal-consumption expenditures price index rose 6% in October compared with the same month a year ago, marking an easing from 6.3% in September.” Stripping out volatile food and energy costs, core inflation rose 5 percent in October compared with a year ago.
This helps explain why Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell said earlier in the week, “It makes sense to moderate the pace of our rate increases as we approach the level of restraint that will be sufficient to bring inflation down. The time for moderating the pace of rate increases may come as soon as the December meeting.”
To top it off, gas prices continued to plunge, largely because of a decrease in worldwide demand. The average gallon price is now less than it was at the onset of the war in Ukraine. That too will help keep money in consumers’ pockets, just as they set out for their holiday shopping.
Biden released a statement Thursday of restrained optimism: “We are seeing initial signs that we are making progress in tackling inflation, even as we make the transition to more steady, stable economic growth.” He added, “It will take time to bring inflation back to normal — and there could be setbacks along the way — but the American people should have confidence that our plan to tackle inflation, without giving up all the historic economic gains American workers have achieved, is working.”
Finally, the week ended with a positive jobs report for November. The economy added 263,000 jobs,/ keeping the unemployment rate at 3.7 percent. Despite layoffs in the tech industry, job growth remained remarkably sturdy, and wages rose by 0.6 percent.
The White House’s approach of cautious positivity is wise. The mantra of underpromising and overperforming has worked for Biden before. The majority of outside economists and business leaders have expressed certainty that a recession is just around the corner. Hasn’t a recession followed virtually every effort to tamp down inflation by raising interest rates? Yes, but it’s also possible the economy is on a flight path to a soft landing and a return to normal inflation and economic growth.
Though economic fortunes can still take a turn for the worst, Biden’s economic performance certainly looks likely to produce solid results in vivid contrast to the rest of the world. Biden, quite simply, could not have asked for a better run of economic news on which to end the year.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Morning" game were:
8-8-1-1, FIREBALL: 8
(eight, eight, one, one; FIREBALL: eight)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Morning" game were:
8-8-1-1, FIREBALL: 8
(eight, eight, one, one; FIREBALL: eight)
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It felt like training camp on Wednesday morning as the Eagles took the field for their first practice of the summer.
Although, in 2023 it’s not like there are two-a-days. The Eagles’ first practice of the summer lasted just 1 hour and 3 minutes with a short developmental period after. The players were in shorts to start and it’ll be a few days before we see them in full pads.
But still, it’s always exciting to see the start of training camp. Here are 10 practice observations from Day 1:
1. The Eagles made a few minor roster moves official on Wednesday morning. They signed WR Deon Cain, released TE Dalton Keene and placed WR Devon Allen on the Active/Non-Football Injury list. Allen hurt his calf this summer as he competed in the hurdles.
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The Eagles are also pretty healthy as they begin training camp. Star edge rusher Haason Reddick was the only guy who didn’t practice. He has some groin soreness but is expected to return after the weekend. Reddick was a spectator for Wednesday’s session.
Avonte Maddox (toe) and Derek Barnett (knee) were limited but at least they were out there as practice began. Maddox had toe surgery after the Super Bowl and Barnett missed most of last season after tearing his ACL in Week 1. The Eagles didn’t put any players on their Active/PUP list this year.
2. A few offensive depth chart notes:
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• Second-year OL Cam Jurgens worked with the first team at right guard. It certainly seems like that spot will be his to lose. His competition, rookie Tyler Steen, was the second-teamer at right guard. Brett Toth filled in as second-team center, the spot Jurgens held in his rookie camp.
• The Eagles really rotated at running back with the first unit, just like Nick Sirianni said they would. Just about everyone got some reps with the first team. A bit of a surprise: Rashaad Penny got the first carry of the summer.
• While recently signed Dennis Kelly was working as the second-team left tackle during OL drills, he was bumped to third team in team drills. The 33-year-old veteran just arrived and they might just bring him along slowly.
• The top receivers were still A.J. Brown, DeVonta Smith and Quez Watkins, but newcomer Olamide Zaccheaus mixed in too.
• After Jalen Hurts with the ones and Marcus Mariota with the twos, Ian Book and rookie Tanner McKee split reps as the third-team QB.
3. Some defensive depth chart notes:
• The first-team safeties were Reed Blankenship and Terrell Edmunds. Then K’Von Wallace and Justin Evans began practice as the safeties with the second team. The Eagles drafted Sydney Brown in the third round, but he began camp with the threes. It’ll be interesting to see how quickly he can climb the depth chart.
• The first-team linebackers were Nakobe Dean and Nicholas Morrow, but we did see Christian Elliss rotate in for Morrow. There might be a competition playing out for the other linebacker spot next to Dean.
• Without Reddick, Brandon Graham began practice as the left edge player opposite Josh Sweat on the right side. Eventually, though, we saw Nolan Smith get some reps there too.
• The first guys with the first-team on the DL: Graham, Sweat, Fletcher Cox, Jordan Davis and Milton Williams. The Eagles obviously drafted Jalen Carter in the first round, but there’s no rush to get him out there with the starters as he acclimates to the NFL and a new scheme.
• While Maddox practiced, he was not doing full team drills so Zech McPhearson and then Josiah Scott worked in with the first team at nickel corner. This represents a position switch for McPhearson. (Maddox did participate in 7-on-7s.)
• The top corners to start camp were obviously Darius Slay and James Bradberry. Greedy Williams and Josh Jobe were the outside corners for the second team. Rookie Kelee Ringo began his training camp with the threes.
4. The Eagles did a ton of red zone work in their first practice — Sirianni loves situational work — and things were understandably sloppy on Day 1. But that was clearly unacceptable for Sirianni.
During a late period of practice, he reamed out his team for pre-snap penalties, telling them that’s how teams lose games. He really gave it to the defense at one point. Sirianni had a megaphone in his hand but his natural screaming voice was plenty loud for those moments.
5. Don’t forget about Dallas Goedert. For as much as everyone talks about Brown and Smith, Goedert is one of the best tight ends in the NFL and he and Hurts clearly have a strong rapport. Some of Hurts’ best passes on Wednesday went to Goedert, including one on his move to the left with an arm angle to sneak in a pass to Goedert at the goal line.
As good as Goedert was on Wednesday, Bradberry did have two nice pass breakups on him. One was a physical play on a ball to Goedert’s chest and the other was broken up near the grass.
6. We got our first glimpse at the punter competition. One shank for rookie Ty Zentner, but this could legitimately be a close competition. Both guys had some big punts on Wednesday.
The punt returners in order: Britain Covey, Greg Ward, Olamide Zaccheaus, Quez Watkins.
7. After a strong spring, linebacker Christian Elliss kept it going on Wednesday. He picked off passes in both practices open to reporters this spring and had another one on Wednesday, grabbing an errant Mariota pass in the end zone. Not a great start for Mariota, who threw a couple ugly passes and had an unforced fumble, but there were good moments too.
8. Like we mentioned above, just about all the top running backs got some work with the first team, including Trey Sermon, who might be on the outside of the bubble.
The Eagles were able to get a screen pass to D’Andre Swift on Wednesday and the former second-round pick from the Lions got to show off his burst after that. Throwing to the backs hasn’t been a huge part of the Eagles’ offense, but they certainly have the athleticism up front to be a dangerous screen team. Perhaps we’ll see some of that with Swift this year.
Saw one heck of a spin move from Kenny Gainwell during an 11-on-11 rep. He got bottled up inside and ripped off a quick spin, bounce outside for a big gain. Didn’t know he had that in his toolbelt.
Boston Scott also had an impressive juke move on rookie cornerback Eli Ricks that led to some “oohs” and “ahhs” from some fans in attendance.
9. The Eagles bring back their top three tight ends from the 2022 season but they still have Tyree Jackson on the roster. The former University of Buffalo QB has been a project in Philly for a while, but he seems to make some eye-popping plays every summer. He started that again on Wednesday with a leaping touchdown grab on a Mariota pass at the back of the end zone. He had two touchdown grabs on the day.
There might not be a roster spot for Jackson but it’s easy to see why the Eagles have kept him around for so long.
10. A few other notable defensive plays:
• Nice play from Carter, knifing into the backfield against the first-team offense. There’s a long way to go, but a good first showing for him.
• Blankenship had a diving PBU on a pass intended for Gainwell at the goal line.
• McKee really stared down Swift on a pass near the goal line and after it was tipped by Tristin McCollum, linebacker Davion Taylor grabbed the INT and took it the other way.
• Practice ended with a PBU from UDFA cornerback Mekhi Garner, who made a couple plays this spring too.
Stupid Observation of the Day: The Eagles hold press conferences before the start of practice, which makes it really tough for me to take attendance. That’s why I appreciate Shaun Bradley so much. The Eagles’ fourth-year linebacker lets out a primal scream as he enters the practice field every day. I don’t have to even look up. I just put a little tick next to his name on my roster.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — One of Tennessee’s most influential Republican lawmakers says the state should stop accepting the nearly $1.8 billion of federal K-12 education dollars that help provide support for low-income students, English learners and students with disabilities.
House Speaker Cameron Sexton told The Associated Press that he has introduced a bill to explore the idea during this year’s legislative session and has begun discussions with Gov. Bill Lee and other key GOP lawmakers.
“Basically, we’ll be able to educate the kids how Tennessee sees fit,” Sexton said, pointing that rejecting the money would mean that Tennessee would no longer have “federal government interference.”
To date, no state has successfully rejected federal education funds even as state and local officials have long grumbled about some of the requirements and testing that at times come attached to the money. The idea has also come up elsewhere in recent months among GOP officials, including in Oklahoma and South Carolina.
Many Republican politicians and candidates at the federal level have also made a habit of calling for the outright elimination of the U.S. Department of Education.
According to Sexton, Tennessee is currently in the financial position to use state tax dollars to replace federal education funds. He pointed to the $3.2 billion in new spending outlined in Gov. Lee’s recent budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year as proof that the state could easily cover the federal government’s portion.
Federal dollars make up a small slice of Tennessee’s K-12 education funding, which had an almost $8.3 billion budget as of fiscal year 2023. Yet the federal money is seen as a key tool to supporting schools in low-income areas and special education.
Sexton says he has been mulling the proposal for a while, but this week, he publicly touted the idea in front of a packed room full of lawmakers, lobbyists and other leaders at the Tennessee Farm Bureau luncheon on Tuesday.
“We as a state can lead the nation once again in telling the federal government that they can keep their money and we’ll just do things the Tennessee way,” Sexton said at the event. “And that should start, first and foremost, with the Department of Education.”
Spokespersons for both Gov. Lee and Sen. Randy McNally appeared open to entertaining Sexton’s proposal.
“Although we haven’t seen the details of the legislation yet, the governor is always interested in working with the speaker to ensure Tennessee students have the best access to a high-quality education,” said Lee’s spokesperson, Jade Byers.
McNally said he was open to the proposal, saying that “federal mandates in the area of education can be overly burdensome.”
“McNally thinks a discussion about forgoing this money, a relatively small part of overall education funding, in order to maintain more control over how we educate our Tennessee students is a constructive conversation to have,” spokesperson Adam Kleinheider said.
Democratic Rep. Bo Mitchell said he had several concerns about forgoing federal education funding, particularly knowing that the money currently goes to support students with disabilities and low-income students.
“I’m concerned about their rights and Tennessee being able to provide those services and uphold their rights,” Mitchell said.
In Republican-dominant Tennessee, GOP lawmakers have increasingly become more skeptical and combative over what is taught inside public classrooms — particularly over race and gender issues — and the policies surrounding what services schools offer to students.
To push back against these attacks, advocates have generally leveraged various federal funds the state receives as grounds to block or challenge various school-related bans. This has resulted in state and federal education officials often being at odds with each other.
For example, last September, the U.S. Department of Education reprimanded Tennessee for how it was carrying out statewide testing, saying its problems “impact the state’s ability to provide clear and transparent information to the public about school performance, but also result in the state using information that is not comparable across schools.”
Meanwhile, Tennessee was among the states to sue President Joe Biden ’s administration over a U.S. Department of Agriculture school meal program that prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
The lawsuit came after the USDA announced in May that it would include discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity as a violation of Title IX, the sweeping 1972 law that guarantees equity between the sexes in “any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”
And in 2021, the federal department opened investigations into Tennessee and four other Republican-led states that have banned or limited mask requirements in schools, saying the policies could amount to discrimination against students with disabilities or health conditions.
Yet it’s unclear whether Tennessee would have fewer conflicts with the federal government if the state chose to forgo the education funding. While the U.S. Constitution says public education is a state responsibility, states are still required to follow federal laws.
Separately, in January, Tennessee sparked national attention when state’s Department of Health announced it was walking away from nearly $9 million in federal funding designed to prevent and treat HIV.
In a letter sent to providers, the state announced that it believes “it is in the best interest of Tennesseans for the state to assume direct financial and managerial responsibility for these services.”
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s new government on Thursday formally committed to a more ambitious greenhouse gas reduction target of 43% by the end of the decade in fulfillment of a key election pledge.
The previous conservative government was dumped by voters at the May 21 election after it stuck to a seven-year-old pledge to reduce Australia’s emissions by only 26% to 28% below 2005 levels by 2030.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he had written to U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change executive secretary Patricia Espinosa Cantellano to inform her of Australia’s new 2030 target.
Albanese said legislation to enshrine the new target in law would be introduced to the new Parliament which will sit for the first time on July 26. However the target did not depend on Parliament’s approval.
Investment in Australia’s energy sector had been held up during the previous government’s nine years in power due to the administration’s failure to agree on a climate policy, Albanese said.
“What businesses have been crying out for is investment certainty,” Albanese said. “The certainty that they need to invest over a longer time frame than the political cycle of three years.”
Australia is one of the world’s largest exporters of coal and liquified natural gas which makes reducing dependence on fossil fuels a politically vexed issue. The previous government was widely considered a laggard among wealthy countries in combating climate change.
The United States has committed to reductions of between 50% and 52% below 2005 levels by 2030. Britain has pledged to cut emissions by 68% below 1990 levels.
Albanese’s government could face pressure in a new, greener Parliament to adopt an even more ambitious target.
Several seats have yet to be declared as counting continues following the election.
The center-left Labor Party administration will likely hold a narrow majority of 77 seats in the 151-seat House of Representatives where a majority of lawmakers is needed to form government.
A record 16 lawmakers in the House will not be aligned with either the government or opposition.
The minor Greens party is on track to secure four seats, up from a single lawmaker in the last Parliament. The Greens want a 2030 reduction target of 75%. Newly elected independent lawmakers have called for a 60% target or at least 50%.
Greens senators could hold a balance of power in the upper chamber where major parties rarely hold a majority and need support from outside government to pass laws.
The 2030 commitment comes as much of Australia’s population faces soaring electricity and gas prices due in part to the Russia-Ukraine war.
Large parts of southeast Australia face the threat of blackouts for a range of reasons including an unusually cold start to the Southern Hemisphere winter and unscheduled outages of aging coal-fired generations that will be shut down within years and are not being adequately maintained.
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Goodwater's integrated services help early and growth stage founders and management teams win massive consumer markets
BURLINGAME, Calif., July 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Goodwater, the largest venture capital fund exclusively focused on consumer tech investments, announced today that it has raised over $1 billion across its family of early and growth stage funds. With this raise, Goodwater accelerates its mission to empower exceptional entrepreneurs everywhere to change the world for good. With a clear consumer tech focus and global reach, the firm has backed 79 early and growth stage startups in 19 countries around the world. Founded in 2014 by industry veterans Chi-Hua Chien and Eric Kim, the firm now manages over $3.3B in committed capital and continues to scale as much of the venture industry is slowing.
"During a tough time in the market we are ready to support the very best early and growth stage consumer tech startups with $1 billion of fresh capital. We appreciate the support and trust placed in us by our Limited Partners. This new capital will fuel our global investing approach and strengthen our position as the best consumer tech investing platform in the world," said Chi-Hua Chien, Co-Founder & Managing Partner.
"With our laser focus on consumer tech, global portfolio of companies building market-leading digital consumer utilities, and software-enabled platform, we are energized to champion the success of the most promising consumer tech startups around the world," added Eric Kim, Co-Founder & Managing Partner. "We look forward to supporting ambitious teams building transformative digital solutions to address the needs of 8 billion humans who need better access to housing, healthcare, food, financial services, transportation, education, and entertainment."
Proven Consumer Technology Expertise
Goodwater has established itself as a leader in consumer technology venture capital with a proven track record of successful investments. The firm's global portfolio spans a number of the most impactful consumer tech startups of the past decade, including social media company musical.ly (acquired by Bytedance, China / US), fintech super app Toss (S. Korea), ethnic grocery eCommerce leader Weee! (California), fintech disruptor Stash (New York), global live entertainment platform Fever (Spain / UK), neighborhood social app Karrot (S. Korea), British neobank Monzo (UK), 10-minute delivery standout Getir (Turkey), and health tech innovator Everly Health (Texas). The firm's partners also made early investments in Coupang, Facebook, Kakao, Spotify, and Twitter before launching Goodwater. For founders building a consumer tech company, Goodwater's sector focus provides a distinct advantage in the market with proprietary data and services.
"We have been fortunate to partner with Goodwater since our early days and they have continued to provide tremendous value to us as we've scaled. Their consumer tech expertise has been invaluable as we've navigated growth from an early stage startup to a multi-billion dollar company. Goodwater is truly a global firm that uniquely appreciates the consumer tech opportunity for companies like Toss," said SG Lee, Founder and CEO of Toss based in Seoul, South Korea.
Unique Global Approach
Goodwater's consumer-only sector focus enables the firm to take a systematic global approach to investing. The firm actively participates in key consumer tech innovation hubs across North America, Europe, North Asia, SE Asia, and Latin America, leveraging a global perspective to share best practices across the portfolio and help companies win their markets. The global community of Goodwater CEOs and leaders gathers regularly in person and online to share best practices via Masterclasses taught by functional experts and small group squads designed to boost each company's performance in specific focus areas including customer acquisition, conversion, engagement, retention, and monetization. In the last year alone, over 1,400 Goodwater founders and executives attended or viewed the firm's Masterclasses over 5,000 times.
Goodwater's team has invested in and operated global consumer tech giants like Coupang, Twitter, Kakao, Facebook, Activision Blizzard, Toss, and Spotify, uniquely positioning the firm to invest in the best global opportunities and help entrepreneurs win in large, competitive markets. Goodwater provides tactical, hands-on support to companies solving problems common to consumer-tech startups including:
- How do I acquire customers?
- How do I engage them deeply in my product or service?
- How do I retain those customers and keep them happy over time?
- How do I build a healthy and scalable business through eCommerce, services, or ads?
Software-Enabled, Platform Approach
Since its inception, Goodwater has invested heavily in proprietary software that enables the firm to identify and invest in the best companies and help to accelerate their growth. The firm's software-enabled platform, powered by proprietary insights on consumer tech trends, enables the firm to track millions of products globally and understand how consumers are adopting new technologies. Its team of engineers, data scientists, and product managers builds software tools to help founders boost performance across their most important KPIs.
Goodwater has 79 venture and growth investments and the world's largest dedicated consumer tech seed portfolio with over 600 seed deals across more than 50 countries. In addition to Founders Chi-Hua Chien and Eric Kim, Goodwater's investing partnership includes Coddy Johnson, Hatim Khety, Jin Oh, and Vivek Subramanian.
To join the largest consumer tech platform dedicated to serving founders and teams globally, reach out at info@goodwatercap.com. Founders of seed-stage companies can apply to Goodwater's Genesis program directly through our website.
About Goodwater
The mission of Goodwater Capital is to empower exceptional entrepreneurs everywhere to change the world for good. We are 100% focused on consumer tech, an area that we define simply as apps and services adopted directly by consumers.
Goodwater invests in consumer tech companies across early and growth stages. We manage more than $3 billion of committed capital and have the flexibility to invest anywhere from seed stage up to $100M+ into companies. We have been honored to invest in and help build successful companies including Chegg (CHGG), Coupang (CPNG), Facebook (FB), Kakao, Monzo, Musical.ly (acquired by Bytedance), Stash, Spotify (SPOT), Toss, Twitter (TWTR), Weee!, and Xendit.
Goodwater is the largest venture capital firm exclusively focused on consumer tech investments. With a global investment approach, the firm identifies and invests in the most promising consumer technology startups worldwide. Goodwater's deep industry expertise, extensive network, and data-driven approach allow it to provide unparalleled support to entrepreneurs, guiding them towards becoming market-leading companies. For more information, visit www.goodwatercap.com.
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LAKE MARY, Fla., Feb. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- FARO® Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: FARO), a global leader in 4D digital reality solutions, today announced that after market close on Wednesday, February 15, 2023, it will release its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2022. In conjunction with the release, Michael D. Burger, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Allen Muhich, Chief Financial Officer, will host a conference call on Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. ET.
Interested parties can access the conference call by dialing 800-245-3047 (U.S.) or +1 203-518-9765 (International) and using the passcode FARO. To avoid a delay in connecting to the call, please dial in 10 minutes prior to the start time. A live webcast will be available in the Investor Relations section of FARO's website at: https://www.faro.com/about-faro/investor-relations/events
A replay of the webcast will be available in the Investor Relations section of the company's web site approximately two hours after the conclusion of the call and remain available for approximately 30 calendar days.
About FARO
For 40 years, FARO has provided industry-leading technology solutions that enable customers to measure their world, and then use that data to make smarter decisions faster. FARO continues to be a pioneer in bridging the digital and physical worlds through data-driven reliable accuracy, precision, and immediacy. For more information, visit www.faro.com.
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LONDON, Feb. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Remark Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: MARK), a diversified global technology company with leading artificial intelligence ("AI") powered computer vision solutions, today announced the release of version 3.0 of its innovative and extensible video analytics solution, Smart Safety Platform ("SSP"). The latest release added features that include weapons, smoke, and fire detection with actionable intelligence.
The SSP 3.0 is an AIoT ("Artificial Intelligence of Things") video analytics platform, designed for varying architecture applications, including AI-edge box or AI-server, and in support of an on-premise, hybrid, or cloud deployment.
Dr. Robert Xiaoyun Yang, Director of R&D at Remark Holdings comments, "We are pleased to report that our Smart Safety Platform was successfully put to the test at last week's Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) event in Barcelona, Spain. We are excited about the new features in our pipeline that we will showcase at the Embedded World Conference, Nürnberg, Germany in March.
The Smart Safety Platform focuses on real-time video analytics, whereas other solutions within the same space focus on post-event analysis. Additionally, SSP has been built using the latest architecture, standardizing its deployment and maintenance from AI-edge box to server and cluster, making it a very scalable solution.
Smart Safety Platform 3.0 key features include:
- Video search such as intelligent pre and post-forensic investigation that provides meta-data searches by utilizing physical and object-recognition attributes to speed up the investigation process
- Face recognition
- Intrusion / loitering / object / trespassing detection
- Live real-time large-capacity people counting and crowd and flow analysis
- Vehicle attribute search / Automatic number-plate recognition ("ANPR")
- Preventative behavioral analysis such as loitering, dropping of unattended bags, vandalism, graffiti, fights
- Weapon detection
- Suspicious fire, object, and smoke detection
- Visual dashboard with actionable insights and reports for daily monitoring and customer flow analysis
"We are committed to delivering affordable AI-driven video analytics to safeguard and protect individuals' lives and create a healthier, safer, and eco-friendlier world. We are working with several integration partners in the USA, UK, Europe, South America, South Korea, and India to further localize the Smart Safety Platform to new regions and their local clients. Our pipeline is strong, partnering with retail stores, local councils, premier league stadiums, entertainment venues, railway stations, and racecourse venues. We look forward to a solid beginning to 2023," says Dr. Robert Xiaoyun Yang.
Remark's solutions work seamlessly with third-party software and products, providing partners and end-users the freedom of choice.
Remark is proud to partner with AAEON, be part of the Milestone Systems Marketplace and be a certified Genetec Silver Technology partner.
To learn more about the Remark Smart Safety Platform, please visit: www.remarkvision.com/smart-safety-platform
To learn more about Remark for Security & Safety Monitoring, visit us at the following events:
The Security TWENTY 23 in Birmingham, UK, February 16th, 2023
Embedded World Exhibition & Conference, Nürnberg, Germany at AAEON's booth (Hall:1 Booth:1-306), March 14th - 16th, 2023.
The Security Event (Stand 4/J40) at the NEC, UK, April 25th - 27th, 2023
About Remark Holdings, Inc.
Remark Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MARK) delivers an integrated suite of AI solutions that help organizations monitor, understand and act on threats in real time. Remark consists of an international team of sector experienced professionals that have created award winning video analytics. The company's GDPR-compliant and CCPA-compliant solutions focus on sectors including retail, federal agencies, public safety, hospitality and transportation. The company's headquarters are in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, with operational offices in New York and international offices in London, England. For more information, please visit the company's website: www.remarkholdings.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain forward-looking statements, including information relating to future events, future financial performance, strategies, expectations, competitive environment and regulations. Words such as "may," "should," "could," "would," "predicts," "potential," "continue," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," and similar expressions, as well as statements in the future tense, identify forward-looking statements. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, including those discussed in Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors in Remark Holdings' Annual Report on Form 10-K and Remark Holdings' other filings with the SEC. Any forward-looking statements reflect Remark Holdings' current views with respect to future events, are based on assumptions, and are subject to risks and uncertainties. Given such uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which represent Remark Holdings' estimates and assumptions only as of the date hereof. Except as required by law, Remark Holdings undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements after the date hereof, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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Fay Tian
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Delays have ensued following a fire at a gas pump at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.
The fire was first reported Friday morning. Airport officials said crews were quickly able to extinguish it and shut off the affected pump.
An FAA groundstop was initiated while crews performed safety inspections. It has since been lifted.
Around noon, the airport tweeted that the "airlines’ fuel contractor has restored operations at their facility, and they are in the process of sending fuel to aircraft."
The airport cautioned that it could take time for fueling operations to return to normal.
Dozens of delays are reported on the airport's website.
Travelers are encouraged to check with their airline to find out if their flight has been canceled or delayed.
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Top Celtics vs. Heat Players to Watch - Eastern Conference Finals Game 1
The Boston Celtics (57-25) take on the Miami Heat (44-38) at 8:30 PM ET on Wednesday at TD Garden. Jayson Tatum of the Celtics and Bam Adebayo of the Heat are two players to watch in this contest.
In the article below, we'll give you all the info you need to know about who to look out for in this matchup on TNT.
How to Watch Celtics vs. Heat
- Game Day: Wednesday, May 17
- Game Time: 8:30 PM ET
- Arena: TD Garden
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts
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Celtics' Last Game
On Sunday, in their last game, the Celtics defeated the 76ers 112-88. With 51 points, Tatum was their top scorer.
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Heat's Last Game
The Heat won their previous game against the Knicks, 96-92, on Friday. Jimmy Butler led the way with 24 points, and also had eight boards and four assists.
Celtics vs Heat Additional Info
Celtics Players to Watch
- Tatum paces his squad in both points (30.1) and rebounds (8.8) per contest, and also posts 4.6 assists. Defensively, he averages 1.1 steals and 0.7 blocked shots.
- Jaylen Brown averages 26.6 points, 6.9 rebounds and 3.5 assists per contest, shooting 49.1% from the floor and 33.5% from downtown with 2.4 made 3-pointers per contest.
- Derrick White is averaging 12.4 points, 3.9 assists and 3.6 rebounds per game.
- Malcolm Brogdon puts up 14.9 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.7 assists per contest, shooting 48.4% from the floor and 44.4% from beyond the arc (fourth in league) with 2 made 3-pointers per game.
- Marcus Smart is tops on the Celtics at 6.3 assists per contest, while also putting up 3.1 rebounds and 11.5 points.
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Heat Players to Watch
- Adebayo is averaging team highs in points (20.4 per game) and rebounds (9.2). And he is producing 3.2 assists, making 54% of his shots from the floor.
- Butler is the Heat's top assist man (5.3 per game), and he averages 22.9 points and 5.9 rebounds.
- Max Strus gets the Heat 11.5 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game. He also averages 0.5 steals and 0.2 blocked shots.
- The Heat get 9.6 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game from Caleb Martin.
- Kyle Lowry is putting up 11.2 points, 4.1 rebounds and 5.1 assists per contest, making 40.4% of his shots from the floor and 34.5% from 3-point range, with 1.9 triples per contest.
Top Performers (Last 10 Games)
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NEWARK, N.J., May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Panasonic is pleased to introduce a new large-aperture ultra-wide fixed focal length lens, the LEICA DG SUMMILUX 9mm F1.7 (35mm camera equivalent: 18mm) for the LUMIX G Series based on the Micro Four Thirds standard.
The LEICA DG SUMMILUX 9mm (H-X09) is an ultra-wide-angle lens with a large aperture, as well as an unparalleled lens that features an exceptionally short focusing distance of 0.095m (3.7 inches) with an outstanding magnification ratio of 0.25x (35mm camera equivalent: 0.5x). The combination of these lenses makes it possible to distinguish the subject's presence against the background. It also boasts high descriptive performance and smooth, beautiful bokeh, clearing the stringent LEICA standards, and is suitable for use by professionals and high amateur users for both photo shooting and video recording.
The LEICA DG SUMMILUX 9mm F1.7 comprises 12 lens elements in nine groups including two aspherical lenses: two ED (Extra-Low Dispersion) lenses and one UHR (Ultra High Refractive Index) lens to effectively suppress axial chromatic aberration and chromatic aberration of magnification. Astigmatism is also corrected with these aspherical lenses, achieving high resolving performance. Furthermore, a Ultra-High Refractive Index (UHR) lens achieves uniform quality from the center to edges of the image while downsizing the lens unit.
The LEICA DG SUMMILUX 9mm F1.7 is capable of smooth, silent operation, complementing the camera's high-speed, high-precision contrast AF system with the sensor drive at max.240 fps. For the non-linear setting, focus is shifted with a variable amount according to the rotation speed of the focus ring while focus is shifted with a designated amount according to the rotational quantum of the focus ring for the linear setting. Sensitivity (the amount of focus shift per rotational quantum) can be selected from 90 to 360 degrees *1 by 30 degrees to enable intended focus operation. The LEICA DG SUMMILUX 9mm F1.7 also excels in video recording performance with a mechanism that suppresses focus breathing, which was a fatal problem of all interchangeable lenses designed for still image photography. Together with a micro-step aperture control for smooth exposure change, professional quality video can be recorded.
With its approximately 130g (4.5 ounces) compact size and light weight, the LEICA DG SUMMILUX 9mm F1.7 features stunning mobility characteristic of a Micro Four Thirds system. The rugged dust/splash-resistant *2 design of the lens can withstand high mobility and harsh conditions, including frigid temperatures at 10 degrees below zero. The filter diameter is 55 mm, with a 7-blade circular aperture diaphragm.
Panasonic is committed to the development of the Micro Four Thirds lenses to further expand its lineup in order to fulfill the needs of customers.
The LEICA DG SUMMILUX 9mm F1.7 will be available at valued channel partners for $499.99 in late July.
*1 90 to 1080 degrees when used with DC-GH6, as of May, 2022
*2 Dust and Splash Resistant does not guarantee that damage will not occur if this lens is subjected to direct contact with dust and water.
- Design and specifications are subject to change without notice.
About Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company
Newark, NJ-based Panasonic Corporation of North America is a leading provider of Consumer Lifestyle technologies, as well as innovative Smart Mobility, Sustainable Energy, Immersive Experiences, and Integrated Supply Chain solutions. The company is the principal North American subsidiary of Osaka, Japan-based Panasonic Holdings Corporation. One of Interbrand's Top 100 Best Global Brands of 2021, Panasonic is a leading technology partner and integrator to businesses, government agencies and consumers across the region. Learn more about Panasonic's ideas and innovations at na.panasonic.com/us
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Feb. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Trace Genomics, the leader in delivering comprehensive, precision soil analytics, today announced that the Board of Directors has promoted Poornima Parameswaran, Ph.D., from President to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) & President. Since co-founding Trace Genomics in 2015, Parameswaran has been a driving force behind the science, development and lab-to-field application of the most comprehensive soil microbiome databases to advance production agriculture.
Parameswaran inherits the CEO title from Dan Vradenburg, who has led the company since 2019. Vradenburg will move into the role of Senior Advisor. "Trace Genomics is in great hands," said Vradenburg. "Poornima's passion, experience and expertise will advance the company to the next level of providing actionable soil insights that are central to the coming quantum leap in agriculture. She has a talented team, supportive board and motivated investors to continue building a valuable company."
Poornima earned a Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology from Stanford University with Nobel laureate Dr. Andrew Fire, and a B.S. in Molecular Biology from the University of Texas at Austin. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at UC Berkeley's School of Public Health, where she worked closely with the Broad Institute and the Ministry of Health in Nicaragua. She has pioneered new methods to make genomics more affordable and accessible, created and taught the first-ever course on applications of high throughput sequencing at Stanford University, is an author on a dozen highly referenced publications in the genomics space, and an inventor on several microbiome patents.
"On behalf of the entire Board of Directors, I want to congratulate Poornima on earning the title of CEO," said Bill Buckner, Board Chairman, Trace Genomics. "With her serving as President, Trace Genomics closed out 2022 in the strongest commercial and operational position since our inception. We are looking forward to Poornima leading Trace Genomics into our next phase of dynamic expansion, with a focus on commercial growth supported by operational excellence and scientific integrity."
Trace Genomics is the leader in developing solutions to protect and activate soil's hidden potential for healthier soils and a healthier planet. The company was recently awarded a place in the prestigious Global Cleantech 100 for the second consecutive year. This program honors the top privately held innovation companies in clean technology globally.
"I'm honored to take on the CEO role and humbled by the trust placed in me by our Board of Directors," said Parameswaran. "At Trace Genomics, we have built an entirely new class of comprehensive soil technology offerings backed by science, fit for scale, with a target market that includes every global arable acre. Trace's commercial program delivers diagnostics, enables prescriptive solutions and surfaces aggregated data insights. We have momentum with customers both new and existing; achieving top-line revenue growth is our #1 priority."
About Trace Genomics:
Trace Genomics is a pioneer in the use of hi-definition genomics to activate the hidden insights in soil for healthier soils and a healthier planet. Through innovation in genomics, soil science and machine learning, Trace Genomics creates a pathway to deliver targeted database insights and actions at cost-speed-scale-accuracy for partners who are advancing modern farming solutions for a net-zero food production system. Where most companies deliver a partial picture, we provide a comprehensive and precise understanding of the soil's composition—analyzing the soil's biology, physical properties and chemistry. Trace Genomics has won several awards, including being selected as a 2020 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum, Winner of FoodShot Global's Innovating Soil 3.0 Challenge, Forbes Top 25 Most Innovative AgTech, THRIVE Top 50 AgTech, 2022 Global Cleantech top 100 start-ups and many more.
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Children’s Musical Theaterworks, of Fresno, CA, will bring the fan-favorite Disney’s High School Musical 2 Jr. to Fresno starting Aug. 5.
Show dates are Aug. 5-14 at the historic Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Downtown Fresno.
Children’s Musical Theaterworks cmtworks.org Tickets: 866.973.9610 Info: 559.835.6875 Email: info@cmtworks.org
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Amazon is the latest tech company to mimic TikTok. On Thursday, the online-retail giant announced the launch of Inspire, a short-form video and photo feed that lets you discover and buy products from content created by influencers, brands and other customers.
In Inspire, the photos and videos in your customizable feed display links for purchasable items in the bottom-right corner of the post.
Amazon wrote online that Inspire is only available in the Amazon Shopping mobile app, and the feature will roll out gradually to US customers throughout December.
To use Inspire -- or to see if you have access to the feature -- open your Amazon Shopping app and tap the lightbulb icon in the navigation bar. If you don't see the lightbulb icon, then you still have to wait for access.
After tapping the lightbulb icon, Amazon will ask you to choose up to 20 interests, like interior design and gaming. Once you've selected your interests, you're ready to start scrolling.
Inspire is not available for use on desktop, and you need to download the iOS and Android mobile apps to use the feature.
For more on Amazon, check out this trick to tip your Amazon delivery driver and CNET's review of Amazon's Kindle Scribe.
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Water pours into Ohio Senate after Statehouse pipe bursts
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Officials are assessing water damage at the Ohio Statehouse after a pipe burst during freezing weather, sending water pouring into the Senate chamber, an adjacent lounge for lawmakers, and other areas on Tuesday morning.
Retiring state Sen. Jay Hottinger tweeted video showing water falling from a ceiling into an overflowing container and pooling across the patterned carpet of the empty Senate floor, adding that his last day at the Statehouse was “not going very well.”
Hottinger told The Columbus Dispatch that water also streamed down stairs and pooled outside Gov. Mike DeWine’s ceremonial office before the flow was shut off.
Laura Battocletti, executive director of the Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board that maintains the Statehouse, told reporters that workers were drying things out by afternoon and starting to evaluate any damage.
It isn’t expected to affect the scheduled start of the new legislative session next week.
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NEW YORK, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Local initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) is collaborating with the Wells Fargo Foundation on a pilot program to help small businesses plan for and recover from disasters.
The Wells Fargo Foundation is seeding the LISC Small Business Resiliency Network with a $2 million grant to fund community-based disaster training, planning, and support for as many as 500 small businesses in communities that are particularly prone to disasters.
The program will operate through 20 nonprofit business development organizations (BDOs) in Alabama, Louisiana, New Jersey, New York, and Texas so that these BDOs can hire and train staff in business continuity management and increase local businesses access to capital.
The BDOs will help local businesses—particularly those operating in disaster-prone areas—address a range of significant challenges, from translating climate change impact for small businesses to building recovery and preparedness into business plans to climate-related business opportunities. The goal is to help owners weather the impact of disasters, preserve jobs, and protect and grow local income.
"With this grant, we aim to catalyze more support for the LISC Small Business Resiliency Network and strengthen the capacity for local nonprofits to guide small business owners through disaster readiness strategies," said Molly Porter, interim president of the Wells Fargo Foundation. "Entrepreneurs and the communities they serve benefit when there is an opportunity to plan ahead. We hope this effort will help keep more small businesses on a growth path even in the face of challenges."
Small businesses are particularly vulnerable to disaster, oftentimes without the business plans, savings, financing partners, insurance or other support needed to recover from catastrophic loss. An estimated 25 percent of small businesses never re-open after a devastating hurricane or wildfire, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The challenges are magnified for those who historically have faced capital gaps, like owners who are Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC). As example, an estimated 40 percent of Black-owned businesses failed during the early days of the pandemic, more than twice as many as those with white owners.
"Whether we are talking about hurricanes, wildfires, or public health crises, a disaster can be a crushing blow to small business owners—and by extension, their employees and the communities that they serve," said LISC CEO Lisa Glover.
"But we also know from experience that losses can be mitigated with strong planning, solid adaptation strategies, and help to navigate the tangled mix of public programs that are available," Glover continued. "Working with community-based BDOs—especially those focused on underserved communities—we are building a model that will expand that capacity for recovery."
The pilot complements LISC's existing disaster recovery and small business support programs, which included more than $240 million in COVID-relief grants to minority-owned businesses and enterprises in disinvested communities throughout the pandemic.
To learn more about the LISC Small Business Resiliency Network, visit LISC's site.
About LISC
LISC is one of the country's largest community development organizations, helping forge vibrant, resilient communities across America. We work with residents and partners to close systemic gaps in health, wealth and opportunity and advance racial equity so that people and places can thrive. Since our founding in 1979, LISC has invested $26.7 billion to create more than 463,000 affordable homes and apartments, develop 78.5 million square feet of retail, community and educational space and help tens of thousands of people find employment and improve their finances. For more, visit www.lisc.org.
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Cubs vs. Cardinals Probable Starting Pitchers Today - June 25
The Chicago Cubs (37-38) aim to add on to their four-game winning streak when they take on the St. Louis Cardinals (31-45) on Sunday at 10:10 AM ET, at London Stadium.
The probable starters are Marcus Stroman (9-4) for the Cubs and Matthew Liberatore (1-2) for the Cardinals.
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Cubs vs. Cardinals Pitcher Matchup Info
- Date: Sunday, June 25, 2023
- Time: 10:10 AM ET
- TV: ESPN
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Venue: London Stadium
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- Probable Pitchers: Stroman - CHC (9-4, 2.28 ERA) vs Liberatore - STL (1-2, 6.12 ERA)
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Cubs Probable Starting Pitcher Tonight: Marcus Stroman
- The Cubs' Stroman (9-4) will make his 17th start of the season.
- The right-hander did not allow a run in seven innings pitched on Tuesday in his last outing, a matchup with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
- The 32-year-old has pitched to a 2.28 ERA this season with 7.6 strikeouts per nine innings compared to 3.1 walks per nine across 16 games.
- He's looking to extend his seven-game quality start streak.
- Stroman has seven starts in a row of five innings or more.
- He has six appearances this season with zero earned runs allowed out of his 16 chances this season.
Marcus Stroman vs. Cardinals
- The Cardinals are batting .249 this season, 15th in MLB. They have a team slugging percentage of .423 (ninth in the league) with 105 home runs.
- The right-hander has allowed the Cardinals to go 4-for-22 with a double and two RBI in six innings this season.
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Cardinals Probable Starting Pitcher Tonight: Matthew Liberatore
- Liberatore (1-2) takes the mound first for the Cardinals in his sixth start of the season. He has a 6.12 ERA in 25 2/3 innings pitched, with 18 strikeouts.
- The left-hander's last appearance came on Sunday against the New York Mets, when he threw four innings, surrendering five earned runs while allowing four hits.
- In six games this season, the 23-year-old has put up a 6.12 ERA and 6.5 strikeouts per nine innings, while giving up a batting average of .276 to opposing batters.
- Liberatore is trying to pick up his second quality start of the year.
- Liberatore has three starts this year that he pitched five or more innings.
- He has had one appearances this season in which he did not allow an earned run.
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