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The Sept. 28 Metro article “Walking out for trans rights” might have been the first notice some local parents received regarding protests during instructional time at their child’s school.
Luckily, I heard about the walkouts regarding Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s policies from a Facebook group. Because I had advance notice, my teenager and I were able to talk about the planned protests before the walkout occurred.
Sadly, the superintendent of Prince William schools chose to keep the walkouts a secret from parents. Because of this, Ms. McDade denied many parents the opportunity to talk with their children before the protests began.
It’s great that young people are paying attention to current events and local politics. Whether kids support the old or the new policy is not why I’m angry. Knowing that Ms. McDade willfully kept parents in the dark about the protests happening during school hours is enraging and a breach of trust.
Janelle Anderson, Manassas | https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/30/parents-should-be-told-school-walkouts/ | 2022-09-30 19:43:04 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/30/parents-should-be-told-school-walkouts/ |
The Atlanta Braves have apparently decided who will replace the departed Dansby Swanson as their starting shortstop. It’s not who most people expected it to be.
Vaughn Grissom and Braden Shewmake were optioned to Triple-A Gwinnett on Monday. That leaves utility infielder Orlando Arcia as the likely replacement for Swanson, who left the Braves in free agency during the offseason for a $177 million, seven-year deal with the Chicago Cubs.
Atlanta announced the moves involving Grissom and Shewmake after a 6-5 exhibition win over the Tampa Bay Rays. Grissom, who had been widely anticipated to be Swanson’s successor, went 3 for 4 in the game with an RBI and run scored, raising his batting average to .371 in 12 games this spring.
Arcia appeared in only one game at shortstop for the Braves last season, when he made 43 starts at second base and hit .244 in 67 games overall. He hasn’t been a primary shortstop since starting 59 games in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season for Milwaukee, which traded him to the Braves the following April.
The 22-year-old Grissom made his big league debut last season by hitting .291 with five home runs and 18 RBIs in 41 games for the Braves. He started 39 games at second base and one at shortstop.
Arcia and Grissom were needed so much at second base last year because Ozzie Albies missed much of the season with two injuries — a broken foot and finger.
Swanson, the first overall pick in the 2012 draft, debuted with the Braves in 2016 and hit .255 in 827 games over eight seasons. He hit .277 while playing in 162 games last season.
Shewmake, a first-round pick by the Braves in the 2019 amateur draft, is still looking to make his big league debut.
DIAZ ‘DOWN FROM THAT MOMENT’
Alexis Díaz is now focusing on what is expected to a prominent role for him in the Cincinnati Reds bullpen after the shock of seeing his older brother get hurt while they played together for Puerto Rico in the World Baseball Classic.
Edwin Díaz, the All-Star closer for the New York Mets, is expected to miss the entire season after surgery last week for a torn patellar tendon in his right knee. He was hurt while celebrating a WBC victory.
“In regards to my brother, it was tough,” Alexis Díaz said Monday at the Reds camp in Goodyear, Arizona. “I was there celebrating with him and I saw him fall to his knees afterward. … The next couple days were really tough. We were supposed to have a grand old time. Seeing him in the locker room really put me down right after that.”
Alexis Díaz said he has been in communication with his brother through the whole process. He said his brother told him that he’s good and will be coming back with a positive mentality.
“I feel better now,” the younger Díaz said. “I’ve kind of come down from that moment.”
Díaz was 7-3 with a 1.84 ERA in 59 games as a rookie for Cincinnati last season. He had 10 saves, seven of them after the start of August.
After spending some time with Díaz, manager David Bell said he is confident that the Reds reliever is going to be fine.
“It’s one thing when it’s your teammate, but it’s his brother. It is tough,” Bell said. “He seemed to be in a very good frame of mind. Emotionally, he’s fine and ready to get back to pitch.”
WRIGHT STUFF
Braves right-hander Kyle Wright, baseball’s only 20-game winner last season, made his first Grapefruit League start.
He had stopped throwing for three weeks during the offseason after a cortisone injection in his shoulder in January.
Wright allowed five hits (two home runs) and four runs over 2 2-3 innings against Tampa Bay. He was on a pitch limit and departed after 49 pitches.
“I wasn’t very good,” Wright said, adding that he was making some adjustments during the outing when he didn’t have any strikeouts or walks.
But what really mattered is that Wright said his shoulder felt great.
“We’ll see how it feels tomorrow. That will be the real test,” he said. “Everything is still trending in the right direction.”
Wright had a breakout season last year, going 21-5 with a 3.19 ERA in 30 starts. The 27-year-old was 2-8 in 21 games (14 starts) the previous four seasons combined for the Braves.
He is expected to make one more Grapefruit League start, then remain in Florida to pitch in a minor league game after the Braves break camp next week. Wright expressed confidence that he will be ready to pitch for Atlanta at St. Louis in the team’s second series of the regular season.
APPEL RELEASED
Former first overall draft pick Mark Appel finally made his big league debut last season, just shy of his 31st birthday. The right-hander is now without a team again.
Appel was released Monday by the National League champion Philadelphia Phillies. He had an 11.12 ERA in six Grapefruit League appearances this spring, walking six and allowing three home runs over 5 2/3 innings.
Phillies manager Rob Thomson said Appel wasn’t going to make the team and that the organization didn’t have a spot for him in Triple-A.
The No. 1 pick by Houston in the 2013 draft out of Stanford, Appel got a $6.35 million signing bonus. He finally made his big league debut last June 29, and had a 1.74 ERA while throwing 10 1/3 innings in six appearances for the Phillies.
Appel made it to Triple-A for the Astros in 2015 before being sent to Philadelphia in a multiplayer trade. He decided to quit baseball after the 2017 season following injuries and ineffectiveness, but rejoined the Phillies organization in 2021.
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Arizona officials refer to a notoriously congested stretch of desert highway through tribal land as the Wild Horse Pass Corridor, a label that’s less about horses than the bustling casino by the same name located just north of where the interstate constricts to four lanes.
With the Gila River Indian Community’s backing, the state allocated or raised about $600 million of a nearly $1 billion plan that would widen the most bottleneck-inducing, 26-mile section of I-10 on the route between Phoenix and Tucson.
But its bid for federal grant money under the new infrastructure law to finish the job fell short, leaving some advocates for road construction accusing the Biden administration of devaluing those projects to focus on repairs and mass transit.
“Upset would be the right terminology,” Casa Grande Mayor Craig McFarland said of his reaction when he learned the project won’t receive one of the law’s first Mega Grants the U.S. Department of Transportation will announce this week. “We thought we had done a good job putting the proposal together. We thought we had checked all the boxes.”
The historic federal investment in infrastructure has reenergized dormant transportation projects, but the debate over how to prioritize them has only intensified in the 14 months since President Joe Biden signed the measure.
The law follows decades of neglect in maintaining the nation’s roads, bridges, water systems and airports. Research by Yale University economist Ray Fair estimates a sharp decline in U.S. infrastructure investment has caused a $5.2 trillion shortfall. The entire law totals $1 trillion, and it seeks to not only remedy that dangerous backlog of projects but also build out broadband internet nationwide and protect against damage caused by climate change.
Some of the money, however, has gone to new highway construction — much of it from the nearly 30% increases Arizona and most other states are receiving over the next five years in the formula funding they can use to prioritize their own transportation needs.
For specific projects, many of the biggest awards available under the law are through various highly competitive grants. The Department of Transportation received around $30 billion worth of applications for just the first $1 billion in Mega Grants being awarded, spokesperson Dani Simons said.
Another $1 billion will be available each of the next four years before the funding runs out. Still, the first batch has been closely watched for signals about the administration’s preferences.
Jeff Davis, senior fellow at the Eno Center for Transportation, said it’s already clear that the Biden administration plans to direct a greater share of its discretionary transportation funding to “non-highway projects” than the Trump administration did. However, with so much more total infrastructure money to work with, Davis said, “a rising tide lifts all boats.”
For example, one of the projects that the administration told Congress it had chosen for a Mega Grant will widen Interstate 10 — but in Mississippi, not Arizona. Davis said the department likely preferred the Mississippi project due to its significantly lower price tag. This year’s Mega Grants combine three different award types into a single application, one of which caters specifically to rural and impoverished communities.
Some of the winning grants are for bridges, while others are for mass transit — including improvements to Chicago’s commuter train system and concrete casing for a rail tunnel in Midtown Manhattan.
Along with the nine projects selected, transportation department staff listed seven others as “highly recommended” — a distinction Davis said makes them clear front-runners to secure money next year. Arizona’s I-10 widening effort was part of a third group of 13 projects labeled as “recommended,” which Davis said could put them in contention for future funding unless they’re surpassed by even stronger applicants.
But such decisions remain largely subjective.
Advocates for regions such as the Southwest, where the population is growing but more spread out, argue that their need for new or wider highways is just as big of a national priority as a major city’s need for more subway stations or bicycle lanes.
Arizona state Rep. Teresa Martinez, a Republican who represents Casa Grande at the southern end of the corridor, said she was livid when she heard from a congressional office that the administration might have turned down the I-10 project because it didn’t have enough “multimodal” components.
“What does that even mean?” she said. “…. They were looking to fund projects that have bike paths and trailways instead of a major interstate?”
Testifying in March before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg assured Arizona Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly that he understood the state’s unique highway needs and that his department wouldn’t “stand in the way of a capacity expansion where it’s appropriate.”
Some Republicans, however, remain skeptical, in part due to a memo the Federal Highway Administration distributed in December 2021, a month after Biden signed the bill. The document suggested states should usually “prioritize the repair, rehabilitation, reconstruction, replacement, and maintenance of existing transportation infrastructure” over new road construction.
Although administration officials dismissed the memo as an internal communication, not a policy decision, critics alleged they were trying to circumvent Congress and influence highway construction decisions traditionally left to states under their formula funding.
Last month the Government Accountability Office concluded the memo carried the same weight as a formal rule, which Congress could challenge by passing a resolution of disapproval. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, the ranking Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, pledged to write one.
According to figures the Federal Highway Administration provided to The Associated Press, 12 capacity-expansion projects have received funding through previous competitive grants since the memo was issued. States also have used their formula funding toward 763 such projects totaling $7.1 billion.
As for the Arizona project, some state officials have expressed plans to move ahead on their own if they can’t secure federal money — although they’re not giving up on that, either. Considering that one crash can back up traffic for miles between the state’s two largest cities, they say it remains a top priority.
McFarland, the Casa Grande mayor, said perhaps the next application will stress some of the other components of the $360 million request besides the highway widening — including bike lanes that tribal leaders have long sought for some of the overpasses.
“If you read the tea leaves, you can see where they’re at,” McFarland said. “… It’s a competitive process. You don’t always get it the first time you ask for it. So, ask again.”
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McMurray reported from Chicago. Associated Press writer Josh Boak in Washington contributed to this story. | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-should-federal-grants-favor-highway-repair-over-expansion/ | 2023-01-30 15:37:55 | 1 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-should-federal-grants-favor-highway-repair-over-expansion/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans for months have railed against the Biden administration's handling of the U.S. border with Mexico, holding hearings, visiting border communities and promising to advance legislation to clamp down on illegal immigration and drug trafficking.
But so far, they have failed to unify behind a plan, delaying efforts to pass legislation.
Now they are hoping to change that. Republicans on Wednesday are jumpstarting work on an immigration and border enforcement package that would remake immigration law to make it more difficult to apply for asylum and easier for the federal government to stop migrants from entering the U.S.
Rep. Jim Jordan, the Republican who is chair of the Judiciary Committee drafting the legislation, said he expected Wednesday's markup of the bill to go "well."
The undertaking comes as Washington is putting renewed focus on border security, and the plight of thousands of migrants who show up seeking entry into the U.S., with a looming May deadline that is expected to end a federal COVID-era asylum policy. The hearing also comes as Republicans, more than 100 days into their new House majority, are under political pressure to deliver on a key campaign promise to secure the border.
The Republican legislative package, which may not draw much bipartisan support from Democrats, aims to revive a number of policies either enacted or proposed under then-President Donald Trump that tightened up asylum rules.
It would give the Homeland Security secretary the power to stop migrants from entering the United States if the secretary determines the U.S. has lost "operational control" of the border.
And it would make it more difficult for asylum-seekers to prove in initial interviews that they are fleeing political, religious or racial persecution, impose a $50 fee on adults who apply for asylum and require migrants to make the asylum claim at an official port of entry.
The bill would also enact a Trump-era policy that the Biden administration is pursuing, the so-called "safe third country" requirement, which generally denies asylum to migrants who show up at the U.S. southern border without first seeking protection in a country they passed through.
Conservative hardliners who say migrants are taking advantage of the asylum process are backing the bill.
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, a conservative member of the Freedom Caucus who has pushed aggressive border measures, said the legislation "reflects in a package form basically where we've all wanted to head, which is to actually enforce the law."
"Stop releasing people into the United States who don't have a legitimate claim to asylum that you need to adjudicate," he said.
But Roy and Jordan will have to contend with a group of fellow Republicans who have condemned attempts at aggressively limiting asylum claims as cruel and out-of-touch with Latino communities.
Rep. Tony Gonzales, a fellow Texas Republican who represents a long portion of the U.S-Mexico border from El Paso to San Antonio, has emerged as Roy's foil in the GOP's border debate. He insists that measures to toughen border enforcement also be coupled with increasing legal immigration, such as work visas.
Moderate House Republicans, like Rep. Don Bacon, R-Nebraska, are pushing for "a balanced approach" that would also open up legal immigration. "People want to come here. They work hard. I think they eventually become great citizens," Bacon said, adding "but what's going on at the border is a catastrophe."
The GOP has made inroads with Latino communities in recent years, and while Republican voters from those communities support tougher border enforcement, Latino Republicans also want to see an increase in legal immigration. The Congressional Hispanic Conference, a group of 18 House Republicans, held a bilingual news conference in front of the Capitol on Tuesday to demand a seat at the negotiating table.
"This is what the face of the border crisis looks like," Gonzales told reporters. "Take a good hard look, because we're not going to be quiet about it. We're not going to let others just dictate what happens."
Afterward, Gonzales suggested the bill being considered by the Judiciary Committee is just one option, and "has a long way to go before it hits primetime." The Homeland Security Committee, where he holds a seat, is working on its own legislation to increase border enforcement, he said.
The Congressional Hispanic Conference highlighted three policies it wants: designating cartels as terrorist organizations, increasing criminal penalties for people who smuggle fentanyl and increasing salaries for Customs and Border Protection agents.
Democrats are skeptical of Republican efforts to toughen border enforcement. Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragán, a California Democrat who chairs the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, said the GOP is focused on "politicization of the border instead of actually trying to find a solution."
And even if Republicans manage to pass a bill through the House, hardline border enforcement and severe restraints on asylum are unlikely to advance in the Democratic-held Senate, where negotiators prefer to pair border policies with an increase in legal immigration or a path to citizenship for the hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children.
"There is not consensus in either party," said Theresa Cardinal Brown, a senior advisor for immigration at the Bipartisan Policy Center. "There is certainly not consensus across the aisle."
The debate in Congress will likely play out just as an influx of migrants is expected at the southern border. Title 42, a Trump-era rule adopted by the Biden administration, is set to expire on May 11. It suspended the rights for many to seek asylum during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Recent U.S. immigration policy has been cobbled together through executive actions and legal rulings, Brown said, without any significant action by Congress in decades to address a new reality at the southern border: people, including many children, arriving from a host of countries to claim asylum.
"It's going to get bad and I don't think the (Biden) administration is prepared," she said, adding, "We are at an inflection point. We will see again whether people will get serious about legislating and come to the table, or will they pound the table."
Gonzales acknowledged the political difficulties around immigration but pointed to the impact in his home district along the border. He hosted Arizona's Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, a Democrat-turned-independent, for a border visit last month, and said he has been holding calls with Democrats and Republicans in hopes of crafting a bipartisan proposal.
"Congress hasn't done anything in decades, the White House has punted time and time again, and it is no doubt a difficult problem set," he said. "But I think it's a problem worth fighting for." | https://www.kanw.com/new-mexico-news/2023-04-19/house-republicans-ready-border-enforcement-push-after-delays | 2023-04-19 11:44:16 | 0 | https://www.kanw.com/new-mexico-news/2023-04-19/house-republicans-ready-border-enforcement-push-after-delays |
Princeville, NC: the oldest town founded by free African Americans in the United States
Published: Feb. 20, 2023 at 1:33 PM EST|Updated: 2 hours ago
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - The town of Princeville is celebrating its 138th founders day this month. Princeville, which was initially founded as Freedom Hill in 1865, is the oldest town founded by free African Americans in the United States. Nicole Neuman spoke with town Commissioner Linda Joyner to learn more about Princeville’s history and to mark the occasion.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift will receive the 2023 iHeartRadio Innovator Award at the iHeartRadio Music Awards later this month, which will feature performances by Kelly Clarkson, Keith Urban, Pat Benatar, Muni Long, Cody Johnson, Coldplay and Pink, who is this year’s Icon Award recipient.
The Innovator Award is presented to an artist who has “impacted global pop culture throughout their career.” Past recipients include Pharrell Williams, Justin Timberlake, U2 and Alicia Keys.
Pink will receive the Icon Award honoring her “impact on pop culture, longevity and continued relevance as a touring and radio force with a loyal fan base worldwide.”
The iHeartRadio Music Awards will be aired March 27 on Fox from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles and aired on iHeartRadio stations and the app.
Lizzo, Swift and Harry Styles lead the awards nominations with seven nods each, and Jack Harlow and Drake are close behind with six each.
For top song of the year, Lizzo’s “About Damn Time” faces off against Swift’s “Anti-Hero,” Styles’ “As It Was,” Justin Bieber’s “Ghost,” Doja Cat’s “Woman,” Glass Animals’ “Heat Wave,” Latto’s “Big Energy,” Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow’s “Industry Baby,” Harlow’s “First Class,” and Imagine Dragons’ “Enemy.”
Fans can vote in several categories including best fan army, best lyrics, best cover song, best sample and best music video. Voting on Twitter begins Wednesday using the appropriate category and nominee hashtags and will close March 20.
With five nominations each are Doja Cat, Beyoncé, Dua Lipa, Tems, Bad Bunny and Red Hot Chili Peppers. Silk Sonic, Future, Latto, Imagine Dragons, The Weeknd, BLACKPINK, Karol G and Nicki Minaj have four each.
Artist of the year pits Beyoncé against Doja Cat, Drake, Dua Lipa, Styles, Harlow, Bieber, Lizzo, Swift and The Weeknd for the crown. Best duo or group nominees are AJR, Black Eyed Peas, BLACKPINK, Silk Sonic, Glass Animals, Imagine Dragons, Måneskin, OneRepublic, Parmalee and Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Country artist of the year nominees are Carrie Underwood, Jason Aldean, Kane Brown, Luke Combs and Morgan Wallen. Hip-hop artist of the year nominees are Drake, Future, Kodak Black, Lil Baby and Moneybagg Yo.
Nominees for alternative artist of the year are Imagine Dragons, Måneskin, Twenty One Pilots, Weezer and Red Hot Chili Peppers, the last of whom also are on the list of rock artists of the year, along with Ghost, Papa Roach, Shinedown and Three Days Grace.
The Latin pop/reggaeton artist of the year nominees are Bad Bunny, Daddy Yankee, Farruko, Karol G and Rauw Alejandro. And nominees for best R&B artist are Blxst, Bleu, Silk Sonic, Muni Long and SZA.
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Inflation and rising interest rates are likely to factor into the jobless report By A Martínez, Scott Horsley Published May 5, 2023 at 5:07 AM EDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 3:38 The red-hot job market has cooled a bit, and new April employment numbers from the Labor Department are expected to reveal how much. Copyright 2023 NPR | https://www.wbaa.org/2023-05-05/inflation-and-rising-interest-rates-are-likely-to-factor-into-the-jobless-report | 2023-05-05 09:54:12 | 0 | https://www.wbaa.org/2023-05-05/inflation-and-rising-interest-rates-are-likely-to-factor-into-the-jobless-report |
SPRINGDALE -- The sky was blue Monday morning.
Nothing clouded the horizon, and the sun beamed as George Elementary School celebrated a groundbreaking on the site of the gymnasium destroyed by a tornado last year.
The ceremony marked the start of a remodeling project at the school, and a new gym is just part of the package.
The EF3 twister struck March 30, 2022. The storm destroyed the gym and damaged the school's roof, exterior, playground, cafeteria and entrance awning, according to a district news release. The tornado formed around 4 a.m. that morning, and no one at the school was hurt.
George Principal Justin Swope on Monday noted the contrast between then and now.
"I changed clothes a couple of times that day because I got pretty wet out here, just figuring out what's going on with the damage, getting up on the roof that day," Swope said. "Just getting out in the neighborhood, seeing what was going on in the neighborhood ... what was happening with our students.
"It's a very beautiful day today."
Aside from the gym, a new cafeteria, classroom spaces and music room are planned, Swope said, with the old cafeteria becoming a new library. A school remodeling was already planned before the storm struck, according to a district news release. Those improvements are now set to be completed along with the recovery work.
"We had a really tough situation that is now turning into a great opportunity, a great facility for the kids of this community to come and learn," Swope said.
The remodeling will cost about $11.2 million, a district news release stated, with insurance proceeds, district funds and state partnership money covering the cost. The project is scheduled to begin immediately after this school year and conclude in August 2024, according to a district news release.
"It's the beginning of a new beginning, I guess," Swope said. "We are excited to finally get a chance to get the upgrades to our school, and so we wanted to celebrate that."
Superintendent Jared Cleveland said he had a "heartsick feeling" the day of the tornado.
"As far as an immediate need, a scary situation, I would think that this does rate pretty high on the list," Cleveland said when asked about challenges he's faced as a superintendent.
He noted the pace of the recovery project "feels fast, but it feels slow to me at the same time."
Members of the George family also attended the ceremony, as did School Board President Randy Hutchinson and board members Nick Emerson, Michelle Cook and Clinton Bell.
Cleveland thanked the state and the community for their help in the wake of the tornado. He said the Georges have been "very instrumental in helping us in returning this school to, really, prominence."
The school opened in 1992. It was named after Gene George, who was CEO and later chairman of the board of George's Inc.
About 650 students in prekindergarten through grade five are enrolled in the school.
Almost all the school's students attended the ceremony, gathering on the cement pad that once served as the old gym's foundation, which was separate from the main school building. Fifth-graders were away at the Little Olympics at Har-Ber High School.
"They know it's a big deal, and they were part of it," Cleveland said of the children in attendance.
Core Architecture and Milestone Construction are leading the remodeling project, according to a district news release. | https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/may/23/george-elementary-has-ceremony-celebrates-start/ | 2023-05-23 10:08:45 | 1 | https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/may/23/george-elementary-has-ceremony-celebrates-start/ |
Mitch McConnell touts funding he secured for Kentucky by voting for Biden's infrastructure bill: 'I'm proud'
Republicans have blasted McConnell for approving much of Biden's agenda
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell touted tens of millions in funding he secured for his home state of Kentucky by voting for President Biden's infrastructure package on Wednesday.
McConnell put out a press release highlighting an award of $21.4 million in funding for Louisville, Ky. from Biden's Department of Transportation (DOT). The funding will go toward upgrading the city's roads, and it represents just a fraction of the billions in funding the state will receive over the course of five years.
"Kentucky has seen a rise in roadway fatalities over the past couple of years, creating a worrying trend. I’m proud to announce that today’s grant will help our largest city and my hometown deploy commonsense, low-impact safety improvements to reverse that trajectory," McConnell said in a Wednesday statement.
"The bipartisan infrastructure law I supported promises to help cities around the country reduce traffic deaths and I’m glad it’s already deploying resources to Louisville to help our community," he added.
BILLIONS FUNNELED TO GREEN AGENDA ONE YEAR AFTER BIDEN SIGNED INFRASTRUCTURE LAW
Biden and McConnell visited Kentucky in-person earlier in January to celebrate the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Meanwhile, many conservatives have criticized McConnell for frequently siding with Biden's agenda.
"There’s nothing to celebrate about a woke, bloated infrastructure law full of waste, labor union handouts, and green giveaways," Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said of the Kentucky visit. "Republicans shouldn’t play center stage in Biden's publicity stunt."
TOP REPUBLICAN BLASTS SPENDING BILL’S FOCUS ON FOREIGN BORDERS INSTEAD OF AMERICAN
Conservatives on social media also blasted McConnell for voting in favor of December's $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill, along with 17 other Senate Republicans.
The Senate approved the 4,000-page bill that funds the government for the rest of the fiscal year in a 68-29 vote. The omnibus included $858 billion for defense, $787 billion for non-defense domestic programs and more than 7,200 earmarks costing over $15 billion.
ACT for America founder Brigitte Gabriel wrote, "Who is worse? The Democrats who are actively destroying the country or the Republicans who are sitting on their hands watching it burn?"
"Yuck," American Commitment president Phil Kerpen exclaimed.
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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., wrote, "I’m disappointed in some of my fellow Republicans, who voted against respecting the taxpayers and for empowering themselves to spend your money with reckless abandon."
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Data and Insights Show That Changing Economic Environment is Impacting Summer Travel Behaviors
DENVER, July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Evolve, the fastest-growing vacation rental hospitality company in North America with more than 22,000 properties in 750 markets, has unveiled its "Vacation Rental Industry Trends: Summer 2022" report, offering detailed data and insight into the current state of the vacation rental industry this summer.
"Last year the U.S. vacation rental industry saw record-breaking numbers, building to an unprecedented 33% surge in demand from 2019 to 2021," said Eric Schueller, Senior Vice President of Revenue at Evolve. "That set the bar pretty high for a lot of short-term rental owners heading into a peak season in 2022. And while summer is shaping up to deliver a much stronger performance than it did prior to the pandemic, the market has changed."
In 2022, short-term rental owners face several fresh challenges. The changing economic environment–from sky-high inflation rates to exorbitant gas and airline prices– is beginning to impact consumer's summer travel behaviors and dampen demand, leaving more vacation homes vying for fewer guest bookings overall.
"If owners want to keep ahead of the competition and optimize performance, they need to pay attention to the market and adapt," Schueller says. "That requires implementing forward-thinking revenue strategies that help make sure homes get booked."
Evolve's "Vacation Rental Industry Trends: Summer 2022" report is designed to give short-term rental owners the research and data they need to understand the market, along with Evolve's strategies to maximize their home's potential.
Key takeaways from Evolve's "Vacation Rental Industry Trends: Summer 2022" report include:
- The Pandemic Effect: As COVID-19 pushed people to find new ways to earn passive income, many owners entered the vacation rental industry and, in 2020, the comparable market saw a 13% surge in supply (available listings) year-over-year (YoY) compared to 2019. Supply continued to grow at a healthy, sustainable pace through 2021 and into 2022, especially as guests began traveling again and owners saw more and more revenue opportunities in front of them.
- Guest Demand Rises: Guest demand really shot through the roof in 2021 as travel opened back up and vacation rental became the preferred form of accommodation. In late 2021, 86% of surveyed travelers told Evolve they planned to book a vacation home in the next year.
- A Steady Pace: The second half of 2021 saw vacation rental industry growth settle into a more sustainable pace, which carried into the early months of 2022. However, once reports of inflation started around March, the growth in demand started to slow — though it still sustained YoY progress — and that deceleration continued through May 2022.
- Market Challenges: As 2022 continues, supply growth is maintaining a consistent pace, but demand growth has started to decelerate quickly, with supply growth in May up 12% (compared to 10% in Jan 2022) and demand growth up 9% (compared to 32% in January 2022). This means the economic environment is beginning to impact summer travel demand, and there will be more vacation homes vying for fewer guest bookings overall.
"It's important to remember today's vacation rental market is quite different from what it was 12 months ago, or even 6 months ago, and it's different from what it's going to be a few months from today," Schueller says. "That's simply a natural part of being in the vacation rental industry. And despite the headwinds currently facing the economy, Evolve works hard to adjust course as needed to set owners up for maximum success."
Discover the full results of Evolve's "Vacation Rental Industry Trends: Summer 2022" report here.
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Evolve is reimagining the vacation rental experience with our modern approach to hospitality and property management. We help guests rest easy with vetted homes, bookings that give back, and all the support they need for a great stay. We also make vacation rental stress-free for owners, partnering with them to book more and keep more of what they earn thanks to our industry-low 10% management fee. Learn more at www.evolve.com.
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DIA 'misguided' in fight over stolen Van Gogh painting, lawyer says
Detroit — A judge can order Detroit Institute of Arts officials to hand over an allegedly stolen painting by Vincent van Gogh despite a federal law granting the artwork immunity from being seized, a lawyer wrote Wednesday.
That is because Brazilian art collector Gustavo Soter, who says he is the undisputed owner of "Liseuse De Romans," is demanding its return after searching for the painting for six years, his lawyer, Aaron Phelps, wrote in a court filing Wednesday.
"Our view is someone who stole a work of art can make no agreement for its exhibition under the statute," Phelps wrote in an email to the DIA's legal team.
The argument comes less than 24 hours before U.S. District Judge George Caram Steeh will consider ordering DIA officials to relinquish the painting, which was missing until Soter's lawyers found it hanging on the walls of the Detroit museum as part of the ongoing "Van Gogh in America" exhibition. The artwork is also known as "The Novel Reader" or "The Reading Lady."
"Plaintiff paid $3.7 million for the painting and would like it back," Phelps wrote.
The filing is the latest legal development in the case of a mysterious painting that is drawing larger crowds, its own security guard and the attention of art lovers worldwide since Soter's art brokerage company, Brokerarte Capital Partners LLC, sued the DIA last week.
The lawsuit describes an international hunt for a rare oil painting by the Dutch Post-Impressionist master and a frantic attempt to reclaim the artwork before the exhibition leaves town Sunday.
The DIA's legal team has said museum officials cannot be forced to relinquish control of the painting because the artwork is protected by a federal law granting immunity to foreign artwork on display in the United States. The painting was granted immunity last summer by the U.S. State Department under a nearly 60-year-old law that governs art and other foreign items of cultural significance imported to the U.S., the DIA's lawyers wrote.
That argument is misguided, Phelps wrote.
The Immunity from Seizure Act only prohibits non-owners from seizing artwork from owners.
"This matter is just the opposite — plaintiff is the owner and seeks recovery of its own property," Phelps wrote. "The Immunity from Seizure Act does not bar this court from returning to plaintiff what already belongs to it."
The lawyer noted that no one else has laid claim to the painting and Soter's company provided an "uncontested" bill of sale.
Soter has said he bought the painting in 2017. After paying for the artwork, he transferred possession, but not title, to an unidentified third party, the lawsuit alleges.
"This party absconded with the painting, and plaintiff has been unaware of its whereabouts for years," Phelps wrote. "Since plaintiff purchased the painting in May 2017, plaintiff has not known the location of the painting."
But Soter's legal team recently discovered the painting on display at the DIA. A sign accompanying the painting says it is on loan from a private collection in São Paulo, Brazil. The DIA has not disclosed any further ownership information.
The DIA's Van Gogh exhibition opened in October and celebrates its status as the first public museum in the United States to purchase a Van Gogh painting, a self-portrait created in 1887.
The exhibition includes 74 Van Gogh paintings and is considered one of the largest of Van Gogh's work in America in the 21st century. The authentic Van Gogh pieces are on loan from roughly 60 museums and collections all over the world, including "The Bedroom," from the Chicago Institute of Art; "Van Gogh's Chair" from London's National Gallery; and "Starry Night (Starry Night Over the Rhone)" from Paris's Musee d'Orsay.
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Lotto Double Play" game were:
01-07-11-25-36-38
(one, seven, eleven, twenty-five, thirty-six, thirty-eight)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Lotto Double Play" game were:
01-07-11-25-36-38
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TORONTO (AP) — TORONTO (AP) — Iamgold Corp. (IAG) on Thursday reported first-quarter net income of $11.9 million.
On a per-share basis, the Toronto-based company said it had profit of 2 cents. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 5 cents per share.
The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of 2 cents per share.
The gold and niobium mining company posted revenue of $226.2 million in the period.
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O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — In the national reckoning that followed the police killing of George Floyd three years ago, about 2,000 protesters took to the streets in a St. Louis suburb and urged the mostly white Francis Howell School District to address racial discrimination. The school board responded with a resolution promising to do better.
Now the board, led by new conservative board members elected since last year, has revoked that anti-racism resolution and copies of it will be removed from school buildings.
The resolution passed in August 2020 “pledges to our learning community that we will speak firmly against any racism, discrimination, and senseless violence against people regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, immigration status, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or ability.
“We will promote racial healing, especially for our Black and brown students and families,” the resolution states. “We will no longer be silent.”
The board’s decision follows a trend that began with backlash against COVID-19 pandemic policies in places around the nation. School board elections have become intense political battlegrounds, with political action groups successfully electing candidates promising to take action against teachings on race and sexuality, remove books deemed offensive and stop transgender-inclusive sports teams.
The Francis Howell district is among Missouri’s largest, with 17,000 students, about 87% of whom are white. The vote, which came during an often contentious meeting Thursday, rescinded resolutions 75 days after “a majority of current Board of Education members were not signatories to the resolution or did not otherwise vote to adopt the resolution.”
While a few others also will be canceled, the anti-racism resolution was clearly the focus. Dozens of people opposed to its revocation packed the board meeting, many holding signs reading, “Forward, not backward.”
Kimberly Thompson, who is Black, attended Francis Howell schools in the 1970s and 1980s, and her two children graduated from the district. She described several instances of racism and urged the board to stand by its 2020 commitment.
“This resolution means hope to me, hope of a better Francis Howell School District,” Thompson said. “It means setting expectations for behavior for students and staff regardless of their personal opinions.”
The board’s vice president, Randy Cook, said phrases in the resolution such as “systemic racism” aren’t defined and mean different things to different people. Another board member, Jane Puszkar, said the resolution served no purpose.
“What has it really done,” she asked. “How effective has it really been?”
Since the resolution was adopted, the makeup of the board has flipped. Just two board members remain from 2020. Five new members elected in April 2022 and April 2023 had the backing of the conservative political action committee Francis Howell Families.
In 2021, the PAC described the anti-racism resolution as “woke activism” and drafted an alternative resolution to oppose “all acts of racial discrimination, including the act of promoting tenets of the racially-divisive Critical Race Theory, labels of white privilege, enforced equity of outcomes, identity politics, intersectionalism, and Marxism.”
Cook, who was elected in 2022 and sponsored the revocation, said there is no plan to adopt that alternative or any other.
“In my opinion, the school board doesn’t need to be in the business of dividing the community,” Cook said. “We just need to stick to the business of educating students here and stay out of the national politics.”
Many districts are dealing with debates over topics mislabeled as critical race theory. School administrators say the scholarly theory centered on the idea that racism is systemic in the nation’s institutions is not taught in K-12 schools.
Others assert that school systems are misspending money, perpetuating divisions and shaming white children by pursuing initiatives they view as critical race theory in disguise.
In 2021, the Ohio State Board of Education rescinded an anti-racism and equity resolution that also was adopted after Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer in May 2020. It was replaced with a statement promoting academic excellence without respect to “race, ethnicity or creed.”
Racial issues remain especially sensitive in the St. Louis region, nine years after a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown during a street confrontation. Officer Darren Wilson was not charged and the shooting led to months of often violent protests, becoming a catalyst for the national Black Lives Matter movement.
Revoking the Francis Howell resolution “sets a precedent for what’s to come,” St. Charles County NAACP President Zebrina Looney warned.
“I think this is only the beginning for what this new board is set out to do,” Looney said. | https://cbs4indy.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-school-board-in-missouri-now-controlled-by-conservatives-revokes-anti-racism-resolution/ | 2023-07-23 17:38:55 | 1 | https://cbs4indy.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-school-board-in-missouri-now-controlled-by-conservatives-revokes-anti-racism-resolution/ |
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Former Lobo Daryl Chestnut has found his new pack. The running back has hung up the cleats and transitioned to high-caliber dog breeding.
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Following his career at UNM, Chestnut attended rookie minicamp with the Washington Redskins, and while he didn’t make the roster, he did however leave an impression on one of his teammates.
In 2019, fellow rookie camp participant Geron Christian contacted Chestnut about using his dog as a stud for breeding. The two came to an agreement and Chestnut found a new passion with dogs.
“It’s always hard transitioning from football and then you have to find a job and adapt to the regular world. Then when you find your passion, whatever it is, you can apply everything you learned from football to your passion, your skillset, and develop it the same way.”
Chestnut developed his new business, Frontline Elite LLC, as a breeder of show caliber French Bulldogs. His business has taken off in just a few years, and Christian has helped his clientele grow to include some high profile athletes.
“Me and Kendrick Perkins have been back and forth in the DM’s, and me and Ezekiel Elliot talk a lot. We talk almost every other day when it pertains to dogs.”
Dog breeding — especially French Bulldogs — has become an extremely lucrative business in recent years. Chestnut’s dogs range in price from $3,000-$20,000 depending on coloration and other characteristics, and he even has co-owners in three other states.
“I have them all over. I some some in Idaho, I have some in Florida, I have some in Texas. It’s a real business, so it’s like, you franchise your business in different cities, and you co-own each dog that you don’t house yourself.”
Beyond breeding, Chestnut also has visions for growing the dog community in Albuquerque. He credits the Duke City and his time at UNM for turning his life around, and he wants to give back to the city that touched his heart.
“The biggest thing for me is trying to get Albuquerque on the map in any way I can. If it’s with athletics, or it’s with the dogs, I’m going to find a way to do it.”
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SEOUL, South Korea — Seoul police assigned 137 officers to manage a crowd of Halloween revelers anticipated to number more than 100,000 over the weekend — a decision that has come under intense criticism following the deaths of more than 150 people when the group surged.
By comparison, nearly 7,000 police officers were sent to another part of the South Korean capital on Saturday to monitor dueling protests that drew tens of thousands but still fewer people than flocked to the popular nightlife district of Itaewon the same night. Even the task force created to investigate why the crowd surged, with 475 members, is more three times larger than the detail assigned to crowd control.
As South Korea mourns, officials are facing tough questions about preparations for the celebrations and demands for accountability in the wake of the country’s worst disaster in nearly a decade.
The national government has insisted there was no way to predict the crowd would get out of control.
Experts disagree. Deploying so few police officers, they said, showed officials were poorly prepared despite knowing ahead of time that there would be a huge gathering following the easing of COVID-19 restrictions in recent months.
On top of assigning more personnel, police and officials in the Yongsan district, which governs Itaewon, should have banned cars from some streets and taken other measures to ease the crowding in narrow lanes like the one where the deaths occurred, experts said.
Instead, the 137 officers in Itaewon were assigned to monitor crime, with a particular focus on narcotics use, meaning that for all practical purposes “no one was looking after pedestrian safety,” said Kong Ha-song, a disaster prevention professor at South Korea’s Woosuk University.
The deaths should be seen as a “manmade disaster,” said Lee Changmoo, an urban planning professor at Seoul’s Hanyang University.
Authorities have come under similar criticism in national media and on social networks. The headline of an editorial in the Hankyoreh newspaper on Sunday described the tragedy as “all too avoidable.” The paper said its reporting showed that a pedestrian got knocked down by a crowd in Itaewon a day before the Halloween festivities — although no one was hurt.
Saturday's crowd surge occurred in a downhill alley running between a dense row of storefronts and the landmark Hamilton Hotel. The path became clogged by a huge throng of partygoers before some of them fell and toppled over “like dominoes,” according to witnesses.
Emergency workers were so overwhelmed by the number of people lying motionless on the ground that they asked pedestrians to help them with CPR. But Choi Sukjae, an emergency medicine specialist and chief spokesperson of the Korean Emergency Medical Association, said CPR, which ideally should be administered within a handful of minutes, wouldn’t have made much of a difference in many cases since the paramedics were delayed getting to the scene because the area was so packed.
Kong, the disaster prevention professor, said more police and government workers should have been called on to monitor potential bottleneck points. He suggested that the crush may have been prevented if authorities had enforced one-way walking lanes, blocked entry to some narrow pathways, and temporarily closed Itaewon’s subway station to prevent an excessive number of people moving in the same direction.
Officials could have also temporarily closed Itaewon’s main road to cars, as they did during the annual Itaewon Global Village Festival earlier in October, thereby giving people more room to spread out, Kong said.
Lee, the urban planning professor, criticized Interior and Safety Minister Lee Sang-min, who claimed, without elaborating, that having more police and fire department personnel on the ground wouldn’t have prevented the tragedy.
When asked about the number of officers assigned, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said 137 was still more than it sent in 2020 and 2021, excluding units specifically assigned to virus control measures. Police and government officials have acknowledged this year's crowd was bigger — but it was not clear by how much.
Kong added that the lack of a central organizer on Saturday — when young people flocked to bars and night clubs to celebrate Halloween but there was not one specific event promoted — may have contributed to the tragedy.
“Our country usually does a good job in following the manual and maintaining crowd control at events where there’s a specific organizer,” he said. “But officials are often unsure what to do or even don't care about events that aren’t created by a specific organizer … although it’s those events that usually require a closer watch.”
Hong Ki-hyeon, a senior official with the national police agency, acknowledged that problem during a news conference Monday, saying police do not have an established way to deal with such gatherings.
“In events like festivals that have a specific organizer, discussions are made between related municipalities, police, fire departments and medical experts who prepare and cooperate under different roles,” Hong said. “That is what we lacked regarding this accident.”
Yongsan district refused to answer questions about preparations. District Mayor Park Hee-young instead said in a statement Monday that her office was deploying “all administrative resources” to support the injured and families of the victims.
In the two previous years, the district's preparations for the Halloween festivities were focused on preventing the spread of COVID-19 among partygoers. Workers toured bars, restaurants and nightclubs to monitor whether they were abiding by social distancing rules, and checkpoints were established in crowded areas where public workers and volunteers took the temperatures of partygoers.
Saturday’s crush was the country’s biggest disaster since 304 people, mostly high school students, died in a ferry sinking in April 2014. The sinking exposed lax safety rules and regulatory failures.
South Korea has a long history of deadly crowd crushes and stampedes, although none as deadly as Saturday's. In 2005, 11 people were killed and dozens were injured in a pop concert during a crowd crush in the southern city of Sangju.
In 1960, 31 people died after being crushed on the stairs of a train station as large crowds rushed to board a train during the Lunar New Year holidays. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/nation-world/officials-criticized-seoul-crowd-crush-deaths/507-949a90fb-11b1-4fca-a43c-82d1981f2c90 | 2022-11-01 05:12:41 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/nation-world/officials-criticized-seoul-crowd-crush-deaths/507-949a90fb-11b1-4fca-a43c-82d1981f2c90 |
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Federated Hermes Premier Municipal Income Fund (NYSE: FMN) has declared a dividend. The fund seeks to provide investors with current dividend income that is exempt from regular federal income tax. In addition, this fund features income exempt from the federal alternative minimum tax (AMT).
Investors can view additional portfolio information in the Products section of FederatedInvestors.com.
Federated Hermes, Inc. (NYSE: FHI) is a global leader in active, responsible investment management, with $631.9 billion in assets under management, as of June 30, 2022. We deliver investment solutions that help investors target a broad range of outcomes and provide equity, fixed-income, alternative/private markets, multi-asset and liquidity management strategies to more than 11,000 institutions and intermediaries worldwide. Our clients include corporations, government entities, insurance companies, foundations and endowments, banks and broker/dealers. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Federated Hermes has nearly 2,000 employees in London, New York and offices worldwide. For more information, visit FederatedHermes.com.
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RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) — Authorities urged people to evacuate Tuesday near a large industrial fire in an Indiana city near the Ohio border that sent massive clouds of black smoke into the sky.
The fire occurred at a former factory site in Richmond, 70 miles (112.6 kilometers) east of Indianapolis, that lately had been used to store plastics and other materials for recycling or resale, Mayor Dave Snow said.
“They were under a city order to clean up and remediate that site,” Snow told The Associated Press. “We knew that was a fire hazard the way they were storing materials.”
Snow described it as a “serious, large-scale fire” that apparently started in a tractor-trailer parked onsite and spread quickly. He said the fire had been contained on three sides by early evening. The cause was not immediately known.
“This is an indoor and outdoor storage facility — very, very large,” the mayor said.
There were no reports of injuries. But hundreds of people living within a half-mile (0.80 kilometer) of the fire were told to leave. People outside that radius who live downwind of the fire were advised to keep windows closed and pets inside.
Wind from the west blew black smoke across the state border into Ohio.
Bethesda Worship Center in Richmond offered temporary shelter for people forced out of their homes, while other agencies were trying to arrange hotel rooms if necessary, Pastor Ken Harris said.
Snow said state and federal regulators were at the scene to assess air quality and other environmental impacts.
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100 years ago
May 3, 1923
The largest haul of diamonds made locally in several years was reported by Mrs. E. W. Holman ... yesterday afternoon who told the police that a thief stole gems from her home valued at $4,000. The robbery occurred between 1:30 and 1:40 p.m., according to Mrs. Holman. Detective Sergeants Martin and Wilson are detailed to the case. Mrs. Holman told a Gazette reporter last night that she went into the yard for a few minutes and upon leaving her room, she placed the jewelry, which in a small chamois bag, on the dresser, putting a handkerchief over the bag. She said she was not gone from the room more than 10 minutes, and upon returning, missed the jewelry.
50 years ago
May 3, 1973
Four more Arkansas high school seniors have won college-sponsored, four-year scholarships through the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. The scholarships are worth $100 to $1,500 a year, depending on the student's financial need. The winners and their fields of study are: James S. Massey of Batesville, Batesville High School ... Kathleen E. Branigan of Little Rock, McClellan High School ... Gary C. Miller of Little Rock, Hall High School ... Michael S. Mathews of North Little Rock, Ole Main High School.
25 years ago
May 3, 1998
A meat surplus and merger costs are to blame for a 55 percent drop in second-quarter earnings for Tyson Foods Inc., analysts and company officials said last week. For the quarter ending March 28, the company reported net income of $23.3 million -- or 10 cents a share, down from 22 cents a share for the same period a year earlier. Tyson, the world's largest poultry producer, predicted the decline in February. Earnings are reported as "diluted" earnings per share, which counts not only common stock but preferred shares and stock options. "We are not pleased with the operating results for this quarter," Chief Executive Officer Leland Tollett said in a news release.
10 years ago
May 3, 2013
For the second time in three years, state ethics officials have emphatically rejected a proposed courtroom "reality TV" show. A Hot Springs district judge participating in a proposed for-profit television program would be inconsistent with the administration of justice in the state's courts and the Code of Judicial Conduct, the Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee wrote in an opinion released Thursday. Howard Brill, a professor at the University of Arkansas School of Law, wrote in the opinion that the committee approached Judge Ralph Ohm's Feb. 15 letter requesting an opinion by balancing "the necessity of maintaining the dignity of the court proceeding, the separation of the courts from for profit enterprises, and the importance of educating the public" on the court's business. | https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/may/03/other-days/ | 2023-05-03 09:20:31 | 0 | https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/may/03/other-days/ |
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The body of a famed U.S. extreme skier who went missing this week after falling from the world’s eighth-highest mountain was recovered Wednesday and transported to Nepal’s capital.
Hilaree Nelson, 49, was skiing down from the 8,163-meter (26,775-foot) summit of Mount Manaslu with her partner, Jim Morrison, on Monday when she fell off the mountain.
Her body was flown by helicopter to a hospital in Kathmandu where doctors planned to perform an autopsy.
Rescuers searching by helicopter located Nelson’s body on Wednesday after failing to find her on Tuesday and Monday, when bad weather hampered their search.
Also on Monday, an avalanche at a lower elevation on the same mountain killed a Nepalese man and injured several other climbers.
Hundreds of climbers and their local guides were attempting to reach the summit during Nepal’s autumn climbing season.
Nelson, from Telluride, Colorado, and Morrison, from Tahoe, California, are extreme skiers who reached the summit of Mount Lhotse, the world’s fourth highest mountain, in 2018.
Nepal’s government has issued permits to 504 climbers during the autumn season. Most are climbing Mount Manaslu. | https://who13.com/sports/ap-sports/ap-body-of-missing-famed-u-s-extreme-skier-recovered-in-nepal/ | 2022-09-29 00:22:43 | 1 | https://who13.com/sports/ap-sports/ap-body-of-missing-famed-u-s-extreme-skier-recovered-in-nepal/ |
MONTREAL, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Alithya Group inc. (TSX: ALYA) (NASDAQ: ALYA) ("Alithya") will disclose financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal 2022, ended March 31, 2022, on June 17, 2022.
Alithya will host a conference call followed by a question and answer period for the financial community at 9:00 a.m. (Eastern time).
Financial statements, MD&A, and presentation will be posted on the Investors page of Alithya's website (https://www.alithya.com/en/investors).
For those unable to participate on the live call, a replay will be made available until July 17, 2022, by opening a session at https://www.icastpro.ca/muu7r8.
Alithya is a North American leader in strategy and digital transformation, employing a dedicated and highly skilled workforce of 3,600 professionals in Canada, the United States, and internationally. Since its founding in 1992, Alithya's capacity, size, and capabilities have continuously evolved, guided by a long-term strategic vision to become the trusted advisor of its clients. The company's integrated offer is based on four pillars of expertise: business strategies, enterprise cloud solutions, application services, and data and analytics. Alithya deploys leading-edge solutions, services, and skills as one of the most prominent consulting firms, driving successful digital change as a trusted advisor to customers in a variety of sectors, including financial services, manufacturing, renewable energy, telecommunications, transport and logistics, professional services, healthcare, government, and beyond.
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DENVER (AP) — Mike Trout, Brandon Drury and Matt Thaiss of the Angels hit home runs on consecutive pitches to open a 13-run third inning for Los Angeles against the Colorado Rockies on Saturday night.
Trout hit a 451-foot homer to center field on a 1-0 pitch from Colorado starter Chase Anderson. Drury hit the next pitch for a 437-foot homer to left center, and Matt Thais followed with a 399-foot homer to right.
The Angels went on to score 10 more runs on seven more hits, capped by a two-run homer by Mickey Moniak.
The Angels’ 13 runs in the third inning tied a team record. The 10 hits fell one short of a record, as were the team’s 23 total bases.
So far this season, Trout has 17 homers, Drury 13 and Thaiss 4.
It is the second time Anderson has given up homers on three straight pitchers. He gave up consecutive homers to the Yankees’ Brett Gardner, DJ LeMahieu and Luke Voit while pitching for Toronto on Sept. 17, 2020.
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Clash over LBGTQ+ decor at Starbucks leads to planned strikes at more than 150 stores in days ahead
(AP) - Workers at more than 150 Starbucks locations across the country are planning to go on strike as the coffee chain and a union representing baristas clash over displays supporting LBGTQ+ causes in stores during Pride month.
Starbucks Workers United said in a tweet Friday that 3,500 workers will be on strike over the next week.
Starbucks has consistently denied claims by union organizers that it was banning Pride displays in its U.S. stores after brands like Disney, Target and Bud Light suffered a related backlash and negative social media campaigns in some parts of the country.
Even brands like Chick-fil-A, which closes on Sundays for a day of “rest and worship,” and Cracker Barrel Old Country Store have been targeted online by anti-LBGTQ+ groups and individuals.
The union that represents baristas, Workers United, says that store managers around the country have curtailed or removed displays during a monthlong celebration of LGBTQ+ people. In some cases, the union said, managers told workers that Pride displays were a safety concern, citing recent incidents at Target where some angry customers tipped over merchandise and confronted workers.
Starbucks said last week that there had been no change to any policy on the matter and that its support is “unwavering.” The company has been outspoken in its support for LGBTQ+ employees for decades. It extended full health benefits to same-sex partners in 1988 and added health coverage for gender reassignment surgery in 2013.
Starbucks Corp. is also currently selling Pride-themed tumblers in its stores designed by Toronto artist Tim Singleton, who is gay.
Starbucks, based in Seattle, did not immediately respond to a request for comment early Friday.
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Commence Work Together to Increase Recoveries for Stakeholders
WILMINGTON, Del. and NASSAU, Bahamas, Jan. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- FTX Trading Ltd. (d.b.a. FTX.com), and its affiliated debtors (together, the "FTX Debtors"), and FTX Digital Markets Ltd. ("FTX DM"), acting by the Joint Provisional Liquidators (Brian Simms, K.C., Peter Greaves and Kevin Cambridge), today announced their agreement on terms for mutual cooperation in the chapter 11 cases of the FTX Debtors in Delaware and the provisional liquidation of FTX DM in The Bahamas.
Under the cooperation agreement, the parties commence work together to share information, secure and return property to their estates, coordinate litigation against third parties and explore strategic alternatives for maximizing stakeholder recoveries. The parties have agreed on parameters for involving FTX DM in the chapter 11 cases and for involving the FTX Debtors in proceedings in The Bahamas. The parties also agreed on the disposition of real estate in The Bahamas in a process operationally led by the JPLs and overseen by courts in both jurisdictions, as well as a process to confirm the inventory of digital assets under the control of the Securities Commission of The Bahamas in the Fireblocks account previously disclosed by the FTX Debtors. The parties are each comfortable the digital assets have been appropriately safeguarded by the Securities Commission as restructuring discussions continue.
"We would like to thank all of the Joint Provisional Liquidators of FTX DM for constructive meetings this week in Miami and all their work on behalf of their estate," said John J. Ray III, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Restructuring Officer of the FTX Debtors. "There are some issues where we do not yet have a meeting of the minds, but we resolved many of the outstanding matters and have a path forward to resolve the rest."
"Our meetings stressed our shared objective to find the best solution for customers and creditors of the FTX.com platform," said Brian J. Simms, K.C. "Each jurisdiction has different tools available to accomplish that objective and we look forward to working collaboratively to optimize outcomes for all of our respective stakeholders."
The agreement is subject to the approval of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware and the Supreme Court of The Bahamas. The FTX Debtors will file the Agreement on the docket in the chapter 11 cases shortly, and it will be available at https://cases.ra.kroll.com/FTX/.
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PHOENIX, March 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Nikola Corporation (Nasdaq: NKLA) today announced the pricing of an SEC-registered underwritten public offering and concurrent registered direct offering at a price of $1.12 per share. Nikola will sell 29,910,715 shares of common stock to the public in the public offering and 59,374,999 shares of common stock to an investor in the concurrent registered direct offering pursuant to a forward stock purchase agreement. The gross proceeds to Nikola from the public offering and the concurrent registered direct offering, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses, are $100.0 million. In addition, Nikola has granted the underwriter a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 4,486,607 shares of its common stock at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions. The public offering is not conditioned on the closing of the concurrent registered direct offering, and the concurrent registered direct offering is not conditioned on the closing of the public offering. The public offering is expected to close on or about April 4, 2023, subject to customary closing conditions. The concurrent registered direct offering is expected to close on or about April 11, 2023, subject to customary closing conditions.
Nikola currently intends to use the net proceeds from the public offering and the concurrent registered direct offering for working capital and other general corporate purposes.
Citigroup is acting as the sole book-running manager for the proposed public offering.
A shelf registration statement relating to the shares was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and became effective on April 14, 2022 (File No. 333-264068). A copy of the final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the public offering and the concurrent registered direct offering, when available, may be obtained from Citigroup, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717 or by telephone at (800) 831-9146.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About Nikola Corporation
Nikola Corporation is globally transforming the transportation industry. As a designer and manufacturer of zero-emission battery-electric and hydrogen-electric vehicles, electric vehicle drivetrains, vehicle components, energy storage systems, and hydrogen station infrastructure, via the HYLA brand, Nikola is driven to revolutionize the economic and environmental impact of commerce as we know it today. Founded in 2015, Nikola Corporation is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.
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BOISE, Idaho — This article originally appeared in the Idaho Press.
Nearly 1,000 people gathered, starting at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, at Cherie Buckner-Webb Park to protest the the Supreme Court's recent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
The protestors later marched to the Capitol and continued marching downtown during the event organized by groups including the Red Republicans of the DSA, Idaho Party for Socialism and Liberation, Boise Democratic Socialists of America and the Southwest Idaho branch of Industrial Workers of the World.
Counterprotestors could also be heard in the crowd.
Another large abortion rights demonstration took place downtown on Friday, the day the Supreme Court decision was announced. The protestors started at Boise City Hall before marching to the Idaho Statehouse to hold a rally.
Idaho has a "trigger" law that will go into effect 30 days after the judgement is entered and will ban most abortions in the state.
The law includes an exemption, an "affirmative defense" that must be proven in court by a "preponderance of evidence" (more likely than not), for abortions performed when a doctor, "in good faith medical judgment and based on the facts known to the physician at the time," has determined the abortion was necessary to prevent the death of the pregnant woman.
That does not include cases where a doctor deems an abortion necessary because the doctor believes a pregnant woman may take action to harm herself.
The law also includes an exemption for cases of rape or incest, if the woman has reported the act of rape or incest to law enforcement and provided a copy of that report to the physician who would be performing the abortion.
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Judge gives deadline extension to organizers trying to stop 'Cop City' with signature campaign
Atlanta – A federal judge on Thursday significantly extended the deadline for Atlanta organizers who have been trying to gather more than 70,000 signatures to force a vote on the construction of a police and firefighter training center that critics call “ Cop City.”
U.S. District Judge Mark Cohen ruled that the city had imposed an unlawful requirement that those collecting signatures have to be residents of Atlanta. A group of people who live in DeKalb County just outside the city had sued – saying they should be allowed to join in the canvassing effort and noting that the planned site for the training center itself is in unincorporated DeKalb County, outside the city limits.
“Requiring signature gatherers to be residents of the city imposes a severe burden on core political speech and does little to protect the city’s interest in self-governance,” Cohen wrote, adding: “The city has offered no specifics as to why permitting nonresident plaintiffs to gather signatures … will cause any disruption to the political process.”
Cohen said that the 60-day period for gathering signatures, which had put the deadline in mid-August, should be restarted. That means organizers will have until late September to gather the tens of thousands of signatures still needed for the proposed referendum to get on the ballot.
The effort is meant to allow voters to choose whether they want to repeal the ordinance that authorized the lease of the city-owned land upon which the project is set to be built.
As of Tuesday, organizers had gotten more than 30,000 residents to sign on to the effort, according to Paul Glaze, a spokesperson for the Vote to Stop Cop City Coalition.
Attorneys for the city and state had urged the judge to toss the entire referendum campaign, calling it “futile,” and “invalid,” but Cohen declined to rule on its legality, saying it was not up to him to decide that separate dispute.
“We are thrilled by Judge Cohen’s ruling, and the expansion of democracy to include our DeKalb neighbors, and levels the playing field for our coalition,” said Mary Hooks, a lead organizer for the coalition. “Cop City has been marred time and time again by the silencing of democratic input and repression of community participation, and since the launch of this campaign, we have been playing on a field tilted in the city of Atlanta’s favor."
Organizers have said they need to collect the signatures by Aug. 14 in order to make it onto the November ballot. If the signatures take longer to gather, that would push the referendum to March's ballot and potentially risk the city moving forward with constructing the facility in the meantime, though activists could seek a court order to prevent that from happening.
“We are focused on getting on the ballot, period,” Glaze told the Associated Press.
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens and others say the $90 million facility would replace inadequate training facilities, and would help address difficulties in hiring and retaining police officers that worsened after nationwide protests against police brutality and racial injustice three years ago.
But opponents, who have been joined by activists from around the country, say they fear it will lead to greater militarization of the police and that its construction will exacerbate environmental damage in a poor, majority-Black area. The “Stop Cop City” effort has gone on for more than two years and at times has veered into vandalism and violence.
Organizers have modeled the referendum campaign after a successful effort in coastal Georgia, where Camden County residents voted overwhelmingly last year to block county officials from building a launchpad for blasting commercial rockets into space.
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The Detroit Tigers’ disappointing season cost Al Avila his job.
Avila was fired as Detroit’s general manager on Wednesday, ending a seven-year tenure without a playoff appearance.
“I wish the results would have been better this season,” Avila said in a statement released by the team. “But know there is a lot to look forward to in the coming years.”
Owner Chris Ilitch announced the move with his team mired in another disappointing season. Detroit entered Wednesday at 43-68, last in the AL Central.
“Our progress certainly stalled this season,” Ilitch said a couple hours before the Tigers hosted Cleveland.
Ilitch invested millions in the offseason in an attempt to return his team to contention.
“All of us — the players, front office and many of you (reporters) — had high expectations and excitement for the season,” he said. “Unfortunately, we did not see progress this season at the major league level. Big reason why I decided it’s time to make a change.”
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The Cuban-born Avila was the only current Latino general manager or equivalent in MLB, which has few minorities in leading front-office positions.
Chicago White Sox executive vice president Kenny Williams is the only Black leader of baseball operations for any club, Marlins GM Kim Ng is the only woman and Asian-American in that role, and Giants president Farhan Zaidi, who is of Pakistani descent, is the only Muslim.
Tigers assistant general manager Sam Menzin takes over the day-to-day leadership role.
Avila was promoted to general manager on Aug. 4, 2015, after serving as Dave Dombrowski’s assistant.
Avila’s chance to lead the team coincided with a rebuilding process that prevented him from making short-term moves to win.
In hopes of long-term gain, Detroit dealt star pitcher Justin Verlander and All-Star outfielder J.D. Martinez in 2017, but the players the Tigers got in return didn’t end up helping in the majors.
“I didn’t trade those players away,” Ilitch said. “Our general manager did. Al did.”
The Tigers lost, a lot, and Avila attempted to lead a turnaround by drafting and developing players. The results haven’t been what the team hoped for.
Avila finally got the freedom to spend money this past offseason, but his two biggest investments haven’t panned out, either.
Javier Báez, signed to a $140 million contract to address a desperate need at shortstop, has struggled in the field and at the plate. Earlier in the offseason, Avila gave Eduardo Rodríguez a $77 million, five-year contract, but the left-hander went on the restricted list due to personal matters in June and hasn’t worked his way back to Detroit.
Detroit seemed to be poised for a breakthrough after winning 77 games in 2021, its best record since 2016, which was its only winning season under Avila.
“Last year, we had some momentum,” said manager A.J. Hinch, who added he’s not interested in also being the the team’s GM. “This year, we hit a roadblock.
“Today is another reminder that we haven’t succeeded. The record reflects where we’re at.”
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (WHTM) — Penn State Football has been on the cusp of college football greatness, but will look to cement itself as one of the top teams in college football in 2023.
Head Coach James Franklin explores the realistic expectations for his Nittany Lions coming off an 11-2 Rose Bowl Champion season in 2022 in a one-on-one interview with abc27 Sports Director Allie Berube.
Ahead of the 2023 season, there are plenty of holes to fill; the biggest at quarterback. Four-year starter Sean Clifford is off to the NFL and a second year QB will have to step into the role.
Franklin discusses the progress Penn State has made in NIL, facility upgrades to the football practice building and Beaver Stadium, recruiting strategy in Pennsylvania and sets realistic expectations for the 2023 season. The Rose Bowl Champion head coach does not shy away from fan’s expectations that this team needs to contend for the College Football Playoff.
Penn State is set to kick off the 2023 season at home against West Virginia on Saturday, September 2 inside Beaver Stadium.
Allie Berube: In these coveted couple of weeks where you’re in between camps, what are the goals? What are you trying to accomplish in this time period?
James Franklin: I love how we’re getting the real feel here with the guys hitting the sleds down here, but that’s kind of what’s going on. Guys have classes right now in the summer, not a full load. They’re working out, you know, whether it’s lifting or running. And then they’re doing some individual work on their own. I think we got Dvon Ellies down here, taking one of our freshman defensive linemen and kind of showing him how to hit the sled. So they’re getting some individual workouts. It’s a lot of player led stuff right now.
Berube: We talk about spring and the differences you can make there. Is summer [camp] really where you solidify your spot on the depth chart. I know we don’t talk about depth chart, but is this where you solidify those positions for these guys?
Franklin: Yeah, I wouldn’t necessarily say solidify. They’re working now to give them self a base, both mentally and physically, to have a chance to legitimately compete during training camp. So that’s what they’re doing now.
Berube: I want to go back a couple of years. You signed the new ten-year contract. We don’t know who the university president is, nor the athletic director, [there’s] a lot of transition. When you look back hindsight, 2020, how great of a decision was it to stay here at Penn State to get to build this program, knowing what you know now with the support this program has?
Franklin: Well, obviously, you know, the decision that the university made in hiring Neeli Bendapudi has been huge. Dr. Neeli Bendapudi. Our new university president, has been phenomenal and we’ve really hit it off. So that’s been great. And then being able to go out and hire Dr. Pat Kraft, obviously an established athletic director, whether it’s Temple or Boston College. Even more so than that, he’s a Big Ten guy. He played in the Big Ten, played football in the Big Ten. I think all those things help and and, you know, my relationship with Pat, really since he’s arrived on campus has been has been good.
So I think your point is a good one. I signed a ten year contract. There’s been really two times now, you know, I took the job with an interim AD and an interim university president and then signed a ten year contract, not knowing kind of the future there as well, understanding that President Barron was going to be retiring. So it’s worked out well.
Berube: You just got a lot of faith in Penn State, a lot of love for this place?
Franklin: That’s right. Yeah, that that’s a big part of it.
Berube: You talk a lot about alignment, though, and how important that is that the board understands what you’re trying to build. The athletic department understands the president. You talk about finally feeling like you have that. How important is it? What does that mean in terms of functionally what this program is able to do?
Franklin: Well, it’s not what I’m trying to build as what is what we’re trying to build. What was so important to so many Penn Staters, the community, the region, the state, obviously, there’s a far reaching impact to all of those things. But yeah, I think at the end of the day, it’s no different than alignment in any other business or any other field for you to reach the highest levels. Everybody’s got to be pulling the rope in the same direction.
And obviously, if it’s as competitive as college football is, it becomes even more challenging. But I don’t care what industry it is, if you’re getting a bunch of little no’s throughout a year, those add up and become significant, just like those little yes’s that we’re getting right now. Those are those are adding up as well.
Berube: You talk about needing to compete in all phases of the game and probably the part that you wish you could care about less was everything outside of football, but you make the improvements here at the Lasch facility, which is gorgeous. You now have a $700 million renovation coming to Beaver Stadium. These were things the university had to get done. But is that making a difference in terms of what you guys are able to accomplish in a practice, in a game, bringing a good experience to fans?
Franklin: Yeah. So for us, first of all, yeah, I do think it makes a difference. But for us, you know, we wanted to make sure when we first got here that we took care of all the things that impacted the players: the locker room, the weight room, the meeting room. So we had the best environment possible to teach and coach and help them grow, so those things were really important.
But it’s interesting, you know, when you talk about facilities, that was a fight when I first got here, there was some resistance to that, very similar to what we’re going through now with the change in NIL rules and transfer portal and things like that. So the quicker we can embrace these things, then the quicker we can get to competing at the very, very highest level on a consistent basis. And that’s really the goal.
Berube: It was towards the end of spring practice this year. And we had an NIL conversation with you and you said we’re finally in that position where we’re all kind of moving in the same direction and we have a clear vision. What is Penn State’s NIL vision and is it becoming successful?
Franklin: Well, I think it’s changed dramatically, obviously, over the last year, specifically with Pat Kraft. But it’s basically that make sure that all 31 sports have the ability to compete at the very, very highest level. And not only from a Penn State perspective, but with what we’re having to compete with on a national level and really even within our conference. So obviously, from my perspective, it’s football. But I still make the argument that healthy football is really good for the entire athletic department, which is really good for the entire university and the state.
Berube: In terms of NIL we’re seeing businesses starting to step up and understand, you know, what it takes for you guys and how that relationship can benefit them. Do you believe that a successful Penn State football is good for the state of Pennsylvania, not just here at the university?
Franklin: Oh, I think very much so. You know, the state economy, I think, you know, that’s that’s pretty obvious when you talk about State College specifically. There’s no doubt about it. But a lot of the the the the business people throughout the state of Pennsylvania, you know, they have some some type of business in State College as well, whether it’s bars or restaurants or hotels or whatever it may be. So, yeah, I do believe that. And I think what you’re really looking for is like you are in any other relationship as you’d like it to be a win-win, right? So you’d like this to be something that makes sense for Penn State football. But we also like the people that we’re working with to get a return on their investment as well.
Obviously, you’re going to have the opportunity and the access and the opportunity to build a relationship with some of our players and get to know them. But but your love for it to be a positive impact on their businesses as well. I think there’s been a ton of examples where that is, where that has played out that way.
Berube: Is NIL now transforming college football as much as the outside thinks it is?
Franklin: Yeah. I think you would have to say it is. Yeah. You know, it’s a it’s a major change. The transfer portal has been a major change and NIL has been a major change in recruiting and in keeping your current roster. So yeah, I think, I think for sure it’s, it’s probably as big and I’d make the argument bigger than what probably most people think.
Berube: You talk about best in PA, stay and PA when it comes to recruiting. You’ve had tremendous success in the last few years, especially getting some really talented players in this program. Do you still subscribe to wanting Pennsylvania players to come to Penn State?
Franklin: It’s about win win. I believe for us to reach the highest levels, we need to keep the best players in the state of Pennsylvania home, and it starts with that. That’s kind of our foundation. And then you build from there and there’s going to be some years where maybe there’s not a quarterback in the state of Pennsylvania that makes sense for us. So we have to go further or there may not be receivers or defensive backs. It really depends on the year. Some years it may be strong for a certain position, the next year it may be week, but the foundation is going to come from the state of Pennsylvania and then we’ll complement that foundation with players from all over the country.
Berube: Being able to see those Pennsylvania kids, we think about Micah Parsons all the time, achieve all their dreams, success here at Penn State, success in the NFL. You’re a Pennsylvania guy yourself. Is there pride in that in building a program that kids in this area can look up to?
Franklin: Yeah, I think it I think it means more. I think it means more to those guys, you know, when they’re on the field representing their home state. I also think to your point, whether people are watching this show or other shows throughout the state of Pennsylvania and they see our players are thriving in this environment both academically and athletically.
You brought up Micah Parsons. I think he’s a perfect example, and I don’t think it gets talked about enough, not only as Micah thrived from a football perspective, but Micah graduated from Penn State and three years. This is a very, very challenging and competitive school. Take football out of it. And he came here and thrived. So I think there’s just example after example of guys coming here and doing really well, both on and off the football field.
Berube: I think when we talk about him, we were so invested with his family and seeing how this program really embraced everyone, especially now that he’s in the NFL. But how special is that, that you get to be not only a part of Micah’s life, but of all these players, families, and now maybe with NIL and things like that and different opportunities you’re able to really invest in these kids on a personal level. Is that why you coach? Is that why you get involved?
Franklin: Yeah, at the end of the day, that that’s what it’s all about, right? This is a relationship business. You’re trying to help young people grow and evolve along their journey. If it was just about wins and losses, you just go coach in the NFL. You’re coaching in college football, at least I would hope you’re coaching in college football because you want to make a difference in people’s lives. And obviously those are the things that that you really take with you, whether you’re being invited to Trace McSorley’s wedding this past spring, or whether it’s going to a guy’s graduation, you know, there’s just so many examples of of guys going on and doing really good things. I think next weekend, Sam Ficken is getting married in Chicago. So at the end of the day, it’s about relationships and watching these guys, you know, achieve their dreams.
Berube: Best wedding, you’ve been invited to – I’m just kidding. I wouldn’t do that to you. If you could finish a phrase for me: Penn State will make the College Football Playoff in 2023, if…
Franklin: So I don’t know if it’s that simple of just a fill in the blank. But I think if if ultimately we can find a way to maximize our opportunities and that’s as individual players, that’s on offense, defense and special teams, that is from a depth perspective. Because what you find is late in the season, you know, being able to have enough depth to get through an entire season and still be playing your best football when it matters most. So there’s a lot of things that that kind of factor into that. But, you know, as you know, my answer is going to be we need to start with West Virginia.
Berube: Is it a realistic expectation to put you guys at that level wanting to compete at that level, though?
Franklin: Yeah, I think we’ve been a part of those conversations really for probably the better part of the last seven years. We’ve been right on the cusp. So I think when you’re able to become a part of those conversations on a consistent basis, then you’re going to have a year where the stars align and things go well. So yeah, I think it’s fair. I think we finished the season. Ranked number seven in the country were anywhere between five and six on on most publications out there preseason rankings. So yeah, I think it’s fair to have those conversations. Now the other thing that’s challenging that we embrace is that you’ve got Ohio State, Michigan and us all within the top seven teams in the country. So and that’s only on our side of the conference. So it’s extremely competitive. We love that.
Berube: Conference realignment hopefully in the future, maybe to even out that balance?
Franklin: Well, we’ll see how that plays out. It’s coming as we know, but it’ll be interesting and all the moving parts and how it how it finally plays out.
Berube: When you think about the expectations that are always sky high for Penn State, these fans love this team. You have a new starting quarterback no matter who emerges. Is that a challenge that we have to consider as well as getting feet wet with West Virginia is no cupcake.
Franklin: Yeah. Whenever you lose a veteran quarterback like we did in Sean Clifford, who got drafted in the fifth round, so happy for him, by the Green Bay Packers. But you know when you’ve had a guy who’s been a multiple year starter and now you’re going into a little bit of some unknowns at that position and the the the impact of that position and whether it’s, you know, the NFL or college football major college football, that’s a question mark for sure.
I think we got a chance to be better on the offensive line. I think we got a chance to be better at tight end. I think we’ve got a chance to be better at the running back position from an experience standpoint. You know our two question marks that we have to get resolved is wide receiver and quarterback. And I think if we can get those resolved, then I think we have some internal pieces that can allow us to do that, then I think the sky’s the limit defensively. You know, we lost some good players, but I think we got a chance to be really good on defense.
Berube: It really feels like no matter who’s in the defense, it’s going to be successful. You guys really recruit strong there.
Franklin: Yeah, we got a chance, I think, defensively to to do some really good things. We had a big question mark going into last year at linebacker. We were inexperienced at linebacker. We’re not anymore with a ton of experience coming back. We lost a first round draft choice, what I still consider our first round corner got drafted 32nd overall, which in most years would be a first round draft choice. But we think we got a chance to be, you know, as good or better. You obviously lose in Porter and Tiig are two big pieces but but we like the guys that that are going to be competing at those positions this year.
Berube: Tiig is an energy guy too you got to got to find someone with that level of energy.
Franklin: And just a tremendous leader, tremendous leader behind the scenes in our locker rooms.
Berube: It’s not often that people get to hear it straight from you without a filter about what this program is and what it means to the state. If you’re talking to a fan about why Penn State is special, what do you want them to know about what you all are building here?
Franklin: Well, I want them to feel connected. I want them to feel like this represents the state of Pennsylvania, something that we take a lot of pride in that represents them the right way in terms of blue collar, hard nosed, but doing things the right way and with class. So I want I don’t care where you’re at in the state of Pennsylvania that you recognize that this is your land grant university that represents the entire commonwealth and take great pride in that. And we have a ton of respect, obviously, for the other schools within the state, whether it is Pitt or whether it is Temple or Villanova or so on and so forth. But obviously we take tremendous pride in representing the entire state. | https://phl17.com/national-news/penn-state-football-2023-season-outlook-with-james-franklin-one-on-one-interview/ | 2023-06-06 20:09:42 | 1 | https://phl17.com/national-news/penn-state-football-2023-season-outlook-with-james-franklin-one-on-one-interview/ |
Police wrestle with alligator roaming neighborhood
Published: Mar. 31, 2023 at 6:46 AM MST|Updated: 28 minutes ago
TAMPA, Fla. (WFTS) - Police officers in Florida wrangled a 9-foot alligator that was found roaming near a neighborhood.
One officer tried to lasso a rope around the animal’s snout, but the alligator lunged at him.
At one point, officers sat on top of the gator to try to contain it.
They were eventually able to subdue it.
The officers and an alligator trapper carried it into a van.
Police did not immediately say what they did with the animal.
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DES MOINES, Iowa — A motorcycle accident on the city’s eastside left one person seriously injured on Wednesday afternoon.
The Des Moines Police Department and Des Moines Fire Department responded to reports of a motorcycle accident around 3:30 p.m. at the intersection of York Street and East University Ave.
When medics arrived, they found the motorcyclist unresponsive and transported them to a nearby hospital. The cause of the accident is unknown at this time. The crash victim’s name hasn’t been released. | https://who13.com/news/1-seriously-injured-in-eastside-des-moines-motorcycle-accident/ | 2022-10-05 21:37:54 | 0 | https://who13.com/news/1-seriously-injured-in-eastside-des-moines-motorcycle-accident/ |
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HOWEY-IN-THE-HILLS, Fla., May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Epson Tour and Ascensus have announced a three-year sponsorship agreement to make the company the official title sponsor of the Ascensus Race for the Card, the season-long chase for LPGA Tour membership. As the Official Qualifying Tour of the LPGA, the Epson Tour is in its 42nd year of structured competition.
This partnership represents the first sports-related sponsorship investment for Ascensus, which provides tax-advantaged savings technology, services and expertise, and enables institutional partners, advisors and state governments to help more than 15 million people save for retirement, education and healthcare across the United States.
Every season, the top-10 players in the Ascensus Race for the Card earn LPGA Tour membership for the following year. Ascensus joins the LPGA family to lend financial support and enhance the visibility of the journey for athletes striving to achieve their dreams.
The Epson Tour and Ascensus deal is effective immediately and extends through the 2025 calendar year.
"This partnership shines a spotlight on the Ascensus Race for the Card and stories of athletes competing for their spot on the LPGA Tour," said Mike Nichols, the Chief Business Officer of LPGA Qualifying Tours. "Whatever financial goals savers are trying to reach, Ascensus and its partners help them get there—a commitment that aligns perfectly with their support of the competitors on the Epson Tour and their road to the LPGA."
Ascensus and the Epson Tour commit to enhancing coverage of the Ascensus Race for the Card through promotional activities and their efforts to support all Epson Tour members throughout their time on Tour and upon graduation to the LPGA. The platform of both organizations will demonstrate an ongoing commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, and include on-course engagement, as well as visibility and promotion online and across social media.
"The talented athletes competing in the Ascensus Race for the Card—and the drive and determination they demonstrate—are great examples of never giving up on your goals and being willing to do the hard work to get there," said David Musto, president and CEO of Ascensus. "We're proud to champion these outstanding individuals on their journey to the biggest stage in women's professional golf, and we look forward to watching their success for years to come."
During the 2021 LPGA Tour season, nine former Ascensus Race for the Card graduates or Epson Tour alumnae claimed 12 LPGA Tour wins, led by Rolex Rankings No. 2 Nelly Korda, who captured four titles plus a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Other notable LPGA players who got their start on the Epson Tour include major champions Inbee Park from the Republic of Korea, Lorena Ochoa of Mexico, and Australia's Hannah Green. These individuals exemplify the international draw of the Epson Tour, which annually attracts players from more than 40 countries. Over the last seven years, 65 players from 21 nations have graduated via the Race for the Card.
"Ascensus is a company rooted in a noble purpose—helping people save for what matters—because we believe everyone deserves to feel financially secure," added Musto. "We're delighted to associate the Ascensus brand with these dedicated athletes competing for LPGA membership and helping create a more diverse, equitable and inclusive world in this sport and beyond."
The 2022 Epson Tour schedule features 21 tournaments and continues this week with the Inova Mission Inn Championship at Mission Inn Resort in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla. The 2022 Ascensus Race For the Card graduates will be finalized upon the conclusion of the season-ending Epson Tour Championship, Oct. 6-9 at LPGA International in Daytona Beach.
ABOUT ASCENSUS
Ascensus and its affiliated companies help millions of people save for what matters—retirement, education, and healthcare. Through co-branded, private-labeled, and other governmental partnerships, our technology, market insights, and business knowledge enhance the growth and success of our partners, their clients, and savers. Ascensus is a leading recordkeeping services provider, third-party administrator, and government savings facilitator in the United States.
On April 8, 2022, Newport merged with Ascensus. Newport is a leading retirement services provider that helps employers—and the advisors who serve them—prepare employees for a more financially secure retirement through non-qualified and qualified retirement plan solutions, corporate- and bank-owned life insurance, and fiduciary and total rewards services.
The unified company, operating as Ascensus, has more than $745 billion in assets under administration, serves more than 15 million savers across the U.S., and employs more than 5,500 associates.
For more information, visit ascensus.com and newportgroup.com.
ABOUT EPSON TOUR
The Epson Tour (formerly the Symetra Tour) is the official qualifying tour of the LPGA Tour and enters its 42nd competitive season in 2022. With the support of entitlement partner Seiko Epson Corporation, the Tour's mission is to prepare the world's best female professional golfers for a successful career on the LPGA Tour. In the last decade, the Epson Tour has grown from 15 tournaments and $1.6 million in prize money to $4.41 million awarded across 20+ events in 2022. With more than 600 graduates and alumnae moving on to the LPGA Tour, former Epson Tour players have won 459 LPGA titles.
Follow the Epson Tour at www.epsontour.com, as well as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
ABOUT EPSON
Epson is a global technology leader dedicated to co-creating sustainability and enriching communities by leveraging its efficient, compact, and precision technologies and digital technologies to connect people, things, and information. The company is focused on solving societal issues through innovations in home and office printing, commercial and industrial printing, manufacturing, visual and lifestyle. Epson's goal is to become carbon negative and eliminate use of exhaustible underground resources such as oil and metal by 2050.
Led by the Japan-based Seiko Epson Corporation, the worldwide Epson Group generates annual sales of around JPY 1 trillion. Epson America, Inc., based in Los Alamitos, Calif., is Epson's regional headquarters for the U.S., Canada, and Latin America. To learn more about Epson, please visit: epson.com. You may also connect with Epson America on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram.
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Investigators like to say the crime scene at a killing tells the story even if no one else does.
In the double murder trial of disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, his defense lawyers want jurors to believe the crime scene can’t tell them much about the deaths of his wife and son because state agents did a poor job investigating.
Murdaugh, 54, is accused of killing his wife, Maggie, 52, and their 22-year-old son, Paul, at kennels near their home on June 7, 2021, as the once-prominent attorney’s career and finances were crumbling. Murdaugh has denied any role in the fatal shootings. He faces 30 years to life if convicted.
Here are some key takeaways from the 61 prosecution and 11 defense witnesses called so far in the five-week trial, including Murdaugh himself.
CRIME SCENE PROBLEMS
The defense has called experts who said investigators didn’t dust for fingerprints, collect and test blood, or photograph evidence with the angles or clarity needed to study it properly later.
The first officer arrived at the rural Colleton County estate 20 minutes after Murdaugh called 911 when he returned home from visiting his ailing mother. Almost immediately, the local sheriff realized he was dealing with someone whose family dominated the legal system in neighboring Hampton County for generations and turned the investigation over to the State Law Enforcement Division.
It took hours for agents from across the state to get deep into the South Carolina Lowcountry. During that time, more than a dozen family and friends walked around the scene, comforting Murdaugh. The bodies of Paul and Maggie Murdaugh were covered with a sheet, which can absorb fluid, instead of a tarp. Then the sheet wasn’t saved, meaning possible hair or DNA from a killer could have been lost. Intermittent rain fell and the runoff from the kennel roof fell on Paul Murdaugh’s covered body.
“It’s a crime scene. You don’t want water dripping all over the place. But more importantly, I thought it was pretty disrespectful,” Murdaugh’s former law partner Mark Ball testified.
When state agents arrived, they sent Murdaugh and his entourage to the home. Witnesses testified it hadn’t been searched for weapons, bloody clothes and other evidence or even checked to see if a suspect was hiding inside.
Prosecutors have little direct evidence of Murdaugh’s guilt. The weapons used in the killings have not been found. There’s no blood-spattered clothes or surveillance video.
Prosecutor John Meadors told one of the experts that the investigators did the best they could under the circumstances.
“You’re being paid to come in here and say they did a bad job,” Meadors said.
STAR WITNESS
He was the 72nd witness of the five-week trial. But everyone perked up Thursday when Alex Murdaugh headed to the witness stand.
His defense team wasted no time. Their first questions were whether he killed his wife or son.
“I did not kill Maggie, and I did not kill Paul. I would never hurt Maggie, and I would never hurt Paul — ever — under any circumstances,” Murdaugh said.
Murdaugh admitted he lied for the 20 months when he told police, his family and anyone else who asked that he was not at the kennels before he found the bodies of his wife and son there. A video on his son’s iPhone, shot minutes before prosecutors think the killings happened, recorded Alex Murdaugh’s voice. It took state agents more than a year to hack into the phone and find it.
In cross-examination, Murdaugh admitted he stole from clients and his law firm, likely sealing his fate for many of the 100 other charges he faces ranging from theft to insurance fraud to tax evasion.
“I took money that wasn’t mine. And I shouldn’t have done it. I hate the fact that I did it. I am embarrassed by it. I’m embarrassed for my son. I am embarrassed for my family,” Murdaugh said.
COUSIN EDDIE
Outside of Murdaugh and his family, no potential witness has piqued the interest of trial watchers like Curtis “Eddie” Smith.
“Cousin Eddie,” as many have taken to calling him, was the person Murdaugh said he called when he wanted someone to kill him three months after the deaths of his wife and son.
The fatal shot only grazed Murdaugh’s head. Smith told reporters that the gun fired as they wrestled over the weapon and if he had shot intentionally at Murdaugh, he wouldn’t have missed.
Smith and Murdaugh met about a decade ago when Smith needed a lawyer for a workers’ compensation case. Investigators said they ran a drug and money laundering ring together with Smith cashing checks to help Murdaugh hide money he was stealing from clients.
In the end, both prosecutors and defense attorneys appear to have decided Smith could hurt their cases as much as help them.
Defense attorney Dick Harpootlian said Smith had six different explanations for shooting Murdaugh “and any other information you ask him about.”
But earlier this month as prosecutors and Harpootlian discussed with the judge whether Smith would testify, the feisty defense attorney lamented Smith might not be called.
“The cross-examination of Mr. Smith is something I am looking forward to,” Harpootlian said. | https://www.ksn.com/news/national-world/ap-us-news/ap-inadequate-investigation-takeaways-at-murdaugh-murder-trial/ | 2023-02-25 19:17:39 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/national-world/ap-us-news/ap-inadequate-investigation-takeaways-at-murdaugh-murder-trial/ |
SHENZHEN, China, March 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently, Waton Securities International's Kai Zhou remarked that "Our focus is on cultivating overseas corporate clients, and this is largely driven by the fact that overseas investors have been strengthening their allocation of Chinese assets." In light of China's continued opening-up of its capital market, international institutions' interest in Chinese assets has grown significantly.
Waton Securities International, as a renowned brokerage company established in 1989, distinguishes itself from other Hong Kong brokers by catering to a diverse range of customers. Notably, Waton Securities International's Broker Cloud clients hail not only from Hong Kong, but also from countries such as Australia, Nigeria, New Zealand, and Vietnam.
For instance, Waton Securities International has developed a comprehensive trading platform, an APP, a customer management system, and a counter system for a certain Australian broker. Furthermore, Waton Securities International offers trading and clearing services for Hong Kong stocks, U.S. stocks, and A-shares, providing a blueprint for retail customers in English-speaking regions to partake in real-time cross-border investments.
Since the start of 2023, the A-share market's sentiment has been gradually improving, and northbound capital, a key barometer of A-share investment, has continued to flow in, with a net buy of over 140 billion RMB in January, marking a new monthly record for net buying. Behind the surge of northbound capital, Kai Zhou predicts that with the comprehensive registration system's formal implementation and the launch of more measures to support technological innovation, the A-share market's international appeal will further increase, leading to an influx of incremental funds.
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The Jan. 6 committee is turning up the heat on members of former President Donald Trump’s Cabinet about the effort to invoke the 25th Amendment to oust him for his role in the attack on the Capitol.
Former Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin recently testified to the congressional panel about reports that then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed removing Trump from office in the days after Jan. 6, several media outlets reported Thursday.
Pompeo is expected to appear before the panel soon.
The former top diplomat has Republican presidential ambitions and may not want to publicly discuss any moves he made to cross Trump, who remains the most popular leader in the GOP.
Pompeo denounced the committee as a sham in an interview with Fox News, but stopped short of saying he would snub the panel.
“It’s been a monkey court, it’s been a circus, it’s been totally unfair,” Pompeo said.
Trump’s former acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney testified Thursday to the committee. He quit from a post as envoy for Northern Ireland after Jan. 6.
The committee is also in talks to gain the cooperation of other former Cabinet members including John Ratcliffe, who is said to have backed away from participating in Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election and Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf.
They might also seek testimony from Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, both of whom quit in protest of Trump’s role in the Jan. 6 attack.
A growing list of one-time Trump acolytes have already cooperated with the panel, including acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, Defense Secretary Christopher Miller, Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia and Rosen’s predecessor, Attorney General William Barr.
Story by Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News. | https://www.bangordailynews.com/2022/07/29/national-politics/jan-6-steve-mnuchin-testimony/ | 2022-07-29 22:30:00 | 1 | https://www.bangordailynews.com/2022/07/29/national-politics/jan-6-steve-mnuchin-testimony/ |
No, LeBron James does not want to be traded — that was put into the world by a fake Twitter feed purporting to belong to the Los Angeles Lakers superstar when a pay-$8-and-pretend-to-be-anyone verification system made a brief appearance.
And no, actor Edward Norton is not all that worried about the possible demise of the social media site under Elon Musk’s leadership.
“If a lot of that stuff went away,” Norton said, “I think we’d be the better for it.”
In a similar vein, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, a four-time NFL MVP with 4.5 million followers, said: “I look forward to the day I have no social media, which may be coming sooner rather than later.”
Yes, athletes and celebrities from the entertainment world are just like us: They’re monitoring the chaos and uncertainty surrounding Twitter since its new owner came aboard. They’re not necessarily sure how to proceed — and not necessarily sure the microblogging bird app’s disappearance would be the sky-is-falling disaster some are making it out to be.
“I just look at it like, you know, Twitter is, was and will always be a dumpster fire,” said actor Ryan Reynolds, surely echoing the sentiments of many, famous or otherwise.
“But who knows? We’ve got to play it by ear. I mean, we’ll see where it all goes,” said Reynolds, who has 20 million followers. “I was around when MySpace and Friendster were a thing and … it feels like Twitter and TikTok are everything right now. But these things, they all come and go, like anything in life.”
Launched in 2006, Twitter created a space where the well-known could circumvent traditional media and communicate directly with fans to push messages or products while, in turn, increasing the site’s popularity among the hoi polloi. There are now more than 230 million users.
Questions about Twitter’s future arose the moment Musk completed his $44 billion takeover in late October. He got rid of half of the full-time staff, prompted hundreds of engineers and others to quit last week and now is expected to eliminate jobs related to content moderation.
Concerns about fraudulent accounts and misinformation ( which Musk himself has spread ) are not new.
But they’re amplified lately.
“It’s scary right now,” said Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton, who has more than 85,000 followers. He said he gets “the majority of my news” via Twitter and uses it to connect with friends, interact with fans and promote companies.
He likened the current state of the site to “Wikipedia when I was growing up: You always have to fact-check, because it wasn’t always correct.”
Timelines have been littered with posts telling people to find accounts on Instagram or Mastodon or whatever other spot might become a go-to if — when? — Twitter isn’t an option.
“If you want to get your voice out there, there’s other ways,” said Charles Leno Jr., a Washington Commanders offensive lineman with more than 25,000 followers. “This may sound bad, because I feel everybody should have a voice, but it’s not true in terms of Twitter: It’s given voice to the voiceless — people who shouldn’t say anything. You don’t need to be talking about somebody else’s job, their relationship, their business. Support them or just shut up. There are positives about Twitter; we just need more focus on that aspect, so it can be a more engaging place.”
Seven-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton, whose followers number nearly 8 million, sees both sides, too. He explained how the app can “pollute your mind” but also praised it as “a really powerful tool to connect with people.”
Ian Poulter, a pro golfer with 2.2 million followers, would love to see Twitter evolve into “a forum to have open discussion without there being some form of bullying and bad-mouthing and bots.”
Indeed, the toxicity is inescapable for — though certainly not limited to — many public figures.
“It’s a lot. I’m not really sure what you can do,” said Jessica Pegula, a pro tennis player ranked No. 3 in the world. “If you’re going to be on social media, you have to deal with it to some extent.”
Some in entertainment bid adieu.
Shonda Rhimes, creator of TV hits “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Scandal” and “How to Get Away With Murder,” actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson of “Modern Family” fame and singer Sara Bareilles are just a few of the folks who said they’re done with Twitter — and did so, of course, via Twitter.
Those who advise entertainers and athletes — and, in some cases, tweet for them — don’t know how to proceed, even though they’ve long had a direct line to Twitter employees to resolve issues.
“Everybody who’s a Twitter user is doing their best to ride the wave,” said George Atallah, assistant executive director for external affairs at the NFL Players’ Association, one of several sports unions in touch with each other about this. “Everybody — agents, governing bodies, athletes, marketing reps, unions — is all in the same boat, adjusting based on the whims of the new owner.”
Jennie Smythe, founder of Girlilla Marketing, a digital marketing firm in Nashville, Tennessee, said changes to the verification process caused problems for entertainment clients, including country star Darius Rucker, who abruptly lost his blue check without warning. She said many of her clients, including musicians, actors and non-profits, are constantly dealing with imposters.
“It is not a vanity play,” Smythe said. “It is more as a protection measure for followers.”
Drew Rosenhaus, an agent whose firm represents about 100 active NFL players, said he longs for the days “when you could just look at the blue mark and know it was real.”
“We’re living in a new world on Twitter. It’s going to require a little more due diligence,” Rosenhaus said, adding that he doesn’t expect “a mass exodus” of his clients from the app, because “there’s a lot of value from it.”
Benito Perez-Barbadillo, a publicist whose clients include Rafael Nadal, likes that the 22-time Grand Slam champion easily can reach his 15 million followers — for now.
“We have our verified account. If that’s taken away from us, we might consider not using Twitter anymore. I don’t know,” Perez-Barbadillo said. “If we’re not going to be official anymore, we might just say, ‘Well, goodbye, Twitter.’”
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AP Sports Writers Dave Campbell, Doug Ferguson, Jenna Fryer, Will Graves, Brett Martel, Steve Megargee, Steve Reed, Ralph Russo, Noah Trister and Teresa Walker, AP journalists Gary Gerard Hamilton in New York, Krysta Fauria in Los Angeles and Malak Harb in Dubai contributed to this report.
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NEW YORK, June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. f/k/a Peridot Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: LICY).
To receive updates on the lawsuit, fill out the form:
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The lawsuit seeks to recover losses for shareholders who purchased Li-Cycle between February 16, 2021 and March 23, 2022.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until June 20, 2022 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to a filed complaint, Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. f/k/a Peridot Acquisition Corp. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Li-Cycle's largest customer, Traxys, is not actually a customer, but merely a broker providing working capital financial to the Company while Traxys tries to sell Li-Cycle's product to end customers; (2) the Company engaged in highly questionable related party transactions; (3) the Company's mark-to-model accounting is vulnerable to abuse and gave a false impression of growth; (4) a significant portion of the Company's reported revenues were derived from simply marking up receivables on products that had not been sold; (5) the Company's gross margins have likely been negative since inception; (6) the Company will require an additional $1 billion of funding to support its planned growth (which is a figure greater than the Company raised via the merger); and (7) as a result, Defendants' public statements were materially false and/or misleading at all relevant times.
Jakubowitz Law is vigorous in pursuit of justice for shareholders who have been the victim of securities fraud. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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OPA! Greek Fest kicks off in Rochester
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – Greek Fest in Rochester officially kicked off Friday.
According to the Greek Fest website, the festival has taken place during the last weekend in August since 1963.
This year, Greek Fest is returning to its full festival after the last two years have been only a drive-thru service due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Greek Fest is still keeping the drive-thru service this year Friday, Aug. 26 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Greek Fest is located at 703 West Center Street. The festival walk-in entrance is on 7th Ave. between Center Street and 1st Street NW. The drive-thru entrance is located at the intersection of 7th Ave. and Center Street.
The full festival begins at 4 p.m. Friday. The full weekend schedule is below:
- Friday, August 26 - 11 a.m. – 8 p.m.
- Saturday, August 27 - 11 a.m. – 8 p.m.
- Sunday, August 28 - 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
The festival includes authentic Greek food, music, dancing, and more.
Greek fest has free admission and free parking.
The full menu can be found here.
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President Biden, First Lady expected in Miss. Friday morning
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden are expected to touch down shortly in Mississippi as they prepare to visit Rolling Fork to tour some of the damage.
The Bidens are expected to meet with first responders and the communities that have been impacted sometime Friday morning.
The president issued an emergency declaration for the state last weekend which allows Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide funds to counties impacted by the disaster.
Governor Tate Reeves said he plans to be on the ground with the President and First Lady Friday morning.
Reeves was in Anguilla Thursday, at South Delta Middle School, which is being used as a staging area for many of the relief efforts.
He met with survivors of the tornado and several people who are working in the relief effort.
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7 bodies found during search for missing Oklahoma teens
HENRYETTA, Okla. (AP) — Authorities discovered the bodies of seven people Monday while searching a rural Oklahoma property for two missing teenagers, state investigators confirmed.
The bodies were found near the town of Henryetta, a town of about 6,000 located about 90 miles (145 kilometers) east of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation spokesman Gerald Davidson said.
He said the state medical examiner will have to identify the victims, but authorities were no longer searching for the missing teens or a man they may have been with.
"We’ve had our share of troubles and woes, but this one is pretty bad," Okmulgee County Sheriff Eddy Rice told reporters.
Rice declined to confirm the identities of any of the victims, where the bodies were found or any details about weapons that may have been discovered on the property.
"We believe there’s no other threat to the community," he added.
A missing endangered person advisory had been issued earlier Monday for 14-year-old Ivy Webster and 16-year-old Brittany Brewer. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol canceled the advisory Monday afternoon.
The advisory for Webster and Brewer had said they were reportedly seen traveling with Jesse McFadden, who was on the state’s sex offender registry. Oklahoma Department of Corrections prison records show McFadden was convicted of first-degree rape in 2003 and released in October 2020.
Court records show McFadden was scheduled to appear in court Monday for the start of a jury trial on charges of soliciting sexual conduct with a minor and possession of child pornography. A message left Monday evening with McFadden’s attorney in that case was not immediately returned.
In a separate Okmulgee County case, the bodies of four men were found Oct. 14 in the Deep Fork River in Okmulgee, a town of around 11,000 people that is about 40 miles (65 kilometers) south of Tulsa. Joseph Kennedy, 68, is facing four counts of first-degree murder in that case. | https://www.fox4news.com/news/jesse-mcfadden-ivy-webster-brittany-brewer-henryetta | 2023-05-02 00:39:29 | 1 | https://www.fox4news.com/news/jesse-mcfadden-ivy-webster-brittany-brewer-henryetta |
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The bankrupt maker of auto parts, Delphi, is expected to ask a federal judge for permission to cancel its existing labor contract.
The company is a former subsidiary of General Motors, and it is in bankruptcy, and it says it must sharply reduce wages and benefits in order to become competitive.
Delphi's latest proposal to its unions was quickly dismissed. The United Autoworkers called the offer an insult.
NPR's Jack Speer reports.
JACK SPEER reporting:
General Motors is still the largest automaker in the world, and Delphi its biggest parts supplier. The company employs more than 30,000 blue collar workers, and it now appears ready to ask a bankruptcy court for something it's been unable to get at the negotiating table.
Professor GARY CHAISON (Labor Management Relations, Clark University): There is nothing more confrontational than asking a court to reject a collective bargaining agreement.
SPEER: Gary Chaison is a labor relations professor at Clark University.
Prof. CHAISON: This is a constitution of the workers. This is what they fought for, what they struck for, what they negotiated hard for, and the idea that a court can reject it because an employer wants the court to reject it, and it can be replaced by the employer's proposal, is something that workers will walk off their jobs for.
SPEER: No one expects UAW workers at Delphi to go on strike right away. But a court filing expected later today sets in motion events that could lead to a strike, possibly by mid-June.
George Anthony, the shop steward at UAW Local #292 in Kokomo, Indiana, says there's still time.
Mr. GEORGE ANTHONY (shop steward, UAW Local #292): Hopefully they can come to terms and all three parties can be fairly satisfied. But if not, I think it's going to be disastrous for all three parties if we go out on strike.
SPEER: Because of its historical ties to Delphi, GM has been heavily involved in the negotiations with the UAW. GM has agreed to off-set costs associated with the recent buyout plan for Delphi employees, and hasn't ruled out additional help.
Kevin Tynan is senior equity analyst at Argus Research. He says GM is motivated by fear that a strike at Delphi would quickly hurt GM.
Mr. KEVIN TYNAN (Argus Research): In a worst-case scenario it's not going to make a difference if they're stockpiling parts, looking for other suppliers. Delphi's too big a part of what General Motors does to really ride out something that goes for a number of weeks or months.
SPEER: There are estimates a strike at Delphi would cost GM as much as eight billion dollars within 60 days.
Peter Cappelli is a professor of management at the Wharton School. He agrees the stakes are high for GM and Delphi, but he says after months of negotiating, the UAW faces risks of its own.
Professor PETER CAPPELLI (management, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania): This in some ways is almost like an end-game at Delphi, because the bankruptcy judge may take away virtually everything. So you know, it's hard to imagine how it goes on from here. This is playing out the end of what has been a generation-long set of events.
SPEER: If, as expected, Delphi does ask the court to end its labor contracts, the judge isn't likely to issue a ruling today. The next hearing in the case is scheduled for May.
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Zurich Opera music director Gianandrea Noseda has agreed to a three-year contract extension through the 2027-28 season.
The new deal was announced Wednesday and will keep the conductor in his post after Matthias Schulz succeeds Andreas Homoki as intendant and artistic director starting with the 2025-26 season.
Noseda, 58, replaced Fabio Luisi as Zurich Opera’s music director at the start of the 2021-22 season and is halfway through the company’s new staging of Wagner’s Ring Cycle, directed by Homoki.
Noseda has been music director of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C., since the 2017-18 season and has served since 2016-17 as principal guest conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra. | https://www.myarklamiss.com/entertainment-news/ap-noseda-extends-for-3-years-with-zurich-opera-through-2027-28/ | 2022-10-27 03:05:50 | 1 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/entertainment-news/ap-noseda-extends-for-3-years-with-zurich-opera-through-2027-28/ |
Insurtech startup and fintech financial planning firm help clients get the life insurance coverage they need
NEW YORK, July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Policygenius, the one-stop platform for comparing and buying insurance, and Facet Wealth, a fintech company offering unbiased, personalized advice that integrates into every facet of life at an affordable flat fee, today announced a partnership that empowers Facet's network of CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professionals to offer term life insurance to its clients.
Policygenius recently launched an enterprise offering called Policygenius Pro, a powerful, end-to-end insurance solution that helps advisors accelerate and streamline life insurance sales. Partners receive exclusive access to a wide variety of insurers, coverage types, and policy options, including accelerated underwriting offerings, and also receive support from an expert staff of dedicated specialists for case management and product support.
When Facet first began working with Policygenius in an exploratory partnership, Facet helped more than 500 clients secure the right life insurance coverage using Policygenius Pro.
"Facet Wealth delivers a new standard of fiduciary guidance, whereby personalized financial planning and advice is on par with the growth of your investments, and this partnership is an extension of that commitment to our clients," Brent Weiss, CFP®, co-founder of Facet Wealth, said. "The simplicity afforded by Policygenius Pro will allow our advisors to help clients secure the coverage they need and to ensure peace of mind for their families, especially as we enter a period rife with volatility."
The success of Facet's model is evident in its rapid growth since its inception in 2016. Facet was ranked as the second fastest growing company in the Mid Atlantic by Inc and had a $100 million Series C raise earlier this year.
"This was a natural partnership for both companies, which is why our early work together created so much value," Jennifer Fitzgerald, CEO and co-founder of Policygenius, said. "Facet and Policygenius work with people to build more secure financial futures. We both believe strongly in unbiased advice from experts offered through customer-centric financial products and services made accessible across the socioeconomic spectrum."
Policygenius Pro expands the breadth of options available to Facet's clients and is an important step toward the firm's mission to democratize financial planning and to increase access to high-quality financial guidance and planning to millions of Americans. Policygenius' best-in-class customer experience coupled with their Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 75+, which is double the industry average, ensures that Facet planners can refer their 12,000 clients with confidence.
Policygenius transforms the insurance journey for today's consumer, providing a one-stop platform where customers can compare options from top insurance carriers, get unbiased expert advice, buy policies, and manage their insurance portfolio, in one seamless, integrated experience. Our proprietary technology platform integrates with the leading life, disability, and home and auto insurance carriers and delivers an exceptional digital experience for both consumers and insurance carriers. Since 2014, our content, digital tools, and experts have served as a resource for millions of people on their insurance journey, and we have sold more than $170 billion in coverage.
To receive Policygenius announcements, email press@policygenius.com. For more information about Policygenius Pro, go to https://visit.policygenius.com/policygenius-pro/ or email partnerships@policygenius.com.
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Associate Director of Media Relations
brooke.niemeyer@policygenius.com
Facet Wealth was founded in 2016 on the belief that unbiased, personalized financial advice is essential to living well. Redefining what financial planning means, Facet's mission is to empower people to live more enriched lives by delivering a new standard of guidance. Without asset minimums, Facet's planning goes far beyond a person or family's investments by focusing on advice that addresses every way money impacts their life. This has made Facet a finalist in the category of Industry Disruptor for the 2022 WealthManagement Industry Awards. Its tech-driven approach is customized to each client's needs, pairing people with their own CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional, a fiduciary who meets with them 1:1 to integrate tailored financial advice into their entire life – all at an affordable subscription price. Facet's community of over 100 CFP® professionals are providing traditionally overlooked households with the power of choice and freedom from financial worry. In recognition of their innovative approach and high-quality client experience, Facet Wealth was named NerdWallet's "Best Online Financial Planning Service" in 2020. Additionally, Facet has been named as one of Financial Planning's 50 Best Places to Work in Fintech in 2022.
To date, Facet Wealth has raised more than $165 million in funding from Durable Capital Partners LP, Warburg Pincus, Slow Ventures, Telesoft Partners, Green Cow Venture Capital and others.
Facet Wealth is a national SEC-Registered Investment Advisor (RIA). For more information, please visit facetwealth.com and connect with them on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A crash involving multiple vehicles and affecting traffic on northbound U.S. 19 in Pinellas Park.
The crash happened on U.S. 19 between Bryan Dairy and 126th Avenue Wednesday morning.
There is no word on what led to the incident or how many people were injured.
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If you love your morning cup of coffee and enjoy the convenience of a single-serve coffee maker like Keurig or Nespresso, you’re not alone. In 2020, 27% of all coffee drinkers relied on these machines to deliver their perfect blend. However, single-use plastic coffee pods are bad for the environment. If you toss the capsules into the trash, they end up in landfills, where they’ll eventually release toxins that pollute land and oceans and kill marine life.
To combat this problem, some companies are making sustainable pod options. However, not all coffee pods are environmentally-friendly—some recycling centers don’t process them, and if you don’t recycle them properly, you can ruin an entire recycling collection.
One thing you can do to help the planet is to use eco-friendly coffee pod alternatives.
Understanding the Plastic Pollution Problem
Plastic pollution is a global crisis. According to data from the Geneva Environment Network, 275 million tons of plastic waste is produced annually, and up to 12 million tons of it leaks into oceans. If the status quo persists, by 2050, the planet’s oceans will house more plastic than fish.
Most single-use plastic items won’t break down for thousands of years. So, things like disposable water bottles, plastic utensils, plastic straws, and plastic coffee pods end up in landfills and release toxins or break down into microplastics then seep into the ocean. Sadly, marine creatures unwittingly ingest them and die of malnutrition because there’s no room in their bellies for life-sustaining food.
Thus, it’s vital to stop using single-use plastics in every way possible - this includes recognizing the environmental impact of plastic coffee pods and embracing some eco-friendly alternatives.
Use a Podless Single-Serve Coffee Maker
If single-serve coffee is what you crave, there are many brewing machines to fit your space, function, and budgetary needs. For example, the Hamilton Beach Scoop Single Serve Coffee Maker brews your coffee via a reusable mesh filter basket that also functions as a scoop. It brews an 8-oz cup in under 90 seconds, boasts an automatic shutoff, and comes in sleek stainless steel.
By comparison, the Ninja Specialty Coffee Maker produces six different brew sizes from a single cup to a half or full carafe. The machine churns out rich coffeehouse-style blends without a pod and features a nifty fold-away frother. Check out these brewing systems at Amazon or browse online for other podless brewing systems.
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Switch to Compostable, Reusable, or Biodegradable Pods
Another simple way to help solve the plastic pollution problem is to switch to compostable, reusable, or biodegradable coffee pods. Compostable coffee pods will ultimately benefit the Earth instead of polluting it by fertilizing your soil.
Reusable pods, such as these, work with many Keurig models as well as Breville, Cuisinart, and Mr. Coffee. Similarly, award-winning brand Ekobrew doubles as a reusable coffee pod and filter. Just add your favorite blend, brew, rinse, and reuse.
Whatever variety you choose, you need to make sure the pod is compatible with your coffee brewing machine.
Recycle Coffee Pods Instead of Pitching Them
Keurig committed to making 100% of K-Cup pods recyclable by the end of 2020. The new eco-friendly pods are made of existing polypropylene and come in green packaging with the #5 plastic recycling symbol. To recycle them properly, just follow the step-by-step instructions on the package or Keurig’s website. One major caveat is that some communities are not yet recycling them, so check with your local recycling facility before adding them to your bin.
By comparison, Nespresso pods are aluminum and are 100% recyclable. The company also hosts its own free Nespresso-UPS recycling program in which customers can take used capsules to over 88,000 UPS drop-off locations or any Nespresso Boutique.
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LOMPOC, Calif., Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation on Thursday applauded the Bureau of Land Management's decision to award an estimated $500,000 in grants to public and private partners for the benefit of wild horses and burros, even as RTF continues to stress the need for the agency to overhaul the way that herds are managed on our public lands and remains vigilant in its fight for a fairer interpretation of multiple-use and allocation of grazing and water for wild equines.
"Return to Freedom is pleased to see the agency formally and publicly addressing a much-needed culture shift to embrace broader public-private partnerships and engagement," said Neda DeMayo, president of RTF, a national nonprofit wild horse and burro advocacy organization. "RTF and our colleagues have been diligent and in consistent dialogue with other public land stakeholders, legislators and government agencies with regard to much-needed programmatic changes to the Wild Horse and Burro Program.
"We have remained hopeful that proven safe and humane solutions for wild herds are possible because of many meetings with leaders who have expressed a desire for change."
For decades, RTF has advocated and lobbied for BLM to replace the tragic and costly capture, removal and warehousing of America's wild horses and burros with minimally intrusive on-range management, using proven safe and humane fertility control to slow, not stop, reproduction.
While RTF thinks the agency's population target (called "Appropriate Management Level" or AML) of 26,785 wild horses and burros is arbitrary and low, fertility control needs to be implemented immediately and aggressively to minimize removals — especially now with drought, and the costs of hay and gas making privatizing captured wild horses even more untenable.
In March, the BLM estimated that there were 82,384 wild horses and burros on public lands that it manages, with another 58,800 living in off-range corrals or on leased pastures as of July at an ever-greater cost to taxpayers.
RTF has pushed for increased public-private partnerships for projects including range restoration projects to benefit wild horses and all wildlife on the range, well-executed and -documented fertility control projects, and relocation projects that can keep captured horses together with their family bands. All are important at this time.
RTF called upon the agency to be transparent in its decision-making and prioritization of grant funding and share with the public the complete results of such projects so that they can be replicated and improved upon. The BLM announced on Wednesday that it would provide grants in the range of $1,000 to $50,000.
"RTF has remained vigilant and engaged in this dialogue and is cautiously optimistic that change is afoot," DeMayo said. "Government agencies work slowly, so it is up to us as wild horse advocates and public lands stakeholders to be willing to work together towards changes we can all agree on. When we are polarized, it is harder for legislators to get behind the issue."
Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation (RTF) is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to wild horse preservation through sanctuary, education, conservation, and advocacy since 1998. It also operates the American Wild Horse Sanctuary at three California locations, caring for more than 450 wild horses and burros. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for updates about wild horses and burros on the range and at our sanctuary.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening modestly higher on Wall Street as trading remains unsteady following two solid weekly gains. The S&P 500 was up 0.3% in the early going Wednesday, and the Nasdaq was up 0.6%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was barely higher. Treasury yields were lower after the government reported that Americans cut back on their spending more than anticipated last month, the second straight decline. Japanese stocks ended higher after the Bank of Japan kept its loose monetary policy unchanged, dispelling speculation that it would yield to pressure and join other central banks in raising interest rates to fight inflation.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
Wall Street saw modest gains before the bell Wednesday as investors await a pair of important economic reports and more corporate earnings results.
Futures for the Dow Jones industrials inched up 0.2% and futures for the S&P 500 rose 0.3%.
Wall Street will get another inflation update on Wednesday, when the government issues its December report on producer prices, which tracks prices before they are passed on to consumers. The government will also release retail sales data for December, which should give investors more insight into how inflation affected consumer spending during the all-important holiday season.
Consumer inflation has been easing for six straight months, raising hopes the Fed could soon consider softening its policy on interest rates, even though it has said it will keep raising rates this year and expects no rate cuts until 2024.
The year has gotten off to a solid start for Wall Street after a dismal 2022, but investor sentiment could quickly turn as more companies release results for the October-December quarter.
Analysts expect companies in the S&P 500 to report a drop in profits for the fourth quarter from a year earlier. That would mark the first such decline since 2020, when the pandemic was crushing the economy.
Among the companies reporting their latest results this week: Netflix, M&T Bank and Procter & Gamble.
Shares of Party City jumped more than 10% in premarket after the party supplies retailer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it struggles with rising prices and a pullback in customer spending.
The New Jersey company has secured a commitment from the Ad Hoc Group for $150 million in debtor-in-possession financing that would allow more than 800 company-owned and franchise stores throughout North America to remain open.
World shares were mixed Wednesday, with Tokyo gaining more than 2% after Japan’s central bank kept its lax monetary policy unchanged, dispelling speculation it would yield to pressure to tighten credit to counter rising inflation.
The Bank of Japan shook markets in December with a surprise widening of its target range for yields on long-term government bonds, part of its “yield curve control policy.” It kept that range in its latest policy statement, despite recent cases when yields on 10-year government bonds exceeded the 0.5% upward or downward daily limit.
With Wednesday’s decision, the BOJ’s key interest rate remains at minus 0.1%.
“In keeping its key rate and yield curve control policy unchanged at today’s meeting, the Bank of Japan probably wanted to convey a message to the market: don’t fight the BOJ,” economists at ING Economics said in a report.
Inflation has been more subdued in Japan than in the U.S. and many other countries, but prices have been creeping up as costs for oil and gas and other imports have risen. Moves by other central banks to raise interest rates to snuff out decades-high inflation have pulled the value of the Japanese yen lower, another strain on Tokyo’s monetary stance.
Core inflation in Japan, excluding volatile food and energy costs, is forecast to rise to 1.8% in the fiscal year ending in March, and wages have not risen much.
After the BOJ’s announcement, the dollar gained sharply against the Japanese yen, topping 131 yen but then retreating to 128.92 yen, up from 128.17 yen late Tuesday.
The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo gained 2.5% to 26,791.12. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 edged 0.1% higher to 7,393.40, while the Hang Seng in Hong Kong rose 0.5% to 21,678.00. The Shanghai Composite index was virtually unchanged, at 3,224.41.
Bangkok’s SET gained 0.1% while the Sensex in Mumbai was up 0.6%.
In Europe at midday, Britain’s FTSE 100 ticked up 0.1%, Germany’s DAX rose 0.2% and the CAC 40 in Paris was up 0.3%.
In other trading, U.S. benchmark crude gained $1.62 to $81.80 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It added 32 cents to $80.18 per barrel on Tuesday.
Brent crude, the pricing standard for international trading, was up $1.43 at $87.35 per barrel.
The euro rose to $1.0834 from $1.0790.
On Wall Street Tuesday, stock indexes closed mixed as investors focused on a busy week of corporate earnings for insight into how much damage inflation is inflicting on the economy.
The S&P 500 slipped 0.2%, ending a four-day winning streak. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.1%, while strength in technology stocks helped the Nasdaq composite eke out a 0.1% gain. The Russell 2000 index fell 0.1%.
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Kurtenbach reported from Bangkok; Ott reported from Washington. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/ap-world-shares-mixed-yen-falls-after-boj-keeps-policy-intact/ | 2023-01-18 15:32:40 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/ap-world-shares-mixed-yen-falls-after-boj-keeps-policy-intact/ |
News Summary:
- Wholesale Route-to-Market (RTM) enables partners to deliver managed services to meet the needs of small to mid-size businesses (SMBs) through co-branded offers
- Single contract with Service Provider partners enables them to extend Webex voice, video and collaboration technology, and provides support and resources to add value to SMB customer offerings
- This Wholesale business model features multiple packages that harness the capabilities of the Webex Suite
SAN JOSE, Calif., July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) has launched a new Webex Wholesale Route-to-Market (RTM) for Service Provider partners to address the evolving needs of SMBs. The new sales model includes a single commercial agreement with each partner and a self-service platform for Service Providers to deliver managed services for Webex, as well as the agility, scalability and flexibility to create their own co-branded offers.
The Wholesale partner program features consumption-based billing with fixed, predictable per-user/per-month package pricing and equips Service Providers with several invoicing options. The partner onboarding experience includes dedicated Cisco experts, paired with comprehensive online training and a robust set of migration and marketing toolkits to drive market demand and serve SMB customers.
"When Service Providers more fully own the customer journey, it increases control of the solution design, provisioning, billing, and support. This translates into improved customer experiences and greater market velocity. This new wholesale model will do just that for Cisco and its partners," said Elka Popova, VP of Connected Work Research, ICT, Frost & Sullivan. "This approach also enables providers to offer SMBs a more complete solution by integrating telco services, such as connectivity, security and mobility, with Cisco's Webex cloud collaboration services suite and Cisco devices."
This new wholesale solution makes it easy for Service Providers to leverage their brand with a co-branded offer, build on their market position, and innovate with their own services. APIs and Partner Portal features deliver a simple management experience. And by using a monthly consumption model, they can deliver low friction transactions ideally suited for SMBs. Additionally, Cisco's Success Planning process includes a fully managed onboarding process for Service Provider partners, from pre-work through to production. A parallel go-to-market process accelerates customer acquisition and migration activities with marketing content, sales enablement, adoption assets, support training and launch campaigns.
Nexgen Australia, an Australia-based wholly owned subsidiary of Spirit Technology Solutions ASX ST1, is among the first Service Provider partners to sign-up for the Wholesale for Webex. Cisco is also in active trials of Wholesale for Webex with several Tier 1 global service providers.
"We wanted to bring our customers the benefits of advanced enterprise collaboration tools without the IT complexity and cost that it usually means. When searching for a cloud-based UCaaS solution, Webex was the obvious choice," said James Harb, Director, Nexgen. "We are an all-digital shop running high-velocity, high-volume transactions. Offering Webex through Cisco's new Wholesale route-to-market means we can continue to lead the way helping Australian businesses achieve more through the latest technology."
"By tapping into the brand power of respected Service Providers and combining it with our inclusive Webex technology, rapid innovation, and complete collaboration portfolio, we are creating winning partnerships that address the communication needs of small and medium-sized businesses and help them thrive in a hybrid work world," said Jeetu Patel, Cisco EVP and GM, Security & Collaboration.
Initial managed services packages for Webex that are available through the Wholesale RTM include:
- Webex Calling: Enterprise-grade calling and advanced collaboration with features for 1:1 and group messaging, file-sharing, and secure basic video conferencing for up to 100 users, for a complete PBX replacement, including multi-device support, visual voicemail, intelligent call routing and more.
- Common Area Calling: Calling built for shared use and common area locations and phones.
- Webex Meetings: A premium meeting and messaging experience with meetings allowing up to 1000 users. Also includes AI-driven intelligence with Webex Assistant, Slido, remote desktop control, moderator controls and more.
- Webex Suite: Encompasses all the above with premium calling, messaging and meetings, plus advanced features that are engaging and inclusive.
Managed services for Webex is the first offer available through the Cisco Wholesale Partner Program. More Cisco devices and other Cisco cloud services for the SMB market will be launched this year.
- Partnering to Win Global SMBs with Managed Services for Webex (blog by Tony Lopresti)
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Teachers outpace students in use of, and sentiment toward, AI in education
SAN FRANCISCO, July 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Global study platform Quizlet today launched its first-ever State of AI in Education Report, polling students and teachers in the US on how they are using AI and how these technologies are shaping the future of education.
Key findings include:
- 62% of all respondents have used AI technologies
- Students agree that AI technologies help them better understand material
- (73%) and study faster or more efficiently (67%)
- Students who study three hours or more per night are more likely to say they have used AI technologies
- A similar percentage of students (47%) and teachers (48%) say AI technologies have had a positive impact on the student learning experience
- 42% of all respondents report that AI creates a more equitable system
Teachers are leading the AI charge
When it comes to ChatGPT and other AI technologies, media headlines have positioned students as early adopters and teachers as skeptics, but Quizlet's research tells a different story: more teachers use these technologies than students (65% vs. 61%) and teachers also have a more positive sentiment towards these technologies, with 50% of teachers reporting they are excited or optimistic about AI in education compared to 39% of students. Students were more likely to be neutral about AI's role in education (20% compared to 10% of teachers).
"It is encouraging to see the number of teachers who are championing AI in education," said Quizlet CEO Lex Bayer. "Many of the teachers we speak with emphasize they are trying to best prepare their students for the future world they will be living in, and see AI as an inevitable part of all of our futures."
The top AI use cases for teachers are research (44%), followed by generating lesson plans (38%), summarizing or synthesizing information (38%) and generating classroom materials like tests and assignments (37%). The majority (51%) believe these technologies will have a positive impact on the future of education for teachers while 21% said they will not have a positive or negative impact. Nearly half (49%) have already seen these technologies positively impact their workload while 34% report that AI has not impacted their workload.
Students Report that AI is Changing how they Learn for the Better
Students are also exploring how to best use these technologies as AI has become integrated into more education tools and has become a bigger part of the school experience. The top three AI use cases for students are research (44%), summarizing or synthesizing information (38%) and generating study guides or materials (33%). When asked how AI technologies impact their schoolwork, students responded that they strongly or somewhat agree that these technologies help them better understand material (73%) and help them study faster or more efficiently (67%).
One of the most hotly debated issues amongst educators currently is how AI will impact studying. Does it help students study more effectively, functioning as a personal tutor that can also synthesize and organize information, or does it merely provide a shortcut? Today's students spend a significant amount of time studying, with 73% studying either 1-2 (44%) or 3-4 (29%) hours per weeknight. Interestingly, students who say they study 3 hours or more per night are more likely to say they have used ChatGPT or similar AI technologies (72% vs. 61%). More than half (54%) of these students say that ChatGPT and similar AI technologies have impacted their overall learning experience positively.
"It's not the lazy students gravitating towards AI," said Maureen Lamb, Dean of Academic Technology and Innovative Pedagogy, The Ethel Walker School. "Most students using AI are deeply invested in their learning experience."
AI Boom Comes as Education Sits at a Crossroads
For both teachers and students, uncovering new ways to learn more effectively is paramount coming out of the pandemic. In 2022, the National Assessment of Educational Progress showed steep drop-offs in reading and math scores across the U.S. related to the pandemic.
When asked about the impact of AI in helping students rebound, 48% of teachers noted that they believe these technologies will help students recover from learning loss caused by the pandemic while 18% believe they will neither harm nor help. Almost half (47%) of students say AI technologies have already positively impacted their overall learning experience while 45% say these technologies have not had a positive or negative effect. When asked the same question, teachers responded similarly, with 48% noting that these technologies have had a positive impact on their students' learning experience and 34% reporting that they have not had an effect either way.
"AI technologies hold immense promise for improving the way we educate students by personalizing the learning experience to the needs and styles of each individual student," said Bayer. "We are excited to put more AI learning tools in the hands of students, especially as those who fell behind during the pandemic are looking for ways to catch up."
Questions Remain on Teacher Advocacy and Equity
The State of AI in Education Report shows that AI is gaining traction in education, both from an adoption and sentiment point-of-view, but is not yet ubiquitous with 35% of teachers not yet having tried AI tools. AI in its current form is still new and the majority of students (53%) say that their teachers or instructors have not yet talked to them about the proper use of AI technology as it relates to school work and six in ten (59%) students say their teachers or instructors have not encouraged them to use AI technologies.
One explanation could be a lack of school or district-wide guidance. AI exploded at an unforeseen rate in the middle of the 2022-2023 academic year and as such only 22% of students and teachers report that their school has a code of conduct or advisory for AI technologies.
In addition to proper guidance, equity – meaning all students have the same educational opportunities regardless of their background – is another hot topic for teachers and students, with 42% of all respondents saying that AI creates a more equitable system and 24% saying it has no impact on equity. Comparing teacher and student points of view, 38% of students say it creates a more equitable system compared to 47% of teachers, continuing the trend of teachers having a generally more positive view of AI and education.
To learn more about this topic, please register for Quizlet's Unconference on July 25-26.
Methodology
Allison+Partners' Performance + Intelligence team surveyed 1,500 U.S. respondents, 1,000 of which are students aged 14-22, and 500 who are teachers at either the high school or college level. The survey was fielded using Qualtrics Insights Platform and panel was sourced from Lucid. Fielding took place in June 2023.
About Quizlet
Quizlet is a global learning platform that provides engaging study tools to help people practice and master whatever they are learning. Every month, over 60 million students, teachers and everyday people use Quizlet to study any subject imaginable for school, work or as part of their personal interests -- including 2 in 3 high school students and 1 in 2 college students in the US. Combining cognitive science and artificial intelligence, Quizlet guides students through adaptive study activities to confidently reach their learning goals. The company offers a combination of free and paid subscriptions for both students and teachers that enable further customization. Quizlet is headquartered in San Francisco, California and is backed by General Atlantic, Union Square Ventures, Altos Ventures, Icon Ventures, Owl Ventures, and Costanoa Ventures. For more information, please visit www.quizlet.com.
CONTACT: Crystal Braswell, crystal.braswell@quizlet.com
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Disability network introduces statewide program for children, families
SAGINAW, Mich. (WNEM) - A new program for children with developmental disabilities and their families will launch statewide.
The Disability Network of Southwest Michigan says the program, Paving the Way to Self Determination will help children lead self-determined lives.
The program will provide online education opportunities on topics like self-determination and independence, the history of the disability rights movement, how to ask for accommodation and more. The program will also help refer families to services on a statewide level.
“This program is an opportunity to reframe the mindset of parents of young children with disabilities.” said Disability Network Southwest Michigan President and CEO, Yvonne Fleener. “Rather than see disability as something negative, our approach will help parents and their children to see disability as diversity and not a limitation on their dreams and goals to live independent and meaningful lives.”
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WASHINGTON – The Food and Drug Administration announced Friday that it will overhaul packaging labels for the emergency contraceptive pill, Plan B, that women can take after having sex to prevent a pregnancy.
The federal agency said it will remove references on the contraception's packaging that claim, without scientific evidence, that the pill prevents a fertilized egg from implanting in the womb.
The new labels are intended to further distinguish the emergency contraception — also known as the morning after pill — from abortion pills, which end a pregnancy after a fertilized egg has implanted in the lining of a woman’s uterus.
In a memo released Friday, the FDA clarified that taking Plan B pills is not the same as an abortion, a fact that has long been understood in the medical community.
“Evidence does not support that the drug affects implantation or maintenance of a pregnancy after implantation, therefore it does not terminate a pregnancy,” the FDA said in its statement.
The agency added that the emergency contraception works similarly to birth control in preventing pregnancy, but contains a higher dose of levonorgestrel. The pill prevents ovulation.
About a quarter of women say they've used emergency contraception pills at some point, according to a survey by the Centers for Disease Control released last year.
Still, concern has swirled that access to emergency contraception such as Plan B might be limited in some states, after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to an abortion this summer. Nevada's Republican governor-elect said he'd consider banning the pill during a debate this year. School clinics in Idaho also prohibited the pills under a law banning public funding for “abortion related services" last year.
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The 2023 RBC Canadian Open Odds & Preview: Brendon Todd
Brendon Todd will compete at Oakdale Golf & Country Club in Toronto, Canada for the 2023 RBC Canadian Open, taking place from June 8-11.
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Brendon Todd Insights
- Over his last 15 rounds, Todd has scored better than par six times, while also carding 10 rounds with a better-than-average score.
- He has recorded one of the five best scores in one of his last 15 rounds played.
- Over his last 15 rounds, Todd has finished within three strokes of the best score of the round three times, and within five strokes of the top score of the day on seven occasions.
- Todd has finished in the top 10 once in his past five appearances.
- He has qualified for the weekend in three of his past five events.
- Todd has finished with a score better than the tournament average in one of his past five events.
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RBC Canadian Open Insights and Stats
- In Todd's past four appearances at this event, he has finished among the top 20 two times, and his average finish has been 16th.
- Todd has two made cuts in his past four appearances at this tournament.
- Todd finished 13th when he last played this event, which was in 2022.
- This course is set up to play at 7,264 yards, 37 yards shorter than the average course on the Tour in the past year.
- The average course Todd has played i the last year (7,254 yards) is 10 yards shorter than the course he'll be playing this week (7,264).
Todd's Last Time Out
- Todd was in the 98th percentile on par 3s at The Memorial Tournament presented by Workday, with an average of 2.63 strokes on the eight par-3 holes.
- He averaged 4.05 strokes on par-4 holes (of which there were 20) at The Memorial Tournament presented by Workday, which was strong enough to land him in the 77th percentile among all competitors on par 4s (the tournament average was 4.14).
- Todd shot better than 98% of the competitors at The Memorial Tournament presented by Workday on the tournament's eight par-5 holes, averaging 4.00 strokes per hole compared to the field average, which was 4.72.
- Todd carded a birdie or better on two of eight par-3s at The Memorial Tournament presented by Workday, better than the field average of 1.2.
- On the eight par-3s at The Memorial Tournament presented by Workday, Todd had two bogeys or worse (the tournament average was 3.3).
- Todd's four birdies or better on the 20 par-4s at The Memorial Tournament presented by Workday were less than the tournament average (4.5).
- In that last outing, Todd's performance on the 20 par-4s included a bogey or worse eight times (the field's average was worse, at 8.2).
- Todd finished The Memorial Tournament presented by Workday underperforming compared to the tournament average of birdies or better on par-5s (4.8), with four on the eight par-5 holes.
- On the eight par-5s at The Memorial Tournament presented by Workday, Todd recorded two bogeys or worse, more than the field average of 1.7.
RBC Canadian Open Time and Date Info
- Date: June 8-11, 2023
- Course: Oakdale Golf & Country Club
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Par: 72 / 7,264 yards
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- Dr. Geoff Nichol, M.B., Ch.B., M.B.A., joins HaemaLogiX's Board of Directors as Non-Executive Director, bringing nearly 30 years of global drug development experience
- Past achievements include approval of Augmentin BID for adults and children, plus foundational clinical development of breakthrough cancer immunotherapy checkpoint inhibitors, Yervoy and Optivo
SYDNEY, July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HaemaLogiX Ltd, a clinical stage immuno-oncology biotech developing novel immunotherapies for patients with blood cancers, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Geoff Nichol to its Board as Non-Executive Director.
Bryce Carmine, HaemaLogiX's Chairman and CEO commented: "Geoff's impressive, globally recognised background in drug development, and in particular, in antibody development, makes him a valuable contribution to the HaemaLogiX board. Importantly, during his time at Medarex, Geoff oversaw the preclinical and clinical development of KappaMab, our multiple myeloma drug candidate. He brings outstanding industry knowledge and a highly translatable skillset to our Board mix.
"We are delighted to welcome Geoff and look forward to his contributions as we continue to advance our immunotherapeutic pipeline."
Dr. Nichol brings nearly 30 years' experience in drug development. His first drug development success was at SmithKline Beecham with the approval of Augmentin BID in 1996 for adults and children for all indications.
As a VP at Novartis (1996-2002), he managed, successively, a clinical development therapeutic area, US Medical Affairs, and Global Project and Portfolio Management, with significant involvement in the Foradil and Xolair programs.
Dr. Nichol was SVP of Development at Medarex Inc, where he was responsible for the foundational clinical development of the breakthrough cancer immunotherapy checkpoint inhibitors Yervoy (Phase 1 through Phase 3) and Opdivo (Phase 1). Medarex was acquired by Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) in 2009 and gained regulatory approval and commercial release of both these drugs. In recognition of the significance of these breakthrough therapies in 2018 the medical scientists who discovered these checkpoint drugs – Prof James Allison and Prof Tasuku Honjo - were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.
From 2011-2016 Dr. Nichol was EVP R&D at Sangamo BioSciences, a genome editing and gene therapy company. He managed the pre-clinical development of several IND candidates both in vivo and ex vivo in T cells and stem cells, and a gene therapy for haemophilia, all now in late-stage clinical trials.
In 2016, Dr. Nichol became Chief Medical Officer at BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc, managing an active portfolio of clinical development programs, including the development and approval of Brineura for Batten disease, Palynziq for Phenylketonuria a VOXZOGO for achondroplasia, and phase 3 development of BMN 270, a leading investigational gene therapy for haemophilia. In 2021, Dr. Nichol transitioned from CMO into a Senior Advisor role with BioMarin and remained active with the company until mid-2022.
Dr. Nichol graduated in medicine from the Otago University Medical School in New Zealand and completed clinical advanced training in Thoracic Medicine in Christchurch New Zealand, Adelaide SA and London UK. He has an MBA from Warwick University, UK. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. He resides is in the Bay area of San Francisco, USA.
"I am delighted to be joining the Board to guide strategy around the further development of KappaMab as well as HaemaLogiX's other pipeline assets," said incoming Non-Executive Director, Dr. Nichol. "I look forward to working with the team to bring forward much needed new therapies for patients with multiple myeloma and other diseases."
For more information, please contact:
Investors and partners:
Bryce Carmine, Chairman and CEO
HaemaLogiX Ltd
+61 481 344 140
investor@haemalogix.com
Media:
Jane Lowe, Managing Director
IR Department
+61 411 117 774
jane.lowe@irdepartment.com.au
About HaemaLogiX Ltd | www.haemalogix.com
Founded in 2014, HaemaLogiX Ltd is a clinical stage immune-oncology biotech developing novel immunotherapies for patients with blood cancers. The Company is focused on the development and commercialisation of monoclonal antibodies (Mab) for the treatment of multiple myeloma and potentially other blood cancers.
We have identified and characterised two novel drug targets, Kappa Myeloma Antigen (KMA) and Lambda Myeloma Antigen (LMA), on the surface of human blood cancers and autoimmune cells. These targets are highly specific to the cancer cells identified in blood cancers such as multiple myeloma, some lymphomas and Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia.
Importantly, KMA and LMA are not present on healthy cells. Clinical studies to date, have demonstrated fewer side effects, especially when compared to other current therapies in multiple myeloma. It is anticipated that further clinical studies will support this observation.
HaemaLogiX is a public unlisted Australian company, and our Mab technology is based on 10 years of research conducted at the University of Technology, Sydney, along with various world-leading institutions in Australia, Europe and the US. We hold a breadth of patents and have exclusivity over both the targets and the antibodies directed to them, making our intellectual property position comparatively more valuable and less prone to competitive challenge.
The monoclonal antibodies under development have also been formulated into other platforms such as CAR-T cell therapy and a bispecific monoclonal antibody. These three formulations may enable use in additional disease areas and the treatment of both early and late-stage disease giving them wide market potential.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Aryna Sabalenka returned to the U.S. Open semifinals Wednesday with a 6-1, 7-6 (4) victory over Karolina Pliskova.
Sabalenka is the only player still alive in either draw who reached the final four in Flushing Meadows last year. She lost to runner-up Leylah Fernandez in the semifinals.
The No. 6 seed from Belarus will face top-ranked Iga Swiatek or No. 8 Jessica Pegula for a spot in her first Grand Slam final.
“I’m ready for it,” Sabalenka said. “I’m ready for another fight.”
She reached her only other major semifinal last year at Wimbledon, where Pliskova beat her before falling to Ash Barty.
Sabalenka quickly showed this matchup would be much different, racing to a 4-0 lead against the 2016 U.S. Open runner-up and wrapping up the first set in 28 minutes.
Frances Tiafoe, coming off his upset of No. 2 Rafael Nadal, faced No. 9 Andrey Rublev in one men's quarterfinal Wednesday. No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz and No. 11 Jannik Sinner were to meet in the late match.
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TULSA, Okla., June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The GPA Midstream Association and affiliated suppliers association GPSA announce midstream industry award recipients for their outstanding 2021 safety performances.
"People – our employees, families and neighbors that live and work in the communities in which we operate – are the foundation behind the midstream industry's steadfast commitment to safety in all that we do," said Joel Moxley, GPA Midstream President and CEO, and GPSA's CEO. "Both associations are dedicated to ongoing safety improvement through transparency in reporting and by building upon member companies' exceptional safety programs and performance history. It's an honor to recognize these award recipients who lead by example."
The four GPA Midstream award divisions are determined by workhours, ranging from less than 50,000 to more than one million, for both United States and international companies.
Workhours are specific to midstream operations, including gathering, compression, treating, processing, marketing and storage of natural gas, as well as fractionation, transportation, storage and marketing of natural gas liquids.
The top two entries in each division are selected according to lowest total cases incidence rate, lowest fatalities plus lost workdays incidence rate, and highest number of operational workhours reported.
For 2021, GPA Midstream companies submitted safety statistics for nearly 70 million workhours, which covers activities of more than 30,000 operational employees.
The GPA Midstream safety award winners are:
Division I (1 million or more midstream operational workhours)
United States
1st Place - Boardwalk Louisiana Midstream
2nd Place - Enterprise Products
International
1st Place - Bahrain National Gas Co.
2nd Place - Saudi Aramco
Division II (200,000 - 999,999 midstream operational workhours)
United States
1st Place - Phillips 66
2nd Place - Cameron LNG
International
1st Place - Phoenix Park Gas Processors Ltd.
Division III (50,000 - 199,999 midstream operational workhours)
United States
1st Place - Superior Pipeline Co.
2nd Place - Red Cedar Gathering
Division IV (less than 50,000 midstream operational workhours)
United States
1st Place - Pinnacle Midstream II
2nd Place - Aka Energy Group
EnLink Midstream is recipient of the GPA Midstream Chairman's Award for Safety Improvement, recognized for notably improving its safety performance over the three-year period from 2019 to 2021.
GPSA safety awards are based on each company's 2021 Occupational Safety and Health Administration records and a three-year history of active programs promoting safety and displaying safety improvement. The GPSA safety award winners are:
Applied Control
Archrock
Audubon Engineering Company
Barry D. Payne & Associates - Mangan, Inc.
Galileo Technologies Corporation
Jasper Ventures
New Industries
NTACT Operations
Prime Controls
S2W Contracting
Transcend Solutions
GPA Midstream also recognizes members with no lost time incidents in 2021 through the association's Perfect Record Award. Congratulations to the following Perfect Record Award recipients:
Aka Energy Group
Aux Sable Liquid Products
Bahrain National Gas Co.
Cameron LNG
Canes Midstream
Carrera Gas Companies
ConocoPhillips
Howard Midstream Energy Partners
Intensity Midstream
Iron Horse Midstream
Kinetik
Lucid Energy
Meritage Midstream Services
Mustang Gas Products
Phillips 66
Pinnacle Midstream II
Plains All American
Red Cedar Gathering Co.
Salt Creek Midstream
Superior Pipeline Co.
United Gas Derivatives Co.
GPA Midstream Association has served the U.S. energy industry since 1921 and represents corporate members engaged in a wide variety of services that move vital energy products such as natural gas, natural gas liquids, refined products, and crude oil from production areas to markets across the United States. The association's mission is to responsibly serve and represent the midstream energy industry with collaborative expertise, safety and advocacy through its member companies and staff, focused on sustainability, to the benefit of all. For more information, visit GPAMidstream.org.
GPSA is GPA Midstream's affiliated association representing companies engaged in meeting the service and supply needs of the midstream industry. An elected board of directors establishes policies and directs GPSA activities. The association shares a small staff within GPA Midstream's office in Tulsa, Okla. For more information, visit GPSAmidstreamsuppliers.org.
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Ex-NYC Transit chief Sarah Feinberg randomly punched on Manhattan street
NEW YORK - Former New York City Transit Authority president Sarah Feinberg was reportedly randomly punched in the face by an unknown assailant last week.
Sources tell FOX 5 NY that on October 20 at around 1:15 p.m., Feinberg was standing on the corner of 6th Avenue and West 21st Street in the Flatiron District when an unidentified man approached and punched her with a closed fist.
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The man then fled the scene.
Feinberg reportedly suffered swelling to her face but did not seek police attention.
"Obviously I’m grateful the assault was not more serious but I don’t think there’s any question there’s just far, far too much of these kinds of attacks, and much more serious ones, happening," Feinberg told The New York Post on Friday.
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SEI Reports Second-Quarter 2022 Financial Results
Published: Jul. 20, 2022 at 2:01 PM MDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
OAKS, Pa., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SEI Investments Company (NASDAQ:SEIC) today announced financial results for the second-quarter 2022. Diluted earnings per share were $0.81 in second-quarter 2022 compared to $0.93 in second-quarter 2021.
"Our second-quarter financial results reflect our business' resilience as we navigate the state of the capital markets, inflation's continued impact, and change. While we expect these challenges to continue, we remain steadfast in our conviction that our company is moving in the right direction," said CEO Ryan Hicke.
"We've made progress as a business in three strategic areas of focus: growth, talent, and culture. Our expertise in asset management, technology, and operations is the foundation for driving short- and long-term revenue growth. We are seizing opportunities globally to provide existing and new solutions to our markets, enhance our talent, and reignite our culture. We will continue to diligently assess and allocate our investments in order to push our company forward in these areas, further position us for growth, and deliver value to our employees, clients, and shareholders."
Second-Quarter Business Highlights:
- Revenues from Information processing and software servicing fees increased from new client conversions and growth from existing SEI Wealth PlatformSM (SWP) clients. Additional revenues from our acquisition of SEI Novus during the fourth-quarter 2021 also contributed to the increase.
- Revenues from Assets under management, administration, and distribution fees were flat. Revenues from Assets under management decreased due to the significant decline in market conditions during the second quarter and client shifts into lower fee investment products. This decline was offset by increased revenues from assets under administration.
- Our average assets under management in equity and fixed income programs, excluding LSV, decreased $21.1 billion, or 11%, to $177.1 billion in the second-quarter 2022, as compared to $198.2 billion during the second-quarter 2021 (see attached Average Asset Balances schedules for further details).
- Our average assets under administration increased $39.3 billion, or 5%, to $897.5 billion in the second-quarter 2022, as compared to $858.2 billion during the second-quarter 2021 (see attached Average Asset Balances schedules for further details).
- Net sales events in the Private Banks and Investment Managers segments during second-quarter 2022 were $7.9 million and are expected to generate net annualized recurring revenues of approximately $5.6 million when contract values are completely realized.
- Net sales events in asset management-related businesses of the Investment Advisors and Institutional Investors segments and the Asset Management Distribution (AMD) business in the Private Banks segment during second-quarter 2022 were $934.0 thousand.
- The increase in operational expenses was primarily due to increased personnel costs due to business growth, competitive labor markets, and the impact of inflation on wages and services. The increase was partially offset by lower direct costs related to asset management revenues.
- In June, we initiated an enhanced voluntary separation program to long-tenured employees as part of our commitment to professional development and expanded responsibilities for current and new talent by increasing advancement opportunities. We expect this program to be finalized in July 2022. The program's total cost is currently estimated to be between $54.0 million and $58.0 million, which will be recorded as part of third-quarter 2022 results.
- Earnings from LSV decreased to $29.8 million in the second-quarter 2022 as compared to $35.1 million in the second-quarter 2021 due to negative cash flows from existing clients, market depreciation and client losses.
- We capitalized $6.1 million of software development costs in second-quarter 2022 for continued enhancements to SWP. Amortization expense related to SWP was $11.8 million in second-quarter 2022.
- Our effective tax rates were 23.1% in second-quarter 2022 and 22.3% in second-quarter 2021. The increase in the effective tax rate was primarily due to decreased tax benefits associated with a lower volume of stock option exercises.
- We repurchased 2.0 million shares of our common stock for $109.3 million during the second-quarter 2022 at an average price of $55.48 per share.
- Cash flow from operations was $70.2 million, or $0.51 per share, and free cash flow was $52.4 million during the second-quarter 2022.
Earnings Conference Call
A conference call to review earnings is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Eastern time on July 20, 2022. Investors may listen to the call at seic.com/ir-events. Investors may also listen to a replay by telephone at (USA) 866-207-1041; (International) 402-970-0847; Access Code: 4384485.
About SEI®
SEI (NASDAQ:SEIC) delivers technology and investment solutions that connect the financial services industry. With capabilities across investment processing, operations, and asset management, SEI works with corporations, financial institutions and professionals, and ultra-high-net-worth families to solve problems, manage change, and help protect assets—for growth today and in the future. As of June 30, 2022, SEI manages, advises, or administers approximately $1.3 trillion in assets. For more information, visit seic.com.
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- the extent to which current market conditions will persist,
- revenue that we believe will be generated by sales events that occurred during the quarter and the timing of the realization of such revenue, if any,
- whether we will diligently assess and allocate our investments,
- whether we positioned for growth, and to deliver value to our employees, clients, and shareholders, and
- when our enhanced voluntary separation program will close and the amount of the cost of such program.
We anticipate that we may deliver forward-looking statements during today's earnings call that include our current expectations as to the matters in this release and set forth above as well as:
- the timing and success of client migrations, implementations and conversions,
- our ability to expand our relationships and revenue opportunities with new and existing clients,
- whether our investments will create growth opportunities,
- whether we are positioned for sustainable growth and to take advantage of opportunities,
- the margins that out businesses may generate,
- the degree to which one-time and transaction-based revenues during the quarter will be repeated,
- the competition for and cost of talent and the effect of these factors on our business,
- the headwinds we will face and our strategies for how we may respond to these headwinds,
- how we will manage our expenses,
- the degree to which our reported margins will decline, increase or normalize,
- the strategic initiatives and business segments that we will pursue and those in which we will invest,
- whether we have laid the groundwork for our future growth plans,
- the degree to which we will align our talent and spending to capitalize on market opportunities for both the short and medium term,
- whether our voluntary separation program will create space for internal mobility, fresh perspectives, diversity and external experience, and the degree to which this will position us for or accelerate our growth,
- the degree to which we will reset our capital investments to sustain the growth we create,
- the success, if any, of the sales and strategic initiatives we pursue,
- whether our culture will enable us to be more nimble, while maintaining focus and attention on our clients and opportunities,
- the timing of when new clients will be on-boarded directly to new technology platforms and when our entire existing client base will be live on such platforms,
- the value of our backlog and the strength of our pipelines,
- whether we will be able to drive cross-selling opportunities,
- whether we will focus on maintaining and accelerating growth in existing businesses, expanding our focus on new growth engines, or reinvigorating our culture and talent strategies across the company,
- our growth prospects,
- the timing of and our ability to integrate any acquisition targets that we may pursue, if any,
- the potential benefits we may derive from any of our acquisitions,
- the organic and inorganic opportunities that will drive our growth,
- the investments we may make in our technologies and personnel, and
- the success and benefits of our strategic investments.
You should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements, as they are based on the current beliefs and expectations of our management and subject to significant risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control or are subject to change. Although we believe the assumptions upon which we base our forward-looking statements are reasonable, they could be inaccurate. Some of the risks and important factors that could cause actual results to differ from those described in our forward-looking statements can be found in the "Risk Factors" section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2021, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Sheriff ‘appalled’ after 2 stolen dogs found dead on side of road
ROCKY MOUNT, Va. (WDBJ/Gray News) - Authorities in Virginia say they are appalled after two missing dogs were found dead.
According to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, the bodies of two missing black labs were found on the side of the road Tuesday.
Officials with the Franklin County Humane Society Planned Pethood and Adoption Center said the dogs were reported as missing on Feb. 7.
According to the animals’ owner, the dogs, named Colby and Caleb, broke away from him to chase a squirrel at an area park. But then two men lured the dogs into a car and took off with them while he was calling for their return.
A $2,500 reward was offered for the return of the dogs, according to the adoption center.
On Tuesday, deputies and animal control reported they were called regarding a resident finding the bodies of two dogs on the side of the road.
The sheriff’s office said the dogs were identified as the missing black labs. Colby and Caleb have since been taken to the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech to determine their cause of death.
“We are appalled at this senseless tragedy and extend our condolences to the owners of these dogs,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement.
Anyone with further information was urged to contact authorities at 540-483-3000.
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By TOM WITHERS
AP Sports Writer
BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Jadeveon Clowney’s last move with the Cleveland Browns happened off the field — a public bashing born of frustration and disappointment.
The team countered accordingly.
Clowney was sent home from practice on Friday, one day after he harshly criticized the organization and coaching staff in an explosive interview that effectively ended his second season in Cleveland just ahead of the finale in Pittsburgh.
Coach Kevin Stefanski refused to directly address Clowney’s status — or provide any specifics about his decision to punish the defensive end — as the Browns (7-9), who always seem to be embroiled in drama, prepared to face the Steelers (8-8) on Sunday.
However, Stefanski did indicate Clowney won’t be on the trip.
“Nothing comes above the team,” he said.
Angry that he wasn’t being showcased more in Cleveland’s defense, Clowney said in an interview Thursday with cleveland.com that he didn’t feel appreciated and was “95% sure” he wasn’t coming back for a third season.
Clowney further claimed the Browns have given four-time Pro Bowl defensive end Myles Garrett preferential treatment and were focused only on getting him to the Hall of Fame. He added he needs to be around “somebody that believes in me and my ability.”
Clowney made it clear he has no personal issues with Garrett, who has 15 sacks going into the Week 18 matchup with Pittsburgh.
Garrett said he understood that Clowney wanted to be more productive, but was disappointed in how his teammate ultimately expressed it.
“This is our team,” Garrett said. “He’s my brother. He’s my teammate and I wish we could have talked about this man-to-man and to us as coaches as well. Could have sat us all down and had just a conversation and that would’ve probably been the way I would’ve handled it.
“But hindsight is 20/20. He’s feeling a lot of emotion towards what has been a season of ups and downs and there’s no perfect way to handle things. But I wish he would’ve handled a little bit differently.”
Garrett said his relationship with Clowney remains “cordial” and he didn’t take the comments to heart.
Asked if he would welcome Clowney back at any point, Garrett said: “We want volunteers, not hostages.”
“If you feel like no one believes in you here,” Garrett said, “then go where you feel like you’re wanted and loved and appreciated.”
Clowney revived his career last season in Cleveland, recording nine sacks — his most since 2018 — and pairing with Garrett up front to give the Browns one of the NFL’s most feared pass rushes.
He re-signed as a free agent for $11 million with the Browns in May, but Clowney’s second season didn’t go the way he or the team had hoped. A few games in, he expressed disappointment that the Browns were changing his assignment during in games in order to give Garrett more favorable matchups.
Because Garrett is one of the game’s premiere players, it made sense for the Browns to move him to expose an opponent’s weakness. Clowney didn’t see it that way.
Defensive line coach Chris Kiffin revealed that Clowney refused to play on any down other than third in the Oct. 23 game at Baltimore. He was benched for the first series the following week against Cincinnati for his behavior.
Kiffin said the decision to move Garrett around is natural.
“We’re going to put our best player in the best position to win,” he said.
Kiffin also disagreed with Clowney’s assertion that Garrett was treated differently.
“It was a frustrating season for all of us — everybody in this organization, defensively and for him,” Kiffin said. “Obviously, he didn’t have the production he had last year so he is frustrated. The way he went about it I don’t agree with, but we are here today dealing with it.”
Clowney came to the Browns’ facility and attended a position meeting with his fellow defensive lineman before being told to leave.
Kiffin said he spoke with Clowney before he was dismissed by Stefanski.
“l’ll just say I addressed the room that I thought he handled it the wrong way as a man,” Kiffin said.
The upheaval surrounding Clowney is similar to last season’s messy situation with wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr., who was suspended by the Browns and eventually traded after weeks of drama.
Stefanski doesn’t think there’s a disconnect between his players and staff.
“Every team, all 32, we all deal with things throughout the season,” he said. “Sometimes they stay in house and you deal with them, and sometimes they don’t. That is very similar to family. That is what we do. We operate as a family. Sometimes you make tough decisions, but that is what we are trying to do.”
Clowney was the No. 1 overall pick in 2014 by Houston. He spent five seasons with the Texans before playing one year with Seattle and Tennessee.
NOTES: Starting RT Jack Conklin will miss the finale with an ankle injury. He’ll be replaced by James Hudson, who was beaten by Steelers star T.J. Watt for four sacks in last year’s game at Pittsburgh. … CB Denzel Ward is questionable with a shoulder injury
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In the early morning hours of May 28, Tempe Police officers found Sean Bickings, 34, and a woman at a reservoir near the city's Elmore Pedestrian Bridge, according to a statement from the city of Tempe.
The officers were responding to a call about "an alleged fight" between Bickings, who the city described as "unsheltered," and his companion. The statement said both Bickings and his partner denied any physical violence had occurred, and neither of them were under arrest.
Officers were questioning Bickings and running his name through a database to determine if he had any outstanding warrants, the city said in a statement.
"That check had not yet been completed when Bickings decided to slowly climb over a 4-foot metal fence and enter the water," the statement said.
"He swam about 30-40 yards before repeatedly indicating he was in distress. He soon went under and did not resurface," the statement continued.
The Tempe Officers Association, the union that represents Tempe Police Department officers, said in a statement emailed to CNN that officers do not receive training in water rescues and do not have the equipment to help people at risk of drowning.
"Attempting such a high-risk rescue could easily result in the death of the person in the water and the officer, who could be pulled down by a struggling adult. Officers are trained to call the Fire Department and or get the Tempe Police boat. That is what officers did here," the statement said.
The Tempe Police Department is conducting an investigation into Bickings' death, the city said, adding that it may take several weeks, in part because investigators are waiting for the results of a medical examiner's report. After that investigation is finished, the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) will review the findings, the city said.
When asked for comment, DPS confirmed it agreed to review the investigation but declined to comment further because the investigation is open and ongoing.
The three officers who initially responded to the call have been placed on non-disciplinary paid administrative leave pending the investigation, according to the city.
Separately, the city said it has asked the nearby Scottsdale Police Department to conduct an administrative review of the "critical incident response" in an effort to maintain "public trust and transparency." That investigation is also expected to take several weeks. Scottsdale Police said its Internal Affairs investigators will review the responding officers' actions in relation to Tempe Police policies and training.
Tempe City Manager Andrew Ching and Police Chief Jeff Glover "believe Bickings' death is a tragedy," the city said, adding that Glover has met with Bickings' mother.
CNN has attempted to reach out to Bickings' family for comment.
What police body camera footage shows
The city released partial body camera footage of the incident from one officer, as well as what it says is a transcript of all conversations from the footage that was not released. The remaining footage from the body cameras of all three officers will be released later this week, the city said, adding it "will be edited due to its graphic, sensitive nature."
In the body camera footage, Bickings can be seen sitting on a bench and speaking to police as they stand behind him. Bickings later climbs over the metal fence and enters the reservoir.
At that point, police can be heard telling Bickings, "You're not allowed to swim in the lake," however Bickings continues to get into the water.
The nearly 12-minute video, which also shows what happened between the couple and Tempe police officers, ends before he starts calling for help.
In the city's transcript of the remaining video, Bickings says, "I'm going to drown. I'm going to drown."
Officers repeatedly tell Bickings to swim to the pylon and one says, "Okay, I'm not jumping in after you," according to the transcript. Officers asked a water rescue team to be dispatched and requested help from the fire department, according to the transcript.
In its statement, the police union said the exchange was "largely cordial prior to Mr. Bickings entering the lake."
"He was free to go at any time," the union statement said. "To watch the 11-minute video leading up to Mr. Bickings' entering Tempe Town Lake and to understand how this 911 call ended is to see an awful loss of life. Our grief mirrors our community's grief. No one wanted this incident to end as it did."
The city said it is reviewing water response protocols with Tempe Police and assessing equipment needs for officers and the need for placement of rescue equipment around bodies of water.
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VANCOUVER, BC, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - The Very Good Food Company Inc. (NASDAQ: VGFC) (TSXV: VERY.V) (FSE: OSI) ("VERY GOOD" or the "Company"), a leading plant-based food technology company, announces it will present at H.C. Wainwright's 24TH Annual Global Investment Conference ("H.C. Wainwright's Conference") and at The Emerging Growth Conference. Chief Executive Officer, Parimal Rana will be representing VERY GOOD at both conferences.
H.C. Wainwright's Conference is being held on September 12-14, 2022. H.C. Wainwright & Co. is hosting its 24th Annual Global Investment Conference, which is being held as a hybrid event on September 12 to 14, 2022. The in-person venue for the event is the Lotte New York Palace Hotel in New York City located at 455 Madison Avenue. Virtual participation will be staged simultaneously with over 500 company presentations scheduled as live feed or available on-demand.
VERY GOOD will present at H.C. Wainwright's Conference on Monday, September 12th, 2022, at 7:00 AM Eastern Time.
If you are an institutional investor and would like to listen to the Company's presentation at H.C Wainwright's 24th Annual Global Investment Conference, please click here to register for the conference.
The Emerging Growth Conference is being held on Wednesday, September 14th, 2022. VERY GOOD will be presenting at 1:30 PM Eastern Time. The Company's presentation at the Emerging Growth Conference will be available via webcast.
Questions can be submitted in advance to: Questions@EmergingGrowth.com.
* Participants should reference that questions are directed to The Very Good Food Company by including the Company's ticker in the subject line.
The VERY GOOD Food Company Inc. is an emerging plant-based food technology company that produces nutritious and delicious plant-based meat and cheese products under VERY GOOD's core brands: The VERY GOOD Butchers and The VERY GOOD Cheese Co. www.verygoodfood.com.
OUR MISSION IS LOFTY BUT BEAUTIFULLY SIMPLE: GET MILLIONS TO RETHINK THEIR FOOD CHOICES WHILE HELPING THEM DO THE WORLD A WORLD OF GOOD. BY OFFERING PLANT-BASED FOOD OPTIONS SO DELICIOUS AND NUTRITIOUS, WE'RE HELPING THIS KIND OF DIET BECOME THE NORM.
ON BEHALF OF THE VERY GOOD FOOD COMPANY INC.
Parimal Rana
Chief Executive Officer
Phone: 855 472-9841
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TULSA, Okla., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ClearSign Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: CLIR) ("ClearSign" or the "Company"), an emerging leader in industrial combustion and sensing technologies that improve energy, operational efficiency and safety while dramatically reducing emissions, today announces that Bruce A. Pate is stepping down from the ClearSign Board of Directors. Concurrently, the Company announces the appointment of energy industry veteran Gary J. DiElsi to the open board position.
Gary DiElsi is a seasoned energy executive with a broad background of over 40 years of experience from private equity, major global enterprises, smaller industrial companies, and startup ventures, including both turnaround and growth situations. In the early part of Mr. DiElsi's career, he spent over twelve years with Chevron Corporation in a wide range of engineering, operations, strategic and managerial positions. Mr. DiElsi also spent four years with Linde AG's US subsidiary and two years with UOP building process gas purification units as well as hydrogen production/purification facilities worldwide. From 2000 to 2006, Mr. DiElsi was responsible for Oxbow Industrial Services, a 24/7 global operation providing refinery and terminal services in the Americas, holding the position of Executive Vice President of Oxbow when he left. From 2006 to 2012, Mr. DiElsi was an operating executive with energy private equity firm First Reserve Corporation, where he was active in a wide range of investments involving refining, biofuels production, renewable technologies, power development, marine shipping, liquid terminals, and gasification development for hydrogen and power production. From 2012 to 2017, Mr. DiElsi served as Managing Director at Alinda Capital Partners, an infrastructure investment firm. At Alinda, Mr. DiElsi was on the Investment Committee for energy investments and was responsible for evaluation of opportunities and management of energy infrastructure investments, including ESG, growth strategies, operational improvements, financial performance and board representation. Most recently, since April 2018, Mr. DiElsi has been the Managing Member and Founder of Mountain Pass Energy Investing LLC, where he serves as a senior investment and operations advisor to private equity firms and limited partners investing in both the alternative and conventional energy industries. Mr. DiElsi also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Blue Tide Environmental, a private company sponsored by energy private equity firm Tailwater Capital. Mr. DiElsi has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (thermal sciences), Summa Cum Laude, and was the recipient of a Rockwell International/Union Carbide Fellowship while earning a Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering, both from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Jim Deller, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of ClearSign said, "I want to thank Bruce for his years of service and support of ClearSign which predates his official tenure on the Board. Bruce has played an integral role in the transition of ClearSign management and oversight over the past few years, has contributed significantly to our financing decisions and has led the search for his replacement, with the imperative of finding an executive level candidate with strong and relevant industry experience which he has done very successfully," continued Dr. Deller.
"With that, I am delighted to welcome Gary DiElsi to the ClearSign board. I look forward to working with him and adding his deep industry experience to our diversified board expertise as we continue the commercial growth of our business."
"I am encouraged with the technological and strategic progress that ClearSign has made during my tenure on the Board," said Bruce Pate. "I believe the Company is under strong leadership with Jim Deller, the technology has been productized under his leadership and has a strong balance sheet to continue to roll out products in several verticals. I look forward to Clearsign's continuing growth and development with the addition of Gary DiElsi to the board, adding his wisdom and vast industry experience to their collective resources."
ClearSign Technologies Corporation designs and develops products and technologies for the purpose of improving key performance characteristics of industrial and commercial systems, including operational performance, energy efficiency, emission reduction, safety and overall cost-effectiveness. Our patented technologies, embedded in established OEM products as ClearSign Core™ and ClearSign Eye™ and other sensing configurations, enhance the performance of combustion systems and fuel safety systems in a broad range of markets, including the energy (upstream oil production and down-stream refining), commercial/industrial boiler, chemical, petrochemical, transport and power industries. For more information, please visit www.clearsign.com.
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Police: Man critical after being shot, carjacked just feet from his front door in West Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA - Monday night took a terrifying turn for a man in West Philadelphia after police say he was ambushed by a shooter outside his family home.
The 23-year-old man was found lying on the 5400 block of Spring Street when police responded around 11:30 p.m.
He was shot multiple times in the arm and legs, and bleeding heavily. He is said to be in critical condition, and was undergoing surgery at a local hospital.
Police say the man was walking to his car, which was parked outside his home, when he was shot at least four times.
The victim's black Dodge Charger Hellcat with red stripes was seen fleeing the scene as witnesses told police he was left lying on the street.
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Shots were fired just a "few feet from the front door of the house where he lives with his family," Philadelphia Police Chief Small told reporters.
Four shell casing were found on the street near where the victim was found, which police say indicates the shooter walked right up and shot him.
The incident, which police say appears to be a shooting, robbery and carjacking, is under investigation. Surveillance footage in the area is currently being looked at for further evidence. | https://www.fox29.com/news/police-man-critical-after-being-shot-carjacked-just-feet-from-his-front-door-in-west-philadelphia | 2023-01-03 13:04:51 | 0 | https://www.fox29.com/news/police-man-critical-after-being-shot-carjacked-just-feet-from-his-front-door-in-west-philadelphia |
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Get ready for a sweet surprise. Publix is taking its ice cream truck on the road in the Tampa Bay area next month.
The company is dishing out free treats in 11 cities, including three cities in the Tampa Bay area.
Here’s when and where the truck will stop in the Tampa Bay area:
- Sunday, July 9: Glazer Children’s Museum, 110 West Gasparilla Plaza, Tampa, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Monday, July 10: Payne Park, 2010 Adams Lane, Sarasota, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Tuesday, July 13: Barnett Family Park, 730 East Orange Street, Lakeland, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The ice cream truck will have a variety of flavors for everyone to try, including non-dairy options.
“Enjoy a cool treat on us and join in on some fun and games,” Publix said. | https://www.wfla.com/news/local-news/publix-ice-cream-truck-to-dish-out-free-treats-in-the-tampa-bay-area/ | 2023-06-27 19:53:51 | 0 | https://www.wfla.com/news/local-news/publix-ice-cream-truck-to-dish-out-free-treats-in-the-tampa-bay-area/ |
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Illinois Lottery's "Lucky Day Lotto" game were:
04-10-28-37-43
(four, ten, twenty-eight, thirty-seven, forty-three)
Estimated jackpot: $450,000
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Illinois Lottery's "Lucky Day Lotto" game were:
04-10-28-37-43
(four, ten, twenty-eight, thirty-seven, forty-three)
Estimated jackpot: $450,000 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Lucky-Day-Lotto-game-17505668.php | 2022-10-13 04:02:28 | 1 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Lucky-Day-Lotto-game-17505668.php |
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A former correctional officer at the Federal Medical Center in Kentucky has been sentenced to more than 11 years after pleading guilty to sexual abuse of inmates.
Christopher Brian Goodwin, 46, pleaded guilty in March to deprivation of rights under color of law and three counts of sexual abuse of a ward, the U.S. attorney's office said in a news release.
Goodwin admitted touching three inmates on multiple occasions in 2019 and sexually abusing them, the release said. In his plea agreement, Goodwin also admitted depriving another inmate of her constitutional rights and his actions also resulted in injury to the inmate, the release said.
He was sentenced Friday to 135 months in prison. He is required to serve 85% of the sentence. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Ex-prison-officer-sentenced-for-sexual-abuse-of-17242608.php | 2022-06-15 08:32:43 | 1 | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Ex-prison-officer-sentenced-for-sexual-abuse-of-17242608.php |
BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — It’s less than ten minutes walk from the Falls Road to the Shankhill Road in Northern Ireland’s capital, where Catholics and Protestants still live in segregated enclaves.
But to hear people in these adjoining neighborhoods explain their almost diametrically opposite views of the British monarchy, it might as well be 1,000 miles.
And so as King Charles III arrived in Northern Ireland for the first visit since his mother’s death elevated him to the throne, the voices of Belfast offered a sharp reminder of the country’s persistent, complicated and, at times, bloody political realities.
On the street residents call The Shankhill — center of a Protestant neighborhood with a long history of loyalty to the crown — British flags fluttered over shops and from light poles. At the foot of a giant mural of a young Elizabeth II proclaiming her “the people’s queen,” many proud to be her subjects came bearing flowers and notes of emotional farewell.
“We swore our allegiance to the queen and she stuck by us,” said Jacqueline Humphries, 58, once a soldier in the Ulster Defence Regiment, established by the British Army to police Northern Ireland during the decades of sectarian violence known as The Troubles. “I think Charles will do just as good a job. She trained him well.”
Not half a mile away on the Falls Road — the nationalist stronghold that served as base for the Irish Republican Army and its decades-long guerrilla campaign against British rule — those heading to work Tuesday brushed off any suggestion that Charles’ visit could validate the crown’s claim to Northern Ireland.
“They can believe that, but we still believe we will get a united Ireland,” said Paul Walker, 55, walking past a 3-story-high mural of Bobby Sands, an IRA militant who died while on a hunger strike in prison in 1981.
Charles is “not our king. Bobby Sands was our king here,” said 52-year-old Bobby Jones. “Queen never done nothing for us. Never did. None of the royals do.”
Walker and others said Queen Elizabeth II had earned a measure of respect, if never affection, for her decision in 2012 to shake hands with Martin McGuinness, the former IRA commander who went on to serve as Northern Ireland’s deputy first minister. But Charles is unwelcome.
“He won’t be up here much. We don’t have a place for Charles,” said a man named Christy, 61, who like others declined to provide his full name, pointing to Belfast’s fading, but brutally memorable, record of retribution on both sides.
The new king walked a delicate line Tuesday, thanking Northern Ireland officials for their condolences and praise of his mother for her efforts to foster reconciliation.
The queen, he said, “felt deeply, I know, the significance of the role she herself played in bringing together those whom history had separated, and in extending a hand to make possible the healing of long-held hurts.”
It’s not clear, though, if Charles will benefit from goodwill earned by his mother. She had decades to build a reputation as a steadfast leader even in the most difficult of times; not so, her son, who some see as aloof. And nowhere else in the lands that make up this less than United Kingdom is the divide over the crown so fierce.
Most of Ireland gained independence from Britain in 1921 after a guerrilla war. But Northern Ireland, where a Protestant majority favored Britain, remained a part of the United Kingdom.
The shaky peace exploded in August 1969 with sectarian violence after protests by the Catholic minority for civil rights. The British Army sent in forces, ostensibly to contain the violence and protect Catholics.
“Army in Control Here For At Least Four Months,” warned the front page of The Irish News, now displayed in a museum of IRA history just off the Falls Road.
Instead, The Troubles lasted nearly 30 years, resulting in the deaths of more than 3,000 people.
A few minutes in either neighborhood is all it takes to unearth memories of the violence and the gaping divide over the role of the British government.
“Once you saw the Brits, once you saw the police, you went running the other way because you were guilty before you innocent,” said Damian Burns, a postal worker, walking to work past the offices of Sinn Fein, the political party long affiliated with the IRA that is now the largest in Northern Ireland’s power-sharing government.
The Sinn Fein bookstore onsite sells posters with a portrait of Sands over the slogan: “England Get Out of Ireland.”
Over on the Shankill, Humphries, now a housing assistance counselor, recalled that when The Troubles started she was living in an area mixed with both Protestants and Catholics. After joining the British-allied military she received death threats from the Irish National Liberation Army, forcing a move to the loyalist neighborhood where she has lived ever since. Others on both sides also moved to be near those like them, and city became even more divided.
The royal family was not immune to the violence. In 1979, the IRA assassinated Lord Louis Mountbatten, a cousin of the queen and mentor to Charles , detonating a bomb plant aboard his fishing boat. Three others also died.
The Troubles finally ended with the Good Friday Agreement of 1998. But all these years later, the Falls Road and the Shankhill remain divided from one another by a “Peace Line” — high walls with steel gates that are still closed each evening.
Charles, unwanted by some here and unproven to others, will have to thread his way carefully through the volatility. But it could offer valuable lessons – at least in what not to do – for the new monarch. In Scotland, where a referendum on independence from Britain was narrowly defeated in 2014, rhetoric remains heated and officials are pushing for a follow-up vote. In Wales, too, some people bridle at being kept under London’s control.
Residents of Belfast will be watching closely, regardless of their allegiances.
On the Falls Road of 25 or 30 years ago, the queen was vilified as a symbol of British oppression, said Walker, who is confident the two Irelands will eventually be united.
He won’t change his mind about that, he said, but even with a bitter past, he’s become more willing to see the queen, who was 96, as more than a foe.
She was, after all, someone’s grandmother.
“It’s always in the back of your mind who these people are,” he said, “and not just that they’re the head of military forces.”
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AP National Writer Adam Geller is on assignment in the United Kingdom covering the queen’s death. Follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/adgeller | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/national/ap-in-northern-ireland-praise-for-monarchy-vies-with-disdain/ | 2022-09-14 11:33:11 | 0 | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/national/ap-in-northern-ireland-praise-for-monarchy-vies-with-disdain/ |
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
0-8-5, FIREBALL: 9
(zero, eight, five; FIREBALL: nine)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
0-8-5, FIREBALL: 9
(zero, eight, five; FIREBALL: nine) | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Evening-game-17339350.php | 2022-07-29 23:29:47 | 1 | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Evening-game-17339350.php |
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NORTH CHESTERFIELD, Va. (AP) — Family, friends and other mourners gathered Wednesday at a Virginia church to remember Irvo Otieno at a funeral service, celebrating his life and calling for mental health care and policing reforms after the 28-year-old Black man's death earlier this month while in custody at a state psychiatric hospital.
“He had an illness. He should have been doctored to, not treated with brutality," said civil rights leader the Rev. Al Sharpton, who delivered the eulogy.
Other speakers recalled Otieno as an empathetic, energetic and well-respected friend, teammate and musical artist during the service at First Baptist Church of South Richmond, as they vowed to seek justice for his death.
Otieno, whose family said he had long struggled with mental illness, died March 6 after he was pinned to the floor by sheriff’s deputies and others while being admitted to Central State Hospital in Dinwiddie County. Seven deputies and three hospital workers have been charged with second-degree murder in his death, and an investigation is ongoing.
Video released earlier this month shows sheriff’s deputies and hospital employees restraining a handcuffed and shackled Otieno for about 20 minutes after he was forcibly led into a hospital room. For much of that time, Otieno was prone on the floor, pinned by a group so large it blocked the camera's view of him at times.
Personnel who realized he appeared limp and lifeless eventually began resuscitation efforts, the video showed. Otieno's family and their attorneys have said he posed no danger and was simply trying to breathe.
"You know he couldn’t fight back — he was handcuffed and shackled. And if we sound angry, it’s because we are," Sharpton said.
Dinwiddie Commonwealth’s Attorney Ann Cabell Baskervill has said Otieno was smothered to death. An autopsy is still pending.
Otieno, who emigrated from Kenya as a child, spent most of his childhood in suburban Richmond. He was a “gregarious baby, a lively toddler, an energetic child, a fun-loving athletic teen and an artistic young man,” his funeral program said. He was also a high-achieving high school athlete who earned an athletic scholarship to attend college.
He was pursuing a goal of building a music career, streaming his music under the moniker “Young Vo” while working toward starting his own record label, his family has said.
Wednesday's service was attended by hundreds of mourners that included friends, family, clergy members and representatives from the office of Gov. Glenn Youngkin. An interment was scheduled immediately following the service.
Otieno's family and their attorneys have said Otieno was experiencing mental distress at the time of his initial encounter with law enforcement earlier this month, days before he was taken to the state hospital. He was first taken into custody March 3, when he was transported to a local hospital for mental health treatment under an emergency custody order.
Police have said that while at the local hospital, he “became physically assaultive toward officers," at which point they arrested him and took him to a local jail, something Otieno's family says should never have happened given that he was in need of treatment. On the afternoon of March 6, he was transferred to the state hospital, which has a unit that provides care for people admitted from jails or by court-order.
Attorneys for the defendants charged in his death have said their clients were trying to restrain Otieno. During bond hearings and in statements, several defense attorneys have sought to distinguish their clients from the mass of bodies involved in pinning Otieno to the floor. All have been granted bond and have pre-trial hearings in April or May.
Attorneys for Otieno's family have pushed back at those characterizations and did so again Wednesday.
“They engage in the intellectual justification of discrimination,” said civil rights attorney Ben Crump.
Crump, Sharpton and another family attorney, Mark Krudys, called for more robust mental health care services and more training for law enforcement for mental health-related situations. They also said Virginia should consider creating mental health-specific courts under a system like California's.
Caroline Ouko, Otieno's mother, said she never could have imagined what would unfold after her son was first taken to the local hospital for care.
"We will miss you dearly. But rest assured, as you fly in heaven with your God, you are not here physically with us. But we who remain, your family, your friends and my team beside me, we will get to the bottom of what happened to you," she said, followed by applause. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/remembrances-calls-for-reform-at-irvo-otieno-s-17867348.php | 2023-03-29 20:24:04 | 1 | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/remembrances-calls-for-reform-at-irvo-otieno-s-17867348.php |
WFO NEW YORK CITY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, July 18, 2022
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* At 241 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Rutherford,
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Secaucus around 245 PM EDT.
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MUMBAI, India — Indians are calling it a Diwali gift.
On the Hindu festival of lights, Rishi Sunak — who is of Indian descent and a practicing Hindu — has become Britain's next prime minister. Sunak's face is splashed across the front pages of Indian newspapers Tuesday, as his ancestral homeland celebrates his achievement — 75 years after Indians cast off British colonial rule.
"Indian son rises over an empire," read a chyron on the leading English-language NDTV channel.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi alluded to those "historic ties" in a tweet congratulating Sunak. "Special Diwali wishes to the 'living bridge' of UK Indians, as we transform our historic ties into a modern partnership," Modi wrote.
Warmest congratulations @RishiSunak! As you become UK PM, I look forward to working closely together on global issues, and implementing Roadmap 2030. Special Diwali wishes to the 'living bridge' of UK Indians, as we transform our historic ties into a modern partnership.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 24, 2022
Sunak will become Britain's newest prime minister on Tuesday and will immediately face economic and political crises in the United Kingdom.
Sunak was born in England, to parents born in East Africa. But he is of Indian origin. He's the first Hindu and first person of color to become British prime minister. That's being celebrated by Hindus around the world, but especially in Hindu-majority India, which is currently governed by Modi's Hindu nationalist party. Supporters are sharing photos on social media of Sunak in Hindu religious garb, and captioning them with Hindu devotional slogans.
So its confirmed. On Diwali day, @RishiSunak to make history as Britain's first Indian origin, Hindu Prime Minister. Who would have imagined the tables would turn in just 75 years!! pic.twitter.com/5U4e25UgL2
— Priti Gandhi - प्रीति गांधी (@MrsGandhi) October 24, 2022
A spokesperson for Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party called Sunak's appointment "a moment of great celebration."
"We have seen in the United States, CEOs of major tech companies and people of Indian origin at the top of the game. So the appointment of Mr. Sunak as the prime minister of the U.K. is a welcome step," BJP national spokesperson Guru Prakash said early Tuesday. "As a party, as a government, we look forward to working closely with Mr. Sunak toward revitalizing our relationship."
That relationship was strained by comments earlier this month by Britain's then-home minister, Suella Braverman – who herself is of Indian descent — alleging Indians are the worst overstayers of U.K. visas. She has since resigned (over another matter), and Indian authorities say they're working with British authorities to "facilitate the return of Indian citizens who have overstayed their visa period."
But the episode, along with political chaos in London, may have contributed to the scuppering of a Diwali deadline for a U.K.-Indian trade deal. Since its exit from the European Union, Britain is increasingly looking to countries such as India for investment. The Indian economy is now the fifth-largest in the world, having surpassed that of its former colonial master earlier this year.
Sunak's government will lead those trade negotiations, at a time of great economic upheaval in Britain.
In previous interviews with Indian media, the incoming prime minister recalled how both of his grandfathers were born in Punjab, in British India, and migrated first to Africa, then to Britain in the 1960s. Sunak's wife Akshata Murthy is an Indian citizen and the daughter of billionaire businessman N.R. Narayana Murthy, who founded the Indian IT outsourcing company Infosys. (A stakeholder in that company, Akshata Murthy is one of Britain's richest residents, and earlier this year said she would voluntarily start paying U.K. tax on all of her income, amid allegations she had taken advantage of a loophole to minimize how much she pays.)
Indians took a special interest in Sunak's political career even before his ascent to Britain's top office. Video of the then-U.K. chancellor of the exchequer lighting Diwali diyas – earthen oil lamps – on the steps of his No. 11 Downing Street residence two years ago went viral on social media in India.
Indian newspapers also covered Sunak's 2019 swearing-in ceremony at the British parliament, noting how he took the oath of office on one of Hinduism's sacred texts, the Bhagwad Gita.
I’ve placed our rangoli outside No.11, the mithai are set to be delivered and the family Zoom is booked in.
— Rishi Sunak (@RishiSunak) November 14, 2020
I know things will feel a bit different, and it’s hard not to be able to see family, but we will get through this together.
Happy Diwali everyone! pic.twitter.com/4lDI8bH1HJ
While celebrating Sunak's achievement and what it reveals about Britain's openness to diversity, some Indians also cast doubt though on whether an ethnic or religious minority could have the same trajectory in India. Discrimination and attacks on religious minorities, especially Muslims, have surged since Modi took office.
"The Brits have done something very rare in the world, to place a member of a visible minority in the most powerful office," tweeted Shashi Tharoor, an opposition lawmaker and fierce critic of Modi's Hindu nationalist government.
But he went on: "As we Indians celebrate the ascent of @RishiSunak, let's honestly ask: can it happen here?"
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Could this be a potential trade this offseason?
As many deals loom, the Chicago Tribune’s Paul Sullivan imagined a possible New York Yankees-Chicago Cubs trade.
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He pitches that the Cubs should go after infielder DJ LeMahieu, and that it’s a deal the Yankees could be interested in: ”With the Yankees trying to re-sign Aaron Judge, they’ll need to cut salary elsewhere, and LeMahieu could be available for a relatively low cost.”
If the clubs were to work something out, this would be LeMahieu’s second stint with the Cubs. The 34-year-old was picked by Chicago in the second round of the 2009 MLB Draft, making his debut in 2011. However, he was traded to the Colorado Rockies before the 2012 season and went on to win three Gold Gloves, two All-Star selections, and the 2016 National League batting title with the Rockies.
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LUXEMBOURG, Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ardagh Glass Packaging (AGP), a business of Ardagh Group (Ardagh) and a leading global supplier of infinitely recyclable glass packaging solutions, received approval from the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) for its greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets.
SBTi has approved AGP's plan to reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 42% as consistent with achieving a trajectory to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius and the plan to reduce absolute scope 3 by 12.3% by 2030 meets the SBTi's criteria for ambitious value chain goals and is in line with best practice. This supports the United Nations and Paris Climate Agreement of 2015 objective of net zero emissions by 2050.
"Ardagh is committed to ambitious action in sustainability and continuously improving our infinitely recyclable glass packaging to ensure we are doing our part in the circular economy," said Alex Winters, Chief Sustainability Officer, AGP. "The SBTi approval of AGP's targets is further evidence of Ardagh's commitment to help our customers reach their sustainability goals and is extremely positive for not only AGP, but all of its stakeholders."
To read more about Ardagh's sustainability initiatives and to view its latest sustainability reports, click here.
Ardagh Group is a global supplier of sustainable, infinitely recyclable metal and glass packaging for brand owners around the world. Ardagh operates 65 metal and glass production facilities in 16 countries, employing more than 20,000 people with sales of approximately $10bn.
The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) is a collaboration between CDP, the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) which defines and promotes best practice in emission reductions and net-zero targets in line with climate science and independently assesses and validates companies' targets.
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(The Hill) — Former President Donald Trump widened his lead over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in a hypothetical Republican primary matchup to 33 points, according to a new poll.
A Morning Consult poll found Trump with 56 percent of the vote among a group of current and potential GOP challengers for the nomination, with DeSantis in second with 23 percent. This marks Trump’s widest lead in the poll since Morning Consult started tracking the hypothetical primary in December.
The most recent poll found Vice President Pence came in third with 7 percent, followed by former Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley with 4 percent and former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) with 3 percent.
Almost half of respondents who said they supported Trump would support DeSantis as their second choice, while 41 percent of those who prefer DeSantis said they would support Trump as their second option.
Pollsters found Trump and DeSantis performing similarly in a hypothetical matchup against President Biden, with Trump trailing by 1 point and DeSantis behind by 2 points.
Trump and DeSantis are both viewed overwhelmingly favorably among Republicans, with 78 percent of potential GOP primary voters viewing Trump positively and 69 percent viewing DeSantis positively. Pollsters have also found no increase in negative feelings toward Trump since he was indicted on 34 felony charges of falsifying business records in New York.
Trump is one of a few candidates in the race, while DeSantis has not announced whether he will run but is rumored to be planning to.
The poll also found that the announcement from former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) last week that he would join the race does not appear to have had a major effect on the polling. Almost seven in 10 potential Republican primary voters said they did not hear much about the announcement, and only 1 percent said they would support him.
The poll was conducted from April 7-9 among 3,608 potential Republican primary voters. The margin of error was 2 points. | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/u-s-world/trump-widens-lead-over-desantis-to-33-points-in-new-survey/ | 2023-04-11 18:59:24 | 0 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/u-s-world/trump-widens-lead-over-desantis-to-33-points-in-new-survey/ |
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Rowdy Tellez homered twice, doubled and drove in four runs as the Milwaukee Brewers withstood a ninth-inning comeback attempt to edge the Cincinnati Reds 7-6 on Sunday.
Willy Adames and Tellez hit back-to-back homers off Reds starter Justin Dunn (1-3) in the Brewers’ four-run second inning. Tellez added a solo shot off Luke Farrell in the fourth inning for his 30th homer of the season.
“It means a lot,” Tellez said. “It’s kind of a big moment in my career to get to 30.”
Brewers center fielder Garrett Mitchell made a diving catch of a TJ Friedl fly ball in the ninth inning that prevented the Reds from potentially tying the game.
Cincinnati’s Alejo López went 3 for 3 with his first career homer and a double.
The Reds trailed 7-2 through six innings but nearly came all the way back.
Cincinnati was behind 7-4 when Spencer Steer doubled and López hit an infield single to start the ninth. The Reds brought the tying run to second with nobody out after Matt Reynolds hit a grounder to the left side and reached second on third baseman Jace Peterson’s errant throw.
After Williams struck out Kyle Farmer, Mitchell’s diving catch turned Friedl’s potential game-tying single into a mere sacrifice fly.
“I kind of just let instincts take over in that situation,” Mitchell said. “Just made a read on the ball, and once I felt like I got to a point where I was close, I called for it and then just went for it.”
Williams then struck out Jonathan India for his 12th save in 13 opportunities. India struck out on each of his five plate appearances.
“To get within one run, especially with how the game started out, we can carry that into tomorrow,” Reds manager David Bell said. “We came up short. That’s the bottom line. But we still gave everything we had to try to come back and win it.”
This marked Tellez’s fifth multi-homer game of the season. His huge performance delighted the 42,482 spectators who gave Milwaukee its third sellout of the season, capitalizing on a promotional giveaway of bobbleheads featuring Milwaukee Bucks superstar and Brewers minority owner Giannis Antetokounmpo.
Tellez and Adames have been dueling for the team lead in homers.
Adames’ two-run shot to center was his 28th of the season, briefly tying Tellez for the team lead. Tellez followed by delivering No. 29, a liner just inside the right-field foul pole.
“It’s always fun to have kind of that back-and-forth,” Tellez said. “He’s having a great year, too. I wouldn’t be where I am if he wasn’t hitting in front of me the majority of the year, getting on base and getting me pitches to handle.”
Tellez also had a two-run double in the first inning.
Adames needs just one more homer to match the single-season record for a Brewers shortstop. Hall of Famer Robin Yount hit 29 homers in 1982 while earning MVP honors and leading the Brewers to their lone World Series appearance.
Brewers starter Brandon Woodruff (10-4) struck out 11, walked one and gave up five hits and two runs in six innings.
Dunn struck out one but yielded six runs, six hits and three walks in three innings.
“He was pretty sick at the end,” Bell said. “He was trying to pitch through it today. I don’t think he realized how sick he was until the very end.”
REDS’ BUSY ROSTER
When Farrell relieved Dunn in the fourth inning, he became the 63rd player to appear in a game for the Reds. That’s the highest total of any major league team and the most the Reds ever have used in a season. The previous Reds record was 57 players in 2003.
Farrell is the Reds’ 36th pitcher of the season, also a team record. The Reds used 35 pitches last year.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Brewers RHP Trevor Gott’s scheduled rehabilitation appearance with the Brewers’ Single-A affiliate in Appleton, Wisconsin, got rained out Sunday. Gott hasn’t pitched for the Brewers since Aug. 10 due to a forearm injury.
UP NEXT
Reds: Return home for a four-game series with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Scheduled starters for Monday’s opener are LHP Mike Minor(4-10, 5.70 ERA) for the Reds and RHP Bryse Wilson (2-8, 6.11) for the Pirates.
Brewers: Have Monday off before starting a two-game series at St. Louis on Tuesday. Brewers manger Craig Counsell hasn’t named a starting pitcher for Tuesday but said it would be a bullpen game. The Cardinals will start LHP Jordan Montgomery (8-3, 3.08).
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Next-generation solutions bring faster connectivity for digital learning
MCLEAN, Va., June 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Kajeet®, the leading wireless connectivity and device management provider for education, government, and commercial markets, today unveiled its growing 5G EdTech portfolio at the prestigious ISTELive 23 Conference in Philadelphia. This collection of education connectivity solutions harnesses 5G technology to empower teachers and students with faster connectivity, enabling them to embrace the full potential of today's digital learning.
ISTE, considered one of the largest events in the United States for educators to learn about technology in education, offers the ideal opportunity to demonstrate to the EdTech community how Kajeet remains at the forefront of providing reliable and secure internet connectivity solutions to bridge the digital divide.
"Kajeet is proud to introduce our 5G Portfolio at ISTE. These innovative products represent a significant milestone in educational connectivity," said Michael Flood, senior vice president of public sector at Kajeet. "We are committed to ensuring that teachers and students have access to reliable, high-speed internet wherever they learn."
The comprehensive 5G Portfolio from Kajeet is comprised of a range of cutting-edge devices, each tailored to meet the unique needs of educators and learners alike. The latest models being showcased include:
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All Kajeet 5G education solutions include CIPA-compliant filtering to keep students safe and on-task, as well as Kajeet's award-winning device and data management platform, Sentinel®, which allows administrators to manage devices and data allocations, access controls and gain key insights into program performance.
The Kajeet 5G portfolio of products will be on display at Booth #2856 at ISTELive 23 this week. The Kajeet education team will provide detailed demonstrations and answer any questions for technology decision makers looking to bring the next generation of tools to their students.
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While abortion is still legal in Pennsylvania, people in our region are grappling with how the overturn of Roe versus Wade will affect their reproductive health. For some, it means seeking out permanent birth control measures. WHYY’s Zoe Read has more.
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Trump campaign staff on 2020 election lies: ‘Fan the flame’
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A newly released audio recording offers a behind-the-scenes look at how former President Donald Trump’s campaign team in a pivotal battleground state knew they had been outflanked by Democrats in the 2020 presidential election. But even as they acknowledged defeat, they pivoted to allegations of widespread fraud that were ultimately debunked — repeatedly — by elections officials and the courts.
The audio from Nov. 5, 2020, two days after the election, is surfacing as Trump again seeks the White House while continuing to lie about the legitimacy of the outcome and Democrat Joe Biden’s win.
The Wisconsin political operatives in the strategy session even praised Democratic turnout efforts in the state’s largest counties and appeared to joke about their efforts to engage Black voters, according to the recording obtained Thursday by The Associated Press. The audio centers on Andrew Iverson, who was the head of Trump’s campaign in the state.
“Here’s the drill: Comms is going to continue to fan the flame and get the word out about Democrats trying to steal this election. We’ll do whatever they need (inaudible) help with. Just be on standby in case there’s any stunts we need to pull,” Iverson said.
Iverson is now the Midwest regional director for the Republican National Committee. He deferred questions about the meeting to the RNC, whose spokesperson, Keith Schipper, declined comment because he had not heard the recording.
The former campaign official and Republican operative who provided a copy of the recording to the AP was in the meeting and recorded it. The operative is not authorized to speak publicly about what was discussed and did not want to be identified out of concern for personal and professional retaliation, but said they came forward because Trump is mounting a third attempt for the White House.
In response to questions about the audio, Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said: “The 2024 campaign is focused on competing in every state and winning in a dominating fashion. That is why President Trump is leading by wide margins in poll after poll.”
Wisconsin was a big part of Trump’s victory in 2016, when he smashed through the Democrats’ so-called “Blue Wall” in the upper Midwest, and his campaign fought hard to keep the swing state in his column four years later before his loss to Biden.
Biden defeated Trump by nearly 21,000 votes in Wisconsin in 2020, a result that has withstood independent and partisan audits and reviews, as well as lawsuits and recounts in the state’s two largest and Democratic-leaning counties.
Yet, two days after the election, there was no discussion of Trump having won the state during the meeting of Republican campaign operatives.
Instead, parts of the meeting focus on discussions about packing up campaign offices and writing final reports about how the campaign unfolded. At one point on the recording, Iverson is heard praising the GOP’s efforts while admitting the margin of Trump’s defeat in the state.
“At the end of the day, this operation received more votes than any other Republican in Wisconsin history,” Iverson said. “Say what you want, our operation turned out Republican or DJT supporters. Democrats just got 20,000 more than us, out of Dane County and other shenanigans in Milwaukee, Green Bay and Dane. There’s a lot that people can learn from this campaign.”
The meeting showcases another juxtaposition of what Republican officials knew about the election results and what Trump and his closest allies were saying publicly as they pushed the lie of a stolen election. Trump was told by his own attorney general there was no sign of widespread fraud, and many within his own administration told the former president there was no substance to various claims of fraud or manipulation — advice Trump repeatedly ignored.
In the weeks after the election, Trump and his allies would file dozens of lawsuits, convene fake electors and pressure election officials in an attempt to overturn the will of the voters and keep Trump in office.
It’s unclear whether the staff in Wisconsin coordinated their message directly with campaign officials in Washington.
Parts of the Nov. 5 meeting also center on Republican outreach efforts to the state’s Black community.
At one point, the operatives laugh over needing “more Black voices for Trump.” Iverson also references their efforts to engage with Black voters.
“We ever talk to Black people before? I don’t think so,” he said, eliciting laughter from others in the room.
Another speaker on the recording with Iverson is identified by the source as GOP operative Clayton Henson. At the time, Henson was a regional director for the RNC in charge of Wisconsin and other Midwestern states. They give a postmortem of sorts on the election, praising Republican turnout and campaign efforts while acknowledging the Democrats’ robust turn-out-the-vote campaign.
Henson specifically references Democratic turnout in Dane County, which includes Madison, the state capital, and is a liberal stronghold in the state. A record-high 80% of the voting-age population cast ballots in 2020 in the county, which Biden won with 76% of the vote.
“Hats off to them for what they did in Dane County. You gotta respect that,” Henson said. “There’s going to be another election in a couple years. So remember the lessons you learned and be ready to punch back.”
Henson, reached by phone Thursday, said, “No thank you” when asked to comment about the meeting.
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This story has been corrected to show Iverson said “drill,” not “deal.”
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IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) today reported total October sales of 25,319 vehicles, an increase of 29.7 percent compared to October 2021. Year-to-date sales totaled 240,710 vehicles; a decrease of 17.8 percent compared to the same time last year. With 26 selling days in October, compared to 27 the year prior, the company posted an increase of 34.7 percent on a Daily Selling Rate (DSR) basis.
CPO sales totaled 4,424 vehicles in October, a decrease of 16 percent compared to October 2021.
Sales Highlights
Best-ever October sales of CX-30 with 6,666 vehicles sold.
Best-ever October sales of CX-9 with 3,391 vehicles sold.
Mazda Canada, Inc., (MCI) reported October sales of 4,057 vehicles, a decrease of 16.1 percent compared to October last year. Year-to-date sales decreased 23.1 percent, with 44,068 vehicles sold.
Mazda Motor de Mexico (MMdM) reported October sales of 5,623 vehicles, an increase of 27.3 percent compared to last year. Year-to-date sales decreased 1.3 percent, with 36,878 vehicles sold.
Mazda North American Operations is headquartered in Irvine, California, and oversees the sales, marketing, parts, and customer service support of Mazda vehicles in the United States, Canada, and Mexico through approximately 780 dealers. Operations in Canada are managed by Mazda Canada Inc. in Richmond Hill, Ontario, and operations in Mexico are managed by Mazda Motor de Mexico in Mexico City. For more information on Mazda vehicles, including photography and B-roll, please visit the online Mazda media center at News.MazdaUSA.com.
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DOHA, Qatar (AP) — So, the dream is still alive for Cristiano Ronaldo.
Soccer's most prolific modern-day scorer might yet, at the age of 37 and probably playing in his last World Cup, claim the one major title to elude him in a career like no other.
It didn’t quite feel that way, though, as he walked off the field alone at Lusail Stadium, leaving the rest of the Portugal team to celebrate getting through to the quarterfinals after a 6-1 rout of Switzerland on Tuesday.
In fact, it was a rather sad sight. A veteran in decline departing the scene as his teammates — some barely half his age — continued to party.
This has been a turbulent and bruising few weeks for Ronaldo.
First came the explosive interview with Piers Morgan that shaped the start of his fifth World Cup campaign. Then the fallout, which included the termination of his contract at Manchester United.
When the tournament started, he broke a record — becoming the first male player to score at five different World Cup — and then he underwhelmed, failing to score in back-to-back games and responding to a substitution against South Korea by showing his displeasure and angering his coach.
Then came Tuesday night and the moment that might be looked back on as the start of the end of his glittering, record-breaking international career. Not only was he dropped by his national team, but the 21-year-old player who replaced him — Goncalo Ramos — scored a remarkable hat trick.
Just imagine the thoughts going through Ronaldo’s head as he trudged off the field after playing around 20 minutes as a substitute?
This was one of Portugal’s greatest wins — indeed, it was the country’ largest margin of victory in a World Cup knockout game — and it felt like Ronaldo could hardly get off the field quick enough.
So where does this leave Ronaldo? Already without a club, he is now likely to be second choice for Portugal to Ramos, who only made his Portugal debut three weeks ago.
Portugal coach Fernando Santos threw Ronaldo a lifeline, saying he’d continue to select players according to the strengths and weaknesses of the team’s opponent. But it’s unthinkable that Ramos will lose his place now for the quarterfinal match against Morocco.
“I will use what I believe is the right strategy, as I have done my entire life,” Santos said, as bullish as ever.
Tellingly, Santos praised his team for playing with “a lot of fluidity” and “as a collective.” That style is harder to forge when Ronaldo, whose mobility is just not what it was, is the sole striker.
His goal that was ruled out for offside against Switzerland was an example of a player trying to steal a few meters to compensate for his lack of pace, and it’s not the first time that has happened at this World Cup.
Meanwhile, Ramos needed just 72 minutes in his first start at a World Cup — in fact, it was his first start in international soccer — to show he might be the future. His finishing, his link-up play and his work off the ball underlined why he is being spoken of as one of the next big things in Portuguese soccer.
Portugal midfielder Bruno Fernandes said “most people in the world had never heard about him” before the match against Switzerland.
Well, they have now, and expect Benfica to be busy fielding enquiries into a striker who has scored 21 goals for the team in 2022 and has just netted the first hat trick in a World Cup knockout stage since Tomas Skuhravy for Czechoslovakia in 1990.
While some of the top clubs might be beckoning for Ramos, Ronaldo looks to be heading for the obscurity of the Saudi Arabian league, even if that does come with an exorbitant salary.
For a man who spent last summer pushing for a move from United because he wanted to play in the Champions League, it is quite the fall.
Will he go there as a World Cup winner? Maybe, because Portugal produced a dynamic performance against Switzerland that was every bit as impressive as Brazil’s the previous night against South Korea.
And there remains that tantalizing prospect of a title match between Argentina and Portugal. One that will invariably be labeled a head-to-head between Ronaldo and his long-time rival, Lionel Messi.
But what might be eating away at the Portugal superstar, what he might have been thinking as he left the field at Lusail Stadium, is that while Messi is leading Argentina to that final frontier with goals and brilliant performances, Ronaldo is no longer the player carrying his national team.
Ronaldo might even be a burden, given the way Portugal performed without him against Switzerland.
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LOS ANGELES, July 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Lumary, a company at the forefront of innovation in the smart lighting industry, proudly announces the launch of the Lumary Imvisual HDMI Sync Kit series, which is based on HDMI synchronization box technology. This kit boasts outstanding features and a breathtaking design, offering users an unparalleled seamless fusion of lighting and imagery.
Imvisual Technology: Imvisual is an AI-powered algorithm developed by Lumary that enables real-time color synchronization between Zigbee smart recessed lights and TV backlight with your TV, computer, or projector. This innovative technology creates an immersive dynamic viewing experience, enhancing the ambiance of any room. Whether you are enjoying a movie, playing video games, or simply relaxing with friends and family, you will undoubtedly be impressed.
Lumary Imvisual HDMI Sync Kit includes 4 Zigbee smart recessed lights, an HDMI Sync box, and a 12.5ft smart TV backlight for 55-65 inch TVs. These products work together in innovative ways to elevate the home theater experience to a whole new level.
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JERUSALEM (AP) — After undergoing emergency surgery to implant a pacemaker, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, 73, made a video appearance from a hospital near Tel Aviv. Wearing a crisp dark suit, he grinned and declared energetically that he felt “great, as you can see.”
But the Sunday photo-op failed to reassure Israelis, who were shocked to learn the same day that their longest-serving prime minister had concealed a long-known heart problem. The admission was a stark contrast to the image of a fully healthy, energetic leader that Netanyahu has gone to great lengths to bolster.
A week after a fainting spell, Netanyahu was urgently fitted with a pacemaker to control his heartbeat. Only then did staff at the Sheba Medical Center reveal Sunday night that Netanyahu has for years experienced a condition that can cause irregular heartbeats.
Until Sunday, the cardiologists had publicly played down concerns, saying the prime minister was dehydrated and describing his heartbeat as “completely normal.”
The sudden revelations about Netanyahu’s health troubles came at the height of mass protests against his contentious plan to limit judicial power, with legislators from the governing coalition voting a first key bill into law on Monday.
The news about a chronic heart problem — offered up in a seemingly backhanded way — stoked further anger and distrust at a time of extreme political polarization in Israel.
“The factory of lies surrounding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hospitalization continued like an episode of a sitcom,” Yossi Verter, a political writer for Israel’s left-leaning daily Haaretz, wrote on Monday. The health crisis, he added, “illustrates more than anything the culture of deceit in which Netanyahu, his ministers and advisers run the country.”
Because illnesses can damage a ruler’s carefully maintained veneer of invincibility, strongmen around the world often obfuscate their medical history.
But democratic countries, too, have misrepresented the health of their leaders.
Netanyahu’s close ally, former U.S. President Donald Trump, provided a highly sanitized account of his own health – never releasing full details of his medical history before he became president, and limiting information about his COVID-19 diagnosis in 2020. He announced his diagnosis by tweet, but his chief of staff, Mark Meadows, later recounted in a book that Trump tested positive for the virus days before and nevertheless continued with his public schedule and private meetings — a claim the former president has denied.
When Trump was hospitalized to receive an experimental anti-viral treatment, his doctor provided a rosy view of his health, but just minutes later, Meadows told reporters that Trump’s condition was far graver. Officials involved with his care now say Trump came within hours of potentially dying from the virus.
In Israel, the emergency pacemaker surgery marked the latest twist for Netanyahu, who is currently fighting a litany of bribery, fraud and breach of trust charges — a case that has driven Israelis to exhaustion with five elections in four years.
Fueling longstanding accusations that Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, are out of touch with ordinary Israelis, Israeli media reported Monday that his pacemaker cost five times more than a typical model and was not covered by health insurance, citing Medtronic, the manufacturer.
But worrying critics most has been the hospital’s contradictory assessments of Netanyahu’s health and a wider lack of government transparency.
“You can’t ask for public trust if you don’t tell the public the whole picture, and it’s especially important when you talk about a leader’s medical condition,” said Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler, a senior fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute, a Jerusalem think tank.
Netanyahu’s health saga started last week, after a scorching day spent on a boat in the Sea of Galilee with his family. On Saturday, July 15, Netanyahu was admitted to Sheba hospital after feeling mild dizziness.
The next day, he underwent heart tests, which the prime minister’s office said had all come back clear. Dr. Amit Segev, the director of the hospitals’ cardiology unit, said Netanyahu was fitted with a heart monitor as a purely routine measure “to continue regular monitoring.”
“His heart is completely normal, without any evidence (to the contrary),” Segev announced that Sunday.
But a full week later, last Saturday, Netanyahu was rushed to the hospital for sudden surgery to receive a pacemaker.
In a video statement, Dr. Eyal Nof said that the heart monitor had sounded an alert late Saturday after detecting a condition called heart block. The electrical signals that trigger a heartbeat begin in the top of the heart, but during heart block they have trouble reaching the heart’s pumping chambers at the bottom. Slow heartbeats, skipped beats and fainting are symptoms. A pacemaker usually controls the disorder but untreated cases can lead to cardiac arrest.
The doctors’ delayed acknowledgment of Netanyahu’s condition sparked intense public criticism. Sheba Medical Center declined to comment on the mixed messages. A person familiar with Netanyahu’s treatment, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief the media, said the hospital was under “strict orders” not to disclose Netanyahu’s condition last week.
“This is a disaster: The doctors knew about his medical condition and lied to the people,” said Eliad Shraga, Chairman of the Movement for Quality Governance in Israel, a civil society group. “If he is not in fit and proper condition maybe he is not fit to run a nation in such a crisis.”
Netanyahu has not commented on his condition beyond his two upbeat videos released from the hospital, in which he declared feeling “excellent” and ready to carry out business as usual.
In the face of mounting political crises, Netanyahu has carefully crafted an appearance of omnipotence, campaigning on his insistence that only he is capable of leading the tiny country. During his 15 years in power, his good health has largely gone unquestioned. His father, Benzion, died at the age of 102, lending weight to his family’s claims of vigorous health and vitality.
News of Netanyahu’s ailments could jeopardize the personal charisma that has been so critical to his political staying power, experts say.
“He feels that he’s above the law and above nature,” said Altshuler.
Netanyahu appeared shaky at times during the legislative sessions on Monday just hours after his release from the hospital, his eyes sunken, but he soldiered on.
Although Israeli government protocol requires that prime ministers release annual medical reports, Netanyahu has not published one since 2016. That report declared his lab tests “completely normal” and his overall health “excellent,” only mentioning that a polyp had been removed from his large intestine. In 2018, Netanyahu was briefly hospitalized after suffering from a fever.
Because the protocol is legally unenforceable, Netanyahu has had few other recorded health scares. But last October, he was rushed to a hospital for examination after feeling pains in his chest during his election campaign. He went jogging in a park the next morning, a display of physical fitness made for the cameras.
Ahead of the vote on the first major law to to overhaul Israel’s justice system, protesters thronged the Israeli parliament building. Shraga, the good governance advocate, had to shout to be heard over the deafening chants of “De-mo-cra-tia!” — Hebrew for democracy.
“Without transparency, everything is at risk,” he said.
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BOSTON and SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- iNtRON Biotechnology ("iNtRON", www.intodeworld.com) announced today that iNtRON has developed its unique CRISPR/Cas system customized for the genetic modification of certain bacteria and corresponding bacteriophage.
An iNtRON official said that the technology enables the Company to freely edit various genes in the bacteriophage gene to have new and wanted functions.
iNtRON's PHAGERUS® platform technology is being developed on the hypothesis that bacteriophage plays an instrumental role to maintain immune system in human beyond the common concept of 'bacteria killing virus'. In other words, massive number of bacteriophages have existed longer than humans, and some have controlled certain harmful viruses and involved in affecting the human immune system.
Hereat, iNtRON has utilized bacteriophages that have known to be safe for human as prophylactics and therapeutics of viral diseases, and worked on the PHAGERUS® platform technology to facilitate the manipulation of multiple structural genes that play a morphological and functional role in bacteriophages. The Company explained PHAGERUS® platform technology, the source technology for bacteriophage-specific gene editing and virus control, focuses on adding characteristics that can effectively control specific viruses while maintaining the original functions of bacteriophages (bacteriophage infectivity and bacterial control).
Dr. SON, Jee Soo, the head of Bio Drug Business said, "Virus targeting PHAGERUS® platform was developed based on 'ViP cycle hypothesis (relationship between bacteria-virus-phage)' to screen natural bacteriophage candidates for vaccine and secure antigen-peptide (Ag-peptide; mimotope) candidates utilizing its own modified phage-display technology."
In this regard, the Company plans to continuously develop antiviral cocktail agents composed of natural bacteriophages collected in nature, and aims to utilize the mimotope discovered in-house as genetic engineering technology rather than the common use to express on a mockup bacteriophage which is a backbone vehicle so the mimotope could be applied to engineered bacteriophage agents eventually.
The Company named Mockup-PHAGERUS® collectively for the bacteriophage and its platform technology to label the outer membrane protein region of a specific bacteriophage using a bacteriophage-customized gene editing technology for mimotope, which can exhibit antiviral effect. Mockup-PHAGERUS® is largely distinguished from the existing technology in that a company-developed specific host is implemented rather than a commonly used host (Escherichia coli, Streptococcus pyogenes) .
In addition, a specific bacterial vector was developed using the CRISPR/Cas system derived from the selected host to allow the insertion, removal, and replacement of a specific gene in a candidate bacteriophage to be used as Mockup-PHAGERUS®, then inserted into the specific host to selectively active on certain bacteria and its corresponding bacteriophage
Mr. YOON, Kyung Won, CEO of iNtRON said, "The PHAGERUS® platform technology has value of gene editing ability in bacteria strains without precedent use. In the future, we plan to use it to validate vaccine candidates by presenting various mimotopes expected to exert activity over SARS-CoV-2 into Mockup-PHAGERUS®." Mr. Yoon continued, "We expect that CRISPR/Cas-based gene editing technology will be used as a fundamental technology that can freely improve various beneficial bacteriophages, and we will expand to various area (Influenza virus and G4 virus) of antiviral drug development."
About PHAGERUS® Platform
iNtRON's PHAGERUS® technology discovered the applicability of bacteriophage as a virus neutralizing vaccine & therapeutics, and has secured a number of related core technologies, PHAGERUS® can induce humoral immunity as well as cell-meditated immunity by oral or nasal vaccines based on natural bacteriophages with homology of targeting virus or engineered bacteriophage that express antigens or virus-like particles on their surfaces.
About iNtRON Biotechnology, Inc.
iNtRON is a leader in bacteriophage-based technology with aim to develop and investigate into the 'Immune & Immunotherapeutics' market. While pursuing global research and business development (R&BD) investments since their foundation and accelerated development after entering its IPO in KOSDAQ, the company honed in on innovating BIO New Drugs by developing various 'First-in-Concept' bio-drugs and conducting clinical studies in phases. The Company is committed to development of innovative innovation in the infectious diseases and 'Immune & Immunotherapeutics' area.
About iNtODEWORLD, Inc.
iNtRON has established its wholly owned US subsidiary, iNtODEWORLD, Inc. in 2017. iNtODEWORLD was initially registered in Delaware and the headquarter office is currently located in Boston. iNtODEWORLD provides news, updates and platform development progresses of iNtRON to its potential global partners and collaborators along with its own R&BD works in the US.
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The Nebraska Legislature on Friday approved a 12-week abortion ban and restrictions on gender-affirming care for children in a move so contentious that lawmakers on both sides have said they may be unable to work together in the future.
Conservative lawmakers wrangled just enough votes to end a filibuster and pass a bill with both measures. Republican Gov. Jim Pillen, who pushed for the bill and met with various lawmakers to shore up support, has promised to sign it into law.
The mood in the Nebraska Capitol has been volatile since lawmakers on Tuesday advanced by a single vote the hybrid measure that ties together restrictions that Republicans across the U.S. have been pushing. Nebraska's lawmakers have traded insults and promises of retribution, while protesters have loudly voiced their displeasure.
Friday's debate was briefly stopped when protesters in a chamber balcony stood and yelled obscenities at conservative lawmakers while throwing what appeared to be bloody tampons onto the floor. Security arrested at least one person and cleared the balconies. As lawmakers began voting, chants of, “Shame! Shame! Shame! Shame!” could be heard coming from outside the chamber.
Nebraska had not passed a new abortion ban since the U.S. Supreme Court last year struck down the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that established a nationwide right to abortion. The state currently bans abortion starting around 20 weeks of pregnancy. The 12-week ban includes exceptions for rape, incest and to save the life of the mother.
The bill also would prevent transgender people 18 or younger from receiving any gender-confirming surgery. The state’s chief medical officer — a political appointee who is currently an ear, nose and throat doctor — would set rules for puberty blockers and hormone therapies. There would be some exceptions for minors who were already receiving treatment before the ban was enacted.
At least 17 states have enacted laws restricting or banning gender-affirming medical care for minors, and proposals are pending before the governors of Texas and Missouri. Medical groups and advocates say such restrictions are further marginalizing transgender youth and threatening their health.
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Omaha Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh led an effort to filibuster nearly every bill this session — even ones she supported — to protest the proposed restrictions on gender-affirming care. She railed against conservatives who voted for the hybrid bill and warned that people, medical professionals and businesses will leave the state over it.
Cavanaugh declared in early March that she would “burn the session to the ground over this bill,” and she and a handful of progressive allies followed through. They introduced hundreds of amendments and motions to slow every bill at each stage of debate, impeding the work of the Legislature and sending leadership scrambling to prioritize which bills to push through.
After lawmakers merged the abortion limits with the transgender health bill, Cavanaugh clashed with Sen. Julie Slama, who insinuated that conservatives were supporting the restrictions on gender-affirming care to retaliate against Cavanaugh. Slama noted that the restrictions did not initially have the 33 votes needed to survive.
“But then Machaela Cavanaugh got up and ran her mouth because she was just overjoyed that the national media was here to give her some more attention,” Slama said. “So that gave us 33 votes.”
Cavanaugh responded that it would “cost” conservatives with just days left in the session for lawmakers to pass bills.
“I am going to take all of the time. Every single, solitary minute of it to make sure the speaker has to decide what actually gets scheduled in these last handful of days,” she said.
Conservatives in the one-house, officially nonpartisan Legislature announced early this month that they would amend the trans health bill to squeeze in the abortion restrictions. That unconventional move came after conservatives failed to advance a bill that would have banned abortion once cardiac activity can be detected — generally around six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant.
Legislative rules state that a bill failing to defeat a filibuster must be tabled for the year. So opponents were surprised when conservatives announced a plan for a 12-week ban. Progressive lawmakers say it was an underhanded way to ramrod through a ban after the issue already failed. Conservatives say the ban is as a compromise.
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Global leader in lithium-ion batteries, Panasonic Energy, reaches agreement with one of the nation's leaders in economic development, Kansas, aiming to advance the EV industry in the US
TOPEKA, Kan., July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Panasonic Energy Co., Ltd., a Panasonic Group company, and Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly jointly announced that the state of Kansas has approved an Attracting Powerful Economic Expansion (APEX) state incentive* application submitted by Panasonic Energy Co., Ltd.The agreement would make the state the location for a proposed US-based lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility, pending approval by Panasonic Holdings Corporation Board of Directors.
Panasonic Energy plans to develop the project at a property in Kansas, which is expected to drive significant economic activity and opportunities for the local economy and could create up to 4,000 new jobs and result in an investment of approximately $4 billion. The company has identified a site in De Soto, Kansas for this potential project.
"This project will be transformative for the Kansas economy, providing high-quality, high-tech jobs while bringing a new industry to the state that is forging a more sustainable future," said Governor Laura Kelly. "This is a significant milestone for Kansas that is sure to drive economic growth and development."
"With the increased electrification of the automotive market, expanding battery production in the US is critical to help meet demand," said Kazuo Tadanobu, President, CEO of Panasonic Energy Co., Ltd. "Given our leading technology and depth of experience, we aim to continue driving growth of the lithium-ion battery industry and accelerating towards a net-zero emissions future."
Panasonic Energy is a global leader in lithium-ion batteries, with a 100-year history of innovation in batteries spanning both battery cell technology and battery business operations. Panasonic Energy plans to expand its production of EV batteries, as the automotive industry shifts to more sustainable electric technologies. The company has contributed to achieving greater efficiency and economies of scale necessary to drive this transformation, and the planned facility in Kansas supports the company's commitment to contribute to society by reducing global carbon emissions.
"Kansas has an impressive history of being home to a skilled manufacturing workforce," said Kris Takamoto, Executive Vice President of Panasonic Energy Co., Ltd., Head of EV Battery Business. "We appreciate Kansas's dedication to sustainability and its commitment to and growth in the clean and renewable energy space."
The announcement comes five years after Panasonic Group began production of lithium-ion batteries at Panasonic Energy of North America (PENA) in Sparks, Nevada. PENA is now one of the world's largest lithium-ion battery factories, surpassing six billion EV battery cells shipped. While PENA's operations in Sparks, Nevada will continue, the new facility in Kansas is intended to further support Panasonic's long-term commitment to advancing the EV industry in the US.
*An incentive program established by the State of Kansas to attract investment in the state, available to qualified companies within specific industry sectors that agree to invest at least $1.0 billion.
Panasonic Energy Co., Ltd., established in April 2022 as part of the Panasonic Group's switch to an operating company system, provides innovative battery technology-based products and solutions globally. Through its automotive lithium-ion batteries, storage battery systems and dry batteries, the company brings safe, reliable, and convenient power to a broad range of business areas, from mobility and social infrastructure to medical and consumer products. Panasonic Energy is committed to contributing to a society that realizes happiness and environmental sustainability, and through its business activities the Company aims to address societal issues while taking the lead on environmental initiatives. For more details, please visit https://www.panasonic.com/global/energy/
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The Supreme Court ruled on June 29 that race-based admissions are unconstitutional, prohibiting attempts at race-based affirmative action at public and private colleges alike.
But as people began to pore over the details of the decision, some identified a potential exception: military academies.
Users on Twitter asked whether Chief Justice John Roberts had exempted such institutions, allowing them to continue to make admissions based on race.
THE QUESTION
Are military academies exempt from the Supreme Court ruling prohibiting race-based admissions?
THE SOURCES
THE ANSWER
Yes, military academies are exempt from the SCOTUS ruling, and can continue to consider race in their admissions processes.
WHAT WE FOUND
United States military academies are highly selective institutions, with acceptance rates similar to many of the most prestigious universities. Graduates receive a bachelor’s degree and become commissioned officers in their chosen branch.
Diversity has long been a priority for these schools, aiming to avoid a situation where officers consistently have far different backgrounds from the enlisted troops they oversee.
The United States Military Academy at West Point – which graduates officers into the U.S. Army – says on its website that it’s “multicultural by design.”
“The United States Military Academy… admits a racially, ethnically, and geographically diverse Corps of Cadets so as to reflect the racial and ethnic composition of our enlisted force and our country,” it states. “We believe a diverse student body results in a superior education for our cadets and in phenomenal leaders for our nation’s enlisted soldiers.”
But the Supreme Court ruled that intentionally selecting applicants based on race violates the 14th Amendment of the Constitution, which guarantees equal protection under the law regardless of race. That means if the military academies wanted to ensure a diverse body, they’d have to find a way to do so without asking applicants to identify their race.
Except, on page 22 of Chief Justice John Roberts’s majority opinion, there’s a key footnote.
It says, “The [government] contends that race-based admissions programs further compelling interests at our Nation’s military academies. No military academy is a party to these cases, however, and none of the courts below addressed the propriety of race-based admissions systems in that context. This opinion also does not address the issue, in light of the potentially distinct interests that military academies may present.”
In other words, military academies are exempt from the ruling.
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The Marvel Studios' Superhero and UNICEF Canada Ambassador Will Appear as a Special Guest at Blackbaud's Tech Conference for Good
CHARLESTON, S.C., Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB), the world's leading cloud software company powering social good, today announced that Simu Liu will join the mainstage at bbcon 2022 Virtual, the tech conference for good. Liu will participate in a keynote conversation at the conference, which is taking place Oct. 17–18 as a free, virtual event.
"Simu Liu is an inspiring actor and author. His captivating performances onscreen and voice for representation offscreen have catapulted him onto the global stage," said Catherine LaCour, chief marketing officer, Blackbaud. "We're excited for Simu to share his insight, encouragement and advice with our bbcon audience as they consider ways to carve their own paths as professionals and shape enduring organizations."
Simu Liu made his feature debut as the title hero in Marvel Studios' "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings," which broke box office records on its release and became the second-highest grossing film of the pandemic era. Liu won the People's Choice Award for Action Movie Star of 2021 and was nominated for a Critics' Choice Award for Best Actor in a Superhero Movie. In addition, Liu was named to Time Magazine's list of The 100 Most Influential People of 2022.
Liu is also well known for his role on the CBC/Netflix family sitcom "Kim's Convenience" and recently completed production on eOne's "Arthur the King" and "One True Loves." He is currently in production on Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" movie, starring alongside Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling.
As a writer, Liu has contributed to publications such as Variety, Character Magazine, USA Today and Macleans. His memoir "We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story," detailing his family's journey from Harbin, China, to Hollywood, California, was released worldwide in May.
In addition to his film, television and writing career, Liu is a UNICEF Canada Ambassador working to impact global change by shedding a light on children in need both in Canada and around the world.
Blackbaud recently announced that bestselling author and activist Glennon Doyle will also be joining the bbcon mainstage. The conference is designed to make social good organizations, their teams, and their missions stronger and more resilient. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn actionable strategies and gain insights into trends from leading experts; get a sneak peek of upcoming Blackbaud product innovation and enhancements; discover new ways to extend and enhance their tech investment with services and solutions from Blackbaud partners; learn from some of the world's leading voices on how diversity, empathy and authenticity can create stronger, more engaged leaders; and connect with like-minded professionals to build their network.
In conjunction with bbcon, the Blackbaud Product Update Briefings will be held virtually Oct. 19–20. Get more information about bbcon 2022 Virtual and register for free here.
Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB) is the world's leading cloud software company powering social good. Serving the entire social good community—nonprofits, higher education institutions, K–12 schools, healthcare organizations, faith communities, arts and cultural organizations, foundations, companies and individual change agents—Blackbaud connects and empowers organizations to increase their impact through cloud software, services, expertise and data intelligence. The Blackbaud portfolio is tailored to the unique needs of vertical markets, with solutions for fundraising and CRM, marketing, advocacy, peer-to-peer fundraising, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and environmental, social and governance (ESG), school management, ticketing, grantmaking, financial management, payment processing and analytics. Serving the industry for more than four decades, Blackbaud is a remote-first company headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, with operations in the United States, Australia, Canada, Costa Rica and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit www.blackbaud.com or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.
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NEW YORK (PIX11) — Almost 600 people have been shot in New York City so far this year.
While the number is slightly lower than last year’s, it’s still 600 too many. That’s why Mayor Eric Adams’ aim is squarely focused on stopping the ongoing gun violence at levels not seen since 2006. He’s reportedly creating a first-ever “gun violence czar” to oversee the city’s effort.
Andre T. Mitchell will assume the new prevention position, according to the New York Times. The founder of the nonprofit organization “Man Up!” Mitchell has been part of the much-touted cure violence movement which tries to help those who have fallen into a life of crime and works to turn those lives around.
Mitchell told the New York Times he will be working for the city on a volunteer basis to build on the efforts of the mayor, who laid out a blueprint to end gun violence earlier this year. Adams’ plans revolve around summer youth employment and education opportunities focused on putting kids on the right path.
“We’re going to give them the skills and training because if they have a hammer in their hand, they won’t have a gun in their hand,” Adams said. | https://pix11.com/news/local-news/mayor-adams-to-appoint-community-activist-as-nycs-first-gun-violence-czar/ | 2022-06-02 11:56:28 | 1 | https://pix11.com/news/local-news/mayor-adams-to-appoint-community-activist-as-nycs-first-gun-violence-czar/ |
Gas prices got a lot of attention in the midterms, but high housing costs are a bigger chunk of people's budgets. In cities around the country, voters approved more spending on affordable housing.
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HOYLAKE, England — (AP) — Scottie Scheffler knows the prevailing view of him.
That he is — in his words — “a touch boring.” Emotionless. The epitome of consistency while mopping up earnings of approaching $40 million in his last two seasons on the PGA Tour.
What the world's top-ranked golfer really wants to be known as by the end of this week at the British Open at Hoylake is a multiple major winner.
Not that it’s eating him up.
“A year without winning a major,” Scheffler said Tuesday with a smile, “would be pretty similar to the other 25 years of my life, I guess.”
As it stands, he has one major title to his name. That's from the Masters last year, which came at the end of a streak of four wins in six starts that catapulted a happy-go-lucky guy from Texas to the No. 1 ranking in a rush.
He has backed up that breakthrough year by producing remarkable consistency in 2023, collecting top-12 finishes in all 16 of his tournaments and wins at the Phoenix Open and The Players Championship. He's on a run of seven top-five finishes, including at the U.S. Open and PGA Championship.
Still no second major, though.
“I think that I like to focus more on the way I approach things and my attitude than I would the actual results,” Scheffler said. “Yes, it’s so fun to win majors, but I’m not going to sit at the end of the year and look back on the year and be frustrated or upset because I didn’t win a major.”
As persistent rain fell in this corner of northwest England two days out from the start of the final major of the year, Scheffler was relishing the rare opportunity to play links golf and to hit shots he has never practiced, on a course he’d previously only seen on YouTube.
Indeed, that was pretty much the extent of his research for this British Open: Watching YouTube clips of Tiger Woods plot his way around Royal Liverpool to win the claret jug in 2006.
“I didn’t really know anything about it, other than the fact that it was really firm and he only hit one driver for the entire week,” Scheffler said.
Scheffler said his game plan for this week — like Woods 17 years ago — will be avoiding hitting into bunkers “at all costs,” which should be fine for someone who is among the best tee-to-green players in golf. He is ranked first for hitting greens in regulation and strokes gained from his approach shots.
What has stopped him from piling up the wins this year is his putting, which is ranked 134th on tour but isn't — in his opinion — as bad as it's perceived by the armchair critics.
“I think I had back-to-back tournaments that I could have won where I putted poorly,” Scheffler said, “and all of a sudden it became this thing where like I’ll watch highlights of my round and even the announcers, any time you step over the putt, it’s like, ‘Well, this is the part of the game he struggles with.’
“If you say it every time and you guys see me miss a 12-footer it’s like, ‘Oh, there it is. He’s struggling again.’”
Scheffler’s consistency this year mirrors that of Jon Rahm from September 2022 to February 2023, when the Spaniard played 10 events, won five of them and wasn’t outside the top eight.
“I think if you ask him, he’ll probably give a couple of those top fives away for an extra win because that’s what we’re here for,” Rahm said of Scheffler. “But nevertheless it’s really impressive what he’s done, and I’m a fan of players that can keep playing golf at that level for a long time.”
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MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich players Joshua Kimmich and Thomas Müller tested positive for the coronavirus on Saturday.
The Bavarian powerhouse said neither player had any symptoms, and both were “doing well” in isolation in their homes. Kimmich and Müller played the full game in Bayern’s 4-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen on Friday.
The two players were previously infected with COVID-19, with Kimmich’s infection in particular causing headlines at the time due to his reluctance to get vaccinated. Kimmich said last December he would get vaccinated after his infection the month before.
Bayern players Manuel Neuer and Leon Goretzka tested positive for COVID-19 last week when they were with the Germany team. They resumed training during the week.
Bayern hosts Czech team Plzeň in the Champions League on Tuesday before visiting Borussia Dortmund for the Bundesliga’s Klassiker on Saturday.
Behind a record-breaking performance from Frank Harris and a strong running game, UTSA was “finally happy” after Friday’s win, coach Jeff Traylor said. | https://www.expressnews.com/sports/article/Bayern-s-Kimmich-and-Muller-test-positive-for-17480201.php | 2022-10-01 17:38:56 | 1 | https://www.expressnews.com/sports/article/Bayern-s-Kimmich-and-Muller-test-positive-for-17480201.php |
While the $500,000 Community Block Grant has not been officially approved for the City of Roberts’ Waste Water project, it is in preapproval stages according to the May 9 City Council draft minutes. In preparation for the grant’s disbursement, the council approved a contract with Altura Community Consulting to oversee administration of the grant money through its duration.
The contract obligates Roberts to pay Altura $65,000 to perform this duty. Altura has been directly involved in aiding the city to secure funding on this project. The application for the Community Block Grant was submitted in November last year.
“It hasn’t been awarded yet,” Mayor Robert “B.J.” Berlin stated in a phone interview following the meeting. “Basically, yes, we have it. But there are still a couple of things Altura has to work on to secure it.”
According to the March 22 edition of The Jefferson Star, Taylor Carr with Altura reported she had received a request for additional information on the project, which she had said was a good sign as far as securing the funds.
In February Carr had announced to the Roberts City Council they had received a $2 million State Tribal Assistance Grant through the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s program for rural, small and tribal municipalities.
At the February 21 council meeting, Berlin had stated the city had been setting aside funds for the project by incrementally raising fees in preparation.
The total cost of the project was estimated to be around $2 million back in January of 2022. However, according to Jaden Jackson in August of 2022, the rise in costs for materials and fuel has raised the estimated cost to $4 million.
Currently, Berlin said, the city has just about $2.5 million available of the $4 million necessary.
While Berlin stated there are still some applications the city has put out for funding, he expects to begin the project next year. There has not been a date set for bidding, however the city is preparing to bid the project out soon, he said.
This project will see the the repair and replacement of several issues found in the city’s most recent sewer study, which showed nearly 75 percent of main sewer lines were failing due to age.
Along with the replacement of equipment, Roberts will also be installing a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system which will automatically report any operational problems as they occur.
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More than 40 million Americans receive federal SNAP benefits. That’s monthly assistance that helps low-income families buy groceries.
Congress boosted these benefits during the pandemic. But now, those buffs are gone. The average SNAP recipient lost $90 a month at the end of February. The public health emergency is ending on May 11. But food costs are 10 percent higher now than they were last year.
Just as these cuts end, Congress is debating the future of SNAP. Republican lawmakers are calling for stricter work requirements, while Democrats say current funding levels are nowhere near adequate.
We discuss how food-insecure Americans, and the food banks that help them, are making do.
This show was part of 1A’s Remaking America collaboration with six partner stations around the country. Remaking America is funded in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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The Iconic Haircare Brand Launches 'Hairdressers United' to Combat Bullying
NEW YORK, June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hairdressers have the power to not only transform hair, but also to transform lives. Often considered trusted confidants and unofficial therapists, salon professionals' talents go beyond cuts and color. But, do we ever think about the mental health journey of the pros behind the chair? Redken, the No.1 professional haircare brand in the US*, recently conducted a survey that revealed a staggering 100 percent of hair stylists had been bullied in the past. To help educate and uplift hairdressing as a welcoming environment for the LGBTQ+ community in the industry, Redken is partnering with the inspiring It Gets Better non-profit organization to launch a new initiative – Hairdressers United: Stand Together Against Bullying – kicking off this Pride Month.
As a diverse industry made up of individuals from all walks of life, emerging hair stylists, especially those who identify as LGBTQ+, faced challenges in finding acceptance and only started feeling embraced upon finding a home within the hair pro community. Since its inception in 1960, Redken has focused its efforts on educating and empowering hairdressers to be the best in the industry by equipping them with the tools and knowledge needed to excel in their career. The brand is now taking their dedication to education to a new level by working with hair professionals to make salons a safe space for LGBTQ+ people, and a haven for all hairdressers to find a community and purpose. Through the brand's partnership with It Gets Better, Redken will activate its family of over one million salon professionals to inspire others to explore the welcoming hairdressing profession.
"At Redken, hairdressing is our passion and we believe in the power of the salon and the sense of community it can create for both hair stylists and clients," says Shane Wolf, Global President, Professional Products Division at L'Oréal. "We knew we had to share this message of hope, not only with our community, but with anyone out there experiencing bullying who might also find a home in this industry. Partnering with the It Gets Better Project to spread that message will help support millions of young people worldwide."
Together, Redken and It Gets Better will embark on a mission to spread the message that everyone can feel safe, authentic and empowered in the hairdressing community, while evolving the hairdressing industry's LGBTQ+ inclusion practices and inspiring consumer allyship. Redken will utilize the It Gets Better unique education modules to upskill salon professionals with a training certification – allowing salons to become a Redken Certified Safe Space Salon, welcoming both clients and stylists to a space that positively influences their journey with empathy and understanding.
As part of the Hairdressers United program, Redken is also inviting stylists to share their personal stories on social media and inspire others to share theirs tagging #ItGetsBetter and #RedkenHairdressersUnited.
As Redken kicks off this new partnership with It Gets Better, the brand is excited to continue to grow its efforts with the organization, educating and inspiring both stylists and consumers to join their global mission of inclusivity and community. Consumers can learn more about this exciting initiative and what they can do to support the cause at redken.com/hairdressersunited.
*Based on 2021 edition of Kline's Salon Hair Care Global Series, among brands selling shampoos, conditioners, hair color, hair styling and hair texturizing products
For over 60 years, Redken has been a leader in the professional salon industry, empowering professionals and consumers to achieve healthy hair transformations with confidence. Founded by Paula Kent, a woman who believed in the power of science, Redken was the first company to take a scientific approach to hair, defined as the right balance of protein, moisture and supported by an acidic pH, which remains the alpha and omega of haircare to this very day. All Redken products are made with the highest quality ingredients, and tested by salon professionals to ensure maximum efficacy, for every hair type and texture and every hair need. Based in New York City, Redken supports the expertise of salon professionals with principle-based education, cutting edge technologies rooted in protein-science, and a portfolio of products including Shades EQ – the #1 demi-permanent hair color on the market – for maximum versatility and flexibility for clients of all hair types and hair textures.
To learn more, visit Redken.com or Instagram.com/Redken.
It Gets Better Project is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that strives to uplift, empower and connect LGBTQ+ youth around the globe. Created in 2010 as the result of one of the most successful viral campaigns in YouTube's history, the It Gets Better Project provides critical support and hope to LGBTQ+ youth around the world by leveraging the power of media to reach millions of people each year. The project has expanded its origins in storytelling and media to include educational resources through It Gets Better EDU and reaches 18 countries outside of the U.S. through It Gets Better Global.
The project has garnered support from President Joe Biden, former President Barack Obama, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, along with numerous celebrities, including Kelly Clarkson, Gabrielle Union, Zachary Quinto, Mj Rodriguez, Josie Totah, and Gigi Gorgeous. More than 750,000 people have taken the It Gets Better pledge to share messages of hope and speak up against intolerance. Please visit www.itgetsbetter.org for more information, and join the conversation on TikTok, Instagram and Twitter at @ItGetsBetter; Facebook.com/ItGetsBetterProject; and YouTube.com/ItGetsBetterProject.
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INEO's Retail Media Network ad inventory to be marketed by Adapt Media for national advertising campaigns
SURREY, BC, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - INEO Tech Corp. (TSX-V: INEO) (OTCQB: INEOF) (the "Company" or "INEO"), the innovative developer and operator of the INEO Media Network, a digital advertising and analytics solution for retailers, is pleased to announce a partnership with Adapt Media ("Adapt") to market INEO's Digital-Out-Of-Home (DOOH) advertising inventory to Adapt's advertising clients. Based in Toronto, Adapt has been successfully operating Out-Of-Home (OOH) advertising networks on a national level for 24 years and is a leader in technology enabled advertising campaigns, providing street level and in-store advertising in over 1,000 cities and towns across Canada.
"Partnering with Adapt Media is a major advancement for INEO's advertising pipeline due to Adapt's presence in the Toronto area and their strong national footprint," commented Kyle Hall, CEO of INEO. "With their help in marketing our ad inventory, INEO will gain access to increased national advertising campaigns and a broader range of potential customers. Additionally, Adapt's expertise and reach will enhance our retailer acquisition efforts by bringing another credible partner to the table to drive the advertising revenue for INEO and our retail customers operating within our advertising supported model."
"Adapt Media is an agile place-based Out-of-Home provider specializing in the delivery of unique advertising locations and experiences," said Amanda Newell, Adapt's Chief Revenue Officer. "Given Canadian advertisers' increased reliance on retail media to target shoppers at the exact moment of purchase, we are delighted to ally ourselves with INEO's robust Retail Media Network, patented technology and incomparable data. INEO's AI-fueled DOOH will allow our national advertisers to truly monetize eyeballs by both capturing shopper attention with eye-grabbing offers and netting consumer demographic data to allow for current and future tracking on their path to purchase. Our INEO partnership is the ideal next step in Adapt's continuing goal to offer national advertisers optimum DOOH placement, measurement, and accountability, and we can't wait to showcase INEO's magnificent offering to brands and advertising agencies across Canada."
Frank Halbach, Managing Director of Media for INEO commented, "We were looking for a national partner, based in Toronto, the media center of Canada, and are thrilled to have formed this relationship with Adapt. We are excited to be working with Adapt as INEO grows its Retail Media Network of in-store digital signage."
The INEO Retail Media Network reaches over 2.4 million motivated shoppers each month with highly visible digital display screens at the entrance of retail stores. INEO's intelligent demographic and analytics data enables unprecedented visibility and targeting for location-based advertising by brands and advertisers.
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About INEO Tech Corp. (TSXV: INEO; OTCQB: INEOF)
INEO Tech Corp., through its wholly owned subsidiary, INEO Solutions Inc., operates the INEO Media Network, a digital advertising and analytics solution for retailers. INEO's patented technology integrates and monetizes digital screens with theft detection sensor gates at the entrance of retail stores. The Company's cloud-based platform uses IoT (Internet of Things) and AI (Artificial Intelligence) technology to deliver customized digital advertising to each retail location based on the demographic mix, such as age and gender, of customer traffic at each location. The Company also deploys the INEO Welcoming Network technology through a SaaS-based solution to larger retail chains. INEO is headquartered in Surrey, Canada and publicly traded on the TSX-Venture Exchange under the symbol "INEO" and on the OTCQB-Venture Market under the symbol "INEOF".
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Adapt Media, a trusted Canadian OOH provider, is focused on providing advertising space at premium airport lounges, DriveTest Ontario centres, and thousands of Circle K and independent convenience stores/gas stations across Canada. Adapt Media's sister company Chameleon Digital Media is a full-service digital agency with expertise in mobile location data. Now in its 24th year in business, Adapt Media has grown to include street-level and in-store advertising in over 1,000 cities and towns across the nation and is well-known for building bespoke ad networks.
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The 2022 EUC Management and Governance Market Update Report by Bloor Research measures EUC applications
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mitratech, a leading global provider of legal, compliance, and HR software, is excited to announce that its ClusterSeven product has been chosen as a Champion in the 2022 EUC Management and Governance Market Update Report by Bloor Research.
The report measures EUC (end-user computing) management and the governance of risk prevention applications against the following criteria:
- Inventory: ability to identify and catalog an organization's EUCs
- Risk assessment: measures the EUC risk level
- Regulations and oversight: the ability of a solution to meet regulators' expectations
- Spreadsheets: the most common type of EUC
- Controls: measures how effective the solution is in providing transparency
- Automation: the measure of a solution's automation abilities
"ClusterSeven is a mature product that works alongside and integrates with the broader Mitratech suite of GRC solutions," said Daniel Howard, Senior Analyst at Bloor Research. "The company's innovative approach to combining multiple technologies in order to create a comprehensive GRC suite resulted in ClusterSeven being named a Champion in the 2022 EUC Management and Governance Market Update Report."
ClusterSeven's Shadow IT Manager lets users choose from a full range of components capable of automating and accelerating EUC management. Effective spreadsheet risk management allows organizations to make use of their users' favorite applications, while still having the same control, transparency, and auditability found in their corporate IT systems.
"We are delighted that ClusterSeven has been recognized as a Champion in the latest Bloor report." Said Henry Umney, managing director of GRC Strategy at Mitratech." As the pioneer in taking EUC and Spreadsheet solutions from the desktop to the enterprise, our unrivaled experience, and extensive client base ensures that we continue to innovate and remain a thought leader delivering cutting-edge solutions."
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Mitratech is a proven global technology partner for corporate legal, risk, compliance, and HR professionals seeking to maximize productivity, control expense, and mitigate risk by deepening organizational alignment, increasing visibility, and spurring collaboration across an enterprise. Mitratech serves over 2,000 organizations worldwide spanning more than 160 countries.
For more info, visit: www.mitratech.com
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Rutgers basketball could play host to a guard out of the transfer portal in the near future.
Iowa State transfer Jeremiah Williams plans to take a visit to Piscataway after receiving interest from the Scarlet Knights this week, he confirmed to NJ Advance Media on Wednesday. There is no date set for the visit, which was first reported by 24/7 High School Hoops. | https://www.nj.com/rutgersbasketball/2023/06/rutgers-basketball-set-to-host-transfer-guard-who-recently-decommitted-from-big-ten-foe.html | 2023-06-28 23:26:56 | 1 | https://www.nj.com/rutgersbasketball/2023/06/rutgers-basketball-set-to-host-transfer-guard-who-recently-decommitted-from-big-ten-foe.html |
DALLAS (AP) — Former NBA player Iman Shumpert was arrested at the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport last weekend for allegedly trying to bring six ounces of cannabis through security.
The police report from the DFW Airport Department of Public Safety shows police were called to a TSA checkpoint at about 3:40 p.m. on Saturday, July 30 and told there was a “sizeable amount of marijuana” found.
The police report says Shumpert told officers that the bag contained marijuana and “asked if there was any way he could make his flight” to Los Angeles, where he was supposed to pick up his daughter. He has two daughters with entertainer Teyana Taylor.
Shumpert was told no, arrested for felony possession of marijuana and taken to the airport jail. The Tarrant County Criminal Courts system didn’t have information about a court case.
The report says Shumpert also had a magazine with 14 rounds in his backpack but no gun was found. A contact for Shumpert, his agent or a lawyer was not immediately available.
Shumpert won an NBA championship with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016. He also played for the New York Knicks, Sacramento Kings, Houston Rockets and Brooklyn Nets. He was waived by the Nets in 2021.
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#3 Ellsworth Defeats #6 MDI 68-33 [STATS]
The #3 Ellsworth Eagles defeated the #6 MDI Trojans 68-33 on Friday afternoon, February 17th to open Tourney 2023 from the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. Ellsworth drained 11 3-pointers in the game..
Ellsworth led 14-6 at the end of the 1st Quarter and 27-16 at the end of the 1st Half. The Eagles put the game away int he 3rd Quarter, outscoring MDI 22-13.as Abby Radel scored 11 points in the Quarter.
Ellsworth was led by Abby Radel with a game-high 19 points. Morgan Clifford had 15 points and Grace Jaffray had 11 points. Clifford had 5 3-pointers, while Radel and Elizabeth Boles had 2 3's each and Kaylee Bagley and Lily Bean each had a 3-pointer. Ellsworth was 5-12 from the free throw line.
MDI was led by Lexi Tozier with 12 points while Mollie Gray had 8 points. Nora Paulsen and Emma Simard each had a 3-pointer for the Trojans. MDI was 9-16 from the free throw line.
MDI's season comes to an end, with a record of 10-9.
Ellsworth, now 16-3, advances to the Class B North semifinals, and will play #2 Caribou, on Wednesday morning, February 22nd at 10 a.m. That game will be broadcast on AM 1370 WDEA, on WDEA Internet Radio, on our free downloadable APP and on any Alexa enabled device, with the pregame starting at 9:45 a.m.
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