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(NewsNation) — A fifth child in the United States has tested positive for monkeypox, furthering the spread of a disease that’s left public health experts frustrated.
So far, two children each in Indiana and California were diagnosed, as well as a child visiting Washington, D.C., from out of the country.
As the world tries to put a lid on the growing outbreak, new data from Africa suggests children younger than 8 may be especially at risk for more severe disease. Doctors are still trying to figure out why.
“I think it has to do with the maturity of the immune system. We don’t have a lot of details about it,” Dr. Peter Hotez, a pediatrics professor at the Baylor College of Medicine, said during an appearance Wednesday on “NewsNation Prime.”
Hotez believes the five children in America likely picked up the disease from someone they live with. The disease spreads through respiratory droplets, skin-to-skin contact and oral-to-skin contact.
That list of relatively intimate sources of transmission has led some to write off monkeypox as a sexually transmitted disease. Though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said sexual contact is a main source of transmission, Hotez believes outlier cases become more likely with continued spread.
“We should expect spillover from the current high-risk group to the general population if we allow those cases to continue to grow,” Hotez said.
Hotez is also frustrated at the seemingly preventable nature of this outbreak.
“It’s too bad because, unlike with COVID-19, the vaccines were already invented and developed, and same with the antiviral drug,” he said. “We just had too many lapses in our system.”
The lapses include an expiring batch of vaccine doses in reserve and a lack of alacrity in replacing them.
Hotez is optimistic the virus, which may cause fever, body aches, chills, fatigue and pimple-like bumps on many parts of the body, can still be contained since there are no asymptomatic cases.
On Thursday, the Biden administration officially declared monkeypox a public health emergency, a move expected to free up emergency federal funding and improve the distribution of vaccines and treatments.
Before the announcement, Illinois, New York and California had already declared a state of emergency over the virus. | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/national/doctor-explains-why-kids-are-testing-positive-for-monkeypox/ | 2022-08-04 20:39:00 | 0 | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/national/doctor-explains-why-kids-are-testing-positive-for-monkeypox/ |
3 dead after truck crashes into home after chase in North Carolina
SHELBY, N.C. (WBTV/Gray News) - Three people are dead after a truck fleeing law enforcement crashed into a home in Shelby, North Carolina, on Sunday, WBTV reports.
The incident started in Blacksburg, South Carolina, according to the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office.
According to deputies, dispatch received a call Sunday around 12:55 a.m. that a white pickup was following and shooting into the caller’s Dodge Charger.
After the chase reached North Carolina, the 911 call was transferred around 1:07 a.m. to the Cleveland County dispatch center.
Deputies from Cleveland County say they tried to stop the suspects, but the truck fled by running a red light and headed onto Highway 74 West, turned onto Dekalb Street and turned off the headlights.
According to deputies, they lost sight of the truck momentarily but found it crashed into the home.
The homeowner said that after nearly 50 years of living in the home on Suttle Street, he’s glad to still have his life. Others in the neighborhood said the incident was unlike anything they’ve ever seen.
“What I see is a lot of destruction and a lot of craziness,” neighbor Franklin Batten said. “I never seen bodies before or people die in an accident like this before. I never witnessed it in my life.”
Officials with the Shelby Police Department said six men were in the car at the time, five between the ages of 15 and 20.
Officers say three of the men have died, three were taken to the hospital and one was released.
No one in the car that was being chased was hurt.
“Given the relentlessness with which these suspects pursued and shot at the victims, it is a miracle that no one in the victims’ car was injured. I am proud of the joint effort between all the involved agencies to work through this investigation,” Cleveland County Sheriff Alan Norman said.
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MADRID (AP) — Spain’s assisted suicide law is in the spotlight after doctors allowed the death of a former security guard who faced trial for having stormed his former workplace a year ago, shooting and wounding three people and later a police officer.
Eugen Sabau, known in Spain as “the Tarragona gunman,” applied for euthanasia in June, six months after he was left with quadriplegia when police subdued him in a shootout following the attack Dec. 14 in the northeastern city.
Victims had argued that Sabau should not be helped to die before his trial, but two Spanish courts ruled that the accused’s right to seek assisted suicide prevailed. The man died Tuesday in a prison in northeastern Spain.
In March 2021, Spain became the fourth country in Europe to allow physician-assisted suicide for patients with incurable diseases and for people with unbearable permanent conditions.
A Tarragona court ruled that Sabau suffered unbearable pain with no possibility of relief and agreed with the medical commission to delay it until after the trial violated the accused’s dignity and rights.
José Antonio Bitos, a lawyer for the injured police officer, said Wednesday that Spain’s assisted suicide law had been rushed in and should be reformed to prevent similar cases in the future. He said the case set a precedent and could potentially be used by defendants who find themselves in similar circumstances and face lengthy sentences if convicted.
Ramón Riu, an expert in constitutional law, told Spanish National Television that the case “is a precedent and courts will certainly take it into account in the future but they will not be obliged to follow the same criteria.”
Bitos took the case to the European Human Rights Court but was unsuccessful in getting a stay. He said he hopes the court will study the case and urge Spain to make changes.
Sabau, a Romanian with Spanish residency, had problems with the private security firm he worked for and had warned several colleagues that he would take revenge. Bitos said he never apologized for what he had done.
The lawyer said it was now unclear how the four victims who sustained serious injuries may claim compensation given that there will be no trial. | https://who13.com/health/ap-health/victims-irked-as-spain-lets-gunman-die-before-trial/ | 2022-08-24 13:10:22 | 1 | https://who13.com/health/ap-health/victims-irked-as-spain-lets-gunman-die-before-trial/ |
Summit and Executive Order validate biotechnology innovations as part of the climate solution
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Genomatica (Geno) CEO Christophe Schilling applauded recent government investment to promote the growth of domestic biomanufacturing amid the newest White House Executive Order on emerging biotechnologies. Speaking at the White House Summit on Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing for the American Bioeconomy, Schilling reiterated that the Order will be an important driver of more resilient domestic supply chains through domestic infrastructure, delivering sustainable materials at scale, and a key component of the Biden Administration's climate resilience plan.
The Order launches the National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative that calls for federal agency coordination in funding biomanufacturing projects that will accelerate the transition to more sustainable materials, at scale. The Order also increases mandatory bio-based purchasing by Federal agencies through programs like BioPreferred which Geno's Brontide™ brand participates in. Further, the Order validates biotechnology innovations that reduce America's use of fossil fuel sourced products through highlighting plant-based alternatives as a significant part of the climate solution. This Order will be incorporated into the Biden Administration's climate policies where the biobased economy will play a critical role in mitigating the impacts of climate change. For Geno, the Order signals a critical moment that brings together our company and cross sector groups to accelerate the sustainable materials transition.
"It's not often that one action fuels the economy, combats climate change and strengthens supply chains at the same time," said Geno CEO Christophe Schilling. "By powering the bioeconomy to create jobs across America, bolster rural economies, onshore manufacturing and help industry transition away from fossil fuels, this week's executive order does just that through a whole-of-government approach. At a time when business and environmental interests are often on a collision course, biotechnology and biomanufacturing prove that there is a different path forward. Today's Summit and Executive Order jumpstarts this process, and Geno looks forward to continued engagement with the White House to put our unique solutions to work."
Schilling is Chair Emeritus of Biocom, the largest advocacy organization for California's life sciences sector and serves on BIO's Industrial & Environmental Section Governing Board. He is also a member of YPO, an international leadership organization for chief executives, and previously served on the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Biotechnology.
Geno already stands at the forefront of powering technologies that enable large scale biomanufacturing of sustainable materials. Geno is on path to deliver over 4 million liters of capacity and an annual production of 100,000 metric tons of plant-based products. Geno continues to be laser-focused on increasing its impact through scale and has recently closed multiple high-impact deals to accelerate the commercialization of sustainable materials. With the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 100 million tons in upcoming years, recent milestones include scaling plant-based nylon, a collaboration with lululemon to bring plant-based materials into lululemon's products and a venture with Unilever to provide additional, responsibly sourced palm oil alternatives to market with a 50% lower carbon footprint.
About Geno
Geno is harnessing biology to remake everyday products and materials built by and for the planet. In response to the urgent climate crisis, Geno is developing and scaling sustainable materials derived from plant- or waste-based feedstocks instead of fossil fuels. Geno's technology, built over the last 20 years, now drives materials and ingredients in applications ranging from cosmetics, carpets, to home cleaners, apparel and more.
To learn more, visit genomatica.com
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DUBLIN, Calif., July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TriNet (NYSE: TNET), a leading provider of comprehensive human resources for small and medium-size businesses (SMBs), today announced the addition of three new speakers to its roster of thought leaders and influencers for TriNet PeopleForce 2022. The three-day, award-winning conference taking place September 13-15 will feature acclaimed leaders from the worlds of business, public policy, science, social justice, sports, entertainment, media and more. The live event will take place in New York City and virtually from anywhere.
The latest distinguished speakers include:
- Gloria Steinem – New York Times best-selling author and feminist activist
- José Andrés - Chef, restaurateur and humanitarian
- Iuliia Mendel - Former Press Secretary and Spokesperson for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian TV Anchor & Journalist and Author
Previously announced speakers include former Chairman and CEO of the Walt Disney Company Bob Iger, Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, Founder, the Jane Goodall Institute, UN Messenger of Peace, and former Duke University head basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski. Also featured will be PepsiCo Chairman and CEO (2006-2018) Indra Nooyi, global superstar and entertainer Lilly Singh, editor and author Tina Brown, and former NASA Astronaut Mike Massimino.
TriNet PeopleForce 2022 will provide entrepreneurs and SMB leaders with three days of outstanding speakers and dynamic sessions that will focus on this year's conference theme: passion, purpose and perseverance.
Early-bird registration for TriNet PeopleForce 2022 is open through July 31. Register to attend virtually or live in New York by visiting peopleforce.TriNet.com.
For a look at TriNet PeopleForce 2021, visit: PeopleForce 2021 | TriNet
About TriNet
TriNet (NYSE: TNET) provides small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) with full-service HR solutions tailored by industry. To free SMBs from HR complexities, TriNet offers access to human capital expertise, benefits, risk mitigation and compliance, payroll, all enabled by industry leading technology capabilities. TriNet's suite of products also includes services and software-based solutions to help streamline workflows by connecting HR, Benefits, Employee Engagement, Payroll and Time & Attendance. From Main Street to Wall Street, TriNet empowers SMBs to focus on what matters most—growing their business and enabling their people. TriNet, incredible starts here. For more information, visit TriNet.com or follow us on Twitter.
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ENGAGE will showcase insightful sessions from the industry's top real estate leaders, provide networking opportunities and build business connections among elite agents
MADISON, N.J., May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC, a Realogy (NYSE: RLGY) company, will host its first-ever ENGAGE summit in Los Angeles, Calif. Taking place from June 5-7 at the Fairmont Century Plaza, hundreds of Coldwell Banker Luxury Property Specialists from eight countries and 28 states will be in attendance, representing more than $12 billion in total sales volume. With an expansive network coming together for this marquee event dedicated to luxury thought leaders, Coldwell Banker's top agents and industry professionals will experience global luxury like never before.
Luxury Property Specialists attending ENGAGE will have the opportunity to join 15 exclusive breakout sessions led by leaders across real estate, design, marketing and social media. These unique sessions will give luxury specialists the chance to not only gain vast industry knowledge on curating their own content and strategy to propel their business, but also build their referrals and encourage network growth with other leaders from multiple luxury markets across the world.
Session highlights will include:
- Strengthening Referrals: Luxury leaders Tracy Allen, Tim Smith, Francois Carriere and Gail Roberts highlight best practices for building a strong network to increase referrals.
- Social Media in the Luxury Space: Danielle Garofalo, voted in the top 100 most influential people in real estate, demonstrates how to leverage social media to win listings, monetize social media and protect the privacy of high-end clientele.
- Globalizing Your Business: An interview with President and CEO of Coldwell Banker France and Monaco, Laurent Demeure on how to engage with international clients and transform a client base from national to global.
- Creative & Luxury: Rob Siltanen, CEO and chief creative officer of Siltanen & Partners, an advertising agency based in Los Angeles, will share expert insight into how great branding, creative and design can have a positive impact when working with any client.
Throughout the event, attendees will hear from award-winning Coldwell Banker leaders including CEO M. Ryan Gorman, President and COO Liz Gehringer, Executive Vice President of Operations Tim Foley, Chief Marketing Officer David Marine and Vice President of Global Luxury Michael Altneu on how to leverage the Coldwell Banker brand's unparalleled tools, services and tips to excel in the exclusive and competitive world of luxury real estate.
To close out ENGAGE, top industry icons Jade Mills, Jill Hertzberg, Carrie Wells and Tim Allen will participate in a panel called "A Powerful Engagement" to discuss how agents can tackle inventory challenges and ways to dominate in the luxury market.
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"ENGAGE brings a holistic experience to Coldwell Banker's Luxury Property Specialists who work with some of the most exclusive clients around the world, providing them with the resources needed to enhance their brand through digital marketing, social media and online advertising. The Coldwell Banker network is always there to help its agents and allows them to consistently reach and interact with clients, even when they are not looking to buy or sell a home.
- David Marine, CMO of Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC
"The ENGAGE summit is Coldwell Banker Global Luxury's premier event, bringing together Luxury Property Specialists from around the world to build and foster relationships across our network, while also enabling our agents to learn from some of the top performers in the industry. ENGAGE will shed light on the extraordinary paradigm shift that has occurred within luxury real estate since 2020 and equip our agents with the practices and resources needed to successfully navigate this current market environment."
- Michael Altneu, Vice President of Global Luxury, Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC
"Luxury is no longer just concentrated in major cities; it's everywhere and it's all about giving your buyer and seller the best possible service. As luxury homes become more in demand, it is crucial for our luxury specialists to be informed on what is influencing luxury consumers today. ENGAGE will highlight the exclusive tools and services available to Coldwell Banker agents that allows us to support our clients anywhere in the world and continuously deliver unique experiences."
- Jade Mills, President, Jade Mills Estates and International Ambassador of Coldwell Banker Global Luxury®
About Coldwell Banker Global Luxury® The Coldwell Banker Global Luxury® program legacy traces its roots to 1933 and has been a world leader in luxury real estate since. Coldwell Banker Global Luxury Property Specialists are an exclusive group within the Coldwell Banker organization, making up under ten percent of independent sales associates affiliated with the brand worldwide. Coldwell Banker affiliated agents conducted 50,355 transactions of homes priced at $1 million or more in 2021. This equates to $267 million in luxury sales every day (+59% from 2020) with an average sales price of $1.9 million in this category. Coldwell Banker, the Coldwell Banker logo Coldwell Banker Global Luxury and the Coldwell Banker Global Luxury logo are registered marks owned by Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. Each franchise is independently owned and operated.
About Realogy Holdings Corp.
Realogy Holdings Corp. (NYSE: RLGY) is moving the real estate industry to what's next. As the leading and most integrated provider of U.S. residential real estate services encompassing franchise, brokerage, relocation, and title and settlement businesses as well as a mortgage joint venture, Realogy supported approximately 1.5 million home transactions in 2021. The company's diverse brand portfolio includes some of the most recognized names in real estate: Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate, CENTURY 21®, Coldwell Banker®, Coldwell Banker Commercial®, Corcoran®, ERA®, and Sotheby's International Realty®. Using innovative technology, data and marketing products, high-quality lead generation programs, and best-in-class learning and support services, Realogy fuels the productivity of its approximately 196,700 independent sales agents in the U.S. and approximately 136,700 independent sales agents in 118 other countries and territories, helping them build stronger businesses and best serve today's consumers. Recognized for ten consecutive years as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies, Realogy has also been designated a Great Place to Work four years in a row and is one of LinkedIn's 2021 Top Companies in the U.S. and honored on the Forbes list of World's Best Employers 2021.
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LSU football to wear air-conditioned helmets for upcoming season
Published: May. 31, 2023 at 4:07 PM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - There is a lot of buzz surrounding the LSU Tigers and head coach Brian Kelly as he enters his second season in the Purple & Gold.
With the latest being an air-conditioned helmet. Designed by Tigeraire, they created the Air Accelerator to help athletes, industrial workers, and military personnel stay cool.
The helmet will last five hours and LSU players will be wearing them during practice and in games.
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma County jail inmate has died less than a day after his arrest after a fight with his cellmate, according to the county detention center.
Shawn Slavens, 46, died at a hospital on June 25 after being found unconscious in the cell, the detention center said Monday in a statement on its website.
“An investigation into Slavens’ death conducted by the Detention Special Investigations Unit is ongoing,” according to the statement. “Once the investigation is complete, the case will be screened with the Oklahoma County District Attorney’s Office for possible appropriate charges.”
Slavens had been arrested on June 24th for indecent exposure, according to court records. His was the 11th inmate death of the year at the jail and came just days before county voters approved a $260 million bond issue to build a new jail.
Slavens' body was sent to the state medical examiner's office to determine the cause of death, the detention center statement said. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Oklahoma-County-jail-inmate-dies-after-fight-with-17300497.php | 2022-07-12 21:20:30 | 0 | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Oklahoma-County-jail-inmate-dies-after-fight-with-17300497.php |
Mote Marine’s new SEA Aquarium under construction at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota
SARASOTA, Fla. - At Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, steel and concrete are being transformed into what will soon be Mote Marine’s SEA Aquarium.
"This area is much more accessible for students and visitors," said Dan Bebak, the vice president of Mote Marine Aquarium.
He anticipates more than 700,000 visitors to visit the new aquarium once it’s finished.
"A lot of people that live here locally, I don’t think realize the global research that we are involved with, and so this aquarium, this new aquarium, will reflect that global research greater than our current facility does," he said.
On Tuesday morning, crews installed a large acrylic window weighing over 27,000 pounds. On the other side, guests will have a view of the Gulf of Mexico.
"To be able to see this aquarium out of the ground and today to have the acrylic going into the largest habitat, the Gulf Of Mexico exhibit is a dream come true," said Evan Barniskis, the associate vice president for Mote Marine Aquarium.
He said Mote SEA and staff will work to inspire future generations.
"We want to make sure kids come in at a very early age and learn about the marine environment, become passionate about it and want to grow, continuing to learn about it and continuing to contribute and hopefully one day becoming marine scientists themselves," he said.
With new and additional exhibits, Mote SEA will allow visitors to get hands-on.
They'll be able to immerse themselves in our global waterways' education and their important role in our lives.
"It’s not just going to be one habitat or exhibit or another, but the culmination of all of them when the visitors walk out of the door after their time here. We hope they have a new appreciation for the marine environment," said Barniskis.
Mote anticipates construction to be finished by the end of 2024. For more information, visit moteoceansforall.org. | https://www.fox13news.com/news/nathan-benderson-park-being-transformed-into-mote-marines-sea-aquarium | 2023-07-25 23:16:09 | 1 | https://www.fox13news.com/news/nathan-benderson-park-being-transformed-into-mote-marines-sea-aquarium |
Biden to speak on threats to democracy ahead of midterms
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will deliver remarks Wednesday evening on threats to democracy, as he seeks to raise the stakes for voters less than a week before the midterm elections.
Biden, who has repeatedly said that “democracy is on the ballot” on Nov. 8, will speak from Washington’s Union Station, blocks from the U.S. Capitol, the White House said, at 7 p.m..
“It’s from Capitol Hill, because that is where there was an attempt to subvert our democracy,” White House senior adviser Anita Dunn told Axios on Wednesday morning, referencing the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection,
Previewing Biden’s remarks, Dunn said Biden “will be very clear tonight that he is speaking to people who don’t agree with him on any issues, who don’t agree on his agenda, but who really can unite behind this idea of this fundamental value of democracy.”
The speech comes days after a man seeking to kidnap House Speaker Nancy Pelosi severely injured her husband Paul in their San Francisco home, and as threats of political violence have rattled members of Congress and election workers.
“The threat of political violence which most Americans find abhorrent, the idea that you would use violence to further your political means, it’s something that unites almost all Americans and that we can all be united against, and obviously, we’ve seen horrible things happen quite recently,” Dunn told Axios.
Biden last delivered a primetime speech on what he called the “continued battle for the soul of the nation” on Sept. 1 outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia, in which he condemned the “MAGA forces” of former President Donald Trump and his adherents as a threat to America’s system of government.
“They promote authoritarian leaders, and they fan the flames of political violence that are a threat to our personal rights, to the pursuit of justice, to the rule of law, to the very soul of this country.
The remarks come as hundreds of candidates who have falsely denied the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election are on ballots across the country, with many poised to be elected to critical roles overseeing elections.
In contrast with the September remarks, which drew criticism from some corners for being paid for by taxpayers, Biden’s Wednesday speech will be hosted by the Democratic National Committee.
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BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new season brings change to Idaho and with it, a new women's contemporary apparel store opening at the end of this month.
Intuition: The Art of Apparel will open their doors off State Street and North Fischer Park Way (northwest of Eagle High School and across from Eagle Island State Park) just in time for the 2022 holiday season. The store will bring previously unavailable fashion brands like Bella Dahl, 27 Miles Malibu, Re/Done, AGolde, Misa, Monrow, LaMarque, and Stateside to the area.
Owners, Heidi Johnson and Hally Jolna (lovingly dubbed HJ Squared), both have ties to the West Coast fashion scene and now reside in Eagle. Heidi has lived in the community for over 10 years working and raising her family.
"There has been a lack of lesser known but key fashion brands available in Eagle," explains Heidi. "I am personally very excited to be able to provide locally, and be involved with the specific brands that I discovered while vacationing in other cities and love."
Hally is a newcomer to the Eagle area, although no stranger to the fashion industry being involved with her husband, Kerry Jolna, who owes Bella Dahl, a contemporary California lifestyle brand for the past 12-years.
"We not only have plans to bring what is missing to the area fashion-wise," explains Hally, "but plan to celebrate the area's expansion and growth with a full week of opening festivities for everyone with local partners."
These specifics will be announced on a later date, in the meantime the duo are hard at work bringing in new merchandise and designing the space to get ready for opening week.
About Intuition: The Art of Apparel:
Intuition: The Art of Apparel is a contemporary women's clothing shop located in Eagle, Idaho.
The store was created by co-owners Heidi Johnson and Hally Jolna to bring high end brands that are unavailable to the local community.
For more information and find them on social media at Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter
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Kyley Jolna
KHJolna2004@gmail.com
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A massive lottery jackpot got a little bigger Friday as the top Powerball prize climbed to an estimated $825 million ahead of Saturday night's drawing.
The Powerball jackpot ranks as the fifth-largest in U.S. history, though it's good to keep in mind that it has grown so large because no one has hit all six numbers since Aug. 3. That's 36 consecutive draws without a jackpot winner.
Why the extended winless streak? Because the odds of winning the jackpot are an abysmal one in 292.2 million. The long odds are designed to limit jackpot winners, which in turn allows the grand prize to grow so large.
The $825 million prize is for winners who choose to take their riches through an annuity, paid annually over 29 years. Nearly all winners opt for cash, which for Saturday's drawing would be an estimated $410.2 million.
Those winnings also would be subject to federal taxes. Many states tax lottery winnings, too.
Powerball is played in 45 states, as well as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Powerball-jackpot-rises-to-825-million-5th-17541574.php | 2022-10-28 16:43:17 | 1 | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Powerball-jackpot-rises-to-825-million-5th-17541574.php |
Stunning contemporary condominium is in The Ashley
This stunning 10th-floor condominium is in the prestigious Ashley community of Daytona Beach Shores. This fabulous home is an entertainer's paradise, boasting new luxury vinyl-plank flooring and floor-to-ceiling glass sliding doors, which welcome light and open to the oceanfront balcony. The incredible open chef's kitchen is adorned with white cabinetry and countertops, stainless-steel appliances and a long bar area, while the great open living and dining space offers designer lighting and convenient access to the spectacular oceanfront lanai. There’s also a wonderful owner's suite with a walk-in closet and spa-like bath. Delivered completely furnished, remodeled and upgraded, this private and secure condominium residence is ready for immediate enjoyment.
ADDRESS: 3757 S. Atlantic Ave., Unit 1004, Daytona Beach Shores
TOTAL LIVING SQUARE FEET: 1,363
BEDROOMS: 2
BATHROOMS: 2
STORIES: 1
YEAR BUILT: 1990
PRICE: $549,000
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Jokic and Murray both have triple-doubles, Nuggets beat Heat 109-94 for 2-1 lead
MIAMI (AP) - Never had two players from the same team had 30-point triple-doubles in the same game. Never in the regular season. Never in the playoffs. Certainly never in the NBA Finals.
Until now.
Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray made history Wednesday night — and have the Denver Nuggets two wins away from making some real history as well.
Jokic and Murray became the first teammates in NBA Finals history to both record triple-doubles, and the Nuggets reclaimed the lead in the series by beating the Miami Heat 109-94 in Game 3.
“By far, their greatest performance as a duo in their seven years together,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said, after his team moved two wins away from Denver’s first title.
Jokic finished with 32 points, 21 rebounds and 10 assists — the first such game in NBA Finals history, or at least the first since assists were tracked. Murray had 34 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, getting the rebound he needed with 9 seconds remaining.
The Nuggets outrebounded the Heat 58-33, and took a 2-1 lead. Game 4 is Friday in Miami.
“I’m just glad that we won the game,” Jokic said. “It was a big one for us because they won in our arena. We just didn’t want to go down 2-1.”
Jimmy Butler scored 28 points for Miami, and Bam Adebayo finished with 22 points and 17 rebounds. Caleb Martin added 10 points for Miami.
Miami has been the comeback kings of these playoffs — seven rallies in games after trailing by at least 12 points. The Heat were down by 14 going into the fourth, and Malone reminded his club of Miami’s penchant for comebacks.
“First two games, they won the fourth quarter,” Malone said. “Tonight, we win the fourth quarter, we win the game.”
His team listened.
The lead eventually reached 21, the outcome never seriously in doubt, and Jokic looking very much like he’s back in cruise control. The Heat got within nine on a 3-pointer by Duncan Robinson with 1:22 left, but there was no epic finish for Miami. Murray and Jokic had the Nuggets too far ahead to get caught.
“You have to expect there to be elite talent in the finals,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “And both those guys are elite-level talent.”
Officially, Jokic is now the seventh player to have two triple-doubles in the same finals. Magic Johnson and LeBron James each did it in three different finals. Draymond Green, Wilt Chamberlain, Larry Bird and Butler all had one title series with two triple-doubles.
It was his 10th triple-double of these playoffs, extending his single-season record, and he was unbothered by whatever Miami threw his way. Jokic finished 12 for 21 from the floor, 7 for 8 from the line, playing 44 minutes.
“We were more locked in, more focused,” Jokic said.
Christian Braun was tremendous off the bench for the Nuggets, scoring 15 points on 7-for-8 shooting in 19 minutes. Aaron Gordon added 11 for Denver.
Miami never led in the second half. A dunk by Adebayo put the Heat up 44-42 with 3:18 left in the half, before a 3-pointer by Murray represented the seventh and final lead change of the night. It was 53-48 at halftime, before Denver pushed the lead to double digits for the first time early in the third and wound up leading by as many as 19 later in that period.
“We took care of business,” Braun said.
TIP-INS
Nuggets: Denver used Reggie Jackson in the first quarter, going nine deep in the opening 12 minutes for the first time since Game 2 of the West finals. ... Denver hadn’t lost two consecutive games to Miami since March 14 and Nov. 30, 2016. Jokic played in both of those games, Murray in the second one early in his rookie season.
Heat: It was the first finals game in Miami since 2014. The Heat didn’t have any “home” games in the 2020 finals, which were held in the NBA’s restart bubble near Orlando. ... Wednesday was the 11th anniversary of LeBron James’ 45-point, 15-rebound, five-assist game at Boston in Game 6 of the East finals — staving off elimination. The Heat won Game 7 and went on to beat Oklahoma City for James’ first title.
HASLEM RECORD
Miami’s Udonis Haslem — in his 20th and final season — set a record. He became the oldest player to appear in the NBA Finals, breaking the mark of 42 years, 58 days set by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on June 13, 1989.
Haslem turns 43 on Friday. He played the final 29.8 seconds.
RARE COMPANY
Jokic had 10 points, seven rebounds and three assists in the first quarter. The only other players in the last 25 years to have that in any quarter of a finals game — Stephen Curry (12-7-5) for Golden State in the third quarter against Cleveland on June 4, 2017 and Shaquille O’Neal (12-7-3) for the Los Angeles Lakers in the second quarter against Philadelphia on June 8, 2001.
CELEB WATCH
Former Heat player and NBA champion Mike Miller — now an agent — was at the game, along with one of his clients, Rookie of the Year Paolo Banchero of the Orlando Magic. Banchero tweeted “game ain’t even started yet i’m in here star struck.”
DJ Khaled was in attendance, along with soccer greats Neymar and Paul Pogba (on the day Lionel Messi committed to play for Inter Miami), Shakira, Magic Johnson, J. Cole (who played a role in getting Caleb Martin to the Heat) and Dwyane Wade — who starred for Miami’s title teams in 2006, 2012 and 2013.
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HARROLD, Texas — The leaders of the Harrold Independent School District hope that if violence comes to their tiny town on the Texas/Oklahoma border, they'll be ready. Half of the district's 27 employees — men and women; teachers, janitors and coaches — are training to shoot to kill an intruder to protect their students.
"Our situation is a lot different," says Cody Patton, superintendent of Harrold schools. "I know some of your bigger schools and a lot of the people are against it. But they're not in our situation. We are a rural school in the middle of nowhere."
In the aftermath of the Uvalde, Texas, school massacre that killed 19 students and two teachers, conservative lawmakers in Texas are calling for more teachers to get weapons. Most teachers are emphatically against it. But the strategy is catching on with more and more isolated school districts, like Harrold, where the nearest officer is miles away.
Patton himself is a formidable obstacle for intruders. Standing 6-foot-6, at 330 pounds, he played defensive tackle for the Texas Tech Red Raiders, and he has deep roots here. The family farm and ranch is just up the highway. He says he was combining wheat until midnight before a reporter's visit. Having coached sports in the area for years, he was hired last summer as superintendent.
Since the Uvalde tragedy, Patton says he's been answering lots of calls about Harrold's very public reputation as one of Texas' most armed schools.
"I have two daughters in this school," he says. "But basically every kid who walks in that door is my child, and I'm responsible for their safety and make sure they get home to mom and dad at the end of the day. So we want to give our employees whatever they need to protect our kids."
The scenario they fear is a gunman pulling off busy U.S. 287. The century-old schoolhouse is the most prominent building in town. The nearest sheriff's deputy is 20 minutes away — an hour away if a freight train on the Burlington Northern tracks happens to block the roads into town.
There isn't much to Harrold, Texas. Surrounded by wheat, cattle and wind farms, the town consists of a water tower, a volunteer fire department, 20 or so houses, a big "Texans for Trump" sign, and the school. It has 100 to 125 students, K through 12.
"We're so small you can't really afford to pay for your security officers that are there on campus to deal with anything and everything," Patton says.
In Harrold, a teacher cannot carry a concealed handgun because a student could potentially get it; the loaded weapon has to be kept in a lockbox close by, only accessible with a code.
Patton likens the additional training that he and "my team" are undertaking to a parent learning how to swim.
"Arming our teachers is basically going ahead and signing up for those swimming lessons to give us the best chance to save that child when in need," he says. "We don't want to be the ones that have to sit there and watch that child drown."
Arming educators is hugely controversial.
The idea is strenuously opposed by the National Education Association, the American Federation of Teachers, and the National Parent Teacher Association.
In a recent survey by the Texas American Federation of Teachers, 77 percent of respondents said they do not want to have a gun.
"Trying to arm teachers is risky and counterproductive," said Texas AFT President Zeph Capo. "Teachers can't be expected to become highly trained law enforcement officers and use guns in a crisis without endangering students or themselves."
In Texas, the decision to bear arms on a school campus is made by the local school board and individual employees.
In the abstract, though, if her superintendent told pre-K teacher Michelle Cardenas to start carrying a concealed handgun in class, "I would quit teaching. I'd step away," she says. "I don't want to be trained to shoot an intruder that comes into the school."
She works at Del Valle Independent School District on the southeastern edge of Austin.
"I went to school to teach kids," Cardenas says, "to inspire them to grow into future leaders. ... My job is not to carry a gun."
There are two programs that allow armed teachers in Texas — the Guardian Plan and the School Marshal program.
The Guardian plan is loosely regulated. Local school boards authorize employees to get training and carry guns on campus — which are normally gun-free zones. The Guardian Plan actually began at Harrold Schools in 2007 in response to a mass shooting in a one-room Amish schoolhouse in Pennsylvania the previous year, where a barricaded gunman killed five girls.
According to the Texas School Safety Center, 280 of 1,022 public school districts self-reported as of 2020 that they use some version of the Guardian Plan.
The School Marshal Program is more rigorous. It requires a psychological exam, weapon proficiency to fire 700 rounds of ammunition, and 80 hours of training in use of force and active shooter response. A 16-hour renewal course is required every two years.
To date, only 71 districts out of more than 1,200 total school districts in the state have school marshals. Nine more schools have signed up since the Uvalde shooting, according to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, which oversees the program. (Trained school marshals are considered peace officers, with arresting powers, but only on school property. By comparison, regular licensed police officers require 720 hours of training.)
Since the Uvalde murders, Gov. Greg Abbott — a Republican who's running for re-election with Donald Trump's backing — has refused to consider more gun restrictions. Instead, he urged school districts to hire more campus cops and train more school marshals. The state offers grants to train the marshals, which chaps Michelle Cardenas, a regional president with the Texas State Teachers Association.
"So we can find money to arm teachers, but we can't find money for curriculum?" she asks. "We can't find money for supplies, for materials, to pay our hourly employees a living wage. But yet we're gonna give them guns?"
A 2018 report by the Federal Commission on School Safety cited several instances where school-based police officers prevented gun tragedies. On Thursday, in fact, a school-based officer shot and killed a man who had tried to seize another officer's gun and attempted to force his way into an Alabama elementary school with 34 children inside. But a 2020 study by the Rand Corporation says the evidence is inconclusive about the effectiveness of arming teachers.
"This isn't for every teacher. It takes a special type of teacher to be able to do this," says Russ Ramsey, a coach and agriculture instructor at Harrold High School.
He says a lifelong love of hunting and a familiarity with firearms has prepared him to be a school marshal.
"In our training, during the shooting part they would have a cardboard cut-out of a bad guy having a kid in a headlock with a gun pointed at their head," Ramsey says. "And I've seen teachers fold right there. They could not pull the trigger on the bad guy because they were not physically or mentally ready for something like that."
But at the end of the day, even trained responders don't know if, in the heat of the moment, they'll risk their own lives to save others. In Uvalde, 19 officers stood in the school hallway for more than an hour instead of immediately confronting the shooter.
"I would like to think that I would get the problem knocked out as quick as possible," Ramsey says. "But until it happens there's no way of sayin' whether you can do it or not."
Most of the students at Harold schools are transfer students from nearby districts. Superintendent Patton says the parents have told him why. In this day and age, "they feel safer with their kids here" in a small school where the staff is locked and loaded.
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BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – Abortions are not outlawed in Louisiana.
Louisiana’s trigger law, which has been in place since 2006, outlaws abortions in the state now that the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe Vs. Wade.
The trigger law, signed by former Democratic Governor Kathleen Blanco, puts an end to abortions in the state.
Governor John Bel Edwards recently signed SB 342 into law, banning all abortions as well as penalizing doctors who perform abortions with jail time and fines.
“We celebrate the overturn of Roe v. Wade, restoring Louisiana’s right to protect every precious unborn baby from abortion. But we know our work is not done. Through an abundance of public and private resources, Louisiana is ready to support women and children before and after birth,” said Benjamin Clapper, Executive Director of Louisiana Right to Life.
“The Supreme Court has finally returned to the Constitution and delegated power back to the people. Our State’s representatives, held accountable by their constituents, should and now again can determine abortion policy, not the federal government,” said Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry.
“Being pro-life means being pro-mothers, pro-babies, and pro-healthy futures, a philosophy I carry with me in the Senate. This is a deeply emotional issue for many Americans, no matter which side one stands, but it is now up to individual states to enact their own policies,” said Senator Bill Cassidy.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The battle of Los Angeles was no contest. The quest for the highest possible playoff seed is another story for the Clippers and Lakers.
Norman Powell scored 27 points, Kawhi Leonard added 25 in a game-high 43 minutes and the Clippers improved their playoff seeding chances with a 125-118 win over LeBron James and the Lakers on Wednesday night.
The Clippers’ 11th straight victory over their Crypto.com Arena hallmates pulled them into a tie with idle Golden State for fifth in the West at 42-38. The Clippers and Lakers came into their final meeting of the season tied in the standings at 41-38.
The Clippers can help themselves with wins in their last two regular-season games.
“I’m not a fan of the play-in tournament,” coach Tyronn Lue said. “We’re still not out of the clear yet.”
The Lakers had already clinched at least a play-in spot, but are trying to finish in the top six and earn one of the guaranteed postseason berths. The Clippers own the head-to-head tiebreaker over the Lakers.
“Whatever we end up, that’s where we end up,” James said. “For us, it’s always about health. Over the last couple years, that’s been our Achilles’ heel.”
James had 33 points — 30 in the second half — eight rebounds, seven assists and six turnovers for the Lakers, who were closing out a back-to-back. Anthony Davis had 17 points and 11 rebounds for the Lakers, who had won four in a row and seven of eight.
The Clippers came in fresh, having had three days off. The Lakers, by comparison, eked out an overtime win at Utah on Tuesday night that required James and Davis to play even more minutes on the front end of the back-to-back.
“It was one of those scheduling conflicts,” James said. “It definitely got the best of us tonight.”
Playing without injured Paul George, the Clippers got 17 points and 13 rebounds from Ivica Zubac. Facing the Lakers for the first time since their divorce in February, Russell Westbrook added 14 points.
Bones Hyland hit three 3-pointers and Terance Mann added another early in the fourth to extend the Clippers’ lead to 106-90. Powell sent a perfectly timed alley-oop pass over Davis and Leonard slammed it down for a 112-92 lead.
James and Davis combined for nine points on 4-of-12 shooting in the half.
“I let them know Bron was going to come out guns blazing,” Lue said of his halftime speech.
James and Davis took over in the third during the Lakers’ lone dominant stretch of the game. They combined to score 17 of their team’s first 19 points during a run that cut the deficit from 21 points to eight. Davis scored over Mason Plumlee to draw the Lakers within seven.
But Powell ran off 10 in a row and Plumlee dunked to send the Clippers into the fourth leading 93-82. Leonard was limited to a 3-pointer in the third.
Coming in off three days’ rest, the Clippers opened the game with a 23-11 run in which a clearly motivated Westbrook scored eight points and assisted on their first two baskets.
“We came out with energy early,” Leonard said. “We kept our foot on the pedal.”
The Lakers answered with a 15-2 spurt to take their lone lead of the game, 26-25, while getting points from five different players.
The Clippers outscored the Lakers 34-21 in the second quarter to lead 71-52 at halftime. One of James’ no-look passes ended up in Mann’s hands and he fired to Powell, who hit a 3-pointer. Another James turnover resulted in a dunk by Mann.
TIP-INS
Lakers: Lost the season series, 4-0. They were beaten by six, 13, 18 and seven points. … Mo Bamba (ankle sprain) has been out for a month.
Clippers: Leonard reached 4,000 career rebounds in the third. … They outscored the Lakers 20-8 in fast-break points in the first half, the most such points since November 2021 against Minnesota. … Marcus Morris (low back spasms) sat out.
UP NEXT
Lakers: Host Phoenix on Friday. They’re 1-2 vs. the Suns this season.
Clippers: Host Portland on Saturday. The Blazers have already been eliminated from postseason contention.
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JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia hosted an Arab League summit on Friday in which Syrian President Bashar Assad was welcomed back after a 12-year suspension and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a surprise visit to rally support against Russia.
Russian airstrikes have have left a swath of destruction across both countries, but in Syria they came at Assad’s invitation and helped him cling to power through years of grinding civil war. Several other Arab states have maintained warm ties with Moscow while remaining largely neutral on the Ukraine war.
The odd pairing of the two leaders in the same forum is the result of a recent flurry of diplomacy by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is pursuing regional rapprochement with the same vigor he previously brought to the oil-rich kingdom’s confrontation with its archrival Iran.
In recent months, Saudi Arabia has restored diplomatic ties with Iran, is ending the kingdom’s yearslong war against Iran-backed rebels in Yemen and led the push for Syria’s return to the Arab League.
The Saudi crown prince welcomed both Assad and Zelenskyy, expressing support for “whatever helps in reducing the crisis between Russia and Ukraine.” He added that the kingdom, which brokered a prisoner exchange last year, “is ready to exert efforts for mediation between Russia and Ukraine.”
Addressing the summit in English, Zelenskyy appeared to invoke the Arab world’s own troubled history of invasion and occupation, saying their nations would understand that Ukraine “will never submit to any foreigners or colonizers. That’s why we fight.”
He took a swipe at Iran for supplying attack drones to Russia and spoke about the suffering of ethnic Muslim Tatars living under Russian occupation in Crimea. He also accused some in the hall of “turning a blind eye” to Russia’s violations, without naming them.
The visit comes amid a whirlwind of international travel by the Ukrainian leader, but until now he has mostly visited allied countries.
Saudi Arabia pledged $400 million in aid to Ukraine earlier this year and has voted in favor of U.N. resolutions calling on Russia to end its invasion and refrain from annexing Ukrainian territory. But it has resisted U.S. pressure to increase oil production in order to squeeze Russia’s revenues.
Leaders from the 22-member league, who were meeting in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, were also expected to focus on Sudan. The East African country’s top generals — both of whom have been backed by Saudi Arabia and other Arab states — have been battling each other across the country for over a month, killing hundreds and sparking an exodus from the capital, Khartoum, and elsewhere.
Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, leader of the armed forces, and Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, agreed to a pact in Jeddah last week that promised safe passage for civilians fleeing the fighting and protection for aid groups. Saudi Arabia and the United States have meanwhile been leading international efforts to broker a lasting truce.
The fighting has killed over 600 people and caused tens of thousands to flee their homes.
The Arab League is also expected to reiterate its perennial support for the Palestinians at a time of soaring Mideast tensions.
In recent years, Assad’s forces have recaptured much of Syria’s territory from insurgents with crucial help from Russia — which intervened militarily on his behalf beginning in 2015 — and Iran. Saudi Arabia had been a leading sponsor of the opposition at the height of the war but pulled back as the insurgents were eventually cornered in a small pocket of northwestern Syria.
“Saudi Arabia’s push to bring Syria back into the fold is part of a broader shift in the kingdom’s approach to regional politics,” says Torbjorn Soltvedt, a leading Mideast analyst at the risk intelligence company Verisk Maplecroft.
“The previously adventurist foreign policy defined by the Yemen intervention and efforts to confront Iran are now being abandoned in favor of a more cautious approach,” he said.
Assad’s first official meeting on Friday was with his Tunisian counterpart, Kais Saied, who is waging his own crackdown on dissent in the birthplace of the Arab Spring protests that swept he region in 2011.
“We stand together against the movement of darkness,” Assad said, apparently referring to extremist groups that came to dominate the Syrian opposition as his country’s civil war ground on, and which drew a large number of recruits from Tunisia.
The Saudi crown prince later welcomed each leader to the summit, including a smiling Assad wearing a dark blue suit. The two shook hands and kissed cheeks before the Syrian leader walked into the hall.
There are some Arab holdouts to Damascus’ rehabilitation, including gas-rich Qatar, which still supports Syria’s opposition. Qatar has said it won’t stand in the way of the Arab consensus on readmitting Syria but would also not normalize bilateral relations without a political solution to the conflict.
Western countries, which still view Assad as a pariah over his forces’ aerial bombardment and gas attacks against civilians during the 12-year civil war, have criticized his return to the Arab fold and vowed to maintain crippling sanctions.
That will likely continue to hamper any reconstruction. Years of heavy fighting involving Assad’s forces, the opposition and jihadi groups like the Islamic State group left entire villages and neighborhoods in ruins.
American lawmakers advanced bipartisan legislation this week that would bar any U.S. federal agency from recognizing or carrying out normal relations with Syria’s government as long as it’s led by Assad, who came to power in 2000, following the death of his father.
The legislation would also plug holes in existing U.S. sanctions targeting Assad and mandate Washington create a formal strategy to counter efforts by countries that do normalize relations with his government.
The White House National Security Council said in a statement Friday that the administration opposes the legislation. It fears the additional measures “would make it unduly difficult to provide humanitarian assistance to the Syrian people – who are suffering because of the actions of the Assad regime.”
The administration remains committed to a U.N. Security Council resolution adopted in 2015 that endorsed a roadmap to peace drafted three years earlier. But several rounds of talks held over the years between Assad’s government and the opposition went nowhere, and he has had little incentive to compromise with the beleaguered insurgents since Russia entered the war on his side eight years ago.
Arab leaders appear to be focused on more modest goals, like enlisting Assad’s help in countering militant groups and drug traffickers.
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The Ford Mustang started the pony car segment when it hit the market in 1964. Now, it will carry the torch for that segment in an automotive market switching to electric vehicles.
On Wednesday, Ford introduced the 2024 Mustang at the Detroit auto show. The iconic pony car will continue on the same platform with a revised look, a pair of gas engines—including the requisite V-8 with up to 500 hp—and a tech-laden interior to attract a new generation of connected buyers. It also adds two cool new features to show off to your friends: Remote Rev and an Electronic Drift Brake.
Ford has the Mustang Mach-E crossover to carry the torch for the EV market, but the 2024 Mustang coupe and convertible get updated versions of its previous gas engines. The base 2.3-liter turbo-4 in EcoBoost models adds port and direct injection, gets a higher compression ratio and higher thermal efficiency, and reduces internal friction to make more power and deliver better fuel efficiency. Ford isn’t stating power or fuel economy figures yet, but the current 2.3-liter makes 310 hp or 330 hp with a Performance Pack and gets up to 25 mpg combined.
The revisions to the 5.0-liter V-8 in GT models include a new dual-airbox intake to feed dual electronic throttle bodies and feed more air to the plenum intake manifold. It also has a longer duration exhaust camshaft to handle the increased airflow, and it continues with port and direct injection. The 5.0-liter V-8 in the 2022 Mustang makes 450 hp in the GT and 470 hp in the Mach I. This time around, Ford is targeting up to 500 hp, the target announced for a new 2024 Dark Horse track-focused model. Transmission choices will once again be a 10-speed automatic or a 6-speed manual with rev matching for both engines.
Ford said there will be three Dark Horse models in total. In addition to the track-focused but street-legal regular Dark Horse, there will also be a track-only Dark Horse S and race-ready Dark Horse R.
Racing will be a big deal for the 7th-generation Mustang which will compete across the spectrum participating in NASCAR, GT3, and GT4 classes. Ford confirmed the Mustang will also race at the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
While the new internally coded S650-generation Mustang was rumored to switch platforms to the CD6 rear- and all-wheel-drive architecture from the Ford Explorer and Lincoln Navigator, it instead stays on the Mustang-specific DC2 platform that’s served the car since 2015. However, Mustang Vehicle Engineering Manager Eddie Kahn told Motor Authority that Ford revised several parts, including the aluminum lower control arms, rear suspension links, shocks, springs, and stabilizer bars, all with the goal of providing better dynamics and responsiveness. Ford also revised the steering system with a stiffer rack and and a faster 15.5:1 steering ratio versus 16.0:1 for the last model.
An optional Performance Pack for both the GT and EcoBoost adds a front strut tower brace and a Torsen limited-slip differential. Performance Pack cars can also get a magnetic suspension, wider rear wheels and tires, larger brakes, Recaro bucket seats, and an active exhaust. The GT Performance Pack also gets brake ducts and an auxiliary engine oil cooler for better cooling. Ford mentioned a Handling Package for the Dark Horse model but didn’t elaborate. Ford will offer three upgraded brake options. The top version, offered for Performance Pack cars, will feature 6-piston front calipers clamping down on 15.4-inch rotors and 4-piston rear calipers with 14.0-inch rear rotors. All of the calipers are by Brembo and will be available in three colors: black, red, or Grabber Blue.
The exterior design is an evolution of the throwback look Ford adopted in 2005 and has evolved since. All the body panels are new, and Ford says it will have more downforce than the outgoing model and the lowest coefficient of drag for a Mustang yet. The car gets a lower beltline, which should aid outward vision, more pronounced rear haunches, smoother flanks without as many creases, and revised front and rear fascias with a new take on the Mustang’s tri-bar lighting theme.
The noses of the 2.3 and GT models will be unique. Compared to the 2.3, the GT will have struts in the traditional Mustang grille, taller intakes at the corners, and a standard louvered hood vent. Profile images of all seven generations of Mustang will line up along the lower rear glass as one of the car’s Easter eggs. A Bronze Design Series Appearance package will come with bronze alloy wheels and badges.
Inside, the new Mustang goes for revolution. The big change is a healthy injection of technology. Every Mustang will come with a 12.4-inch screen for the digital instrument cluster and a 13.2-inch infotainment touchscreen. The screens will be separated on the base model, but other models will connect them under a single piece of glass, even though the touchscreen angles toward the driver.
The screens will run Ford’s Sync 4 infotainment interface and be configurable. Ford will include five themes for the instrument cluster: Normal, Sport, Track, Calm, and Fox Body, each with a different digital layout. Fox Body will take on the analog look of the beloved Fox body Mustangs built from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. A MyMustang mode will allow drivers to pull up a three- or five-gauge digital auxiliary gauge layout on the center screen. Another Easter egg? The track icon shown in the Track drive mode display will be Michigan’s Grattan Raceway. The other modes will consist of Normal, Sport, Slippery, Drag, and a customizable setting with up to six individual profiles.
The interior also gets a thicker, flat-bottom steering wheel and improved materials with more soft-touch surfaces and contrast stitching. A new Carmine Red interior color will be offered, and the seats will range from cloth in the base version to cloth and vinyl or to vinyl and leather.
In addition to the line lock and launch control functions of previous Mustangs, owners will have access to two new cool gadgets. The first is an Electronic Drift Brake. It’s an electronic parking brake that the driver controls with a different take on a parking brake handle. Instead of a straight handle, it has a 90-degree bend, and it can be enabled by an icon on the center screen. When used, it automatically puts the car in Track driving mode, and lets drivers control the parking brake like a pro drifter. That’s no coincidence as Ford worked with noted drifter Vaughn Gittin Jr. to develop it.
The other new feature is a party trick to show off to the neighbors. It’s called Remote Rev and it lets owners not only start the car remotely but also use the key fob to rev the engine and hear its fury.
On the safety front, the new Mustang gets adaptive cruise control with stop-and-go, speed limit sign recognition, active lane control, evasive steering assist, and front and rear automatic emergency braking. Performance Pack cars also have Active Pothole Mitigation, which monitors the suspension, body, and steering and braking inputs, and adjusts the suspension to lessen the impact of potholes.
The 2024 Ford Mustang will hit dealerships in early summer 2023. Full specs and pricing will be released closer to the market launch.
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As Florida State begins the men’s basketball season, the Seminoles do so without one of their promising newcomers.
Baba Miller, a 6-foot-11 forward from Spain who was the top-rated prospect of FSU’s 2022 recruiting class, will miss the first 16 games because of a suspension handed down by the NCAA for receiving travel benefits. Initially, the suspension was for an entire season but it was later reduced after an appeal by the school.
According to the Florida State, Miller traveled from Spain to a basketball camp in the United States which was expensed. The trip happened before his recruitment at FSU, and after the family learned they had violated NCAA rules they immediately repaid the money.
FSU coach Leonard Hamilton was disappointed by the NCAA’s decision.
“My biggest concern is that if we’re going to hold someone accountable, then there needs to be a little bit more effort put into educating the international kids as to what they can and cannot do,” he said. “I would say that a lot of international guys have been caught up in situations where they don’t understand the NCAA rulebook and how it pertains to them in their sport.
“A lot of it goes unnoticed and their system is altogether different from the club system.”
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Miller played basketball for the Real Madrid organization since he was 12, averaging 11.3 points and 5. 3 rebounds during the 2021-22 season in the Spanish basketball league. He chose Florida State over Gonzaga, committing in June. The 18-year-old was one of six players in the recruiting class, joining Cameron Corhen, De’Ante Green, Chandler Jackson, Jeremiah Bembry and Tom House.
Even though Miller is sidelined until Jan. 11, when the Seminoles travel to Wake Forest, Hamilton expects him to be ready to go.
“Baba, mentally, is getting in better shape. He’s learning more and practicing harder now than he was before. He’s determined to be ready when his availability becomes obvious for all of us to use it,” he said. “His practice will be the same as if he were a 35-minute starter, and it will not change. He’ll probably get more weight work in and spend more time in the gym working on his conditioning. He’ll probably spend more time in the gym getting more shots up.
“The fact that he won’t be available to play here probably increased his activity and time spent in the gym working on his game and in the weight room trying to get bigger and stronger. He’ll be doing everything everyone else does, plus some more.”
FSU opened the season with an 83-74 loss to Stetson on Monday.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) _ M/I Homes Inc. (MHO) on Wednesday reported third-quarter earnings of $131.6 million.
The Columbus, Ohio-based company said it had profit of $4.67 per share.
The homebuilder posted revenue of $1.01 billion in the period.
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Grants support promising scientists in critical areas of Parkinson's research and discovery
MIAMI and NEW YORK, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Parkinson's Foundation has announced an investment of $5.7 million in 33 grants to accelerate cutting-edge Parkinson's disease (PD) research. Through research grants, the Foundation funds scientists conducting innovative studies across various aspects of PD to bring forward new therapies, treatments and ultimately a cure for the 10 million people worldwide living with this debilitating neurological disease.
"The pioneering work of most Nobel Prize recipients occurred before the age of 40, and young scientists are likely to play a significant role in groundbreaking PD discoveries. Compared to the National Institutes of Health, our support doubles the number of early career researchers dedicating their careers to PD," said Chief Scientific Officer James Beck, PhD, of the Parkinson's Foundation. "Established investigators also bring keen insight to understanding PD, and our funding drives the pursuit of novel ideas that may lead to PD breakthroughs."
The Foundation is foremost focused on supporting innovative scientific approaches to PD research. Individual scientists are the drivers of these advances. The Stanley Fahn Junior Faculty Award acts as a bridge to ensure that independent, early career scientists stay in the PD research field. Stanley Fahn Junior Faculty Award recipients receive a maximum four-year award of $400,000.
Grant recipient Sarah Shahmoradian, PhD, of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, will apply the award to study the cellular anatomy of a key Parkinson's protein, called alpha-synuclein (aSyn), using 3D Electron Tomography in its natural state in the brain. Through this study, her team will have the potential to fundamentally advance the understanding of how PD develops, inform new therapeutic strategies, and improve imaging tracer development.
"The generous support from the Parkinson's Foundation cements my commitment to continuing my PD research. By receiving this award from an organization so intimately linked to those affected by PD, I feel a heightened sense of personal responsibility and urgency," said Dr. Shahmoradian.
Parkinson's Foundation research grants are selected through a highly competitive application process that is comprised of a peer-review panel of scientific experts, including members of the Foundation's Scientific Advisory Board and Foundation-trained research advocates. Research award categories include independent investigator awards, fellowships, and early career awards. For a complete list of 2022 recipients and more information about Parkinson's Foundation research grant opportunities, please visit Parkinson.org/ResearchGrants.
The Parkinson's Foundation makes life better for people with Parkinson's disease by improving care and advancing research toward a cure. In everything we do, we build on the energy, experience and passion of our global Parkinson's community. Since 1957, the Parkinson's Foundation has invested more than $400 million in Parkinson's research and clinical care. Connect with us on Parkinson.org, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or call (800) 4PD-INFO (473-4636).
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NEW YORK (AP) — Two men who went missing in the Atlantic Ocean for 10 days after a storm hit their sailboat off North Carolina thanked the crew of the tanker that rescued them and said they were lucky to have survived.
“By some bizarre chance” a crew member of the Silver Muna happened to spot the sailboat off the coast of Delaware on Tuesday even though it was “a toothpick” compared to the tanker, rescued sailor Kevin Hyde said at a news conference Wednesday.
Hyde, 65, praised the Silver Muna's lookout protocol. “Their training paid off and they found us,” he said.
Hyde, Joe DiTomasso and a pet dog were sailing from New Jersey to Florida when the men lost contact with their families on Dec. 3 off North Carolina's Outer Banks.
Hyde, speaking after he, DiTomasso and the dog were brought ashore in New York City on Wednesday, said the pair were “sailing along, having a good time” and headed toward Cape Hatteras when a huge storm blew them off course and blew the mast off their boat, the Atrevida II.
The boat also lost power and fuel. “So by that time, we were just being pushed out to sea farther and farther,” Hyde said.
The men had little food and ran out of water. “We didn’t have water for two days,” DiTomasso said. “And I bought these beans. And the best part about the beans, they had water in them. They were soaked in water. And we’re taking sips at a time.”
The men described fearsome waves. “Youse don’t know what 40-foot waves look like,” DiTomasso said. “How high’s this building? How high’s the roof?”
The U.S. Coast Guard was notified that the sailors were overdue on Sunday and began a search that spanned the waters from northern Florida to New Jersey, Coast Guard officials said in a news release.
But it was the crew of the Silver Muna that spotted the Atrevida II some 214 miles (344 kilometers) east of Delaware on Tuesday.
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Continuing the luxury brand's expansion in the U.S., the high-end property will debut in 2023 as Long Beach's first luxury boutique hotel, restoring one of California's most storied properties to its original grandeur
TORONTO, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, part of world leading hospitality group Accor, in partnership with Long Beach-based investment and development group Pacific6, today announced the redevelopment of the iconic Breakers Hotel in Long Beach, California. A timeless feature of the Long Beach skyline, Fairmont The Breakers, Long Beach has a character and soul all its own. Originally opened in the roaring twenties as a lavish hotel on the waterfront, The Breakers was a sought-after destination for celebrities and dignitaries, including Elizabeth Taylor, Cary Grant, Babe Ruth and Clark Gable, among other Hollywood stars. The historic property is currently undergoing a significant restoration and redevelopment, and is slated to reopen in 2023 as Long Beach's first luxury boutique hotel.
The reimagined Fairmont The Breakers, Long Beach will feature high-end accommodations and amenities, including 185 boutique hotel rooms and suites; a rooftop pool and terrace overlooking the Terrace Theater Plaza; an open-air rooftop lounge and bar with 360-degree views of the Pacific Ocean and Los Angeles basin; a lavish two-story spa, wellness and fitness center; a live jazz club and music lounge; and more than 12,000 square feet of flexible indoor and outdoor meeting and function space. The hotel's culinary program will include five innovative food & beverage venues, including the reopening of the famed Sky Room restaurant.
"We are honored to play a role in the exciting redevelopment of Fairmont The Breakers, Long Beach. Fairmont and Accor are committed to growing our unique collection of hotels in the region, and we are thrilled to add this landmark property to our North American portfolio," said Heather McCrory, CEO, Accor North & Central America. "Fairmont is renowned for the brand's iconic, history-making properties, and The Breakers now becomes a part of that global legacy. The project will set the standard for luxury hospitality in Long Beach, bringing to life a vibrant and thriving destination appealing to locals and visitors alike. The timing is also ideal to add a third standout Fairmont property in Los Angeles, in advance of the FIFA World Cup in 2026 and Summer Olympics in 2028."
With more than 80 locations around the globe, and a record-breaking pipeline under development, Fairmont boasts some of the most renowned hotel addresses in the world, including The Plaza in New York City and The Savoy in London, both Fairmont managed hotels. Fairmont The Breakers, Long Beach joins a growing collection of luxury properties in California, including the recently reimagined Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles; seaside standout Fairmont Miramar in Santa Monica; Forbes 5-star triple threat Fairmont Grand Del Mar in San Diego; historic Bay icon Claremont Club & Spa, A Fairmont Hotel; and the brand's original hotel, flagship Fairmont San Francisco. Other notable properties that will soon join the exceptional Fairmont brand portfolio include Fairmont La Paz Puerta Cortés Resort and Residences in Mexico, Fairmont Phoenix and Fairmont Orlando. Fairmont hotels are a place of occasion, offering world-class dining, luxurious rooms, thoughtful service and unforgettable experiences in beautiful locations.
"The Breakers is an iconic piece of our city's history and I couldn't be more excited to see it restored to a world-class hotel," said Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia. "Having a company and brand like Fairmont Hotels in Long Beach speaks to the strength of our local economy and I'm looking forward to the opportunities this partnership will bring to the city."
"Pacific6 invested in The Breakers out of love and a desire to restore one of Long Beach's most storied properties to its original grandeur, and a drive to create the most memorable, high-end luxury hotel in one of the city's most sought-after locations," said John Molina, Founding Partner of Pacific6. "Fairmont has a long and successful history in operating luxury hotels and is the perfect partner to bring The Breakers, Long Beach to life. We are excited to work together as we return this historic landmark to its former glory."
Fairmont The Breakers, Long Beach is located on Ocean Boulevard in the city of Long Beach, which serves as a major destination for tourism and other leisure travel as well as a hub for regional commercial activity. The area is known for its waterfront attractions, such as the RMS Queen Mary and the Aquarium of the Pacific, and boasts cultural charms such as Restaurant Row on Pine Avenue and the East Village Arts District. The hotel is adjacent to the Long Beach Convention Center and is a short walk from the Metro Blue Line station, which connects downtown Long Beach to downtown Los Angeles via rail.
"Fairmont's presence in Long Beach allows us to grow both our convention and pleasure travel markets. Previously, certain conventions were not able to choose our destination because we were unable to offer a luxury boutique hotel. In addition, today's travel segment of people looking for unique, intimate, luxury experiences has also grown dramatically," said Steve Goodling, President & CEO of the Long Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau. "Fairmont answers the needs of both of these sectors for us and will help Long Beach continue to grow in its tourism marketing and sales."
The project will bring together a world-class team of architects and designers to develop a stunning luxury hotel. The property's renovation will be a major economic benefit to Long Beach, providing employment opportunities to more than 1,500 during the redevelopment, and more than 230 hospitality jobs upon reopening.
Fairmont is part of Accor, the second largest operator of luxury hotels in the world. Additional luxury brands in the Accor portfolio include Raffles, Orient Express, Sofitel, and many more. Upon its opening, Fairmont The Breakers, Long Beach will join ALL - Accor Live Limitless, Accor's award-winning lifestyle loyalty program.
About Fairmont
Fairmont Hotels & Resorts is where the intimate equally coexists with the infinite–an unrivaled portfolio of more than 80 extraordinary hotels where grand moments of life, heartfelt pleasures and personal milestones are celebrated and remembered long after any visit. Since 1907, Fairmont has created magnificent, meaningful and unforgettable hotels, rich with character and deeply connected to the history, culture and community of its destinations–places such as The Plaza in New York City, The Savoy in London, Fairmont San Francisco, Fairmont Banff Springs in Canada, Fairmont Peace Hotel in Shanghai, and Fairmont The Palm in Dubai. Famous for its engaging service, awe-inspiring public spaces, locally inspired cuisine, and iconic bars and lounges, Fairmont also takes great pride in its pioneering approach to hospitality and leadership in sustainability and responsible tourism practices. Fairmont is part of Accor, a world leading hospitality group counting over 5,300 properties throughout more than 110 countries, and a participating brand in ALL – Accor Live Limitless – a lifestyle loyalty program providing access to a wide variety of rewards, services and experiences.
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About Pacific6 Enterprises
Pacific6 is a Long Beach, California-based investment and development partnership, capitalized at $200 million, that seeks projects offering unique potential for economic and social advancement, and which will have a positive and lasting impact on people and their communities. Since its founding, the company has invested its resources in numerous socially conscious projects, including the renovation and revitalization of historic landmark properties, green initiatives to address climate change, aquaculture ventures to sustainably feed future generations, medical technologies to assist with current and future pandemics, independent media agencies to provide hyperlocal journalism, and more.
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Devin Leary hasn’t forgotten lessons that came as a first-year starting quarterback struggling just to consistently complete passes, much less avoid turnovers and move North Carolina State’s offense.
“I think one of the biggest things is pretty obvious,” the fifth-year QB said. “It’s hard to win games.”
Things look much rosier now for the preseason pick as Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year and his 13th-ranked Wolfpack. He's part of a deep group of league quarterbacks who have moved past hard-lesson days to open this season as proven veterans. That could lead to a season full of big production from offenses set to thrive behind the experienced guys taking the snaps.
“We’ll see, it could be deceiving,” Leary said. “But I think going into every offseason with knowing who your starting quarterback is, that makes you feel a little bit better about your offense.”
In all, 12 of 14 teams have at least one quarterback with nine or more career starts, headlined by Louisville’s Malik Cunningham (38).
Duke and North Carolina are outliers, with the Blue Devils having one start from Riley Leonard for Mike Elko’s first season as coach. Mack Brown’s Tar Heels had a preseason battle to replace star Sam Howell before going with redshirt freshman Drake Maye, who became the first player in program history to throw for five touchdowns in his starting debut last weekend against Florida A&M.
Then there’s No. 22 Wake Forest, which opens Thursday night with a first-time starter in redshirt freshman Mitch Griffis. Fifth-year junior Sam Hartman, one of the nation’s most prolific quarterbacks with 33 career starts, is out indefinitely with a non-football medical condition.
Most league coaches will have the security that comes with having a quarterback who has seen plenty of game reps. Former Florida State quarterback and first-round NFL draft pick EJ Manuel said that includes the impact on the rest of the offensive players.
As he put it: “You just want to be able to kind of clean up what your teammates don't do well.”
“That's kind of part of the position, you know what I mean?” said Manuel, an ACC Network analyst who started 31 games for the Seminoles from 2009-12. "You kind of have to take the heat when they don't do it. Playing under (former coach Jimbo) Fisher, he always kind of put us in that situation where 'OK, it's on you, that guy wasn't in the position he was supposed to be.'
“That's why I say in the quarterback position, it's so important to just have that mentality where you don't get flustered.”
That's an asset for Louisville coach Scott Satterfield with Cunningham, saying the coaches “kind of lean on him" to help young players. First-year Virginia coach Tony Elliott sees that value, too, with returning Cavaliers starter Brennan Armstrong even as he's had to learn a new scheme.
“Once you get in a live situation and things start moving fast, it may take him a second or two to kind of get settled in," Elliott said. "But he'll get settled in before everybody else, which will allow everybody else to make that transition.”
Reaching that point takes time, even when the first on-field results look promising.
Clemson's D.J. Uiagalelei put up huge numbers in his first two starts in 2020 while star Trevor Lawrence was sidelined by COVID-19 protocols. But things didn’t go as smoothly in his first year as the starter, as the 6-foot-4, 250-pound Uiagalelei failed to crack 200 yards in nine of 13 games.
Uiagalelei said he has worked on improving his throwing mechanics and footwork to go with the added knowledge that comes only through game reps.
“Command,” he said. “Just experience, just having a better feel of it. Knowing kind of what to do, talk to guys a little bit better.”
Teams like No. 17 Pittsburgh and Virginia Tech are hoping to benefit from the experience their starting QBs gained elsewhere. The Panthers are going with USC transfer Kedon Slovis (26 career starts) while the Hokies are starting Marshall transfer Grant Wells (23).
“How you get better playing quarterback is by playing,” first-year Pitt offensive coordinator Frank Cignetti said. “Kedon has game experience from USC and it certainly helps.”
Leary knows the potential level of QB play across the league this fall will only magnify the spotlight that is already locked on the game's highest-profile position. He's ready for it, too.
“I know how great all these ACC quarterbacks are,” Leary said, adding: "This is a veteran conference for quarterbacks. Myself being a part of that is an honor itself.”
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AP Sports Writer Gary B. Graves in Louisville, Kentucky; Will Graves in Pittsburgh; Pete Iacobelli in Clemson, South Carolina; and Hank Kurz in Richmond, Virginia; contributed to this report.
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RICHMOND, Va. -- COVID-19 hospitalizations in the Commonwealth increased over the past week, according to data from the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association (VHHA).
As of Thursday, there were 961 hospitalized patients confirmed positive for COVID-19, which is up from 776 (+185) last Thursday, according to the VHHA.
VHHA's 7-day moving average of current COVID-19 hospitalizations sat at 846 Thursday. That is up 101 from 745 last Thursday. That number was 719 the Friday before and 650 the previous Friday.
Additionally, nearly 900 additional COVID-19 patients were discharged from Virginia hospitals over the past week, according to the VHHA.
The VHHA reported a total of 130,868 hospitalized COVID-19 patients have been discharged as of Thursday, an increase from 129,975 (+893) patients from last Thursday's update.
The data is a look into COVID-19 recoveries in Virginia. While the data isn't an exact recovery statistic, the discharge category shows how many COVID-19 patients were hospitalized and released.
The VHHA's online data dashboard provides up-to-date statistics daily on the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations across the Commonwealth, ventilator usage, and current hospital bed availability.
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The 2023 Amundi Evian Championship Odds & Preview: Atthaya Thitikul
The 2023 Amundi Evian Championship at Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains, France will have Atthaya Thitikul as part of the field from July 27-30 as the golfers battle the par-71, 6,527-yard course, with a purse of $6,500,000.00 at stake.
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Atthaya Thitikul Insights
- Thitikul has finished below par nine times and carded 10 rounds with a better-than-average score over her last 15 rounds.
- She has carded a top-five score in five of her last 15 rounds, while ranking among the top 10 scores of the day six times.
- Over her last 15 rounds, Thitikul has finished within three strokes of the best score of the round five times, and within five strokes of the top score of the day on eight occasions.
- Thitikul has finished in the top 10 three times in her past five tournaments, and as high as the top five in one.
- The past five times she has played a tournament, she's made the cut three times.
- In her past five events, Thitikul has finished within five shots of the leader two times and with a better-than-average score three times.
Over the last year
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Amundi Evian Championship Insights and Stats
- Courses on the Tour have been an average length of 7,017 yards in the past year. This tournament will take place on a par 71 that's 6,527 yards.
- Evian Resort Golf Club has seen an average tournament score of -6 recently, which is lower than the Tour scoring average of -5 on all courses in the past year.
- The average course Thitikul has played in the past year has been 31 yards longer than the 6,527 yards Evian Resort Golf Club will be at for this event.
- In the past year, the events she has played have had a scoring average of -3 among finishers, higher than the -6 average at this course.
Thitikul's Last Time Out
- Thitikul finished in the 47th percentile on the eight par-3 holes at the U.S. Women’s Open, with an average of 3.13 strokes.
- Her 4.10-stroke average on the 20 par-4 holes at the U.S. Women’s Open was strong, putting her in the 83rd percentile of the field.
- Thitikul was better than only 3% of the golfers at the U.S. Women’s Open on the tournament's eight par-5 holes, averaging 5.63 strokes per hole compared to the field average, which was 5.02.
- Thitikul fared worse on par 3s than the field her last time out, carding a birdie or better on one of eight par-3s at the U.S. Women’s Open (the other participants averaged 1.5).
- On the eight par-3s at the U.S. Women’s Open, Thitikul had two bogeys or worse (less than the tournament average of 3.0).
- Thitikul's two birdies or better on par-4s at the U.S. Women’s Open were less than the tournament average of 3.0.
- At that last tournament, Thitikul carded a bogey or worse on four of 20 par-4s (the field averaged 8.4).
- Thitikul ended the U.S. Women’s Open without carding a birdie or better on a par-5 hole, compared to the field average of 2.8 on the eight par-5s.
- On the eight par-5s at the U.S. Women’s Open, Thitikul recorded more bogeys or worse (four) than the tournament average (2.6).
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Enjoy a bite of heroic flavor with NEW Kellogg's® Miraculous™ Cereal inspired by the Globally Popular Kids' TV Show
BATTLE CREEK, Mich., April 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Grab your superhero-suits and get ready to take on the day! One of the most beloved cereal brands is uniting with the globally popular animated kids TV show, ZAG Heroez Miraculous™ - Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir, to transform breakfast into the ultimate superhero experience with NEW Kellogg's® Miraculous™ Cereal.
Inspired by the show's leads, two Parisian teens who magically transform into secret superheroes Ladybug and Cat Noir, the new cereal perfectly encapsulates their heroic adventures to save their city. This first-ever macaron-flavored cereal from Kellogg is reminiscent of the classic Parisian treat with sweet, strawberry flavored pink and purple cereal pieces capturing Ladybug and Cat Noir's powers through their Kwamis, Tikki and Plagg, coupled with white marshmallows.
"Both Kellogg's cereal and Miraculous have incredibly devoted fan bases," said Laura Newman, senior director of brand marketing at Kellogg Company. "We're calling on all fans of Miraculous to don their super-suits and kickstart the day with this new Parisian-inspired cereal celebrating the many adventures of Ladybug and Cat Noir."
Created by global independent animation studio ZAG and co-produced with Method Animation (Mediawan Kids & Family), Miraculous – Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir is now in its fifth season. A bona fide global hit, Miraculous is available in more than 120 countries around the globe across multiple traditional media outlets and streaming platforms.
"For more than a century, people have started their day with Kellogg's cereal, creating lasting memories for generations," commented Jeremy Zag, Founder and CEO, ZAG. "We are so proud to offer our fans a new way to interact with their favorite heroes — this time at the breakfast table — offering families some inspiration and energy to start their day."
Kellogg's Miraculous Cereal will be available at retailers nationwide starting in April for a suggested retail price of $5.29 for an 8.4-ounce box and $6.49 for a 13.5-ounce box. For more information, visit Kelloggs.com, and follow Kellogg's on Instagram and TikTok, and Miraculous on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.
About Kellogg Company
At Kellogg Company (NYSE: K), our vision is a good and just world where people are not just fed but fulfilled. We are creating better days and a place at the table for everyone through our trusted food brands. Our beloved brands include Pringles®, Cheez-It®, Special K®, Kellogg's Frosted Flakes®, Pop-Tarts®, Kellogg's Corn Flakes®, Rice Krispies®, Eggo®, Mini-Wheats®, Kashi®, RXBAR®, MorningStar Farms® and more. Net sales in 2022 were over $15.3 billion, comprised principally of snacks as well as convenience foods like cereal, frozen foods, and noodles. As part of our Kellogg's Better Days® Promise ESG strategy, we're addressing the interconnected issues of wellbeing, climate and food security, creating Better Days for 3 billion people by the end of 2030. Visit www.KelloggCompany.com.
About Miraculous™ - Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir
Miraculous™ - Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir continues to be everyone's favorite superhero story and is ranked by IMDB amongst the Top 10 Best Animated Shows in the last 20 years. Available in over 120 countries, season five of the series started to roll-out in fall 2022, to be followed by the highly anticipated $US100M+ animated feature. In the U.S., Miraculous airs on Disney Channel and streams on Disney+ and Netflix . With a core audience of 52% girls and 48% boys ages 6-12, and a massive fan base of young adult "Miraculers," (ages 15-25), Miraculous has become a digital planetary craze with over 33 billion views on YouTube (authorized and user-generated content); over 200 million downloads of the official app; and over 500 million+ plays on Roblox. Over 280 million products have been sold and retail sales have surpassed US$1B worldwide to date. Miraculous is the winner of 29 awards, including the 2023 Kidscreen Award for Best Kids Animated Series.
The 3D-CGI-animated superhero aspirational action-comedy series Miraculous™ - Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, created by ZAG and co-produced with Method Animation (Mediawan Kids & Family), follows the adventures of two seemingly typical teens with secret identities, Marinette, and Adrien, who magically transform into superheroes, Ladybug and Cat Noir. As secret superheroes, Ladybug and Cat Noir are partners in the action. But in the daytime, Marinette is just a normal girl, living a normal life. Cat Noir will do anything to support and impress Ladybug but does not know this is Marinette from his class. Marinette, the regular girl, in turn dreams of Adrien and simply gets little response. When evil threatens Paris, their beloved City of Lights, can they beat the unexpected villains?
About ZAG
ZAG is a global independent entertainment studio specializing in world-class storytelling across TV, film, and digital platforms. ZAG's foundation is rooted in compelling characters, limitless imagination, and masterful storytelling infused with original musical scores. The company is home to world-class entertainment properties under the ZAG HEROEZ label, including Miraculous™ - Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir as well as Ghostforce (2021). ZAG is also currently in production on Melody, an animated feature to star Katy Perry; and recently signed a 10-movie deal with Cross Creek Pictures. Visionary director and composer Jeremy Zag founded the ZAG Kids and Family Entertainment Group in France in 2009, further expanding the company to the USA in 2012 with the Global Brand Franchise office in Santa Monica, California. ZAG now has offices in Paris, London, Montreal, Santa Monica, Miami, Mexico, Frankfurt, Tel Aviv, Frankfurt, Dubai, and Shenzhen. The company's Consumer Products Division, helmed by Julian Jacob ZAG, EVP, Global Operations and Head of Consumer Products, includes the licensing and merchandising, gaming, promotions, and toy groups, and focuses on developing products and experiences beyond the screen into brands that inspire the new generation to discover their true character. https://www.zag.com
About Method Animation
Part of Mediawan Kids & Family, multi-award-winning TV production company Method Animation has a solid expertise in producing in-house innovative and ambitious 3D-CGI and hybrid animated concepts for a large number of international broadcasters. Method Animation has developed series adaptations of renowned intellectual properties and critically-acclaimed TV series, including Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir co-produced with ZAG (4 seasons), Iron Man (co-produced with Marvel), Robin Hood – Mischief in Sherwood (3 seasons), The Enchanted Village of Pinocchio (co-produced with Palomar) and upcoming 3D CGI series Petronix Defenders.
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From the book’s opening citation of William Faulkner, to Prince Harry’s passionate bond with his wife Meghan, you could almost call the Duke of Sussex’s memoir “The Americanization of Prince Harry.”
Bereaved boy, troubled teen, wartime soldier, unhappy royal — many facets of Prince Harry are revealed in his explosive memoir, often in eyebrow-raising detail. Running throughout is Harry’s desire to be a different kind of prince — the kind who talks about his feelings, eats fast food and otherwise doesn’t hide beyond a prim facade.
Like an American.
From accounts of cocaine use and losing his virginity to raw family rifts, “Spare” exposes deeply personal details about Harry and the wider royal family. Even Americans may flinch when he confides that a trip to the North Pole left him with frostbitten genitals that proved most irritating during his brother’s wedding to Kate.
BROTHERHOOD
The book opens with a famous quote from Faulkner, bard of the American South: “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.”
Harry’s story is dominated by his rivalry with elder brother Prince William and the death of the boys’ mother, Princess Diana, in 1997. Harry, who was 12 at the time, has never forgiven the media for Diana’s death in a car crash while being pursued by photographers.
The loss of his mother haunts the book, which Harry dedicates to Meghan, children Archie and Lili “and, of course, my mother.”
The opening chapter recounts how his father Prince Charles — now King Charles III — broke the news of his mother’s accident, but didn’t give his son a hug.
Harry reveals that years later he asked his driver to take him through the Pont de l’Alma tunnel in Paris, site of the fatal crash, hoping in vain that it would help end a “decade of unrelenting pain. He also says he once consulted a woman who claimed to have “powers” and to be able to pass on messages from Diana.
Harry adds that he and William both “pleaded” with their father not to marry his long-term paramour Camilla Parker-Bowles, worried she would become a “wicked stepmother.”
Harry also is tormented by his status as royal “spare” behind William, who is heir to the British throne. Harry recounts a longstanding sibling rivalry that worsened after Harry began a relationship with Meghan, the American actor whom he married in 2018.
He says that during an argument in 2019, William called Meghan “difficult” and “rude” (the kind of insults an upper class Englishman might reserve for Americans), then grabbed him by the collar and knocked him down. Harry suffered cuts and bruises from landing on a dog bowl.
Harry says Charles implored the brothers to make up, saying after the funeral of Prince Philip in 2021: “Please, boys — don’t make my final years a misery.
Neither Buckingham Palace, which represents King Charles III, nor William’s Kensington Palace office has commented on any of the allegations.
ADMIRATION FOR GRANDPARENTS
Harry writes with admiration and some affection about Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip. He remembers Phillip’s “many passions —carriage driving, barbecuing, shooting, food beer,” and above all how he “embraced life,” as did his mother. “Maybe that was why he’d been such a fan” of Princess Diana, Harry recalls.
Meanwhile, he acknowledges being intimidated at times by his grandmother, if only because she was the Queen. She is no more helpful than anyone else in containing the media leaks, but she is often seen as sympathetic to his wishes, never more so than when she approved of his marriage of Meghan.
Harry also sees her as an engaging, even humorous person beyond her otherwise proper bearing. Reflecting on her death last year he remembers whispering jokes into her ear or convincing her to participate in a widely seen promotional video of the Invictus Games, in which she one-ups the Obamas in a sparring contest.
“She was a natural comedienne,” he writes, calling her “wicked sense of humor” a prized confidence between the two. “In every photo of us, whenever we’re exchanging a glance, making solid eye contact, it’s clear. We had secrets.”
WILD TEENAGE YEARS
The memoir suggests the media’s party-boy image of Harry during his teen and young adult years was well-deserved.
Harry describes how he lost his virginity at 17 — in a field behind a pub to an older woman who loved horses and treated the teenage prince like a “young stallion.” It was, he says, an “inglorious episode.”
He also says he took cocaine several times starting at the same age, in order to “feel different.” He also acknowledges using cannabis and magic mushrooms — which made him hallucinate that a toilet was talking to him.
ARMY REVELATIONS
Harry offers extensive memories of his decade in the British Army, serving twice in Afghanistan. He says that on his second tour, as an Apache helicopter co-pilot and gunner in 2012-2013, he killed 25 Taliban militants. Harry says he felt neither satisfaction nor shame about his actions, and in the heat of battle regarded enemy combatants as pieces being removed from a chessboard, “Bads taken away before they could kill Goods.”
Veterans criticized the comments and said they could increase the security risk for Harry. Retired Col. Richard Kemp said it was “an error of judgment,” and regarding enemy fighters as chess pieces is “not the way the British Army trains people.”
“I think that sort of comment that doesn’t reflect reality is misleading and potentially valuable to those people who wish the British forces and British government harm,” he told the BBC.
The Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021, and Harry’s words have drawn protests in the country. Afghan Foreign Ministry spokesman Abdul Qahar Balkhi called the Western invasion of Afghanistan “odious” and said Harry’s comments “are a microcosm of the trauma experienced by Afghans at the hands of occupation forces who murdered innocents without any accountability.”
A REGULAR GUY
Yes, he’s a Prince, but he isn’t above stopping by for burgers and fries at an In-N-Out, or getting clothes from a chain outlet. He’s also a compulsive watcher of “Friends” and relates most to the wisecracking Chandler Bing, played by Matthew Perry. And because he’s a prince, he got to meet another “Friends” star, Courteney Cox, and indulge in chocolate psychedelic mushrooms at her Los Angeles home.
THE REAL VILLAIN
Harry shares painful words about his father and brother, but his real anger is directed at the British media, and at those within the royal circle who cooperated and otherwise stood aside. While Charles remains apparently indifferent to the press, the rest of the family is obsessed with media coverage, Harry writes, himself as much as any of them. He expresses despair over what he calls endlessly false stories about him, the racist caricatures of his wife and of the press’ unnerving knowledge of his whereabouts and private correspondence. “One has to have a relationship with the press,” he is told by the royal staff.
PERSONAL JOURNEY
Harry credits Meghan with changing the way he sees the world and himself. He says he was “awash in isolation and privilege” and had no understanding of unconscious bias before he met her.
The young prince notoriously wore a Nazi uniform to a costume party in 2005, and claims in the book that William and his now-wife Kate encouraged the choice of outfit and “howled” with laughter when they saw it. He was recorded using a racist term about a fellow soldier of Pakistani descent in 2006, but says he did not know the word was a slur and that the soldier was not offended.
Meghan and Harry cited the U.K. media’s treatment of the biracial American actor as one of the main reasons for their decision to quit royal duties and move to the U.S. in 2020.
The book gives no sign that royal family relations will be repaired soon. Harry told ITV in an interview to promote the book that he wants reconciliation, but that there must be “accountability” first.
In the final pages, Harry describes how he and William walked side by side during the funeral procession of Queen Elizabeth II in September, but spoke barely a word to one another.
“The following afternoon, Meg and I left for America,” he says. | https://www.wane.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-spare-but-not-stingy-takeaways-from-prince-harrys-memoir/ | 2023-01-10 13:54:33 | 0 | https://www.wane.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-spare-but-not-stingy-takeaways-from-prince-harrys-memoir/ |
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — A student at Atlantic Community High School has been arrested after school police said she brought a stun gun to school Wednesday.
Wilbernia Camilus, 18, of Delray Beach is facing a felony charge of possessing a weapon on school property. On Friday, she bonded out of Palm Beach County Jail.
On Wednesday afternoon, Assistant Principal Chelsea Williams brought Camilus to her office to have a bag searched by a police officer for the school district.
Camilus and several other students were in the restroom area and Williams reported she smelled smoke coming from there, according to the arrest report released Friday.
During a search of her book bag, a pink stun gun was found.
"I asked Camilus why she had a weapon," the officer said in the report. "Camillus stated she keeps the stun gun in her possession for her protection." | https://www.wptv.com/news/region-s-palm-beach-county/delray-beach/atlantic-community-high-student-arrested-after-stun-gun-brought-to-school-district-says | 2023-04-21 22:33:23 | 1 | https://www.wptv.com/news/region-s-palm-beach-county/delray-beach/atlantic-community-high-student-arrested-after-stun-gun-brought-to-school-district-says |
NEW YORK, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
This lawsuit is on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Netflix common stock or call options, or sold put options, between January 19, 2021 and April 19, 2022, inclusive.
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Netflix, Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Netflix was exhibiting slower acquisition growth due to, among other things, account sharing by customers and increased competition from other streaming services; (2) the Company was experiencing difficulties retaining customers; (3) as a result of the foregoing, the Company was losing subscribers on a net basis (4) as a result, the Company's financial results were being adversely affected; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and/or misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Netflix, Inc. you have until July 5, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Tougher clean energy goals, a ban on new oil and gas wells near homes and schools, and establishing guidelines for capturing carbon and storing it underground are among the climate proposals California Democrats advanced in the final days of the legislative session.
Taken together, along with tens of billions in budget money for climate proposals, the policies marked one of the state’s most groundbreaking years for climate action, some advocates said.
“This was a watershed year on climate action,” said Mary Creasman, chief executive officer for California Environmental Voters.
Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in August delivered to lawmakers a slate of climate proposals, some of which lawmakers had been pushing unsuccessfully for years. All but one, a proposal that would have required deeper greenhouse gas emissions cuts by 2030, will now head to his desk.
Broadly, legislative Republicans argued the bills would destroy in-state jobs and require the state to turn to foreign countries to import oil to maintain an economy that still relies heavily on fossil fuels. Democrats, meanwhile, said the urgency of climate change requires swifter, more aggressive action.
Here’s a look and some of the key measures:
NEIGHBORHOOD OIL DRILLING
Oil and gas companies would no longer be able to drill wells within 3,200 feet (975 meters) of homes, schools and other community sites.
About 2.7 million Californians live within that distance of a well already, according to state Sen. Lena Gonzalez, one of the bill’s authors. Studies show living near a drilling site can elevate the risk of birth defects, respiratory issues and health problems. Neighborhood oil wells are common across parts of Los Angeles County and Kern County.
The legislation wouldn’t shut down the more than 28,000 existing wells in that zone, but would require them to meet strict pollution controls. Those wells would also be barred from most permits to deepen or rework the wells.
State oil regulators announced a similar policy in 2021, though it has not yet been finalized. Supporters of the policy believed passing the law was the quickest path forward.
“This is a victory for every single family and every single frontline community in California that has been fighting Big Oil’s drilling in our backyards for decades and pushing for setbacks for years,” Kobi Naseck, coalition coordinator, for Voices in Solidarity Against Oil in Neighborhoods said in a statement.
California is the seventh largest oil-producing state and ranks fourteenth for natural gas production. Republican state Sen. Shannon Grove of Bakersfield, one of the state’s oil hubs, said the proposal would affect thousands of wells in her district and do nothing to reduce a need for oil.
“It doesn’t change the fact that Californians are still using oil every single day to make their lives more convenient and better,” she said.
RENEWABLE ENERGY
California has already mandated that 100% of retail electricity sales will come from non-carbon energy sources like solar and wind power by 2045. Current law sets an interim goal of 60% by 2030.
Lawmakers have now boosted that to 90% by 2030 and 95% by 2035.
The action comes as California is struggling to keep its power grid stable as the state transitions away from fossil fuels and record temperatures blanket the state.
The more aggressive 2030 targets will put even more pressure on the state to build more solar panels, wind turbines and batteries that can store that power for use at night. At the same time, electricity demand is expected to sore as California tries to get more people to swap out gas-powered cars and home appliances for electric ones.
Lawmakers also agreed to a policy aimed at extending the life of Diablo Canyon, the state’s last nuclear power plant, to help stabilize the energy grid. But nuclear power does not count as an eligible non-carbon source to meet the state’s clean electricity goals. Solar, wind, geothermal, biomass, small hydropower and fuel cells count.
Newsom, speaking Wednesday, acknowledged the challenges of having enough energy to meet demand during heat waves made worse by climate change. But he said that will only accelerate California’s push to build a cleaner energy grid.
“Don’t think for a second … that we’re going to de-escalate our commitment to that transition,” he said.
CARBON NEUTRALITY
Former California Gov. Jerry Brown signed an executive order in 2018 calling for the state to be carbon neutral by 2045, meaning any carbon that it emits is offset by removing a similar amount from the atmosphere.
Legislators on Wednesday voted to turn that goal into a law and require an 85% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions along with it. The second part is designed to ensure that the carbon neutrality is mostly achieved by lowering emissions, not taking carbon out of the air.
Some environmental groups are skeptical that carbon capture is a reliable and safe technology and worry it will be used to let oil companies keep emitting fossil fuels.
Another bill passed by the Legislature requires the state air board to create a permitting process for for such projects. It bans the technology from being used to extract more oil. | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/california-democrats-cap-legislative-year-with-climate-wins/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_business | 2022-09-01 21:11:54 | 1 | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/california-democrats-cap-legislative-year-with-climate-wins/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_business |
Eight players with Alabama football roots have been selected for The Associated Press All-Pro first team for the 2022 NFL season, including rookie Marcus Jones.
In addition to the former Enterprise High School and Troy standout, the first-team All-Pros from Alabama high schools and colleges included:
· Las Vegas Raiders kicker Daniel Carlson (Auburn)
· Pittsburgh Steelers safety Minkah Fitzpatrick (Alabama)
· Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill (West Alabama)
· Las Vegas Raiders running back Josh Jacobs (Alabama)
· Washington Commanders special-teamer Jeremy Reaves (South Alabama)
· Denver Broncos cornerback Patrick Surtain II (Alabama)
· New York Jets defensive tackle Quinnen Williams (Wenonah, Alabama)
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As with Jones, Carlson, Jacobs, Reaves, Surtain and Williams received All-Pro recognition for the first time in their NFL careers. Hill has now been a first-team All-Pro four times, and Fitzpatrick earned the honor for the third time.
A third-round draft choice from Houston, Jones led the NFL in punt-return yards and punt-return average for the New England Patriots in 2022. He received 47 first-team and two second-team votes from the panel of 50 AP members that selected the All-Pro team. Jones also received one second-team vote at kickoff returner.
After breaking the NFL record for the most field goals of 50-or-more yards in one season, Carlson received 25 first-team and 10 second-team votes.
Fitzpatrick led the voting at safety with 45 first-team and four second-team votes. Fitzpatrick also was a first-team All-Pro selection in 2019 and 2020.
Hill finished second to the Minnesota Vikings’ Justin Jefferson in the wide-receiver voting. Jefferson and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce were the only unanimous selections for the team. Hill received 47 first-team and three second-team votes. Hill also earned All-Pro first-team recognition in 2016 (as a punt returner), 2018 and 2020.
The league’s leading-rusher, Jacobs received 42 first-team votes and five second-team votes.
Reaves paced the special-teamer voting with 24 first-team and 19 second-team votes.
Surtain finished second in the cornerback voting to the New York Jets’ Sauce Gardner. Surtain received 20 first-team and 19 second-team votes.
Williams finished second to the Kansas City Chiefs’ Chris Jones in the voting at defensive interior lineman. Williams received 22 first-team and six second-team votes.
Three players with Alabama football roots earned All-Pro second-team recognition:
· Philadelphia Eagles cornerback James Bradberry (Pleasant Grove, Samford) finished fourth at his position with eight first-team and 16 second-team votes.
· Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts (Alabama) prevented the Kansas City Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes from being a unanimous first-team selection. Hurts got one first-team vote and 19 second-team votes.
· New York Jets linebacker C.J. Mosley (Theodore, Alabama) finished fifth at his position with nine first-team and 24 second-team votes. While Mosley has never been a first-team selection, this is his fifth appearance on the All-Pro second team.
Players from Alabama high schools and colleges who received All-Pro votes without making the first or second teams included:
· Washington Commanders defensive tackle Jonathan Allen (Alabama) finished seventh in the voting for defensive interior linemen with three first-team and five second-team votes.
· Philadelphia Eagles left guard Landon Dickerson (Alabama) finished fourth at his position with two first-team and five second-team votes.
· Dallas Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs (Alabama) finished 13th at his position with two second-team votes.
· Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry (Alabama) finished fourth at his position with eight second-team votes.
· Los Angeles Chargers long snapper Josh Harris (Auburn) finished eighth at his position with three second-team votes.
· Baltimore Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey (Hoover, Alabama) finished 14th at his position with one second-team vote.
· Los Angeles Chargers punter JK Scott (Alabama) finished seventh at his position with one first-team and one second-team vote.
· Miami Dolphins wide receiver Jaylen Waddle (Alabama) finished eighth at his position with 10 second-team votes.
· Cincinnati Bengals left tackle Jonah Williams (Alabama) finished sixth at his position with one second-place vote.
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DeSantis to sign bill banning gender-affirming care to kids
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to sign a bill legislators sent him Thursday that would keep doctors from prescribing drugs and performing procedures on minors who are seeking gender-affirming care.
The bill, which passed in the House largely along political lines, would also ban the use of state money for gender-affirming care and place new restrictions on adults seeking treatment.
It’s the latest in anti-LGBTQ bills that the Florida Legislature has passed as the Republican DeSantis prepares to launch a presidential campaign. It was sent to the governor with just one day left in the annual legislative session.
Republican Rep. Ralph Massullo, who co-sponsored the bill, said that children “need to come to a point where they realize their gender and are able to accept themselves.” Bill co-sponsor Republican Rep. Randy Fine likened gender-affirming care to child abuse.
Many studies show that gender-affirming care like hormone therapy and puberty blockers can improve kids’ well-being, including reducing depression and suicidal behavior.
Democrats argued the bill wasn’t needed, and that medical care is a decision that parents should make with children’s doctors. They also said that treatment for children and adults is critical.
“For many who receive this care, it is essential to their health and well-being,” said Democratic Rep. Anna Eskamani. “They just want to be their authentic selves and access the health care they need to do so.”
DeSantis, who has prominently taken on LBGTQ rights issues, supports the legislation. DeSantis has also pushed for restrictions on gender and sexuality lessons in schools, a ban on trans girls and women from school sports, and he has made it easier for parents to block school books with LGBTQ subjects.
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BOSTON (AP) — Billing records of an internet social media platform and interviews with another user helped the FBI identify a Massachusetts Air National Guardsman as a suspect in the leak of highly classified military documents, according to court records unsealed Friday.
The new details came as Jack Teixeira, 21, appeared in court to face charges under the Espionage Act of unauthorized removal and retention of classified and national defense information.
A federal magistrate judge ordered him held until a detention hearing next week.
Teixeira was arrested by heavily armed tactical agents on Thursday following a weeklong criminal investigation into the disclosure of the government records, a breach that exposed to the world unvarnished secret assessments on the war in Ukraine, the capabilities and geopolitical interests of other nations and other national security issues.
He appeared in court Friday in tan jail clothes for a brief proceeding at which U.S. Magistrate Judge David Hennesy ordered him held pending a hearing next Wednesday.
Investigators believe Teixeira was the leader of an online private chat group on Discord, a social media platform popular with people playing online games. Billing records the FBI obtained from Discord, which has said it was cooperating with the bureau, helped lead investigators to Teixeira, according to an FBI affidavit unsealed Friday.
According to the document, the FBI interviewed someone familiar with Teixeira’s online posts on Monday. That person, who is not identified in the affidavit, told the FBI that a username linked to Teixeira began posting what appeared to be classified information roughly in December.
The affidavit suggests Teixeira switched from typing out documents in his possession to taking them home and photographing them because he “had become concerned that he may be discovered making the transcriptions of text in the workplace.”
That’s different from what posters have told The Associated Press and other media outlets, saying the user they would call “the O.G.” started posting images of documents because he was annoyed other users weren’t taking him seriously.
The affidavit also alleges Teixeira was detected on April 6 – the day The New York Times first published a story about the breach of documents – searching for the word “leak” in a classified system. The FBI says that was reason to believe Teixeira was trying to find information about the investigation into who was responsible for the leaks.
The Biden administration has scrambled to contain the potential diplomatic and military fallout from the leaks since they were first reported, moving to reassure allies and assess the scope of damage.
The classified documents — which have not been individually authenticated in public by U.S. officials — range from briefing slides mapping out Ukrainian military positions to assessments of international support for Ukraine and other sensitive topics, including under what circumstances Russian President Vladimir Putin might use nuclear weapons.
In previous Associated Press stories, the leaker was identified as “the O.G.” by a member of the online chat group. Known as Thug Shaker Central, the group drew roughly two dozen enthusiasts who talked about their favorite types of guns and also shared memes and jokes. The group also held a running discussion on wars that included talk of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
In that discussion, “the O.G.” would for months post material that he said was classified — originally typing it out with his own notations, then a few months ago switching to posting images of folded-up papers.
It was not immediately clear how Teixeira would have had access to the records, but a Defense Department official told the AP on Thursday that as an information technology specialist responsible for military communications networks, the young Guardsman would have had a higher level of security clearance
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- More than half of Mexican adults back Papercup's AI-generated synthetic voices over traditional alternative
- More than 35 million Mexicans watch less than two hours of foreign language content every week
LONDON, March 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The world's biggest entertainment distributors could win over millions of TV viewers currently swerving non-domestic content by deploying AI dubbing, new research suggests.
A YouGov poll of 1,002 Mexican adults found that more than half (58%) preferred watching content localized with AI dubbing over a subtitled equivalent, with the strongest preference displayed by those who watch the least foreign language TV.
Of those watching less than two hours of localized video per week, 71% of this audience preferred video localized through AI.
The research, commissioned by AI dubbing start-up Papercup, also found that an estimated figure of more than 35 million Mexicans (41% of the population) currently watch less than 2 hours of foreign language video per week; it is also estimated that more than 71 million (86% of the population) consume foreign language content weekly.
The study asked viewers to watch identical clips of Discovery Channel's Deadliest Catch, and asked to state their preference between the version localized by traditional subtitles and the one using Papercup's bespoke AI-driven dubbing technologies.
Among individuals who watch no foreign language content whatsoever, this figure rose to as high as 82% preferring the latter, compared to the overall average of 58%.
Papercup CEO Jesse Shemen said: "With more than 71 million adults watching localized content on a weekly basis, Mexico has long been a key foreign market for international media companies.
"These figures make it clear that a strong majority of all viewers prefer AI dubbed content to traditional subtitles, but they also show the potential of these technologies to grow revenue from previously untapped groups.
"AI has a critical role to play in the future of the media and entertainment sector. Those who fail to consider it will fall behind."
Papercup offers an AI and machine learning-based system that localizes videos into other languages using synthetic voices with true emotional depth.
Content dubbed by Papercup has already reached over 350 million people in non-English speaking territories in the last 12 months alone.
By deploying its proprietary systems to create expressive synthetic voices specifically suited for video, Papercup generates engaging translated content that outperforms subtitled offerings and can be delivered at a speed and price that traditional dubbing struggles to match.
Its cutting-edge AI tools allow brands including Bloomberg, Sky News, Fremantle and The Jamie Oliver Group to localize hundreds of hours of content in a high-quality and scalable way.
Focus groups commissioned by Papercup show that many viewers find it impossible to distinguish between the voices synthesized by Papercup's technology, and actual human voices, with some even preferring the AI voices.
Video of the focus groups is available to view here - https://vimeo.com/798408737/e00c9a7a29
About Papercup:
Papercup was founded in 2017 by Jesse Shemen and Jiameng Gao with a mission to make the world's videos watchable in any language. The pioneering AI company, using state-of-the-art machine learning, has created a text-to-speech system capable of translating people's voices into other languages with a delivery that is indistinguishable from human speech while retaining characteristics of the speaker's voice.
Papercup empowers global companies like Sky News, Insider, Cinedigm, and Bloomberg to reach an international audience eager to watch videos in their native language which they couldn't access before. The London-based startup has raised over $30.5 million in funding to date, with backers including the media titan Sky (now owned by Comcast) to VCs including Octopus Ventures, LocalGlobe, Sands Capital and angel investors such as Des Traynor, Co-founder of Intercom, John Collison, Co-founder of Stripe and Zoubin Ghahramani ex-Chief Scientist & VP for AI at Uber. For more information please visit www.papercup.com
About the research:
All figures, unless otherwise stated, are from YouGov Plc. Total sample size was 1002 adults. Fieldwork was undertaken between 20th - 24th January 2023. The survey was carried out online. Figures have been weighted and are representative of all Mexico adults (aged 18+).
Population estimates are based on adult Mexico population figures from the US Census Bureau (2019) – 87,197,242
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WFO LUBBOCK Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, February 9, 2023
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WASHINGTON (AP) — For some Afghans who were evacuated as their country fell to the Taliban last summer, the journey to the United States has stalled, and perhaps ended, at a sun-baked cluster of tents and temporary housing on an American base in the Balkans.
While more than 78,000 Afghans have arrived in the U.S. for resettlement since August, the future for those who have been flagged for additional security vetting and diverted to Camp Bondsteel, in the small nation of Kosovo, remains up in the air. The U.S. won’t force the dozens there to return to Afghanistan, where they could face reprisals.
Their frustration is growing. Some Afghans at the base, which has been shrouded in secrecy, took the unusual step this week of staging a protest, holding up signs with messages such as “we want justice,” according to photos sent to The Associated Press.
“They just keep repeating the same things, that it takes time and we must be patient,” one of the Afghans, Muhammad Arif Sarwari, said in a text message from the base.
Their complaints open a window into an aspect of the evacuation and resettlement of Afghans that has gotten little attention because U.S. authorities, and the government of Kosovo, have been reluctant to say much about the people sent to Bondsteel.
The base houses a mix of adults and children, because some of the people who have so far failed to get a visa to the U.S. are traveling with family. Sarwari, a former senior intelligence official with the Afghan government, said there are about 45 people there, representing about 20 or so individual visa cases, after a flight to the U.S. left with 27 of the refugees on Wednesday.
The Biden administration won’t provide details, but acknowledges that some of the evacuees did not make it through what it calls a “a multi-layered, rigorous screening and vetting process” and won’t be permitted to enter the U.S.
“While the vast majority of Afghan evacuees have been cleared through this process, the small number of individuals who have been denied are examples of the system working exactly as it should,” said Sean Savett, a spokesman for the National Security Council.
In all, about 600 Afghans have passed through Bondsteel, according to the government of Kosovo, which initially authorized use of the base for evacuees for a year but recently agreed to extend that until August 2023.
Kosovo, which gained independence from Serbia in 2008 with U.S. support, has also provided little information about the Afghans at Bondsteel, citing the privacy of the refugees. Prime Minister Albin Kurti said in a statement that the government is proud of its role providing temporary shelter to them.
Afghans are housed in a section of Bondsteel called Camp Liya, named for an Afghan child handed to the U.S. Marines over a fence at the Hamid Karzai International Airport during the evacuation, according to a U.S. military publication.
It was the chaotic nature of that evacuation that led to the need for an overseas facility in the first place. As the Afghan government collapsed, thousands of people made it onto military transport planes with minimal screening before they arrived at one of several overseas transit points.
The people sent to Bondsteel were stopped and diverted for a host of reasons, including missing or flawed documents or security concerns that emerged during overseas vetting by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security, officials have said.
At the same time, some in Congress have criticized the administration for what they say has been inadequate vetting of Afghan refugees.
Sarwari made it to Kuwait from Afghanistan in early September with his wife and two of his daughters and says he doesn’t know why he’s been held up. He was a prominent figure in Afghanistan, serving as the former director of intelligence after the U.S. invasion in 2001. Before that, he was a top official with the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance.
Both positions would make him a target of the Taliban if he were to return.
“The vetting team keeps telling us sorry, Washington is just deciding some political issues,” he said.
Sarwari has applied for a special immigrant visa, which is issued to people who worked for the U.S. government or its allies during the war. He has not received a response, according to his lawyer, Julie Sirrs.
“In theory, he is free to leave but it’s not clear where he could go,” Sirrs said. “He obviously cannot return to Afghanistan. He’s clearly in danger if he returns.”
He and others live a circumscribed existence on Bondsteel. Although technically not detained, they cannot leave the arid, rocky base and have spent months in tents, which were adorned with handwritten signs during this week’s protest. One said “unfair decision,” while another said “children are suffering.”
The Biden administration says authorities have determined that some — it won’t say how many — simply cannot be allowed to enter the U.S. It is working to find other countries that don’t harbor the same security concerns and are willing to accept them for resettlement. No one will be forcibly returned to Afghanistan, the NSC spokesperson said.
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AUSTIN, Texas, June 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Citizens, Inc. (NYSE: CIA), a leading diversified financial services company specializing in life, living benefits, and final expense insurance, expresses its deepest appreciation to Dr. Robert B. Sloan, Jr. for his extraordinary dedication, visionary guidance, and outstanding contributions over his impressive 16-year tenure as a member of Citizens' Board of Directors. As Dr. Sloan retired from his role at the recently held annual shareholders meeting, the Company recognizes his instrumental role in propelling its growth and transformation from a family-controlled entity to a publicly traded company with independent directors and officers.
Joining the Board in 2007, Dr. Sloan has been an invaluable member, serving as the Chairman of the Board from 2016 to 2020. He has also held the position of Chairman of the Compensation and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees, while actively participating in the Audit and Executive Committees for an extended period.
Dr. Sloan has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Houston Christian University in Houston, Texas since 2006. Notably, he held the position of Chancellor at Baylor University in Waco, Texas from 2005 to 2006, and served as the President and Chief Executive Officer at Baylor University from 1995 to 2005. Dr. Sloan's leadership acumen extended beyond academia, as he was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors by the Big 12 Athletic Conference and chaired the "Group of Six," an esteemed gathering of presidents from the big six athletic conferences. Furthermore, he played an active role on investment committees at both foundation and trustee levels for the universities he served.
Born and raised in Coleman, Texas, Dr. Sloan's formative years were spent in Abilene, where he graduated from Cooper High School. He pursued his higher education at Baylor University, where he distinguished himself as a notable member of the baseball team. Graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Art, he continued his academic journey at Princeton Theological Seminary, earning a Master of Divinity. Dr. Sloan further expanded his horizons through post-baccalaureate research in church history at the University of Bristol, England, and obtained his Doctor of Theology from the University of Basel, Switzerland.
In addition to his professional achievements, Dr. Sloan cherishes his role as a family man alongside his wife Sue, with whom he shares seven adult children and twenty-three grandchildren. He is widely recognized as an accomplished author, communicator, educator, and leader — roles that he has wholeheartedly embraced throughout his illustrious career. Dr. Sloan's passion for storytelling culminated in the creation of the Hamelin Stoop Series, a widely acclaimed fantasy book series for young adults and adult readers, influenced by his personal experiences and travels to St. Andrews, Scotland.
In connection with Dr. Sloan's retirement, Citizens reduced the size of the Board to eight directors. Pursuant to its Board refreshment policy, Citizens will continue to seek new qualified candidates to serve on its Board.
About Citizens, Inc.
Citizens, Inc. (NYSE: CIA) is a diversified financial services company providing life, living benefits and final expense insurance and other financial products to individuals and small businesses in the U.S., Latin America, and Asia. Through its customer-centric growth strategy, Citizens offers innovative products to address the evolving needs of its customers in their native languages of Spanish, Portuguese, and Mandarin. The company operates two primary segments: Life Insurance, where the Company is a market leader in life insurance and accident and health insurance in Spanish, Portuguese and Mandarin in the United States, Latin America, and Asia and Home Services, which operates primarily in the U.S. Gulf coast region. For more information about Citizens and CICA Life of America, please visit www.citizensinc.com.
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‘Yellowjackets’ creators say it’s an ‘honor’ being compared to ‘Lost’
By Dan Heching, CNN
As viewers eagerly await the premiere of “Yellowjackets” Season 2, the showrunners and executive producers for the creepy Showtime hit series are giving props to one of the mystery-driven dramas that came before them.
Ashley Lyle, who also co-created the series with Bart Nickerson, said in an interview with CNN that she “was a little surprised” when viewers started describing “Yellowjackets” Season 1 — which debuted in late 2021 and grew in popularity last year — as “a mystery box show, because we actually never approached it that way.”
Still, that didn’t stop viewers from comparing it to one of the greatest television mysteries of all time, ABC’s landmark series “Lost,” a parallel she said doesn’t bother her.
“It’s still in the cultural conversation,” she said. “It was a seminal show, so how you could ever be offended by being compared to a show like that is a mystery to me.”
Nickerson agreed, saying the comparison is “definitely an honor,” adding that they’re “huge fans” of the series, which ran from 2004-2010.
But while “Lost” and “Yellowjackets” are strikingly similar — both shows deal with the survivors of plane crashes in uncharted territories over different timelines, as well as various unexplained mysteries they must confront in the aftermath — Nickerson said they are unequivocally “different shows.”
Lyle echoed that sentiment, saying they identify “Yellowjackets” as a “psychological horror show” rather than one that was “more of a science fiction show,” according to Lyle.
“I think that we’re trying to do different things and thus the types of mysteries that we will be invoking are going to be very different,” Lyle said.
As for those unexplained mysteries, there are more than several in “Yellowjackets,” from the strange symbol that keeps appearing on trees and elsewhere, to Taissa’s (Tawny Cypress/Jasmin Savoy Brown) sleepwalking bordering on split personality disorder, to whatever the heck is going on with Lottie (Simone Kessell/Courtney Eaton). There is also, of course, the overarching question of “what really happened out there?” — one that was uttered several times in Season 1.
The team behind “Yellowjackets” assures that — perhaps unlike the polarizing wrap-up viewers experienced with “Lost” — there will be at least some closure to all the foggy doings in the “wilderness” by the end of the series.
“Not everything will have a concrete explanation, but I think that anything that can, will,” Lyle said. “There are things in life for which there will never be a concrete explanation, and I think that that’s something that we are also looking to explore.”
Co-showrunner and executive producer Jonathan Lisco, who has also written two episodes of the show, said that the writing team “will have to follow our instincts” when it comes to explaining things and to what extent.
“As an audience member — just to put ourselves in the shoes of the audience for a second — we don’t want to be frustrated, and overly manipulated, we want answers too,” he said.
“But at the same time, the things that really live with you, the shows and movies that really live with you, do have a component of mystery,” Lisco added. “Because otherwise, it does not haunt you, it does not live in your consciousness beyond when you turn it off.”
In terms of haunting, “Yellowjackets” certainly has that covered. The series returns to Showtime on March 24 for streaming and airs March 26 at 9pm ET.
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NESCOPECK, Pa. — Fire tore quickly through a house in northeastern Pennsylvania early Friday morning, killing seven adults and three children and horrifying a volunteer firefighter who arrived to battle the blaze only to discover the victims were his own family, authorities said.
The children who died were ages 5, 6 and 7, Pennsylvania State Police said in a news release, while the seven adults ranged from their late teens to a 79-year-old man. Autopsies were planned for this weekend.
Harold Baker, a volunteer firefighter in the town of Nescopeck, said the 10 victims included his son, daughter, father-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, three grandchildren and two other relatives. He said his two children and the other young victims were visiting their aunt and uncle's home for swimming and other summertime fun.
Baker said that the address initially given for the call was a neighboring home, but that he realized it was his family’s residence as the fire truck approached.
“When we turned the corner up here on Dewey (Street) I knew right away what house it was just by looking down the street,” Baker told the Citizens' Voice. “I was on the first engine, and when we pulled up, the whole place was fully involved. We tried to get in to them."
Neighbors reported hearing a loud popping sound or explosion before seeing the front porch of the home rapidly consumed by flames. Some also reported hearing a young man screaming in front of the home, “They’re all dead."
Baker, who was relieved of his firefighting duties because of his relationship to the victims, said 14 people were living in the home. One of them was out delivering newspapers, and three others escaped, he said.
“It’s a complex criminal investigation with multiple fatalities," Pennsylvania State Police Lt. Derek Felsman said. Troopers were interviewing survivors, he said.
He said 13 dogs were also in the two-story home, but didn’t say if he knew whether any survived.
“All I wanted to do was go in there and get to these people, my family. That’s all that I was thinking about, getting in to them,” Baker said in a phone interview with The Associated Press.
Baker grabbed a hose and air pack, and started pouring water on the fire, desperate to make his way inside and calling out to his son. His chief realized whose house it was, and fellow firefighters escorted Baker back to the firehouse.
A preliminary investigation suggests the fire broke out on the front porch at around 2:30 a.m., Luzerne County District Attorney Sam Sanguedolce said Friday evening.
“The information I have is that the fire started and progressed very quickly, making it very difficult to get out,” he said.
Three people were able to escape the blaze, Sanguedolce said. Four state police fire marshals are involved in the investigation, although it won't be classified as a criminal probe unless they determine the fire was intentionally set, he said.
Nescopeck is a small town on the Susquehanna River, about 20 miles southwest of Wilkes-Barre. The house was on a residential street of largely owner-occupied, single family homes.
Baker said the address initially given for the call was a neighboring house. He realized it was his family members' residence as the firetruck approached. He said his unit was the first on scene, and the house was already engulfed in flames.
“There wasn't nothing we could've done to get in there. We tried, but we couldn't get in,” said Baker, 57, who's been a firefighter for 40 years.
His son, 19-year-old Dale Baker, had followed both of his parents into the fire service, joining when he was 16.
“He said it all his life, he was just going to be like his dad,” Harold Baker said.
Heidi Knorr, the Nescopeck Volunteer Fire Company secretary, called Dale Baker “such a fun-loving soul. He just loved life.”
The family was “always willing to help lend a hand to anyone in need,” Knorr said. Dale's mother was not among the dead listed by Harold Baker.
Mike Swank, who lives two doors away across the street, said he happened to be awake early Friday and looked outside after hearing a sharp explosion. He saw the porch “was really going” and went outside, using another neighbor’s hose to keep the blaze from spreading to a garage.
“I seen two guys outside and they were in various states of hysteria,” Swank told the AP by phone.
One man was on a cellphone, “and I’m trying to ask him if everybody’s out,” he said. “The other guy was out in the street and he was just running around in circles.”
Swank said he wasn’t able to get information from them. A fence prevented him from getting to the back of the property.
Baker said 14 people were living in the home. One was out delivering newspapers, and three others escaped.
Swank said the family had moved in a few months ago under what he understood to be a rent-to-own agreement, and spent a lot of time on the cluttered front porch.
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Milwaukee woman arrested, accused of stabbing man to death
Police say the homicide occurred during a domestic dispute.
Milwaukee woman arrested, accused of stabbing man to death
Police say the homicide occurred during a domestic dispute.
AND IN THE APP. TONIGHT AT 29 YEAR OLD WOMAN IS IN CUSTODY IN CONNECTION TO A FATAL STABBING IN MILWAUKEE. MILWAUKEE POLICE SAY THE SUSPECTED STABBER THEY SUSPECT STABBED A 40 YEAR OLD MAN THIS MORNING DURING A MASTIC DISPUTE NEAR 22ND IN FAIRMOUNT. OFFICIALS SAY CRIMINAL CH
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Milwaukee woman arrested, accused of stabbing man to death
Police say the homicide occurred during a domestic dispute.
A 40-year-old Milwaukee man was stabbed to death Sunday morning, and a woman is in police custody.Police said the occurred during a domestic dispute at about 4 a.m. near 22nd Street and Fairmount Avenue. Criminal charges against the 29-year-old Milwaukee woman will be referred to the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office in the coming days, police said.
MILWAUKEE —
A 40-year-old Milwaukee man was stabbed to death Sunday morning, and a woman is in police custody.
Police said the occurred during a domestic dispute at about 4 a.m. near 22nd Street and Fairmount Avenue.
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COÖPERATIEVE RABOBANK U.A. ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF ITS TENDER OFFER IN RELATION TO ITS OUTSTANDING USD 1,000,000,000 3.875 PER CENT. NON- PREFERRED SENIOR NOTES DUE 2023 (ISINS: US74977RDE18 (144A) and US74977SDE90 (REG S)) AND USD 250,000,000 FLOATING RATE NON-PREFERRED SENIOR NOTES DUE 2023 (ISINS: US74977RDD35 (144A) and US74977SDD18 (REG S)) FOR CASH
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On 15 August 2022, Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A. (the "Offeror") launched its invitation to holders of its USD 1,000,000,000 3.875 per cent. Non-Preferred Senior Notes due 2023 (ISINs: US74977RDE18 (144A) and US74977SDE90 (Reg S)) and USD 250,000,000 Floating Rate Non-Preferred Senior Notes due 2023 (ISINs: US74977RDD35 (144A) and US74977SDD18 (Reg S)) (collectively, the "Notes") to tender such Notes for purchase by the Offeror for cash (such invitation, the "Offer" and the announcement in relation to such invitation, the "Launch Announcement"). A further announcement in relation to the pricing of the Offer for the USD 1,000,000,000 3.875 per cent. Non-Preferred Senior Notes due 2023 was made on 19 August 2022 (the "Pricing Announcement" and together with the Launch Announcement, the "Previous Announcements"). The Offer was made on the terms and subject to the conditions contained in the tender offer memorandum dated 15 August 2022 (the "Tender Offer Memorandum") and is subject to the offer restrictions described in the Tender Offer Memorandum. Capitalised terms used and not otherwise defined in this announcement have the meanings given to them in the Tender Offer Memorandum.
The Offeror today announces that it will accept all validly tendered Notes pursuant to the Offer for purchase for cash in an aggregate principal amount of USD 616,030,000. In addition, USD 2,200,000 in aggregate principal amount of the USD 1,000,000,000 3.875 per cent. Non-Preferred Senior Notes due 2023 were tendered using guaranteed delivery procedures.
The final results of the Offer are as follows:
* Assuming that all Notes tendered pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures are validly delivered by the deadline for delivery of Notes tendered by guaranteed delivery procedures.
The Offer remains subject to the conditions and restrictions set out in the Tender Offer Memorandum and the expected Tender Offer Settlement Date is 25 August 2022 for Notes validly tendered and accepted for purchase which are the subject of a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery and 23 August 2022 in respect of any other Notes validly tendered and accepted for purchase.
All Notes purchased pursuant to the Offer will be cancelled.
Full details concerning the Offer are set out in the Tender Offer Memorandum.
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the namesake son of an ousted dictator, praised his father’s legacy and glossed over its violent past as he was sworn in as Philippine president Thursday after a stunning election victory that opponents say was pulled off by whitewashing his family’s image.
His rise to power, 36 years after an army-backed “People Power” revolt booted his father from office and into global infamy, upends politics in the Asian democracy, where a public holiday, monuments and the Philippine Constitution stand as reminders of the end of Ferdinand Marcos Sr.’s tyrannical rule.
But in his inaugural speech, Marcos Jr. defended the legacy of his late father, who he said accomplished many things that had not been done since the country’s independence.
“He got it done, sometimes with the needed support, sometimes without. So will it be with his son,” he said to applause from his supporters in the crowd. “You will get no excuses from me.”
“My father built more and better roads, produced more rice than all administrations before his,” Marcos Jr. said. He praised the infrastructure projects by his predecessor, Rodrigo Duterte, who ended his six-year term also with a legacy of violence, strong-man rule and contempt for those who stood in his path.
The new president called for unity, saying “we will go farther together than against each other. He did not touch on the human rights atrocities and plunder his father was accused of, saying he would not talk about the past but the future.
Activists and survivors of the martial law era under his father protested Marcos Jr.’s inauguration, which took place at a noontime ceremony at the steps of the National Museum in Manila. Thousands of police officers, including anti-riot contingents, SWAT commandos and snipers, were deployed in the bayside tourist district for security.
Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’s husband, Doug Emhoff, were among foreign dignitaries, who attended the event, which featured a 21-gun salute, a military parade and air force jet fly-bys.
“Wow is this really happening?” asked Bonifacio Ilagan, a 70-year-old activist who was detained and severely tortured by counterinsurgency forces during the elder Marcos’s rule. “For victims of martial law like me, this is a nightmare.”
Marching in the streets, the protesters displayed placards that read, ”Never again to martial law” and “Reject Marcos-Duterte.”
Such historical baggage and antagonism stand to hound Marcos Jr. during a six-year presidency beginning at a time of intense crises.
The Philippines has been among the countries worst-hit in Asia by the two-year coronavirus pandemic, after more than 60,000 deaths and extended lockdowns sent the economy to its worst recession since World War II and worsened poverty, unemployment and hunger. As the pandemic was easing early this year, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent global inflation soaring and sparked fears of food shortages.
Last week, Marcos Jr. announced he would serve as secretary of agriculture temporarily after he takes office to prepare for possible food supply emergencies.
He also inherits decades-old Muslim and communist insurgencies, crime, gaping inequality and political divisions inflamed by his election.
Congress last month proclaimed his landslide victory, as well as that of his running mate Sara Duterte, the daughter of the outgoing president, in the vice-presidential race.
“I ask you all pray for me, wish me well. I want to do well because when the president does well, the country does well,” he said after his congressional proclamation.
Marcos Jr. received more than 31 million votes and Sara Duterte more than 32 million of the more than 55 million votes cast in the May 9 election — massive victories that will provide them robust political capital as they face tremendous challenges as well as doubts arising from their fathers’ reputations. It was the first majority presidential victory in the Philippines in decades.
Outgoing President Duterte presided over a brutal anti-drugs campaign that left thousands of mostly poor suspects dead in an unprecedented scale of killings the International Criminal Court was investigating as a possible crime against humanity. The probe was suspended in November, but the ICC chief prosecutor has asked that it be resumed immediately.
Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte have faced calls to help prosecute her father and cooperate with the international court.
Marcos Jr., a former governor, congressman and senator, has refused to acknowledge massive human rights abuses and corruption that marked his father’s reputation.
During the campaign, he and Sara Duterte avoided controversial issues and focused on a vague call for national unity.
His father was toppled by a largely peaceful pro-democracy uprising in 1986, and died in 1989 while in exile in Hawaii without admitting any wrongdoing, including accusations that he, his family and cronies amassed an estimated $5 billion to $10 billion while in office.
A Hawaii court later found him liable for human rights violations and awarded $2 billion to more than 9,000 Filipinos who filed a lawsuit against him for torture, incarceration, extrajudicial killings and disappearances.
Imelda Marcos and her children were allowed to return to the Philippines in 1991 to engineer a stunning reversal of their political fortunes, helped by a well-funded social media campaign to refurbish the family name. Imelda, the 92-year-old family matriarch, sat in at the inauguration in a traditional light-blue Filipiniana dress, kissed her son and posed for pictures on the stage.
Marcos Jr.’s alliance with Sara Duterte, whose father remains popular despite his human rights record, and a powerful name of one of the country’s most well-known political dynasties, helped him capture the presidency. Many Filipinos too remained poor and grew disenchanted with post-Marcos administrations, Manila-based analyst Richard Heydarian said.
“These allowed the Marcoses to present themselves as the alternative,” Heydarian said. “An unregulated social media landscape allowed their disinformation network to rebrand the dark days of martial law as supposedly the golden age of the Philippines.”
Along metropolitan Manila’s main avenue, democracy shrines and monuments erected after Marcos’ 1986 downfall stand prominently. The anniversary of his ouster is celebrated each year as a special national holiday, and a presidential commission that has worked for decades to recover ill-gotten wealth of the Marcoses still exists.
Marcos Jr. has not explained how he will deal with such stark reminders of the past.
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Associated Press journalists Joeal Calupitan, Aaron Favila and Iya Forbes in Manila, Philippines, and Kiko Rosario in Bangkok contributed to this report.
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Why there are only 58 picks, not 60, in the 2022 NBA Draft originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington
This year’s NBA draft will be a little shorter than usual.
The 2022 NBA Draft, which is set for June 23, won’t be the normal 60 picks long. Instead, there will be just 58 selections made at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Why is that?
Well, a pair of teams were each docked a 2022 second-round pick by the NBA due to tampering violations.
The Milwaukee Bucks forfeited their second-rounder in the wake of the failed Bogdan Bogdanovic sign-and-trade with the Sacramento Kings in November 2020. The NBA found that the Bucks had conversations with Bogdanovic and/or his representation prior to the start of free agency, which violated league rules. After the sign-and-trade fell through, Bogdanovic signed an offer sheet with the Atlanta Hawks that Sacramento declined to match.
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The Miami Heat were also caught tampering with a pending free agent last offseason. Kyle Lowry joined Miami from the Toronto Raptors via sign-and-trade in August 2021. But the details of the sign-and-trade were reported in the opening minutes of the free agency period, which surely raised some eyebrows across the NBA. Following an investigation, the league concluded that the Heat had premature contract with Lowry’s representation and took away Miami’s next available second-round pick.
“While we disagree, we accept the league's decision. We are moving on with our season,” the Heat said in response to the penalty.
The forfeited Bucks and Heat selections would have been slotted at No. 54 and No. 55, respectively, this year. The two teams now hold just one 2022 draft pick apiece, with each coming in the first round.
RELATED: Here’s the full 2022 NBA Draft order
The last time an NBA draft had fewer than 60 selections was in 2004, when 59 picks were made. The Minnesota Timberwolves forfeited their first-round pick that year, as well as in 2001 and 2002, due to their illegal contracts with former No. 1 pick Joe Smith.
But it’s already set to happen again sometime in the next few years. While investigating the Heat’s acquisition of Lowry, the league was also looking into last offseason’s sign-and-trade between the New Orleans Pelicans and Chicago Bulls involving Lonzo Ball. Like the Lowry deal, Ball’s move to Chicago was reported extremely early in the free agency period.
The Bulls received the same punishment as the Heat for tampering, but Chicago didn’t already own a 2022 second-round pick. In fact, the Bulls aren’t currently slated to pick in the second round until 2026.
However, Chicago will receive the Denver Nuggets’ 2023 second-rounder if it lands between Nos. 47-60, which has a strong chance of happening. Should that pick convey to the Bulls, that’s the one they would forfeit.
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Jeff Vincent to retire after 22 years at helm
SEATTLE, December 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Laird Norton Company (LNC) today announced the appointment of Brian McGuigan as Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2023. McGuigan will follow current CEO, Jeff Vincent, who is retiring after 22 years as the company's leader. Vincent will remain as an advisor to the Laird Norton Board of Directors to assist with the transition until he formally retires on June 30, 2023.
"It has been a privilege serving as Laird Norton's CEO," said Vincent. "While it will be hard to leave this organization after two decades, the decision was made easier knowing that Brian and the senior management team are fully prepared to take the helm. Since Brian joined the company, he has demonstrated tremendous growth both professionally and personally," he said. "The company will continue to thrive under his capable leadership."
McGuigan joined the seventh-generation family-owned firm in 2012. He and Vincent are the only non-family member CEOs since the company's inception in 1855.
During Vincent's tenure, which began in 2001, the 167-year-old company has changed significantly. Vincent transformed the company, strengthening LNC's investment approach, diversifying into new lines of business, and leading the successful sale of Lanoga, one of the nation's largest retailers of building materials. Today, Laird Norton Company focuses on real estate (Laird Norton Properties and Heartland, LLC) and wealth management (Laird Norton Wealth Management), and actively seeks to acquire profitable, capital efficient businesses.
"The Laird Norton Company is recognized as one of the nation's most highly-regarded and successful family businesses," said McGuigan. "I am honored to be entrusted with the central role of leading the enterprise and continuing the legacy of the Laird Norton Company for the family's next generation."
McGuigan, who most recently has been serving as the company's Chief Operating Officer, started as LNC's Manager, Corporate Investments; advanced to Director, Corporate Investments in 2015; VP Corporate Investments and Compliance in 2017; VP Strategy and Corporate Development in 2018; and Executive Vice President, Enterprise Strategy and Corporate Development in 2021.
"In each of these increasingly important and complex roles, Brian has excelled," said Debbie Brown, LNC Board Chair. "Brian has strong support from our Board. He has demonstrated exceptional management skills including leading Laird Norton Wealth Management's acquisitions of Filament and Wetherby Asset Management for LNC."
As CEO, McGuigan will oversee the company's organization, investments, and strategic initiatives. Additionally, McGuigan will serve on the boards of Laird Norton Wealth Management and Heartland, and as chair of the Laird Norton Properties Real Estate Committee.
Brian was born in Zimbabwe and grew up in South Africa before starting his career in the UK. He now calls Seattle, where he lives with his wife, Margaret, and two sons, his home. Brian received a BSc in chemical engineering from the University of Cape Town, and an MBA from the USC Marshall School of Business. He is a CAIA Charter Holder.
ABOUT LAIRD NORTON:
Laird Norton Company (LNC) is a diversified enterprise that invests in private companies and real estate to perpetuate the success of our owners, the Laird Norton Family, and to create shared value for our employees, partners, and broader communities. We are intentional and patient long-term investors, deriving strong returns from strategic, well-managed assets. We actively seek to acquire real estate and profitable, capital efficient businesses.
Among its many holdings, LNC wholly owns Laird Norton Properties, a real estate investment firm, and has majority ownership in Laird Norton Wealth Management, a wealth management company, and Heartland, LLC, a real estate consulting firm.
For more information, visit LNC's website at www.lairdnorton.com.
BRIAN MCGUIGAN EXTENDED BIO:
Brian became the CEO of Laird Norton Company ("LNC") in January 2023. He joined LNC in 2012 as Manager of Corporate Investments to build the company's corporate development function. He went on to serve LNC in roles of growing responsibility over the course of the next decade, culminating in his promotion to CEO.
Brian is a director of Laird Norton Company and Laird Norton Properties, and Chair of the Laird Norton Properties Real Estate Committee. He also serves on the boards of LNC portfolio companies Laird Norton Wealth Management and Heartland LLC, a real estate advisory firm.
Prior to joining LNC, Brian was President and Chief Compliance Officer of Stonnington Group, a wealth management firm in Los Angeles. At Stonnington Brian combined operational responsibilities with investment responsibilities that included origination, execution, and oversight of a range of private markets investments including direct investments in early-stage technology and consumer companies. Earlier in his career, he worked in technology consulting in the UK and Europe.
Brian was born in Zimbabwe and grew up in South Africa before starting his working life in the UK. He now calls Seattle, where he lives with his wife and two sons, home.
Brian received a BSc in chemical engineering from the University of Cape Town and an MBA from the USC Marshall School of Business. He is a CAIA Charter Holder.
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Lori Vallow trial: Idaho prosecutors reveal bombshell detail about death of Chad Daybell's ex-wife
IDAHO - Idaho prosecutors revealed Chad Daybell's ex-wife's cause of death Monday during Lori Vallow's murder trial, according to local news.
Lori Vallow and her husband, Chad Daybell, are accused of killing two of Vallow's children, J.J. Vallow and Tylee Ryan, and Daybell's ex-wife, Tammy Daybell, who died in 2019.
While authorities have yet to disclose the cause of death for J.J. and Tylee, Idaho prosecutor Lindsey Blake said Monday that Tammy Daybell died of asphyxiation, according to FOX 10 reporter Justin Lum.
Blake also argued that Vallow would have done anything to get Tammy Daybell out of the picture and have Chad Daybell "all to herself."
The couple first met in 2018 at a Preparing a People conference and shared the belief that they had been married in a past life. They also believed people emit light or dark spirits — sometimes so dark that certain people could be considered zombies, Blake said, according to Lum.
"Defendant will move any obstacle in her way to get what she wants and she wanted Chad Daybell," Blake argued.
Chad Daybell (left) and Lori Vallow (right)
J.J. and Tylee went missing in September 2019 — around the time investigators believe they were murdered on Chad Daybell's Idaho property.
On Oct. 9, 2019, a masked gunman appeared outside Tammy Daybell's home as she was getting home from work and fired multiple times, Blake said Monday, according to Lum.
RELATED: Lori Vallow murder trial day 6: Guilty or not? Jury to hear claims in Idaho slain kids’ case
"He can’t do anything right," Vallow apparently said in a statement after the shooting, Blake said, suggesting Vallow knew the gunman's identity. Investigators believe Lori Vallow's late brother, Alex Cox, was behind the attempted shooting of Tammy Daybell.
Ten days later, on Oct. 19, 2019, Tammy died of asphyxiation, though a medical examiner initially listed her cause of death as natural, resulting from cardiac arrest, according to FOX 10.
Months prior to Tammy's death, in July 2019, Alex Cox allegedly shot Lori Vallow's ex-husband, Charles Vallow, to death in Arizona, claiming self-defense. Two months later, in September 2019, Tylee and J.J. went missing for months. Cox died later that year of an apparent blood clot in December 2019.
Blake said Lori Vallow purchased wedding rings while her children were still missing and Chad and Tammy were still married. J.J. and Tylee were gone for months when police say the couple lied about the children's whereabouts and then slipped away to Hawaii, where they got married in November 2019.
Authorities eventually found J.J. and Tylee's bodies buried on Daybell's property in rural Idaho in June 2020.
Lori and Chad Daybell are accused of killing 17-year-old Tylee Ryan and 7-year-old J.J. Vallow in 2019. (Rexberg Police Department)
Robertson noted that Tylee and J.J.'s cause of death has not been released yet, though he thinks they will be brought up in trial. Investigators found Tylee's remains dismembered and burned while J.J.'s body was wrapped in plastic and tied with duct tape.
Vallow and Daybell allegedly collected J.J.'s and Tylee's Social Security benefits between Oct. 1, 2019, and Jan. 22, 2020, after their murder.
Authorities arrested Vallow in February 2020 and Daybell in June 2020.
The couple was indicted in late May 2021 on multiple counts each of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and grand theft by deception, and first-degree murder related to the deaths of Tylee, J.J. and Tammy Daybell, officials announced at the time. Arizona officials in June 2021 also indicted Vallow in the July 2019 murder of her ex-husband, Charles Vallow. | https://www.fox4news.com/news/lori-vallow-trial-idaho-prosecutors-reveal-bombshell-detail-about-death-of-chad-daybells-ex-wife | 2023-04-12 01:53:02 | 1 | https://www.fox4news.com/news/lori-vallow-trial-idaho-prosecutors-reveal-bombshell-detail-about-death-of-chad-daybells-ex-wife |
Play-in tournament starts Tuesday, giving 8 teams new life
MIAMI (AP) — Getting to the play-in tournament probably wasn’t the goal of any team when training camps opened back in September.
It does, however, beat the alternative.
There are 12 teams with playoff spots right now, 10 teams whose seasons are over — and eight teams with a second chance. The play-in tournament starts Tuesday, with Atlanta going to Miami and Minnesota visiting the Los Angeles Lakers, with the winners going to the postseason.
Oklahoma City goes to New Orleans and Chicago visits Toronto on Wednesday for elimination games; loser goes home, winner moves on to face the loser of Tuesday’s games in another win-or-go-home contest.
“You have to embrace this new experience,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “To the old heads in our locker room, each of us have experienced long NBA careers and not have had this opportunity. I think it’s been great for the league. How harrowing this has been, the last six, eight weeks for 16 teams in the West and the East. It’s just been great for competition and overall. it’s been great for the league.”
The NBA added it to boost end-of-season excitement, give more teams playoff hope — and discourage tanking. Dallas still had a chance at the play-in until its 81st game of the season on Friday, when it held several rotation players out and lost. The NBA is investigating the Mavericks’ motivations there and if Dallas lost to protect its draft odds.
The Heat were the No. 1 seed in the East last season and now need the play-in just to get back to the playoffs. But they’re also playing perhaps their best basketball of the season — just like the Lakers, who went a West-best 16-7 after the All-Star break.
“We put ourselves in a position where we can move on,” Lakers star LeBron James said. “That’s all we could ask for, to put ourselves in a position to be able to move on. We had obviously a very, very slow start, starting 2-10 … to know where we are today, we can be happy about that, but not satisfied.”
No team that has used the play-in tournament — Portland in 2020 in the bubble under a slightly different format; Boston, Washington, the Lakers and Memphis in 2021; Brooklyn, Atlanta, Minnesota and New Orleans last year — to reach the actual playoffs has ever won a first-round series.
But it still provides hope, and perhaps a shot in the arm for those who survive and advance.
“We’re looking forward to it,” Spoelstra said. “Our guys love competition. And this has high stakes to it. And that’s ultimately where you find out about yourself — when there’s stakes to it, when there’s consequences to it.”
FORMAT
Even in Year 3 of this format, it still can be confusing. Here’s how it works:
— No. 7 plays No. 8. The winner is in and gets the No. 7 seed for the playoffs. The loser has a second chance.
— No. 9 plays No. 10. The loser’s season is over. The winner moves on to face the loser of the 7 vs. 8 game.
— The remaining teams (the 7-8 loser and the 9-10 winner) play at the higher seed, with the winner getting the No. 8 seed. The loser’s season ends.
— All six games either have a team qualifying for the playoffs, or getting eliminated, or both.
MATCHUPS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
NO. 8 ATLANTA (41-41) AT NO. 7 MIAMI (44-38)
Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., TNT
Season series: Miami, 3-1
Previous play-in appearances: Hawks went 2-0 to become No. 8 seed in 2022; Heat are in play-in for first time.
At stake: Winner plays Boston in Game 1 on Saturday; loser plays elimination game Friday.
Outlook: All four games ended up relatively close (Heat by 8, Hawks by 8, Heat by 8, Heat by 2). … Miami’s Jimmy Butler averaged 25 points and Bam Adebayo averaged 24.5 in the season series. … Trae Young averaged 19.8 points for the Hawks against the Heat, but was held to 36% shooting and 21% from 3-point range. … Hawks aiming to become first team in the play-in era to win three games after going 2-0 last year.
X-factor: Miami’s Caleb Martin shot 64% against the Hawks, averaging 15.8 points and going 8-for-11 on 3-pointers.
NO. 10 CHICAGO (40-42) AT NO. 9 TORONTO (41-41)
Wednesday, 7 p.m., ESPN
Season series: Toronto, 2-1
Previous play-in appearances: Both teams are in play-in for first time.
At stake: Winner plays elimination game Friday; loser is eliminated.
Outlook: Home teams went 3-0 in the season series. … Zach LaVine averaged 23.5 points vs. the Raptors this season, while Fred VanVleet averaged 20 points vs. the Bulls. … Toronto never led by more than 10 points in any of the three games vs. Chicago this season.
X-factor: Chicago’s DeMar DeRozan has played at Toronto seven times since leaving the Raptors, so he’s dealt with the emotions before — though never in an elimination game in his former home building.
WESTERN CONFERENCE
NO. 8 MINNESOTA (42-40) AT NO. 7 L.A. LAKERS (43-39)
Tuesday, 10 p.m., TNT
Season series: Minnesota, 2-1
Previous play-in appearances: Timberwolves went 1-0 to become No. 7 seed in 2022; Lakers went 1-0 to become No. 7 seed in 2021.
At stake: Winner plays Memphis in Game 1 on Sunday; loser plays elimination game Friday.
Outlook: Anthony Davis played against Minnesota twice, scored exactly 38 points in both of those games — the Lakers winning one of them, the Wolves winning the other. … LeBron James averaged 23 points in two games against Minnesota, shooting only 39.5%. … Anthony Edwards had 29 points in Minnesota’s win over the Lakers in October, then was held to a combined 30 points in two March meetings between the clubs.
X-factor: The dustup involving Rudy Gobert and Kyle Anderson on Sunday with either empower the Timberwolves — or fracture them.
NO. 10 OKLAHOMA CITY (40-42) AT NO. 9 NEW ORLEANS (42-40)
Wednesday, 9:30 p.m., ESPN
Season series: New Orleans, 3-1
Previous play-in appearances: Pelicans went 2-0 to become No. 8 seed in 2022; Thunder are in play-in for first time.
At stake: Winner plays elimination game Friday; loser is eliminated.
Outlook: New Orleans’ three wins over the Thunder were by three, three and four points — but the Pelicans held leads of 21, 20 and 13 points in those games. … New Orleans’ Brandon Ingram played in just one of the four games, scoring 34 points in that outing. … Shai Gilgeous-Alexander averaged 33.5 points against the Pelicans this season, with high games of 44 and 35.
X-factor: Thunder have nothing to lose except lottery odds. Pelicans were in this exact spot last year and know what it takes.
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Study Examines Wage Pressure, Managing Compensation & Navigating A Hybrid Workforce
NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bank Director, the leading information resource for directors and officers of financial institutions nationwide, today released the results of its 2022 Compensation Survey, sponsored by Newcleus Compensation Advisors. The findings confirm that intensifying competition for talent is forcing banks to pay up for both new hires and existing employees.
The 2022 Compensation Survey finds that 78% of responding directors, human resources officers, CEOs and other senior executives of U.S. banks say that it was harder in 2021 to attract and keep talent compared to past years. In response to this increased pressure, 98% say their organization raised non-executive pay in 2021, and 85% increased executive compensation. Overall, compensation increased by a median 5%, according to participants.
"Banks are challenged to find specialized talent like commercial lenders and technology personnel, but they're also struggling to hire branch staff and fill entry-level roles," says Emily McCormick, Bank Director's vice president of research. "In this quest for talent, community banks are competing with big banks like Bank of America Corp., which recently raised its minimum wage to $22 an hour. But community banks are also competing against other industries that have been raising pay. How can financial institutions stand out as employers of choice in their markets?"
Asked about specific challenges in attracting talent, respondents cite an insufficient number of qualified applicants (76%) and unwillingness among candidates to commute for at least some of their schedule (28%), in addition to rising wages. Three-quarters indicate that remote or hybrid work options are offered to at least some staff.
"It is obvious from the survey results that talent is the primary focus for community banks," says Flynt Gallagher, president of Newcleus Compensation Advisors. "Recruiting and retaining talent has become a key focus for most community banks, surpassing other concerns that occupied the top spot in prior surveys — namely tying compensation to performance. It is paramount for community banks to step up their game when it comes to understanding what their employees value and improving their reputation and presence on social media. Otherwise, financial institutions will continue to struggle finding and keeping the people they need to succeed."
Key Findings Also Include:
Banks Pay Up
Banks almost universally report increased pay for employees and executives. Of these, almost half believe that increased compensation expense has had an overall positive effect on their company's profitability and performance. Forty-three percent say the impact has been neutral.
Commercial Bankers in Demand
Seventy-one percent expect to add commercial bankers in 2022. Over half of respondents say their bank did not adjust its incentive plan for commercial lenders in 2022, but 34% have adjusted it in anticipation of more demand.
Additional Talent Needs
Banks also plan to add technology talent (39%), risk and compliance personnel (29%) and branch staff (25%) in 2022. Respondents also indicate that commercial lenders, branch and entry-level staff, and technology professionals were the most difficult positions to fill in 2020-21.
Strengthening Reputations as Employers
Forty percent of respondents say their organization monitors its reputation on job-posting platforms such as Indeed or Glassdoor. Further, 59% say they promote their company and brand across social media to build a reputation as an employer of choice, while just 20% use Glassdoor, Indeed or similar platforms in this manner. Banks are more likely to let dollars build their reputation: Almost three-quarters have raised starting pay for entry-level roles.
Low Concerns About CEO Turnover
Sixty-one percent of respondents indicate that they're not worried about their CEO leaving for a competing financial institution, while a third report low to moderate levels of concern. More than half say their CEO is under the age of 60. Respondents report a median total compensation spend for the CEO at just over $600,000.
Remote Work Persists
Three quarters of respondents say they continue to offer remote work options for at least some of their staff, and the same percentage also believe that remote work options help to retain employees. Thirty-eight percent of respondents believe that remote work hasn't changed their company's culture, while 31% each say it has had either a positive or negative impact.
The survey includes the views of 307 independent directors, CEOs, HROs and other senior executives of U.S. banks below $100 billion in assets. Compensation data for directors, non-executive chairs and CEOs was also collected from the proxy statements of 96 publicly traded banks. Full survey results are now available online at BankDirector.com.
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Floodwaters in West Virginia forced some high school students to hunker down for the night in an impromptu slumber party complete with pizza, board games and football tosses in the gymnasium.
All schools in Lincoln County, in the southern part of the state, were dismissed two hours early on Thursday because of high water, which made many roads impassable. Parents who were able to drive to the schools were allowed to pick up their children but some students of Lincoln County High School in the town of Hamlin were forced to stay put.
“At this point, students are resting and tucked in for the night,” the school district said in a notice posted on its Facebook page and website shortly before midnight.
Cots, blankets, pillows and other supplies were donated by members of the community, stores and churches, school officials said, and staff members stayed on site to supervise the students.
Photos on the school’s Facebook page showed students playing board games in the cafeteria and tossing a football in the gymnasium. Pizza, juice boxes and other donated foods were spread out across tables. School officials said they would feed the students breakfast Friday and then bring them home.
Officials called off classes Friday in Lincoln County and at least nine others after the storms dumped nearly 3 inches (8 centimeters) of rain in some places. In Kanawha County, the state’s largest, school bus routes were changed or closed because of flooded roads. Gov. Jim Justice declared a state of emergency as the storms rolled through Thursday.
In Mingo County, along West Virginia’s border with Kentucky and Virginia, a mudslide prompted crews to help remove some residents from their homes, WCHS-TV reported. No injuries were reported.
The flooding came amid a string of thunderstorms that swept across the South. Flood warnings remained in place for several counties in southern and central West Virginia. Thunderstorms were possible Friday from the Florida Panhandle to the North Carolina coast, said National Weather Service forecaster Bob Oravec. | https://www.wivb.com/news/u-s-headlines/ap-floodwaters-force-wva-students-to-spend-night-at-high-school/ | 2023-02-17 15:38:45 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/u-s-headlines/ap-floodwaters-force-wva-students-to-spend-night-at-high-school/ |
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DETROIT (AP) — Stellantis is moving closer to closing its factory in Belvidere, Illinois, as it prepares for the costly transition from internal combustion to electric vehicles.
The factory, which now employs about 1,350 workers, officially was placed on “idle” by the company on Tuesday. That term means it intends to shut down the plant.
Belvidere’s future is likely to be a lightning-rod issue in national contract talks coming up this summer with the United Auto Workers union, one that could bring a painful strike.
In a statement Tuesday, the UAW said that the decision to idle the plant will not go uncontested.
“This economic dislocation is a choice made by Stellantis to reap even higher profit,” union Vice President Rich Boyer said in a statement. “We will highlight their corporate greed to workers, community, taxpayers, and consumers.”
In a meeting with reporters Tuesday, Carlos Tavares, CEO of the company formed by combining Fiat Chrysler and France’s PSA Peugeot, said Stellantis is “looking for solutions” for Belvidere, which now has no new vehicle to build. The last Jeep Cherokee small SUV rolled off the plant’s assembly line on Tuesday.
The company, Tavares said, is executing a transformation to electric vehicles, which are 40% more expensive to make than those with internal combustion engines. Stellantis, he said, can’t pass the increased costs to consumers because many wouldn’t be able to afford new cars. It also can’t sell EVs at a loss, so it’s left with absorbing the added costs.
“We need to adapt to this new world,” Tavares said. “The reality of the transformation of the market is the reality that we need to face.”
He said the company is not seeking specific concessions from the Belvidere plant. “This is a global issue. This is not a Belvidere issue,” he said.
Stellantis, Tavares said, has to optimize its manufacturing and distribution footprints. “If we don’ fix it then everybody’s going to be in trouble,” he said.
But UAW President Ray Curry said the company’s “ill-advised decision” will disrupt lives, uproot families and cause repercussions through the regional parts supply chain network. Shawn Fain, his opponent in a UAW officers’ election that is coming to an end soon, said the union should have enforced clauses in its contract that prevent plants from being closed.
The union said it has negotiated, and Tavares said the company has agreed to, retirement packages as well as voluntary termination and pre-retirement leaves for workers. It’s also working on relocation for interested workers, the UAW statement said. The union says about 2,300 employees are affected.
The Belvidere plant could wind up making Stellantis the lead company in contract talks that open this summer with the Detroit Three automakers. As a potential warning to the automakers, the union last week raised strike pay from $400 to $500 per week.
In the past two years the UAW has become more aggressive against employers as workers have become more scarce. It has gone on strike against CNH Industrial, Deere & Co., the University of California system and Volvo Trucks to win larger pay raises and other benefits. | https://fox59.com/business/ap-business/ap-stellantis-idles-illinois-plant-takes-step-toward-closure/ | 2023-03-01 06:28:32 | 1 | https://fox59.com/business/ap-business/ap-stellantis-idles-illinois-plant-takes-step-toward-closure/ |
RAYÁN, Qatar (AP) — Croacia derrota a Brasil por penales y alcanza las semifinales de la Copa Mundial.
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2nd arrest in case of pitcher’s grandson born in woods
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A second arrest was made in the case of the daughter of a MLB Hall of Fame pitcher who gave birth in the woods and was accused of misleading New Hampshire police about the newborn’s location, authorities said Wednesday.
In a police affidavit, the daughter referred to George Theberge as her boyfriend. Other records in the case have been sealed. Theberge was arrested and charged with tampering with witnesses, reckless conduct and endangering the welfare of a child in connection with the Dec. 26 birth, police in the city of Manchester said. It was not immediately known if Theberge has a lawyer.
The baby boy was left alone in a tent in subfreezing cold for more than an hour before officers found him, authorities say.
The mother, Alexandra Eckersley, 26, was accused of abandoning her son without heat or proper clothing. She pleaded not guilty Dec. 27 to charges of assault, reckless conduct, and other counts, and was released on bail on condition that she can’t have contact with her son.
Eckersley’s lawyer, Kim Kossick, said she’s in treatment.
“She’s recovering from this ordeal,” Kossick said. “She’s a young woman who didn’t know she was pregnant. She gave birth alone, in the woods. She did the only thing she could do, and she called 911.”
Kossick said Eckersley did lead the police to the baby. “In my opinion, she did save the baby’s life,” she said.
She added, “The idea this woman alone had this child and the first instinct was to arrest her, I think, just tells you a lot about what you need to know about our society. She was taken to the police station and interrogated before she was taken to the hospital, in her bloody clothes, still bleeding from the birth.”
She is the daughter of Dennis Eckersley, who was drafted by Cleveland as a California high schooler in 1972, went on to pitch 24 seasons as both a 20-win starter and a 50-save reliever for Cleveland, Boston, the Cubs, Oakland and the Cardinals. He won the AL Cy Young and MVP awards in 1992 while playing for the Oakland Athletics. Eckersley retired last year from broadcasting Boston Red Sox games.
The Eckersley family released a statement last month saying they had no prior knowledge of the pregnancy and were in complete shock. They were seeking guardianship of the boy.
The statement went on to say that Alexandra Eckersley, whom they referred to as “Allie,” has suffered from “severe mental illness her entire life” and that the family did their very best to get her help and support.
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A rare, long-track tornado left a trail of devastation across western Mississippi on Friday night — killing at least 23 people, tearing buildings and leaving thousands of homes without power.
"We can confirm 23 dead, dozens injured, 4 missing due to last night's tornadoes," the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency said Saturday morning. "We have numerous local and state search and rescue teams that continue to work this morning. A number of assets are on the ground to assist those that have been impacted."
A tornado landed in Rolling Fork, which is about an hour's drive from of Jackson, Miss., around 8 p.m. local time, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Lance Perrilloux.
Rolling Fork Mayor Eldridge Walker told CNN that his "city is gone."
Walker, who has been surveying the wreckage in his town, said the damage and devastation is widespread. He added that several residents have been found trapped in their homes and rushed to hospitals while emergency responders search for more survivors.
"The rescue missions are still taking place as we speak," Walker said on Saturday morning.
The twister traveled northeast, upending neighboring towns in Silver City, Black Hawk and Winona. The severe weather also produced golf ball-size hail.
In total, the tornado spanned roughly 170 miles and lasted over an hour, which Perrilloux described as "very rare."
"This is one of the more rare tornadoes that we've seen in recorded Mississippi history given its longevity and strength over a period of time," he told NPR.
At least one other, weaker tornado may have hit Mississippi but it has not been confirmed, according to Perrilloux.
On Saturday morning, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said search and rescue operations are continuing across the state. Reeves said he plans to visit Sharkey County, where Rolling Fork is located, later on Saturday to "be with the people first hit."
"The loss will be felt in these towns forever," he said. "Please pray for God's hand to be over all who lost family and friends."
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At least 13 people have died in Sharkey County, the Associated Press reported. Five more people were killed in Carroll County and Monroe County, which are northeast of Rolling Fork, according to ABC News.
In a Facebook live video, Mississippi Highway Patrol trooper Jose Watson also confirmed another death in Silver City.
As of Saturday morning, more than 81,000 customers had lost power in Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee, according to PowerOutage.us.
In Alabama, residents in Hamilton in Marion County reported roof damage, downed trees and powerlines, according to Al.com.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP ("GPM") reminds investors of the upcoming September 6, 2022 deadline to file a lead plaintiff motion in the class action filed on behalf of investors who purchased or otherwise acquired Outset Medical, Inc. ("Outset" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: OM) common stock between September 15, 2020 and June 13, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period").
If you suffered a loss on your Outset investments or would like to inquire about potentially pursuing claims to recover your loss under the federal securities laws, you can submit your contact information at www.glancylaw.com/cases/outset-medical-inc/. You can also contact Charles H. Linehan, of GPM at 310-201-9150, Toll-Free at 888-773-9224, or via email at shareholders@glancylaw.com to learn more about your rights.
On May 4, 2022, after the market closed, Outset disclosed disappointing results for first quarter 2022, including a net loss of $35.9 million. Analysts attributed the results to the unproven reliability of the Company's Tablo Hemodialysis System ("Tablo") for kidney failure patients.
On this news, Outset's stock fell $16.88, or 42.3%, over the next three consecutive trading days, to close at $23.06 per share on May 9, 2022, thereby injuring investors.
Then, on June 13, 2022, Outset announced that it had implemented "a shipment hold on the distribution of its Tablo Hemodialysis System for home use pending" a review and clearance of a 510(k) application by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA"). The Company withdrew its prior guidance and expected second quarter 2022 revenue of at least $25 million due to the shipment hold. Despite prior assurances that the Company was conducting its study in accordance with FDA protocols requiring "real-world data" gathered in "the home environment," its Chief Executive Officer also revealed that it had "run with a protocol that involves a simulated use environment at a human factors lab."
On this news, Outset's stock fell $6.95, or 34.1%, to close at $13.46 per share on June 14, 2022, thereby injuring investors further.
The complaint filed in this action alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and/or misleading statements, as well as failed to disclose material adverse facts about the Company's business, operations, and prospects. Specifically, Defendants failed to disclose that: (1) Defendants had "continuously made improvements and updates to Tablo over time since its original clearance" that required an additional 510(k) application; (2) as a result, the Company could not conduct a human factors study on a cleared device in accordance with FDA protocols; (3) the Company's inability to conduct the human factors study subjected the Company to the likelihood of the FDA imposing a "shipment hold" and marketing suspension, leaving the Company unable to sell the Tablo for home use; and (4) as a result of the foregoing, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
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If you purchased or otherwise acquired Outset common stock during the Class Period, you may move the Court no later than September 6, 2022 to request appointment as lead plaintiff in this putative class action lawsuit. To be a member of the class action you need not take any action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent member of the class action. If you wish to learn more about this class action, or if you have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to the pending class action lawsuit, please contact Charles Linehan, Esquire, of GPM, 1925 Century Park East, Suite 2100, Los Angeles, California 90067 at 310-201-9150, Toll-Free at 888-773-9224, by email to shareholders@glancylaw.com, or visit our website at www.glancylaw.com. If you inquire by email please include your mailing address, telephone number and number of shares purchased.
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Former LPL Financial Divisional President to Provide Strategic Advisory Guidance and Industry Speaking to Select Firms Seeking Growth Guidance
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Dec. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cassique Strategies, a management consultancy focused on serving the wealth management space, today announced its launch by Founder and Managing Director Andy Kalbaugh. Mr. Kalbaugh, who has supported the growth and development of some of the largest and most successful wealth management firms and platforms in the country for over 30 years, will provide strategic advisory guidance to a select circle of clients. Through Cassique Strategies, Mr. Kalbaugh will also be available to share his insights and experiences as a public speaker at industry events across the country.
Mr. Kalbaugh said, "I'm thrilled to get Cassique off the ground as it's something I've been looking forward to doing for quite some time. In the spirit of the true cassiques of the Carolinas' low-country, I look forward to helping my clients navigate the wealth management terrain. I've always been a big believer in the power of expert guidance for firms seeking to unlock new opportunities and increase their growth."
Before launching Cassique Strategies, Andy Kalbaugh served as Managing Director and Divisional President at LPL Financial, the NASDAQ-traded, leading wealth management firm. Mr. Kalbaugh, a member of the Management Committee at LPL, had oversight for the long-term growth, satisfaction and retention of more than 17,000 independent financial advisors and 800 financial institutions, representing more than $900 billion in assets.
In addition to his work at Cassique Strategies, Mr. Kalbaugh is also a member of the Advisory Board Member of TowerBrook Capital Partners Management, a leading private equity firm.
He is also currently a board member for Communities in Schools of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, where he previously served as President. Previously, Mr. Kalbaugh has served as CEO of American General Securities, as well as CEO of Mutual Service Corp.
About Cassique Strategies
Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Cassique Strategies is a management consultancy focused on providing strategic growth guidance to select clients in the wealth management space. The firm was founded by Andy Kalbaugh, a seasoned wealth management industry leader. For more information, please visit Cassique Strategies' website.
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STOCKTON, Calif. — Final preparations are underway at the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds as coordinators of the San Joaquin Asparagus Festival get ready for the 3-day event to make a return for a 37th year.
The annual festival celebrates delta-grown asparagus by serving up dishes such as deep-fried asparagus, asparagus ice cream, bacon-wrapped asparagus, asparagus lumpia, asparagus corn dogs, asparagus burritos and more.
This year, coordinators say locally-grown potatoes will also be on display with several potato dishes and a potato cannon.
Outside vendors will also be at the fairgrounds serving a range of food options with or without asparagus or potatoes.
The festival features live music, a carnival, train rides, a petting zoo, chef demonstrations and a scholarship pageant.
Some proceeds from the festival, which runs Friday through Sunday, will go back to the nonprofits that volunteer to help put on the event.
All weekend, the San Joaquin Regional Transit District (RTD) will be offering free rides every 15 minutes between the Union Transfer Station and the Fairgrounds.
Need to know:
Dates
- April 14 through April 16
Time
- 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. all days
Location
- San Joaquin County Fairgrounds at 1658 S Airport Way Stockton, CA 95206
Ticket prices
- $20 for adults ages 18 to 64
- $15 for children ages 6 to 17, seniors 65 years or older and members of the military with an ID
Parking prices (cash only)
- $10 for cars
- $5 for motorcycles
Asparagus Alley prices
- Deep-fried asparagus- $12
- Asparagus ice cream- $4
Carnival prices
- $4-$7 per ride
- $35 for unlimited rides
Weather forecast:
- Friday
- High: 72°
- Low: 45°
- Wind: 10 mph
- Saturday
- High: 74°
- Low: 48°
- Wind: 8 mph
- Sunday
- High: 78°
- Low: 51°
- Wind: 8 mph
Click HERE for a detailed, hourly forecast.
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Groups of teens in Texas are organizing and speaking out against gun violence despite the many challenges they face toward achieving their legislative and political goals.
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Groups of teens in Texas are organizing and speaking out against gun violence despite the many challenges they face toward achieving their legislative and political goals.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – One person died and two people were brought to the hospital with serious injuries early Thursday morning after a fire engulfed a house in Vancouver, according to the Clark County Sheriff’s Office.
First responders from the Vancouver Fire Department say they arrived at 15700 Northwest Lower River Road around 6:30 a.m. to find the house on fire at the end of the roadway.
Two occupants were brought to the local hospital and one occupant was declared dead at the scene, officials say, but their names have not been released to the public.
The house itself was a “total loss,” according to CCSO.
An investigation into the fire is ongoing, and officials have yet to determine the cause of the fire.
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(WXOW) - A wide variety of music, vendors, and family fun comes to Viroqua on Saturday.
The 11th Driftless Music Festival takes over Eckhart Park this weekend. Musical acts and performers will bring live entertainment for all ages.
Christina Dollhausen joined Daybreak on Monday to highlight the upcoming event.
"It's a festival for all," said Dollhausen. "It's not just one kind of music. It's all different kinds of music that you may not experience in Wisconsin at other festivals all in one day, and it's super family friendly."
Performers this year include Wurk, The Vogt Sisters, Orquesta Salsoul Del Mad, The Jimmys, Adam Greuel and the Space Burritos, and Rensa Fire.
Vendors include English Ridge Orchard, Udder Brothers Ice Cream, Julie's Catering, Salt & Tipple, and Magpie Gelato.
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showers. Lows in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. Highs
in the lower 70s.
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lower 70s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming northwest in the
afternoon. Gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
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the evening. Cooler. Less humid with lows in the upper 40s.
Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Northwest winds 15 to
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partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
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.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of
showers. Lows around 60.
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in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
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.THURSDAY...Showers with isolated thunderstorms. Highs around 70.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming northwest in the afternoon.
Gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in
the evening. Cooler. Less humid with lows in the mid 40s.
Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs around 60. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 35 mph.
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.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of
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.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. Highs
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.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
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lower 70s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming northwest in the
afternoon. Gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
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lower 70s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming northwest in the
afternoon. Gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
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in the evening, then mostly clear after midnight. Cooler. Less
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Chance of rain 20 percent.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs around 60. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 35 mph.
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10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY...Showers with isolated thunderstorms. Highs in the
lower 70s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming northwest in
the afternoon. Gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
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evening, then mostly clear after midnight. Cooler. Less humid
with lows in the upper 40s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Northwest winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
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10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph after midnight.
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lower 70s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming west in the
afternoon. Gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
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evening, then mostly clear after midnight. Cooler. Less humid
with lows in the mid 40s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts
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.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. Highs
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.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
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with lows in the upper 40s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Northwest winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
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showers. Lows in the upper 50s.
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in the lower 70s.
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evening. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The tech entrepreneurs who flocked to San Francisco two decades ago bringing jobs and wealth, and also soaring housing prices and gentrification, are becoming a rising political force in a city they say is woefully off track.
They are forming advocacy organizations — among them TogetherSF Action, Abundant SF and Grow SF — to pressure officials to tackle soaring housing costs, public drug dealing and other woes exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
While the organizations differ in their priorities, they all say a small group of power brokers, many of them progressives, have prevented the city from solving some of its most pressing issues. The groups are highlighting fissures among Democrats in this liberal stronghold that has struggled to rebound from the pandemic.
“In San Francisco there’s a lot of political ideology that holds people back from working together for the things that they actually agree on,” said Kanishka Cheng, who co-founded TogetherSF Action in 2020 with billionaire venture capitalist Michael Moritz, a former journalist who also started the San Francisco Standard news website and was among the initial investors in Google.
This year TogetherSF Action is educating people about the city’s drug problem and pushing for an increased police presence to hold dealers accountable, and also for treatment options to get addicted people off the streets. Like many cities, San Francisco is battling the fentanyl crisis and sees about two deaths a day from overdoses.
Another tech entrepreneur seeking to influence change is Zack Rosen, who is co-founder and CEO of the website platform Pantheon and helped launch YIMBY California, a pro-development group that fights for state-level zoning reforms.
Rosen said he is motivated by his and his wife’s desire to raise their family in San Francisco. He grew frustrated at the lack of affordable housing after workers at a bike shop he owns were displaced, and he wants to cut through the red tape and bureaucracy that have hampered new construction.
Now Rosen, his wife and other couples working in tech are the force behind Abundant SF, which plans to spend millions to back ballot measures and candidates that would create safe, accessible public spaces and increase the housing stock for all income levels.
“There is a lot of complaining on Twitter and not a lot of action,” Rosen said. “We want to be part of the solution.”
Tech has had a huge presence in San Francisco since the early 2000s, when major companies including Google, Twitter and Uber began renting office space downtown as the Silicon Valley expanded north.
But only recently have industry leaders sought to so publicly attempt to influence policy and elections. Some of them were encouraged last year after their efforts promoting moderate candidates led to ballot-box defeats for multiple progressive officials: A supervisor, three school board members and District Attorney Chesa Boudin.
They range from activists with a track record of influencing city and state policy to higher-profile, brash figures like Elon Musk who turn to social media to criticize officials.
Earlier this month Musk joined in an outcry on Twitter, which he purchased last year for $44 billion, that sought to characterize the killing of Cash App founder Bob Lee, who was stabbed repeatedly on a street, as an example of out-of-control crime in a declining San Francisco.
In fact, San Francisco has some of the lowest violent crime rates among the country’s 23 largest cities, according to FBI data. And ultimately an acquaintance was arrested in Lee’s death, and authorities said the attack was not a case of random street violence but the result of a dispute between the men.
Still, many residents feel unsafe with property crimes on the rise, including catalytic converter theft, shoplifting at convenience and grocery stores and home break-ins. Many are also fed up with scenes of drug dealers doing brisk business in public spaces and people in mental distress or passed out on trash-strewn sidewalks in central neighborhoods.
Only about a third of San Franciscans said in an April city survey that they feel safe walking at night, down from 53% in 2019, the last time officials conducted the poll. Asked to grade the government and police department, residents gave them a C and C+, respectively.
With such concerns in mind, GrowSF, an advocacy group started in 2020 by two software engineers who left tech jobs to launch it, focuses on public safety and helping elect officials who will crack down on things like property crime and open-air drug bazaars.
“This has been something people have been frustrated by for years,” said co-founder Sachin Agarwal, who worked at Twitter and then Lyft.
With a following of more than 15,000 on Twitter, GrowSF also publishes voter guides supporting what it calls “common sense” candidates and has backed efforts to defeat Dean Preston, a progressive supervisor who is up for re-election next year. It is also pushing against resistance to a plan to convert the iconic Castro Theater, a 100-year-old cinema in the heart of the historically gay Castro District, into an event venue.
“There is a very small minority of folks with an aversion to change that want to freeze the city and keep it in the past,” Agarwal said. “But the vast majority of folks here want to see growth, and they want to see progress.”
Preston, who won his seat in 2019 after running as a democratic socialist, rejects that kind of talk, saying he, too, wants progress — but it should include the working class and poor.
The supervisor said he has become a target of many of the groups created by tech entrepreneurs because of his support for things like tenants’ rights, affordable housing for low-income residents, anti-displacement initiatives and taxing the rich. In 2020 he sponsored a ballot measure raising taxes on real estate sales topping $10 million that was approved by voters.
Preston takes a dim view of the new political movers and shakers from the tech world, saying he doesn’t see them as true champions for regular San Franciscans.
“I don’t think they’re interested in coming together to solve problems,” he said. “They’d rather have public fights and try to exploit those wedge issues for electoral gains.”
Emily Lee, co-director of the nonprofit San Francisco Rising, also is skeptical of the tech-backed groups, saying they do not work with those most affected by homelessness and addiction to understand the root causes. The city’s failure to make real progress, she said, stems from a lack of compromise between feuding elected officials.
“The mayor and the supervisors have a longstanding inability to work together,” Lee said. “What we need is for all these politicians to stop being petty and stop fighting with each other and actually do something to address the community’s problems.” | https://www.kark.com/news/national/tech-rooted-groups-seek-to-shake-up-san-francisco-politics/ | 2023-04-29 04:11:00 | 1 | https://www.kark.com/news/national/tech-rooted-groups-seek-to-shake-up-san-francisco-politics/ |
PHOENIX (AP)Kody Clemens hit his first major league home run to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 6-3 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday.
The 26-year-old son of seven-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens hit a three-run homer in the top of the sixth inning off Arizona reliever Joe Mantiply to break a 3-3 tie.
Clemens called his home run an ”amazing” moment.
”It was great,” he said. ”As soon as I hit it I knew it had a chance, and as soon as I was about to go around first I saw it was going out and he (Mantiply) turned and looked up, and I showed some emotion there. I was pumped, especially it being kind of late in the game. A three-run homer was crucial for the team. It was just awesome.”
Clemens came into the game hitting .125 and hadn’t played since June 19. He was 1 for 5 against left-handed pitching before homering off Mantiply. It was the first home run Mantiply has allowed to a left-handed hitter in his career.
”It’s a big moment for him,” Detroit manager A.J. Hinch said of Clemens. ”He’s been grinding and never had a bad attitude even though he hasn’t been playing a lot. He waits his turn and comes up with a big swing.”
Clemens said he has been standing in bullpens every day over the last week trying to emulate at-bats.
”I’ve been working my (butt) off trying to do everything I can to be in the lineup and help the team win,” he said. ”It’s great to see it pay off.”
Tyler Alexander (1-3) got the win for Detroit with two innings of scoreless relief. Mantiply (0-1) took the loss, allowing three earned runs in 1 1/3 innings. It was the Diamondbacks’ fifth straight defeat and dropped Arizona to a season-low nine games under .500.
Harold Castro and Robbie Grossman led off the sixth inning with back-to-back singles off Mantiply, who came on in relief of Arizona starter Zack Davies. After Jeimer Candelario struck out, Clemens hit an 82 mph curveball over the right field fence.
Gregory Soto pitched a scoreless ninth inning to earn his 14th save for Detroit.
Neither starter figured into the decision. Davies gave up five hits and two earned runs in five innings. Detroit’s Alex Faedo allowed three earned runs in four innings of work.
After getting just two runners on base through the first three innings, Arizona broke through in the fourth against Faedo. Christian Walker drew a one-out walk, and David Peralta hit an 0-1 slider over the right field fence to give the Diamondbacks a 2-1 lead.
It was Peralta’s ninth homer of the season and first since May 24. After Buddy Kennedy walked, Daulton Varsho lined a double to right, scoring Kennedy and extending Arizona’s lead to 3-1.
Detroit tied the game 3-3 in the top of the fifth inning. Tucker Barnhart walked and went to third on a Victor Reyes double. Riley Greene hit a ground ball to second base that Kennedy misplayed, allowing both runners to score.
The Tigers opened the scoring in the top of the fourth inning. Javier Baez led off with a single, and Castro lined a triple down the right field line to score Baez and give Detroit a 1-0 lead.
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Miguel Cabrera’s seventh-inning single gave him 3,053 hits for his career, tying him with Rod Carew for 28th place in MLB history. Cabrera’s next double will tie him with Paul Molitor (605) for 15th place on the all-time list.
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LHP Beau Brieske (1-6, 4.07) starts Sunday’s series finale for Detroit against the Diamondbacks, who had yet to name a starter prior to Saturday’s game.
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U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-12th Dist., is no stranger to Trenton-Mercer airport. As a frequent flier, she and Mercer County officials gave the U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg an insider’s tour to make the case for federal funding to relocate an air traffic control tower and replace the small and aging terminal.
The tour that started on the tarmac and wound through departure, baggage claims and the main terminals, showed why the complex — built in 1960 — needs replacement with a proposed new 125,000 square feet terminal building, officials said. The tour was also an opportunity to talk about another project to build a new control tower in a location that has the best line of sight.
“There’s a lot of appetite here improving that passenger experience,” Buttigieg said after the tour. “A lot of the facilities are showing their age. Being able to see it for myself gives me a better sense of the interest and the urgency of the upgrades and terminal replacement that’s planned.”
Watson Coleman stressed the airport’s regional importance both to New Jersey and neighboring Pennsylvania.
“I’m grateful the secretary took some time out to see for himself what somebody from the twelfth district has been in his ear about for quite a while,” she said. “This is an asset, a great economic generator and convenient for families with children who don’t want to fly out of big airports.”
The proposed new terminal would have four modern gates, 10 ticket counters and better airport facilities, from baggage screening and claims, to bathrooms, concession areas and new TSA screening areas. County plans said the new building would accommodate air passenger growth out to 2035.
While the number of gates isn’t increased, the new terminal would allow larger Airbus A320 aircraft to use all gates. Now, only two gates serve larger airliners. On Wednesday, a waiting Frontier Airlines aircraft dwarfed the building that serves it, illustrating the need.
The plans also include a new airport fire department building, since the old one would be demolished to build a new terminal. A parking garage also is part of the plan. A finding of no significant impact and a record of decision on the environmental impact statement of the proposed new terminal was issued by the FAA in February 2022.
The Nov. 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law allocated $5 billion for competitive grants for airport terminal development projects that address aging infrastructure. A second $1 billion will fund projects at 99 airports across the country.
Airport officials applied unsuccessfully for grants from the bipartisan infrastructure law, passed in Nov. 2021 in fiscal year 2022 and 2023, said Merlinda Montgomery, airport manager. The next opportunity to apply could come in October or November, if that opportunity is extended, she said.
“Every airport is going for bipartisan infrastructure law funding,” she said.
Buttigieg has been touring airports this month, visiting spots in North Carolina, Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma last week to highlight federal investments supporting projects that will improve airfield safety at airports across the nation. Projects funded through the infrastructure law included redesigned taxiways that reduce runway intersections, improvements that are often unnoticed by passengers but are key to their safety, USDOT officials said.
Projects being funded balance between federal safety goals and improving the physical environment for passengers, Buttigieg said. While not committing to funding because there is a process to go through, he said Wednesday’s tour gives him “helpful context.”
“What we have in the infrastructure bill is more than we’ve ever had in my lifetime. There’s always more that you could do, but we’re doing as much as possible and make sure the dollars go where they needed, whether in the hub or local airport,” Buttigieg said.
Passenger traffic at Trenton-Mercer has been increasing. It’s up from 363,626 in 2017 to 404,349 in 2018 and 462,173 in 2019, FAA statistics show. Traffic fell to to 129,536 in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic, but bounced back to 243,329 in 2021 and climbed to 328,139 last year, according to U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics. FAA forecasts predict passenger traffic to grow to 476,507 in 2035.
The effort to build a new terminal passed an important milestone last year when the Federal Aviation Administration issued a record of decision in February 2022, endorsing an Environmental Assessment for the terminal project, allowing it to move ahead. A cost estimate was not available.
An airport master plan said the existing 24,780 square foot terminal building has poor functional use, due to congestion in passenger flow during peak hours of activity. The terminal is in disrepair and does not meet current standards under the Americans with Disabilities Act and standards of the Transportation Security Administration.
Trenton Mercer did receive a $400,000 federal grant toward the cost to perform an environmental assessment of the project to move the control tower across the airfield, Montgomery said.
The terminal expansion has gotten pushback from Trenton Threatened Skies, a citizens group that opposes the terminal expansion project and argued to have the FAA require a full, more comprehensive Environmental Impact Study be conducted.
The group contends a larger terminal coupled with other expansion projects would increase air traffic, bringing more air and noise pollution to surrounding neighborhoods. It also challenged some of the county’s figures and growth assumptions in the terminal planning work.
“Over the years, we’re getting less of those calls because the county is doing their due diligence as related to sound issues,” Watson Coleman said. “We’ll never get to zero. We’re trying to please the majority.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer for Donald Trump was back in court Friday after being ordered to answer questions before a grand jury investigating the possible mishandling of classified documents at the former president’s Florida estate.
M. Evan Corcoran entered federal court in the District of Columbia early Friday morning, one week after a federal judge ruled in favor of the Justice Department in forcing Corcoran to answer additional questions before a grand jury that has been hearing testimony for months. He did not make any comments as he arrived at the building, and left several hours later without saying anything.
The interest by prosecutors in Corcoran’s testimony reinforces the legal dangers confronting Trump, making clear the department’s continued focus on whether the ex-president or any of his representatives obstructed government efforts to recover hundreds of classified documents taken from the White House to Mar-a-Lago at the end of his term. A search warrant affidavit released last August showed that investigators were examining potential violations of multiple crimes, including obstruction and the willful retention of national defense information.
Corcoran is relevant to the investigation because he drafted a letter that was given to the department last June asserting that a “diligent search” for classified documents had been done in response to a subpoena and that all records responsive to that subpoena were being provided. The letter was accompanied by the return of roughly three dozen documents with classified markings.
But prosecutors have said in court filings that they developed evidence showing that additional classified documents remained at the property. The FBI returned with a search warrant on Aug. 8 and removed roughly 100 additional classified documents, the filings show.
Attorney-client privilege traditionally shields lawyers from being forced to share details of their conversations with prosecutors. Corcoran invoked that privilege during an earlier appearance before the grand jury when he declined to answer certain questions.
But prosecutors can get around attorney-client privilege if they can convince a judge that a client was using legal representation in furtherance of a crime, a principle known under the law as the crime-fraud exception.
The Justice Department made that argument in this case, and secured a sealed order last week from U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell that required Corcoran to appear again before the grand jury to answer additional questions. A federal appeals court this week, also in a sealed order, directed Corcoran to turn over documents to prosecutors.
Another Trump lawyer, Timothy Parlatore, confirmed in an interview with The Associated Press on Friday that he had voluntarily testified for about six hours or seven hours before the grand jury in December to answer questions about the Trump team’s compliance with Justice Department efforts to reclaim the classified documents. His appearance was earlier reported by ABC News.
The Mar-a-Lago investigation is being led by a Justice Department special counsel, Jack Smith, who is also examining attempts by Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Trump faces a separate investigation by the Manhattan district attorney’s office — into hush money payments during the 2016 campaign — that appears to be close to wrapping up, as well as an investigation in Atlanta into efforts to reverse Trump’s election loss in Georgia.
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Industry veteran tapped to lead bank-wide strategic inclusion and diversity initiatives
CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Truist Financial Corporation (NYSE: TFC) today announced that Dominica Groom Williams will join the company as head of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), effective today.
Groom Williams will be responsible for leading bank-wide strategic inclusion and diversity initiatives, reporting to Chief Teammate Officer and Head of Enterprise Diversity Kimberly Moore-Wright.
"Embracing diversity, equity and inclusion is fundamental to what we stand for at Truist and one of the ways we bring our purpose to life," said Moore-Wright. "I'm excited to have Dominica join our team and build upon the strong progress we've made while continuing to pursue meaningful change for our teammates, clients and communities."
Groom Williams has over 15 years of experience driving innovation and leading global DE&I, change management, communications, and marketing platforms. She most recently served as the chief culture, inclusion and diversity officer at Guidehouse, a leading consultancy and solutions provider to the public and commercial sectors.
Prior to that, she served as the vice president, office of inclusive engagement at Freddie Mac, where she led the company's DE&I and community engagement platforms. Groom Williams previously was the senior director, global supplier diversity and sustainability at Marriott International, where she oversaw the company's award-winning diverse supplier and key environmental platforms.
Groom Williams has been recognized as a "Top Influential Leader in Diversity" by the National Association for Minority Companies, a "Rising Star" by HousingWire Magazine and a "Women Worth Watching" by the Profiles in Diversity Journal.
Groom Williams succeeds Wendy McSweeney, who has transitioned to Truist's new Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) & Impact Advisory Team in the Commercial Community Bank. McSweeney focuses on developing a holistic ESG strategy, including DEI, to deliver the full capabilities of Truist to diverse business owners for privately held companies. As part of the Commercial ESG & Impact Advisory Team, McSweeney helps provide clients with relevant content and capital structure insights to grow their business.
About Truist
Truist Financial Corporation is a purpose-driven financial services company committed to inspiring and building better lives and communities. Truist has leading market share in many high-growth markets in the country. The company offers a wide range of services including retail, small business and commercial banking; asset management; capital markets; commercial real estate; corporate and institutional banking; insurance; mortgage; payments; specialized lending; and wealth management. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Truist is a top 10 U.S. commercial bank with total assets of $545 billion as of June 30, 2022. Truist Bank, Member FDIC. Learn more at Truist.com.
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Midland attorney announces candidacy for probate judge
MIDLAND, Mich. (WNEM) - Midland attorney Angela Cole has filed to run for Midland County Probate Court Judge in the next election, according to a press release from her law office.
With almost 20 years’ experience, Cole is looking to succeed Judge Dorene S. Allen, who will retire from the bench at the end of 2024.
“I have made the decision to run for Probate Judge in Midland County because I believe it’s crucial to have the right person in that seat. The role requires a deep commitment to serving the most vulnerable members of our community and I have the temperament, experience, and personality to serve them well,” Cole said. “Running for Probate Judge is all about continuing my service to the Midland community; and with my background and skillset, I am the perfect fit to be Midland’s next probate judge.”
Cole has law offices in both Midland and Sanford. Her office said she is a well-known legal advocate for children and the underserved. In 2018, Cole founded the non-profit Affordable Legal Care, and serves as executive director. She spent several years in Midland Probate Court, making decisions in juvenile delinquency and child abuse and neglect cases. She also served as magistrate with the 75th District Court and was the deputy trial court administrator for the 42nd Circuit Midland County Court - Family Division.
Before joining the county, Cole was a Dow Corning corporate attorney and a judicial law clerk for Honorable Paul J. Clulo and Honorable Thomas L. Ludington at the 42nd Circuit Court in Midland County. She’s also an adjunct professor at Delta College.
She has degrees from Delta College and Northwood University and she received her law degree from Michigan State University - College of Law. She grew up in Midland County and raised her three sons there, establishing deep roots she said makes her more invested in the community.
Cole also stepped up during the 2020 dam failures, which caused historic flooding in Midland and Gladwin counties. She helped coordinate community efforts, such as bringing meals to those in need, providing free legal services, coordinating donations and more.
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(NEXSTAR) – Wake up and smell the (heavily discounted) coffee.
Coffee chains including Caribou, Dunkin’ and Dutch Bros. are once again celebrating National Coffee Day by offering free and discounted coffee — or other perks and promotions — to customers in need of a pick-me-up on Sept. 29.
After all, Americans just can’t get enough of the stuff. Coffee consumption in the U.S. has only increased in recent years, with 66% of Americans describing themselves as daily coffee drinkers — a two-decade high, according to a March 2022 report from the National Coffee Association.
Looking to hop on the bandwagon? There’s no better opportunity than National Coffee Day. Here are just some of the shops offering discounted drinks on Sept. 29:
Caribou Coffee
Caribou Coffee’s rewards members — known as Perks members — can redeem a medium handcrafted beverage (Nitro Pumpkin Latte, Caramel ‘High-Rise,’ etc,) for only $3 at participating locations on Sept. 29. Not a member? Simply download the app and sign up on the spot.
Dunkin’
Members of Dunkin’s free DD Perks program can get a free medium coffee, hot or iced, with any purchase on Sept. 29.
Dutch Bros Coffee
Dutch Bros is offering something potentially more valuable than a free cup of coffee: a free year’s worth of coffee. On Sept. 29, the chain’s Dutch Rewards customers can scan their Dutch Pass at any of the chain’s 600-plus locations to be entered for a chance to win. See details here.
Krispy Kreme
Krispy Kreme locations across the country are offering free brewed coffee to all guests on Sept. 29, no purchase necessary. Those who belong to Krispy Kreme Rewards can also nab a free doughnut of their choosing.
Panera Bread
Panera is launching a whole week of deals in honor of National Coffee Day, starting with two free months of membership to its Unlimited Sip Club for customers who subscribe (at $10.99 per month) on Sept. 29. (Existing members will be offered a $2 discount on select drinks).
Subsequent deals include discounts on food, gift cards and delivery fees. Check out Panera’s press release for details.
Peet’s Coffee
Guests at Peet’s can redeem a small drip coffee with any purchase on Sept. 29. From Sept. 29 to Oct. 2, customers at Peet’s will also be treated to 20% off on in-store purchases of coffee beans, pods or espresso capsules, and online shoppers at Peets.com can take advantage of a 20% discount sitewide.
Pilot Flying J
Customers at more than 650 of Pilot Flying J travel centers can redeem an in-app deal for a free cup of hot, iced, cold-brew or frozen coffee on Sept. 29. The deal includes the chain’s new flavored coffees, which include bourbon-pecan, Southern-pecan and Cinnabon pumpkin-spice.
Sheetz
Customers who visit any of Sheetz’ 660-plus locations can get a free cold-brew coffee with the purchase of any in-store item. The promotion can only be redeemed in the Sheetz app, but anyone can download the app and become a loyalty member for free.
Wawa
On Sept. 29 — and every other day in September, for that matter — any teacher or school administrator can grab a free coffee at Wawa by identifying themselves as an educator to an associate. | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/national/national-coffee-day-where-to-get-free-or-discounted-coffee-on-sept-29/ | 2022-09-28 20:04:41 | 0 | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/national/national-coffee-day-where-to-get-free-or-discounted-coffee-on-sept-29/ |
HONOLULU (AP) — Two swings were all it took for Hayden Buckley to become another face in a large crowd of contenders to a two-shot lead Saturday in the Sony Open.
On a day when there was an eight-way tie for the lead at one point, Buckley made a pair of eagles on the back nine at Waialae that carried him to a second straight 6-under 64 and allowed him at least a little separation.
One of them was a wedge from 133 yards that he thought he tugged to a left pin at No. 10, the third-easiest hole on the course. Instead, it turned out perfectly.
“It was nice to see that,” Buckley said. “I did pull it a little bit and wasn’t sure where it was going to land.”
The other was among his best swings of the day, a 5-iron from 221 yards that rolled up to 2 feet to the front left pin on the par-5 18th hole.
Otherwise, it was a steady diet of pars and the occasional birdie on a course where the fairways are running fast.
“We did exactly what we were trying to do and got away with two shots, had two big eagles,” Buckley said. “Our game plan stays the same. If we play well enough, that’s great. If not, we just deal with it.”
He was at 15-under 195 as Buckley goes for his first PGA Tour title in his second full year, and he’s not alone in that regard.
He will be in the final group with David Lipsky (66) and Ben Taylor (65), neither of whom have won on the PGA Tour. Lipsky has won on the Asian Tour, the Sunshine Tour, the European tour and the Korn Ferry Tour.
Nine of the leading 15 players at Waialae are going for their first PGA Tour win.
Chris Kirk also was two shots behind. He began the third round with a one-shot lead and good vibes because of his runner-up finish two years ago that enabled him to keep full status on tour. His first shot sailed toward the houses down the right side of the first fairways, out-of-bounds and leading to a double bogey.
He was otherwise solid from there, though he missed a 6-foot birdie putt on the 18th that would have put him in the final group.
Kirk has four PGA Tour wins, but the last one was at Colonial in 2015. It felt like a win two years ago at Waialae. He had stepped away from golf to treat alcoholism and depression, and his 65 on the final day at the Sony Open to tie for second was enough for him to retain full status.
So he wasn’t sure he had an advantage because of winning experience.
“If I had won three weeks ago maybe,” Kirk said. “But it’s been a little while. I definitely know what it takes, but also know it’s not easy to do. But I definitely like where I’m at. I like the way my golf game feels. Obviously, I’m very comfortable and love this place, so I’m excited for the opportunity against these guys that haven’t won. Most of them are probably 15 years I younger than me.”
Kirk wasn’t the only player with a slow start. Lipsky’s opening drive went left, and bounced along the cement path right of the driving range until it settled outside the white stakes. He managed to limit the damage to a bogey when he made a 25-foot putt. He followed that by taking two chips to get onto the second green for another bogey, and then he had seven birdies the rest of the way.
“It’s never ideal when your ball goes 50 yards down the path OB,” Lipsky said. “I’m pretty happy with how I played and how I handled those first two holes.”
While the third round wasn’t a bizarre as Friday — Jordan Spieth went from a share of the lead to missing the cut, Rory Sabbatini was one off the lead until three straight double bogeys — there was enough to realize 18 more holes might feel like a marathon to those trying to win for the first time.
S.H. Kim, the rookie from South Korea, ran off four straight birdies to take the lead at the turn. And then on the 10th hole, the third easiest at Waialae, he had 124 yards from the middle of the fairway and made double bogey — an approach that bounded over the green, a chip to 30 feet and three putts.
Byeong Hun An had a 66 and was tied for 16th, six shots behind. That includes his quadruple-bogey 8 on the 10th hole after his drive was in the middle of the fairway, 87 yards from the hole. An went long going after a back pin, muffed a chip, twice had a wedge slide under the ball sitting in thick grass. It was a mess.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Thursday that the state’s new Office of Election Crimes and Security has uncovered 20 instances of voter fraud since its establishment on July 1.
“The Office of Election Crimes and Security, in conjunction with the Attorney General’s office and FDLE of the state of Florida, has charged and is in the process of arresting 20 individuals across the state for voter fraud,” DeSantis said.
The governor claimed that the 20 individuals from Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties voted despite being disqualified due to previous convictions of either murder or sexual assault.
The state of Florida does not allow convicts of serious crimes including homicide and sexual assault to retain voting rights.
The 20 being charged with voter fraud face up to five years in prison in addition to a $5,000 fine for the third-degree felony, according to DeSantis.
DeSantis added that Florida’s election security office will continue to review the 2020 election in search of fraud, as well as monitor upcoming elections.
“One of the things that we did in the most recent legislative session, though, is recognize, yes, you can have all these great policy reforms, and it’s important to do it, but if it’s not actually enforced then what difference is it going to make at the end of the day?” DeSantis said in support of the election security office and its work.
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SHENYANG, China, Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Spanning a course of three days, the 2022 Northeast Asia Cultural Tourism Creation Expo kicked off in Shenyang on August 26th under the central theme of "joint participation in a cultural tourism gala, sharing of creativity and the future".
This year's exposition comprises five major exhibition zones: the Shenyang and Shenyang Modernized Metropolitan Area Exhibition Zone, Domestic Exhibition Zone, International Exhibition Zone, Creative Science and Technology Exhibition Zone, and Stage Performance Zone. 142 exhibitors from both China and abroad descended on Shenyang with a plethora of exhibitions, a diverse range of shows and performances, and a wide array of information to present to foreign and Chinese travelers a cultural tourism gala unlike any other, according to the Information Office of Shenyang People's Government.
This year's exposition fully showcased some of China's most popular cultural tourism cities (city clusters), and distinct culture and unique tourism resources of key tourist destination countries and cities in Northeast Asia and elsewhere around the globe. Of which, there were plenty of displays of tourism products, cultural creativity products, 5G applications, artificial intelligence and other products and technologies, enabling both citizens and tourists to get first-hand knowledge and experience on the immense possibilities when culture, tourism, science and technology meld, and to personally immerse into the novelty and joys of various exhibiting products.
The exposition specially set up the Shenyang Modernized Metropolitan Area "Seven Cities and One District" Exhibition Zone, which focused on contents such as unique local history and culture, tourist attractions, cultural creativity products, cultural performances, etc. During the span of the expo, the Shenyang Modernized Metropolitan Area "Seven Cities and One District" presented a joint declaration on integrated cultural tourism development with the aim of fully giving play to the region's complementary advantages stemming from cultural tourism resources and endowments, cultivating new business formats and new scenarios that complement each other, and concertedly forging a cultural tourism intellectual property system shared by members of the region.
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NEW YORK and HONG KONG, Dec. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bupa (Asia) Limited, a health insurance specialist, and CoverGo, the leading global no-code insurance SaaS platform for health, P&C, and life, are joining forces to streamline Bupa's health insurance ecosystem in Hong Kong.
Bupa has now adopted CoverGo as its new health insurance system in order to accelerate customer onboarding, launch customized products in record time, increase sales through new channels, and improve the user experience for all health insurance stakeholders.
CoverGo's award-winning no-code product builder enables Bupa to shape different types of individual and group health insurance products in hours, without a single line of code and make them instantly accessible through CoverGo's open insurance APIs. Products can be tailored to each customer's specific needs and made available via agency, broker and partner channels for both new business and renewals.
Bupa also chose CoverGo as a partner to set the right foundation for future improvements in its ecosystem. The CoverGo platform's modular architecture offers unrivaled flexibility for insurers to gain quick wins that can be integrated within existing systems, as well as easily scaled into a full-fledged core health insurance system covering policy administration, claims, distribution, member movements, provider management and more.
Yuman Chan, General Manager of Bupa (Asia) Limited said: "We are excited to partner with CoverGo to accelerate our digital transformation agenda. With innovative solutions and technologies, we are able to create frictionless care pathways. Delivering a digitally enhanced and connected journey, futureproofs our business and provides an exceptional experience for our customers. Innovative healthcare is about finding new ways to care for people, so it's easier and more accessible right from enrolment to claims settlement."
Tomas Holub, Founder & CEO of CoverGo said: "We are delighted to assist Bupa on their journey towards digital transformation. Bupa has shown a clear commitment to digitize and streamline their health insurance ecosystem in an efficient and scalable way using CoverGo's cutting-edge no-code insurance platform. It's also a validation of CoverGo's health insurance capabilities, with leading health insurers across the globe adopting our platform. We look forward to growing our collaboration with Bupa across many products and markets."
About CoverGo
CoverGo is the leading global no-code insurance platform for health, P&C, and life, enabling insurance companies to transform digitally in the most flexible, scalable, and cost-effective way. Growing number of insurance companies, and emerging insurtechs across the globe adopt CoverGo to build and launch all types of insurance products within days, develop omni-channel distribution, and digitize policy admin and claims. CoverGo's clients include AXA, Bupa, MSIG (MS&AD), Dai-ichi Life, DBS Bank, and many others. To learn more, visit https://www.covergo.com/.
About Bupa – A global healthcare specialist
Bupa's purpose is helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.
We are an international healthcare company serving over 38 million customers worldwide. With no shareholders, we reinvest profits into providing more and better healthcare for the benefit of current and future customers.
In Hong Kong, we are known as the health insurance specialist. We have gained the trust of more than 400,000 individuals and 3,200 companies. We have provided quality health insurance for Hong Kong's civil servants for more than 20 years.
Bupa also provides primary care services through Quality HealthCare Medical Services (QHMS), one of Hong Kong's largest private clinic networks. To learn more, visit https://www.bupa.com.hk/en/.
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MAYNARD, Mass., Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With enterprise selling seeing its biggest paradigm shifts in decades, Fortune 1000 B2B companies have unprecedented demand for technology and platforms that enable complex storytelling and sales in hybrid work environments.
As the leading interactive B2B sales and marketing customer engagement platform, Kaon Interactive has reached historic growth milestones throughout 2021-2022 in its efforts to simplify complex selling in an increasingly complex environment for the world's largest companies in life sciences, manufacturing, IT and more.
"It's hard to overstate the disruption we have seen in global enterprise sales over the past two years," said Kaon CEO Gavin Finn. "Visionary global executives are now building their long-term competitive strategy around the 'digital transformation' of their entire customer experience and Kaon is at the forefront of process and technology innovation to facilitate their shift to engagement selling. It's a really exciting time for Kaon and our clients."
The launch of Kaon's LiveShare® solution at the beginning of 2022 as the first metaverse-driven B2B sales collaboration tool has accelerated growth. LiveShare changes everyone's role from observer to active participant during virtual meetings by enabling real-time multi-user interactive collaboration. The result is increased customer engagement, personalization, and knowledge transfer; resulting in better buying decisions, faster.
Kaon's headcount has grown nearly 16% in the past six months, including significant growth in Europe. Growth has been fueled by the combination of broader partnerships with existing clients together with significant additions to the company's powerhouse roster of clients, including: Parker Hannifin (NYSE: PH), DiaSorin (BIT: DIA), Kigen, Stratus Technologies, SES (OTCMKTS: SGBAF), Accedian, SDI, The Digital Supply Chain Company and more.
As an example of how Kaon Interactive has helped elevate buyer experiences directly in a corporate website, explore the Stratus Edge Computing Experience.
"We need to bring our solutions directly to buyers and engage with them how they want to engage," said Joel Cowen, VP of Commercial - Immuno at DiaSorin. "Kaon's application and engagement marketing platform will enable our sales team to ensure that the right message is received in a personalized story for each buyer, regardless of when and where they are ready to experience it."
Kaon has marked the midpoint of the year with recognition from The Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts 28th Communicator Awards, receiving its 2022 B2B Marketing Effectiveness Award of Excellence.
The Academy's judging panel recognized Kaon's NetApp FlexPod Digital Transformation Story. The Marketing Effectiveness awards recognize creative work that uses results-based effectiveness to create solutions within the industry.
"The Kaon application is very slick. It enables my team to be able to deliver a clear and specific message to our customers and partners. The graphics, the flow of the messaging, and the targeted use cases are awesome. We have seen an increase in our pipeline since inception." — NetApp Director, FlexPod, Pete Friedman
You can view Kaon's NetApp award-winning entry here (in the middle drop-down box, select "marketing effectiveness", then search for Kaon).
Most recently, Kaon was awarded Leading Innovators in Interactive 3D Applications 2022 by Acquisition International's 2022 Global Excellence Awards.
Kaon Interactive is a B2B software company. Kaon's interactive sales and marketing applications simplify complex product and solution stories in a visually engaging way anywhere, anytime, turning prospects into customers. The company's interactive 3D sales and marketing applications transform product and solution marketing content into visual storytelling experiences to deepen customer engagement, reduce marketing expenses and accelerate the sales cycle. Whether virtual or in-person, there are more than 1.8M unique users of Kaon's applications, being used in over 200 countries by leading global B2B companies in such industries as life sciences, manufacturing and technology. For more information about Kaon, visit www.kaon.com.
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March Madness Preview: How to Watch NCAA Games, Odds & Game Information - March 14
The First Four round of the NCAA Tournament on March 14 has two games on the schedule, with the most exciting matchup being a clash between Pittsburgh and Mississippi State. For information on game times, odds, betting tips, details on how to watch each game, and everything else March Madness related, check out our breakdown below.
Watch select March Madness games live on fuboTV! Keep reading for game-specific information and links.
First Four Odds and How to Watch
No. 16 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks vs. No. 16 Texas A&M-CC Islanders
- Game Time: 6:40 PM ET
- Venue: UD Arena
- Location: Dayton, Ohio
How to Watch Southeast Missouri State vs Texas A&M-CC
- TV: truTV
Southeast Missouri State vs Texas A&M-CC Odds
- Favorite: Texas A&M-CC (-3.5)
- Total: 155.5
- Texas A&M-CC Moneyline: -175
- Southeast Missouri State Moneyline: +145
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No. 11 Pittsburgh Panthers vs. No. 11 Mississippi State Bulldogs
- Game Time: 9:10 PM ET
- Venue: UD Arena
- Location: Dayton, Ohio
How to Watch Pittsburgh vs Mississippi State
- TV: truTV
Pittsburgh vs Mississippi State Odds
- Favorite: Mississippi State (-2.5)
- Total: 132.5
- Mississippi State Moneyline: -145
- Pittsburgh Moneyline: +120
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HONG KONG, Jan. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Global FinTech SUNRATE announces the successful integration of Mastercard Cross-Border Services into its intelligent global payment and treasury management platform, boosting SUNRATE's global cross-border payment capabilities for its customers. The integration of Mastercard Cross-Border Services is the latest expansion of the continuing global partnership between the two companies. SUNRATE secured the Mastercard principal membership in 2020 which allowed the company direct access to Mastercard's leading global payments network and resources.
Through a single, secure point of access, Mastercard Cross-Border Services allows businesses to send and receive money securely and with certainty. This means that SUNRATE customers are able to send money to five designated countries in Asia, including Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam and China.
"We have a vision for SUNRATE to be the go-to B2B payment and treasury management platform, especially for emerging markets. As such, the flexibility brought about by Mastercard Cross-Border Services, such as the capability to make cross-border payments to the most popular and emerging markets worldwide is something that our customers are very excited about. Our collaboration with Mastercard will allow our customers to focus on what is more important in their scaling journey, such as localisation efforts and potentially establishing new revenue streams for their businesses," said Qincheng Wang, Head of Product, SUNRATE.
Helena Chen, Managing Director, Hong Kong and Macau, Mastercard, said, "Mastercard is pleased to further its collaboration with SUNRATE via its Cross Border Services solution, enriching SUNRATE's remittance service in a faster, safer, more transparent and cost-effective way. Mastercard Cross Border Services reaches over 100 markets and 90 percent of the world's population and this partnership will continue to expand in hopes of enhancing the cross-border service for businesses."
About SUNRATE
SUNRATE is the intelligent global payment and treasury management platform for businesses worldwide. Since its inception in 2016, we are recognised as a leading solutions provider and have enabled companies in 130+ companies with our cutting-edge proprietary platform, extensive global network, and robust APIs to scale both local and global growth.
With its global headquarters in Singapore and offices in China, Indonesia, Japan and UK, SUNRATE partners with the top global financial institutions, such as Citibank, Standard Chartered, Barclays and is the principal member of both Mastercard and Visa. We are licensed and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority of the UK, the Bank Indonesia, the Hong Kong Customs as a Money Service Operator, and the Monetary Authority of Singapore as a Major Payment Institution.
Darren Thang
Head of Marketing
E-mail: darren.thang@sunrate.com
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QINGDAO, China, Dec. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Come to Licang District, Qingdao to visit the "Star Market" and experience the fashion and hustle-and-bustle.
On December 16, the 16th "Star Market" was held in the P-box Commercial District of Licun business district. The collision of ancient bazaars and modern trends has attracted many young people. There are more than 60 stalls in the market, covering thousands of categories. You can taste the special food and drinks from Germany, France and other countries here. There are reindeer pulling sleigh cart in the market, people dressed as an Indian chief and Italian mulled wine. The event will last till January 15, 2023.
When night falls, the Licun business district in Qingdao is lit with neon lights and crowded with people. In addition to the major shopping malls, the delicious snacks in the night market of Rock City and Shaoshan Road have even aroused people's interest in enjoying the nightlife.
In recent years, the eastern area of Licang has become a livable place with its beautiful environment and good traffic conditions. The old industrial area of Cangkou in the west is accelerating urban renewal and construction. In the future, new industries and new formats will be created. These industries will drive the gathering of young people, and will also lead further changes in the appearance of the city. Simultaneous improvement of environmental, social and economic benefits will also be promoted.
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Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau and a group of players who defected to Saudi-funded LIV Golf filed an antitrust lawsuit Wednesday against the PGA Tour, the first step in a legal fight that could define the rules of where players can compete.
The Wall Street Journal first reported the filing in U.S. District Court in San Francisco. The complaint also includes an application for a temporary restraining order by Talor Gooch, Hudson Swafford and Matt Jones to compete in the FedEx Cup playoffs.
Six players who have competed in LIV Golf events are among the top 125 in the FedEx Cup standings and would be eligible for the start of the PGA Tour’s postseason that starts next week.
The PGA Tour has suspended members for playing in LIV Golf events without a release to play in tournaments the same week of a PGA Tour event. The tour does not allow releases for tournaments held in North America. The last two LIV Golf events — with $25 million in prize money for 54 holes with no cut — were in Oregon and New Jersey.
The Journal reported that details of the lawsuit indicate the PGA Tour suspended Mickelson in March for allegedly recruiting players to LIV Golf. When he applied for reinstatement in June, the tour denied it because he had played in the first Saudi event held outside London.
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Delivers solid second quarter results with high teens New Equipment order growth, mid-single digit organic Service sales growth and low teens adjusted EPS growth
- 2Q Net sales down 5.8% and organic sales up 0.4%. GAAP EPS ~flat and adjusted EPS up 11.7%
- 2Q New Equipment orders up 16.5%; NE backlog up 6%, adjusted backlog up 10% at constant currency
- 2Q Maintenance portfolio units were up nearly 3.5%
- YTD GAAP cash flow from operations of $857 million; free cash flow of $800 million, or 127% of net income
- Completed the delisting of Zardoya Otis and reached an agreement to divest our Russia business with closing expected imminently
- Revised full-year outlook1 with organic sales up 2.5 to 3.5%, adjusted EPS of $3.17 to $3.21 and free cash flow of ~$1.6 billion
FARMINGTON, Conn., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Otis Worldwide Corporation (NYSE:OTIS) reported second quarter 2022 net sales of $3.5 billion with 0.4% organic growth. GAAP diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.76 was flat versus the prior year and adjusted EPS increased 11.7% to $0.86.
"Otis completed a strong first half, delivering a solid second quarter with record New Equipment orders and the best maintenance portfolio growth in over a decade. We grew adjusted EPS low teens, driven by strong organic growth in the Service business and productivity performance in both segments that helped to overcome the impact of lockdowns in China, higher commodity prices and significant headwinds from the strengthening of the US Dollar," said Judy Marks, Chair, CEO & President. "Looking ahead, we expect to deliver 2.5 to 3.5% organic sales growth, high single digit adjusted EPS growth and $1.6 billion in free cash flow in 2022. We'll continue to advance our long-term strategy and drive operational execution to set a strong foundation for continued performance in 2023 and beyond."
Key Figures
Second quarter net sales of $3.5 billion decreased 5.8% versus the prior year with a 0.4% increase in organic sales that was more than offset by a 5.3% headwind from foreign exchange.
Second quarter GAAP operating profit of $487 million decreased $74 million and adjusted operating profit of $541 million decreased $21 million. Excluding a $37 million impact from foreign exchange translation, operating profit increased $16 million driven by strong Service segment performance and lower corporate costs, partially offset by operating profit decline in New Equipment. GAAP operating profit margin contracted 120 basis points to 14.0% and adjusted operating profit margin expanded 20 basis points to 15.7%, driven by margin expansion in Service.
GAAP EPS of $0.76 was flat compared to prior year and adjusted EPS of $0.86 increased 11.7% or $0.09 as the benefit from operational improvement, continued progress on reducing the effective tax rate, a lower share count and the Zardoya transaction, was partially offset by a $0.06 headwind from foreign exchange translation. GAAP EPS was also impacted by non-recurring charges and operational performance of the Russia business, and higher restructuring expense.
First half net sales decreased 2.9% from a 1.6% increase in organic sales more than offset by a 4.1% headwind from foreign exchange. GAAP and adjusted operating profit decreased $57 million and $7 million, respectively. Adjusted operating profit was up $50 million at constant currency. GAAP operating profit margin contracted 40 basis points and adjusted operating profit margin expanded 30 basis points.
New Equipment
In the second quarter, net sales of $1.5 billion decreased 11.2% with a 5.0% decrease in organic sales and a 3.8% headwind from foreign exchange. Organic sales growth of high single digits in Asia Pacific and low single digits in EMEA was more than offset by mid-single digit decline in the Americas and low teens decline in China.
GAAP operating profit of $99 million decreased $48 million and adjusted operating profit of $113 million decreased $29 million as material and installation productivity and reductions in SG&A expense was more than offset by the impact from lower volume, including related under absorption, and $35 million of commodity headwinds. GAAP operating profit was also impacted by non-recurring charges and operational performance of the Russia business, and higher restructuring expense. GAAP operating profit margin contracted 200 basis points to 6.5% and adjusted operating profit margin contracted 100 basis points to 7.5%.
New Equipment orders were up 16.5%, at constant currency as more than 50% growth in the Americas and ~30% growth in EMEA was partially offset by mid-single digit decline in Asia. New equipment backlog increased 6% and adjusted backlog increased 10% at constant currency, with growth in all regions.
First half net sales decreased 7.2% with a 3.2% decrease in organic sales and a 2.7% headwind from foreign exchange. GAAP operating profit decreased $59 million and adjusted operating profit decreased $34 million as productivity and lower bad debt expense was more than offset by the impact from lower volume, including related under absorption, and more than $70 million in commodity headwinds. GAAP and adjusted operating profit margin contracted 140 basis points and 70 basis points, respectively.
Service
In the second quarter, net sales of $2.0 billion decreased 1.0% with a 5.2% increase in organic sales and a 6.5% headwind from foreign exchange. Organic maintenance and repair sales increased 4.9% and organic modernization sales increased 6.4%.
GAAP operating profit of $435 million decreased $6 million. Adjusted operating profit of $449 million increased $39 million at constant currency driven by higher volume, favorable pricing and productivity, partially offset by annual wage inflation. GAAP operating profit margin was flat versus prior year and adjusted operating profit margin expanded 50 basis points to 23.1%.
First half net sales increased 0.6% with a 5.5% increase in organic sales and a 5.1% headwind from foreign exchange. GAAP operating profit increased $11 million and adjusted operating profit increased $21 million and $79 million at constant currency, driven by higher volume, favorable pricing and productivity, partially offset by annual wage inflation. GAAP and adjusted operating profit margin expanded 20 basis points and 40 basis points, respectively.
Cash flow
Second quarter cash from operations of $353 million decreased $180 million and free cash flow of $326 million decreased $167 million versus prior year, primarily from the timing of interest and separation related tax payments.
2022 Outlook1
Otis is revising its full year outlook:
- Adjusted net sales of $13.6 to $13.8 billion, down 2 to 3%
- Organic sales up 2.5 to 3.5%
- Adjusted operating profit of $2.1 to $2.2 billion, up $120 to $150 million at constant currency; up $5 million to down $25 million at actual currency
- Adjusted EPS of $3.17 to $3.21, up 7 to 9%; adjusted effective tax rate of 26.5 to 26.7%
- Free cash flow of ~$1.6 billion with conversion of approximately 125% of GAAP net income
1Note: When we provide outlook for organic sales, adjusted operating profit, adjusted effective tax rate and free cash flow on a forward-looking basis, a reconciliation of the differences between the non-GAAP expectations and the corresponding GAAP measures generally is not available without unreasonable effort. See "Use and Definitions of Non-GAAP Financial Measures" below for additional information.
About Otis
Otis is the world's leading elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation and service company. We move 2 billion people a day and maintain more than 2.1 million customer units worldwide, the industry's largest maintenance portfolio. Headquartered in Connecticut, USA, Otis is 70,000 people strong, including 41,000 field professionals, all committed to meeting the diverse needs of our customers and passengers in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. For more information, visit www.otis.com and follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter @OtisElevatorCo.
Use and Definitions of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Otis Worldwide Corporation ("Otis") reports its financial results in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP"). We supplement the reporting of our financial information determined under GAAP with certain non-GAAP financial information. The non-GAAP information presented provides investors with additional useful information, but should not be considered in isolation or as substitutes for the related GAAP measures. Moreover, other companies may define non-GAAP measures differently, which limits the usefulness of these measures for comparisons with such other companies. We encourage investors to review our financial statements and publicly filed reports in their entirety and not to rely on any single financial measure. A reconciliation of the non-GAAP measures (referenced in this press release) to the corresponding amounts prepared in accordance with GAAP appears in the attached tables. These tables provide additional information as to the items and amounts that have been excluded from the adjusted measures.
Adjusted net sales, organic sales, adjusted selling, general and administrative ("SG&A") expense, adjusted operating profit, adjusted net income, adjusted diluted earnings per share ("EPS"), adjusted effective tax rate, adjusted remaining performance obligation ("RPO"), constant currency and free cash flow are non-GAAP financial measures.
Adjusted net sales represents net sales (a GAAP measure), excluding significant items of a non-recurring and/or nonoperational nature ("other significant items").
Organic sales represents consolidated net sales (a GAAP measure), excluding the impact of foreign currency translation, acquisitions and divestitures completed in the preceding twelve months and other significant items. Management believes organic sales is a useful measure in providing period-to-period comparisons of the results of the Company's ongoing operational performance.
Adjusted SG&A expense represents SG&A expense (a GAAP measure), excluding restructuring costs and other significant items.
Adjusted general corporate expenses and other represents general corporate expenses and other (a GAAP measure), excluding restructuring costs and other significant items.
Adjusted operating profit represents income from continuing operations (a GAAP measure), excluding restructuring costs and other significant items.
Adjusted net interest expense represents net interest expense (a GAAP measure), adjusted for the impacts of non-recurring acquisition related financing costs and related net interest expense pending the completion of a transaction.
The adjusted effective tax rate represents the effective tax rate (a GAAP measure) adjusted for other significant items and the tax impact of restructuring costs and other significant items.
Adjusted net income represents net income attributable to Otis Worldwide Corporation (a GAAP measure), excluding restructuring costs and other significant items, adjusted net interest expense and adjusted effective tax expense. Adjusted EPS represents diluted earnings per share from attributable to common shareholders (a GAAP measure), adjusted for the per share impact of restructuring and other significant items.
Adjusted RPO represents RPO (a GAAP measure) excluding other significant items.
Management believes that adjusted net sales, organic sales, adjusted SG&A, adjusted general corporate expenses and other, adjusted operating profit, adjusted net income, adjusted EPS, the adjusted effective tax rate and adjusted RPO are useful measures in providing period-to-period comparisons of the results of the Company's ongoing operational performance.
Additionally, GAAP financial results include the impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates ("AFX"). We use the non-GAAP measure "at constant currency" or "CFX" to show changes in our financial results without giving effect to period-to-period currency fluctuations. Under U.S. GAAP, income statement results are translated in U.S. dollars at the average exchange rate for the period presented. Management believes that this non-GAAP measure is useful in providing period-to-period comparisons of the results of the Company's ongoing operational performance.
Free cash flow is a non-GAAP financial measure that represents cash flow from operations (a GAAP measure) less capital expenditures. Management believes free cash flow is a useful measure of liquidity and an additional basis for assessing Otis' ability to fund its activities, including the financing of acquisitions, debt service, repurchases of common stock and distribution of earnings to shareholders.
When we provide our expectations for adjusted net sales, organic sales, adjusted operating profit, adjusted net income, adjusted effective tax rate, adjusted EPS and free cash flow on a forward-looking basis, a reconciliation of the differences between the non-GAAP expectations and the corresponding GAAP measures (expected diluted EPS from continuing operations, operating profit, the effective tax rate, net sales and expected cash flow from operations) generally is not available without unreasonable effort due to potentially high variability, complexity and low visibility as to the items that would be excluded from the GAAP measure in the relevant future period, such as unusual gains and losses, the ultimate outcome of pending litigation, fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, the impact and timing of potential acquisitions and divestitures, and other structural changes or their probable significance. The variability of the excluded items may have a significant, and potentially unpredictable, impact on our future GAAP results.
Cautionary Statement
This communication contains statements which, to the extent they are not statements of historical or present fact, constitute "forward-looking statements" under the securities laws. From time to time, oral or written forward-looking statements may also be included in other information released to the public. These forward-looking statements are intended to provide management's current expectations or plans for Otis' future operating and financial performance, based on assumptions currently believed to be valid. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "believe," "expect," "expectations," "plans," "strategy," "prospects," "estimate," "project," "target," "anticipate," "will," "should," "see," "guidance," "outlook," "medium-term," "near-term," "confident," "goals" and other words of similar meaning in connection with a discussion of future operating or financial performance, the pending sale of Otis' Russia business, the tender offer by Otis to acquire the remaining issued and outstanding shares of Zardoya Otis, S.A (the "Tender Offer") and the separation (the "Separation") from United Technologies Corporation (now known as Raytheon Technologies Corporation ("RTX")). Forward-looking statements may include, among other things, statements relating to future sales, earnings, cash flow, results of operations, uses of cash, dividends, share repurchases, tax rates, research & development spend, credit ratings, net indebtedness and other measures of financial performance or potential future plans, strategies or transactions of Otis, including the sale of its Russia business, statements that relate to climate change and our intent to achieve certain environmental, social and governance targets or goals, including operational impacts and costs associated therewith, and other statements that are not historical facts. All forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. For those statements, Otis claims the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which Otis and its businesses operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction, pandemic health issues (including COVID-19 and variants thereof and the ongoing economic recovery therefrom and their effects on, among other things, global supply, demand and distribution), natural disasters, whether as a result of climate change or otherwise, and the financial condition of Otis' customers and suppliers; (2) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which Otis and its businesses operate, including the effects of the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine and related sanctions and export controls, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (3) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (4) future levels of indebtedness, capital spending and research and development spending; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, credit market conditions and Otis' capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of Otis' common stock ("Common Stock"), which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash; (7) fluctuations in prices and delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers, whether as a result of COVID-19, the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine or otherwise; (8) cost reduction or containment actions, restructuring costs and related savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (11) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (12) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (13) the effect of changes in tax, environmental, regulatory (including among other things import/export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which Otis and its businesses operate, including as a result of the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine; (14) the ability of Otis to retain and hire key personnel; (15) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture activity, including the sale of Otis' Russia business, the integration of acquired businesses into existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation and incurrence of related costs; (16) the ability to achieve the expected benefits of the Tender Offer and the timing thereof; (17) the ability to achieve the expected benefits of the Separation; (18) the determination by the Internal Revenue Service and other tax authorities that the distribution or certain related transactions should be treated as taxable transactions; and (19) the amount of our obligations and nature of our disputes that have or may hereafter arise under the agreements we entered into with RTX and Carrier Corporation in connection with the Separation. The above list of factors is not exhaustive or necessarily in order of importance. For additional information on identifying factors that may cause actual results to vary from those stated in forward-looking statements, see Otis' registration statement on Form 10 and the reports of Otis on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K filed with or furnished to the SEC from time to time. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and Otis assumes no obligation to update or revise such statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.
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TROY, Mich., May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Electric Last Mile Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: ELMS; ELMSW) ("ELMS" or the "Company") today announced that it has received a notice from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("Nasdaq") stating that because the Company has not yet filed its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three-month period ended March 31, 2022 (the "Form 10-Q") or its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 (the "Form 10-K"), the Company is not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1), which requires listed companies to timely file all required periodic reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). The notification letter has no immediate effect on the listing or trading of the Company's common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.
The Company previously discussed the circumstances behind the late filing of the Form 10-Q in a Notification of Late Filing on Form 12b-25, filed with the SEC on May 18, 2022 (the "Notification"). In addition, the Company's delay in filing the Form 10-K was disclosed in a Notification of Late Filing on Form 12b-25 filed on April 1, 2022 and discussed in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 11, 2022 (the "April Current Report").
As described in the April Current Report, the Company must submit a plan to Nasdaq no later than May 31, 2022, addressing how it intends to regain compliance with Nasdaq's listing rules.
The Company's management is working diligently to complete the Form 10-Q, as well as the Form 10-K, and intends to file as soon as practicable. However, the Company does not expect to file the Form 10-Q within the timeframe specified by Rule 12b-25 for the reasons discussed in the 10-Q Notification.
Electric Last Mile Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: ELMS; ELMSW) is focused on defining a new era in which commercial vehicles run clean as connected and customized solutions that make our customers' businesses more efficient and profitable. ELMS is headquartered in Troy, Michigan. For more information, please visit www.electriclastmile.com.
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GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) — Ludwig Göransson initially felt tremendous pressure in composing new music for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” with hopes of living up to his Oscar-winning score on the franchise’s 2019 epic first film.
But instead of dwelling in his successful past, Göransson focused on pushing the sequel’s future forward with fresh tunes entirely inspired by the film’s storyline. With just a script in hand, the Swedish composer flew to Mexico City where he spent time with a music archaeologist to reimagine Mayan music. He later jetted to Lagos, Nigeria, with college friend-director Ryan Coogler to build up the African soundscape for the soundtrack.
After returning to the U.S., Göransson and Coogler received some good news: Rihanna had agreed to lend her vocals on “Lift Me Up,” which was written as a tribute to the late “Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman, who died from cancer in 2020. The music superstar will perform the ballad – nominated for best original song – during the 2023 Academy Awards on March 12. She created the song with Göransson, Coogler and Nigerian singer-songwriter Tems, who also performed Bob Marley’s “No Woman, No Cry” for the film’s trailer.
In a recent interview, Göransson spoke with The Associated Press about landing Rihanna for “Lift Me Up,” reimagining Mayan music in two weeks and his involvement with “Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever,” a three-episode series streaming Tuesday on Disney+. He’s featured in the series that delves into the creation of the film’s score and soundtrack, which he produced. __ AP: With the film’s new storyline after Boseman’s death, when did you figure out your musical direction?
GÖRANSSON: I didn’t fully know where to start until after having a conversation with Ryan about Namor and Talokan — the origin story of their tribe and Mayan culture. I told Ryan “I have to make this as truthful as possible.” I knew the Mayan music, traditions, culture, books were all forcibly gone. It was forcibly erased. Music in other countries that were colonized didn’t disappear. In West Africa, the tradition of the music goes on, being passed down from generation to generation. That didn’t happen in Mayan culture. It was an obliteration of a culture. So, we didn’t know exactly what the music sounded like. But there are experts that do research in that field in Mexico.
AP: What was your experience like working with the experts there and uncovering some of the erased Mayan music from 500-plus years ago?
GÖRANSSON: I call them music art archaeologists. They’ve been devoting their whole life to finding a lot of the instruments in graves. You can look at the instruments, like the flutes for example, and you can see the fingerprints, and which holes have been used the most. You can see the intervals have been used the most. You can kind of reimagine the sound. You can also study the codex, the wall paintings and see pictures of different formations of musicians like five people playing turtle shells and people behind them blowing their horns. A lot of these fascinating instruments I’ve never seen or even heard of before. But they all derive from nature like seashells, even turtle shells, different flutes, clay flutes, etc. One that stood out to me was a flute called The Flute of Truth, which was a flute that’s almost like a dog whistle, but 100 times louder for humans. If you played it for someone, they would tell the truth because it was almost like torture.
AP: How did the instruments play a role in “Wakanda Forever”?
GÖRANSSON: The seashell is very conch. It became a very significant part of Namor’s sound. There was also a whistle called the Death Whistle, which was played during Namor’s crazy action scenes to show his power moves. (Göransson plays the whistle). It almost sounds like a scream.
AP: Was Rihanna you and Coogler’s first and only choice to collaborate with on “Lift Me Up”?
GÖRANSSON: She was one of the first people we had in mind for the movie. But we also had to take into consideration that we both knew that she hasn’t released music in six years at the time. She has an empire. I think we also knew she was about to have a baby. So we’re like “OK, well, the chances of this actually happening are slim. There was a lot of challenges.”
AP: How did everything come together with Rihanna and the song?
GÖRANSSON: We reached out. I’ve been fortunate to be working with her management team at Roc Nation. I reached out and started having dialogue. But we didn’t hear anything for a while. We all kind of thought, “Well, maybe she’s having her baby now.” Me and Ryan went to Nigeria. We took this trip. We started writing. I had this idea for “Lift Me Up” a longtime ago to make it like a lullaby. The first person I asked to write about it was Ryan. He started writing the lyrics. I don’t think he’s ever written a song before. But with him being so close to the subject and being such a great writer, I never doubted he would come up with something incredible. When he had the hook and the line, we started recording with Tems. She also added and wrote a beautiful verse to it. Then we flew back to L.A. and eventually the time was right. We were able to show Rihanna the movie. It wasn’t the final cut, but Rihanna really connected with the story. She really connected with the film. With Ryan’s vision, we were able to go into the studio together, write and finish “Lift Me Up.” She’s such a perfectionist. The time we spent on it really amazed me.
AP: You produced the score and soundtrack along with your composer duties. How was it for you to juggle everything?
GÖRANSSON: That was insane. But literally like two jobs. It was extreme, but so necessary and made it easier too because I was able to take elements from the songs into the score, and elements from the score to the songs. It just warped together into one singular thing. It doesn’t feel like it’s two different worlds. It feels like one sound.
AP: What do you want viewers to take away from the “Voices Rising” series airing Tuesday?
GÖRANSSON: All the songs were written for the movie. Every lyric. Every instrument you hear is custom for the movie. The way you hear the songs play in the movie. It’s not like you hear a snippet here and there. It’s the whole song. We captured that whole process of how I went to Mexico. Before going there, Ryan and I were listening to artists and their voices and what they were saying. We were thinking about the script and what voice would fit in the movie. When I went to Mexico, I didn’t have a movie to work on. We just had a script. I invited artists to come to the studio. We were sitting down talking about certain scenes and started writing the songs. I got to know the artists and their backgrounds. I learned about the Mexican musical scene. We have that whole process filmed and documented. The songs basically came from scratch to fully-fleshed songs in the movie.
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Focused MOPR Represents Radical Departure from Over 15 Years of Precedent, Potentially Unlawful
WASHINGTON, May 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA) filed its opening brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals Third Circuit regarding the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) default approval of PJM's "Focused MOPR." EPSA was joined by the PJM Power Providers (P3) Group, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PA PUC) and the Public Utility Commission of Ohio (PUCO) in filing briefs with the Third Circuit on May 9, 2022.
In its filing, EPSA argues that FERC's deadlock on the Focused MOPR violated the Administrative Procedures Act, and thus the resulting effectiveness of the new mitigation approach was arbitrary and capricious because of its unreasoned departure from precedent. Moreover, EPSA argues that FERC failed to respect the principles of horizontal federalism by permitting individual states to project their own policy preferences onto other states via the PJM capacity market. In doing so, state policy preferences of one state are negatively impacting the decisions of other states due to the advantage FERC offers to states choosing preferred resources rather than a fuel neutral approach consistent with the agency's mandate.
"FERC's actions in the MOPR case represent a radical departure from over 15 years of precedent, and its failure to provide a majority approval explaining this departure is unlawful. Should this decision stand, it will have serious consequences, namely allowing FERC to exceed the authority granted to it under the Federal Power Act. FERC's decision favors preferred resources and discriminates against existing resources that ensure grid reliability. Furthermore, the Commission's deference to state actions that impact federally regulated wholesale electricity markets enables some states with resources preferred by the current FERC to impose their policy choices and costs onto neighboring states that have made different policy choices," said Todd Snitchler, EPSA President and CEO. "The Commission should not encourage such preferential treatment, putting its thumb on the scale, and instead focus on providing proper oversight to well-functioning wholesale electricity markets within the scope of its authority."
The PA PUC and PUCO argued in their joint brief that, "FERC's approval by inaction should be vacated because PJM's changes will allow buyer-side market power to infiltrate its capacity market with a low likelihood of screening." Adding that this "inaction will have the effect of lowering prices below the competitive level. When that happens, electric reliability suffers because capacity is underbuilt. In the past, FERC has authorized MOPR reforms for PJM that involved meaningful review of capacity market offers and mitigation of uncompetitive conditions. … FERC may not now abdicate its duty and allow a FERC-regulated utility, PJM, to change its own tariff without any FERC action. Such an abdication is the very definition of arbitrary and capricious agency action."
In its statement, P3 added that these "concerns are shared not only by power generators around the country but utility regulators in states that have invested resources and made sacrifices across decades to ensure the viability of competition in power generation. The MOPR is intended to prohibit capacity resources from using below-cost bids (often made possible through subsidies) to artificially depress auction-clearing prices, force competition to flee in search of better returns and thereby reduce the vibrancy of the market in the future."
EPSA anticipates FERC filing its reply comments on July 8th with final briefing concluding on August 26th. Oral argument has not yet been scheduled in the matter.
To read EPSA's brief, click here.
The Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA) is the national trade association representing America's competitive power suppliers. EPSA members provide about 150,000 MW of reliable and competitively priced electricity from environmentally responsible facilities using a diverse mix of fuels and technologies including natural gas, wind, solar, hydropower, geothermal, storage, biomass, and coal. EPSA seeks to bring the benefits of competition to all power customers. Learn more at www.epsa.org and connect with us on LinkedIn and Twitter @EPSAnews.
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Arizona Secretary of State candidate Reginald Bolding is now facing an official complaint claiming his nonprofit group violated campaign finance laws.
Bolding, who is currently state House minority leader, is one of two Democratic candidates in the race. The other candidate is former Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes.
The complaint letter was filed at the Secretary of State’s office Monday by Scott Meyer, a Phoenix environmental activist and Fontes supporter. It alleges campaign finance law violations by a nonprofit group, Our Voice, Our Vote. Bolding is the co-executive director of the group. As a 501(c)(4), Our Voice, Our Vote can use money from anonymous donors to pay for ads promoting candidates as long as the group works independently of the candidate.
This complaint letter asks the state to investigate Our Voice, Our Vote saying its blatant actions are open violations of Arizona law. The complaint alleges the nonprofit illegally coordinated on ‘independent expenditure’ ads, created social media posts touting Bolding's legislative accomplishments, and gathering signatures to put him on the ballot.
Bolding told ABC15 investigator Melissa Blasius last week that he has a firewall agreement explaining how he is separated from any involvement in his non-profit group's political activities. Bolding provided ABC15 with a copy of the agreement and copies of IRS filings giving details of income sources and spending for both charities he manages.
The following is the complaint filed by Scott Meyer:
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BOISE, Idaho — Editor's note: This content is sponsored by CapEd Credit Union
Carmen Larrinaga calls her kindergarten classroom at Christine Donnell School of the Arts in the West Ada School District her nest, and the students her little birds.
"I needed to come up with a theme, and I thought birds, birds are so fun," Larrinaga said. "So we've kind of made that our theme and decorated."
The decorations include cut-out birds on the boards and a large tree with paper chain leaves.
"We have a little saying that we are brave, intelligent, respectful and determined students," Larrinaga said. "Yeah it spells bird."
She likes to feed her birds a diverse diet of brain food "just to keep learning exciting for them," Larrinaga said.
The kindergartners learn math problems with Play-Doh. They make little balls with bits they break off the bigger blob. Then they smash the balls they took away. It hammers home the message. Just like her theme days do. Penguin Day perfectly and positively piqued their curiosity.
"On our last day we decorate with penguins, and we do all our traditional stuff," Larrinaga said. "We do reading and math, but just with a penguin theme."
50's Day fueled their fancy for finding out fun facts.
"On the 50th day they can dress up in 50s costumes, and then we just do things with Tootsie Rolls and bubble gum," she said.
Larrinaga said the kids love it.
"It's so fun when they tell their parents this was the best day ever, and so when you hear it was the best day ever 15 times in a school year it's great. It's a great year," Larrinaga said.
She has one big hope for when these little birds leave her nest.
"I want them leaving with a love of learning and confidence that they can do hard things," Larrinaga said.
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BERLIN (AP) — A man has been charged in Germany with attempted incitement to murder after allegedly paying thousands of dollars in a series of attempts to engage a contract killer to slay the partner of a man he desired, only to discover he had been defrauded by a darknet website.
Berlin prosecutors said Thursday they had indicted the 28-year-old, who was arrested in April.
They said the suspect first tried winning over the object of his desire — who didn’t return his affections and already had a partner — using “witches’ curses” booked online.
The suspect allegedly decided in February to kill the man’s partner, prosecutors said in a statement. They said he registered with a site on the darknet — a part of the internet accessible only through specialized anonymity-providing tools — that appeared to arrange contract killings.
He allegedly provided the details, address and photos of the intended victim, stipulating that the killing should look like an accident or a robbery, and set a reward of $9,000 in bitcoin. He increased the sum on offer a few days later.
Two weeks after his first payment, according to prosecutors, the suspect was told online that the intended killer had been arrested but a replacement would jump in if he paid more. He agreed, bringing his payments to a total of $24,000 in bitcoin. He then complained when nothing happened.
In early April, the suspect demanded that a third contract killer be put on the case, according to prosecutors.
The following day, the website’s administrator told him that he had been dealing with a fraudulent site and that he couldn’t get his money back. However, the suspect was told that, if he wanted, he could offer his own services as a contract killer and defraud prospective customers, according to prosecutors.
He allegedly took up the suggestion, while still looking for other ways to hire a killer.
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FOX Bet Super 6: Win $25,000 playing College Football Pick 6 in Week 9
This year, Halloween did not fall on the weekend, but it's all good. Why? Because the Saturday before the ghoulish holiday is packed with so many marquee matchups, even the bravest college football fans will be frightened awaiting the outcomes of these games.
More importantly, several of these contests have real College Football Playoff (CFP) implications.
We're talking Ohio State against Penn State on FOX, Georgia-Florida and Michigan State at Michigan. If the top-ranked squads in these games get the W, they still control their own destinies.
And speaking of destiny, there could be a $25,000 payday in your future if you play your FOX Bet Super 6 cards right. Actually, since it's Halloween weekend, this might be a job for Ouija.
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And since Halloween candy costs way more this year than ever, this is the perfect time to reclaim some cash and try your hand at 25 grand.
We've made some predictions to help guide you through the weekend's slate of games. Dive into ours before making your picks!
No. 2 Ohio State at No. 13 Penn State (Noon ET Saturday, FOX and the FOX Sports App)
Let's be honest. Ohio State looks unstoppable. What's not to love? It has one of the most electric offenses in college football, led by Heisman-favorite C.J. Stroud. The team is a perfect 7-0 straight up (SU) and 4-2-1 against the spread (ATS) this season. So bettors who have backed the Buckeyes are riding a profitable wave.
This weekend's BIG Noon Saturday matchup against the Nittany Lions might be the biggest test yet for the Buckeyes. And that's not saying much since the toughest game on Penn State's schedule so far was against Michigan — a matchup the Nittany Lions lost 41-17.
In addition to leading the all-time series 22-14, the Buckeyes have won the last five meetings. When Ohio State puts up more than 27 points on the Nittany Lions, the Buckeyes are a perfect 16-0. And have you seen the points OSU has put up on teams this year? You already know they're hanging at least a 30-piece on Penn State, which points to another Buckeye victory based on the trend.
Because this game has implications for dominance in the Big Ten, Penn State will keep it close for a couple of quarters. But then the Buckeyes gonna Buckeye.
Prediction:
Ohio State by 21 to 26 points
No. 1 Georgia vs Florida (3:30 p.m. ET Saturday, CBS)
Georgia-Florida. The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party. A staple of the Halloween weekend slate of college football matchups. And depending on which Georgia team decides to show up in Jacksonville on Saturday afternoon, this could be a scary affair for the national champion the Georgia Bulldogs.
The Dawgs opened up the season with a 49-3 stomping of the Oregon Ducks in Week 1. But in Week 4, Georgia gave up 22 points to Kent State from the Mid-American Conference. The following week, the silver britches narrowly escaped a feisty Missouri team with a 26-22 victory.
The 4-3 Gators are clearly out of the race for CFP contention, so this is their Super Bowl.
Bulldogs, beware.
Georgia owns this series 53-44-2, and the Dawgs are 13-3 in this game when Florida is unranked. UGA lost a handful of top defensive weapons to the NFL Draft this year, but the team still ranks second nationally in scoring D. That defense will come in handy as the Dawgs face a Gators offense that ranks first in the FBS with 6.4 yards per carry.
But the Bulldogs' offense is obviously not too shabby. They've outscored opponents 292-64 this season, and they're averaging 41.7 points per game.
Both teams come into this matchup off a bye week. Taking a week to reset before playing in this emotionally and physically-draining, neutral-site clash is probably the smartest move in college football.
It'll be a dog fight, but we've got Georgia on our minds.
Prediction:
Georgia by 7 to 8 points
No. 9 Oklahoma State at No. 22 Kansas State (3:30 p.m. ET Saturday, FOX)
The Oklahoma State Cowboys corralled the Longhorns last week in a statement win that put the Big 12 and the rest of college football on notice. When it looked like Texas was two-stepping out of Boone Pickens with the W, a late drive by State threw a wrench in the Horns' plans. The Cowboys got the gutsy 41-34 victory.
So it should be light work for Oklahoma State this week against a lesser opponent in Kansas State, right?
Well, not so fast.
Kansas State's only two losses this season were to ranked teams. And the Wildcats' nine interceptions lead the Big 12. So the Cowboys will need to beef up pass protection against K-State.
While the Wildcats do a few things well, Okie State still gets the edge. The Cowboys have the fewest penalties in FBS, so they don't beat themselves. Averaging 44.7 points per game, Oklahoma State's scoring offense ranks third in the nation. Also, going back 25 games, OK State has forced 28 turnovers. So it's the Wildcats who really need to worry about protecting the ball.
Prediction:
Oklahoma State by 12 to 15 points
No. 19 Kentucky at No. 3 Tennessee (7 p.m. ET Saturday, ESPN)
The Kentucky Wildcats came into the season pouncing from one victory to the next. Their four-game winning streak had the Cats at the forefront of CFP conversations. Fans and analysts again praised coach Mark Stoops for keeping Basketball School Kentucky relevant during football season.
And then the Wildcats dropped two-consecutive games against Mississippi State and South Carolina and fell down the rankings and back down to reality.
The Vols, on the other hand, are on Cloud Nine. Actually, they're on Cloud No. 3, sitting right behind Georgia and Ohio State in the national rankings. And this weekend, Rocky Top will reign supreme at Neyland Stadium.
Not only is raucous Neyland — with its 102,000-plus capacity — one of the most intimidating stadiums in all the sport, Tennessee owns Kentucky in this series. Tennessee leads the all-time series 82-26-9, the Volunteers defeated the Wildcats at Kentucky 45-42 last season, and when both teams are ranked, UT is 2-0. So history favors the Vols here.
Listen, there's nothing wrong with being a basketball school that dabbles in a little bit of college football. But those are just the facts regarding Kentucky, and this weekend will be another reminder.
Prediction:
Tennessee by 12 to 15 points
No. 15 Ole Miss at Texas A&M (7:30 p.m. ET Saturday, SEC Network)
What gives, 3-4 A&M? This can't be the same squad that had Nick Saban and Jimbo Fisher beefing in the offseason. Sure, the Aggies almost beat Bama this year, but sitting under .500, it looks like almost beating Bama might be the Aggies' only claim to fame this season.
But that all changes this weekend when the Aggies take down the Rebels.
Let's take a look at Ole Miss. The squad is coming off a 45-20 loss to LSU — the Rebels' first true test, and they failed miserably. Up until last weekend's game against the Tigers, the Rebels' toughest challenge had been Kentucky, and they only won that game by three points.
Yes, Ole Miss looks stellar on paper. The Rebels lead the FBS with 26 rushing touchdowns, they rank second in the SEC and 10th nationally in third down conversions. But guys, their schedule before LSU included teams like Troy, Central Arkansas and Georgia Tech.
We're going Gig' Em on the strength of Jimbo Fisher and the 12th Man.
Prediction:
Texas A&M by 3 to 4 points
Michigan State at No. 5 Michigan (7:30 p.m. ET Saturday, ABC)
Jim Harbaugh & Co. have got to feel good about the Wolverines' success this season. The team ranks fifth in the nation and has a real chance to run the table until they face Ohio State on rivalry weekend, of course. But we'll cross that Big Ten battle when we get to it.
For now, though, this matchup between Sparty and the Wolverines is really all about Michigan. Let's check that Big Blue resume.
Under Jim Harbaugh, Michigan is 42-8 when playing on its home turf. This season, Michigan has not only out-rushed every opponent, but it has also held a halftime lead in six of seven games. Also, the Wolverines rank sixth in FBS, scoring 42.7 points per game.
On the other side are the Spartans. They started 2-0, but then their season took a turn for the worst when they lost four out of their last five games. Michigan State allows its opponents a 43% third-down conversion rate, and it also allows opponents more points per game than they score.
When things are looking this down for Sparty Dawg in a year when everything's coming up roses for UM, there's only one choice.
Prediction:
Michigan by 9 to 11 points
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What they're saying: Volusia officials slam House plan to revamp tourism revenue
DAYTONA BEACH — Volusia County tourism officials have added their voices to the chorus of criticism of a proposed bill working its way through the Florida House that would eliminate state funding for the Visit Florida tourism-marketing agency and replace it with money drawn from the 62 county tourist-development councils.
“Visit Florida is the lifeblood, the lifeline of bringing tourists to Florida,” said Bob Davis, president and CEO of the Lodging & Hospitality Association of Volusia County and a fixture in the county’s hotel industry for nearly 60 years. “It would be a disaster to cut those funds.”
In case you missed it:House plan to overhaul Florida tourism revenue not welcome by industry, counties
Here’s what you need to know about the proposal and the reaction to it:
What's in the bill?
Presented this week to the House Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee, the legislation (PCB RRS 23-02) would require the state’s 62 tourist development councils — only five Florida counties don’t have them — to contribute a portion of their locally collected tourist development taxes to fully finance Visit Florida for the next three years.
The House otherwise would wipe out Visit Florida, having included no money for the agency in its budget proposal. The Senate, meanwhile, is recommending $80 million for the agency, while Gov. Ron DeSantis is seeking $100 million.
Visit Florida received $50 million from lawmakers last year and is considered by tourism advocates as an essential resource in helping the industry recover from the impact of back-to-back tropical storms Ian and Nicole this past fall.
Opponents of the proposal also are critical of the legislation’s requirement that counties hold voter referenda every six years to renew their tourist development taxes. At least 60% of voters would have to support the tax under the legislation, a threshold that likely could be difficult to overcome.
What is the tourist development tax?
The Local Option Tourist Development Act authorizes counties to levy five separate taxes on transient rental transactions (tourist development taxes or TDTs). Depending on a county’s eligibility and whether the county chooses to levy such taxes, the current TDT rate — more commonly known as the bed tax rate — varies from 0% to 6%.
By statute, the use of the funds is limited to capital construction of tourist-related facilities, tourist promotion, and beach and shoreline maintenance.
Statewide, TDT revenue has more than doubled over the past decade — from a total of $600 million in fiscal year 2012-2013 to a total of $1.5 billion in fiscal year 2022-2023, according to state figures.
Advocates of the proposed bill state that the impact of the counties’ contribution to support Visit Florida would be modest in the wake of that growth. Visit Florida would receive about $75 million in funding next year redirected from the counties, according to proponents of the bill.
How might the proposed bill affect Volusia County?
In Volusia County, tourism bed-tax collections had been on a record-setting pace after emerging from the downturn of the pandemic, a trend that was disrupted due to the impact of tropical storms Ian and Nicole in November.
More:Daytona Beach tourism works to weather impact of tropical storms Ian and Nicole
The county collects a 6 percent tourism tax on hotels and lodges with half of the revenues going to fund the county-run Ocean Center convention complex in Daytona Beach. The other half goes to the county’s three tourism ad authorities to market their respective areas — the Daytona Beach/Halifax area and Southeast Volusia and West Volusia — as tourist and special event destinations.
When Ian and Nicole arrived, Volusia County had just capped another robust year for tourism. For the fiscal year that concluded on Sept. 30, record-high overall tourism bed-tax collections of $33.7 million countywide were more than 20% higher than the previous year, which also set a record.
However, the monthly collection total for November, in the wake of the storms, showed a decline of 15.6% countywide compared with the same month a year ago, according to the Volusia County Revenue Division. In the coastal districts of Halifax and Southeast Volusia, collections for the month were down 16.5% and 22.8%, respectively.
In January, the most recent monthly figures available, bed tax collections totaled $2.9 million, 12.6% higher than the same month a year ago.
For the first four months of the 2022-23 fiscal year that began on Oct. 1, the countywide collection total is $8.6 million, which is 1.7% higher than the same period a year ago.
Critics of the bill point to the role that Visit Florida has played in bolstering tourism in the wake of unexpected disruptions that have ranged from hurricanes to the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2008 economic recession.
What Volusia tourism officials are saying
Visit Florida’s role in tourism promotion is vital, according to Lori Campbell Baker, executive director of the Daytona Beach Area Convention & Visitors Bureau.
“There is more competition today for visitors than ever before,” Baker said. “Visit Florida plays a critical role in helping smaller destinations like ours have a bigger voice in marketing to domestic and international audiences. Its advertising co-ops stretch our dollars in ways that are invaluable.
“Tourism plays an increasingly critical role in so many aspects of Florida’s success and economic prosperity, and tourism marketing pays huge dividends to us, as citizens.”
Davis, of the Volusia hotel association, urged those in the state’s hospitality industry to contact lawmakers to speak out against the House proposal.
“Visit Florida is a wonderful agency that’s doing its job, not only for tourism, but how about all the gift shops, restaurants, real estate and other businesses?” he said. “It’s an arm of Florida that shouldn’t be tampered with.” | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/state/2023/03/30/volusia-tourism-officials-react-to-house-plan-for-tourism-revenue/70061190007/ | 2023-03-30 14:27:01 | 1 | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/state/2023/03/30/volusia-tourism-officials-react-to-house-plan-for-tourism-revenue/70061190007/ |
CHICAGO (WGN) — A man is speaking out from his hospital bed two days after he was shot in a Chicago neighborhood while trying to protect his young son from gunfire.
At the intersection of 70th and Clyde, Donald Muhammad says he was trying to take his 4-year-old son out of the car Sunday night when gunfire erupted. The father said he barely parked and exited the car before the gunshots erupted.
“This is an epidemic and it doesn’t just affect me, it affects children every day. It affects adults. It affects innocent people,” Muhammad told Nexstar’s WGN.
It’s why Muhammad says he’s chosen to speak out after surviving the shooting.
“Physically, I’m well, but emotionally and mentally, you’ll never get over that, especially when it involves children,” he said.
Muhammad, a 6-foot-8-inch security and public safety professional, said it wasn’t only his training that kicked into gear but his instincts to protect what matters most to him. He described trying to stay low and using his body to shield his son.
He was struck in the buttocks in the process.
The 45-year-old was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he spoke with WGN from his hospital bed on Tuesday. He wanted to share his gratitude for the officers who rushed to his side and helped him and his son, who wasn’t injured, as well as the city’s emergency response and medical staff at the hospital.
“If I had to use the word hero, they were the real heroes here,” Muhammad said.
Sunday’s shooting occurred just feet from an elementary school where children about Muhammad’s son’s age go to learn. As he recovers from his injuries, he told WGN his number one priority is making sure his little boy is emotionally and mentally OK.
“They say time heals all wounds, and even as a 4-year-old, we don’t know what children really experience,” he said.
The shooting remains under investigation, and nobody has been taken into custody, according to Chicago Police. | https://www.ksn.com/news/father-injured-while-shielding-4-year-old-son-from-gunfire-in-chicago-neighborhood/ | 2023-05-10 01:57:15 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/father-injured-while-shielding-4-year-old-son-from-gunfire-in-chicago-neighborhood/ |
CLEVELAND (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Ohio Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
7-5-3
(seven, five, three)
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SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia’s fugitive former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski has been handed a 9-year prison sentence for illegally ordering the 2011 demolition of a multimillion-dollar residential and business complex owned by a former political ally turned opponent.
The Criminal Court in the capital, Skopje, found that the demolition was an “act of political revenge” against Fijat Canoski, then the leader of the small Party for European Future (PEI), who had left Gruevski’s conservative government coalition and joined the opposition.
Three other former officials at the time of the demolition were also sentenced late Friday. Toni Trajkovski, the former mayor of the Gazi Baba municipality, one of the 10 neighborhoods that make up Skopje, and a former municipal official were sentenced to 4 years each in prison while former Transport Minister Mile Janakieski got three years in prison. The three were also sentenced to pay a total of 11 million euros ($11.6 million) in damages.
Three other officials were acquitted.
This is Gruevski’s fourth conviction since he left office in 2016 after nearly ten years in power.
In 2018, he was sentenced to two years for unlawfully influencing interior ministry officials over the purchase of a luxury armored car. In 2020, he got one and a half years in prison for orchestrating violence against his political opponents in 2013. In April 2022, he was sentenced to seven years for using his party’s funds to enrich himself.
Gruevski fled to Hungary in 2018 before his first sentence could be carried out. He has compared himself in social media postings to Joseph K., the main character of Franz Kafka’s novel “The Trial” who is convicted and executed without ever learning of what he is accused.
There are two more cases pending against Gruevski for corruption, election irregularities and abuse of office. The charges stem from a wiretapping scandal that broke in 2015, when it emerged that the phone conversations of more than 20,000 people had been illegally recorded, including those of politicians, judges, police, journalists and foreign diplomats.
The scandal brought down Gruevski’s government and he lost the subsequent 2016 election to Social Democrat Zoran Zaev. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/international/fugitive-north-macedonian-ex-premier-gets-9-year-sentence/ | 2022-05-21 21:30:16 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/international/fugitive-north-macedonian-ex-premier-gets-9-year-sentence/ |
Lake City man arrested for stabbing someone several times
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - A Lake City man is in jail after officers believe he stabbed another person during a fight.
53-year-old Johnathan Smith was arrested Wednesday morning.
According to Lake City Police Department officials, witnesses say he stabbed someone during a fight.
The victim was stabbed several times in the upper body and at least once in the chest.
They were taken to a local hospital.
Smith is being held at the Columbia County Jail.
His bond is set at $50,000.
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NEW YORK, May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. f/k/a Peridot Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: LICY, PDAC) between February 16, 2021 and March 23, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important June 20, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline in the securities class action commenced by the Firm.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Li-Cycle securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Li-Cycle class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=4885 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than June 20, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Li-Cycle's largest customer, Traxys North America LLC, 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. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Li-Cycle class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=4885 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
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A 23-year-old woman is in custody, charged with stabbing another woman in an apparent road rage incident at the intersection of Western Drive and Springhill Avenue Tuesday afternoon.
According to Mobile police, a witness told officers the victim honked her horn at another driver, later identified as Char’Nesia Lee, who was attempting to make a left turn onto Springhill Avenue from Western Drive.
Traffic signs clearly indicate motorists can only turn right, not left, off of Western onto Springhill.
After the victim honked at Lee, both women exited their vehicles, with another witness telling police the two engaged in a heated exchange and then began striking each other before Lee reportedly stabbed the other woman.
The victim was treated for a non-life-threatening injuries.
Lee is charged with second degree assault. She was booked into the Mobile Metro Jail, where she posted bond and was released pending a March 14 court appearance. | https://www.al.com/news/2023/03/woman-stabbed-in-road-rage-incident-after-honking-at-another-driver-mobile-police-say.html | 2023-03-01 20:04:07 | 0 | https://www.al.com/news/2023/03/woman-stabbed-in-road-rage-incident-after-honking-at-another-driver-mobile-police-say.html |
Company Receives Seven Award Nominations in Total
CALGARY, AB, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - High Tide Inc. ("High Tide" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: HITI) (TSXV: HITI) (FSE: 2LYA) a leading retail-focused cannabis company with bricks-and-mortar as well as global e-commerce assets, is proud to announce that it's President and CEO, Raj Grover, was named Cannabis Person of the Year at the O'Cannabiz Industry Awards Gala, a national annual event that recognizes excellence and innovation in the cannabis industry, last night in Toronto.
According to event organisers, the Cannabis Person of the Year award 'honours an individual's exemplary service and dedication to our ever-changing industry, this person makes a true global difference and stands well above the crowd, bringing their strength and leadership to our vital and changing industry.'
"I am truly humbled and honoured to be named Cannabis Person of the Year but this recognition is one I can't accept alone. High Tide's success is due to the tireless work and dedication of our team members and the loyalty of our customers, which is evidenced by the fact that we are the largest non-franchised cannabis retailer in Canada," said Raj Grover, President and Chief Executive Officer of High Tide. "I also want to congratulate all nominees across the various categories - you are all winners who have helped shape and grow our industry through turbulent times. High Tide's success is built not only upon our diversified cannabis ecosystem, but also the diversity of our leadership team. Social equity and corporate social responsibility are core to what we are trying to build at High Tide. I want to reiterate my commitment to being a champion for these causes within the broader cannabis sector," added Mr. Grover.
Along with Cannabis Person of the Year, High Tide leadership and subsidiaries received seven nominations, including Canna Cabana (Best Customer Service and Best Retail Chain), Fastendr™ (Best Innovative Technology) and recognition of Senior Vice President of Corporate & Public Affairs Omar Khan's government lobbying on the cannabis file (Best Activist/Advocate of the Year).
Since starting his first company at the age of 22, Raj has established himself as one of Canada's foremost business strategists and deal makers. Through organic growth and strategic acquisitions, Raj has grown High Tide from one small shop of 2 employees in 2009, into one of Canada's largest cannabis retailers with over 1,100 amazing team members and business interests spanning North America and Europe.
HighTide is a leading retail-focused cannabis company with bricks-and-mortar as well as global e-commerce assets. The Company is the largest Canadian retailer of recreational cannabis as measured by revenue, with 124 current locations spanning Ontario, Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. High Tide was featured in the third annual Report on Business Magazine's ranking of Canada's Top Growing Companies in 2021 and was named as one of the top 10 performing diversified industries stocks in the 2022 TSX Venture 50™. The Company is also North America's first and only cannabis discount club retailer, featuring Canna Cabana, Meta Cannabis Co., and Meta Cannabis Supply Co. banners, with additional locations under development across the country. High Tide's portfolio also includes retail kiosk and smart locker technology – Fastendr™. High Tide has been serving consumers for over a decade through its established e-commerce platforms including Grasscity.com, Smokecartel.com, Dailyhighclub.com, and Dankstop.com and more recently in the hemp-derived CBD space through Nuleafnaturals.com, FABCBD.com, BlessedCBD.co.uk, and BlessedCBD.de, as well as its wholesale distribution division under Valiant Distribution, including the licensed entertainment product manufacturer Famous Brandz. High Tide's strategy as a parent company is to extend and strengthen its integrated value chain, while providing a complete customer experience and maximizing shareholder value.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
For more information about High Tide Inc., please visit www.hightideinc.com, its profile page on SEDAR at www.sedar.com, and its profile page on EDGAR at www.sec.gov.
Certain statements in this news release are forward-looking information or forward-looking statements. Such information and statements, referred to herein as "forward-looking statements" are made as of the date of this news release or as of the date of the effective date of information described in this news release, as applicable. Forward-looking statements relate to future events or future performance and reflect current estimates, predictions, expectations or beliefs regarding future events. Any statements that express or involve discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance (generally, forward-looking statements can be identified by use of words such as "outlook", "expects", "intend", "forecasts", "anticipates", "plans", "projects", "estimates", "envisages, "assumes", "needs", "strategy", "goals", "objectives", or variations thereof, or stating that certain actions, events or results "may", "can", "could", "would", "might", or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved, or the negative of any of these terms or similar expressions, and other similar terminology) are not statements of historical fact and may be forward-looking statements.
Such forward-looking statements are based on assumptions that may prove to be incorrect, including but not limited to the ability of High Tide to execute on its business plan and that High Tide will receive one or multiple licenses from Alberta Gaming, Liquor & Cannabis, British Columbia's Liquor Distribution Branch, Liquor, Gaming and Cannabis Authority of Manitoba, Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario or the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority permitting it to carry on its Canna Cabana Inc. business. High Tide considers these assumptions to be reasonable in the circumstances. However, there can be no assurance that any one or more of the government, industry, market, operational or financial targets as set out herein will be achieved. Inherent in the forward-looking statements are known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results, performance or achievements, or industry results, to differ materially from any results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
The forward‐looking statements contained herein are current as of the date of this news release. Except as required by law, High Tide does not have any obligation to advise any person if it becomes aware of any inaccuracy in or omission from any forward-looking statement, nor does it intend, or assume any obligation, to update or revise these forward-looking statements to reflect new events or circumstances. Any and all forward-looking statements included in this news release are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement, and except as otherwise indicated, are made as of the date of this news release.
This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities in the United States of America. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933 (the "1933 Act") or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to U.S. Persons (as defined in the 1933 Act) unless registered under the 1933 Act and applicable state securities laws, or an exemption from such registration is available.
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Over the past 20 years, the water levels along the Colorado River have dropped dramatically.
At Lake Mead, water levels are down 170 feet, which is more than halfway to a "dead pool," when no water at all will flow through Hoover Dam.
An Lake Powell, the Glen Canyon Dam may not be able to produce any power by early 2023.
David Palumbo with the Bureau of Reclamation says that water levels cannot get that low, or else.
The functioning of the systems needs to be maintained for the 40 million people that rely on it.
In the face of that fear, more than a thousand key players from the Colorado River Water Users Association came together in Las Vegas to share ideas and possible solutions, including CRWUA President Aaron Chavez.
"Everyone's worried at this point," Chavez says. "They know they need to do something about this situation."
Less snow from the sky is part of the problem, but the real issue is on the ground.
Warmer temperatures are drying out the soil, so when it rains or the snow melts, it’s soaking into the ground instead of running into the tributaries. Also, more of what does run off is evaporating.
The Bureau of Reclamation is being told by scientists to expect another abnormally low runoff.
Climate isn't the only cause. The roots run deep, going back as far as a century when the water was first allocated, according to water policy expert Elizabeth Koebele.
"We thought we had a lot more water than we actually do have, and we gave rights away to more water than we thought we had," Koebele says.
Earlier this year, the Bureau of Reclamation asked the seven states that share Colorado River water, including Arizona, to come up with a consensus on how to cut back use by nearly 30%. They failed to come up with a plan.
If the states don’t come up with a solution soon, the federal government will force one on them — a message made loud and clear at the conference.
"If we don't have a consensus alternative, we will have a federal alternative that we will implement. We've got to," Palumbo says.
A federal plan would limit how low the levels at Lake Powell and Lake Mead can get and that would require drastic cuts in water use. | https://www.abc15.com/news/state/colorado-river-states-met-to-come-up-with-water-usage-solutions | 2022-12-17 02:52:59 | 1 | https://www.abc15.com/news/state/colorado-river-states-met-to-come-up-with-water-usage-solutions |
(CNN) — Nike cut ties with Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving Monday.
The move comes after Irving posted a Twitter link to a documentary containing antisemitic messages in October and initially refused to issue an apology.
“Kyrie Irving is no longer a Nike athlete,” Nike tells CNN.
Irving’s agent and stepmother Shetellia Riley painted the move as a mutual decision. “Both parties have agreed to mutually depart ways. We wish Nike the best in their future endeavors,” Riley said in a statement.
Irving took to Twitter Monday to write, “Anyone who has even spent their hard earned money on anything I have ever released, I consider you FAMILY and we are forever connected. It’s time to show how powerful we are as a community.”
On November 4, Nike suspended its relationship with Irving on and canceled the launch of the Kyrie 8 shoe, which Irving had previously tweeted were to go on sale this past November.
Speaking in November about the company’s decision to pause its relationship with Irving, Nike co-founder Phil Knight told CNBC, “Kyrie stepped over the line. It’s kind of that simple, so he made some statements that we just can’t abide by and that’s why we ended the relationship.” | https://www.wishtv.com/news/business/nike-cuts-ties-with-kyrie-irving/ | 2022-12-05 21:43:39 | 0 | https://www.wishtv.com/news/business/nike-cuts-ties-with-kyrie-irving/ |
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