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LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — The city of Lexington has announced the schedule for this year's Fourth of July events. The schedule includes a parade, ice cream social, patriotic concert featuring the Lexington Philharmonic, fireworks, festival and market, and Bluegrass 10,000 and Fun Run.
R. J. Corman Railroad Group will once again host the launch site of Lexington’s Fourth of July fireworks.
The fireworks will begin at 10 p.m., Tuesday, July 4. For the best viewing experience, Lexington residents and visitors are encouraged to go downtown for the fireworks show.
For more information regarding upcoming Fourth of July festivities go to lexingtonky.gov/fourthofjuly.
FOURTH OF JULY EVENTS SCHEDULE
Saturday, July 1
Red, White & Blues
Moondance Amphitheater, 1152 Monarch St.
5:30 – 9 p.m.
Sunday, July 2
Ice Cream Social
Henry A. Tandy Centennial Park, 251 W. Main St.
2 – 4 p.m.
Monday, July 3
Patriotic Concert
Transylvania University and Gratz Park, W. Third St.
Preshow: 5 – 7 p.m. – Young at Heart Big Band
Main Show: 7:30 p.m. – Lexington Philharmonic
Tuesday, July 4
Bluegrass 10,000 and Fun Run
Corner of Main St. and N. Limestone St.
BG10K: 7:25 a.m.
Fun Run: 8:30 a.m.
Fourth of July Festival & Market
Robert F. Stephens Courthouse Plaza, 120 N. Limestone St. and 5/3 Pavilion at Henry A Tandy Centennial Park
10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Fourth of July Parade
Main St. (Downtown)
12 p.m.
Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular
Launched from the R. J. Corman rail yard near Main St and Oliver Lewis Way
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Leaders of Venezuela’s fractured opposition are shaking voters’ hands and promising — yet again — that they will defeat President Nicolás Maduro at the ballot box.
Maduro is backed by the all-powerful United Socialist Party of Venezuela, which has controlled the nation and its oil wealth for a quarter-century. The party was led for 15 years by Hugo Chávez and has been behind Maduro for a decade, all the while tilting the electoral system in its favor and using government benefits as incentives to vote for it.
Despite the sky-high odds against them, opposition leaders say that giving up would be worse, so they’re holding an Oct. 22 primary to decide who will take on Maduro next year. They are getting a lukewarm reception from dispirited voters who were told for years to boycott elections.
Interested candidates could officially enter the race starting Tuesday but many election basics — such as who will vote, how and where — remain undetermined. Still, so far about 10 politicians think they have what it takes to face Maduro and the United Socialist Party of Venezuela.
“All of us Venezuelans who want to live better, who want to live in a democracy, must do what is within our reach,” said Jesús María Casal, a constitutional attorney who heads the body overseeing the primary.
The list of aspiring candidates includes Henrique Capriles, a two-time presidential candidate and former governor, and Maria Corina Machado, a former National Assembly member. Freddy Superlano, a onetime gubernatorial candidate, became his party’s choice after Juan Guaidó, the former self-proclaimed acting president of Venezuela, left the country in late April.
Voters are being suffocated by a protracted crisis that has pushed more than 7 million people to migrate and has made food and other necessities unaffordable for those who remain.
Since Hugo Chávez was elected president in 1998, ushering in a movement that he said championed the working class, Venezuelans have participated in 17 elections, including presidential, legislative, gubernatorial and municipal contests.
The elections have been marked by the use of free food, home appliances and other goods as political tools. Pro-government candidates have had preferred access to subsidized gasoline, and favorable coverage on state television for the ruling party.
The elections have also featured so-called red checkpoints — named after the color that the ruling party coopted more than two decades ago. Checkpoints near polling sites are typically run by ruling-party allies who ask people to see the government-issued cards needed to receive food and other assistance.
The lack of fair electoral conditions prompted some opposition leaders to encourage boycotts over the past two decades. But the strategy failed, and the various parties and opposition factions have been working for months to reach agreements to hold the first primary since 2012.
Guaidó, who did not vote in the 2021 regional elections, this year encouraged Venezuelans living abroad to send friends money so that they could pay for trips to voter-registration offices.
“Your family and friends in Venezuela need your help to participate in the primary,” a video tweeted by Guaidó in March explains. “Support them with the travel expenses.”
Casal’s group has asked the country’s electoral authorities to update voting rolls and ease the voter registration process.
Opposition parties, interested candidates, longstanding leaders and primary organizers are yet to agree on whether to use government-owned electronic voting machines during the October contest. Whether polling centers will be set up at schools across the country is also undetermined.
Disagreements among the opposition extend to whether Venezuelans living abroad who are of voting age should vote in the primary. Venezuela’s law contemplates absentee voting by allowing citizens to cast a ballot at consulates. But interested voters must be properly registered with their foreign address, and cannot be in that country illegally or seeking refugee or asylum status.
Ruling party leader Diosdado Cabello has insisted that the opposition will not manage to hold a primary. If he is wrong, then the opposition also must figure out how to handle a primary win by a candidate whom authorities have previously banned from running for office. Superlano and Capriles are under such bans, which many consider part of the government’s anti-dissent tactics.
Superlano was a candidate for governor of Barinas, where Chávez was born, in 2021. As election results showed him winning, Venezuela’s high court disqualified him. His wife, who was chosen as his successor, was also deemed ineligible to run. So was her substitute.
Guaidó, who is also banned from electoral activities, relocated to Miami in April, citing increasing safety threats to himself and his family. Last week, Capriles twice accused ruling-party loyalists of disturbing campaign events, including one on Friday in which women pushed and hit him several times, an incident captured in a video that Capriles posted on Twitter.
Capriles won the opposition’s last presidential primary and ran against Chávez in October 2012. Six months later, he faced Maduro, who had become Venezuela’s interim president when Chávez died.
“What is going to happen? I don’t know what will happen,” Capriles told reporters about the bans. “What I believe is that I cannot disbar myself nor am I going to ask the government for permission (to see) if I can run or not.” | https://www.kron4.com/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/opponents-compete-to-square-off-against-venezuelas-powerful-leader/ | 2023-06-08 01:26:21 | 1 | https://www.kron4.com/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/opponents-compete-to-square-off-against-venezuelas-powerful-leader/ |
LAS VEGAS, May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vestin Realty Mortgage I, Inc. ("Vestin," "the company," "we" or "our") and privately held Suncrest Holdings, LLC ("Suncrest") announced today that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which Suncrest will acquire all outstanding minority shares of common stock of Vestin for $4.01 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.16 million.
The $4.01 per share price reflects a premium of approximately 90 percent to Vestin's unaffected closing stock price on May 16, 2022, the last full trading day prior to the announcement of the definitive merger agreement.
Suncrest currently owns approximately 65.6 percent of Vestin common stock. Upon completion of the transaction, Vestin will merge with and into Suncrest, its common stock will no longer be listed on any public market and its separate corporate existence will cease. Suncrest will continue as the surviving entity.
The Vestin board of directors approved the definitive merger agreement following the recommendation of a special committee of the board that had previously been formed to oversee and review strategic alternatives for the company. Vestin has also received an opinion from Cogent Valuation stating that the merger consideration is fair, from a financial perspective to the holders of shares of the company's common stock other than holders affiliated with Suncrest.
Transaction Approvals and Timing
The transaction, which was approved by the Vestin board of directors, is not subject to financing conditions and is expected to close by the end of the second quarter or early in the third quarter of 2022, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals and approval by Vestin stockholders.
Advisors
Cogent Valuation served as financial advisor for Vestin. Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP is acting as legal counsel to the special committee of the board of directors of Vestin. Snell & Wilmer is acting as legal counsel to Suncrest.
About Vestin Realty Mortgage I, Inc.
Vestin Realty Mortgage I, Inc., formerly Vestin Fund I, LLC, invests in loans secured by real estate through deeds of trust or mortgages and as defined in our management agreement as mortgage assets. In addition, we invest in, acquire, manage, or sell real property and acquire entities involved in the ownership or management of real property, as well as securities. We commenced operations in June 2001. Vestin Realty Mortgage I, Inc. is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. For additional information regarding Vestin Realty Mortgage I, please visit www.vestinrealtymortgage1.com.
About Suncrest Holdings, LLC
Suncrest Holdings, LLC is a privately held firm recently formed to hold the share ownership in Vestin Realty Mortgage I. Inc. as described above. It has no operating history.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or constitute a solicitation of any vote or approval.
In connection with the proposed merger, Vestin intends to mail an information statement to each stockholder entitled to notice of and to vote at the special meeting relating to the proposed merger. STOCKHOLDERS OF VESTIN ARE URGED TO READ THE INFORMATION STATEMENT (INCLUDING ALL AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS THERETO) AND OTHER DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE PROPOSED MERGER CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED MERGER. Stockholders will be able to obtain free copies of the information statement and other documents containing important information about Vestin free of charge from Vestin by directing a request to Vestin at (702) 227-0965.
The information included herein, together with other statements and information publicly disseminated by Vestin, contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Vestin intends such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and includes this statement for purposes of complying with these safe harbor provisions.
In particular, statements pertaining to Vestin's capital resources, portfolio performance, financial condition and results of operations contain certain forward-looking statements. You can identify forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "believes," "expects," "may," "will," "should," "seeks," "approximately," "intends," "plans," "estimates" or "anticipates" or the negative of these words and phrases or similar words or phrases that are predictions of or indicate future events or trends and that do not relate solely to historical matters. You can also identify forward-looking statements by discussions of strategy, plans or intentions. Forward-looking statements involve numerous risks and uncertainties and you should not rely on them as predictions of future events. Forward-looking statements depend on assumptions, data or methods that may be incorrect or imprecise and we may not be able to realize them. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those anticipated, estimated or projected.
The following factors, among others, could cause actual results and future events to differ materially from those set forth or contemplated in the forward-looking statements: (i) Vestin's proposed merger with Suncrest may not be completed in a timely manner or at all; (ii) the failure to realize the anticipated benefits of the proposed merger; (iii) the possibility that competing offers or acquisition proposals for Vestin will be made; (iv) the possibility that any or all of the various conditions to the consummation of the merger may not be satisfied or waived; (v) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the merger, including in circumstances which would require Vestin to reimburse Suncrest for its expenses; (vi) the risk that stockholder litigation in connection with the merger may result in significant costs of defense, indemnification and liability; (vii) the potential widespread and highly uncertain impact of public health outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics, such as the COVID-19 pandemic; (viii) increases in market interest rates will increase Vestin's borrowing costs and may drive potential investors to seek higher dividend yields and reduce demand for Vestin's common stock; (ix) market price and volume of stock could be volatile; and (x) other factors affecting the real estate industry generally.
While forward-looking statements reflect Vestin's good faith beliefs, they are not guarantees of future performance. Given these risks and uncertainties, investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results. We disclaim any obligation other than as required by law to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect changes in underlying assumptions or factors or for new information, data or methods, future events or other changes.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hagens Berman urges MINISO Group Holdings Limited (NYSE: MNSO) investors who suffered significant losses to submit your losses now.
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MINISO attributes its fast growth to its MINISO Retail Partner model, claiming it's an asset-light, high-margin network of thousands of independent franchise stores who shoulder capital and operating expenses while selling company-branded products.
These claims came into question on July 26, 2022, when Blue Orca published a scathing report about MINISO. Blue Orca determined that the company itself owns and operates about 40% of MINISO stores and, in addition, hundreds of stores are registered to company executives or persons connected to its Chairman. Blue Orca attributed MINISO's secret ownership and operation to years of declining store revenues and profits.
Blue Orca also concluded that, shortly after MINISO completed its $600 million IPO in October 2020 "that MINISO's chairman, Ye Guofu, bilked hundreds of millions of freshly raised capital from public investors through a series of crooked transactions revolving around the purchase and construction of a massive headquarters in China."
This news sent the price of MINISO American Depositary Shares sharply lower on July 26, 2022.
More recently, on July 29, 2022, Blue Orca responded to MINISO's July 28 "rebuttal," stating MINISO (1) simply ignored Blue Orca's finding that the company owns and operates about 40% of MINISO stores, and (2) admitted its chairman did not contribute funds to purchase MINISO's headquarters.
"We're focused on investors' losses and whether MINISO lied about its Retail Partner model," said Reed Kathrein, the Hagens Berman partner leading the investigation.
If you invested in MINISO and have significant losses, or have knowledge that may assist the firm's investigation, click here to discuss your legal rights with Hagens Berman.
Whistleblowers: Persons with non-public information regarding MINISO should consider their options to help in the investigation or take advantage of the SEC Whistleblower program. Under the new program, whistleblowers who provide original information may receive rewards totaling up to 30 percent of any successful recovery made by the SEC. For more information, call Reed Kathrein at 844-916-0895 or email MNSO@hbsslaw.com.
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Hagens Berman is a global plaintiffs' rights complex litigation law firm focusing on corporate accountability through class-action law. The firm is home to a robust securities litigation practice and represents investors as well as whistleblowers, workers, consumers and others in cases achieving real results for those harmed by corporate negligence and fraud. More about the firm and its successes can be found at hbsslaw.com. Follow the firm for updates and news at @ClassActionLaw.
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INDIANAPOLIS — (AP) — Add another member to the six-timers club.
Chase Kalisz became the seventh American swimmer to make a half-dozen world championship teams with a runner-up finish in the 400-meter individual medley at the U.S. nationals.
The 29-year-old Kalisz will be heading to the worlds in Fukuoka, Japan, next month, joining Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Natalie Coughlin, Katie Ledecky, Elizabeth Beisel and Nathan Adrian in the elite group.
Ledecky earned the distinction on the opening night of nationals with a dominating victory in the 800 free.
“I'm very proud of my longevity in the sport,” Kalisz said. "It's not an easy thing, especially in the U.S. I don't know if I ever would've predicted I would go this long, especially doing the 400 IM. But I'm really proud of how everything is going."
Carson Foster won the race that encompasses all four strokes in 4 minutes, 8.14 seconds, edging Kalisz by a mere 0.08.
“I want to be like Chase,” Foster said. “Not to get all sappy, but Chase has been a huge part of my improvement curve and getting over some of my mental barriers in that race.”
Kalisz made his first worlds team in 2013, earning a silver medal in the 400 IM at Barcelona. He's earned at least one individual medley medal in every worlds since then, though the highlight of his career is undoubtedly his 400 IM victory at the Tokyo Olympics.
“Things are just different for me," Kalisz said. "The culmination of being a world champion and getting my Olympic gold at the last Olympics, that really signified me checking off all my major bucket list things. I can got into practice every single day very content. Everything is kind of a bonus at this point.”
Other winners on the third night of nationals:
— Katie Grimes took the women’s 400 IM title, while Alex Walsh finished second to join her younger sister Gretchen Walsh on the worlds team.
—- Speaking of Gretchen Walsh, she'll be swimming a second individual event at worlds after a runner-up showing to Torri Huske in the 100 fly. On the men's side, Dare Rose and Thomas Heilman went 1-2, both adding to their program at worlds, while Caeleb Dressel came up short again by tying for fifth.
Coming back from a long layoff, Dressel has only one more chance to make the team for worlds in the 50 free.
— Lilly King triumphed in the women's 50 breaststroke, her second victory at nationals, while Nic Fink was the winner in the men's race.
— Katherine Berkoff took the title in the women's 50 back, while Justin Ress triumphed for the men.
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LANSING, Mich., Sept. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ACT Laboratories, Inc. ("ACT Labs"), a leading lab testing company in the legal cannabis and hemp markets, today announced an agreement to acquire CDX Analytics, LLC ("CDX") of Massachusetts to continue its geographic expansion and extend its scientific leadership.
"ACT Labs is out to build the foremost, multistate cannabis lab testing partner for cultivators, processors, dispensaries, and brands, and we're delighted that CDX is joining forces with us," said Cornelius Merlini, Board Member and acting CEO of ACT Labs and a Managing Partner of Intrinsic Capital Partners. "Expanding our footprint not only enables us to take better advantage of our investments in new technology, but also allows us to better anticipate regulatory trends and leverage standardized, best practices across our network. As we do, expansive testing capabilities will help ensure a more predictable supply of consistent, differentiated products and brands that fuel growth for our customers."
As one of the most reputable lab testing partners in the state, CDX Analytics recently doubled its testing capacity in its Massachusetts lab to meet growing customer demand. With this acquisition, ACT Labs will be operational in six states: Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Additionally, ACT Labs is evaluating other key markets for organic expansion, and will likely be live in seven states by early 2023.
"We're excited to become part of such a strong team of chemists, microbiologists, researchers, and senior leaders with extensive knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry," said Dr. Brian J. Strasnick, CEO & President of CDX Analytics. "The rapid growth and regulatory evolution of the cannabis industry will require a suite of consultative solutions that span testing, quality, formulation, and facility monitoring to optimize processes, manage risk, and drive speed to market. As part of ACT Labs, we will bring all of these to our Massachusetts customers."
The closure of the deal is subject to regulatory approval in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ACT Laboratories, Inc. provides critical lab testing services for cultivators, processors, dispensaries, and brands to satisfy state requirements for a broad spectrum of tests, including potency, terpene, pesticide, microbial. Each of its labs are in full compliance with state law and the company works closely with regulators to elevate cannabis testing standards nationwide. ACT Laboratories is accredited to the international standard ISO/IEC 17025:2017 for the purposes of cannabis testing, ensuring methods are fully validated and independently reviewed. The company is majority owned by Intrinsic Capital Partners.
CDX Analytics is a premiere cannabis testing laboratory servicing both the Medical and Recreational Marijuana markets in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The lab has invested in state-of-the-art instrumentation to ensure regulatory compliance and push the envelope in product optimization.
Intrinsic Capital Partners is a Pennsylvania-based investment firm focused on life science and technology businesses within the legal cannabis and hemp industries. The Intrinsic team brings institutional investment discipline and world-class operating experience to build and scale industry-leading companies that address unmet needs across the supply chain.
Intrinsic Capital Partners employs an operator-centric investment model to create a diverse portfolio of leading companies within the federally legal and emerging cannabis and hemp industries.
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BEIJING (AP) — China’s scandal-plagued football association has been rocked by new corruption probes into its chiefs of discipline and competition.
The sports ministry on Friday said Wang Xiaoping, director the CFA's Disciplinary Committee, and Huang Song, were both “suspected of serious violations” of law and discipline — the government's usual bywords for graft.
Huang was being investigated by the ruling Communist Party’s corruption watchdog, the sports ministry’s anti-graft body and by authorities in Hebei province outside Beijing where the national soccer team maintains a training camp, the notice said.
The single-sentence announcements said Wang and Huang were cooperating with investigators but gave no details about the charges against them. Chinese prosecutors have wide powers to hold suspects for lengthy interrogations if state secrets are believed to be involved.
The announcements come barely a month after the head of China’s national soccer body Chen Xuyuan was arrested on corruption charges.
Chen was head of the Chinese Football Association and vice chair of its party committee, underscoring the government’s heavy hand in attempting to direct success in the game.
China’s increasingly autocratic president and Communist Party leader Xi Jinping declared a plan to make China a football superpower, but funding and enthusiasm have appeared to dwindle. Xi has also made fighting corruption a signature policy, taking down political rivals in the process and further embedding strict policies governing freedom of speech and civil society organizations outside party control.
Sports falls under the same yoke of state control and the national team has seen a revolving door of foreign and domestic managers cut loose for their failure to produce results.
One of China's most decorated past football leaders, former Everton and Sheffield United midfielder Li Tie, has been jailed amid a graft investigation.
Despite its success in Olympic sports such as table tennis and shooting, China has only qualified for one soccer World Cup, more than two decades ago. The men's national team is currently ranked 80th by FIFA, just behind countries such as Uzbekistan, Georgia and Gabon.
China’s top division clubs once paid big salaries to attract foreign talent, but the league has virtually collapsed under the now-abandoned “zero-COVID” policy and lingering economic malaise. Top sponsors have gone bankrupt and and efforts to fight match-fixing and other forms of cheating have received little attention of late.
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YAKIMA, Wash., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Yakima Chief Hops (YCH), a 100% grower-owned hop supplier, has launched the pre-sale of the 5th Annual Veterans Blend, an annual hop product that supports and celebrates US military Veterans. YCH donates $3 of every pound sold to a selected nonprofit organization that provides support for the Veteran community.
A new blend of hops for the Veterans Blend is selected each year by military Veteran brewers across the nation. This year, it includes experimental hop variety HBC 586, Triumph, Chinook, Ekuanot®, and Idaho 7® brand hops. Along with a new blend profile, they also select a different nonprofit organization to support, addressing the various needs of the Veteran community.
This year, YCH is proud to partner with HunterSeven Foundation, a veteran-founded, nonprofit organization that specializes in medical research and education specifically on the post-9/11 veteran cohort. The HunterSeven Foundation has quickly become the leaders in identifying potential toxic exposures and subsequent illnesses in military veterans and in turn is able to educate both the veteran population and the healthcare providers who care for them on critical health information relating to their exposures utilizing evidence-based practice.
"With post-9/11 service members being diagnosed with cancer at a ratio of 1 in every 6, the HunterSeven Foundation will continue to lead the groundbreaking change in proactive healthcare. Our approach is mission-driven, and our mission is to save lives." says Chelsey Simoni, HunterSeven Foundation Co-Founder.
The 5th Annual Veterans Blend is available for presale to commercial brewers. The deadline to submit orders is Sept. 9th to encourage brewers to brew their support with their own special brew days and charitable beers for Veterans Day. Visit www.yakimachief.com/commercial/hop-varieties/veterans-blend.html for details.
YCH is a 100% grower-owned global hop supplier with a mission to connect brewers with family hop farms. Operating for more than 30 years, we have become leaders of innovation, quality and customer service. We are a resource for brewers, providing industry-leading research and products. We are advocates of sustainability and meaningful social causes, working to support the communities around us. https://www.yakimachief.com/
HunterSeven Foundation, a Veteran-founded, 501(c)(3) organization, conducts research on military exposures among post-9/11 veterans and educates the veteran and healthcare population on critical health information relating to their exposures.
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BRYAN, Texas — As the nation experiences inflation, teachers are going to need continued help when it comes to stocking their classrooms with supplies.
Charity organization I Heart Bryan has created a new initiative that aims to fill teachers’ cabinets with everything they need to succeed, all year round.
Monica Martine, who has been teaching in the Brazos Valley for 12 years, is also a member of I Heart Bryan. Like many teachers, Martinez has struggled to supply her classrooms, and to find resources to decorate them for her students.
“Every year I know I have to put out emails to parents," she said. "I'll say, 'Hey we need this and that.' We need supplies beyond what the district supplies for us.”
Martinez felt this was an area where I Heart Bryan could step in to make a difference. Partnering with Morningstar Storage of Bryan, Martinez plans to host I Heart Bryan's first school supply drive next weekend, where they will take donations of anything and everything to get the ball rolling for a year-round teacher closet.
“Through Morningstar Storage, our community can continuously bless," said Fabi Payton, Bryan ISD teacher and founder of I Heart Bryan. "If a business wants to donate and help but say, ‘I don’t know who to contact. I don’t know the principals.’ Well, you can contact us!"
Payton said she can see, and has known personally, just how much teachers would benefit from a year-round hub with free supplies.
“Teachers really need that," she said. "Their cups are really empty. We’re coming out of a pandemic mode, where teachers [have been ]hitting double duty, so you’re looking at a burnt out workforce that had already had a shortage, and was already doing work not equitable to their pay.”
Once the first rounds of donations are collected, organizers for the teacher's closet will start taking direct requests from local teachers at the beginning of August. I Heart Bryan will accept any and all donations, whether it be toiletries and cleaning supplies, decorations, school supplies, art supplies, instruments for music class, sports equipment for P.E., etc. Organizers just ask that the items be clean and functional.
The donation drive will be from noon to 4 p.m. next Sunday, June 26, at Morningstar Storage. The storage facility is located at 425 N Harvey Mitchell Pkwy in Bryan [not to be confused with the Boonville Road location]. | https://www.kxxv.com/brazos/as-teachers-struggle-to-keep-up-with-school-supplies-i-heart-bryan-plans-to-be-hub-for-their-needs | 2022-06-17 03:35:43 | 0 | https://www.kxxv.com/brazos/as-teachers-struggle-to-keep-up-with-school-supplies-i-heart-bryan-plans-to-be-hub-for-their-needs |
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron touted his endorsement from Donald Trump as an honor, reasserting his steadfast loyalty to the former president while campaigning for governor after a civil jury found the ex-president liable for sexually abusing an advice columnist nearly three decades ago.-
“He is a fighter and I am a fighter,” Cameron said during a televised debate Tuesday that didn’t include his main rival for the nomination, Kelly Craft.
With a narrow early voting window set to begin Thursday for the May 16 primary, Republican candidates campaigned all across the Bluegrass State, trying to set themselves apart in a race where the main contenders sound alike on core economic and social issues. Instead, most of the talk about issues was overshadowed by a barrage of attack ads between camps supporting Cameron or Craft. The heated tenor of the campaign may have exacerbated voter indifference, adding to the sense that the fiercest contest will come in November when the winner tries to knock off Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear.
“There doesn’t seem to be a lot of enthusiasm or interest in this primary,” said GOP political consultant T.J. Litafik. “I’m not seeing a particularly high level of engagement really anywhere in this state.”
Trump’s support for Cameron looms large in the 12-candidate GOP field. Trump easily carried Kentucky in his first two presidential runs and his coattails were long. When Trump won the White House in 2016, Kentucky Republicans gained control of the Kentucky House — achieving a decades-long dream as they cemented their dominance in the legislature.
Now Republicans are trying to wrest away the Democrats’ last bastion of statewide power.
The party’s nominee is expected to challenge Beshear, who is seeking reelection to a second term and faces nominal opposition in his party’s primary. The governor has received consistently high voter approval ratings while presiding over record economic development and managing a series of tragedies, from the pandemic to tornadoes and floods. The fall campaign is a test of whether Democrats — even one seemingly as popular as Beshear — can hold their own in red states.
The Republican campaign has spiraled into a bitter rivalry between Cameron and Craft, who served as U.S. ambassador to Canada and the United Nations during Trump’s presidency. The first-term attorney general has taken digs at Craft over his success in gaining Trump’s nod, and the endorsement is featured on his campaign website and in TV ads promoting Cameron.
But as Trump faces a swirl of legal risks, Kentucky’s chief law enforcement officer is likely to face continued questions about those cases if he emerges as the Republican nominee.
At the outset of the debate Tuesday night, Cameron was asked about the jury verdict and how he now feels about Trump’s endorsement. Hours earlier, a jury in New York found Trump liable for sexually abusing advice columnist E. Jean Carroll decades ago, awarding her $5 million.
“Well, I don’t know the specifics of the civil complaint, and I understand it was something that involved something 30 years ago,” Cameron said. “But I’m honored to have President Trump’s endorsement.”
Cameron then lashed out at a fellow prosecutor — the Manhattan district attorney at the forefront of a New York criminal case against Trump that’s related to hush money payments made to a porn actor. Cameron said the prosecutor has “weaponized” the judicial system “to try to destroy” Trump.
During the same debate, GOP gubernatorial candidate Eric Deters stoutly defended Trump and said he looked forward to Trump winning back the White House in 2024.
“I believe the verdict is a bunch of balderdash,” Deters said. “I believe the woman is lying.”
Trump is also contending with investigations into his possible mishandling of classified documents, his actions after the 2020 election and his activities during the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump denies wrongdoing in all of those matters.
Trump’s support remains solid in Kentucky despite his legal woes in New York, said Scott Jennings, a Kentucky-based Republican political commentator and former adviser to President George W. Bush.
“Obviously there’s more to come for the rest of the year, but primary voting Republicans don’t appear to be bothered by these New York City legal issues,” Jennings said.
Meanwhile, Craft has touted her endorsement from U.S. Rep. James Comer, the Kentucky Republican whose national profile among conservatives has surged as chairman of the House Oversight Committee. Craft also is scheduled to campaign alongside Texas Sen. Ted Cruz on Saturday.
Another Kentucky GOP gubernatorial hopeful, state Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles, says he has amassed more than 230 endorsements from elected Republicans statewide, including scores of county officials, saying it reflects strong grassroots support.
Beshear won the governorship in 2019, defeating then-Republican Gov. Matt Bevin, a Trump ally who couldn’t overcome the self-inflicted damage caused by his combative style. If Beshear follows his campaign formula from four years ago, he will avoid talking about Trump to risk further energizing his opponent’s conservative base.
Democrats have relished the GOP infighting, something one candidate acknowledged at the debate.
“All this mudslinging and fighting that’s going on right now only helps out one person, and that’s Andy Beshear,” Quarles said. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/trump-backed-candidate-for-kentucky-governor-downplays-jury-verdict-against-former-president/ | 2023-05-11 02:49:27 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/trump-backed-candidate-for-kentucky-governor-downplays-jury-verdict-against-former-president/ |
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(NewsNation) — For six years, Kayla Unbehaun’s family searched for her. Now 15 years old, Kayla is back home with help from an episode of Netflix’s “Unsolved Mysteries” series on parental abductions.
Kayla was 9 years old when she went missing on July 5, 2017. She wasliving full-time with her father Ryan Iserka but visiting her non-custodial mother, Heather Unbehaun, in the Chicago suburb of South Elgin.
“I had gone to her house to pick up my daughter on my way home from work, and they weren’t there,” Iserka said during an interview in 2020. “Her family was at her house having dinner and they had told me that she didn’t come back from a camping trip and they didn’t know where she was.”
Police issued a felony kidnapping warrant for Heather Unbehaun’s arrest on July 28, 2017, according to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC).
Iserka tried to stay positive, writing letters to her.
“There is a lot of people who love her. Everyone loves her and our family. Everyone wants to see her and, spend time with her,” Iserka said. “I don’t want to take her mother away from her. I want her to grow up happy and have a life with everyone who loves her.”
At the time, police said Heather Unbehaun had some ties to the East Coast and said they may have been hiding in plain sight. The NCMEC released an age progression image of what she might look like.
“Because she’s been missing, had been missing for multiple years, we needed to put out an image that was accurate to what she would look like currently,” said Callahan Walsh, the son of John Walsh, who founded the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. “We did two separate age progression or age-progressed photos.”
On May 15, it was revealed that Kayla was spotted at a shop in Asheville, North Carolina, by someone who recognized her in season 16, episode nine of the “Unsolved Mysteries” series, titled “Abducted by a Parent.”
“We received a call from a local business where an employee had reported to their manager that they believe that they had recognized this juvenile,” said Asheville Police Department Lt. Johnathan Brown.
Kayla’s discovery is a testament to how the media has helped harness the power of the public — from digital sleuths helping solve Gabby Petito’s murder to the “Serial” podcast freeing a man from jail and HBO’s “The Jinx” helping bring about a murder conviction.
“Working with media today in the 24-hour news cycle that we have and the social media handles that traditional media has as well, they can amplify this message to a degree that was unimaginable in the past,” Walsh said.
“Unsolved Mysteries” creator Terry Meurer told The Wrap that during its original 23-year run, the series helped solve over 260 cold cases. The series ended in 2010 but was rebooted by Netflix in 2020.
Several other shows, including “America’s Most Wanted,” have also helped solve cases.
“‘Most Wanted’ helped capture of our 1,400 wanted fugitives, and we’re talking worse to the worst,” Walsh said. “But also helped recover over 60 missing children, as well.”
Walsh currently co-hosts a show with his father, “In Pursuit with John Walsh,” which he said has also led to fugitives being apprehended.
“We have captured and helped capture over 50 fugitives, 50 guys that were featured on ‘In Pursuit’ have been captured, even though we’ve only had 48 episodes now,” Walsh said. “So it’s just amazing to see that the public is still fighting back. They don’t wanna be living next to these guys.”
Meanwhile, Heather Unbehaun was arrested and charged with felony child abduction.
Kayla was reunited with her father. In a statement through the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Iserka thanked the organization and law enforcement agencies for spreading the word about the search for her.
“I’m overjoyed that Kayla is home safe,” he said. “I also want to thank all of the followers on the ‘Bring Kayla Home’ Facebook page, who helped keep her story alive and were instrumental in spreading awareness. We ask for privacy as we get to know each other again and navigate this new beginning.”
“To get Kayla back after as many years as she was missing for is just, it’s a home run,” Walsh said. “It’s why we do what we do.” | https://www.fox16.com/news/national-news/how-a-netflix-true-crime-show-helped-find-a-missing-teenager/ | 2023-05-29 20:59:43 | 0 | https://www.fox16.com/news/national-news/how-a-netflix-true-crime-show-helped-find-a-missing-teenager/ |
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Murray Wilson rarely thinks about playing on the team that had the best season in NHL history.
“The thing that people always ask is, ‘How many Cups did you win?’ or, ‘How many rings do you have?’” Wilson said. “They never talk about the regular season. And we never did in Montreal, either. The regular season was just a means to the end.”
Wilson and the 1976-77 Montreal Canadiens set the regular-season points record with 132 and went on to win the Stanley Cup. The ’95-96 Detroit Red Wings and 2018-19 Tampa Bay Lightning, who share the record for victories with 62, each endured a stinging playoff defeat.
With the Boston Bruins now chasing the points and wins marks, members of the record-setting Canadiens, Red Wings and Lightning understand what it's like to be this dominant all season. And they know there are lessons to be learned and apply come playoff time.
“When you have a banner season, you always worry that you have no adversity,” said Hall of Fame coach Scotty Bowman, who was behind the bench for Montreal and Detroit among his 30-plus seasons in the NHL. “Who wants adversity, you know? You don’t look for it. But sometimes when you get adversity, it kind of gets your attention.”
Perhaps a brief skid in January or three losses in four games in March will prove enough adversity for the Bruins, a team Bowman called the deepest he has seen in some time. Or it could come at some stage of the playoffs.
Montreal did not face much adversity 46 years ago, losing only once at home and eight times overall with 12 ties during an 80-game season back when games ended after regulation and there was no overtime. But three of those losses came against archrival Boston, which was enough for Bowman to motivate his players when the teams met in the final.
Wilson recalled Bowman challenging the Canadiens, saying Boston's stars were just as good if not better than Montreal's Guy Lafleur, Jacques Lemaire and Steve Shutt.
“When he set the fire under those three, the rest of us just followed,” Wilson recalled.
The Canadiens, who lost just twice in three rounds of playoffs, won the Cup in a four-game sweep.
A very different result awaited the Red Wings 19 years later, and they inadvertently put a roadblock in their own way.
Bowman remembers an 11-1 victory at Montreal as if it was yesterday because Canadiens coach Mario Tremblay left Patrick Roy in for nine goals against and angered the elite goaltender to the point he demanded a trade. Roy was traded to the Colorado Avalanche, Detroit's biggest rival and challenger in the West.
"We were really sailing along, but we kind of destroyed ourselves," Bowman recalled. “We won the game, but we probably killed ourselves.”
Having already adjusted after a loss to New Jersey in the 1995 final to play better defensively, the Red Wings learned another tried-and-true hockey lesson by running into a hot goalie at the wrong time. Roy beat them in the Western Conference final on the way to backstopping Colorado to its first championship.
“That was probably the biggest disappointment that we had and I had,” said Bowman, who won the Stanley Cup a league-high nine times as a coach. “It was a tough loss for us because we won 62 games and we still didn’t win the Cup."
Better times were ahead. Detroit won the Cup the following two seasons, getting through Roy in 1997 and sweeping the final each time.
That turned out to be something of a blueprint for the Lightning a generation later, after they cruised along all season winning too easily. They scored nearly four goals a game and never lost more than two in a row.
"Our regular season was great, and we piled up a lot of wins," center Anthony Cirelli said. “How we'd win games, we’d outscore teams. Obviously our power play was unbelievable that year. I think we had a lot of comeback wins, as well. But then you go into the playoffs and it’s not about goal scoring.”
Tampa Bay scored the first three goals of Game 1 against eighth-seeded Columbus before blowing that lead, falling behind in the series and getting unceremoniously swept out of the first round. Management didn't fire coach Jon Cooper or make wholesale roster moves, but Cooper said, “It was pretty evident that things had to change.”
His team focused more on keeping the puck out of its net rather than filling the opponent's, content to win a game 1-0 or 2-1 instead of 7-0. Cooper said, “It took us failing at being the greatest show on ice” to learn how to win in the playoffs.
The Lightning went on to back-to-back championships in 2020 and ’21, with a shutout in each Cup clincher, and reached the final again last year.
“It helped us,” longtime Lightning winger Ondrej Palat said. "If we didn’t get that slap in the face in ’18-19, we wouldn’t have won those two Stanley Cups, so it maybe it was a learning curve.”
With top center Patrice Bergeron being 37 and David Krejci about to turn the same age, goalie Linus Ullmark turning in a career season and a handful of trade-deadline rentals acquired to win now, the Bruins likely don't have a long runway to lose and learn. And players, for their part, have shrugged off records in pursuit of Boston's first title since 2011.
The urgency is certainly there, much as it was for the Canadiens during their late-1970s dynasty, when winning it all was all that mattered.
“I’ll put it this way,” Wilson said. “If we didn’t win the Cup and we had seasons like that, we wouldn’t have stayed in Montreal for the summertime.”
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TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s former President Ilir Meta on Monday took over the leadership of his old political party and pledged to fight government corruption through referendums.
Meta, 53, who was replaced Sunday by new President Bajram Begaj, was elected Monday as leader of a committee that would re-organize his old left-wing Socialist Movement for Integration party, or LSI, into a re-named the Party of Freedom.
After he was elected as the country’s president in 2017, Meta left the party’s post, which was taken over by his wife, Monika Kryemadhi. She resigned five years later.
Following Meta’s passionate speech against the Socialist-led government of Prime Minister Edi Rama, the LSI convention decided to change the party’s name and reorganize.
The former president started his political career with the left-wing Socialist Party, but in 2004 left it to form the smaller LSI. During his presidency, Meta often clashed with the Socialists government, blocking the nominations of ministers and vetoing legislation. | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/international/albanias-ex-president-takes-over-his-old-political-party/ | 2022-07-25 22:27:29 | 0 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/international/albanias-ex-president-takes-over-his-old-political-party/ |
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Easy 5" game were:
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The average price of gasoline in Midland increased by 10 cents this week. That was five times the average increase across the state, according to AAA Texas in its weekly report.
Gas stations in Midland and Odessa made up for the lack of an increase last week by raising the price more than any other larger metropolitan areas in the state. The price in Odessa increased by 12 cents.
Both Odessa and Midland reclaimed their respective positions among the three larger metropolitan areas with the highest prices in the state. El Paso remained No. 1 with an average of $3.94. Odessa was second at $3.90, and Midland was third at $3.89. Last week, Midland was tied for fifth. Odessa was tied for ninth.
The spread in Midland and Odessa also jumped much higher than the state average. Last week, Midland was within 2 cents of the state average (one of the lower spreads in years), and the average in Odessa was actually 1 cent lower. This week, Midland was 10 cents higher, and Odessa was 11 cents higher than the $3.79 average across Texas.
Across the region, the lowest average ($3.68) was found in Lubbock, where the price increased 4 cents this week. Other averages included $3.70 in Amarillo (an increase of 7 cents), $3.72 in San Angelo (a decrease of 4 cents) and $3.75 in Abilene (a decrease of 4 cents).
The metropolitan area with the lowest average in Texas was Corpus Christi ($3.63).
“As millions of Texans are planning to hit the road for a vacation this summer, retail gas prices remain $1.21 higher, on average, compared to a year ago,” said AAA Texas spokesperson Daniel Armbruster in the organization’s weekly report.
The price in Midland is $1.02 cents more than one year ago – the smallest increase over the past 365 days.
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El Paso $3.94
Odessa $3.90
Midland $3.89
Dallas $3.88
Fort Worth-Arlington $3.87
Texas $3.79
National $4.14
Last week
El Paso $3.99
Fort Worth-Arlington $3.82
Dallas $3.82
College Station-Bryan $3.82
Midland $3.79
Texarkana $3.79
Galveston-Texas City $3.79
Abilene $3.79
Texas $3.77
National $4.12 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/Gas-price-increase-in-Midland-was-second-largest-17133692.php | 2022-04-29 03:12:10 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/Gas-price-increase-in-Midland-was-second-largest-17133692.php |
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A look at football players in the Pac-12 this spring who are poised to have breakout seasons in the fall:
ARIZONA
WR Tetairoa McMillan, sophomore. The highest-rated recruit in school history had a strong first season, leading all FBS true freshmen with 702 yards receiving on 39 receptions and eight touchdowns. With leading receiver Dorian Springer gone, McMillian will likely become quarterback Jayden de Laura's top option as a sophomore.
ARIZONA STATE
WR Xavier Guillory, junior. The Idaho State transfer was one of Arizona State's best offensive players during the spring, showing off his speed and strength. Guillory had 52 catches for 785 yards and four touchdowns last season and should be a good addition to a deep receiving corps after following former Idaho State coach Charlie Ragle, now assistant head coach at Arizona State under Kenny Dillingham.
CALIFORNIA
QB Sam Jackson V, sophomore. With last year's starter Jack Plummer now at Louisville, Jackson is expected to earn the starting job and add new dimension to Cal's offense. The transfer was TCU's third-string quarterback last year, but was one of the top dual-threat quarterbacks coming out of high school. The 5-foot-11, 195-pound Jackson showed off his ability to extend and make plays with his legs throughout the spring.
COLORADO
CB/WR Travis Hunter, sophomore. New Colorado coach Deion Sanders shook up the recruiting world when he convinced Hunter, the No. 1 overall recruit, to play for him at Jackson State. Now that Hunter has followed Sanders to Boulder, he's expected to anchor a Colorado defense that needs plenty of help while giving the Buffaloes a speedy option on offense.
OREGON
DB Dontae Manning, junior. A former five-star recruit, Manning did not live up to expectations his first two seasons in Eugene. That could change this year. Manning has worked hard during the offseason and will be playing for the same head coach and defensive coordinator in consecutive seasons for the first time. Oregon also will rely on Manning to make plays with star cornerback Christian Gonzalez expected to be a first-round pick in this week's NFL draft.
OREGON STATE
QB DJ Uiagalelei, junior. The Beavers were one of the surprises in the Pac-12 last season, finishing 10-3. Oregon State coach Jonathan Smith pulled off one of the biggest gets from the transfer portal by landing Uiagalelei from Clemson. The 6-4, 251-pound quarterback started 28 of 36 games for the Tigers, throwing for 5,681 yards and 36 touchdowns.
STANFORD
QB Ari Patu, junior. Patu was a backup the past two seasons, so he's a bit of an unknown outside the Cardinal program. He should have a good opportunity under new coach Troy Taylor, who turned Sacramento State into one of the FCS's best offensive programs. Patu has the ability to create plays with his legs, which should be a good fit for Taylor's offensive philosophy. He will compete with sophomore Ashton Daniels to be Stanford's starter.
UCLA
QB Collin Schlee, senior. UCLA's biggest need heading into next season will be finding a replacement for Dorian Thompson-Robinson. Schlee could be a good fit if he beats out highly touted recruit Dante Moore. Schlee transferred from Kent State, where he accounted for 2,598 yards and 17 TDs last season. He makes smart decisions — just five interceptions last season — and should be a good fit for coach Chip Kelly's offense.
USC
WR Dorian Singer, junior. Singer was Arizona's leading receiver last season with 66 catches for 1,105 yards before deciding to transfer. He should immediately give Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams a new No. 1 target with Jordan Addison's departure to the NFL. The Trojans saw Singer's defense-stretching ability last season, when he had seven receptions for 141 yards and a career-high three touchdowns.
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WASHINGTON — The dust has settled from Saturday’s rain-delay debacle and the Mets have made the necessary roster moves for the continuation game against the Washington Nationals.
Left-hander Joey Lucchesi was the pitcher who started the second game of a four-game series on Saturday night, but he won’t be around to see the finish of it. The Mets optioned him to Triple-A Syracuse on Sunday morning and activated right-hander Dennis Santana, who will be the long man out of the bullpen with the team’s typical long reliever, right-hander Stephen Nogosek, starting the resumption of the Saturday game.
The Mets also designated right-hander Seth Elledge for assignment.
The Mets were not ready to announce their 27th man before the day’s action began, but it’s likely going to be left-hander Zach Muckenhirn, who is with the Mets in Washington and has a locker at Nationals Park. Left-hander Brooks Raley is able to be activated for the second game of a split doubleheader, potentially giving Showalter two left-handers in the bullpen for the first time this season.
“A lot of moving parts,” manager Buck Showalter said.
Lucchesi made a return from Tommy John surgery last month with a fantastic performance in San Francisco, one that was so good he called it the best of his career. But he wasn’t able to repeat that performance. He owns a 1-0 record with a 4.43 ERA in four starts, but in three starts against the Nationals, the Detroit Tigers and the Colorado Rockies — three teams in the bottom of their respective divisions — he posted a 6.70 ERA.
That doesn’t count his Saturday start when he allowed one run in the first inning before the game was suspended in the top of the third. It’s tough to blame him for that one run considering how hard it was raining when the game began. It was clear he was having trouble gripping the ball. At one point during the first inning, the umpires had to bring out a dry rosin bag.
“Yesterday was tough,” Showalter said. “He got a big double-play ball that kept us engaged in the game and it could have gotten away from him. I keep in mind the hurdles he has crossed over with surgery.”
Right-hander Carlos Carrasco is making a rehab start with Double-A Binghamton on Sunday and is expected to join the Mets soon thereafter. He will likely make a start in place of Lucchesi next week against the Cleveland Guardians.
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James Gunn is directing a Superman film.
“Superman: Legacy,” which Gunn also wrote, is also set for a July 11, 2025, he and his co-chair and fellow CEO of DC Studios Peter Safran announced Wednesday.
The film, Gunn said, deals with the superhero's journey to make sense of both his aristocratic Kryptonian heritage and his small town, midwestern upbringing as Clark Kent.
The legacy of Superman has been somewhat fraught recently. In October, Henry Cavill announced that he would be returning to the role starting with a cameo in “Black Adam." Two months later, though, Cavill was back on social media with the news that he was out.
“This news isn’t the easiest, but that’s life,” Cavill wrote. “The changing of the guard is something that happens. I respect that. James and Peter have a universe to build.”
Gunn and Safran were announced as the new DC leaders just a few days after “Black Adam” opened in October, replacing Walter Hamada, who had headed DC Films for four years. And Cavill as Superman was one of the casualties of the new guard.
“It has been a long road to this point,” Gunn wrote on Twitter Wednesday. “I was offered Superman years ago - I initially said no because I didn’t have a way in that felt unique and fun and emotional that gave Superman the dignity he deserved. ... Then a bit less than a year ago I saw a way in.”
Gunn also said the release date is the same as his late father's birthday.
“He was my best friend,” Gunn wrote. “He didn’t understand me as a kid, but he supported my love of comics and my love of film and I wouldn’t be making this movie now without him.”
Gunn has for several years been the rare director to bounce between both DC and Marvel films. He first came to DC after directing Marvel’s well-regarded “Guardians of the Galaxy” films. When the Walt Disney Co. temporarily dropped Gunn over old tweets that joked about rape and pedophilia, he jumped to DC and made the supervillain film “The Suicide Squad,” a kind of blockbuster do-over that followed David Ayer’s much-maligned “Suicide Squad.”
He and the veteran producer Safran came aboard with several upcoming DC films already on their way to theaters, including “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” (March 17), “The Flash” (out June 16) and “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” (Dec. 25). And he still has “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" coming on May 5.
“Superman: Legacy” will be the first film in the new iteration of the connected DC Universe, followed by Matt Reeves’ “The Batman Part II,” which is set for an Oct. 2025 launch. That film, like Todd Phillips' “Joker” sequel coming in 2024, will lie outside of the DCU. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/james-gunn-to-direct-superman-legacy-aiming-17841627.php | 2023-03-15 21:31:12 | 1 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/james-gunn-to-direct-superman-legacy-aiming-17841627.php |
Former NFL offensive lineman Joe Staysniak was released on his own recognizance Tuesday after being arrested and booked following an incident with his son. That’s according to the Hendricks County (Ind.) Sheriff’s Office.
Per state records, Staysniak has been charged with one count of strangulation and two counts of battery resulting in bodily injury.
The Indianapolis Star reports Staysniak is accused of punching his son and choking his son’s friend.
Deputies were called to Staysniak’s home Monday night just before midnight, according to a probable cause affidavit detailing his arrest. A deputy in court records said a friend of Staysniak’s son reported the pair were inside a vehicle when Joe Staysniak opened the door, grabbed him by the hood while trying to remove him from the Jeep and began to choke him. Staysniak’s son and the friend — both over the age of 18 — told deputies they were punched. The friend told authorities Staysniak “flashed a gun” during the interaction, the affidavit states.
According to the Indianapolis Star, Staysniak approached the vehicle after being told by neighbors a “suspicious car” was parked in front of his house. Staysniak reportedly admitted to carrying a gun but denied pulling it out. He also denied hitting his son’s friend.
A pretrial conference is scheduled for April 10, with the trial set to begin on April 25.
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Staysniak was a seventh-round pick of the San Diego Chargers in 1990. He later played for the Buffalo Bills, Kansas City Chiefs, Indianapolis Colts and Arizona Cardinals. Staysniak appeared in 63 games during his six-year NFL career.
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DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Two School Choice Week celebrations next week will bring hundreds of students, parents, and teachers to the Iowa State Fairgrounds and Iowa State Capitol to highlight the benefits and diversity of private schooling.
A central Iowa school fair on Saturday, Jan. 28 will help families find a good fit for the upcoming school year — and give kids a chance to take their picture with a superhero. The free community event will draw more than 300 community members and feature more than 20 private schools, as well as information about homeschooling, virtual education and tutoring. The fair will set the mood for celebration with a photo booth, an inflatable slide, a scavenger hunt, refreshments, a drawing for door prizes, and a meet-and-greet with the Iowa League of Heroes.
One of the flagship events for Iowa School Choice Week (Jan. 22-28), the event takes place 1-4 p.m. at the Paul R. Knapp Animal Center at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, located at East 33rd St. in Des Moines. Families can learn more and RSVP for the free event at bit.ly/3WwlWUz.
Earlier in the week, highschoolers from three private schools will welcome visitors to celebrate school choice at a breakfast at the Iowa State Capitol. The 7-8:30 a.m. breakfast on Tuesday, Jan. 24 will give students and staff the opportunity to share their school choice experiences. The breakfast will feature a photo opportunity as well.
Both events are planned to coincide with the history-making celebration of National School Choice Week 2023, which will feature tens of thousands of school choice celebrations across all 50 states.
Trish Wilger, Executive Director of Iowa Alliance for Choice in Education states, "We are honored to celebrate parental choice in education in Iowa with these fun and informative events. Our goal is to shine a positive spotlight on school choice and provide information to parents exploring options. We are looking forward to this week of celebration!"
The events' host, Iowa Alliance for Choice in Education, is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to expanding school choice options in Iowa. Its mission is to promote educational choice so that all children and parents in Iowa can access and afford their school of choice.
National School Choice Week (NSCW) informs, inspires, and empowers parents to discover the K-12 education options available for their children, including traditional public, charter, magnet, online, private, and home schooling. Every January, tens of thousands of schools, organizations, and individuals plan unique events and activities to shine a positive spotlight on effective education options in their communities. The Week is a project of the nonpartisan, nonpolitical National School Choice Awareness Foundation.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the "Pick Four-Evening" game were:
6-0-6-2, Fireball: 2
(six, zero, six, two; Fireball: two)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the "Pick Four-Evening" game were:
6-0-6-2, Fireball: 2
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Deadlines for Arizona’s general election on November 8
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) - The general primary election is on November 8 and important deadlines are approaching for voters.
General Election Timeline
OCTOBER 11: Voter Registration Deadline
OCTOBER 12: First day for counties to mail ballots to voters and the first day of in-person early voting.
OCTOBER 28: Last day to sign up for the active early voting list (AEVL) or to request a one-time ballot-by-mail.
NOVEMBER 1: Recommended deadline to mail back your ballot. However, postmarks are irrelevant. Your ballot must make it to your county recorder’s office by 7 p.m. on election day for it to be counted.
NOVEMBER 8: Election day. All ballots must be received by 7:00 p.m.
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Valliant couple sentenced to thirty months in federal prison for failing to pay payroll taxes
MUSKOGEE, Okla. (KXII) - A McCurtain County couple were each sentenced to 30 months in federal prison after entering guilty pleas Friday for failing to pay payroll taxes.
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Valliant residents, Joseph Barton Milligan, (a/k/a Jody Milligan),52, and Kerensa Chantay Milligan,47, were each sentenced to 30 months in the U.S. Bureau of Prisons after they entered guilty pleas to an Information charging them with twenty counts each of failure to account and pay over employment tax, according to a press release by The United States Department of Justice.
The press release states the information to which the defendants pled guilty alleged that beginning in January 2015, they collected payroll taxes from the employees of their jointly operated trucking company, Joseph Milligan Trucking, Inc.
The defendants were jointly responsible for filing the employment tax returns and paying over the taxes due to the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), including federal income, Medicare, and Social Security taxes, according to the department of justice. The defendants willfully chose not to pay the taxes collected from their employees to the IRS for the years 2015 through 2019.
As part of the plea agreement, the defendants admitted the total unpaid amount to the IRS was more than $1.8 million, the press release states.
The department of justice said the criminal charges arose from an investigation by the IRS-Criminal Investigations after the defendants had previously been assessed a civil penalty by the IRS for failing to pay over more than $346,000 in payroll taxes in 2007 and 2008.
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Steelers’ Trubisky takes aim at Browns in QB’s rivalry debut
By TOM WITHERS
AP Sports Writer
CLEVELAND (AP) — Mitch Trubisky will make his debut in the Steelers-Browns rivalry. At this point, his second appearance isn’t so certain. Given the job as Pittsburgh’s starting quarterback in training camp over rookie Kenny Pickett mostly because of his experience, Trubisky isn’t making enough plays. He has struggled to connect with Pittsburgh’s receivers through two games and is ranked No. 32 in yards per attempt. He’ll now take aim at a Browns secondary plagued by communication breakdowns that have resulted in big plays. Cleveland’s trying to bounce back on a short week after an epic collapse at home Sunday, when the Browns gave up 14 points in the final two minutes and lost to the New York Jets 31-30. | https://kion546.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/09/21/steelers-trubisky-takes-aim-at-browns-in-qbs-rivalry-debut/ | 2022-09-21 20:47:11 | 1 | https://kion546.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/09/21/steelers-trubisky-takes-aim-at-browns-in-qbs-rivalry-debut/ |
ROME — Atalanta wasted a chance to reclaim the Serie A lead when it was held to a 1-1 draw at home by promoted Cremonese on Sunday.
Atalanta also had a goal disallowed by VAR after the hour mark when it was determined that Caleb Okoli had used his hand to deflect in a free kick from Koopmeiners.
Cremonese, playing in the top division for the first time in 26 years, had gained its first point last weekend against Sassuolo after opening the season with four straight losses.
Atalanta produced twice as many shots as Cremonese (14 to 7) and dominated the possession but had trouble finding the target.
Napoli beat Spezia 1-0 on Saturday and Milan won 2-1 at Sampdoria.
Later, Juventus was hosting Salernitana.
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Study: DASH diet may reduce heart disease risk by 10% with greater benefits for women, Black adults
Most people know that eating an overall healthy diet can improve heart health, but what exactly does that entail? A new study by a team of researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston aimed to shed light on this question, focusing on the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet — as well as a diet specifically rich in fruits and vegetables.
The study compared these diets to a Western diet, which is typically lower in fruits and vegetables while higher in fat and sodium.
The findings suggest that the DASH diet, which includes fruits and vegetables but also emphasizes low-fat dairy, whole grains, nuts, and lean proteins, can reduce the risk of heart disease by about 10% over an eight-week period. This was also found to be the case for a diet high in fruit and vegetables but not otherwise significantly altered, according to the study.
Interestingly, the researchers found that the DASH diet appeared to offer additional benefits against heart disease for women and Black adults, in comparison to a typical Western diet.
FILE IMAGE - Fruits, vegetables, legumes and whole grains sit on a plate in a file image dated Nov. 13, 2022. (Photo by Friso Gentsch/picture alliance via Getty Images)
What is the DASH diet?
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Individuals can greatly reduce their risk through lifestyle changes, such as getting regular physical activity and choosing healthy foods and drinks.
The DASH diet is an eating plan that doesn’t require special foods and instead provides daily nutritional goals.
These include eating vegetables, fruits, and whole grains and including fat-free or low-fat dairy products, fish, poultry, beans, nuts, and vegetable oils.
Individuals following the DASH diet should also limit foods that are high in saturated fat, such as fatty meats, full-fat dairy products, and tropical oils such as coconut, palm kernel, and palm oils — as well as limit sugar-sweetened beverages and sweets.
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Study finds more benefits for women, Black adults
The new study analyzed data from 459 adults between the ages of 22 and 75 who participated in the original DASH trial between 1994 and 1996. The participants — who were roughly half women and half Black — were randomized to one of three diets for eight weeks.
The control diet was high in total fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol. The fruit and vegetable diet provided more produce but did not otherwise significantly differ from the control diet, according to the researchers. The DASH diet also provided more fruit and vegetables but emphasized more whole grains, lean proteins, nuts, and low-fat dairy while reducing fat, saturated fat, cholesterol and sugar.
The DASH trial results, first published in 1997, showed that for adults with high blood pressure, the DASH diet reduced systolic blood pressure and also reduced HDL cholesterol levels, compared to the control diet. Meanwhile, the diet high in fruits and vegetables was shown to lower systolic blood pressure to a lesser degree, while also improving HDL cholesterol levels, too.
FILE IMAGE - A shopping basket with fruits and vegetables is pictured at a grocery store. (Photo by Sebastian Kahnert/picture alliance via Getty Images)
In the new study from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, the team compared the data and found that both the DASH diet and the fruit and vegetable diet had lowered participants' 10-year risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease — or plaque buildup on the artery walls — by about 10% overall.
But the effect was not consistent across demographics. The DASH diet reduced the 10-year risk score among women by nearly 13%, compared to just over 6% among men. Even more, the DASH diet reduced the 10-year risk score by nearly 14% among Black adults, versus just 3% among non-Black adults, according to the study.
The study’s corresponding author Dr. Stephen Juraschek, a clinician-researcher in the Department of Medicine at BIDMC, noted the "limited evidence" available when it comes to informing patients about lifestyle interventions and reducing heart disease risk.
"Our study suggests that the benefits associated with these diets may vary by sex and race," Juraschek, who is also an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, said in a statement. "While a diet rich in fruits and vegetables produced reductions in risk for woman and Black participants, the effect with the DASH diet was twice as large in women and four times as large in Black adults."
FILE IMAGE - A bakery worker arranges a display of artisan breads at a vegetable market in downtown Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images)
Juraschek also noted disparities in access to healthy foods and highlighted recent policy efforts to promote a higher intake of fruits and vegetables among Black adults.
"Our study suggests that the DASH dietary pattern may offer Black adults more prevention benefits than the emphasis on fruits and vegetables alone. This is particularly relevant as dietary pattern has been identified as one of the most important mediators of hypertension risk among Black adults," Juraschek said.
The study results were published on Jan. 15 in the American Journal of Cardiology. It was funded by the National Institutes of Health.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer. December 14, 2022.
Editorial: Hastily hatched $615 million for nursing homes should be pushed to 2023 legislative session: editorial
Ohio lawmakers often use the end of a legislative session to transform moribund single-subject bills into special-interest legislation that can pass without a lot of debate or public input.
Add Senate Bill 110 to the list of suddenly accelerated bills in 2022′s lame-duck session. SB 110, a rent and utility assistance bill, was expanded within hours on Dec. 1 to award $615 million to Ohio nursing homes, cleveland.com’s Jake Zuckerman reports -- and immediately passed by the House 63-18.
What else could that $204 million in state and $411 in federal dollars have been used for? Why nursing homes only?
Without sufficient hearings, the answers are murky. The Ohio Senate, where the legislation must return for concurrence, should kick this measure to the 2023 General Assembly for its needed full consideration.
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Columbus Dispatch. December 15, 2022.
Editorial: Deceitful bill proof some GOP lawmakers willing to steal rights from all Ohioans
“Supporters of the resolution seek to rob all Ohioans, including those who gave Republicans control of the House, Senate and governor’s office. That’s an odd thank you,” Dispatch Editorial Board
All Ohioans, regardless of political party, should be alarmed by the freewheeling and unnecessary changes to voting law legislators passed during the last day of the swift-moving lame-duck session of the Ohio General Assembly.
We should also be alarmed about what will happen if the state official charged with ensuring Ohioans are heard on Election Day has his way.
Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose pushed House Joint Resolution 6 — a poorly crafted, confusing and intentionally disingenuous measure that would have and still may make it harder for Ohioans to pass constitutional amendments.
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The proposal would require a 60% supermajority to pass future constitutional amendments. Current law requires a vote of 50% plus one to amend Ohio’s constitution.
The plan to change law that’s been on Ohio’s books for more than 100 years was Introduced less than a month ago. The resolution is an overstep that would seize a right Ohioans have long held.
Thankfully, the resolution stalled because GOP House Speaker Bob Cupp did not bring it to a vote.
“Members have a lot of different opinions about it, and some are still trying to figure it out,” Cupp told a reporter from the USA TODAY Network Ohio Bureau, which serves the “Columbus Dispatch” and 20 other affiliated news organizations across Ohio. “I don’t know what they’re going to do next session.”
In a letter to all House GOP members oozing in the “us” against “them” ridiculousness that fuels divisiveness, HJR 6 sponsor State Rep. Brian Stewart, R-Chillicothe, made it clear what the resolution is about and isn’t.
In the letter first reported by Cleveland.com, he urged lawmakers to support the resolution when the new General Assembly takes office in January, which would be enough time for it to make the May 2, 2023 primary ballot and wrote:
”... After decades of Republican’s (sic) work to make Ohio a pro-life state, the Left intends to write abortion on demand into Ohio’s constitution. If they succeed, all the work accomplished by multiple Republican majorities will be undone, and will return to 19,000+ babies being aborted each and every year.
“Despite enduring a year-long circus in the Ohio Supreme Court, Republicans won a 67-seat majority in the House in 2022. Unable to win a statewide election, Democrats now intend to rewrite Ohio’s constitution to put (Chief Justice) Maureen O’Connor and other unelected liberals in charge of drawing legislative districts, affecting not only the Ohio Legislature, but control of the United States House of Representatives as well...”
The effort is not about protecting Ohio’s constitution from special interest groups as LaRose said in a recent Dispatch guest column and as Stewart claims as a clear afterthought in his letter.
A 2015 law against monopolies is already on the books to combat special interest groups.
Stewart made it clear this is about maintaining dominance and rigging the system to strip the ability from Ohioans to decide, through ballot initiatives, what abortion should look like here and how voting districts should be drawn.
It is reckless, reprehensible and disrespectful to democracy to steal a right Ohioans have had for 110 years and it might just bite Republicans on the hand.
Multiple polls show likely Ohio voters favor access to abortion by 60% or more, so it is likely to be approved if it ever makes the ballot.
Republicans should tread carefully when voting on the resolution as the changed tides could flow against them if Democrats ever gain control of the Statehouse.
Supporters of the resolution seek to rob all Ohioans, including those who gave Republicans control of the House, Senate and governor’s office.
That’s an odd thank you.
Steven H. Steinglass is dean emeritus at the Cleveland State University College of Law, where he has taught, lectured, and written about the Ohio Constitution for more than three decades. From 2013 to 2017, he served as the Senior policy advisor for the Ohio Constitutional Modernization, and he is the co-author of “The Ohio State Constitution (Oxford University Press).”
The right was passed by delegates at an Ohio Constitutional Convention 110 years ago as Steven H. Steinglass, a Cleveland State University College of Law dean emeritus, wrote in a recent column.
“The LaRose proposal would cause the 1912 delegates to turn in their graves. The very purpose of the direct democracy amendment was to allow Ohio’s citizens to bypass an unresponsive and often unrepresentative General Assembly,” he wrote.
The proposal is part of an undemocratic and disappointing trend that has Ohio lawmakers and elected officials working to make it harder for Ohioans to have their voices heard.
Ohio voters deserve better from their top elections officer and lawmakers.
They should be protecting voting rights instead of finding ways to erode them.
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Toledo Blade. December 17, 2022.
Editorial: Portman exit ends era
Ohio U.S. Sen. Rob Portman leaves Congress at the end of this month with his dignity intact and a record of important work.
Mr. Portman came up through the ranks of a different era for Republicans, when it wasn’t all sharp elbows. A different mentality governs the party now.
The party is at war with the progressive culture embraced by the Democratic Party over sexual and gender issues, race and reparations, immigration, climate, energy, and “big tech” censorship — none of it particularly Mr. Portman’s wheelhouse.
Mr. Portman never warmed up to former President Donald Trump. His support for Mr. Trump in the 2016 election, tepid at best, was withdrawn after the leaking of an audio tape in which Mr. Trump boasted about the liberties that he, as a celebrity, could take with women. Republicans who openly disagreed with President Trump found themselves on the outs, and one of them was Mr. Portman.
When it came to recognizing same-sex marriage, Mr. Portman parted with many of his fellow conservatives.
His longtime commitment to free-trade was old Republican policy, but it was reversed by Mr. Trump — and rightly so.
Free trade with Mexico and China hurt Ohio and undermined the state’s manufacturing economy. Mr. Portman saw the light on free trade and pulled his support of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership in 2016, and as a senator he has been a fighter for fair trade enforcement against China.
Despite backing off his support of Mr. Trump in 2016, he defended the then-president over Mr. Trump’s attempt to get Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden and he co-chaired the Trump 2020 re-election campaign in Ohio.
But at the end of Mr. Trump’s term, Mr. Portman again parted company with the MAGA wing of the party, courageously refusing to endorse the lie that the election had been stolen. That likely ensured he would get a Trump-backed primary opponent if he ran for re-election.
Rather than get in the mud with others seeking to take his job, or maybe because he realized the party base was more interested in a culture warrior than bipartisanship, Mr. Portman opted in 2021 to step aside when his second term was up.
Replacing him is Republican J.D. Vance, whom Mr. Portman endorsed after the primary, though Mr. Vance’s victory was really assured by the endorsement of Mr. Trump.
In his farewell remarks in the Senate last week, Mr. Portman emphasized his commitment to servant leadership — again, not something high up in the priorities of MAGA politicians.
He was proud of his ability to craft bipartisan legislation. He reports that over his 12 years, he authored or co-authored 195 bills.
Mr. Portman had 82 bills signed into law by President Trump, 68 by President Obama, and more than 40 so far under President Biden.
A bill signed by Mr. Trump was Mr. Portman’s 2020 legislation “Preserve the Parks” to address a $12 billion repair backlog in the national parks, including Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial at Put-in-Bay.
Mr. Portman co-sponsored the “CHIPS Act” which helped pave the way for Ohio to be selected by Intel for a semiconductor plant outside of Columbus — the largest investment in the history of Ohio.
Despite being bipartisan as much as possible, Mr. Portman is no closet liberal. The statement of his endorsement of Mr. Vance for the Senate (although he supported Jane Timken in the primary) voiced plenty of Republican talking points. Those included criticism of “reckless spending” by Democrats and insufficient border enforcement under President Biden. He didn’t mention the need to curtail the availability of the semiautomatic weapons favored by mass shooters.
He expressed worry about the level of political rhetoric, especially when it undermines the public’s faith in their institutions.
“We’ve been successful because our approach has been one that is focused on delivering results for our constituents. There is no question that it has gotten harder to break through the partisan gridlock and make progress on important issues. We live in an increasingly polarized country where members of both parties are being pushed further to the right and left,” he said.
Mr. Portman hails from the Cincinnati area. He got his law degree from the University of Michigan. His political career started with 12 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, which he then left to serve in the George W. Bush administration as budget director and trade representative.
Mr. Portman returned to politics in 2010 when he won the first of his two terms in the Senate.
He has been a frequent visitor to northwest Ohio, visiting factories and the Air National Guard 180th Fighter Wing.
Some think Mr. Portman should have spoken out more boldly against Mr. Trump, as was done by U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming who lost the GOP nomination because of her attacks on the former president.
Even without saying much, we all have a pretty good idea of where Senator Portman stands on the kind of behavior favored by Mr. Trump.
Mr. Portman’s departure from Congress, at the relatively young age of 67 when his term officially ends on Jan. 3, says it all.
In his final remarks, Mr. Portman said, “we can rise above the cynicism and the dysfunction.”
We thank Senator Portman for his effective representation of Ohio and wish him well in whatever comes next.
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Youngtown Vindicator. December 15, 2022.
Editorial: Labor shortage affecting ODOT
Add another essential position to the list of those for which there are fewer workers available than jobs to fill. The Ohio Department of Transportation reports it is experiencing a shortage of snow plow drivers. According to a report by Axios, which focused on central Ohio, there are approximately two dozen vacancies for full-time highway technicians within the two ODOT districts that comprise that region alone.
These are the folks whose job it is to keep state and federal routes outside municipal boundaries clear in bad weather; and there aren’t enough of them.
Axios reports ODOT has a stated goal of plowing all primary routes thoroughly enough that motorists can safely travel at posted speed limits within two hours of the end of snowfall. Still, with fewer drivers available that may be a taller task than in years past.
ODOT press secretary Matt Bruning told the news organization there will truly be a problem if Ohio experiences a statewide snow event for a long period of time.
“Our goal is passable, not perfect,” he told Axios.
ODOT is hiring highway maintenance workers and is willing to pay for them to get their commercial driver’s license, but time is growing short. In the meantime, Axios reports some counties are getting creative in thinking about fighting the coming snow. Franklin County has authorized “Cornstalks for Snow Fence,” which compensates farmers who leave their cornstalks standing in fields that border some roadways, to help block snow from drifting across the roads.
That is admirable ingenuity, but does not address the whole problem. Surely there are enough willing workers — and some who already have their CDLs — in the Buckeye State who can apply to fill the gaps. If not, we may be in for an even rougher winter on the roads than usual.
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Elyria Chronicle Telegram. December 15, 2022.
Editorial: Work remains on LGBTQ rights
Passage of the Respect for Marriage Act marked an important step for LGBTQ rights.
Signed into law by President Joe Biden on Tuesday, it granted federal protections to same-sex and interracial marriages. Although it wouldn’t require states to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, it would require them to accept the legality of marriages that took place in other states.
It enjoyed bipartisan support, with 39 Republicans in the House and 12 in the Senate joining Democrats to pass the bill. Among them was outgoing U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, R-Cincinnati, who became an advocate for marriage equality after his son came out as gay.
The law also rolled back the wrong-headed Defense of Marriage Act of 1996, which defined marriage as being only the union of one man and one woman and allowed states to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states.
That DOMA, as it was known, had been ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in no way diminished Tuesday’s triumph for the cause of equal rights.
Opponents, including U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Urbana, argued that codifying those protections into federal law was unnecessary because the Supreme Court had already legalized interracial and same-sex marriages.
“The Supreme Court is not poised to overturn its opinions in either of those decisions,” Jordan, who represents portions of Lorain County, said.
If wasn’t necessary, why were they fighting so hard to stop it from becoming law?
Perhaps it was because conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas had suggested doing exactly what Jordan said the court wouldn’t do. In a separate opinion in the case that struck down constitutional protection for abortion, Thomas mused that several court decisions protecting Americans’ right to privacy, including same-sex marriage and access to contraception, were wrongly decided.
Conservatives like Thomas form the majority on the court, and were some state to try to outlaw same-sex marriage he might find four other justices to side with him.
Unfortunately, the respect for LGBTQ rights inherent in Biden’s signing of the Respect for Marriage Act had a disturbing counterpoint the same day in Ohio.
That much was clear when the Ohio State Board of Education voted 10-7 in favor of a resolution opposing a proposed Title IX rule change that would expand anti-discrimination protections to include gender identity and sexual orientation. (Among those voting in favor of the resolution was outgoing school board member Kirsten Hill, who represents Lorain County.)
Title IX, a federal law adopted in 1972, was originally designed to prohibit discrimination against girls in schools and sports. Expanding it to protect LGBTQ kids, as the Biden administration has proposed, is in keeping with the spirit of the law.
One change would tie some federal money, including for school lunch programs, to implementing the proposed changes. Several states, including Ohio, have sued to prevent the proposals from going into effect, and they are on hold while the case works its way through the legal system.
The scandal isn’t that the Biden administration wants to expand anti-discrimination rules, but that it wasn’t done sooner.
The resolution will be sent to every school district and school board member in the state, along with a letter noting that it is “intended to inform schools and districts, not to compel them to take a particular course of action.”
Districts across the state should ignore the letter. Schools have a duty to protect all students, not subject them to discrimination.
Unfortunately, this is part of a pattern of unjustified panic over transgender kids that has been whipped up as a culture-war issue.
Transgender kids aren’t a threat, but they are at greater risk of being marginalized and contemplating suicide. Those are exactly the sort of problems that expanded anti-discrimination rules would help combat.
Extending such protections is the right thing to do, just as it was right for the federal government to protect same-sex marriages.
According to Gallup, a mere 27% of Americans supported same-sex marriage in 1996 when DOMA was passed. This year, Gallup reported that 71% of Americans supported it.
Our nation has made great strides forward on LGBTQ rights, but we still have a way to go.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of rare photos and other images from the archives of singer-songwriter Bob Dylan will be featured in “Bob Dylan: Mixing Up the Medicine,” coming out this fall. The new release also will include dozens of essays, with novelist Michael Ondaatje, critic Greil Marcus and former U.S. poet laureate Joy Harjo among the contributors.
Callaway Arts & Entertainment announced Thursday that the 600-page book will come out Oct. 24. The founder of Callaway, Nicholas Callaway, said in a statement that “Mixing Up the Medicine” will “introduce the full scope of this artist’s monumental creativity and achievements to a new generation.”
The book is edited by Mark Davidson and Parker Fishel of the Bob Dylan Center, based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. “Mixing Up the Medicine” refers to a line from Dylan’s classic “Subterranean Homesick Blues.”
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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota's Senate Republican leader said Friday that a committee will investigate a suspended senator for allegedly harassing a legislative aide during an exchange over childhood vaccines and breastfeeding.
Sen. Casey Crabtree, the Senate GOP leader, had declined to provide details of the allegations against fellow Republican Sen. Julie Frye-Mueller on Thursday when the Senate voted to suspend her legislative powers. Crabtree said in a statement on Friday afternoon that Senate Republicans this week had received a “detailed report” from a staff member of the Legislative Research Council accusing Frye-Mueller of “inappropriate behavior and harassment related to private maternal matters, including childhood vaccines and breastfeeding.”
Republican legislative leaders had previously refused to release any details on the allegations. Frye-Mueller had told reporters Thursday that she had shared her views on vaccinations with the aide, but Crabtree said her public statements did not match with what she told Senate Republican leaders in a private discussion or what the legislative aide reported.
A Select Committee on Discipline and Expulsion will be formed to investigate the allegations and is expected to complete its work next week, Crabtree said. The committee, which will be chaired by Republican Sen. David Wheeler, is expected to deliver a recommendation to the Senate.
During Thursday's Senate hearing that led to her suspension, Frye-Mueller said the action deprived her of due process. Lt. Gov. Larry Rhoden, who presides over the Senate, also cautioned against punishing a senator without first conducting an investigation.
Crabtree, in his statement, pushed back on those objections: “Our goal is to create a safe work environment for staff and legislators, and an environment where employees feel safe bringing concerns forward. All allegations of harassment must be taken seriously. There will be due process afforded to all parties as this matter moves forward,” he said.
Crabtree said the investigative committee's meetings would be open to the public, except when they delve into issues that are private by state law, and that the committee's final report would be a public record.
The committee will be made up of seven Republicans and two Democrats.
Frye-Mueller is a part of a right-wing group of lawmakers and has proposed legislation removing school requirements for childhood vaccines.
Vaccines have been championed as public health success stories, but rates among kindergarteners have dropped nationwide in recent years. Officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that's due to decreased confidence in vaccines and disruptions to routine health care during the pandemic are the.
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SALEM, Mass. (WXIN) – You don’t necessarily need any magic to book a stay at the Sanderson sisters’ cottage, but you will need a bit of luck.
Airbnb and the devilish trio are giving guests a chance to book an enchanting stay at a creaky cottage to celebrate the release of Disney’s “Hocus Pocus 2,” the sequel to the 1993 Halloween cult classic.
The home, located in a remote wooded area of Salem, Massachusetts, is a recreation meant to appear as though “it’s been frozen in time for the last 300 years,” according to Airbnb.
“It’s all a bunch of Hocus Pocus at the Sanderson Sisters’ cottage, where, for the first time ever, guests can run amok this Halloween season when the soul-stealing, spellbinding trio invites visitors to get into the Halloween ‘spirit’ with an overnight stay at the scene of their scheming,” Airbnb quipped.
While there, guests can dabble in the dark arts by taking a peek at the Sanderson sisters’ ancient spellbook, visit some of Salem’s most haunted properties, and view a special screening of “Hocus Pocus 2.”
Beginning at 1 p.m. ET on Oct. 12, guests can request to book a spooky stay for two on Oct. 20 for only $31 (plus taxes and fees).
“We all know that the Sanderson Sisters’ story might not have ended when we turned to dust, nor did our shenanigans,” said Kathy Najimy, who plays witch sister Mary Sanderson in the films. “What better way to celebrate the season than to host guests at the trio’s historic haunt for a night they’ll remember for years to come?”
Transportation is not included, so you will need to secure your own car, flight, “broomstick or otherwise” to get to and from Salem.
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New Reports from Horizon Media Indicate Consumers are Suffering Transformative Social and Economic Woes
NEW YORK, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Financial and social uncertainty—sparked by raging inflation, soaring housing prices, the COVID pandemic and the war in Ukraine—have become a reality for a majority of Americans and are expected to remain for some time, according to new studies by Horizon Media. What does this mean for marketers? They will need to respond quickly if they intend to not only stay relevant but ultimately survive in this change-is-the-new-constant environment.
The reports, Inflation Nation: The Status of The American Dream and How Brands Can Help, and Guidelines for Brands in Uncertain Times: Understanding the Psychology of Uncertainty and Loss, indicate that a new American Dream is emerging in which younger generations are reexamining their priorities and questioning traditional definitions of success. Economically, the average American consumer is now facing what the reports call "wallet lockdown" and are increasingly forced to sacrifice "wants" in order to ensure they can take care of their "needs."
"Millennials are increasingly coping with the notion that they will be the first generation who will not do better than their parents," said Maxine Gurevich, SVP, Cultural Intelligence of Horizon Media's WHY Group. "A revised American Dream has emerged on social media, one that deglamorizes the hustle to get ahead financially in favor of a simpler life."
The Horizon reports discuss this new mindset among American consumers and offer extensive insights and recommendations on what steps brands can take to address the issue.
"Brands need to take notice to restore people's faith through stability in pricing, an easy shopping and service experience, empathy for customers' psychological outlooks, over-communication, and demonstrating their values to make a positive impact on the world – not just sell product," said Gurevich. "CMOs need to pivot part of their metrics from getting lifetime value from consumers to giving their customers a valuable life."
INFLATION NATION
Here are some key insights from Inflation Nation: The Status of The American Dream and How Brands Can Help on what brands can do to help consumers meet the challenges posed by a new economic and social environment:
- Tailor messaging to psychological outlooks. Consumers' optimism or pessimism about the future is key to how they perceive of and react to inflation.
- Boost rewards. Brands can focus on rewards in some of the most painful categories, for example gas rewards for grocery purchases or bonus airlines miles.
- Reward buyers with simple pleasures. With people sacrificing small joys in order to address pain points, brands can focus on rewards that deliver "simple pleasures" like a product bundle that provides the tools and ingredients to cook an international-inspired meal at home.
- Deliver frictionless deals. Not everyone has time for bargain hunting, and brands can leverage AI technology to help shoppers make smarter decisions by serving up reactive pricing that's in line with their spending.
GUIDELINES FOR BRANDS
Guidelines for Brands in Uncertain Times: Understanding the Psychology of Uncertainty and Loss provides a path to help marketers navigate today's dynamics and help customers navigate an emotionally and psychologically stressful time.
"By utilizing the science behind consumer psychology and behavioral economics, we can provide more actionable and effective avenues for brands," said Sheri Roder, EVP, Chief of WHY Group. "The strongest strategies will be based on the subtle nuances of what drives people to act at a time when any action or spending seems fraught with uncertainty. How can a brand give their customers a feeling of control or lessen their uncertainty? How a brand responds today will reap tangible future benefits, as we know that people tend to value and stick with brands that they feel 'get them' and care about them."
Insights from the report include:
- Buyers want emotional support as much as they need price support. Brands need to demonstrate empathy and transparency.
- Consumers need a narrative that reframes familiar prices into "gain stories" instead of "loss stories."
- Customers are still looking for pleasure, gratification, and bigger picture payoffs, even in the face of difficult economic conditions. Brands need to give consumers a reason to engage beyond their core product or service.
- Consumer attitudes about the future – are they optimistic or pessimistic – seem to have an overwhelming impact on how much psychological pain and price sensitivity they experience. Aligning with the views of these different segments, often for the same products and services, will be make or break.
The full reports can here accessed here Inflation Nation and Guidelines for Brands in Uncertain Times.
HORIZON MEDIA
Horizon Media, Inc, the largest U.S. media agency according to Ad Age Data Center 2022, delivers data-driven business outcomes for some of the most innovative and ambitious brands. Founded in 1989, headquartered in New York, and with offices in Los Angeles and Toronto, the company employs 2,400 people and has media investments of more than $9 billion. Horizon Media's fundamental belief is that business is personal, which drives its approach to connecting brands with their customers and engaging with its own employees resulting in industry-leading workplace satisfaction levels (Glassdoor). The company is consistently recognized by independent media outlets for its client excellence and has earned several "Best Workplaces" awards reflecting its commitment to DEI and the life and well-being of everyone at Horizon Media.
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Ardmore Parks and Rec Celebrates with Rec Bash
ARDMORE, Okla. (KXII) - More family fun is headed to Ardmore next weekend, with a Rec Bash at the Clubhouse hosted by Ardmore Parks and Recreation.
The month of July is national parks and rec month, where friends and families can celebrate at the clubhouse with go karts, arcade games, mini golf, giveaway prizes and more.
Ardmore Parks and Rec director Teresa Ervin says its a great opportunity to spend time with friends and family, “We are going to have $25 wristbands that will get you three hours of mini golf, go karts, and one of my favorites in this heat, water wars, which is water balloons you can play with your friends and family and one set stands here, one set stands there and you get all the water but not the paint of the water balloons!”
Families can join in the fun at the Rec Bash on July 29th...
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DUBLIN, Ohio , Oct. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bound Tree Medical, a leading national distributor of emergency medical products in the emergency medical services (EMS) market, is pleased to announce that the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) awarded Tim Rubert, Associate Vice President of Government Affairs at Bound Tree Medical, with the 2022 Presidential Leadership Award. The award was presented during NAEMT's General Membership Meeting on Tuesday, October 11 at the EMS World Expo in Orlando, Florida.
The Presidential Leadership Award was awarded to Tim Rubert for his outstanding leadership and volunteer efforts to bring donated medical supplies to Ukraine and for advocating to get an EMS workforce bill introduced.
"Every day, we strive to be the best partner to our customers," said Rob Meriweather, President of Emergency Preparedness at Sarnova, parent company of Bound Tree Medical. "We are so proud of Tim's commitment on leading our efforts to get badly needed medical supplies to war-torn Ukraine as well as his diligent persistence on advocating Congress to provide more funding and support for our EMS community," he said.
In April of 2022, Bound Tree teamed up with the NAEMT to donate fifty pallets weighing over nine tons of desperately needed emergency medical supplies, to assist medical personnel tending to the injured in war-ravaged Ukraine.
Over the past year, Tim Rubert has worked directly with Congressional offices to advocate for legislation that will have an impact on EMS agencies for years to come. If passed, the H.R. 8994, Supporting Our First Responders Act, introduced by Congressman Andy Kim (NJ) and co-sponsored by Congresswoman Cynthia Axne (IA), Congressman Al Lawson (FL), Congressman Marc Veasey (TX), Congressman Mike Carey (OH), Congressman Bruce Westerman (AR) and Congressman Markwayne Mullin (OK), will establish a comprehensive EMS Grant Program to provide more funding for staff, equipment and maintenance for EMS agencies nationwide.
"I am honored to receive this recognition from NAEMT for our advocacy efforts – but there is still important work to be done," said Tim Rubert. "Congress must act now to equip EMTs and Paramedics with the support they need so that they can continue to provide the care each community deserves. We are soliciting widespread support for this bill, and everyone can participate by signing the petition on the Bound Tree website."
In addition to receiving the 2022 Presidential Leadership Award, Bound Tree also sponsored the EMS Medical Director of the Year Award which was bestowed on Dan Godbee, MD, FACEP, NREMT-P, TP-C, FP-C, CCP-C, Medical Director, Zachary, Louisiana; COL, Alabama Army National Guard, for his outstanding leadership and service to his community.
About Sarnova and Bound Tree Medical
Sarnova is the leading national specialty distributor of healthcare products in the emergency medical services (EMS) and acute care markets. The company consists of six major business units: Bound Tree Medical, Cardio Partners, Allied 100, Digitech, Emergency Medical Products and Tri-anim Health Services. Bound Tree Medical is a leading, nationwide distributor of emergency medical equipment, supplies and pharmaceuticals to EMS, fire and other first responders. For more information, visit www.sarnova.com.
About NAEMT
Formed in 1975 and nearly 72,000 members strong, the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) is the only national association representing the professional interests of all EMS practitioners, including paramedics, emergency medical technicians, emergency medical responders, and other professionals providing prehospital and out-of-hospital emergent, urgent or preventive medical care. NAEMT serves its members by advocating on issues that impact their ability to provide quality patient care, providing high quality education that improves the knowledge and skills of practitioners, and supporting EMS research and innovation. For more information, visit www.naemt.org.
About EMS World
EMS World serves the full spectrum of emergency medical services providers: EMTs, paramedics, dispatchers, physicians, nurses, educators, researchers and administrators. Through a monthly publication, website, podcasts, webinars and the world's largest EMS-dedicated annual conference, EMS World Expo, EMS World is the leading authority on providing expert guided clinical, management and regulatory content to a discerning and dedicated audience on the front lines of out-of-hospital care. For more information, visit www.emsworldexpo.com.
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US charitable giving hit record in 2021 but inflation looms
(AP) - Charitable giving in the United States reached a record $485 billion in 2021, though the increase did not keep pace with inflation, according to a report Tuesday offering a comprehensive look at American philanthropy.
The Giving USA report says donations in 2021 were 4% higher than the record-setting $466 billion contributed in 2020. But they were down 0.7% when adjusted for inflation.
Many nonprofits are now feeling the strain because giving is not growing as fast as price increases, said Laura MacDonald, chair of the Giving USA Foundation. In response to the intense needs of the early COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the calls for racial justice, giving increased in unusual ways in 2020, but has generally returned to previous patterns.
“In 2021, many donors returned to their favored causes, with many of the sectors that struggled in 2020 making a recovery in 2021,” MacDonald said in a statement.
Giving to arts and culture groups, which suffered during the pandemic, climbed 27.5% in 2021 to more than $23.5 billion. Conversely, giving to education organizations, which saw increased donations during the pandemic to create virtual learning programs and new safety precautions for the return to schools, declined 2.8% to $71 billion in 2021.
“The environment for giving is evolving in multiple ways,” said Amir Pasic,dean of Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, which researched and wrote the report published by the Giving USA Foundation. “Robust economic growth translated to strong performance by institutional forms of philanthropy such as foundations and corporations.”
But the report found that giving from individuals was essentially flat in 2021 when accounting for inflation, up 4.9% to $327 billion, still not near the peak of 2017 of about $342 billion when adjusted for inflation. Experts say those totals contradict proponents of the Tax Cuts and Job Acts, which passed in 2017, who claimed the legislation would increase giving.
Corporate giving also raised questions. Though it increased 23.8% to $21 billion in 2021, that was during a banner year for corporate profits, which were up 37% before taxes. The report says corporate giving still represents less than 1% of corporate pre-tax profits.
However, the report finds that donations are generally strong. Giving grew or stayed flat in eight of the nine major philanthropic sectors, with only education declining.
“The growth that we see for the majority of the subsectors in 2021 is a reminder of the resilience and innovation that help to drive the philanthropic sector,” said Una Osili, associate dean for research and international programs at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.
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- UK's Rezolve AI Champions New AI Era with Groundbreaking 'Brain'
- Introduces multilingual personal shoppers and intelligent assistants revolutionising commerce and retail interactions
- Solidifies the UK's Position as Global Leader in Artificial Intelligence
LONDON, July 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Rezolve AI Limited, the UK's leading AI innovator, today announced the introduction of its transformative AI platform, 'Brain'. This remarkable development promises to catalyse a new era of eCommerce interaction and data analysis, further boosting the UK's reputation in the global AI arena.
Developed by the expert team at Rezolve led by Dr Salman Ahmad, 'Brain' is a product discovery engine that redefines eCommerce interactions. By harnessing proprietary sophisticated algorithms, advanced machine learning, and natural language processing, Brain behaves like a highly knowledgeable sales assistant, armed with unparalleled product information and insight.
With Brain, consumers can engage eCommerce sites conversationally, asking detailed queries and receiving responses that exhibit deep product understanding and relevance. These interactions can be carried out in any one of 95 different languages allowing instant interaction regardless of nationality and retail store. This approach to product discovery and customer interaction revolutionises the eCommerce landscape, offering a level of personalised service previously unseen.
Dan Wagner, noted, "Brain is more than a product; it is a catalyst for a new era of business efficiency, empowering organisations to harness data and deliver superior customer experiences. Britain has always been at the forefront of developments in search and retrieval and from the early 90s I have been working with the very best minds from Cambridge University in shaping computer-aided text and image retrieval. Brain is the culmination of decades of sophisticated British technical engineering and Brain today leads the world in Natural Language Processing and Large Language Models engineered for commerce."
Michelle Donelan, Secretary of State for Science, Innovation, and Technology added, "Rezolve's Brain is yet another example of great British AI innovation. AI has the potential to transform our public services, create better jobs and grow our economy. Alongside our global leadership on AI safety, the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology is driving innovation throughout the UK, creating the environment for companies to start-up and grow."
Saurabh Chandra, Managing Director of Boston Consulting Group's Platinion, AI pioneer and an Ex Amazon and Flipkart veteran, commented, "Rezolve's conversational AI offering – Brain – is perfectly aligned with the changing trends in the retail industry and has the potential to be a game-changer. Not only is it enhancing the consumer experience and driving business growth, but it also delivers real-time insights using Data & AI/ML (machine learning), at scale. Brain is at the vanguard of AI developments based on distributed computing, federated data architecture, effective AI/ML models and an open API interface providing a plug & play experience for B2C & B2B customers and their ecosystems."
To learn more about Rezolve and Brain, please visit www.rezolve.com and www.mybrain.zone.
Editors Notes:
Brain is designed for businesses, consumers, and academic institutions to ingest and analyse their own proprietary content focussing on product catalogues but not restricted to them. For instance, academic institutions can upload dissertations, which Brain can then summarise and analyse, providing critical insights and understanding.
These adaptable Brain functions integrate seamlessly with existing systems across a wide array of industries, promoting a seamless transition into this innovative AI era. The functionalities of Brain can be tailored to suit specific needs, from enhancing customer service interactions to optimising returns management and refining after sales support.
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Rachel Recchia has some things she wants to say to Hayden Markowitz. ET spoke with Rachel and her Bachelorette co-lead, Gabby Windey, on Tuesday, and Rachel reacted to the drama that unfolded with the leisure executive on Monday night's episode.
The situation with Hayden started in week 3, when he told Gabby that, because she was "rough around the edges," he planned to pursue Rachel going forward. Despite knowing about that comment, Rachel offered Hayden a rose, which he accepted.
"I think ultimately watching everything back, it was so hard hearing him say the things he said to Gabby," Rachel told ET, before explaining her choice to give Hayden a rose.
"Ultimately, those decisions we made at the time were decisions that we'd made together," Rachel said of herself and Gabby.
At the start of the most recent episode, Hayden had some choice words about both women. According to Meatball, Hayden made "a vulgar comparison" about Rachel and his ex’s breasts, said that Rachel and Gabby were "overreacting" to his "rough around the edges" comment, and had remarked, "I don’t trust these b**ches."
When Rachel was made aware of Hayden's continuing commentary, all of which he denied, she asked him to leave.
"After hearing what he had to say, it was the right decision to let him go," she said. "And it was just really hard to hear all the things that he had to say about both of us, really caught on camera."
After the episode aired, Hayden took to Instagram to issue an apology, writing in part that the show marked his "absolute worst and lowest moment."
"I have always tried to carry myself with humility and respect for others. However, my complete lapse of judgement was not only disappointing but it was absolutely unacceptable. I genuinely want to express my deepest apologies to both Gabby and Rachel for my actions," he wrote. "I take full responsibility for not being the man I was raised to be in those moments, especially towards these two wonderful deserving ladies who I truly do respect."
While Rachel, who said that she has not spoken to Hayden since his exit, confirmed that she'd been "hearing about it a lot," she didn't have any reaction to Hayden's apology, other than telling ET, "I think we just ultimately look forward to having a conversation with him at 'Men Tell All.'"
The Hayden situation was just one of many low points for Rachel, who has told the cameras multiple times that she's ready to quit the show. Still, though, she managed to stick it out until the end.
"I think people really just do see the highlight reel of our emotions," she said. "... Ultimately, I'm having these low moments, but I'm also having amazing ones and great dates. So always in the back of my mind, even if I'm having a hard moment and I'm doubting myself, I always remember the relationships that I have waiting and that's ultimately always still worth it to stay."
As for if the ups and downs were all worth it in the end, Rachel told ET of the experience, "I wouldn't trade this for the world."
The Bachelorette airs Mondays on ABC. Keep up with the historic season by following along with ET's coverage of the series.
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Comprehensive CNAPP coverage for Kubernetes and containers in a single solution
WALTHAM, Mass., Oct. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Uptycs, provider of the first unified CNAPP and XDR solution, today announced enhanced Kubernetes and container security capabilities. These new features provide threat detection for container runtime correlated with the Kubernetes control plane attacks alongside scanning of container images in registries for vulnerabilities, malware, credentials, secret keys, and other sensitive information.
According to the latest Cloud Native Computing Foundation survey, 96% of organizations are either using or evaluating Kubernetes—the highest percentage since the surveys began in 2016.1 Yet many organizations are not prepared to detect threats against these new deployments. "Kubernetes-orchestrated clusters are essentially 'clouds within clouds.' The monitoring and visibility of the Kubernetes logs, network flows and application behaviors within the cluster should be baselined and analyzed for indications of compromise," recommends Gartner.2
Organizations can detect attacks against their Kubernetes deployments by adopting a shift up approach to cybersecurity, in which telemetry emanating from Kubernetes clusters and containers, laptops, and cloud services is normalized at the point of collection, but processed, correlated, and analyzed in a data lake.
Unlike siloed endpoint and cloud security solutions, Uptycs protects the entire arc of cloud-native application development, from the developer's laptop to container runtime. "Threat actors know a developer's laptop is often just one hop away from cloud infrastructure," said Ganesh Pai, co-founder and CEO of Uptycs. "Uptycs correlates risk signals from the modern attack surface for lightning-fast, contextualized detection and response. We do this with our unique, telemetry-powered approach and Detection Cloud. It's a shift up approach to cybersecurity that brings together multiple teams and types of IT infrastructure into a unified data model and UI."
"Our security team is organized around six domains including threat detection and response, risk and compliance, application security, data security, infrastructure security, and enterprise security," said Anwar Reddick, Director of Information Security at Greenlight Financial. "Having a single solution like Uptycs that traverses these domains, and contextualizes threat activity across multiple asset types like Kubernetes, cloud services, and laptops improves cross-domain collaboration and insights. As a result, we've dramatically shortened our threat investigation time."
New Kubernetes and container runtime security features include:
- Kubernetes threat detections - Combines anomalous Kubernetes actions with actions on a granular container lever, Uptycs is able to observe in real-time and store the behavior for investigation; this reduces mean time to detection (MTTD), collects forensic evidence for investigation, and determines the full scope of the incident as it happens
- Registry scanning - Enables the ability to look for vulnerabilities in container images in a registry; Uptycs supports many registries including AWS ECR, Azure Container Registry, DockerHub, and jFrog Artifactory
- Secret scanning - Provides the ability to look for private keys, credentials, and other secrets stored in container images
- NSA/CISA hardening checks - Ensures that Kubernetes deployments are set up per the updated hardening guidance provided by the U.S. National Security Agency and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. For example, ensuring that pod security and network security policies are in line with guidance
Uptycs fills in security visibility gaps with a single solution to protect container-based applications, whether they are run on-premises or in the cloud, from bare-metal to a serverless deployment. With Uptycs, customers can identify vulnerabilities early in the process, verify secure configurations, ensure compliance posture against standards like CIS benchmarks for Linux and Docker, and continuously monitor the runtime in production.
Uptycs was recognized as a Sample Vendor for Container and Kubernetes Security in the Gartner Hype Cycle for Application Security, 2022 and the Gartner Hype Cycle for Network and Workload Security, 2022. In addition, Uptycs was recognized as a Sample Vendor in the report from Gartner, Emerging Tech: CIEM Is Required for Cloud Security and IAM Providers to Compete.
Uptycs will be at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon from October 24 - 28, 2022 in Detroit, Michigan. To learn more, please stop by booth #G29 or visit: https://www.uptycs.com/lp-kubecon-2022-request-a-meeting
Resources
- Uptycs Live Webinar: Kubernetes and Container Security with Uptycs
- Blog: Detecting Threats to the Kubernetes Control Plane
- Self-Guided Product Tour: Uptycs KSPM and CWPP
- Follow Uptycs on LinkedIn and Twitter
- Request a demo
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Note: All new features will be available to Uptycs customers in Q4, 2022.
About Uptycs
Your developer's laptop is just a hop away from cloud infrastructure. Attackers don't think in silos, so why would you have siloed solutions protecting public cloud, private cloud, containers, laptops, and servers?
Uptycs reduces risk by prioritizing your responses to threats, vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, sensitive data exposure, and compliance mandates across your modern attack surface—all from a single platform, UI, and data model. This includes the ability to tie together threat activity as it traverses on-prem and cloud boundaries, thus delivering a more cohesive enterprise-wide security posture.
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1 Cloud Native Computing Foundation, CNCF Annual Survey, February 2022 https://www.cncf.io/reports/cncf-annual-survey-2021/
2 Gartner, "How to Make Cloud More Secure Than Your Own Data Center," Neil MacDonald, Tom Croll, April 2021 https://www.gartner.com/document/3970177
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WATFORD, England (AP) — Aaron Rodgers may need to have a little chat with Green Bay head coach Matt LaFleur about the game plan for the Packers’ first game in London.
After arriving in the British capital on an overnight flight, LaFleur was quick to tout the importance of the run game on Sunday against the New York Giants, who feature the best rushing attack in the NFL.
But the British fans have waited a long time to see Rodgers’ big arm in action, with the Packers the last of the NFL’s 32 teams to play in London.
So is the quarterback feeling any added incentive to put on a show by airing it out?
“Of course,” Rodgers said. “Matt’s kind of in a grumpy mood right now. When he gets a little bit of rest, he’ll be in a better mood. We’ll talk about airing it out a bit more.”
While that comment was clearly tongue-in-cheek, there’s no doubt that Rodgers and the Packers will be the main attraction at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The Giants played in the very first NFL regular-season game in London at 2007 and also visited in 2016.
But as LaFleur pointed out, this might be a run-heavy game on both sides. Saquon Barkley is leading the league in rushing yards, while the Packers’ offense has largely been built around running back duo Aaron Jones and A.J. Dillon this season.
“Our backs are two of our best players, so we’ve got to get those guys involved,” LaFleur said after arriving at the team’s luxury hotel, located in the countryside northwest of London. “If you look at New York’s defense situationally, they’re one of the best in ball. Both in the red zone and on third down. So the running game can alleviate just some of the stress that gets put on you in those situations if you’re not running the ball effectively.”
Rodgers has yet to score a rushing touchdown this season, but was asked whether he plans to replicate the Lambeau Leap with a “London Leap” on Sunday if he does manage to get into the end zone.
“I might have to tag somebody in for me. I’m getting a little old for that,” the 38-year-old Rodgers said. “But I’ve got to see the wall, I don’t know how high the wall is. If it’s above maybe five feet, I’ll probably let one of the linemen go.”
The Packers and Giants both arrived on Friday morning, meaning they only have two days to get used to the jet lag and time difference. Rodgers, whose habit of traveling to different countries in the offseason has been well documented, said he would have loved to come out earlier.
“A lot of us who love to travel were kind of hoping for a Monday takeoff so we could enjoy some food and some culture and maybe a Premier League game,” Rodgers said. “But either way, we’re excited to be here. And this is not just a normal road trip even though the coaches speak is always, ‘Hey, we’re here to win a game, yada yada yada.’ This is definitely more special. … This is one of those games I think at the end of your career when you think back on, it’s going to be a special moment to be able to play in front of the fans here.”
Rodgers was planning to take in the U.S. women’s soccer team’s game against England at Wembley Stadium on Friday but said he will probably opt to stay at the hotel and “just relax a little bit.”
Even a seasoned traveler like Rodgers, though, didn’t get all of his preparations right when it comes to getting some sleep on the overnight flight to England.
“I wore the wrong color socks,” Rodgers said. “I wore black socks. And in the dark, and in a bed made for probably a six-foot person — I’m slightly above that — I got my feet hit a couple of times.”
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Multiple Florida teachers, bus drivers quit due to student misbehavior in Brevard County: board chairman
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. - These days, Brevard County high school teacher Dan Bennett said teachers are spending more time disciplining students than teaching them, and the word "frustrated" doesn’t nearly cover it.
"Wow. This is always a tough job," said Bennett, who has been a teacher for almost 30 years. "There are just so many issues in behavior that we are dealing with right now, and it does seem to be getting worse," he said.
The chairman of the school board said 42 teachers and eight bus drivers have quit since school started in August because of student misbehavior. Board members are afraid more will quit, too.
Here is the latest example. A few weeks ago middle school students sent FOX 35 video of a Brevard County bus driver yelling at kids while they ask her to let them off. The hysteria started when two kids began misbehaving.
Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey promised to get tough on students who get out of hand.
"If you are a little snot that wants to be disruptive, you might want to find somewhere else to go to school because we are going to be your worst nightmare starting right now," Ivey said.
Parent and child psychologist Christi Salinas said some students need better resources at school, and she believes bad behavior issues may start at home.
"How many have an individualized education plan in place, or have been identified for trauma issues and are getting access to school counseling? We need to ask questions, like why, Salinas said.
"At this point, people are looking for answers, and we don’t have them yet from the district," Bennett said.
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MEASURE LA TO PROVIDE $5.3 BILLION FOR AGING BUILDINGS, INFRASTRUCTURE AND TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) and LA Trade Tech College (LATTC) leaders joined Assemblymember Miguel Santiago to highlight recent projects – both completed and underway that were only possible through BuildLACCD's building program. BuildLACCD is funded through more than $9.5 billion in existing voter-approved bond measures, with the latest bond – Measure LA on the ballot this November.
"These bond measures are vital to the continued development of programs here at LA Trade-Tech," said Trade-Tech Interim President Dr. Kathleen Burke. "The Culinary Arts Building, which is LEED Gold certified and built with bond funds provides a pathway to a successful, creative culinary career."
Chancellor Rodriguez noted: "Past voter approved bonds have immeasurably helped us improve the educational experience for students across our nine campuses, and the new construction trades building will add to that legacy when it's completed. This project is a great example of what Measure LA could fund – and achieving our objective of providing top-class, real-world education to our students."
Assemblymember Miguel Santiago stated, Measure LA is a very simple bond measure…it will upgrade all of the campuses across the LA Community College District. At the state level, we made community colleges free for two years, so we should have the most updated facilities possible."
The Arts and Culinary Arts Building includes a servery, multipurpose dining room and instructional labs along with new classrooms, offices and a lounge. An herb garden, solar power panels and exterior plaza for outdoor events are also incorporated into the design.
When complete, the Construction Technology Building will be home to 23 classrooms and 22 technical labs in a 180,000 square foot space. Once completed, these classrooms and labs will be fully equipped to teach all aspects of modern construction which includes plumbing, electrical, HVAC, and the integration of renewable energy systems.
Los Angeles Trade Tech College - Founded in 1925 as the Frank Wiggins Trade School, Trade-Tech is the oldest of the nine public two-year colleges in the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD). Los Angeles Trade-Technical College advances communities through pathways to academic, career, and transfer success that empower students to achieve career technical certificates, associate degrees, transfer, and employment.
About the Los Angeles Community College District. We are the Colleges of Los Angeles! LACCD (www.laccd.edu) is the nation's largest community college district, educating about 250,000 students annually at its nine colleges that serve the residents of more than 36 cities and communities from 900 square miles of Los Angeles County. Since 1969, the District has been providing an important learning pathway for students seeking transfer to four-year colleges or universities while also offering two-year degrees and certificated training programs to Southern California's diverse workforce in many specialized trades and professions. www.laccd.edu
About the BuildLACCD Building Program: LACCD's BuildLACCD Program is a $9.6 billion program funded mostly by four taxpayer-approved bonds and supplemented by additional funding from the State of California. With approximately $6.81 billion spent to date, the LACCD's nine colleges, and the students they serve, are benefiting from brand new and renovated academic buildings, sports facilities, arts complexes, administrative buildings, child development centers, and parking structures. BuildLACCD has completed 747 separate projects, with 475 more in the planning or construction stages. For more information on the LACCD's Building Program and a list of awards the District has received for its environmentally responsible projects, visit www.build-laccd.org.
Members of the LACCD Board
Gabriel Buelna, Ph.D., President | David Vela, Vice President | Nichelle Henderson, Second Vice President | Andra Hoffman | Kelsey K. Iino | Ernest H. Moreno | Steven F. Veres | Kenneth-Alan Callahan, Student Trustee
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Nuggets vs. Suns: Betting Trends, Odds, Records Against the Spread, Home/Road Splits
The Denver Nuggets are 4.5-point favorites heading into Game 2 of the second round of the NBA Playoffs against the Phoenix Suns at Ball Arena on Monday, starting at 10:00 PM ET on TNT. The Nuggets have a 1-0 lead in the series. The over/under in the matchup is set at 228.5.
Nuggets vs. Suns Odds & Info
- When: Monday, May 1, 2023 at 10:00 PM ET
- Where: Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado
- TV: TNT
Check out the latest NBA odds and place your bets on this matchup with BetMGM Sportsbook.
Nuggets Betting Records & Stats
- In 40 games this season, Denver and its opponents have gone over 228.5 combined points.
- Denver has an average total of 228.3 in its outings this year, 0.2 fewer points than this game's over/under.
- The Nuggets have a 45-37-0 record against the spread this season.
- This season, Denver has won 43 out of the 61 games, or 70.5%, in which it has been favored.
- Denver has a record of 33-11, a 75% win rate, when it's favored by -185 or more by sportsbooks this season.
- The moneyline for this contest implies a 64.9% chance of a victory for the Nuggets.
Suns Betting Records & Stats
- Phoenix and its opponents have combined to score more than 228.5 points in 38 of 82 games this season.
- Phoenix's outings this season have a 225.2-point average over/under, 3.3 fewer points than this game's point total.
- Phoenix is 43-38-0 ATS this year.
- The Suns have won in eight, or 28.6%, of the 28 contests they have been named as odds-on underdogs in this year.
- This season, Phoenix has won four of its 12 games, or 33.3%, when it is the underdog by at least +150 on the moneyline.
- Phoenix has an implied victory probability of 40% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
Nuggets vs. Suns Over/Under Stats (Regular Season)
Additional Nuggets Insights & Trends
- The Nuggets have a 6-4 record against the spread while finishing 6-4 overall over their past 10 games.
- Six of Nuggets' last 10 outings have gone over the total.
- Against the spread, Denver has played better at home, covering 25 times in 41 home games, and 20 times in 41 road games.
- The Nuggets put up only 4.2 more points per game (115.8) than the Suns give up (111.6).
- Denver has a 38-17 record against the spread and a 47-8 record overall when scoring more than 111.6 points.
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Additional Suns Insights & Trends
- Phoenix has a 4-6 record against the spread while finishing 6-4 overall over its last 10 games.
- The Suns have hit the over in seven of their past 10 games.
- In 2022-23 against the spread, Phoenix has a better winning percentage at home (.537, 22-19-0 record) than away (.512, 21-19-0).
- The Suns put up just 1.1 more points per game (113.6) than the Nuggets give up (112.5).
- Phoenix has put together a 32-11 ATS record and a 34-10 overall record in games it scores more than 112.5 points.
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SANTA CLARA – Nick Bosa, midway through a season with massive financial ramifications, richly deserves to be in the NFL Defensive Player of the Year conversation.
He has all that talk on mute, however.
“If we could win the Super Bowl, I really could not care less about anything else,” Bosa told the Bay Area News Group at his locker Tuesday. “That’s the good thing about our team: We actually have the mindset of winning games, as opposed to individual stuff.”
If the 49ers (4-4) are to heat up after this week’s bye and produce their first Super Bowl win in 28 years, Bosa must be a centerpiece of that.
What’s it like watching film of Bosa in the 49ers’ defensive line room?
“It’s like watching manslaughter, you know what I’m saying?” defensive tackle Javon Kinlaw said. “No matter who he goes against, the odds are in his favor at all times.”
Bosa may not crave more national recognition, but his teammates want it for him.
Two prime-time audiences could boost his stock after the break: Sunday night, Nov. 13 at home against the Los Angeles Chargers, then Monday night, Nov. 21 in Mexico City against the Arizona Cardinals.
If he gets after quarterbacks Justin Herbert and Kyler Murray in those games, respectively, then he’ll sure gain in the DPOY race with Micah Parsons (Cowboys), Myles Garrett (Browns) and current NFL sack leaders Matt Judon (Patriots) and Za’Darius Smith (Vikings).
“For sure, he’s definitely a bona fide player-of-the-year candidate,” defensive tackle Arik Armstead said. “We’ll see what happens the rest of the year. He definitely is at the top of that conversation.
“I don’t see too many other people in that position. He’s at the top of mine when it comes to that.”
Kinlaw concurred: “I’d love to see him win it. It’s about time. In my eyes, he’s been the best defensive lineman in the league.”
Bosa’s odds (plus-750) are the closest behind Parsons (minus-120), according to VegasInsider.com.
Bosa made the Pro Bowl in his two full seasons of work – he missed most of 2020 for knee reconstruction surgery – but he has never made All-Pro.
“I really don’t care so much about anything other than winning,” Bosa said.
He helped the 49ers win Sunday over the Rams by leading a second-half surge. His fourth-quarter sack gave him eight sacks in 6 ½ games this season. He hates that a groin injury forced him out at halftime of a win at Carolina and kept him out of an ensuing loss at Atlanta.
“The god-given abilities with the work ethic, it’s crazy, just to watch him go about his process every day,” Kinlaw said. “He’s one of the most consistent, most disciplined players I’ve ever been around. It all pays off for him at the end of the day.”
The Steelers’ T.J. Watt won DPOY honors last year to dethrone Rams three-time winner Aaron Donald.
Here are the stat lines among this year’s top defenders:
Parsons: 8 sacks, 14 QB hits, 36 tackles (9 for loss), 2 forced fumbles, 1 fumble return for TD.
Bosa: 8 sacks, 19 quarterback hits (NFL high), 18 tackles (8 for loss)
Garrett: 7.5 sacks, 11 QB hits, 22 tackles (8 for loss), 2 forced fumbles.
Smith: 8.5 sacks, 12 QB hits, 22 tackles (13 for loss).
Judon: 8.5 sacks, 15 QB hits, 28 tackles (7 for loss), 1 forced fumble.
Donald: 4 sacks, 6 QB hits, 32 tackles (7 for loss), 1 forced fumble, 1 fumble recovery.
Maxx Crosby (Raiders): 6 sacks, 11 QB hits, 42 tackles (12 for loss), 1 forced fumble.
Unlike most of them, Bosa has experienced the thrill of playoff victories and the agony of Super Bowl defeat, and that fuels him — and his teammates.
Bosa took mental notes watching Garrett notch a sack in Monday night’s Browns win over the Bengals. Specifically, he said he’ll need to add the move in which Garrett spun inside when a running back came on the outside to help the Bengals’ left tackle.
“It’s definitely a sick move,” Bosa said.
Garrett’s garnered attention the past two Halloweens for setting up a mock graveyard on his front lawn with headstones of quarterbacks he’s sacked.
“I definitely don’t have the time or care to do any of that,” Bosa said, “but he backed it up.”
That game was on prime time, just as Bosa’s next two will be.
In the 49ers’ earlier prime-time games this season, he sacked Denver’s Russell Wilson in a career-fastest 2.3 seconds, then, the following week, Bosa registered two sacks, five hits and 12 pressures of the Rams’ Matthew Stafford.
Bosa, the 2019 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year, is positioning himself for the largest contract extension in 49ers’ history next spring, perhaps at $30 million annually, which would be $3 million more than the 2020 pact the Los Angeles Chargers gave his brother, Joey.
Otherwise, the 49ers must ask their defensive star to play 2023 on his fifth-year option at $17.9 million.
“I definitely have room to improve, always,” Bosa said. “I don’t like that I missed a game, but I’m happy I’ve been pretty consistent with my play, and I’m excited for the rest of the way, for sure.” | https://www.chicoer.com/2022/11/03/exclusive-49ers-nick-bosa-at-the-top-of-nfl-defensive-player-of-year-talk/ | 2022-11-03 15:12:19 | 1 | https://www.chicoer.com/2022/11/03/exclusive-49ers-nick-bosa-at-the-top-of-nfl-defensive-player-of-year-talk/ |
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s Supreme Court declared Ukraine’s Azov Regiment a terrorist organization Tuesday, a move that could lead to terror charges against some of the captured fighters who made their last stand inside Mariupol’s shattered steel plant.
Russia and its separatist allies are holding an estimated 1,000 Azov soldiers prisoner, many of them since their surrender at the steelworks in mid-May. Russian authorities have opened criminal cases against them, accusing them of killing civilians. The addition of terrorism charges could mean fewer rights and longer prison sentences.
A terrorist organization leader could receive 15 to 20 years, and group members could get five to 10, according to Russian state media.
In testimony journalists were allowed to view, witnesses appearing before the Supreme Court supported the proposed terrorism designation, but most of the proceedings were held behind closed doors, so it was not known if any opponents testified.
“I can testify myself that Ukrainian snipers — Azov snipers — really shot civilians trying to escape the city” of Mariupol, Marina Akhmedova of the Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights testified. “I saw bodies lying on roads with my own eyes. There were many of them, and they were lying probably 10 meters apart from one another. There were no shell craters beside them.”
In a statement, the Azov Regiment dismissed the ruling, accusing the Kremlin of “looking for new excuses and explanations for its war crimes.” It urged the U.S. and other countries to declare Russia a terrorist state.
The Azov soldiers played a key part in the defense of Mariupol, holding out for weeks at the southern port city’s steel mill despite punishing attacks from Russian forces. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hailed them and the other defenders as heroes.
Moscow has repeatedly portrayed the Azov Regiment as a Nazi group and accused it of atrocities, but has publicly produced little evidence.
The regiment, a unit within Ukraine’s National Guard, has a checkered past. It grew out of a group called the Azov Battalion, formed in 2014 as one of many volunteer brigades created to fight Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. The battalion drew its initial fighters from far-right circles.
While its current members reject accusations of extremism, the Kremlin has seized on the regiment’s right-wing origins to cast Russia’s invasion as a battle against Nazi influence in Ukraine. Russian state media has repeatedly shown what it claimed to be Nazi insignias, literature and tattoos associated with the regiment.
Last week, dozens of Ukrainian POWs, including Azov fighters from the steel plant, were killed in an explosion at a prison barracks in Olenivka, an eastern town controlled by pro-Russian separatists. Moscow and Kyiv have blamed each other, with Kyiv saying Russia blew up the barracks to cover up torture against the POWs.
Meanwhile, the first cargo ship loaded with grain to leave Ukraine since Russia invaded more than five months ago safely crossed the Black Sea and anchored just outside Istanbul on Tuesday en route to Lebanon, under an agreement Moscow and Kyiv signed last month to unblock Ukraine’s agricultural exports and ease a global food crisis.
An estimated 20 million tons of grain have been stuck in Ukraine since the start of war. The U.N.-brokered agreement to release the grain calls for the establishment of safe corridors through the mined waters outside Ukraine’s ports.
The Razoni, which set sail from the port of Odesa on Monday with more than 26,000 tons of corn, was scheduled for inspection Wednesday in Istanbul by a team of Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish and U.N. officials, as part of the deal.
More ships from Ukraine are expected to set out in the coming days. Some 27 vessels have been waiting in three Ukrainian ports with cargo and signed contracts, ready to go, said U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric.
Global food prices have been soaring in a crisis blamed on the war, supply chain problems and COVID-19. While Ukraine is a major global grain supplier, the agreement may not make much of a dent in world hunger.
Most of the grain stuck in Ukraine is to feed livestock, according to David Laborde, an expert at the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington. Only 6 million tons is wheat, and just half of that is for human consumption, Laborde said. He said Monday’s shipload is chicken feed.
“A few ships leaving Ukraine is not going to be a game changer,” he said.
Still, Zelenskyy said the resumption of grain exports will reduce Russian authorities’ ability to extract concessions from the West. “They are losing one of the opportunities to terrorize the world,” he said in his nightly video address.
The ship’s departure came against a backdrop of continued fighting, especially in southern and eastern Ukraine. A Russian rocket hit an anti-aircraft missile system in the Lviv region of western Ukraine, near the Polish border, Ukrainian authorities said. There was no immediate word on damage or casualties.
In other developments Tuesday:
—The U.S. announced more sanctions against people close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying it has frozen the visa of a woman identified in news reports as Putin’s longtime romantic partner, Alina Kabaeva.
— American basketball star Brittney Griner was back in court for her trial for cannabis possession. Prosecutors called a narcotics expert who analyzed the substance found in Griner’s luggage. The defense called a specialist who challenged the analysis as flawed. If convicted, she could get 10 years in prison, though the U.S. has proposed a prisoner swap to win her release.
— A train carrying evacuees from the embattled Donetsk region arrived in Kropyvnytskyi in central Ukraine, beginning what Ukrainian authorities described as a compulsory evacuation in the east. Officials expect to evacuate 200,000 to 220,000 people from the region before the fall to get them out of harm’s way.
— Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu claimed his country’s forces have destroyed six of the more than a dozen HIMARS rocket launcher systems that the U.S. has supplied to Ukraine. Ukraine issued no immediate comment. The launchers have given the Ukrainians more accurate, longer-range firepower.
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Fraser reported from Ankara, Turkey. Aya Batrawy contributed from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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Iowa’s Republican U.S. senators shied away from supporting a proposed nationwide ban on abortions when asked about that possibility Wednesday.
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley told reporters he prefers to leave the issue to states.
“Finally, after 50 years, this issue has been returned to the states so voters can have a voice through their elected representatives at a state level and not by unelected judges,” Grassley told reporters. “So this is a state issue.”
Grassley is running for re-election to an eighth term. He faces Democratic challenger Mike Franken, a retired U.S. Navy admiral from Sioux City, in the Nov. 8 election.
South Carolina Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham introduced a bill Tuesday that would create a nationwide ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
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U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, did not answer whether she supported Graham’s bill, instead reiterating her broader stance on abortion rights.
“Iowans know that I am proudly pro-life,” Ernst told reporters.
But on Tuesday, Ernst told Axios, “We really should let the states take that initial role.”
Ernst was rumored to be planning to introduce a bill to limit abortion federally in May, according to the Washington Post.
In July, soon after the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade and the federal right to an abortion came down, Ernst suggested the decision on how to regulate abortion should be made by the states.
“Again, this has been referred back to the states and local authorities by our United States Supreme Court. So this is not a national emergency,” she said.
Abortion politics
Graham’s proposal – which includes exceptions for rape, incest and the health of the woman – comes less than two months out from the midterm elections at a time when Republicans have been working to shift attention and messaging away from abortion to other issues after several recent elections have shown the issue energizing Democrats, female voters and abortion rights advocates.
Democrats have warned for months that Republicans would move ahead with a federal abortion ban if they win back control of Congress, a message that has helped drive an increase in voter registration among women in several states.
Voters last month in Kansas roundly rejected a proposed amendment to the state’s constitution that would have removed protections for abortion. Abortion rights advocates and GOP strategists said the result was a warning sign for Republicans, showing that voters, even in conservative, rural states and across party lines, broadly support abortion rights after the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Republicans split
National polls, as well as those in Iowa, have consistently shown that a majority of voters oppose ending federal abortion protections.
Graham, though, said he thinks a federal abortion ban should be part of the campaign process and force Republicans to adopt a partywide consensus on the issue, NPR reported.
The issue has split Republicans, putting Graham and other abortion opponents at odds with the views of many congressional Republicans, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who has said the issue of abortion should be left to the states.
McConnell on Tuesday poured cold water on the prospect of Graham’s bill making it to the Senate floor.
Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Ross Wilburn, in a statement, called on Iowa Republicans to answer whether they support a national abortion ban.
“Reproductive freedom is about personal liberty and ensuring Iowans can make important decisions about their health care with their doctors and the people they love and trust,” Wilburn said. “ … Control over your own body gets at the heart of what it means to be free, and Iowa Democrats believe that everyone has the right to decide their own destiny.” | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/iowa-s-republican-u-s-senators-shy-away-from-proposed-national-abortion-ban/article_f181108d-6283-52cf-af2e-2d65ac1bffc4.html | 2022-09-14 21:21:45 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/iowa-s-republican-u-s-senators-shy-away-from-proposed-national-abortion-ban/article_f181108d-6283-52cf-af2e-2d65ac1bffc4.html |
Ginnie Newhart, wife of comedy legend Bob Newhart, dies
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ginnie Newhart, who was married to comedy legend Bob Newhart for six decades and inspired the classic ending of his “Newhart” series, has died. She was 82.
Publicist Jerry Digney said Newhart died Sunday in Los Angeles after a long illness. No further details were available. The couple recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary.
Ginnie Newhart is credited with providing the idea for the 1990 “Newhart” finale that included a clever callback to her husband’s “The Bob Newhart Show.” The later show, which featured Newhart as a Vermont innkeeper, ended with him waking up in Chicago next to his on-screen wife from “The Bob Newhart Show,” revealing the second series to be dream.
Ginnie Newhart suggested the idea to her husband at a Christmas party that was also attended by Suzanne Pleshette, his on-screen wife in “The Bob Newhart Show.” That series ran for six seasons from 1972 to 1978 and helped cement Bob Newhart’s status as a legend of television comedies.
She is survived by Bob Newhart, 93, their four children, and 10 grandchildren.
The Newharts met on a blind date set up by actor-comedian Buddy Hackett, according to details provided by Digney.
The Newharts were close friends with comedian Don Rickles and his wife Barbara, frequently traveling together. In interviews, the Newharts said laughter was the secret of the longevity of their marriage.
Born Virginia Lillian Quinn, Ginnie Newhart was the daughter of character actor Bill Quinn, who appeared in “The Birds,” “Twilight Zone: The Movie” and had more than 230 other film and television credits.
Digney said a private funeral will be held for Ginnie Newhart.
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PORTLAND, Maine — Corrections officers at Cumberland County Jail in Portland are arming themselves with a new tool— the overdose reversal drug Naloxone, also known as Narcan.
"Now, I have the Narcan right here on my belt," Lt. Dan Haskell told NEWS CENTER Maine. "It's immediately available to me."
Before corrections officers started carrying the life-saving drug earlier this year, they had to access it from a locked box.
"If I'm up in one of the areas farthest from the officer's station and I find an issue, I can immediately act on it," Haskell explained. "It can be the difference between life or death."
Cumberland County Sheriff Keven Joyce said having his staff carrying Narcan will save them a lot of time in an emergency situation.
"Most of it will benefit the inmate," Sheriff Joyce said. "However, the employee could benefit from it too. One of our biggest concerns is if drugs make it into the jail and it’s in a powder form, for instance, it could impact the employee as well as the inmate."
Last year, an inmate at Cumberland County Jail died of an overdose, according to Joyce. He's trying to prevent this from ever happening again while protecting his officers at the same time.
"We just think Narcan is important for the inmates and the employee," Joyce added.
Joyce added Narcan has not yet been used since officers started carrying the overdose-reversal drug. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/health/cumberland-county-jail-staff-now-carrying-narcan-overdose-reversal-drug-maine-portland-health/97-825cd2c4-3630-43bc-95a8-33dec34d803c | 2023-03-16 04:56:42 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/health/cumberland-county-jail-staff-now-carrying-narcan-overdose-reversal-drug-maine-portland-health/97-825cd2c4-3630-43bc-95a8-33dec34d803c |
Which wrist blood pressure monitor is best?
If you have hypertension, a heart condition or other health issues, it can be essential to monitor your blood pressure. A wrist blood pressure monitor isn’t quite as accurate as a bicep model like those used in your doctor’s office, but it can record your blood pressure reliably and is usually much easier for home use.
Wrist blood pressure monitors run on batteries and take automatic readings, which helps reduce user error. The Paramed Blood Pressure Monitor is a favorite because it’s highly durable and one of the easiest home blood pressure monitors to use.
What to know before you buy a wrist blood pressure monitor
What is high blood pressure?
A blood pressure reading includes a systolic pressure reading and a diastolic pressure reading. The systolic reading is the first number, while the diastolic reading is the second number that appears on the monitor. A normal reading is usually 120/80 or lower. Doctors typically consider a systolic reading of 130 to 139 and a diastolic reading between 80 and 89 as prehypertension. Higher numbers indicate hypertension or high blood pressure.
Risk factors that can make you susceptible to high blood pressure include smoking, heavy drinking, stress, a sedentary lifestyle, obesity and being over 60 years old. You’re also more likely to have hypertension if you eat a high sodium diet or have other health conditions such as diabetes, kidney problems or heart disease. Finally, some medications can raise your blood pressure.
Even if you lead a healthy lifestyle, having a family history of hypertension can also put you at risk because genetics can play a significant part in developing high blood pressure.
Accuracy
Blood pressure monitors that measure at your upper arm or bicep are generally more accurate than those that wrap around your wrist. A wrist blood pressure monitor is usually more comfortable to use, though, and can be much easier to travel with due to their compact design. In addition, they often have a digital display that’s easy to read and use, too.
You can ensure wrist blood pressure monitor accuracy and fairly reliable readings if you use it correctly. Proper positioning on your wrist is essentia, and you need to keep your batteries fresh.
Cuff size
Wrist blood pressure monitors usually have an adjustable cuff that can fit a wide range of wrist sizes. However, if you have an extremely small or large wrist, check the cuff’s measurements to make sure it fits properly. A cuff that doesn’t fit correctly can lead to inaccurate readings.
What to look for in a quality wrist blood pressure monitor
Interface and design
A wrist blood pressure monitor with a simple, clear interface and button controls is usually easiest to use. Opt for a large display screen with easy-to-read numbers that allows you to check your blood pressure quickly and efficiently. It also helps to choose a monitor that clearly indicates if your blood pressure is out of the normal range with some type of alert.
Memory function
If you’re looking to track your blood pressure over time, choose a monitor with a memory feature. It can store your readings, so you’re able to see if your blood pressure has increased or decreased. Consult its product specifications to determine how many readings it can store and opt for a wrist monitor that can remember at least 60.
Multiple users
Some wrist blood pressure monitors allow you to create multiple user profiles to store blood pressure readings for other household members as well as you. Most can support at least two user profiles. If you plan to use your monitor for multiple people, make sure that the cuff is adjustable to fit various wrist sizes.
Case
If you travel regularly, choose a wrist blood pressure monitor that comes with a carrying case. It can protect your monitor during travel, and can also keep it from getting wet or dusty in storage.
How much you can expect to spend on a wrist blood pressure monitor
Most quality wrist blood pressure monitors cost $35-$50. Those that cost less than $35 usually don’t offer much accuracy, but paying more than $50 for a unit doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll get the most accurate readings, either.
Wrist blood pressure FAQ
How do I use a wrist blood pressure monitor?
A. Start by reading the instructions that come with your monitor to know how your model works. In general, you should be seated in a chair with your feet on the ground when taking a reading. For the most accurate reading, raise the wrist with the monitor to bring it to heart level.
How can I lower my blood pressure?
A. Most doctors recommend starting with lifestyle changes. Eating a healthy diet, managing your stress and exercising regularly are all considered good starting points. In particular, try to cut the sodium in your diet.
If you have a family history of hypertension, though, lifestyle changes alone may not be enough to bring your blood pressure down. In that case, your doctor may suggest medication to help get your pressure under control.
What’s the best wrist blood pressure monitor to buy?
Top wrist blood pressure monitor
Paramed Blood Pressure Monitor
What you need to know: This extremely user-friendly wrist monitor is durable and easy to read.
What you’ll love: It gives a reading quickly and easily, on a screen that’s clear and uses a large font to make it easier to see. It holds up to repeated use, travels extremely well and stores up to 90 measurements of pressure in its memory.
What you should consider: Some users report getting higher readings than those at a doctor’s office.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top wrist blood pressure monitor for the money
What you need to know: This budget-friendly monitor offers a memory function that can store up to 120 readings.
What you’ll love: It features one-touch readings of blood pressure and pulse and has a hypertension indicator alert. The cuff comfortably fits wrists up to 10 inches.
What you should consider: It doesn’t come with the two AAA batteries required for use.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Greater Goods Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor
What you need to know: This convenient blood pressure monitor offers many handy features for easy monitoring.
What you’ll love: It includes a case for storage and travel and features a backlit screen that makes it easy to read. It accommodates two user profiles.
What you should consider: It can run through batteries pretty quickly.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
3-7-1-7
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
3-7-1-7
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When the markets are making you nervous
“I bet you’re getting a lot of calls.”
I could tell by the background noise he was driving with his windows down. I suppose calling to needle me seemed a good way to pass the time.
I didn’t take the bait. “Calls about what?”
“This dang market,” he said. “Inflation is out of control. Fuel prices are double—just like every other commodity price.”
“No doubt about it,” I agreed. “And how are corn prices?”
“Well…they’re up too.”
“I bet that part doesn’t hurt your feelings too much, does it?” (I had to needle him a little, too.)
He ignored me. “But seriously—when commodity prices go up like this, it’s not long before the rest of the economy goes to hell.”
In 30+ years as a financial advisor, I’ve learned lots of lessons. One is that when someone believes the economy is about to go to hell, it never works to argue with them.
“That could be,” I said. “But then what?”
“Then what…what?”
“What happens after the economy goes to hell?”
He was quiet for a minute. “What are you getting at?” he finally asked.
“Do you ever plow your fields under?” I asked.
“Of course.”
“Why do you do that?”
“To get them ready for next year,” he said.
“Look,” I said, “What I know about farming would fit in a tiny basket—with room left over. But I know this: the plowing you do after harvest helps prepares the soil for next year’s planting season.
“It’s the same in the world of finance. When investment markets reach the peak of their growth in a given economic season, they naturally fall…sometimes quite a bit. The investing public typically views this as a problem, as if something has gone wrong.
“In reality, this is just the natural (admittedly painful) process of economic pruning taking place in the markets. Less successful companies recede into history. Successful companies sow the seeds of their future success. And startups, disrupters, and innovators appear on the scene as capital finds new places to invest.”
It was quite a speech. I was proud of it.
“Well, I’m still nervous,” he said.
“I know.”
“So, you don’t think I should do anything?” he asked.
“Not anything different than we’ve already done before today got here,” I said.
“Remember, we put you in the investment allocation you’re in because of multiple factors: your age, your investment time horizon, the amount of risk you said you could take, and when you’d eventually want to turn this money into income to spend. None of that has changed, so we don’t need to panic just because the markets are doing what comes naturally.”
Long silence. I could still hear the wind blowing through his truck windows.
“Okay. I guess I just needed to hear you say it.”
“I understand,” I said. “You still enjoying farming?”
“Wouldn’t ever think of doing anything else. It’s in my blood.”
“Good,” I said. “You’re feeding the world and doing the work of the Lord. Keep it up.”
“Thanks. Stay in touch,” he said.
“Always,” I agreed.
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BTG Pactual announces the acquisition of a stake in Systemica, a developer of carbon projects and environmental assets for reducing GHG emissions
Published: May. 15, 2023 at 2:00 PM EDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
The partnership enables the bank to expand its operations in the carbon credit market with solutions for both the domestic and global markets
SÃO PAULO, May 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BTG Pactual (BPAC11), the largest investment bank in Latin America, signed an investment agreement for acquiring a minority stake in Systemica, a company that structures, develops, and implements projects for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, in addition to trading the environmental assets generated. The operation aims to contribute to a transitional economy and join efforts for advancing the carbon credit market, contributing to the integrity, quality and international reputation of carbon projects in Brazil and Latin America.
Demand for a low-carbon economy has been growing internationally, with financial institutions and large companies committing to reduce emissions and structuring strategies for decarbonizing their operations. From 2020 to the beginning of 2023, the number of companies committed to reducing emissions formalized under Science Based Targets (SBTi) — which shows how actions are based on science for combatting climate change — grew more than 10 times, which materializes in terms of ever-increasing volumes of retired carbon credits, according to Trove Research.
In terms of financial volume, increased demand caused the global voluntary carbon market to grow almost fourfold from 2020 to 2021, reaching close to US$ 2 billion in traded credits, according to Ecosystem Marketplace. Last year, the market continued to grow and, by 2030, the expectation is to reach a global volume of US$ 10 billion to US$ 40 billion, according to BCG. And Brazil is one of those markets with the greatest potential for offering assets to the global market, with a significant increase in international capital.
"The partnership between BTG and Systemica joins two top players who are references in their respective areas of activity, to foster the still incipient carbon credit market in Latin America and create a platform for environmental assets. The investment speaks directly with the bank's ESG & Impact Investments agenda, which once again takes the lead in encouraging the financial market to adopt practices and develop products that contribute to a low-carbon economy" says BTG Pactual CEO, Roberto Sallouti.
Systemica CEO, Munir Soares, sees positive synergies with BTG, mainly because it is a credible institution that will be important for expanding the company's capability to operate and generate impactful business. "The alliance with BTG Pactual will provide the support of a large financial institution and add further quality to the carbon credits sold, as well as contribute to developing our environmental assets and solutions ecosystem, as well as the market itself, on a larger scale", Soares adds.
Systemica focuses on developing projects for the voluntary carbon market (REDD+, Reforestation, and other Nature-Based Solutions), but sees great potential in other environmental services that develop as products with possible growing demand, such as biodiversity conservation, carbon credits linked to sustainable agriculture, and the potential plastic market. In addition, Systemica has extensive experience in developing public policies and projects for Public-Private Partnerships, Finance, and Investments, and has a multidisciplinary team that enables implementing customized methodologies for projects in the public sector, NGOs, and private companies.
Completion of the transaction is subject to verification of certain preceding conditions, including obtaining the necessary regulatory approval from the Central Bank of Brazil.
About BTG Pactual
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Former Vice President Mike Pence has filed a motion seeking to block a subpoena for his testimony about the events surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
CNN first reported on Monday that Pence filed a motion on Friday night asking a judge to block the subpoena for him to testify before a federal grand jury. A spokesperson for Pence declined to comment.
The filing comes a few weeks after Pence publicly stated he planned to fight a subpoena to testify before a grand jury investigating former President Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, saying he was prepared to go to the Supreme Court if necessary.
Special counsel Jack Smith, who is overseeing separate investigations into Trump’s conduct around Jan. 6 and his handling of classified documents, issued the subpoena.
Pence and his team plan to argue that serving as the former president of the Senate essentially makes him a member of the legislative branch, and he would therefore be shielded from the subpoena under the “speech and debate” clause of the Constitution.
Pence has said Trump was “wrong” to try and overturn the election, and he has been adamant that the vice president does not have the power to unilaterally reject electoral results.
“But that said, under the Constitution, in this moment, I believe my duty is also clear,” he said in Iowa last month. “And that is, the Constitution prohibits an executive branch from summoning anyone into court for their legislative actions or duties, and on the day of Jan. 6, I was acting as president of the Senate, presiding over a joint session described in the Constitution itself.”
Pence’s efforts to resist the subpoena are separate from legal filings by Trump’s team seeking to block the former vice president’s testimony on grounds of executive privilege.
The former vice president is mulling a 2024 presidential bid, visiting early primary states including Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. He is expected to make a final decision in the coming months.
Running for the GOP nomination would pit Pence against Trump, who has continued to falsely claim the 2020 election was stolen and fraudulent as he campaigns to return to the White House. | https://www.cbs42.com/hill-politics/pence-asks-judge-to-block-special-counsels-jan-6-subpoena/ | 2023-03-06 23:58:04 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/hill-politics/pence-asks-judge-to-block-special-counsels-jan-6-subpoena/ |
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. — Days after a gunman opened fire at a Fourth of July parade here, Alberto Fuentes arrived at a downtown memorial for the victims, asking himself a question now haunting many in this shattered Chicago suburb: Could the 21-year-old suspect’s parents have prevented any of this?
“The kid had a problem,” Fuentes, 40, said. “I have kids, too, and if I see something, I have a responsibility. The parents had a responsibility to do something.”
Millions of American parents now worry about their children becoming victims of a mass shooting. But a different nightmare exists for the tiny but growing cluster of parents whose children, nearly always sons, pull the trigger.
Some had spent months or years before attacks worrying about their sons’ mental health and seeking help in vain. But most do not alert authorities before an attack, researchers say, and those parents can face scorn and accusations they ignored warning signs or even enabled attacks by allowing their sons to get hold of deadly weapons.
Afterward, some parents change their names and leave town. A handful tell their stories to prevent future attacks. Others try to vanish through their silence.
“It’s terrifying enough to think you might be the victim of some random piece of violence,” said Andrew Solomon, an author who interviewed parents of the gunmen who attacked Columbine High School in Colorado and Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut. “But to think you might be called out for not knowing, that your child had caused this, is also a terrible fate.”
The parents of the man who is accused in the Highland Park shooting have come under scrutiny in the wake of the attack that killed seven people and left many more wounded. Law enforcement officials released records detailing that the father sponsored his son for a firearms license in 2019 despite incidents in which his son was said to have attempted suicide with a machete and drew police to his home because, officers were told, he threatened to “kill everyone.” The father has said he did not do anything wrong and was shocked by what had taken place.
As more of the country’s deadliest mass shootings are carried out by killers in their teens and early 20s, prosecutors and researchers are focusing on parents to unravel how their sons are radicalized, what interventions might have stopped them and whether parents who disregard obvious warnings or provide guns to their children should be held criminally responsible. According to data from the Violence Project, more than 50 people under the age of 25 have killed at least four people in a public setting since 1966. That data excludes mass killings that are attributed to gang activity, robberies or other underlying crimes.
Parents are sometimes charged with negligence or manslaughter after a child accidentally shoots themselves or someone else with an improperly stored gun. It is far rarer for parents to be charged after their children carry out a shooting spree.
But a handful of recent cases suggests that may be changing, as law enforcement looks for new ways to combat a surge in mass shootings.
“It’s some uncharted territory of how much responsibility parents are going to be held for their kids’ behavior,” said Frank Kaminski, police chief in Park Ridge, Illinois, another Chicago suburb. He added: “I’m all for holding everyone accountable for guns.”
When a 15-year-old in Michigan was accused of slaughtering four classmates last year, his parents were charged with involuntary manslaughter; they have pleaded not guilty. And after a 29-year-old man went on a killing spree at a Waffle House in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2018, the man’s father, an Illinois resident, was charged in that state with illegally providing the gun used at the restaurant.
Officials said the Waffle House gunman had been treated for mental health problems and later lost his authorization to own guns in Illinois. When that happened, they said, he transferred possession of the guns to his father. When the son moved away, authorities said, the father returned a rifle to him, which they said was a crime.
But Michael Doubet, a lawyer for Jeffrey Reinking, father of the Waffle House gunman, said a distinction must be drawn between the responsibilities of the parents of a juvenile offender and of the parents of someone who carries out a mass shooting as a legal adult. Reinking was convicted of unlawful delivery of a firearm and is awaiting sentencing.
“When people are over the age of 18, they’re beyond their parents’ control,” Doubet said.
Kevin Johnson, a prosecutor in that case, said that family members and friends need “to have the courage and common sense to follow through and make the appropriate report to the authorities” if they fear someone they know is heading toward violence.
He added: “Unless and until they are willing to do that, there is no way that authorities can step in and assist and perhaps prevent a tragedy.”
Researchers say some parents of troubled children do not always know where to turn for help. They hesitate to call police about their sons’ private mental health struggles, before they turn violent, for fear of the lasting effect on their child’s record.
Investigators found deep denial in a case like the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting in 2012. A detailed state report found the 20-year-old gunman’s mother did not heed medical experts’ calls to get mental health treatment for him in the years before the shooting and did not restrict his access to guns as his mental health condition deteriorated. The mother, Nancy Lanza, was one of 27 people her son killed.
The question of parental responsibility is especially complicated for gunmen who occupy a hazy space between childhood and adulthood. They are often still tethered to home but legally adults, and they are often able to pass background checks and buy powerful firearms.
In online messages that appear to have been written by the 18-year-old charged with killing 10 people in a racist massacre at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket in May, the writer fretted that his mother would find the guns he had stashed inside his bedroom at his parents’ house. The same month, the gunman in Uvalde, Texas, also 18, had been living with his grandparents and shot his grandmother in the face before driving to the elementary school where he killed 19 children and two adults.
The suspect in the Highland Park massacre, Robert E. Crimo III, had lived with his father, Robert Crimo Jr., for the past six months, and with his mother, Denise Pesina, before that, a family lawyer said. After the attack, police said, he fled town in his mother’s car before being arrested. He was charged with murder and ordered held without bail.
Neither of the accused gunman’s parents has been charged with any crime. Authorities have given noncommittal answers to questions about whether they are investigating the father, saying that “everything is on the table.” A public defender representing the son declined to comment about the case against his client or about whether the parents had any culpability. George Gomez, a lawyer representing the parents, said that they declined to be interviewed for this article.
In recent media interviews, the elder Crimo said he had no involvement in the shooting and no idea what his son might have been planning.
He defended his decision to sponsor his son’s application for a gun owner’s license in 2019, saying he was following the legal process Illinois had created for anyone under 21 to acquire a Firearm Owner’s Identification Card. Given the father’s sponsorship, state police said they had no legal basis to deny the son’s application.
“I filled out the consent form to allow my son to go through the process — they do background checks, whatever that entails,” Crimo said in an interview with ABC News.
State police said that the document that the elder Crimo signed included a provision that said he “shall be liable for any damages resulting from the minor applicant’s use of firearms or firearm ammunition.”
The younger Crimo bought the high-powered rifle that police said he used in the parade attack before his 21st birthday, when he would have become able to apply for a license without a sponsorship. He was 21 at the time of the shooting, which police said he carried out after he climbed to a rooftop in downtown Highland Park during the parade and sprayed more than 80 bullets into the crowd.
Before the attack, Robert Crimo Jr. was well-known in the community, operating delis in town and running unsuccessfully for mayor. His wife, Pesina, ran a natural-healing business.
The Crimo family’s home life could be chaotic. In August 2002, just before the suspect’s second birthday, police officers found the toddler alone in a car in a Toys “R” Us parking lot. Prosecutors charged his mother, Pesina, whom they said left him alone for about 27 minutes with the windows rolled up while it was 79 degrees outside. Court records show that Pesina reached an agreement and spent a year on court supervision, which she completed. No judgment was entered in the misdemeanor child endangerment case, records show.
The suspect’s parents sometimes argued loudly, and officers made several visits to the home during a turbulent period about a decade ago to intercede in minor disputes, police records show.
Along the way, there were signs that their son was struggling. He dropped out of Highland Park High School in 2016, shortly before the start of his sophomore year, officials said, and never graduated from that school.
“It was like he was invisible,” said Kate Kramer, 21, who knew him in high school.
Some 80% of gunmen in mass shootings show a marked change in behavior before they attack, such as depression, isolation or quitting school or work, said Jillian Peterson, a co-founder of the Violence Project, a national database of mass shootings.
“They did know something was wrong,” she said of many gunmen’s parents. “But we don’t think that a person in our lives could be a person who could do this.”
Researchers say that friends, classmates and online contacts of gunmen often first notice a looming threat. Even if they report it, that is no guarantee of stopping an attack. Before a 19-year-old gunman killed 17 people at a high school in Parkland, Florida, there were multiple tips to law enforcement agencies warning that he was armed and might shoot up a school.
In April 2014, a California mother raised warnings that brought sheriff’s deputies to the apartment of her 22-year-old son, who was living in Isla Vista, California. Authorities interviewed him, but he did not meet the strict requirements for involuntary hospitalization, said Jeffrey W. Swanson, a sociologist at Duke University who studies gun violence prevention.
The following month, the 22-year-old killed six people and himself. In the aftermath, the gunman’s father, Peter Rodger, sat down with Richard Martinez, whose son Christopher was among the victims. Martinez said he loaded up his car with artwork, trophies, writings and other keepsakes of his athletic son, who loved driving with the sunroof open and wind blowing.
Martinez, who has since become an outspoken supporter of stricter gun laws, said he believed some parents of gunmen should be held criminally responsible if they did not try to prevent an attack or made it possible for their children to arm themselves.
“They just wanted me to tell them about Chris. And that’s what I did,” Martinez said, recalling the meeting with the other father. “We never talked about his son.” | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/after-another-mass-shooting-questions-loom-about-the-role-of-parents/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world | 2022-07-11 02:53:04 | 0 | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/after-another-mass-shooting-questions-loom-about-the-role-of-parents/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world |
VIDEO: Woman asleep in car wakes up to find stranger driving
COLUMBIA COUNTY, Wis. (WMTV) - Sheriff’s office video captured the dramatic rescue of a woman who was sleeping in her car at a rest stop when a stranger got in and drove off with her in the back seat.
WMTV obtained the 911 call and footage from the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office, detailing the law enforcement chase in the early hours of Jan. 14.
Court documents show the suspect, later identified as 51-year-old Kyle Wagner, was at a Love’s Truck Stop in Columbia County, Wisconsin, when he allegedly drove away in someone else’s car. A woman, who had been asleep in the back seat, said she woke up to the car being driven very fast.
In the call to 911, the victim told the dispatcher, “I was in a gas station. My husband just get out from the car.”
The dispatcher repeatedly asked where she was or where she was going, but the victim did not give clear road names. She pointed out signs around the city of Lodi.
The call also picked up on the victim talking with Wagner.
“You know, you should get back,” the victim said.
“I will. OK, I’m going back,” Wagner said.
“No, you are not,” the victim said.
According to the criminal complaint, the victim said Wagner told her he was a truck driver. He said there was “a conspiracy and that people wanted to kill them so he was saving her.”
The complaint said the victim “reported that Wagner told her that if her husband was worried about her, he would be calling, but he’s not calling because he’s already dead.”
Around 4 a.m., according to time stamps on squad footage, deputies can be seen chasing the car, which often swerved and crossed the center lane. Shortly before 4:30 a.m., the car can be seen hitting a guardrail and lifting into the air.
Sheriff’s Office Capt. Todd Horn said law enforcement used tire deflation devices and a chase tactic to ultimately cause the crash.
“This was all accomplished without anyone being seriously injured,” he said.
The victim came out first from the back seat and cried. She told law enforcement, “I’m OK. Who’s this guy? Who’s this guy?”
Footage shows Wagner coming out of the front seat before being taken into custody. He faces multiple felony charges: operating a motor vehicle without owner’s consent, false imprisonment, attempting to flee or elude an officer and possession of methamphetamine.
The criminal complaint said the suspect, from New York, admitted he used fentanyl and meth within 24 hours of the incident.
Horn wrote to WMTV Tuesday, “The sheriff’s office staff were very concerned about the safety of the victim and anyone else who came into contact with the suspect in this case. It’s difficult to speculate what could have potentially occurred during this incident.”
He said the victim is “doing well.”
Horn also highlighted the work of deputies, the dispatcher and the victim.
“The victim did a tremendous job of observing and then describing physical characteristics along the roadway to allow law enforcement to determine her location. She would call out road names, road signs and other features that led law enforcement to locate her and the suspect vehicle,” he said.
A $40,000 cash bond was signed for Wagner, court documents show. A pre-trial conference is set for late February with a return date in April.
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PHOENIX (AP) — Republican Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and backers of universal school vouchers took a victory lap Tuesday over legislation the Republican-controlled Legislature enacted in June giving the state the nation’s most expansive voucher system, and he also used the time to attack backers of public schools who are trying to block the measure at the ballot.
Ducey touted the signature bill he signed in July that gives all Arizona parents the ability to take state money that would go to their local public school and instead use it for private school tuition or other education costs. The governor had a ceremonial signing at a central Phoenix Christian school that already gets large benefits from the state’s tax credit donation programs and existing school voucher program.
But he celebrated the new universal voucher expansion, which has been a key goal during his eight years in office. A similar law with enrollment caps that passed in 2017 was rejected by 2/3 of the state’s voters the following year, but Ducey did not stop his voucher expansion plans.
“Over the last eight years, and it is taken all of eight years, we have taken action to ensure that more kids have this opportunity by positioning Arizona as the national leader in school choice,” Ducey told several hundred students, lawmakers and voucher supporters gathered at Phoenix Christian Preparatory School.
“Our kids will no longer be stuck in underperforming schools. We’re unlocking more educational options for them and unlocking their full potential,” he said. “There’s no one-size fits all model to education.”
But he acknowledged the fight ahead, as public school advocates try again to block the voucher law that is set to take effect on Sept. 24. And he slammed them for their efforts.
“Misguided special interest groups will try to tell you that this legislation will diminish our public education system,” he said. “They couldn’t be more wrong. Public education means educating the public.”
Beth Lewis, executive director of Save Our Schools Arizona, the grassroots groups made up mainly of public school parents, teachers and concerned citizens who blocked the 2017 law, said it is Ducey who is wrong. The group needs slightly more than 118,000 valid signatures to keep the voucher law from taking effect. It would remain blocked until voters can weigh in in November 2024.
“Gov. Ducey’s dog and pony show about universal vouchers underscores his agenda to defund public education,” Lewis said. “The reality is Arizona students all across the state have happily started public school. And parents expect those schools to be funded and they do not want vouchers.”
Lewis and other public school advocates say vouchers take money from an already underfunded public school system, while proponents herald the program as letting parents choose the best education for their children.
Lewis contends the new voucher law could take away more than the new school funding lawmakers added this year, which neared $1 billion in ongoing and one-time cash.
Under the new law, an estimated 60,000 private students and about 38,000 being homeschooled would immediately be eligible to take up to $7,000 per year. Some of this currently get vouchers and many already get money from groups like School Tuition Organizations that funnel tax credits to students.
All 1.1 million students who attend traditional district and charter schools would also qualify to leave their public schools and get money to go to private schools. About a third already qualify, but only about 12,000 students statewide now use the system. | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/arizona-governor-touts-school-voucher-plan-slams-opponents/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_business | 2022-08-16 22:42:43 | 0 | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/arizona-governor-touts-school-voucher-plan-slams-opponents/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_business |
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)Patrick Mahomes has always pushed the boundaries of what is possible on the field.
And plenty of times over five seasons as the starting quarterback in Kansas City, a line was crossed that led to some admonishment from Andy Reid.
Over the past two years, though, those mistakes have become increasingly rare.
Mahomes still takes it to the limit – trying to fit a throw into a tight window, or make the impossible play, or push the ball downfield when the check-down is wide open.
But he has a better grasp of how far to go without stepping over the line, and the result has been an MVP-caliber season that just might be the finest of his career.
After going 36 of 41 for 336 yards and two touchdowns last Sunday in Houston, Mahomes is on pace to surpass Peyton Manning’s NFL record of 5,477 yards set during his 2013 MVP season with the Broncos, albeit during a 17-game season.
”I want to always have that aggressiveness in me. That’s what got me here and who I am,” Mahomes explained Tuesday, as the newly crowned AFC West champions turned their attention to Saturday’s visit from the Seahawks.
”But you have to find that spot where you’re still aggressive but take what you can underneath,” Mahomes continued.
”I always want to be pushing it to where it’s right at the edge. That’s who I am. It gives guys a chance to make plays, and we are coached that way. Coach (Andy) Reid wants us to push it right to the limit and don’t go past it.”
Even if that means taking the easy throw to running back Jerick McKinnon in the flat. Or the short gain to tight end Travis Kelce over the middle. Or the pedestrian throw to wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster along the sideline.
The benefit of all those seemingly simple throws? Mahomes completed 87.8% of this throws against the Texans, breaking the franchise record of 86.36 percent set by Alex Smith against the Raiders on Oct. 16, 2016.
Mahomes also completed his final 20 passes against the Texans, which means he’ll carry one of the longest streaks in league history into the game against Seattle. Five more would tie the record held by three other players.
”He’s always striving to be better, no matter what type of game he has. He comes in Monday, right to the next script,” McKinnon said. ”The thing about him, no matter what the score is, no matter how many points we are down, how many points we’re up, he wants to have his foot on the gas the whole time.”
Without going over the line, of course.
Mahomes might have done that the previous week in Denver, when he threw an uncharacteristic three interceptions in another nip-and-tuck win.
And the fact that he was coming off that relatively poor performance – Mahomes still threw for 352 yards and three scores – makes his near-flawless afternoon in Houston all the more impressive.
”I thought he had a tremendous game, and I mentioned it after the game, in particular, coming off the prior one,” Reid said Tuesday. ”It’s a great example for our football team how you go back and fix an issue, if he had an issue there, and do it the right way, and that’s what he did. He dug in and really came out and had a great game.”
Just as he’s been doing most of the season.
Mahomes leads the Chargers’ Justin Herbert for the league lead in yards passing by a wide margin. He has 35 touchdown throws, four more than Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow. His passer rating is third among everyday quarterbacks. And he’s added 11 touchdown runs, breaking the Chiefs record for the most by a quarterback in a season.
He’s put up all those MVP-caliber numbers without Tyreek Hill, too, who was traded to the Dolphins in the offseason and replaced by an almost entirely new cast of characters around him.
”Certainly, there were some question marks about the offense this year,” Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt said, ”given the changes that we had at the receiver position. I think he’s showed that he is the best quarterback in the NFL, and he’s been able to adapt his game to be able to win and put up pretty impressive numbers on a weekly basis.”
NOTES: Reid said ”there’s a good chance” that WR Mecole Hardman (abdominal injury) will play Saturday for the first time since Week 9. ”He’ll practice with the guys today and see if we can get him in there a little bit,” Reid said. … An illness is running through the Chiefs defensive line room. Chris Jones, Mike Danna and Khalen Saunders did not practice as a result Tuesday. … TE Jody Fortson (elbow) also did not practice and is unlikely to be available against the Seahawks.
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PITTSBURGH — Bill Mazeroski threw out the first pitch. David Bednar froze one of the most feared hitters in baseball with the last.
In between, the Pittsburgh Pirates offered a fleeting glimpse of what they’re trying to build, one that came at the expense of an old friend and briefly cooled off the hottest team in the majors.
Rookie outfielder Jack Suwinski hit his 14th home run, Daniel Vogelbach added his 11th and the Pirates spoiled Jameson Taillon’s return to PNC Park with a 5-2 win over the New York Yankees on Tuesday night.
The Pirates played a short tribute video for Taillon — who spent more than a decade with the organization before being traded to New York in January 2021 — as he walked to the mound. “When The Levee Breaks” by Led Zeppelin blared as Taillon warmed up, just as it had for home starts made by the popular right-hander during his four seasons in Pittsburgh’s rotation.
Taillon called running out of the visitors’ dugout a little weird, though nearly 18 months removed from the trade that sent him to New York in exchange for a handful of prospects for a club in a top-to-bottom reset, he wasn’t exactly overcome with emotion. His bigger concern was trying to figure out a way to navigate Pittsburgh’s left-handed-heavy lineup.
He didn’t fare as well as he liked. Vogelbach hit a laser over the right-field wall leading off the second and Suwinski flicked a ball into the first row of seats in center field that scored two runs as Taillon (9-2) took his first loss since April 11.
Despite his stellar won-loss record, Taillon’s ERA over his last six starts is north of 5.00. Even with the Yankees cruising atop the AL East with the All-Star break looming, Taillon is wary.
“It’s a results-oriented league,” he said. “But at the same time, I feel healthy and I feel like I’m making a lot of quality pitches, but it seems I’m getting burned every outing on just a couple of pitches.”
Jose Quintana (2-4) held New York in check for five innings and Pittsburgh’s bullpen did the rest. Bednar worked the ninth for his 13th save — striking out Aaron Judge looking with a runner on to end it — as the Pirates sent the Yankees to consecutive losses for just the fifth time this season.
Pittsburgh leaned into a rare visit by the Yankees, whose first appearance at PNC Park since 2017 produced the first sellout of the season at a ballpark that is typically more than half-empty most nights. Fans caught a glimpse of a lineup that included promising rookies like Suwinski and shortstop Oneil Cruz, and a gritty effort by Quintana.
The veteran left-hander, brought in on a one-year deal in the offseason, retired the Yankees in order just once but struck out seven.
“He just competes,” Vogelbach said. “You can just feel it from him, that he’s never out of the count, never out of the inning. He’s always one pitch away. That rubs off on you. That makes you want to make a play behind him and makes you want to score runs for him.”
A FULL HOUSE
Mazeroski, who hit the clinching home run in the bottom of the ninth in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series against the Yankees at Forbes Field, tossed the ceremonial first pitch. The crowd roared as the 85-year-old waved, setting the tone for a night that felt as if there was something at stake for two teams separated by more than 25 games in the standings.
HALFWAY HOME
New York reached the season’s midway point at 58-23, the best record in the majors by a significant margin and well ahead of the club’s pace last year, when the Yankees slogged to a 41-40 mark through the first 81 games.
New York rallied to make the playoffs a year ago. That likely won’t be required this time around, not with the Yankees entering the day leading the AL East by a staggering 13 games.
Still, New York’s blistering pace has cooled a bit of late with the All-Star break approaching. The Yankees are 2-3 halfway through their four-city road trip that wraps up in Boston this weekend.
Isiah Kiner-Falefa had three hits for New York. Gleyber Torres and Matt Carpenter added two apiece. Judge went 1 for 5, grounding into an inning-ending double-play with two runners on in the seventh and striking out in the ninth, symbolic of a night when the Yankees left nine men on.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Yankees: 1B Anthony Rizzo was scratched an hour before the first pitch with lower back tightness. DJ LeMahieu filled in for Rizzo at first. … RHP Domingo Germán (right shoulder) will make at least one more rehab start before the team makes a decision on when he might be activated off the 60-day injured list. Manager Aaron Boone said Germán “looked good” and he is “encouraged” by Germán’s progress. … RHP Miguel Castro (paternity leave/restricted list) could rejoin the team on Wednesday.
UP NEXT
New York’s Luis Severino (4-3, 3.35 ERA) will try to pick up his first win in a month when he faces Pittsburgh’s Mitch Keller (2-5, 5.14) on Wednesday. Keller has allowed three runs or fewer in five of his last six starts following a brief stint in the bullpen. | https://www.trentonian.com/2022/07/06/pirates-spoil-taillons-return-beat-mlb-best-yankees/ | 2022-07-06 23:26:24 | 1 | https://www.trentonian.com/2022/07/06/pirates-spoil-taillons-return-beat-mlb-best-yankees/ |
Two $40,000 Charles Perry McCormick Scholarships Awarded to Maria Uben of Reginald F. Lewis High School and Wesley Beckett of Owings Mills High School
HUNT VALLEY, Md., May 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- McCormick & Company, Incorporated (NYSE: MKC), a global leader in flavor, announced Maria Uben and Wesley Beckett as the 87th and 88th recipients of the Charles Perry McCormick Scholarship, worth $40,000 over four years.
The Unsung Heroes program recognizes unselfish student-athletes and honors those who substantially contribute to the success of their school without receiving acclaim. Originally established in 1940 by former McCormick & Company Chairman Charles P. McCormick Sr., the program is reflective of McCormick & Company's core belief in the Power of People. To date, the company has awarded over $2 million in scholarships to deserving student-athletes.
Keynote speaker, Victoria Garrick, former Division I, semi-pro volleyball player and mental health and body image advocate, addressed the student-athletes. "As you embark on whatever that next step might be, remember your purpose was never just about playing the sport. It was about the person who played, with or without the game. You're still competitive, gritty, a leader, a follower, coachable, and determined. You're all of these amazing things that brought you to where you are now," said Garrick.
DJ Kopec provided musical entertainment and sports radio personality, Scott Garceau, of Orioles TV and radio broadcaster, served as the emcee for the 30th consecutive year. The Varsity Sports Network also interviewed the student-athletes afterward.
Ms. Uben and Mr. Beckett were chosen from 98 Baltimore-area student-athletes recognized as Unsung Heroes this year.
Ms. Uben, a member of the women's volleyball team at Reginald F. Lewis High School, showcases her selflessness on the volleyball court. When the team needed a middle blocker and setter, she stepped in without hesitation or prior experience to benefit the team. When presented with challenges, Ms. Uben consistently puts in extra effort to master any new skill to make the team better. Ms. Uben is known for being the team's cheerleader, often writing letters of encouragement to her teammates, despite having English as a second language. In the words of her coach, "she is the ideal teammate when it comes to unselfish team play." She is a true unsung hero.
Mr. Beckett, a member of the men's football team at Owings Mills High School, makes sacrifices for the team on and off of the football field. During the pandemic, when the team was down an offensive lineman, this young man volunteered to play because he knew it was the best thing for the team, despite his desire to play running back. Described by his coach as "the ultimate teammate and student-athlete since he stepped on the campus four years ago," when a freshman teammate was having difficulty transitioning into the football program, Mr. Beckett guided him through drills and gave academic advice to ensure his teammate's success. He is the definition of an unsung hero.
Four other students were recognized with additional scholarships at this year's Unsung Heroes event. Evelyn Mirabile of Patapsco High School and Center for the Arts and Ragland Powell of St. Mary's High School each received $7,500 scholarships. Caroline Godine of McDonogh School and Alex Mink of The John Carroll School each received $5,000 scholarships. Congratulations to all of our 2022 Unsung Heroes!
McCormick's Unsung Heroes program was founded by the late Charles Perry McCormick, Sr. in 1940. The mission of the program is to recognize athletes for unselfish team play and highlight the efforts of those who contribute to the success of their teams without acclaim.
About McCormick
McCormick & Company, Incorporated is a global leader in flavor. As a Fortune 500 company with over $6 billion in annual sales across 170 countries and territories, we manufacture, market and distribute spices, seasoning mixes, condiments and other flavorful products to the entire food industry including e-commerce channels, grocery, food manufacturers and foodservice businesses. Our most popular brands with trademark registrations include McCormick, French's, Frank's RedHot, Stubb's, OLD BAY, Lawry's, Zatarain's, Ducros, Vahiné, Cholula, Schwartz, Kamis, DaQiao, Club House, Aeroplane and Gourmet Garden. Every day, no matter where or what you eat or drink, you can enjoy food flavored by McCormick.
Founded in 1889 and headquartered in Hunt Valley, Maryland USA, McCormick is guided by our principles and committed to our Purpose – To Stand Together for the Future of Flavor. McCormick envisions A World United by Flavor where healthy, sustainable and delicious go hand in hand. To learn more, visit www.mccormickcorporation.com or follow McCormick & Company on Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
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HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., Jan. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Enerflo, an industry-leading sales and install software platform for residential solar installers, EPCs and sales dealers, is thrilled to offer EagleView TrueDesign™, premium photovoltaic (PV) design solutions for pre- and post-sale, through the Enerflo Platform.
Through a bespoke tech integration, Enerflo partners will be able to utilize EagleView TrueDesign to create install-ready accuracy at the pre-sale proposal stage, as well as design-ready CAD files to streamline plan set development post-sale, all from within Enerflo.
Both EagleView and Enerflo share a vision of making solar more affordable through platform and technological efficiencies that lower project duration and soft costs, enabling residential solar organizations to focus on increasing volume and providing quality solar solutions to a growing number of customers. Solar professionals will be able to seamlessly request EagleView TrueDesign within Enerflo. The PV designs are automatically sent back to Enerflo and synced with Optimus, Enerflo's interactive proposal tool. Sales reps can then configure the design within Optimus and everything is synced and automated between Enerflo and EagleView.
"We've been anticipating this integration for months because of the impact we know it will have on our partners and the solar community and are so excited to finally be able to offer EagleView TrueDesign on our platform," said Enerflo Co-Founder Pat Bennett. He continued "Our partners will quickly see the impact on sales, contracting and installation with EagleView's install-ready PV designs as they improve accuracy and reduce total project duration by weeks."
"With TrueDesign, there's no need to settle for 'good enough' solar predesigns and all of the change orders and canceled jobs that come with them," said Pete Cleveland, vice president of Solar Business for EagleView. "We're thrilled to be partnering with Enerflo to help solar installers reduce costs and project duration with install-ready designs at the point of sale with ≥98% accuracy."
EagleView is a leading provider of aerial imagery, property insights and software that transforms the way people work. EagleView holds more than three hundred patents and owns a geospatial data and imagery library encompassing 94 percent of the US population. EagleView's accessible data and software platforms minimize solar soft costs by allowing residential solar companies to close more sales, install in less time, improve cash flow, reduce external site visits, and improve the customer experience. For more information, visit www.EagleView.com/solar, and follow @EagleViewTech.
Enerflo is YOUR Solar Platform. Purpose-built for Residential Solar Installers, EPCs and Sales Dealers, Enerflo helps these organizations deploy more solar and related services through sales and business process automation; ultimately lowering the cost of solar through platform efficiency. Installers rely on multiple tools from lead to install; Enerflo connects them with native platform features into one, cohesive sales and install platform. Companies can reduce time to close, project duration and soft costs, while increasing pull-through and profitability. Enerflo is the backbone of some of the top solar providers, powering billions of dollars in revenue, and can be relied on to deliver one connected flow from lead to PTO. Learn more at enerflo.com.
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How to Watch the Twins vs. White Sox Game: Streaming & TV Channel Info for April 12
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Twins Batting & Pitching Performance
- The Twins rank 23rd in baseball with 10 home runs. They average 0.9 per game.
- Minnesota is 24th in MLB, slugging .349.
- The Twins' .228 batting average ranks 26th in the majors.
- Minnesota scores the fifth-fewest runs in baseball (44 total, 4.0 per game).
- The Twins' .299 on-base percentage is the fifth-worst in MLB.
- The Twins strike out 9.3 times per game to rank 17th in baseball.
- The 10.7 strikeouts per nine innings put together by Minnesota's pitching staff ranks first in the majors.
- Minnesota has the third-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (2.64).
- The Twins have the second-lowest WHIP in baseball (.949).
Twins Probable Starting Pitcher
- Sonny Gray (1-0) gets the starting nod for the Twins, his third this season.
- The righty last pitched on Friday against the Houston Astros, when he went seven innings, allowing one earned run while giving up four hits.
- Gray will try to extend a three-game streak of pitching five or more innings (he's averaging 6.0 frames per outing).
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WFO NEW YORK CITY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, May 28, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service New York NY
232 PM EDT Sat May 28 2022
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL BERGEN AND ROCKLAND COUNTIES...
At 232 PM EDT, gauge reports indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2.5 inches of rain have
fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible in
the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Gauges reported.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
New City, Ridgewood, Monsey, Nanuet, Ramsey, Nyack, Tappan, Pearl
River, Oradell, Norwood, Orangeburg, Spring Valley, Dumont,
Wyckoff, New Milford, Westwood, Hillsdale, River Vale, Waldwick
and Valley Cottage.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other drainage
areas and low lying spots.
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BEIJING, Jan. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- WeTrade Group Inc. ("WeTrade" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: WETG), a global diversified "software as a service" ("SaaS") technology service provider committed to providing technical support and digital transformation tools for enterprises across multiple industries, today announced that its cooperation with Fujian Super Solar Energy Technology Co., Ltd ("Fujian Solar") has officially entered the countdown period, as the global sales representative visits Fujian Solar to fully understand YG's global new energy layout and revenue model on January 18, 2023.
YG is the new energy business segment which was launched by WeTrade in 2023. It is mainly committed to providing tools and technical support for the digital new energy industry in the Middle East and Central Asia. YG has many advantages, including its broad market prospects, its global and omni-channel sales model, and its product advantages centering around portable energy storage products.
The "Green Planet, Renren Power Plant" project is the first new energy project launched by WeTrade and Fujian Solar. It is reported that the "Green Planet, Renren Power Plant" project will start global pre-sale in February, and the revenue will be calculated on March 16.
About WeTrade Group Inc.
WeTrade Group Inc. is a global diversified "software as a service" ("SaaS") technology service provider which is committed to providing technical support and digital transformation tools for enterprises across different industries. The four business segments of WeTrade Group are YCloud, WTPay, Y-Health and YG.
YCloud is a micro-business cloud intelligent system launched by WeTrade, serving global micro-business industry. YCloud strengthens users' marketing relationship and CPS commission profit management through leading technology and big data analysis. It also helps increase the payment scenarios to increase customers' revenue by multi-channel data statistics, AI fission and management as well as improved supply chain system.
Independently developed by the Company, WTPay supports multiple methods of online payment and eight mainstream digital wallets in over 100 countries to help customers quickly realize global collection and payment business.
Y-Health is the sector focusing on public health business, which engages in developing global business for biological health and medical enterprises. Currently, Y-Health mainly focuses on detection and prevention of epidemic, daily healthcare, traditional Chinese medicines, and others.
YG is the new energy business segment which mainly provides tools and technical support for the digital new energy industry in the Middle East and Central Asia.
For more information, please visit https://ir.wetg.group.
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This press release contains information about the Company's view of its future expectations, plans and prospects that constitute forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from historical results or those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors including, but not limited to, risks and uncertainties associated with its ability to raise additional funding, its ability to maintain and grow its business, variability of operating results, its ability to maintain and enhance its brand, its development and introduction of new products and services, the successful integration of acquired companies, technologies and assets into its portfolio of products and services, marketing and other business development initiatives, competition in the industry, general government regulation, economic conditions, dependence on key personnel, the ability to attract, hire and retain personnel who possess the technical skills and experience necessary to meet the requirements of its clients, and its ability to protect its intellectual property. The Company's encourages you to review other factors that may affect its future results in the Company's annual reports and in its other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Cascade rolled past Anamosa for a comfortable 46-7 victory at Cascade High on September 9 in Iowa football action.
Both offenses were stymied without points on either side in the first quarter.
The Cougars registered a 33-7 advantage at intermission over the Raiders.
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There was no room for doubt as the Cougars added to their advantage with a 7-0 margin in the closing period.
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Startling video shows the moment a large waterfront house in Gardiner, Montana, collapsed into the Yellowstone River as the region was battered by historic floods.
The home fell Monday when its stilts, partially standing in the fast-moving water, appeared to break. The home was seen perilously leaning into the water before falling into the current.
The large brown house was seen floating down the river before pieces of wood appear to break off.
The area of Yellowstone and nearby Montana have seen a deluge of rain and rapidly melting snowpack, triggering massive flooding and mudslides. The floods were so bad it forced the evacuation of some parts of Yellowstone National Park.
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Migrants were relocated from the border in Texas, to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts. The move was organized by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who said — citing no evidence — that unauthorized immigration impacts red states more than blue states.
"Every community in America should be sharing in the burden, it shouldn't all fall on a handful of red states," DeSantis said.
While migrants cross into border states like Texas that are red, researchers have found they often don’t stay there for long, heading to different places to link up with promised work, family, and established immigrant communities.
"There is that burden at the border. But generally migrants are being absorbed all across the country. This really is a national concern," said Julia Gelatt, a senior policy analyst at the Migration Policy Institute.
Scripps News found, of the estimated 11 million unauthorized immigrants in the U.S., 57% were living in blue states, defined as states with Democratic governors as well as Washington, D.C.
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Fewer undocumented immigrants, 43%, were in red states with Republican governors. Even when accounting for population size, higher per capita rates of undocumented immigrants live in blue states, not red states.
Our analysis uses research from the Migration Policy Institute that models where unauthorized immigrants likely live.
The group relies on government data, but those figures haven’t been updated since 2019.
So we also examined recent requests for asylum filed in state immigration courts, from numbers compiled by Syracuse University. It’s one way to get a rough sense of where migrants seeking refugee status are going.
"They can ask for asylum as protection against removal. So the places where they're filing for asylum, that's where the migrants are living," Gelatt said.
Of the 10 states with the most asylum filings, half are blue states led by Democrats, including California and New York, two blue strongholds with more asylum filings than any other state.
Unauthorized immigrants are traditionally concentrated in big cities that tend to be blue, with six in 10 living in just 20 metro areas.
We found the majority of major cities in those areas have mayors who are Democrats, including New York, where Eric Adams recently declared an immigration emergency.
We asked Governor DeSantis' office what he meant when he said the burden of unauthorized immigration falls on red states. We have not heard back.
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HIV/AIDs in Cameroon: Living positively with the virus
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Young Cameroonians living with HIV/AIDS are fighting to end the stigma associated with the virus. Many patients still lack access to life-saving anti-retroviral drugs.
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Fabiola Yerimah said she had no clue that her 2-year-old cousin was HIV positive. "When I would ask the mom what he was sick of, the mom would say it is fungi," the 22-year-old told DW.
"So, when I was being tested and was diagnosed with the virus, the first question they asked me was; is there anybody in the house living with HIV? I said no, but there is my little cousin who is always taking medication, but it is for fungi."
It was only after doctors examined the medicine that it dawned on Fabiola that her little cousin had been living with HIV.
Approximately 500,000 children and adults are living with HIV in Cameroon, according to the United Nations program on AIDS (UNAIDS).
Acceptance as the first step
Yerimah said that she spent long hours seeking "divine healing" from above. When that did not happen, she contemplated suicide. But when she finally realized the virus had come to stay, she came to terms with her status.
"I am very comfortable, I'm OK with my status, and I have accepted who I am," Yerimah said.
She said that since she started taking anti-retroviral medication, she has suppressed the virus. "I know when the virus gets to your system, it breaks down your immune system. And if you are not virally suppressed, that is when you get to infect others."
If taken as prescribed, HIV medicine reduces the amount of the virus in the person's blood to a low level, which keeps their immune system functioning and helps prevent severe illness.
Usually within six months of starting treatment, most people taking HIV medicine can get their viral load so low that is undetectable. At this undetectable stage, people won't transmit HIV to their partners through sex, according to the US government's HIV site.
Culture of silence
Briand Tubuoh has a similar story of frustration and resilience in the face of HIV. He received a positive HIV test at a time when his mother was very ill.
"I took the results to her, and I told her that they said I should come and confirm in the hospital," the now 22-year-old told DW. "She told me that if she is fine, we would go to the hospital but then, she died."
He said he didn't tell anyone else or do anything about his positive test for the next few months. Eventually though, he went to the hospital, which confirmed his positive status.
When he finally decided to open up about his HIV status to his family and friends, their reactions were devastating.
Rejection leads to hope
"I was rejected because of my status and there were times that I was asking questions to myself … why is it that God cannot just take my life; why should I live with this condition? Do I have a future?"
But these questions gave rise to hope with help from the staff at the hospital where he was being treated.
"They initiated me to ARVs [anti-retrovirals] and they counseled me, and I realized that I am not different from other children. Today, I fully accept my status and decided to take my ARVs," said Tubuoh proudly.
Concerns about having children
Like the thousands of other young people living with HIV, Tubuoh and Yerimah are also worried about passing on the virus to their children when they decide to start their families.
It's a valid concern, one shared by Dr. Gilbert Tene, a public health physician and pediatrician who specializes in mother-to-child HIV transmission.
"HIV does not prevent anybody from giving birth, but the risk is that an adult may transmit HIV to the baby," Tene told DW.
He advised those living with the virus who wish to conceive to make sure that their viral load was at undetectable levels before trying, something that is that is done with an HIV viral load test. People whose HIV load is at undetectable levels will still test positive on a standard HIV test, which is why a different kind of test is necessary.
Having an undetectable viral load vastly reduces, but doesn't completely stop, the risk of transmitting HIV during pregnancy and delivery.
Young people with HIV
Cameroon has seen a sharp decline in the number of children living with HIV. Between 2009 and 2015, for example, the number of children infected fell by just under half (49%).
But some 33,000 children aged 14 and under still live with HIV in the country. And according to Dr. Tene, it is worrisome that only about half of these infected children are taking life-saving HIV medicine.
The Pediatric-Adolescent Treatment Africa (PATA) — a network of health providers in sub-Saharan Africa says it's working to close the treatment gap.
It also hopes to ensure that pregnant adolescent girls and women living with HIV have access to ARVs, and address the social and structural barriers that hinder access to services.
And as for Fabiola Yerimah and Briand Tubuoh, they have both become leading voices within Cameroon, backing the worldwide campaign to end HIV by 2030.
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DENVER, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fortis, a high-growth commercial bank serving small- to medium-sized privately held businesses in Colorado and Utah, today announced the appointment of Mark Olson to the position of Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Olson brings over 30 years of experience in banking, having served most recently as the Chief Financial Officer of Altabank (NASDAQ: ALTA) in American Fork, UT prior to its sale to Glacier Bancorp in late 2021.
"I have had the pleasure of knowing Mark over the years and am thrilled to welcome him to our team," said Chris Luce, CEO, and Co-Founder of Fortis. "Mark's significant financial leadership and M&A experience will be instrumental to the future growth of Fortis and value creation for our shareholders. His impressive track record of providing financial and strategic leadership to commercial banks, as well as driving profitable growth, will be critical as we execute our strategic growth and development plans. I am proud that Fortis has become a destination-of-choice for top talent in the communities we serve."
As CFO, Mr. Olson's responsibilities will span financial strategy and financial operations, including financial planning, controllership, treasury, corporate development, and investor relations. Mr. Olson has held previous CFO positions at successful banking institutions, including California Republic Bank (OTC: CRPB), Heritage Oaks Bank (NASDAQ: HEOP), and Santa Barbara Bank and Trust (Pacific Capital Bancorp) (NASDAQ: PCBC). Prior to these positions, he served as a member of the senior management team responsible for the governance and oversight of commercial banking activities performed within the legal structure of Goldman Sachs Bank, USA.
"I am excited to take on this opportunity and join the Fortis Leadership team," said Mr. Olson. "I look forward to the strategic partnership I will have with Chris and the Board as we continue to position Fortis for long-term success."
Fortis is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and is a state-chartered bank with offices in the Denver and Salt Lake City metropolitan areas. The bank provides business and personal clients with a full suite of loan, treasury management, and deposit products, with an emphasis on Commercial and Specialty clients. To learn more about Fortis, visit www.fortisprivatebank.com.
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PERTH, Australia -- Survivors of a pod of almost 100 whales that beached on the southwestern Australian coast were euthanized Wednesday after a second day of frantic, but unsuccessful efforts to rescue them, authorities said.
The pod of long-finned pilot whales stranded themselves Tuesday on Cheynes Beach east of the former whaling station of Albany in Western Australia state, south of the capital, Perth.
Despite the efforts of 100 wildlife officers and 250 volunteers wearing wetsuits to protect against the Southern Hemisphere winter cold, 52 stranded whales died on the beach.
The remaining 45 were euthanized Wednesday after efforts to lead them to deeper water failed. The survivors continually returned to the shallows, the Western Australia Parks and Wildlife Service said in a statement late Wednesday.
"Sadly, the decision had to be made to euthanize the remaining whales to avoid prolonging their suffering," the service said.
"It was a difficult decision for all involved, however the welfare of the whales had to take precedence," it added.
The service thanked the officials and volunteers who helped with the attempt to save the whales. A storm lashed the beach with wind and rain Wednesday afternoon, and two volunteers were treated by paramedics for hypothermia, Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported.
Peter Hartley, a manager of the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions who oversaw the response, today described the decision to euthanize the survivors as "incredibly hard."
"Probably one of the hardest decisions of my 34 years of wildlife management. Really, really difficult," Hartley told reporters in Albany.
"It was a considered and well-thought-out decision. And you know, we thank the support of the ... veterinarians that assisted with the assessments and the advice that they gave me to make that decision," Hartley added.
Wildlife experts speculated the beaching could be an indicator of stress or illness within the pod, but said the reasons would likely remain a mystery.
Pilot whales are highly social animals and maintain complex familial relationships with their pods from birth.
Drone footage released by the state government showed the whales clustering and forming into a heart shape before stranding themselves on the beach.
Hartley said samples would be taken from the whale carcasses for analysis before they are buried at an inland location.
"We're getting requests from around the world from scientists wanting the video footage of them all huddled together on Tuesday," Hartley said.
"We're going to be learning a lot about the behavior. We're also going to be learning a great deal about the genetics, the makeup of that group, were they related?" he said.
The incident was reminiscent of one last September, in which some 200 pilot whales died after a pod stranded itself on the remote west coast of the island state of Tasmania, off Australia's southeastern coast.
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Drizly for Business is the go-to drinks service for corporate events, gifting and restocking; newly introduced business solutions include corporate bartending services, keg deliveries, and premium wine gift sets
BOSTON, June 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Drizly, an Uber Company (NYSE: UBER), today introduced an expanded suite of business-focused offerings and an elevated Corporate Concierge service from Drizly for Business. Designed to help businesses save time, stay on budget, and leverage expert recommendations, Drizly for Business supports all corporate alcohol delivery occasions, including events, gifting, and office restocking, whether it be for employees, clients or customers.
Building on its momentum since originally launching in 2016, and on the heels of a rebrand in 2022 to better showcase its breadth of corporate offerings, Drizly for Business is now focused on expanding its suite of business offerings for companies small and large to further support these corporate occasions and better meet its corporate customers needs for each moment. Today, Drizly for Business works with nearly 11,000 corporate clients across a variety of industries, including UNTUCKit and The Herbal Chef.
"As the pioneer of alcohol e-commerce, we're excited to now offer an expanded suite of business-focused offerings as we see more and more companies turning to Drizly for all their corporate delivery needs for drinks," said Kimberly Gordon, Director of Corporate Business Development at Drizly. "By leveraging Drizly's nationwide network of Retail Partners and introducing a dedicated Corporate Concierge team, we are able to provide corporate customers with a more streamlined way to order beverages for their business, whether that be for in-office events, client gifting or weekly restocks. Our team can handle everything from sourcing their favorite drinks to scheduling the delivery itself, making it both a hassle-free and budget friendly experience."
The suite of business-focused offerings from Drizly for Business include:
New services for corporate events
Whether companies are planning corporate events in-person, virtual or a hybrid of both, Drizly's Corporate Concierge team can help with all alcohol needs for happy hours, team building activities, holiday parties, tastings and more. The team creates fully custom orders to fit any budget, providing recommendations on what drinks to buy, how much is needed and coordinating all necessary elements of shipments and delivery.
To further elevate any company gathering, Drizly for Business has debuted an expanded suite of offerings for corporate events - including corporate bartending services and keg deliveries. Recently expanding to 10 markets, corporate clients can book bartending services through Drizly for Business for staffing, tools, bar set-up and breakdown to round out any occasion. The Corporate Concierge team can also now organize keg deliveries for company events, parties or office kitchens in select states across the United States.
"The team of specialists at Drizly for Business have been extremely supportive and helpful throughout the past couple of years assisting for our large events. As soon as I have an idea of what our beverage needs will be, I contact the experts at Drizly for Business, and they begin to put a personalized recommendation together," said Brad Fry, Beverage Director at The Herbal Chef. "Regardless of any adjustments I have to make on my end due to client demands, the Corporate Concierge team is always understanding and quick to respond and accommodate my needs. Drizly for Business saves me time, which allows me to focus on everything else that needs to get done."
Expanded corporate gift set options
Business customers can easily send corporate gifts to clients or employees to multiple addresses across the country with the help of the Corporate Concierge team. From providing expert recommendations that fit a client's budget, to placing orders and coordinating all deliveries, corporate gifting with Drizly for Business is the perfect solution for client appreciation, holiday, celebratory gifts and more.
Drizly for Business has also introduced new wine gift sets with a premium selection of curated wine bottle combinations, available in 38 states across the country. With an array of gift sets offering one, two or three wine bottles that come in upscale packaging and with personalized gift notes, the Corporate Concierge team handles everything from verifying addresses to coordinating the deliveries. What's more, business customers can now design custom wine gift sets, with the ability to add a personalized logo, color schemes, branded inserts and hand select the combination of wine for the package.
Easy re-ordering and scheduling capabilities
Lastly, companies can leverage the Corporate Concierge team to coordinate drink deliveries on a weekly, monthly or custom schedule to ensure the office kitchen or corporate space is stocked with employees' favorites at all times. Whether its beer, wine, spirits or non-alcoholic options, Drizly for Business offers one of the widest selections of drinks for business partners to choose from for recurring orders.
With office occupancy hitting 50% in the United States in Spring 2023, up from 25% last year* businesses are searching for solutions to engage with employees in the office and remotely, or on a hybrid schedule. Further, the 2022 Corporate Trend Report from Drizly for Business found that alcoholic beverages were the top gift given by survey respondents, with 85% of survey respondents citing that drinks are the most purchased corporate gift item. With the expanded suite of business-focused offerings from Drizly for Business, backed by one of the largest networks of on-demand alcohol delivery coverage across the United States, the service is able to provide a full range of corporate ordering solutions customized to a company's in-office or remote needs - whether they're planning an office happy hour or sending gifts to employees across the country.
To get started with Drizly for Business, visit corporate.drizly.com.
*Source: Kastle Systems & The Washington Post, February 2023
About Drizly
Drizly, an Uber company, is a leading beverage alcohol specialty marketplace designed to help people savor life's moments. Millions of consumers of legal drinking age turn to Drizly to get the best drinks for the moment, at the right price, delivered. On Drizly, consumers can compare prices across retailers to find the best deals, choose from convenient delivery options, including on-demand and scheduled deliveries, and send gifts or place large orders for events. With one of the widest selections of beer, wine, and spirits, shoppers can easily order their favorites or discover new drinks all in one place. Today, Drizly partners with thousands of retailers and suppliers to help them to reach new customers, tap into key market and customer insights, and diversify their business to grow sales. Learn more at Drizly.com, download the Drizly app (App Store and Google Play) and follow Drizly on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.
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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Biden administration’s approval of a massive oil development in northern Alaska commits the U.S. to yet another decadeslong crude project even as scientists urgently warn that only a halt to more fossil fuel emissions can stem climate change.
ConocoPhillips’ Willow project would produce 180,000 barrels of oil a day at its peak, and using that crude would result in at least 263 million tons (239 million metric tons) of greenhouse gas emissions over 30 years.
Demand for oil isn’t dropping as the planet heats, and a bitter political dispute over the project, which was approved Monday, has underscored the Democratic administration’s struggle to balance economic pressures against pledges to curb fossil fuels. The proposal in the remote region north of the Arctic Circle also highlights the paradox facing the U.S. and other nations: The world’s transition to clean energy lags behind the reality of an economy still largely driven by oil consumption.
“At some point, we have to leave oil and gas and coal in the ground. And for me, that some point is now — particularly in a vulnerable ecosystem like the Arctic,” said Rob Jackson, a climate scientist at Stanford University.
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, in announcing Willow’s approval, stressed that the number of drill pads was reduced by 40% from ConocoPhillips’ original proposal, which she said would benefit people and wildlife. But the company still is expected to get most of the oil it wanted, resulting in only an 8% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, according to government estimates.
For Alaska, the project promises an economic boost after oil production dropped sharply since the late 1980s. Leaders from both parties in the state united behind it. Oil has long been the state’s economic lifeblood, with revenues helping remote communities and villages on Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope.
But the state also has felt the impacts of climate change: coastal erosion is threatening Indigenous villages, unusual wildfires are popping up, sea ice is thinning and permafrost promises to release carbon as it melts.
Attorneys representing environmentalists and an Alaska Native group filed a lawsuit Tuesday asking a federal judge to block Willow’s approval. The Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic, Sierra Club and other groups said Interior officials ignored the fact that every ton of greenhouse gasses emitted by the project would contribute to sea ice melt, which endangers polar bears and Alaskan villages.
The International Energy Agency has said new drilling investments must be halted if nations, including the U.S., hope to reach their 2050 goal of net-zero emissions, meaning only as much planet-warming gas is released into the atmosphere as can be absorbed.
The energy sector accounts for 90% of carbon dioxide emissions worldwide and three-quarters of the total human-made greenhouse gases.
Yet global demand for crude is expected to continue rising, according to industry analysts and the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Instead of targeting domestic supplies of those fuels — including projects like Willow — energy expert Jim Krane said policymakers should focus on reducing demand.
“If you target supply in the U.S. without any kind of measures to bring demand down, refiners are just going to pull their oil from overseas,” said Krane, of Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Electric vehicles offer a potential substitute for gasoline-powered cars and trucks, but so far they’ve barely dented fossil fuel demand. By 2030, EV is expected to displace 2.7 million barrels of oil a day, according to Enverus Intelligence Research, a data analysis firm focused on the energy industry.
That’s less than 3% of global oil consumption, which in 2030 is anticipated to be about the same as current levels — roughly 100 million barrels a day, said Al Salazar, senior vice president of the research company.
“Demand does not go to zero in a blink-of-the-eye,” Salazar said. “It takes time to turn over the entire light duty vehicle fleet.”
The Willow project is in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, where Republican U.S. senators have noted drilling should be expected.
Greenhouse gases from Willow would equal emissions from about 1.7 million cars, or just over 0.1% of the U.S. total. Interior Department officials for years have cited such relatively small percentages as justification for approvals of coal mines and oil and gas leases.
Jackson said that perspective can’t continue if the worst effects of climate change are to be avoided. The planet is “as far from zero emissions as we’ve ever been” despite the emphasis on renewable energy.
“It’s the same as thinking, well, every new car we put on the road or coal plant we build doesn’t matter because there are millions of other cars and thousands of other coal plants around the world operating,” he said.
Prior to the Willow decision, the administration already had softened its opposition to oil and gas — a departure from the early days of Biden’s presidency. During negotiations over last year’s climate bill the administration agreed to tens of millions of acres of new leasing to get the support of Democratic holdout U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, of West Virginia.
Provisions in the measure link oil and gas leasing to renewable energy development. Consequently, the administration will offer for sale more than 73 million acres (29.5 million hectares) of oil and gas leases for sale March 29 in the Gulf of Mexico. Over several months beginning in May, it also plans to auction some 350,000 acres (141,600 hectares) of onshore oil and gas leases in Wyoming, New Mexico, Montana, Nevada and other states.
Environmentalists say the Gulf sale alone could yield more than 1 billion barrels of oil over 50 years.
“This administration has pledged to oversee a historic transition to clean energy, but actions speak louder than words,” said Earthjustice attorney George Torgun, who represents environmental groups trying to stop further lease sales.
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MILWAUKEE, April 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Harley-Davidson, Inc. ("Harley-Davidson," "HDI," or the "Company"), (NYSE: HOG) today reported first quarter 2023 results.
"Harley-Davidson delivered a solid start to the year, with consolidated first quarter revenue up 20%, driven by HDMC, reflecting the progress we continue to make in advancing our Hardwire strategic plan," said Jochen Zeitz, Chairman, CEO and President, Harley-Davidson. "Building on our commitment to innovate in our core categories, yesterday's kick-off of a new era of CVO touring bikes, with the all new 2023 CVO Street Glide® and CVO Road Glide®, is a landmark for the Company and our customers."
First Quarter 2023 Highlights and Results
- Delivered diluted EPS of $2.04, up 41 percent versus prior year
- HDMC Revenue was up 21 percent versus prior year behind wholesale shipment growth, favorable unit mix and global pricing realization
- Achieved HDMC Operating Income margin of 21.6%, an increase of 4.6 points versus prior year, as pricing, unit mix and cost productivity more than offset inflation
- HDFS operating income finished down 32 percent on higher interest expense and higher credit losses
- Repurchased $84 million of shares (2.0 million shares) on a discretionary basis
- Company reaffirms its full-year 2023 outlook
First Quarter 2023 Results
Harley-Davidson, Inc. Consolidated Financial Results
Consolidated revenue was up 20 percent in the first quarter driven by HDMC revenue growth of 21 percent and HDFS revenue growth of 16 percent.
Consolidated operating income in the first quarter was up 28 percent, driven by an increase of 53 percent at HDMC, a decline of 32 percent at HDFS, and an operating loss of $25 million in the LiveWire segment. Consolidated operating income margin in the first quarter was 21 percent relative to 19 percent in the first quarter a year ago, representing a 132 basis-point improvement.
Harley-Davidson Motor Company (HDMC) – Results
First quarter global motorcycle shipments increased 14 percent in advance of key riding season. Revenue was up 21 percent driven by the increase in wholesale shipments and continued global pricing realization. Parts & Accessories revenue was up 1 percent driven by pricing, while Apparel revenue was up 39 percent behind sales of 120th anniversary merchandise and product mix.
First quarter gross margin was up 4.2 points behind pricing, shipment mix, and cost productivity more than offsetting the negative impacts from foreign currency and cost inflation. First quarter operating income margin improved by 4.6 points largely due to the factors above.
Harley-Davidson Retail Motorcycle Sales
(excludes LiveWire units)
Global retail motorcycle sales in the first quarter were down 12 percent versus prior year. North America retail performance was down 17 percent, driven by the timing of new product launches, as well as the shifting macro conditions. Growth in Asia Pacific was driven by continued strong demand across key markets, including Japan and Australia. EMEA decline of 6 percent was primarily driven by market exits, in addition to a planned unit mix shift towards the profitable core product segments, following the sunsetting of Sportster. Latin America continued to be adversely impacted by regional economic conditions.
Harley-Davidson Financial Services (HDFS) – Results
HDFS' operating income decline of $28 million in the first quarter, or down 32 percent, was driven by higher interest expense and higher credit losses. The increase in credit losses was driven by several factors relating to the current macro environment. Total quarter ending financing receivables were $7.6 billion, which was up 11 percent versus prior year, driven primarily by an increase in wholesale receivables.
LiveWire – Results
LiveWire revenue for the first quarter decreased by 25 percent, due to lower sales of electric motorcycles and STACYC electric balance bikes. LiveWire operating loss of $25 million in the first quarter was driven by product development costs as well as increased costs versus prior year, associated with standing up the new organization.
Harley-Davidson, Inc. Other Results – First Quarter 2023
- Generated $47 million of cash from operating activities
- Effective tax rate was 23 percent
- Paid cash dividends of $24 million
- Repurchased $84 million of shares (2.0 million shares) on a discretionary basis
- Cash and cash equivalents of $1.6 billion at the end of the quarter
- Financing raised for HDFS of $1.25 billion
2023 Financial Outlook
For the full year 2023, the Company reaffirms its initial guidance and continues to expect:
- HDMC: revenue growth of 4 to 7% and operating income margin of 14.1 to 14.6%
- HDFS: operating income decline of 20 to 25%
- LiveWire: motorcycle unit sales of 750–2,000 and operating loss of $115 to $125 million
- Harley-Davidson, Inc.: capital investments of $225 to $250 million
New Segment Reporting Structure
LiveWire Group, Inc. ("LiveWire Group") became a separate public company trading on the New York Stock Exchange (Ticker: LVWR) on September 27, 2022. Following the close, Harley-Davidson had an equity interest in LiveWire Group of approximately 89.4% and continued to consolidate LiveWire Group results with new adjustments for non-controlling shareholder interests. Consolidated Net Income attributable to Harley-Davidson, Inc. and EPS calculations now reflect these adjustments.
Beginning with the fourth quarter of 2022, new business segment reporting now includes:
- Harley-Davidson Motor Company (HDMC): Group that is accountable for the design, manufacturing, marketing and sales of Harley-Davidson motorcycles and related products
- Harley-Davidson Financial Services (HDFS): Group that provides motorcycle and related products financing and insurance products and services for our dealers and retail customers
- LiveWire: Group that is accountable for the design, marketing and sales of LiveWire electric motorcycles and related products, including STACYC electric balance bikes
Prior period segment results have been retrospectively adjusted based on the new segments. In addition, the consolidated results will continue to be reflected by:
- Harley-Davidson, Inc. (HDI): Corporate entity for the overall Company, under which HDMC, HDFS and LiveWire operate
Company Background
Harley-Davidson, Inc. is the parent company of Harley-Davidson Motor Company and Harley-Davidson Financial Services. Our vision: Building our legend and leading our industry through innovation, evolution and emotion. Our mission: More than building machines, we stand for the timeless pursuit of adventure. Freedom for the soul. Our ambition is to maintain our place as the most desirable motorcycle brand in the world. Since 1903, Harley-Davidson has defined motorcycle culture by delivering a motorcycle lifestyle with distinctive and customizable motorcycles, experiences, motorcycle accessories, riding gear and apparel. Harley-Davidson Financial Services provides financing, insurance and other programs to help get riders on the road. Harley-Davidson also has a controlling interest in LiveWire Group, Inc., the first publicly traded all-electric motorcycle company in the United States. LiveWire is the future in the making for the pursuit of urban adventure and beyond. Drawing on its DNA as an agile disruptor from the lineage of Harley-Davidson and capitalizing on a decade of learnings in the EV sector, LiveWire's ambition is to be the most desirable electric motorcycle brand in the world. Learn more at harley-davidson.com and livewire.com.
Webcast
Harley-Davidson will discuss its financial results and outlook on an audio webcast at 8:00 a.m. CT today. The webcast login and supporting slides can be accessed at http://investor.harley-davidson.com/news-and-events/events-and-presentations. The audio replay will be available by approximately 10:00 a.m. CT.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
The company intends that certain matters discussed in this press release and our associated comments are "forward-looking statements" intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can generally be identified as such because the context of the statement will include words such as the company "believes," "anticipates," "expects," "plans," "may," "will," "estimates," "targets," "intends," "forecasts," "is on track," "sees," "feels," or words of similar meaning. Similarly, statements that describe or refer to future expectations, future plans, strategies, objectives, outlooks, targets, guidance, commitments, or goals are also forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, unfavorably or favorably, from those anticipated as of the date of this press release. Certain of such risks and uncertainties are described below. Shareholders, potential investors, and other readers are urged to consider these factors in evaluating the forward-looking statements and are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements included in this press release are only made as of the date of this press release, and the company disclaims any obligation to publicly update such forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.
Important factors that could affect future results and cause those results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements include, among others, the Company's ability to: (a) execute its business plans and strategies, including The Hardwire, each of the pillars, and the evolution of LiveWire as a standalone brand, which includes the risks noted below; (b) manage supply chain and logistics issues, including quality issues, availability of semiconductor chip components and the ability to find alternative sources of those components in a timely manner, unexpected interruptions or price increases caused by supplier volatility, raw material shortages, inflation, war or other hostilities, including the conflict in Ukraine, or natural disasters and longer shipping times and increased logistics costs, including by successfully implementing pricing surcharges; (c) realize the expected business benefits from LiveWire operating as a separate public company, which may be affected by, among other things: (I) the ability of LiveWire to: (1) execute its plans to develop, produce, market and sell its electric vehicles; (2) achieve profitability, which is dependent on the successful development and commercial introduction and acceptance of its electric vehicles, and its services, which may not occur; (3) adequately control the costs of its operations as a new entrant into a new space; (4) develop, maintain and strengthen its brand; (5) execute its plans to develop, produce, market and sell its electric vehicles on expected timelines; and (6) effectively establish and maintain cooperation from its retail partners, largely drawn from the Company's traditional motorcycle dealer network, to be able to effectively establish or maintain relationships with customers for electric vehicles; (II) competition; and (III) other risks and uncertainties indicated in documents filed with the SEC by the Company or LiveWire Group, Inc., including those risks and uncertainties noted in "Risk Factors" under Item 1.A of LiveWire Group Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022; (d) accurately analyze, predict and react to changing market conditions and successfully adjust to shifting global consumer needs and interests; (e) successfully access the capital and/or credit markets on terms that are acceptable to the Company and within its expectations; (f) successfully carry out its global manufacturing and assembly operations; (g) develop and introduce products, services and experiences on a timely basis that the market accepts, that enable the Company to generate desired sales levels and that provide the desired financial returns, including successfully implementing and executing plans to strengthen and grow its leadership position in Grand American Touring, large Cruiser and Trike, and grow its complementary businesses; (h) perform in a manner that enables the Company to benefit from market opportunities while competing against existing and new competitors; (i) manage ongoing risks related to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, such as supply chain disruptions, its ability to carry out business as usual, and government actions and restrictive measures implemented in response; (j) manage the regulatory compliance matter relating to a third-party supplier's component part in a manner that avoids additional costs or recall expenses that are material; (k) successfully appeal: (I) the revocation of the Binding Origin Information ("BOI") decisions that allowed the Company to supply its European Union ("EU") market with certain of its motorcycles produced at its Thailand operations at a reduced tariff rate and (II) the denial of the Company's application for temporary relief from the effect of the revocation of the BOI decisions; (l) manage and predict the impact that new, reinstated or adjusted tariffs may have on the Company's ability to sell products internationally, and the cost of raw materials and components, including the temporary lifting of the Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs and incremental tariffs on motorcycles imported into the EU from the U.S., between the U.S. and EU, which expires on December 31, 2023; (m) prevent, detect and remediate any issues with its motorcycles or any issues associated with the manufacturing processes to avoid delays in new model launches, recall campaigns, regulatory agency investigations, increased warranty costs or litigation and adverse effects on its reputation and brand strength, and carry out any product programs or recalls within expected costs and timing; (n) manage the impact that prices for and supply of used motorcycles may have on its business, including on retail sales of new motorcycles; (o) successfully manage and reduce costs throughout the business; (p) manage through changes in general economic and business conditions, including changing capital, credit and retail markets, particularly with the recent turmoil in the banking industry, and the changing domestic and international political environments, including as a result of the conflict in Ukraine; (q) continue to develop the capabilities of its distributors and dealers, effectively implement changes relating to its dealers and distribution methods and manage the risks that its dealers may have difficulty obtaining capital and managing through changing economic conditions and consumer demand; (r) continue to develop and maintain a productive relationship with Zhejiang Qianjiang Motorcycle Co., Ltd. and launch related products in a timely manner; (s) maintain a productive relationship with Hero MotoCorp as a distributor and licensee of the Harley-Davidson brand name in India; (t) successfully maintain a manner in which to sell motorcycles in China and the Company's Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries that does not subject its motorcycles to incremental tariffs; (u) manage its Thailand corporate and manufacturing operation in a manner that allows the Company to avail itself of preferential free trade agreements and duty rates, and sufficiently lower prices of its motorcycles in certain markets; (v) accurately estimate and adjust to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, interest rates and commodity prices; (w) retain and attract talented employees, and eliminate personnel duplication, inefficiencies and complexity throughout the organization; (x) prevent a cybersecurity breach involving consumer, employee, dealer, supplier, or Company data and respond to evolving regulatory requirements regarding data security; (y) manage the credit quality, the loan servicing and collection activities, and the recovery rates of Harley-Davidson Financial Services' loan portfolio; (z) adjust to tax reform, healthcare inflation and reform and pension reform, and successfully estimate the impact of any such reform on the Company's business; (aa) manage through the effects inconsistent and unpredictable weather patterns may have on retail sales of motorcycles; (bb) implement and manage enterprise-wide information technology systems, including systems at its manufacturing facilities; (cc) manage changes, prepare for, and respond to evolving requirements in legislative and regulatory environments related to its products, services and operations; (dd) manage its exposure to product liability claims and commercial or contractual disputes; (ee) continue to manage the relationships and agreements that the Company has with its labor unions to help drive long-term competitiveness; (ff) achieve anticipated results with respect to the Company's pre-owned motorcycle program, Harley-Davidson Certified, the Company's H-D1 Marketplace, and Apparel and Licensing; (gg) accurately predict the margins of its segments in light of, among other things, tariffs, inflation, foreign currency exchange rates, the cost associated with product development initiatives and the Company's complex global supply chain; (hh) optimize capital allocation in light of the Company's capital allocation priorities; and (ii) manage through the effects increased environmental, safety, emissions or other regulations or other influences may have on the business and its operating results.
The Company's ability to sell its motorcycles and related products and services and to meet its financial expectations also depends on the ability of the Company's dealers to sell its motorcycles and related products and services to retail customers. The Company depends on the capability and financial capacity of its dealers to develop and implement effective retail sales plans to create demand for the motorcycles and related products and services they purchase from the Company. In addition, the Company's dealers and distributors may experience difficulties in operating their businesses and selling Harley-Davidson motorcycles and related products and services as a result of weather, economic conditions, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, or other factors.
In recent years, Harley-Davidson Financial Services (HDFS) experienced historically low levels of retail credit losses, but credit losses have been normalizing to higher levels in recent quarters. Further, the Company believes that HDFS's retail credit losses will continue to change over time due to changing consumer credit behavior, macroeconomic conditions including the impact of inflation, and HDFS' efforts to adjust underwriting criteria based on market and economic conditions, as well as actions that the Company has taken and could take that impact motorcycle values.
The Company's operations, demand for its products, and its liquidity could be adversely impacted by work stoppages, facility closures, strikes, natural causes, widespread infectious disease, terrorism, war or other hostilities, including the conflict in Ukraine, or other factors. Refer to "Risk Factors" under Item 1.A of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 for a discussion of additional risk factors and a more complete discussion of some of the cautionary statements noted above.
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Tree of Life shooting survivors’ stories told in documentary
By LINDSEY BAHR
AP Film Writer
PITTSBURGH, Pa (AP) — Filmmaker Trish Adlesic was in Pittsburgh celebrating her father’s 91st birthday on October 25, 2018. Two days later, a gunman walked into the nearby Tree of Life synagogue and killed 11 people in the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history.
“It shook me to my core,” said Adlesic, who grew up 10 minutes away from the synagogue. “I was heartbroken.”
The “Gasland” filmmaker had been living in New York with her family, but after the shooting decided to come back to Pittsburgh to “get to work.” She’d stay there for the next three years, cultivating relationships with the survivors and families of the victims to make a film, “A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting,” which is currently streaming on HBO Max.
Adlesic was wary of giving the story the “true crime” treatment, though. She’d been through trauma training and wanted to be sensitive with the subjects, who opened their homes to her and told her their stories.
“I wanted to really give agency to the family members and to the survivors to tell it the way they wanted,” she said. “I was most interested in what they had to say and what we could learn from it. I really believed in weaving their voices together by asking them all the same questions. And I knew there would be a variety of responses because not everybody feels the same way about every subject that we’re addressing in the film.”
The film has taken on an even greater significance in recent months, amid growing incidents of antisemitism in the United States and beyond. The Anti-Defamation League recorded 2,717 incidents of harassment, vandalism or violence targeting Jews in 2021 — the highest annual total since it began tracking these incidents in 1979.
The Daily Beast’s critic Nick Schager called it “the documentary Kanye West needs to see.” Ye, the rap superstar formerly known as Kanye West, drew widespread condemnation and lost business relationships after he voiced antisemitic stereotypes in interviews and social media, including a tweet that he would soon go “death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE.”
“To be approaching 2023 and to see the alarming rate of antisemitic tropes and statements being made, it’s just hard to believe,” she said. “We have to look at what’s going on and why this is happening. As Rabbi Jeffrey Myers says in the film: It starts with antisemitism. It’s the moral decay of humanity and it branches out to every group who is affected by discrimination and identity based violence. And we need to intervene. We need to be attentive and vigilant. The only way that I felt we could approach it is by really hearing from those that have lived through this.”
To help get the film over the finish line, Adlesic reached out to several prominent Pittsburgh natives, like Michael Keaton, to see if they might be able to help. Keaton, Mark Cuban and Billy Porter all came aboard as executive producers.
She emailed Cuban on a whim and less than 10 minutes later he responded with a grant to cover the editing costs.
“Several of my friends are Tree of Life members, others lost family members in the massacre,” Cuban said. “I hoped this would be a small way to honor them.”
“I’m hoping it sheds some light on this country’s struggle against white supremacy and maybe sparks a dialogue about all of us standing strong together in this fight against hate,” Keaton said in an email. “There’s a swelling tide in this world of divisiveness and hatred. And so if this is a battle about racism, antisemitism, inequality, general hatred, well, it’s not enough just to fight it, we’ve got to win it.”
And Porter she knew grew up near the synagogue, but she had no idea just how close he was. Not only had he sung at Bar Mitzvahs at Tree of Life multiple times, but the Jewish Community Center was also a big help to his mother, when she was suffering from a degenerative condition and needed places to walk to keep herself active. The organization gave her a pass to use their facilities for free.
“Trish asked me because I’m famous and I’m from Pittsburgh,” Porter said. “The fact that I’m associated for real with it, for real with the people. Just happened to be a part of it.”
But Porter, too, is feeling the urgency of this story.
“It’s like we’re all under attack,” Porter said. “It’s no longer acceptable to not be political. We need to engage. I think that’s what this documentary does. And it’s painful to watch, but you have to feel the pain, let it wash over you. We have work to do.”
Porter added: “It’s a reminder that love and forgiveness are the only path forward.”
Adlesic was thrilled that these three “sons of Pittsburgh” supported the movie and that it’s connecting with audiences thanks to the global platform of HBO.
“The response to the film is everything we could have hoped for,” Adlesic said. “I really think that people are understanding the urgency and denouncing antisemitism and identity based violence by hearing their voices and then understanding the horrendous impact this type of vile violence has on people’s lives.”
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Federal authorities say a man has been arrested in Charlotte, North Carolina, after he was stopped in the city’s airport with more than 23 pounds (more than 10 kilograms) of cocaine concealed in the seat cushions of a motorized wheelchair.
U. S. Customs and Border Protection officers encountered the traveler as he was arriving at Charlotte Douglas International Airport from the Dominican Republic this week, according to a Friday news release.
“His answers didn’t match up. His physical purported handicap did not match up. That was a tell-tale sign that there was something suspicious,” Mike Prado, a Homeland Security Investigations deputy special agent, told WSOC-TV.
The four packages containing cocaine were discovered within the seat cushions and had an estimated street value of $378,000, according to the news release.
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MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — As the U.S. national team has focused on developing young talent in anticipation of next summer's World Cup, veteran forward Alex Morgan has assumed a more vocal role.
Morgan, 33, is now one of the more senior members of the team, which has brought in budding players like fellow forwards Sophia Smith, Mallory Pugh, and Trinity Rodman since the Tokyo Olympics.
“The younger players can hold their own. They’ve been doing amazing. I think the one thing that I would say I definitely have increased this tournament is vocally on the field, like helping players with positioning, set pieces, the things that this team takes pride in, the mentality, kind of just helping push players along a little bit,” she said.
Morgan and the defending World Cup champions are in Mexico preparing for a showdown with rival Canada on Monday night in the title game of the CONCACAF W Championship.
The United States and Canada have already qualified for next summer's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand as top finishers at the tournament. But the winner of the final also earns one of the region's berths at the 2024 Olympics in France.
Morgan is not slowing down by any means, as evidenced by her fantastic club season so far. She is back home in California, in her first season playing for the expansion San Diego Wave, and currently leads the National Women's Soccer League with 11 goals in just 10 games.
At the W Championship, Morgan scored a pair of goals against Haiti in the group stage, for her 29th career multi-goal game. She has scored 21 goals in 22 qualification matches with the United States, third-most in team history. Overall, she has 117 goals and 47 assists in 195 career games.
“Alex has World Cup medals, Olympic medals. It’s something that she’s very, very good at, obviously, winning," current U.S. coach Vlatko Andonovski said. "But also passing on the experience to some of the players that have never been in a situation like this, competing for first place and grinding out a win, or being able to win big tournaments.”
Morgan said the team is gaining momentum and doing a better job of reading the field after incorporating the new faces on the team and adopting Andonovski's tactical approach, which is tailored to each opponent.
“We also do need to understand, though, what the coach has given us," Morgan said. "We all have to buy in, we can’t have one or two players not doing what they’re supposed to do because that ruins the whole flow of the game if we’re going to play in certain structures. I think that’s important to know — it’s playing free but knowing your role, and that’s going to change from game to game.”
Morgan is easily one of the most recognizable and popular players on the team. In Mexico, she has been greeted with loud cheers. Among her admirers was a 2-year-old named Luca, whose mom posted video of the toddler hollering her name.
Morgan saw the video and sent Luca an autographed jersey. Then Luca met his favorite player following the match against Haiti.
But among those touching moments there's a job to do. Canada has increasingly challenged the United States on the international stage.
Canada won the gold medal at the Tokyo Games, beating Sweden on penalties in the final after edging the world's top-ranked U.S. team 1-0 in the semifinals. The United States won the bronze medal, which afterward the U.S. recognized was an honor while still acknowledging that it didn't meet the team's standards.
“I mean, the rivalry has definitely heated up the last couple of years. So it will be a great game. But it’s really not about looking back, it’s about looking forward," Morgan said. “At the same time, look at this squad, there’s a lot of girls that weren’t even there last year. So, this will be an opportunity for us to punch our ticket to the Olympics and prove to ourselves and the world why we have the No. 1 ranking.”
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Shawnee Co. seeing improvement in 2023 County Health Ranking
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The 2023 county health rankings are out for Kansas, and experts in Shawnee County say overall health is improving.
With data collected from 104 counties in Kansas, this year’s data shows Shawnee county ranked in the lower range of counties in Kansas for health outcomes at 79 and in the upper-middle range for health factors at 45.
“So health outcomes really look at the quality of life and length of life here in our community and so that’s where our ranking did dip a little bit but however, it’s nice to see that a majority of measures that the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) actually measures that look at health outcomes, we actually either improved or stayed the same so what that means for our community is we’re still making progress,” says Craig Barnes, Division Manager for Shawnee Co. Health Dept.
That 45th ranking is the highest Shawnee County has received in over a decade.
“I think that’s a major kudos to the community health partnerships that are happening in this community looking at strategic interventions to improve the quality of life. Our health behaviors is in the top 20 rankings for the state of Kansas and that is the first time that has ever happened. So I think that again is a kudos of the great work that is happening in our community and so subsequently when you see health factors increase and improve subsequently then you see health outcomes improve afterward,” says Barnes.
While adult obesity, sexually transmitted diseases, and adult smoking are areas that still need more improvement, flu vaccinations and the ratio of primary care physicians are moving in a positive direction.
Clinical care is what we score extremely high in for the county health rankings. We have great clinical services here in our community, and access to clinical services. We have two great regional hospitals here in our community, we have a qualified health center so regardless of your status in the community whether you are low-income or high-income clinical care is readily available in our community,” says Barnes.
Barnes says the rankings highlight that where we live, work and play has an impact on our health.
“One of the really important things to realize when it comes to improving the health of the community is that the work cannot be done alone and so it’s not just the work of the health department, it’s not just the work of the hospitals, but it’s the work of everybody,” says Barnes.
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Denver-based IMO will benefit from the security, scalability and resources that Integrity partnership provides as it works to serve the complex financial needs of more Americans
DALLAS, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Integrity Marketing Group, LLC ("Integrity"), a leading distributor of life and health insurance, and provider of wealth management and retirement planning solutions, today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Annuity Agents Alliance, an insurance marketing organization based in Denver, Colorado. As part of the acquisition, Anthony Owen, President of Annuity Agents Alliance, will become a Managing Partner in Integrity. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed and is subject to carrier consent.
Since 2006, Annuity Agents Alliance has supported a growing network of agents offering annuities and life insurance. The firm specializes in marketing, sales process and case design to help agents build thriving, sustainable businesses that serve the increasingly complex financial needs of American families. Today, Annuity Agents Alliance is comprised of more than 250 agents and advisors who produce more than $550 million in annual paid premium.
"With their strong growth trajectory and impressive track record, there is no question that Anthony and his team at Annuity Agents Alliance understand how to best provide annuities and life insurance products to the Americans who need them," said Bryan W. Adams, Co-Founder and CEO of Integrity. "Integrity offers companies like Annuity Agents Alliance an ideal solution for the next phase of growth. Anthony can focus on what he does best while feeling secure in the roadmap for the future of the firm and its employees. Additionally, his agent partners gain access to technology and resources that will improve their business and ultimately help them serve more consumers. By working together, both Integrity and Annuity Agents Alliance will achieve greater success. We couldn't be more excited to bring Anthony's experience and passion for service into the Integrity family."
"As our company grows, I want to keep my focus on the core competencies that differentiate us," said Anthony Owen, President of Annuity Agents Alliance. "Integrity provides the systems that allow us to offload administrative tasks and spend more of our time on the areas where we can best support our agent partners. The industry continues to become more complex — providing our agent partners with Integrity's beneficial technology, product development and customer support will help them grow faster and stronger. We're also excited to integrate the additional financial services and insurance products Integrity offers to help our agents build a comprehensive business. An Integrity partnership is an amazing opportunity for Annuity Agents Alliance to scale and serve our customers in new ways, and we look forward to an incredibly bright future."
Annuity Agents Alliance can diversify its product offerings and capitalize on new opportunities by incorporating Integrity's platform of proprietary technology and resources into its already successful processes. The Integrity platform stimulates growth by providing agents with real-time quoting and enrollment systems, and innovative product development fueled by insightful data and analytics. In addition, Annuity Agents Alliance can concentrate valuable time on core competencies by accessing Integrity's expanded suite of shared business services. It includes areas such as Technology & Innovation, People & Culture, finance, legal and compliance, as well as marketing guidance from a national advertising and marketing agency.
Anthony Owen will help Integrity fulfill its mission to transform the insurance and financial service industries by adding his deep life insurance and annuities expertise to Integrity's rapidly growing partner network. A forward-thinking collective of industry icons and legends, Integrity's partner companies collaborate to innovate and optimize insurance and financial processes. By strategizing on best practices and solutions, this elite group of peers helps millions of Americans plan for the good days ahead.
The benefits of Integrity partnership are further bolstered by the Integrity Employee Ownership Plan, which offers Annuity Agents Alliance employees meaningful company ownership.
For more information about Annuity Agents Alliance's decision to partner with Integrity, view a video at www.integritymarketing.com/AnnuityAgentsAlliance.
About Integrity Marketing Group
Integrity, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is a leading distributor of life and health insurance, and provider of innovative solutions for wealth management and retirement planning. Through its partner network, Integrity helps millions of Americans protect their life, health and wealth with a commitment to meet them wherever they are — in person, over the phone and online. Integrity's cutting-edge technology helps streamline the insurance and financial planning experience for all stakeholders. In addition, Integrity develops products with carrier partners and markets them through its distribution network of agencies, brokerages and RIAs throughout the nation. Integrity's nearly 6,000 employees work with more than 450,000 agents and advisors who serve over 10 million clients annually. In 2022, Integrity will help carriers place more than $12 billion in new sales and oversee more than $20 billion of assets under management and advisement through its RIA and broker-dealer platforms. For more information, visit www.integritymarketing.com.
About Annuity Agents Alliance
Annuity Agents Alliance, headquartered in Denver, Colorado, is an innovative financial marketing organization that focuses on the core competencies of helping independent agents and advisors build life and annuity businesses through marketing, sales process and case design. Annuity Agents Alliance has developed multiple proprietary marketing systems, including Safe Money Radio, proprietary illustration and case design software, and duplicatable and highly productive sales processes. Through the distribution of its marketing and sales systems, Annuity Agents Alliance serves thousands of Americans while supporting more than 250 agent and advisor partners who produce over $550 million in paid premium annually. For more information, visit www.annuityagentsalliance.com.
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TORONTO, ON, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - WellnessLiving (the "Company"), which provides a cloud-based business management software and integrated payments platform for fitness and wellness operators, announced that the Company has partnered with McCarthy Capital to accelerate its growth. In addition to McCarthy Capital leading the $46 million minority investment, CIBC Innovation Banking has provided $20 million in growth financing, bringing the total raised this round to US$66 million.
Founded in 2013, WellnessLiving develops multi-tenant business management software to allow business owners to schedule classes, appointments and events, manage staff, process payments and increase member engagement. The Company serves an international market with customers in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
The partnership will accelerate WellnessLiving's international expansion efforts, ongoing product development and the buildout of robust features for franchises and multi-location enterprises. In addition, the Company will add to existing partnerships and pursue accretive acquisitions as the customer base expands.
"After meeting with dozens of exceptional institutional investors, we selected McCarthy Capital for their deep understanding of our space, alignment with our vision, and exemplary track record of supporting high growth companies," said Len Fridman, WellnessLiving's co-founder and CEO. "Chase Meyer and Thomas Sudyka of McCarthy Capital are valuable additions to our board. Additionally, I'm excited to announce that Brice Scheschuk, Managing Partner at Globalive Capital will also be joining as a board member and Dan Houghton, Buildertrend's CEO will be joining as a board advisor. We are particularly pleased that Mark Nashman of INcapital Ventures and Bobby Halpern of Halpern & Co. are also participating in the round, indicating their continued support and high confidence in our growth plan."
"This partnership comes at a great inflection point for WellnessLiving as we continue to add new customers at record breaking levels to our platform and help each one of them reach their performance potential and realize their entrepreneurial dreams," said Len Fridman. "McCarthy Capital has a proven history of scaling software businesses, and we are excited to further accelerate WellnessLiving's growth trajectory with their support."
"We are thrilled to partner with the management team of WellnessLiving," said Chase Meyer, Partner at McCarthy Capital. "The Company's passion for customer service is impressive. We believe their customer-centric approach is critical for long-term value creation – both for WellnessLiving and their customers. We look forward to partnering with WellnessLiving as they continue to invest in their people and product."
Koley Jessen and Fasken served as legal advisors, Armanino LLP served as accounting advisor and William Blair served as financial advisor to McCarthy Capital. GLC Advisors served as financial advisor to WellnessLiving with Goodmans serving as legal counsel.
WellnessLiving is a member management software solution which provides a single-instance, multi-tenant business management software and integrated payments platform for fitness and wellness operators (e.g., yoga, pilates, fitness, martial arts, spa and salon). The software allows business owners to schedule classes / appointments, manage staff, process payments and engage with their members.
Learn more about WellnessLiving by visiting https://www.wellnessliving.com/, Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter.
McCarthy Partners Management, LLC is a registered investment advisor that conducts business as McCarthy Capital. McCarthy Capital, headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, is focused exclusively on lower middle-market companies. For more than 35 years, the McCarthy organization has been partnering with founders, families and exceptional management teams to support the growth of their companies. More information about McCarthy Capital can be obtained at www.mccarthycapital.com.
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MINOT, N.D. (KXNET) — Walt Disney World: it’s a magical place that attracts people of all ages, but the Minot High music department is taking a trip for more than the thrill.
“Every group has its own set of performances that they do; the band has a performance that they do in downtown Disney or Disney Springs and we also do a workshop there where we play music to a soundtrack or a movie and it’s set to a movie and then that’s a memory that those kids get to keep forever,” said Band Director Evan Meiers.
Meiers is thankful for the music department that allows them to keep making this trip.
“We have such a rich tradition here with music, our bands, our choir, our orchestras, are just fantastic, and to see that grow into a performance that’s off-campus, that’s out of state, that’s just something totally out of the norm is exciting and it’s great,” said Meiers.
The Minot High music department couldn’t take this trip for the past two years due to COVID, but that hasn’t dwindled the hopes of the band students.
“I’m really glad this year we’re together in the band, like the way we were before, it is good to be back like that. So it’s exciting that we’re doing something normal again,” said Junior Band Member Maria Zepeda.
Meiers also thanked the previous director for setting this up for the department
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DENVER (AP) — There is no evidence a Colorado woman who lost custody of her 7-year-old son for allegedly lying about his health problems plotted with Qanon supporters to have him kidnapped from foster care, her lawyer told jurors Monday at the start of her trial.
The prosecution's case about the alleged plot in 2019 is based on the account of Cynthia Abcug's then 16-year-old daughter, who told her counselor that her mother was talking with followers of the baseless Qanon conspiracy theory about launching a raid on the home, defense lawyer Brian Hall said during opening statements in court in Castle Rock in suburban Denver.
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Hall stressed that the girl did not know details about what was supposed to happen and did not think her mother knew where her son's foster home was.
But Chief Deputy District Gary Dawson told the jury that the daughter heard her mother talking about the raid on several occasions in September and August of 2019. Around that same time, Abcug bought a gun, and a man identified only as Ryan and described as an ex-member of the military and a sniper moved into their home to provide protection, Dawson said.
An older son who was no longer living at home will also testify that he remembers Abcug talking about launching a raid to get her young son back, Dawson said.
Abcug is charged with both conspiracy to commit second-degree kidnapping, a felony, and misdemeanor child abuse for allegedly committing medical child abuse by lying about his health problems to doctors, causing him to be subjected to unnecessary procedures, and telling staff at his school that he suffered seizures, had trouble walking and swallowing and was dying. The boy has not suffered any medical problems since being put in foster care in May 2019, Dawson said.
Hall said there was no evidence of medical child abuse. He said that a doctor who cared for the boy in Florida and a half-brother witnessed him having seizures and implied that at least some of his other health problems were side effects of medication prescribed to treat the seizures.
Abcug, a single mother, moved her family to Colorado in 2018 to seek treatment based on the recommendation of the Florida doctor, Hall said. A doctor in Colorado had developed a plan to wean Abcug's son off the seizure medication about two weeks before he was removed from his mother's custody, Hall said.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Moore Kuehn, PLLC, a law firm focusing in securities litigation located on Wall Street in downtown New York City, is investigating potential claims concerning whether the following proposed mergers are fair to shareholders. Moore Kuehn may seek increased consideration, additional disclosures, or other relief on behalf of the shareholders of these companies:
- Neovasc Inc. (NASDAQ: NVCN)
Neovasc has agreed to merge with Shockwave Medical. Under the proposed transaction, Neovasc shareholders will receive $27.25 in cash per share.
- Volta Inc. (NYSE: VLTA)
Volta has agreed to merge with Shell USA. Under the proposed transaction, Volta shareholders will receive $0.86 in cash per share.
- Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: CNCE)
Concert Pharmaceuticals has agreed to merge with Sun Pharmaceutical. Under the proposed transaction, Concert Pharmaceuticals shareholders will receive $3.50 in cash per share.
- Angion Biomedica Corp (NASDAQ: ANGN)
Angion Biomedica has agreed to merge with Elicio Therapeutics. Under the proposed transaction, Angion Biomedica shareholders are expected to own approximately 34.5% of the combined company.
Moore Kuehn is investigating whether the Boards of the above companies 1) acted to maximize shareholder value, 2) failed to disclose material information, and 3) conducted a fair process.
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Dogs of all shapes and sizes donned their best costumes for the annual 4th of July Doggie Parade in Avila Beach.
A large crowd lined Front Street to show off their creative costumes. Not only the dogs' but the pet owners' too.
Grace and Anna O'Malley dressed up as mustard and ketchup while their pups, Poppy and Peanut, wore little hamburger costumes.
"It's really, truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience," Grace said. "It's every parent's dream to see their kids walk down a parade with the two dogs that they've raised. The people were excited, you could feel the energy, the dogs were all over the place, the kids were cheering, it was great."
"Great weather, great people, beautiful day," Anna added.
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After a two-year COVID-19 suspension, the Friends of Opera at UNL again hosted its Fall Opera Gala on Sept. 25, raising approximately $14,000 to support student scholarships and programming for the UNL opera program.
About 120 supporters gathered at the Country Club of Lincoln for an evening of fine dining and entertainment with a “Viennese Ball” theme. Twenty UNL Opera students performed selections from “The Marriage of Figaro,” “Die Fledermaus,” “The Merry Widow,” “The Student Prince” and other operas, with piano accompaniment by Michael Cotton.
A silent auction took place prior to the musical program intermission, and then Tom Bassett auctioned off five premier items during the break.
UNL Opera will perform “The Marriage of Figaro” Nov. 11 and 13 at 7:30 p.m. in Kimball Recital Hall. “Amahl and the Night Visitors” will be presented Dec. 10 in the Temple Building Studio Theatre, with performances at 1:30 and 3 p.m. Tickets for “The Marriage of Figaro” can be purchased at https://go.unl.edu/gksomtickets. For more information about Friends of Opera, visit https://friendsofopera.org. | https://journalstar.com/niche/neighborhood-extra/fun-and-fundraisers/friends-of-opera-gala-raises-14k-for-unl-opera/article_300903c9-d7c2-5920-bd5e-d4e99323bec7.html | 2022-10-29 04:40:54 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/niche/neighborhood-extra/fun-and-fundraisers/friends-of-opera-gala-raises-14k-for-unl-opera/article_300903c9-d7c2-5920-bd5e-d4e99323bec7.html |
--In proof-of-concept paper, researchers show that gene editing tools can be delivered via lipid nanoparticles, which would reduce cost and increase access to cutting-edge gene therapies—
PHILADELPHIA, July 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In a step forward in the development of genetic medicines, researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a proof-of-concept model for delivering gene editing tools to treat blood disorders, allowing for the modification of diseased blood cells directly within the body. If translated into the clinic, this approach could expand access and reduce the cost of gene therapies for blood disorders, many of which currently require patients receive chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant. The findings were published today in the journal Science.
"Right now, if you want to treat hematologic diseases like sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia with gene therapy, patients must receive conditioning treatments like chemotherapy to make space for the new, corrected blood cells, which is both expensive and comes with risks," said co-senior author Stefano Rivella, PhD, Kwame Ohene-Frempong Chair on Sickle Cell Anemia and Professor of Pediatrics at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. "In our paper, we have shown that it is possible to replace diseased blood cells with corrected ones directly within the body in a 'one-and-done' therapy, eliminating the need for myeloablative conditioning treatments and streamlining the delivery of these potentially life-changing treatments. This is a big step forward in how we think about treating genetic diseases and could expand the access of gene therapies to patients who need them most."
"Targeted delivery of mRNA-encoded therapeutics to specific tissues and cell types will have an immense impact on the way diseases will be treated with nucleic acids in the future," said senior author Hamideh Parhiz, PharmD, PhD, a research assistant professor of Infectious Diseases at Penn. "In our study, we are providing a cell-specific targeted lipid nanoparticle encapsulating mRNA therapeutics/editors as a platform technology that can be used for in vivo cellular reprogramming in many diseases in need of a precisely targeted gene therapy modality. Here, we combined the targeted platform with advances in mRNA therapeutics and RNA-based genomic editing tools to provide a new way of controlling hematopoietic stem cell fate and correcting genetic defects. A targeted mRNA-encoded genomic editing methodology could lead to controlled expression, high editing efficacy, and potentially safer in vivo genomic modification compared to currently available technologies."
Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) reside in the bone marrow, where they divide throughout life to produce all cells within the blood and immune system. In patients with non-malignant hematopoietic disorders like sickle cell disease and immunodeficiency disorders, these blood cells don't function correctly because they carry a genetic mutation.
For these patients, there are currently two avenues for potentially curative treatments, both of which involve a bone marrow transplant: a stem cell transplant with HSCs from a healthy donor, or gene therapy in which the patient's own HSCs are modified outside of the body and transplanted back in (often referred to as ex vivo gene therapy). The former approach comes with the risk of graft versus host disease, given that the HSCs come from a donor, and both processes involve a conditioning regimen of chemotherapy or radiation to eliminate the patient's diseased HSCs and prepare them to receive the new cells. These conditioning procedures come with significant toxic side effects, underscoring the need to investigate less-toxic approaches.
One option that would eliminate the need for the above methods would be in vivo gene editing, in which gene editing tools are infused directly into the patient, allowing HSCs to be edited and corrected without the need for conditioning regimens.
To validate this approach, a research team led by Laura Breda, PhD, and Michael P. Triebwasser, MD, PhD at CHOP (presently at the University of Michigan), Tyler E. Papp, BS at Penn, and Drew Weissman, MD, PhD, the Roberts Family Professor in Vaccine Research, the director of the Penn Institute for RNA Innovation, and a pioneer of mRNA-vaccine research, used liquid nanoparticle (LNP) to deliver mRNA gene editing tools. LNP are highly effective at packaging and delivering mRNA to cells and became widely utilized in 2020, due to the LNP-mRNA platform for two leading COVID-19 vaccines.
However, in the case of the COVID-19 vaccines, the LNP-mRNA construct did not target specific cells or organs within the body. Given that the researchers wanted to target HSCs specifically, they decorated the surface of their experimental LNPs with antibodies that would recognize CD117, a receptor on the surface of HSCs. They then pursued three approaches to test the efficacy of their CD117/LNP formulation.
First, the researchers tested CD117/LNP encapsulating reporter mRNA to show successful in vivo mRNA expression and gene editing.
Next, the researchers investigated whether this approach could be used as a therapy for hematologic disease. They tested CD117/LNP encapsulating mRNA encoding a cas9 gene editor targeting the mutation that causes sickle cell disease. This type of gene editing converts the disease-causing hemoglobin mutation into a non-disease-causing variant. Testing their construct on cells from donors with sickle cell disease, the researchers showed that CD117/LNP facilitated efficient base editing in vitro, leading to a corresponding increase in functional hemoglobin of up to 91.7%. They also demonstrated a nearly complete absence of sickled cells, the crescent-shaped blood cells that cause the symptoms of the disease.
Finally, the researchers explored whether LNPs could be used for in vivo conditioning, which would allow bone marrow to be depleted without chemotherapy or radiation. To do so, they used CD117/LNP encapsulating mRNA for PUMA, a protein that promotes cell death. In a series of in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo experiments, the researchers showed that in vivo targeting with CD117/LNP-PUMA effectively depleted HSC, allowing for successful infusion and uptake of new bone marrow cells, a process known as engraftment, without need of chemotherapy or radiation. The engraftment rates observed in animal models were consistent with those reported to be sufficient for the cure of severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) using healthy donor bone marrow cells, suggesting this technique could be used for severe immunodeficiences.
"These findings may potentially transform gene therapy, not only by allowing cell-type specific gene modification in vivo with minimal risk, which could allow for previously impossibly manipulations of blood stem cell physiology but also by providing a platform that, if properly tuned, can correct many different monogenic disorders," said Dr. Breda, a research assistant professor with the Division of Hematology at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. "Such novel delivery systems may help translate the promise of decades of concerted genetic and biomedical research to ablate a wide array of human diseases."
This research was supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH grants 5T32HL007150 and 5T32HL007622), The Thomas B. and Jeannette E. Laws McCabe Fund at the University of Pennsylvania, and W.W. Smith Charitable Trust Fund.
Breda et al. "In vivo hematopoietic stem cell modification by mRNA delivery," Science, July 28, 2023, DOI: 10.1126/science.ade6967
About Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: A non-profit, charitable organization, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia was founded in 1855 as the nation's first pediatric hospital. Through its long-standing commitment to providing exceptional patient care, training new generations of pediatric healthcare professionals, and pioneering major research initiatives, the 595-bed hospital has fostered many discoveries that have benefited children worldwide. Its pediatric research program is among the largest in the country. The institution has a well-established history of providing advanced pediatric care close to home through its CHOP Care Network, which includes more than 50 primary care practices, specialty care and surgical centers, urgent care centers, and community hospital alliances throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey, as well as an inpatient hospital with a dedicated pediatric emergency department in King of Prussia. In addition, its unique family-centered care and public service programs have brought Children's Hospital of Philadelphia recognition as a leading advocate for children and adolescents. For more information, visit https://www.chop.edu.
About Penn Medicine
Penn Medicine is one of the world's leading academic medical centers, dedicated to the related missions of medical education, biomedical research, excellence in patient care, and community service. The organization consists of the University of Pennsylvania Health System and Penn's Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine, founded in 1765 as the nation's first medical school.
The Perelman School of Medicine is consistently among the nation's top recipients of funding from the National Institutes of Health, with $550 million awarded in the 2022 fiscal year. Home to a proud history of "firsts" in medicine, Penn Medicine teams have pioneered discoveries and innovations that have shaped modern medicine, including recent breakthroughs such as CAR T cell therapy for cancer and the mRNA technology used in COVID-19 vaccines.
The University of Pennsylvania Health System's patient care facilities stretch from the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania to the New Jersey shore. These include the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Chester County Hospital, Lancaster General Health, Penn Medicine Princeton Health, and Pennsylvania Hospital—the nation's first hospital, founded in 1751. Additional facilities and enterprises include Good Shepherd Penn Partners, Penn Medicine at Home, Lancaster Behavioral Health Hospital, and Princeton House Behavioral Health, among others.
Penn Medicine is an $11.1 billion enterprise powered by more than 49,000 talented faculty and staff.
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Taliban using fingerprints, gun records to track down Afghans who assisted US, inspector general finds
Former Afghan National Defense and Security Forces hunted by Taliban on 'daily basis,' ex-officer says
A new inspector general report detailing the chaos in Afghanistan following the American troop withdrawal in 2021 says the Taliban is now using fingerprint and gun records to hunt down Afghans who worked with the U.S. government.
An ex-Afghan military intelligence officer said in the 148-page report that the Taliban are going after former Afghan National Defense and Security Forces "on a daily basis."
"They search their homes and if they cannot find the individual they will go after their family members," the officer said. "They punish their family until the person they are looking for surrenders. They will arrest someone at their home and beat them all the way to the police station."
The officer said in the report from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction that "The Taliban fear these forces because they think these people might be against them one day or have connections to the opposition fighting the Taliban."
"The Taliban are using biometric devices to detect and find former ANDSF," he added. "They take fingerprints and if there is a match, they take the individual to the police station."
"A lot of National Directorate of Security, Afghan National Army, and Afghan National Police officers were arrested through the use of biometric devices," the former intelligence officer also said. "Some are still in prison right now. Their families have no food or money. If the Taliban continue with this [these families] won’t last, they will collapse."
The report says there are "a number of Afghan-owned and operated biometric databases, including the Afghan Automatic Biometric Identification System and e-tazkira, the country’s electronic national ID card system.
"SIGAR has received reports of Taliban attempting to summon former government employees to provide access to servers belonging to the former government that included biometric data," it said. "The risk may be mitigated if the networks where the biometric data was stored were wiped, but whether they were remains unclear."
The officer revealed he has relocated four times since the collapse of the Afghan government and if the Taliban finds out where he is, he "will be executed."
Gen. Besmullah Taban, the former director of the criminal investigative division of the Afghan National Police, also said in the report that he had gotten a message from his mother "that the Taliban sent people to my family’s house asking for my gun."
"They are looking for everything now, because there were systems showing which pistol or whatever belongs to whom," he said, speaking about the measures the Taliban are taking to track down U.S. allies. "They are going through and trying to get that stuff."
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A U.S. Marine infantry officer told investigators "you’ve got guys who certainly do deserve to come to the U.S. who aren’t able to, and they’ve got a target on their back.
"The Taliban knows where they are and how to find them," the officer said. "It’s like we gave this guy a rope and noose around his neck and then kicked the chair out from under him."
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A peaceful game of baseball in a park on the South Side of Chicago looks ordinary, but for the players, it is a rare and much-needed morale boost.
Temporarily sheltering in a shuttered school next to the park, the newly arrived migrants get to do something they love for one afternoon every Sunday.
"It's a relaxing distraction. It's a good thing," said 22-year-old Alejandro Bella, a Venezuelan migrant who's been staying at the shelter for three months. He said he's looking for a "steady job" to send money back home to his mother and other relatives.
The "Sunday Sports" sessions are organized by two childhood friends and local residents who empathized with the migrants due to their own immigration stories.
When the city opened the shelter earlier this year, John Sianghio, who lives next door, thought it would be great to help his new neighbors with ways to get some fresh air and exercise.
He contacted his friend Otto Rodriguez who was the perfect fit as the Chicago director of Soccer Street USA — a national soccer nonprofit.
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"The experience is elevated so that there is some respect and some dignity to these folks that in so many cases have been stripped of that dignity," explained Sianghio, who came to the U.S. as a child from the Philippines.
Every Sunday, the two friends and their interns show up at the park armed with donated clothes and shoes.
"A lot of the [migrants] have expressed to us that this is something they can do without stressing about their current situation," explained Rodriguez, whose parents are from Guatemala.
At first, the two friends only organized soccer. But the asylum seekers — who are mostly from Venezuela — quickly explained that they also love baseball.
So, Rodriguez and Sianghio brought in Leonard Thomas, a neighbor who's a baseball coach and owns a bunch of equipment.
"I appreciate John and Otto bringing this to me because it's been fun," said Leonard, adding that "no matter your skin color, language barrier, whatever orientation that may be, everybody deserves a better life for themselves. And that's all [the migrants] want."
For Bella — one of the asylum-seekers — 'Sunday Sports' offer a huge emotional release.
"I want to thank Otto and his friend because they are kind people. They help us," he said.
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The former school is one of 10 sites housing migrants across Chicago. It is currently home to roughly 600 asylum-seekers. When it opened, there was serious pushback from some residents who felt their under-resourced community was not a good fit.
Today, some are still unhappy.
"They stay out there all night making noise and everything," said local resident Luis Cardone.
Others, like the coaches, stress that the vast majority of newcomers don't bother anyone.
Still, recognizing that there is some tension, the two childhood friends hope to make things better by encouraging more migrants and more residents to come out and play together.
"To at least to begin some conversation between the two sides. And even if there is a language barrier, like Otto likes to say, the ball doesn't have a language," Sianghio said.
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2Q22 Net Income of $52.5M and Diluted Earnings Per Share (EPS)1 of $0.48
Utility Performing Well Despite Inflationary Environment
Bank Results Reflect Strong Loan Growth, Expanding Net Interest Margin, Favorable Credit Trends and More Normalized Provision
HONOLULU, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (NYSE: HE) (HEI) today reported consolidated net income for common stock for the second quarter of 2022 of $52.5 million and EPS of $0.48 compared to $63.9 million and EPS of $0.58 for the second quarter of 2021. The lower net income was due primarily to the prior year's negative provision for credit losses at American Savings Bank, and the return to a more normalized provision expense due to strong loan growth.
"Our consolidated second quarter results reflect solid performance across our enterprise," said Scott Seu, HEI president and CEO. "The utility continues to execute well under performance-based regulation, and will continue to focus on cost control to moderate the impacts of inflation and high fuel costs on customer bills. We did see higher maintenance expenses due to purposeful acceleration of work on our generating units to reduce downtimes and ensure reliable service to our customers as we completely transition off of coal and one of the largest power plants in the state on September 1. Our bank results reflect good execution from the team and an earnings level that is driven by a more normalized provision in comparison to recent periods. The bank saw strong loan growth during the quarter, and credit quality is trending favorably. Our bank continues to progress its digital transformation, and launched Zelle during the quarter, providing a fast and easy way for customers to send and receive money.
"We know that our communities and customers are feeling financially challenged, and we are continuing to provide options to help manage their utility bills, while our bank continues working to help meet customers' financial needs," said Seu.
1 Unless otherwise indicated, throughout this release earnings per share (EPS) refers to diluted earnings per share.
HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC COMPANY (HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC) EARNINGS2
Hawaiian Electric's net income for the second quarter of 2022 was $44.1 million, compared to $41.9 million in the second quarter of 2021, with the increase primarily driven by the following after-tax items:
- $7 million higher Annual Revenue Adjustment revenues;
- $1 million related solely to a change in the timing for revenue recognition within the year for Maui County operations that eliminates seasonality in recognizing target revenues and results in recognizing revenues evenly throughout the year, with target revenues recognized on an annual basis remaining unchanged; and
- $1 million in higher major project interim recovery revenues related to grid modernization.
These items were partially offset by the following after-tax items:
- $5 million in higher operations and maintenance expenses, including $6 million driven by more generating facility overhauls and maintenance performed and $1 million related to higher bad debt expense, partially offset by $2 million in lower expenses compared to last year from (i) last year's write-off due to termination of an agreement relating to a combined heat and power unit and (ii) higher 2021 expenses for environmental reserves;
- $1 million higher depreciation expense due to increasing investments to integrate more renewable energy and improve customer reliability and system efficiency; and
- $1 million in higher interest expense.
2 Note: Utility amounts indicated as after-tax in this earnings release are based upon adjusting items using a current year composite statutory tax rate of 25.75%.
AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK (ASB) EARNINGS
ASB's second quarter of 2022 net income was $17.5 million, compared to $23.9 million in the first quarter of 2022 and $30.3 million in second quarter of 2021. The decrease in net income compared to the linked and prior year quarters primarily reflected a return to a more normalized provision due to strong loan growth, following five consecutive quarters of provision releases.
Total earning assets as of June 30, 2022 were $8.7 billion, up 2.6% from December 31, 2021.
Total loans were $5.4 billion as of June 30, 2022, up 4.2% from December 31, 2021, reflecting growth across nearly the entire portfolio and driven by strong growth in commercial real estate loans.
Total deposits were $8.3 billion as of June 30, 2022, an increase of 1.0% from December 31, 2021. For the second quarter of 2022, the average cost of funds was 0.05%, flat versus the linked quarter and down two basis points versus the same quarter last year.
ASB's return on average equity3 for the second quarter of 2022 was 12.2%, compared to 13.7% in the linked quarter and 16.8% in the second quarter of 2021. Return on average assets was 0.76% for the second quarter of 2022, compared to 1.04% in the linked quarter and 1.38% in the same quarter last year.
In the second quarter of 2022, ASB paid dividends of $12.0 million to HEI. ASB had a Tier 1 leverage ratio of 7.7% as of June 30, 2022.
3 Bank return on average equity calculated using daily average common equity.
HOLDING AND OTHER COMPANIES
The holding and other companies' net loss was $9.1 million in the second quarter of 2022 compared to $8.3 million in the second quarter of 2021. The higher net loss was primarily due to higher interest expense, principally due to higher borrowings, and higher general and administrative expenses, including higher charitable contributions (due to timing), partially offset by increased charitable contribution expense in the second quarter of 2021 related to a settlement agreement associated with an executive transition.
BOARD DECLARES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND
On August 4, 2022, HEI announced that the Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.35 per share, payable on September 9, 2022 to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 18, 2022 (ex-dividend date is August 17, 2022). This quarterly dividend is equivalent to an annual rate of $1.40 per share. Dividends have been paid on an uninterrupted basis since 1901. At the indicated annual dividend rate and based on the closing price per share on August 4, 2022 of $42.51, HEI's dividend yield is 3.3%.
WEBCAST AND CONFERENCE CALL TO DISCUSS EARNINGS AND 2022 GUIDANCE
HEI will conduct a webcast and conference call to review its consolidated results and 2022 earnings guidance and outlook on Monday, August 8, 2022 at 10:15 a.m. Hawaii time (4:15 p.m. Eastern).
To listen to the conference call, dial 1-844-200-6205 (U.S.) or +1-929-526-1599 (international) and enter passcode 638186. Parties may also access presentation materials and/or listen to the conference call by visiting the conference call link on HEI's website at www.hei.com under "Investor Relations," sub-heading "News and Events — Events and Presentations."
A replay will be available online and via phone. The online replay will be available on HEI's website about two hours after the event. An audio replay will also be available about two hours after the event through August 22, 2022. To access the audio replay, dial 1-866-813-9403 (U.S.) or +44-204-525-0658 (international) and enter passcode 484022.
HEI and Hawaiian Electric intend to continue to use HEI's website, www.hei.com, as a means of disclosing additional information; such disclosures will be included in the Investor Relations section of the website. Accordingly, investors should routinely monitor the Investor Relations section of HEI's website, in addition to following HEI's, Hawaiian Electric's and ASB's press releases, HEI's and Hawaiian Electric's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings and HEI's public conference calls and webcasts. Investors may sign up to receive e-mail alerts via the "Investor Relations" section of the website. The information on HEI's website is not incorporated by reference into this document or into HEI's and Hawaiian Electric's SEC filings unless, and except to the extent, specifically incorporated by reference.
Investors may also wish to refer to the Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii (PUC) website at dms.puc.hawaii.gov/dms to review documents filed with, and issued by, the PUC. No information on the PUC website is incorporated by reference into this document or into HEI's and Hawaiian Electric's SEC filings.
ABOUT HEI
The HEI family of companies provides the energy and financial services that empower much of the economic and community activity of Hawaii. HEI's electric utility, Hawaiian Electric, supplies power to approximately 95% of Hawaii's population and is undertaking an ambitious effort to decarbonize its operations and the broader state economy. Its banking subsidiary, ASB, is one of Hawaii's largest financial institutions, providing a wide array of banking and other financial services and working to advance economic growth, affordability and financial fitness. HEI also helps advance Hawaii's sustainability goals through investments by its non-regulated subsidiary, Pacific Current. For more information, visit www.hei.com.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This release may contain "forward-looking statements," which include statements that are predictive in nature, depend upon or refer to future events or conditions, and usually include words such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "believes," "predicts," "estimates" or similar expressions. In addition, any statements concerning future financial performance, ongoing business strategies or prospects or possible future actions are also forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and projections about future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties and the accuracy of assumptions concerning HEI and its subsidiaries, the performance of the industries in which they do business and economic, political and market factors, among other things. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance.
Forward-looking statements in this release should be read in conjunction with the "Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" and "Risk Factors" discussions (which are incorporated by reference herein) set forth in HEI's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and HEI's other periodic reports that discuss important factors that could cause HEI's results to differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of the report, presentation or filing in which they are made. Except to the extent required by the federal securities laws, HEI, Hawaiian Electric, ASB and their subsidiaries undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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No state in the country elects Democratic governors more reliably than Oregon, but every streak has its end.
This year, after nearly 40 years of dominance, Democrats are staring down the possibility their reign is coming to a close. With ballots in this vote-by-mail state already heading out to voters, polls show Democrat Tina Kotek, a former state House speaker, running neck-and-neck with Republican Christine Drazan, the previous state House GOP leader.
Oregonians are angsty after years of COVID-19 lockdowns, and amid a worsening homelessness crisis that has been particularly acute in Portland, the state's largest city. And they're not fans of outgoing Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat whom polls show has the lowest approval rating of any governor in the country.
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That's one hurdle for Kotek, 56. She worked closely with the governor to pass progressive legislation over nine years as speaker of the state House, but has begun to attack Brown's record in ads and public appearances as she works to create distance.
"Oregon can do great things," she said recently. "We have not had the leadership in our governor's office over the last several years to make that happen, and I am tired of it."
Another challenge is Betsy Johnson, 71, the former Democratic state senator who grew wary enough of Oregon's progressive trajectory that she jettisoned her party registration last year. She's now mounting a well-funded centrist campaign for governor that, though unlikely to succeed, could siphon away Democratic votes.
"Our screwed up political system doesn't offer any good choices," Johnson says in one of the many campaign ads that have smothered the state's airwaves since early this year. "I'm not captive to the far left or the far right."
And then there's Drazan, 50, a two-term lawmaker who smiles sunnily on the campaign trail as she tears into the long legislative records of Kotek and Johnson, painting the two women as one and the same.
"Our state is in a very, very difficult position after a decade of single-party control," Drazan often says. "I ask Oregonians: Are you better off today than you were four years ago? If the answer is no, then the answer is change."
The money and influence
Oregon has no campaign contribution limits, and the three candidates have raised more than $55 million in total this year, shattering previous records. That's partly because of huge national interest from the Republican Governors Association and Democratic Governors Association, which have poured money into Oregon.
Nike co-founder Phil Knight, a billionaire and Oregon's richest man, is taking unprecedented interest in defeating Democrats this year. He spent $3.75 million backing Johnson, and, when her polling numbers didn't budge, cut a $1 million check to Drazan.
The race is tight enough that Democrats are calling in reinforcements – including President Joe Biden and U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
"Oregon is viewed as a state that has always been in the forefront of change — positive change," Biden said in a recent stop in Portland. "That's why this race going to matter so much — not only for 2022, but for 2024."
Republicans are bringing in outside help, too.
Drazan has acknowledged Biden won the 2020 election, and has not courted an endorsement from former President Donald Trump. Instead she's campaigned with politicians whose path to office she hopes to emulate: Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Republicans who won over left-leaning states.
"I believe in her, I believe in her plan," Hogan said at a campaign event in September. "I believe the people of Oregon are fed up and ready to try something different."
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The U.S. Justice Department has charged five people for making threats of violence against election workers amid a rising wave of harassment and intimidation tied to the 2020 presidential election, a top official told U.S. senators Wednesday.
Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Polite said one charge has led to a conviction so far through a task force launched last year as reports of threats to election officials, workers and volunteers raised concerns about safety and the security of future elections.
Overall, the department has investigated more than 1,000 harassing and threatening messages directed at election workers. Roughly 100 of those have risen to the level of potential prosecution. Polite estimated at least three more people have been charged for such threats at the state level.
Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, said at a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee that those numbers likely do not account for countless more incidents nationwide, including election workers accosted on the street, that are not referred to federal prosecutors.
“We have thousands and thousands of election workers all throughout our country, and yes there has been a rise in all kinds of threats,” Hirono said. “So the thousand referrals sounds like a very small number.”
Polite said the department has tried to encourage election staff to come forward with any kind of harassing or offensive communication. As an example of one case, he detailed the charge against a Texas man who threatened to kill government officials in Georgia after the 2020 election.
“He said he was threatening to end the lives of these traitors and take back our country by force, threatened to exterminate these people, and he threatened to put a bullet behind their ears,” Polite said.
Polite said prosecutors have had to balance safeguarding free speech rights with the onslaught of troubling phone calls, emails and social media posts targeting election workers. The intimidation efforts have especially targeted election officials in the battleground states where Donald Trump contested his loss to President Joe Biden.
Michigan’s secretary of state, Jocelyn Benson, recalled for committee when dozens of protesters were outside her own home in December 2020, shouting “obscenities and graphic threats.”
“As a result, there is an omnipresent feeling of anxiety and dread that permeates our daily lives and those of our families,” said Benson, a Democrat.
She said too many election officials feel unsafe and fear for the safety of their colleagues and the security of future elections. State lawmakers have failed to set aside enough money for election security, she said.
“We are threatened with arrest for simply doing our jobs, for educating citizens about the right to vote. Or we are inundated with burdensome and often nonsensical, unnecessary demands for information and access to secure election equipment,” Benson said.
North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis, a Republican who has had talks with Democrats about potential voting legislation, asked Polite if he supports increased penalties for people found guilty of threats against election workers. Tillis noted that he has received two voicemails in recent days from a man who threatened to kill him.
“Any leverage that we can gain in terms of increasing the potential deterrence value of charges of enforcement actions here is absolutely critical,” Polite said.
A bipartisan bill in the Senate would double the federal penalties to up to two years in prison for those who threaten election workers, poll watchers, voters or candidates.
“Legal action is the last line of defense,” said New Mexico’s secretary of state, Democrat Maggie Toulouse Oliver, who spoke about receiving death threats during the 2020 election that forced her leave her home. “We will not stop such threats until the lies stop, the rhetoric gets racheted down and elected officials, the media, political parties and others find better ways to come together and educate the public about the realities of how elections are conducted.” | https://www.wdtn.com/news/politics/ap-politics/justice-department-details-threats-against-election-workers/ | 2022-08-04 06:27:53 | 0 | https://www.wdtn.com/news/politics/ap-politics/justice-department-details-threats-against-election-workers/ |
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The U.S. is sending Ukraine about $325 million in additional military aid, including an enormous amount of artillery rounds and ammunition as the launch of the spring offensive against Russian forces approaches, the Pentagon said Wednesday.
The U.S. has declined to say exactly how much munitions will be sent to Ukraine, but the latest package resembles other recent deliveries, which included rockets for the High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS, and howitzers, as well as an array of other missiles and anti-tank ammunition. It will all be pulled from Pentagon stocks, so it can go quickly to the front lines.
A Ukrainian official warned on Monday that it is only a matter of time before his country is militarily prepared to begin its counteroffensive. Oleksiy Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, told The Associated Press in an interview in Kyiv that the offensive against Russian troops will start when Ukraine’s troops are ready. And he said deliveries of armored vehicles and ammunition are key to the launch.
The recent leak of classified information included a number of documents detailing the timeline for weapon deliveries to Ukraine and previously unreleased assessments about how quickly the Ukrainian military could run out of critical air-defense munitions. They included projections that missile stocks could be exhausted as soon as late this month or May, which would provide greater opportunities for devastating Russian air and artillery strikes.
Danilov echoed other Ukrainian leaders who said they didn’t see the leak as gravely damaging future offensives, stressing that Ukraine doesn’t share highly sensitive information with anyone.
The announcement of the new U.S. aid comes before Friday’s meeting in Germany of defense and military leaders from more than 50 countries to discuss and plan for future Ukraine security assistance. The Ukraine Contact Group was formed about a year ago by U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to better coordinate the military aid, weapons and training for Ukraine. Austin and Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, will both attend the meeting.
The new U.S. aid package includes demolition munitions to clear routes, more than 9 million rounds of small arms ammunition, four logistics support vehicles, spare parts, and equipment for harbor security and maintenance and repair.
Officials have said the weapons and other equipment will help as Ukraine prepares to shift from what has been a long and bloody winter stalemate, focused on heavy fighting in Ukraine’s east, particularly around the town of Bakhmut in the Donetsk province.
While the fighting has been brutal, not much territory has changed hands. Moscow controls about half of Donetsk, and capturing Bakhmut would be a stepping stone to seizing the remaining half.
This is the 36th package of Pentagon stocks to go to Ukraine since the war began in February 2022, and it brings the total U.S. military aid to nearly $36 billion.
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Texas officials name suspect arrested and charged in arson that killed 5 in San Marcos in 2018
SAN MARCOS, Texas (AP) — Officials in San Marcos, Texas, have named the man charged with intentionally starting a fire five years ago which killed five people and displaced 200 others.
Jacobe De Leon O Shea Ferguson, of Austin, was arrested Wednesday, city officials announced in a news conference Thursday.
He’s accused of setting the July 20, 2018, blaze which damaged the Iconic Village and Vintage Pads apartments in San Marcos, a city of almost 70,000 people southwest of Austin.
Days after the fire, four bodies were found in a single apartment building, the city fire marshal said. Built in 1970s, it did not have a sprinkler system.
Ferguson is being held at the Hays County Jail on one count of arson causing bodily injury or death, a first degree felony which is punishable with up to life in prison.
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In conflict zones around the world, violence and threats against hospitals, health-care facilities and their personnel reached a grim milestone in 2022, according to a new report from the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC). It documented 1,989 such incidents last year – a 45% increase over 2021 and the worst total number since the group began tracking the data a decade ago.
The report notes that its numbers are probably an undercount due to difficulties in gathering personal accounts. Still, "we've never had this many events," says Christina Wille, director of the Insecurity Insight and Aid in Danger Project, which collects the data. "This was a shockingly violent year against health care, especially in Ukraine and in Myanmar," which accounted for half of the total.
The report details that at least 232 health workers were killed, 298 were kidnapped and 294 arrested on charges such as supporting anti-government forces, participating in protests or even just reporting the causes of protesters' injuries and deaths. These incidents are depleting an already diminished, understaffed health-care workforce. The destruction of 704 different health facilities in 25 countries adds to the dearth of health care in conflict zones, leaving patients without a place to seek treatment or fearful of visiting facilities that may be attacked.
The attack by a non-state armed group on the Mada Hospital in Cameroon in 2022 is one example of this ripple effect. Before the attack, "It was one of the few health facilities equipped to provide comprehensive services, including for treating injuries from explosives," according to the report. Afterward, "thousands of people had no other option than to travel 100 kilometers through an insecure region with poor roads to access hospital treatment."
The picture that emerges from these statistics, says Leonard Rubenstein, chair of the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition and professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, is that "in addition to attacks on hospitals, violence in conflict zones is often inflicted on health clinics, health workers vaccinating children, transports carrying supplies and medication, and patients seeking to get to facilities. These practices add immensely to the deprivation and trauma of people already suffering in war."
Vaccination violence and other issues
The report highlights several increasingly worrisome trends. One is the rising number of attacks on vaccination campaigns — many of them drive-by shootings — in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Mali, Myanmar, Nigeria, South Sudan and Sudan. In one example, the U.N. suspended its campaigns in two Afghan provinces after 10 polio vaccination workers were killed — including eight in one day in four separate shootings.
News of such killings and the suspension of vaccination efforts rarely makes major headlines around the world, but "these are huge impact events," affecting hundreds of thousands children, says Rubenstein. "More than 20 years ago polio was supposed to have been done away with. But it has remained endemic in Pakistan and Afghanistan because of the violence." Even when suspended vaccination campaigns resume, many parents are more hesitant to permit their children to receive vaccines, because of both heightened vaccine hesitancy and fear of attack, Rubenstein, says.
Danger for mothers and newborns
Maintaining women's reproductive health is essential to the well-being of any community, but the report cites several ways in which attacks on health care endanger mothers and their newborns.
A study in Syria found that many pregnant people ask to undergo a cesarean section instead of a vaginal birth, to make sure they have access to a doctor when the time comes. Many also postpone or miss regular check-ups due to fear of violence, the limited number of health facilities remaining and the long travel required to reach such a facility. The skipping of appointments puts both the mothers and the newborns at higher risk.
Elsewhere, in South Sudan, the study reports "maternal mortality is among the highest in the world, with a ratio of 789 deaths per 100,000 live births. According to WHO, only 11% of health facilities across the country provide the minimum level of services. Attacks on health care were identified as one of the main drivers of this health crisis."
Adding to the concerns, the report notes that two incidents in Malta and in the Democratic Republic of Congo were related to extreme views on abortion. According to the report, in the DRC, a police officer raided a hospital and stabbed and injured a nurse "allegedly performing an abortion without consent" and in Malta, abortion opponents threatened and assaulted health-care professionals.
Those incidents, political in nature rather than in the context of war, bear similarities to the very disturbing violence and threats in the United States" related to abortion, Rubenstein notes.
Health-care workers struggling to cope
"Health workers in conflict zones are dealing with a triple whammy," says Rohini Haar, an emergency physician and adjunct professor in the School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley. Not only are they working in the midst of conflict and violence, they are treating a population that is often either wounded or more acutely ill because they have been unable or too scared to come in for preventive care. Add to that the anxiety that they may be targeted precisely because they are working at a health-care facility. It all adds up, Haar says, to "a spiral of fear, intimidation and burnout."
That observation is quantified in a report from South Sudan, in which 126 health staff exposed to violence in the course of their work experienced one or more symptoms of distress, including difficulty sleeping, losing interest in life both at and outside of work, and increased anxiety at work.
In addition, the continuous strain and exhaustion under which they work can create dilemmas, forcing health workers to balance life-saving care, their patients' safety and their own welfare. Haar says she is working on a study focusing on medical personnel in Syria, where she is finding that doctors sometimes must weigh the pluses and minuses of providing the best care, which might mean a longer in-patient stay at the facility, with the need to treat and discharge patients as quickly as possible to minimize the danger of being attacked while in the hospital.
Haar has also observed health-workers in Colombia and in Syria who feel ethically torn between their obligation to stay in a conflict zone to help or to leave for a place where they and their families are out of danger. "They are in a tough spot, with no easy answers," she says.
Another danger of enduring long bouts of unremitting stress is that the atmosphere of fear, anxiety and overwork can become normalized, Haar adds. It may be taken for granted, for instance, that health-care supplies will be looted or an ambulance stolen, and these incidents will therefore go unreported, giving the perpetrators no reason to stop.
Are there any solutions?
"When you start attacking hospitals in a conflict, it opens up so many problems and issues for the health workers, for the patients, for systems of health care. The ripple effects are everywhere," says Haar.
Increased data collection could help a great deal, says Wille. If governments and aid organizations better understand the damage such attacks cause, we can begin to improve medical supply chains, for instance, in order to mitigate the impact. And specific mechanisms could be put into place, such as better protection for vaccinators.
Even small-scale efforts could make a big difference to health workers, says Haar. For example, she proposes creating an international consortium that could provide continuing education credits or validation for those caught up in conflict zones and unable to complete their degrees. That would help pave the way for the next generation of health-care workers in areas where they are desperately needed but that lack training and accreditation programs. Otherwise, she asks, "What will be the health-care workforce landscape in years to come if there aren't ways to educate and keep people practicing in the community?"
Most of all, says Leonard Rubenstein, global accountability must be strengthened at WHO, the U.N. and other international organizations. "This past decade has been marked by rhetoric and resolutions about how unacceptable these attacks against health care are, but the persistence and the scale of the attacks have not been matched by actions to stop them," he says. The lack of strong pressure will only continue to "reinforce the willingness to attack health workers and hospitals. We're at a crossroads and need to start reversing that trend."
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