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JOPPATOWNE, Md. — The Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company was called to a school fire at Joppatowne High School Tuesday afternoon.
Officials say students and staff got out safely.
Fire sprinklers knocked down the fire, while firefighters finished putting it out and removed smoke from the building.
The Maryland State Fire Marshal was called to investigate the origin of the fire. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/students-and-staff-evacuated-safely-after-fire-at-joppatowne-high-school | 2023-05-16 19:57:55 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/students-and-staff-evacuated-safely-after-fire-at-joppatowne-high-school |
RADNOR, Pa., June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The law firm of Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP (www.ktmc.com) informs investors that a securities class action lawsuit has been filed against CareDx, Inc. ("CareDx") (NASDAQ: CDNA). The action charges CareDx with violations of the federal securities laws, including omissions and fraudulent misrepresentations relating to the company's business, operations, and prospects. As a result of CareDx's materially misleading statements and omissions to the public, CareDx's investors have suffered significant losses.
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Kessler Topaz is one of the world's foremost advocates in protecting the public against corporate fraud and other wrongdoing. Our securities fraud litigators are regularly recognized as leaders in the field individually and our firm is both feared and respected among the defense bar and the insurance bar. We are proud to have recovered billions of dollars for our clients and the classes of shareholders we represent.
On February 24, 2021, CareDx reported a 51% year-over-year increase in total revenue, with testing services revenue increasing from $104.6 million in 2019 to $163.5 million in 2020. CareDx presented the testing services segment as CareDx's "growth driver" for which "demand continued unabated." Moreover, the CareDx described its testing services segment as having "a winning formula" that would allow it to capture a massive total addressable market.
On October 28, 2021, CareDx filed its quarterly report for the third quarter of 2021 on a Form 10-Q which revealed that it had received several inquiries from multiple governmental agencies relating to its business and practices, including: (1) a civil investigative demand (CID) from the U.S. Department of Justice in connection with its False Claims Act investigation; (2) a subpoena from the SEC in relation its investigation relating to issues identified in the CID and certain of CareDx's accounting and public reporting practices; and (3) an information request from an unnamed state regulatory agency. Following this news, the price of CareDx shares declined more than 27%, from a closing price of $70.34 per share on October 28, 2021, to a closing price of $51.00 per share on October 29, 2021.
Then, after the markets closed on May 5, 2022, CareDx shocked the market when it announced its results for the first quarter of 2022. CareDx reported testing services revenue that fell well short of analysts' expectations and yet another decline in average sales price in which CareDx's average price declined by approximately 4.9% versus the last quarter of 2021, or what one analyst described as "another big deterioration in price." Following this news, the price of CareDx stock declined 18.5%, from a closing price of $31.66 per share on May 5, 2022, to a closing price of $25.87 per share on May 6, 2022.
CareDx investors may, no later than July 22, 2022 seek to be appointed as a lead plaintiff representative of the class through Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP or other counsel, or may choose to do nothing and remain an absent class member. Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP encourages CareDx investors who have suffered significant losses to contact the firm directly to acquire more information.
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Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP prosecutes class actions in state and federal courts throughout the country and around the world. The firm has developed a global reputation for excellence and has recovered billions of dollars for victims of fraud and other corporate misconduct. All of our work is driven by a common goal: to protect investors, consumers, employees and others from fraud, abuse, misconduct and negligence by businesses and fiduciaries. The complaint in this action was not filed by Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP. For more information about Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP please visit www.ktmc.com.
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Which yoga wheel is best?
The yoga wheel is a simple yet effective prop that helps alleviate tension along your spine by giving you a deep back stretch that opens your chest. You can also use this prop to help improve your posture, flexibility and strength. If you’re a yogi, a runner or are experiencing back pain, this versatile wheel-shaped yoga prop is for you.
There are numerous ways to benefit from a yoga wheel, but above all, using a yoga wheel can instantly relieve aches and pains and improve flexibility along your spine. Keep in mind that it may cause some discomfort at first, but the more you use it, the more spine mobility you’ll gain.
No matter your experience level, a yoga wheel can massage your back, open your hips, strengthen your core and improve your balance.
How to use a yoga wheel
One way to use a yoga wheel is to sit on the ground, place it at your lower back and roll back, allowing your chest to open and your back to arch. Due to its width, the wheel goes directly between your shoulder blades, messaging the hard-to-reach area.
If you find yourself sitting at a desk all day, rolling out on a yoga wheel can help alleviate back and neck pain and any tightness you may be experiencing from hunching over your computer. A yoga wheel is a work-from-home must-have too.
Yoga wheels come in various sizes that provide more ways to improve your balance and relieve aches and pains. When using a yoga wheel, remember to listen to your body and recognize what it can and can’t handle. The yoga wheel can help prevent injury by giving you extra support when doing challenging poses or stretches, but always set your own pace.
Features of a yoga wheel
Yoga wheels have become extremely popular since being introduced to the world of workout props. As a result, countless brands make their own versions, but they look relatively similar. They come in a range of prices and materials, and with so many options, it can be difficult to decide what’s best for your practice.
Weight limit
When it comes to the weight limit, most yoga wheels can withstand about 400-500 pounds, and this varies depending on the material.
Material
When considering a yoga wheel’s strength, think about the material. The structure of the wheel is often PVC or ABS plastic, which are both very durable materials. ABS plastic is more shock-resistant, which is something to consider when searching for a yoga wheel that aligns with a more advanced practice.
Size
The universal yoga wheel is about 12 inches in diameter, and though this is the standard size, there are smaller and larger options that some might find more beneficial. For a yoga wheel to be positioned directly between your shoulder blades, the ideal width is 5 inches. This width is the standard for most yoga wheels because 5 inches allows for a great chest opener. Wider wheels are better for stability and therefore are better suited for intense balancing poses.
Padding
Since one of the major benefits of the yoga wheel is rolling out your back to relieve pain, the padding on the wheel is an essential feature. Some have thicker padding than others, and the thicker the padding, the more cushion for your spine. Some padding is easier to grip than others; yoga wheels with added texture to the surface often ensure a better grip.
Best yoga wheels
This yoga wheel can hold up to 550 pounds and is made of ABS material that makes it sturdy and safe for all users. It has soft and comfortable padding that’s thicker than usual, so those who are dealing with chronic pain have the extra support they need. It comes in a wide variety of colors, is set at a reasonable price and includes a convenient e-guide to assist first-time users.
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Larger than standard options, this yoga wheel is an excellent choice for taller individuals who need a little extra height. At 12.6 inches, this yoga wheel realigns the muscles along your back. It has a vein pattern along the padding for better grip, and the padding comes in three different color options. The maximum support is 330 pounds, and the inner tube is ABS material.
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For the most bang for your buck, this inexpensive set of three yoga wheels comes in a sleek all-black color and can loosen up tension in several areas. The different sizes mean you can discover the additional benefits of the 13-inch, 10.5-inch and 6.5-inch wheels. Even if you still prefer the larger wheel, the smaller wheels are great for targeting other areas such as your neck. The smaller size is easier to take with you when traveling since it won’t take much space. All sizes can withstand up to 550 pounds, and the sturdy ABS material is strong enough for even the most advanced poses.
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Acumobility Ultimate Back Roller
If you want a deep back massage, check out this therapeutic yoga wheel with a bump pattern along the wheel’s outer rim. It may look a little intense, but it has the same concept as a traditional yoga wheel. You can roll out your back and the bumps trigger points in your back for more of a deep tissue massage experience.
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URBNFit Yoga Wheel – for Stretching and Increased Flexibility (Half)
If you are worried about balancing on a yoga wheel, a half yoga wheel may be a good alternative for you. This half yoga wheel has more of an oval shape, making it easier to stay in place when stretching out your back. It is just as versatile as the standard yoga wheel but might not give you as deep of a stretch and may prevent more advanced poses. Many customers have found that they prefer the oval shape since it is not as intense as the full yoga wheel. If you are hesitant about trying the yoga wheel out, the half yoga wheel design will give you more stability as you work to build your balance and flexibility.
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Two US college students among more than 150 killed in Halloween stampede in South Korea
More than 150 people were killed in the Halloween stampede in Seoul, South Korea, including two U.S. college students studying abroad.
Steven Blesi was an international business major attending Kennesaw State University, which is located outside Atlanta, and Anne Gieske was a nursing student at the University of Kentucky. Both students were 20 years old.
Among the 153 reported deaths from Saturday night's crowd surge, more than 80% were in their 20s and 30s, and at least four were teenagers.
South Korean investigators inspect the scene of the Halloween celebration stampede, on Oct. 31, 2022, in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
Seoul officials said Sunday that 26 of the deceased were foreigners, including from the U.S., France, Thailand and Japan. A total of 97 women and 56 men were confirmed dead. Officials said 133 people were also injured that night.
SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT DECLARES MOURNING PERIOD AFTER OVER 150 DIE IN HALLOWEEN STAMPEDE
Blesi was one of 11 KSU students studying abroad in Seoul, but his classmates were all reported safe after the incident.
"On behalf of the entire Kennesaw State community, our thoughts and prayers go out to Steven’s family and friends as they mourn this incomprehensible loss," Kennesaw State University President Kathy Schwaig said in a statement.
Schwaig also said, "We have been in contact with Steven’s family and have offered all available resources of the University to them."
Flowers and photos of the two U.S. college students are seen at a makeshift memorial outside a subway station in the district of Itaewon in Seoul on Oct. 31, 2022, two days after a deadly Halloween crowd crush. (Photo by Patrick Little Jr./Anadolu Ag
Blesi was about two months into a semester studying abroad at Hanyang University. He was interested in pursuing international business in East Asia upon graduation.
Gieske, studying through an education abroad program for the semester, was one of three University of Kentucky students studying in South Korea. A faculty member was in the country as well. Gieske was the only one killed or injured in the Halloween celebration in the Itaewon district.
"We have been in contact with Anne’s family and will provide whatever support we can — now and in the days ahead — as they cope with this indescribable loss," University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto said in a statement.
Flowers are seen at a makeshift memorial outside a subway station in the district of Itaewon in Seoul on Oct. 31, 2022, two days after a deadly Halloween crowd crush. (Photo by Daebong Kim/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
NORTH KOREA LAUNCHES BALLISTIC MISSILE TOWARD EASTERN WATERS, SOUTH KOREA SAYS
"We will be there for those in our community who knew and loved Anne. We also have nearly 80 students from South Korea at UK — members of our community — who will need our support," Capilouto continued.
South Korean president Yoon Suk-Yeol declared a national mourning period amid an investigation into the cause of the deadly stampede. | https://www.fox4news.com/news/two-us-college-students-among-more-than-150-killed-in-halloween-stampede-in-south-korea | 2022-10-31 20:21:31 | 1 | https://www.fox4news.com/news/two-us-college-students-among-more-than-150-killed-in-halloween-stampede-in-south-korea |
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida man was arrested after deputies said he dragged a dog behind his pickup truck earlier this month.
Deputies said a witness spotted a French bulldog mix being dragged from a truck on a road in Atlantis, Florida. The witness, initially believing “it was an honest mistake” on the driver’s part, flagged down the suspect and informed him of the issue, police wrote on Facebook.
“But when the suspect stopped his vehicle, he picked the dog up off the ground and threw her in the bed of his truck then drove off,” police wrote.
The witness shared an image of the suspect’s license plate with deputies. Detectives with the sheriff’s office, along with Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control, located the suspect.
Investigators learned that the dog, named Blanco, did not belong to the suspect, but to another family member who entrusted him with the dog’s care.
The driver was ultimately arrested and charged with aggravated animal cruelty and cruelty toward animals, the sheriff’s office said.
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Which toddler toys on Amazon are best?
The best toys for toddlers engage them physically, mentally and emotionally while they’re having fun. At this stage, kids are moving about under their own power and learning to walk, talk and figure things out. They are learning how to be independent and how to imitate the behaviors of others.
What is a toddler?
The primary definition is a young child who is learning to walk. The period between 12 and 36 months of age is a time of rapid physical, social and cognitive development.
- Physical development is how toddlers learn to walk, balance and grasp things with their hands.
- Social development is how young children learn to interact with their environment and how they develop relationships with others.
- Cognitive development in toddlers is focused on thinking, remembering and speaking.
Why are toys good for toddlers?
Young kids want to play and learn everywhere. Indoor and outdoor toys for toddlers help them develop in many ways.
- They increase their physical activity: Toys motivate toddlers to get away from the TV and play.
- They grow their motor skills: Toddlers are learning to grasp things and move them from place to place.
- They learn to play with others: Toddlers may begin by talking with pretend friends but gravitate toward playing with others and learning to share and take turns.
What to look for in quality toddler toys
- Familiar things: Toddlers are beginning to recognize the names of familiar objects. Verbal toddlers are starting to form phrases and simple sentences.
- New things: Toddlers are curious and eager to learn.
- Activity: Toddlers are full of energy and toys that keep them active help them develop their motor skills. Look for toys that encourage them to walk, run and leap.
- Pretend play: Playing gives toddlers the opportunity to develop new skills at their own pace.
- Options: Toddlers are tinkerers who like to take things apart and put them back together. Look for toys that can be played with in several different ways.
- Growth potential: Kids are notorious for how quickly they move from being excited about a new toy to being bored by it. They will surely outgrow most of their toys, so look for toys that can be used in different ways as toddlers become preschoolers.
- Exploration: Kids are adventurers and problem-solvers. Puzzles, blocks and shape-sorters encourage their curiosity.
- Imagination: Look for toys that encourage toddlers to make up stories. The more kids have to use their own ideas and solve problems, the quicker they develop skills that last a lifetime.
Structured vs. unstructured play
Toddlers need both kinds.
- Structured play teaches logic and process because the players follow instructions, master new skills and take steps to achieve goals.
- Unstructured play is led by the child and has no instructions, allowing them the freedom to experiment. It develops imagination and encourages creative thinking.
Best toddler toys on Amazon for both indoors and out
Most toys for toddlers can be used anywhere.
Little Tikes First Slip and Slide
This colorful, durable plastic slide is 3 feet long and has safety handrails. The pieces snap into place with an audible click so you know the connection is secure.
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National Geographic Stepping Stones for Kids
Toddlers at play are developing their balancing skills while they jump on these 10 soft, flexible foam pads. They work best on carpeted areas or outdoors on the lawn.
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Tsomtto Kids Bowling Set with Storage Bag
Toddlers love rolling the squishy balls at the 6.5-inch-tall soft foam bowling pins. Each of the 10 pins has an animal’s face and a number.
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Pig Pig Pen 3-in-1 Kids Play Tent
This polyester tent has a tunnel, ball pit and basketball hoop. It has breathable mesh walls, cleans with a damp cloth and folds into a small package for easy storage.
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Inpany Bouncy Horse Cow Hopper
This inflatable black and white cow with easy-to-grab ears hops and bounces along with your toddler. It has a low center of gravity, anti-slip feet and comes with its own pump.
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Costzon Wooden Triangle Climbing Toy for Toddlers
Toddlers get their own playground climbing ladder with three levels of difficulty that grow with them. The triangular design is stable and holds up to 135 pounds safely, and the pine wood is polished so kids don’t get any splinters.
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Migargle Large Wooden Building Blocks Set
Toddlers can build whatever they can imagine with these 32 smooth hardwood pieces that come in more than a dozen shapes, sizes and colors. It’s unstructured play at its finest.
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Melissa & Doug Farm Animals Sound Puzzle
This sturdy wood cutout board has eight animal puzzle pieces with knobs that are easy to grasp with tiny hands. When toddlers match the animals to the cutouts, each makes its familiar barnyard sound.
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Best outdoor toddler toys on Amazon
Some toys for toddlers are better used outdoors and need to be durable enough to stand up to the weather.
Step 2 Tropical Rainforest Water Table
This 3-foot-long jungle-themed water basin stands on four legs at toddler height and holds up to 5 gallons of water. It comes with 13 tropical accessories and the rain shower effect from the treetop canopy makes realistic rainfall sounds.
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Art Creativity Bubble Leaf Blower
This 15-inch leaf blower blows a steady stream of bubbles, not leaves, with its battery-powered motor. All kids have to do is fill the reservoir with the included nontoxic bubble solution and squeeze the handle.
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Sisland Bean Bag Toss Yard Game
It’s the toddler version of the hugely popular cornhole game where kids toss bean bags into holes in the target. It’s got a dinosaur theme on one side and sea creatures on the other.
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Duckura Kids Jump Rocket Launchers
Set the foam rocket on the launching pad, connect the air hose and jump on the stomp launcher to send it soaring into the air with toddler-powered compressed air.
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OMAHA, Neb., July 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Medical Solutions, one of the largest healthcare talent ecosystems, is honored to have been named among America's Greatest Workplaces 2023 by Newsweek, a premier global news magazine. The company is also among the top companies which received 5 out of 5 stars in the scoring.
Medical Solutions prides itself on an excellent culture, centered on a human-first approach. It is committed to creating an environment of belonging for all employees, including corporate and clinical staff. This focused effort has resulted in employee and clinician satisfaction, which leads to client satisfaction and outstanding patient care.
"As we work to create the largest healthcare talent ecosystem, we take great pride in this recognition and our ongoing commitment to providing our team members with professional development opportunities, an employee experience focused on the whole person, and a work-life balance," said Dana Coonce, Chief Human Resources Officer, Medical Solutions. "Being named one of America's Greatest Workplaces in 2023 is a testament to the culture that has been created and sustained at Medical Solutions."
The company provides holistic benefits to support employees personally and professionally, including healthcare benefits on day one, generous paid time off, career advancement opportunities, and more. It also offers a remote/hybrid work environment and strives to create a work setting where individuals are allowed to show up as their authentic selves and feel supported when they do.
Newsweek, in cooperation with data research firm Pant-A Insights Group, conducted an independent survey of over 389,000 company reviews completed by employees working for U.S. companies with a workforce of at least 1,000 or more. Companies that made the ranking were regarded as offering competitive salaries and benefits, promoting equality and diversity, and cultivating a culture open to innovative ideas.
According to Newsweek, employees who like their work are more productive, and these employers have lower turnover rates. By staying at companies longer, loyal employees contribute to organizational stability and consistency. This enhances the bottom line.
"We understand companies benefit from creating great workplaces," said Craig Meier, Chief Executive Officer of Medical Solutions. "We want our team members to succeed, feel supported, find meaning in every day, and grow personally and professionally. We go to great lengths to live out our culture, and we do not sacrifice our culture for profits. In fact, it is the exact opposite. We believe if we focus on delivering the best culture possible, profits will follow."
Medical Solutions was also recently named as one of America's Greatest Workplaces for Diversity 2023 and one of America's Greatest Workplaces for Women developed by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights.
ABOUT MEDICAL SOLUTIONS
Medical Solutions is one of the nation's largest healthcare talent ecosystems. Together with its family brands, Aureus Medical Group, Matchwell, HOST Healthcare, FocusOne Solutions, and WorldWide HealthStaff Solutions, Medical Solutions connects nurses, allied health clinicians, and clinical leaders with healthcare facilities across the U.S. Its service offerings include contingent staffing, managed services, strike staffing, permanent placement, local contract, per diem, and international staffing. Headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, Medical Solutions maintains office locations in San Diego, California; Denver, Colorado; Cincinnati, Ohio; Tupelo, Mississippi; Durham, North Carolina; and Tampa and Jacksonville Beach, Florida. For more information, visit www.medicalsolutions.com.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The trial to determine whether the gunman who attacked a Parkland, Florida, high school is executed began Monday with a prosecutor describing how Nikolas Cruz mowed down his 17 victims, returning to some as they lay wounded to kill them with a second volley.
Some parents wept as prosecutor Mike Satz described in his opening statement how Cruz killed their children at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018. Others sat stoically, their arms crossed over their chests. One woman who lost her daughter fled the courtroom, sobbing and holding tissue to her face.
Satz detailed how Cruz shot each of the 14 students and three staff members who died and some of the 17 who were wounded. Some were shot sitting at their desks, some as they fled, some as they lay wounded on the floor as Cruz methodically stalked through a three-story building for almost seven minutes.
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Cruz, 23, pleaded guilty in October to murder and attempted murder and is only contesting his sentence. The trial, which is expected to last four months, was supposed to begin in 2020, but it was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic and legal fights.
Satz called the murders cold, calculated, cruel and heinous, quoting the video Cruz, then 19, made three days before the shooting.
“This is what the defendant said: ‘Hello, my name is Nik. I’m going to be the next school shooter of 2018. My goal is at least 20 people with an AR-15 and some tracer rounds. It’s going to be a big event, and when you see me on the news, you’ll know who I am. You’re all going to die. Ah yeah, I can’t wait,'" Satz said.
The seven-man, five-woman jury, backed up by 10 alternates, will decide only if Cruz is executed or is sentenced to life without parole.
It is the nation’s deadliest mass shooting to go before a jury.
Nine other gunmen who killed at least 17 people died during or immediately after their shootings, either by suicide or police gunfire. The suspect in the 2019 slaying of 23 people at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, is awaiting trial.
It wasn’t clear if anyone was present in the courtroom to support Cruz, who sat at the defense table between his attorneys. He mostly looked down at a pad of paper with a pencil in his hand, but he did not appear to write. He would sometimes look up to stare at Satz or the jury, peer at the audience or whisper to his lawyers.
After Satz spoke, Cruz's lawyers announced that they would not give their opening statement until it is time to present their case weeks from now. That is a rare and risky strategy because it gives Satz the only say before jurors examine grisly evidence and hear testimony from survivors and the victims' parents and spouses.
When lead defender Melisa McNeill gives her statement, she will likely emphasize that Cruz is a young adult with lifelong emotional and psychological problems who allegedly suffered from fetal alcohol syndrome and abuse.
The prosecutors' first witness will be called on Monday afternoon. They have not said who that will be.
It's the first death penalty trial for Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer. When jurors eventually get the case in the fall, they will vote 17 times, once for each of the victims, on whether to recommend capital punishment.
Every vote must be unanimous. A non-unanimous vote for any one of the victims means Cruz's sentence for that person would be life in prison. The jurors are told that to vote for the death penalty, the aggravating circumstances the prosecution has presented for the victim in question must, in their judgment, “outweigh” mitigating factors presented by the defense.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (WDAF) — Help has arrived for a youth football player in need of a large-sized helmet.
Without the proper size of head protection, 12-year old Brandon Jackson can’t play football.
Jackson’s mother, Delanda Jackson, said the 7th-grader wants to play in the Kansas City Football and Cheer League, but because he’s bigger than the others, he needs a size 2X helmet, which is adult-sized, and hard to find.
“I’m hoping he gets to play football because that’s what I know he’s good at and he should enjoy,” Delanda Jackson said on Monday. “His coaches are loving on him and telling him he’s doing really good.”
Jackson, his family and coaches have hunted high and low for a helmet. The family originally believed a size 2X helmet would fit him, but after trying one, it was too snug.
Coaches are enthusiastic about helping Jackson because of his size and potential. He’s not yet a teenager, but he’s already 6-foot-2 and 320 pounds — the size coaches at every level seek in linemen on both sides of the ball.
Dustin Cundiff, who coaches Jackson with the Northland Revolution, said an older helmet won’t do, since it needs to be certified for safety.
“He’s worked so hard in practice, day in and day out, being able to keep up conditioning. I’d hate to see him not be able to play because of something as simple as a helmet,” Cundiff said. “His God-given size, it’s not something you can teach.”
On Wednesday afternoon, Jackson and his family met Chris Coffing, a national sales manager and professional helmet fitter with Riddell Sports. The company creates helmets for all 32 National Football League teams and numerous Division I college football teams.
A high-tech system Coffing uses made precise measurements of Jackson’s head, since a perfect fit ensures football safety.
Coffing learned of Jackson’s needs from Kansas City Chiefs offensive tackle Orlando Brown. Riddell Sports and Brown have agreed to pool their resources and pay for Jackson’s new helmet.
“I appreciate it because I’ll be able to play a game. Last week, I was out of the game because I wasn’t able to get a helmet,” Jackson said.
Custom-made helmets could cost anywhere from $900-$2,000. But Riddell and Brown are happy to pick up the tab.
“We just love that a young man like yourself is wanting to play football,” Coffing told Jackson. “We want to give every person out there the ability to play.”
“Just giving him the ability to go out and play what I consider the greatest game ever is an awesome opportunity for him,” said Dustin Cundiff, Jackson’s coach with the Northland Revolution.
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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) _ Radware Ltd. (RDWR) on Wednesday reported a loss of $3 million in its third quarter.
On a per-share basis, the Tel Aviv, Israel-based company said it had a loss of 7 cents. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to 15 cents per share.
The network management software maker posted revenue of $70.5 million in the period.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A film buff from Oklahoma City, Elyssa Mann has scant time to waste, needing to cross just four more movies off her Oscars list before Sunday’s Academy Awards broadcast: Two animated films, one for cinematography and another for costume design.
In the San Francisco Bay Area, Steve Tornello has just one left — the latest “Avatar” — before he can fairly judge all 10 of the best picture nominees.
In the perfect multiverse, time would bend to allow movie fans to watch anything anywhere, all at once. But in the real world, not the googly eyed one, time keeps ticking and that makes things difficult for diehard film enthusiasts hoping to fill every bracket in their personal Oscars scoresheets.
“I have four Oscars movies left in my quest to watch all the ones nominated for picture/acting/craft etc,” Mann wrote in a tweet, “and this somehow feels insurmountable.”
As it is, Sunday morning’s time change (don’t forget to spring forward) will mean an hour less to binge.
“I am a person who thrives under pressure, like I need the deadline. So it’s good that it’s here,” Mann, a 31-year-old marketer, said during a phone call. “Now I have to watch them.”
She’ll watch two or three Saturday, and save whatever’s left for Sunday before the ceremony. Since the New Year, she’s watched nearly 30 of the nominated films, escalating her project when the nominations were announced in late January. She acknowledged there isn’t enough time to view nominees in a handful of categories, including documentaries.
It would take days without sleep to watch every one of the more than 50 movies that received at least one nomination in any of the roughly two dozen categories being awarded.
Theoretically, academy voters are supposed to watch every film. But even for the pros, that apparently doesn’t happen. After all, does anyone really have the time?
Tornello, a fledgling screenwriter and creative director for a tech company, is trying to make time this weekend to finally trudge out to the movie theater to watch “Avatar: The Way of Water,” the final movie on his list.
“I have a lot on my plate right now,” he said. “That’s a movie I know I need to see in the theater to get the full experience.”
Most of the rest he’s watched at home through a streaming service.
Drawn by all the buzz, he saw “Everything Everywhere All at Once” shortly after it was released last spring. He watched “Women Talking” earlier this month.
“I try to see as many movies as I possibly can, the ones I think are going to be a nominee, before Oscar nominations come out,” Tornello said. “I just want to get them all in so I can really enjoy the show.”
Like Mann, James Bramble has already seen all of the best picture nominees and more.
“So I’ve seen every picture nominated for best international film, best documentary, best animated and before Sunday night, I will finish,” he said, saying he has a few more in the short film categories which shouldn’t require much time to watch.
Every year, there are bound to be nominated films that he thinks were a waste of his time. Not this year, he said.
“I really liked, so far, everything that I’ve seen. Yeah, it’s a good year,” said Bramble, an attorney from Salt Lake City.
Mann hopes to beat the clock.
On her watch list this weekend: The animated features “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” and “Turning Red,” as well as “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris” for costume design and “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” for cinematography.
She should have started sooner, she confessed.
“It’s something that I’ve always kind of considered doing, but seemed like too big of a project,” she said. But with the deep winter doldrums, she needed an outlet. “I love movies. And so I thought this would be a fun one.”
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MANANJARY, Madagascar (AP) — Battered by three intense cyclones in the space of a year, southeast Madagascar is experiencing the knock-on effect of those climatic disasters: “catastrophic” hunger in remote, inaccessible areas that is gaining little international attention, humanitarian groups say.
Cyclone Batsirai hit in February 2022, followed two weeks later by Cyclone Emnati. Then, Cyclone Freddy made landfall on the Indian Ocean island in February of this year. The combined impact left 60%-90% of farming areas in the southeast badly damaged and food crops largely destroyed, according to a report by UNICEF and Madagascar’s National Office for Nutrition.
The suffering is felt by people like Iavosoa, a desperate young mother whose 10-month-old daughter, Soaravo, was at risk of not living to see her first birthday because of acute malnutrition. Iavosoa, who only gave her first name to protect her privacy, also has a 3-year-old son suffering from moderate malnutrition.
A team from the humanitarian organization Doctors of the World brought her children and two other badly malnourished children, both under age 2, to a hospital in the city of Mananjary on Madagascar’s east coast last month after a group of parents and their children were found walking through the bush to try to reach the nearest health center.
At the hospital, Soaravo moaned weakly as her mother rocked the baby in her arms to soothe her. The child weighed barely 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds) and had the appearance of an infant born prematurely, her eyes almost too big for her tiny skull. At her age, she should weigh four to six times more, doctors said.
“If my daughter is in this state, it’s because we don’t have enough food where we live,” Iavosoa said. “I had dysentery for two months. I had almost no milk. I was exhausted. The first basic health center is three hours’ walk from my village. I could not treat myself. … I was unable to travel such a distance.”
“And then she (Soaravo) got sick, too. And then Cyclone Freddy came. (It) ravaged our village and completely destroyed our house,” she said.
Iavosoa, who said she wasn’t sure of her own age but thought she was between 21 and 24, wore a torn T-shirt and a piece of fabric wrapped around her waist. She had no shoes. Everything she owned was wrapped up in a cloth bundle on the hospital floor. She is a single mother.
With a look of dismay on her face, Iavosoa glanced at her little girl. “She just turned 10 months old,” she said.
The families found walking about 30 miles from the hospital were discovered by chance when a Doctors of the World team went to evaluate the state of health facilities in areas outside Mananjary, said Joaquin Noterdaeme, a coordinator with the group known by its French name, Médecins du Monde.
Soaravo was treated for an infection and diarrhea and received a special milk formula to address the malnutrition. Doctors said she would have to stay in the hospital for at least a month. Her mother and brother lived with her there because they had nowhere to go.
More than a quarter of the population in the southeastern region of Madagascar, approximately 870,000 people, don’t have enough food and are at risk of hunger, according to the Feb. 28 report by UNICEF and the National Office for Nutrition.
Soaravo and the other hospitalized children are a drop in the ocean, aid groups say.
“This is a nutrition emergency clearly,” Jean-Francois Basse, the UNICEF representative in Madagascar said, calling the situation in rural areas “catastrophic.”
The hospital where doctors worked to save Soaravo’s life also bears the scars of the cyclones. Some of its buildings are little more than a shell. The walls were just about standing, but parts of the roof were gone. Some patients were treated in a tent outside.
In and around Mananjary, which took the brunt of the cyclones roaring in from the Indian Ocean and where Freddy made landfall, few trees stand upright. The cyclones ripped them out or left them lurching at 45-degree angles, revealing the force of the wind the storms carried.
Homes were destroyed, rebuilt and destroyed again.
People living in remote districts like coastal Nosy-Varika and the mountainous region of Ikongo were extremely vulnerable to hunger before the cyclones, and children across southeast Madagascar experienced chronic malnutrition, according to Brian Willett, head of mission in Madagascar for Doctors Without Borders, also known as Médecins Sans Frontières.
“But with the repeated climate shocks of the past year, their resilience has been exceeded,” he said. “Today, 1 in 4 children is acutely malnourished. Without medical support, these children are at risk of dying.”
Mothers who couldn’t feed their children might engage in “acts of desperation,” Willett said, referring to reports that some were selling their children in hopes of saving them from hunger.
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DEAR ABBY: I am marrying the most amazing man next year. We have been together for six years. I have always gotten along with his family and know they will be great in-laws. However, as time has gone by, I’ve noticed that they cater more and more to my fiance’s older sister. She’s nearly 30, but she acts like she’s 13.
When she has an argument with her spouse, she calls my fiance and makes it sound so dramatic that he drops everything and runs to her rescue. Invariably, it turns out to not be as bad as she was saying. She also talks so badly about her spouse to her parents that I feel embarrassed for him. If she’s sick or home alone (her husband travels for work), she sleeps at her parents’ house with her infant son instead of staying in her own home, which is a town away.
Her family does EVERYTHING for her — things that a capable adult should do for herself. Many times, my fiance and I have been on a date or spending time with each other, and then his sister calls and he leaves me to cater to her. It hurts my feelings when he does this.
I know family is important, and I’m not saying he shouldn’t help his sister. I have talked with him about this on multiple occasions, but he doesn’t seem to understand or isn’t interested in talking about it. Am I being unreasonable? Is there anything I can or should do to feel otherwise about it? How do I cope with my feelings about this?
— ANNOYED IN ILLINOIS
DEAR ANNOYED: What concerns me about your letter isn’t that your fiance goes running to his sister’s side when he gets one of her “emergency calls.” What troubles me is that when you tell him something bothers you, he “isn’t interested in talking about it.”
If Sissy and her husband feel it’s safer for her to spend nights with her parents when he travels and the parents welcome her, I see no reason why you should be critical of her for it. However, that your fiance would cut short a date or some other activity you are involved in together strikes me as over the top if it isn’t a true emergency.
As I see it, you can either accept this as part of their family dynamic, or rethink marrying into that family, because they are not going to change — and once the parents pass on, Sissy may need her brother more than ever.
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DEAR ABBY: I dated a guy long distance for eight months. Whenever he was in my state for work, I’d go see him. Two months ago, he suddenly ghosted me! Two days prior to that, everything was fine. We texted and had a wonderful phone conversation. I’m at a loss. At first I was sad about it, but now I’m angry. I want answers, which I know I probably won’t get. What do you think happened?
— LEFT HANGING IN CALIFORNIA
DEAR LEFT: Long-Distance Guy may have met another woman and ghosted you because he wasn’t man enough to be upfront about it. Another possibility is that he was never available in the first place. This is why long-distance relationships can be risky unless you know the person well, and why it’s a safer bet to focus on someone local.
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A house in Monroe Township that sold for $1.1 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Monroe in Middlesex County in the past week.
In total, 36 residential real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past week, with an average price of $463,088. The average price per square foot was $259.
The prices in the list below concern real estate sales where the title was recorded during the week of July 3 even if the property may have been sold earlier.
10. $540,000, single-family residence at 22 Gravel Hill Spotswood Road
The property at 22 Gravel Hill Spotswood Road in Monroe Township has new owners. The price was $540,000. The house was built in 1962 and has a living area of 1,802 square feet. The price per square foot is $300. The deal was finalized on Jun. 20.
9. $581,000, single-family house at 19 Osteria Road
The 2,185 square-foot single-family home at 19 Osteria Road, Monroe Township, has been sold. The transfer of ownership was settled in June and the total purchase price was $581,000, $266 per square foot. The house was built in 2021. The deal was finalized on Jun. 20.
8. $675,000, single-family home at 209 Morning Glory Drive
The property at 209 Morning Glory Drive in Monroe Township has new owners. The price was $675,000. The house was built in 2007 and has a living area of 1,805 square feet. The price per square foot is $374. The deal was finalized on Jun. 15.
7. $679,000, detached house at 8 Jessica Drive
The sale of the single family residence at 8 Jessica Drive in Monroe Township has been finalized. The price was $679,000, and the new owners took over the house in June. The house was built in 2012 and has a living area of 1,949 square feet. The price per square foot was $348. The deal was finalized on Jun. 14.
6. $725,000, single-family residence at 21 Mandrake Road
The sale of the detached house at 21 Mandrake Road, Monroe Township, has been finalized. The price was $725,000, and the house changed hands in June. The house was built in 2013 and has a living area of 2,820 square feet. The price per square foot was $257. The deal was finalized on Jun. 20.
5. $740,000, single-family house at 291 Morning Glory Drive
The 2,004 square-foot single-family residence at 291 Morning Glory Drive in Monroe Township has been sold. The transfer of ownership was settled in June and the total purchase price was $740,000, $369 per square foot. The house was built in 2006. The deal was finalized on Jun. 20.
4. $815,000, single-family home at 4 Compton Court
A sale has been finalized for the single-family residence at 4 Compton Court in Monroe Township. The price was $815,000 and the new owners took over the house in June. The house was built in 1991 and the living area totals 2,298 square feet. The price per square foot ended up at $355. The deal was finalized on Jun. 14.
3. $855,000, detached house at 14 Riviera Drive
A sale has been finalized for the single-family house at 14 Riviera Drive in Monroe Township. The price was $855,000 and the new owners took over the house in June. The house was built in 2008 and the living area totals 3,328 square feet. The price per square foot ended up at $257. The deal was finalized on Jun. 13.
2. $905,000, detached house at 105 Colletti Court
The 3,480 square-foot single-family home at 105 Colletti Court in Monroe Township has been sold. The transfer of ownership was settled in June and the total purchase price was $905,000, $260 per square foot. The house was built in 1965. The deal was finalized on Jun. 14.
1. $1.1 million, single-family house at 10 Tall Oaks Drive
The sale of the single-family house at 10 Tall Oaks Drive, Monroe Township, has been finalized. The price was $1,100,000, and the new owners took over the house in June. The house was built in 2004 and has a living area of 3,803 square feet. The price per square foot was $289. The deal was finalized on Jun. 19.
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Medibank client data was published by an extortionist Wednesday, including details of individuals’ medical procedures, after Australia’s largest health insurer refused to pay a ransom for the personal records of almost 10 million current and former customers.
The release of information on the dark web appeared to be a sample of the data that Medibank had previously determined had been stolen last month, a company said. Medibank expected the thief would continue releasing data.
“This is a criminal act designed to harm our customers and cause distress,” Medibank CEO David Koczkar said in a statement that reiterated a previous apology to customers.
“We take seriously our responsibility to safeguard our customers and we stand ready to support them,” he added.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who is a Medibank customer and has had personal data stolen, welcomed the company’s refusal to pay the hacker to have the records returned.
“This is really tough for people. I’m a Medibank Private customer as well and it will be of concern that some of this information has been put out there,” Albanese told reporters, referring to a Medibank brand.
“The company has followed the guidelines effectively, the advice, which is to not engage in a ransom payment. If you go down this road, then you end up with more difficulties potentially across a wider range,” Albanese added.
The thieves had reportedly threatened to expose the diagnoses and treatments of high-profile customers unless a ransom of an undisclosed amount was paid, but Medibank decided there was “only a limited chance” that a ransom would prevent the data being published.
A blogger using the name “Extortion Gang” posted Monday night on the dark web that “data will be publish (sic) in 24 hours.”
Medibank this week updated its estimate of the number of people whose personal information was stolen from 4 million two weeks ago to 9.7 million. The stolen data included health claims of almost 500,000 people including diagnoses and treatments, the company said. | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/hacker-publishes-australian-health-insurers-customer-data/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | 2022-11-09 01:32:04 | 1 | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/hacker-publishes-australian-health-insurers-customer-data/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
Paul McCartney comes together with the Rolling Stones on new album
It is a rivalry that has rumbled on for more than half a century, but now Paul McCartney has finally agreed to let it be by collaborating with the Rolling Stones on their new album.
In an email to CNN Wednesday, a representative for the Rolling Stones confirmed that McCartney, 80, plays bass "on just one RS track."
Denying press reports that the collaboration also includes the Beatles' other surviving member, the spokesman said the recording featured "no Ringo Starr at all."
No further details are available about the album, which will be the first since the Stones' drummer, Charlie Watts, died in 2021.
In the 1960s, the Beatles and the Stones were two of the most famous groups in the world. While the Rolling Stones are still touring six decades later, the Beatles split up in 1970. John Lennon was killed in 1980 and George Harrison died in 2001.
In an interview with Howard Stern in 2020, McCartney said simply: "The Beatles were better."
Stones frontman Mick Jagger responded, saying in another interview "there's obviously no competition."
A year later, in an interview to promote his book "The Lyrics," McCartney said: "I'm not sure I should say it, but they're a blues cover band, that's sort of what the Stones are.
"I think our net was cast a bit wider than theirs."
But despite the friendly jibes, this is not the first time the stars have worked together.
McCartney and Lennon actually wrote the Stones' first hit, "I Wanna Be Your Man," and, four years later, Jagger was in the studio when the Beatles recorded "All You Need Is Love."
According to Rolling Stone magazine, "Jagger was a semi-regular guest of honor at Beatles sessions: He also turned up for the mixing of Revolver and the recording of the orchestral section of 'A Day in the Life'." | https://www.wtae.com/article/paul-mccartney-rolling-stones-new-album/43024847 | 2023-02-22 20:58:44 | 0 | https://www.wtae.com/article/paul-mccartney-rolling-stones-new-album/43024847 |
PENNSYLVANIA, USA — A federal judge on Tuesday convicted a Pennsylvania restaurant owner of storming the U.S. Capitol, where she screamed at police officers to bring out then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi so the pro-Trump mob could hang her.
U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden decided the case against Pauline Bauer after hearing testimony without a jury. The judge convicted her of all five counts in her indictment, including a felony charge that she obstructed the Jan. 6, 2021, joint session of Congress for certifying President Joe Biden’s electoral victory, court records show.
Bauer's bench trial started last Thursday. McFadden announced the verdict from the bench. The judge is scheduled to sentence her on May 1. McFadden agreed to let Bauer remain free on certain conditions until her sentencing.
In September 2021, McFadden ordered Bauer to be jailed for violating conditions of her pretrial release. Bauer remained in custody for several months while awaiting a trial. The judge can give her credit for the jail time that she already has served.
During her initial court appearances, Bauer expressed an ideology that appeared to comport with the “sovereign citizens” extremist movement’s belief that the U.S. government is illegitimate.
Bauer, 55, traveled from her home in Kane, Pennsylvania, to hear then-President Donald Trump speak to a crowd of his supporters at the “Stop the Steal” rally on Jan. 6. Bauer was part of the crowd that forced Capitol police officers to retreat up the stairs in front of the East Rotunda doors, prosecutors said.
Bauer entered the Capitol with a friend, William Blauser, and confronted police officers protecting an entrance to the Rotunda. She shouted at police officers to "bring them out or we’re coming in,” according to prosecutors.
“They’re criminals. They need to hang,” Bauer yelled.
Video from a police officer’s body camera captured her profanely yelling at the officers to “bring Nancy Pelosi out here now. We want to hang (her)."
She and Blauser left the Capitol about 38 minutes after they entered.
Bauer's indictment charged her with a felony count of obstructing an official proceeding. She also was charged with four misdemeanors, including entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds and disorderly or disruptive conduct in a Capitol building or grounds.
Approximately 950 people have been charged with Capitol riot-related federal crimes. Nearly 500 of them have pleaded guilty. Dozens of others have been convicted after trials decided by juries or judges.
The only Capitol riot defendant to be acquitted of all charges after a trial was a New Mexico man whose case also was decided by McFadden, a Trump nominee.
Bauer was arrested in May 2021 along with Blauser, who pleaded guilty to parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building. In February 2022, McFadden ordered Blauser to pay a $500 fine but didn't sentence him to any term of incarceration or probation.
During an interview after her arrest, Bauer acknowledged that her actions angered some of her neighbors in Kane, a small town on the edge of the 517,000-acre Allegheny National Forest. But she insisted that her participation in the events of Jan. 6 hadn't cost her any friendships or harmed her business.
“A lot of people say that they’re proud of me for standing up for my rights,” she told an Associated Press reporter during a break in dinner service at her restaurant, Bob’s Trading Post.
Bauer was combative with McFadden at pretrial hearings and claimed the court has no authority over her. Bauer has said she is a “sovereign people,” not a sovereign citizen, and referred to herself as “Pauline from the House of Bauer.” She told the judge that she doesn’t want an attorney to represent her “or any lawyering from the bench.”
“I do not recognize your bar card, sir,” she told McFadden, who appointed a lawyer to act as her standby counsel.
Bauer became a punchline for Stephen Colbert’s late-night talk show on CBS. The host mocked Bauer for claiming to be a “divinely empowered entity immune from laws.”
“Divinely empowered? So she’s going to get away scot-free, just like Jesus,” Colbert joked. “But it does raise the question: If you’re chosen by God to be above the laws of government, why do you care who’s in charge of it?” | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/politics/national-politics/judge-convicts-capitol-rioter-yelled-pelosi-threats/521-0d689e3d-9aaa-4a3c-815c-d6433322f10f | 2023-01-25 00:23:15 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/politics/national-politics/judge-convicts-capitol-rioter-yelled-pelosi-threats/521-0d689e3d-9aaa-4a3c-815c-d6433322f10f |
Here's a look ahead and a roundup of key developments from the past week.
What to watch
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy just made a surprise visit to the United Kingdom and discussed military aid with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
China's government is dispatching special envoy Li Hui to visit Ukraine, Poland, France, Germany and Russia this week, saying he would open up dialogue with those countries toward a political settlement of the crisis in Ukraine.
The Copenhagen Democracy Summit this week will discuss the war in Ukraine, among other topics, and features a list of speakers including NATO head Jens Stoltenberg and former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
The foreign minister of Belarus will visit Russia.
On Thursday, a 60-day extension for the Black Sea Grain Initiative agreement is up.
What happened last week
Ukraine's President Zelenskyy took a whirlwind Europe tour, visiting Italy and the Vatican, Germany and France last week, and on Monday Britain. He met with Pope Francis and leaders of each country, picked up the Charlemagne Prize for promoting European unity and secured more military aid for Ukraine. On Monday, he made a trip to the United Kingdom for the second time this year.
Arman Soldin, a video journalist with Agence France-Presse, was killed by rocket fire near eastern Ukraine's embattled city of Bakhmut. French prosecutors opened a war crimes investigation. This followed the killing of a Ukrainian reporter in April — the latest of 15 media workers killed in 14 1/2 months of war, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
Zelenskyy said his country needs more time to launch a planned counteroffensive until more promised Western military aid arrives, in an interview with a European broadcasters' network earlier last week.
Britain delivered Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine, giving it long-range weapons to "push back Russian forces" based within Ukraine, British Defense Minister Ben Wallace told Parliament.
The Group of Seven's top financial leaders recommitted to enforcing sanctions against Russia and supporting Ukraine.
Putin assailed the West for unleashing a "real war" against Russia in a Victory Day address, trying to link the fight in Ukraine with the anniversary of the Soviet defeat of Nazi Germany.
Ukrainian forces took back part of Bakhmut, a city in eastern Ukraine that's been the site of the war's longest battle. Ukraine's military commanders said their forces recaptured more than 1.2 miles of territory from Russian forces in the past week.
Former President Donald Trump claimed he would quickly end the war in Ukraine without committing to help Ukraine, if elected next year, in a CNN town hall. It set up a potential preview of a stark choice for U.S. voters in next year's election compared with the Biden administration's "unprecedented" levels of aid to Ukraine. Zelenskyy dismissed concerns about potentially losing American support.
Russia now has about 5,889 nuclear warheads, the Federation of American Scientists estimated in a report. It said some of the weapons are in storage headed for retirement but many are assigned for long- or shorter-range use.
Britain hosted the Eurovision Song Contest on behalf of Ukraine, which won last year but could not host this time because of the ongoing war. Swedish singer Loreen won.
In-depth
Ukraine's currency is being bolstered with financial support from other nations.
Ukraine is expected to make a counteroffensive to take back Crimea.
A former U.S. Army general predicts "successful" Ukrainian offensive.
This duo rehearsed between air raid alarms. Now they're repping Ukraine at Eurovision.
On the State of Ukraine podcast: Ukraine co-hosts the Eurovision Song Contest from afar.
Special report
Russia's war in Ukraine is changing the world: See our report on its ripple effects in all corners of the globe.
Earlier developments
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QUEENS (PIX11) — Marijuana has been decriminalized in New York City, but there are only two licensed stores that can sell it; the Sheriff’s Office has the task of ensuring unlicensed stores don’t sell unregulated cannabis products.
PIX11 rode along as New York City Sheriff Anthony Miranda and his team of deputies raided three smoke shops in Queens this week. Millions of dollars in products were confiscated. Miranda explained that because the marijuana projects at these stores aren’t regulated, they could be tainted with other substances.
Weapons have also been found during the sweeps.
“These store owners have become the victims of robberies. They are trying to figure out how to arm themselves. This is the improper way of doing it, ”Miranda said.
Many are also selling flavored tobacco and vape products, which are illegal to sell.Some of the products come from out of state, which means New York City isn’t getting tax revenue. Some of the products have packaging similar to snacks kids enjoy.
“That you can’t distinguish between a child’s product and adult product, then you’re going to endanger a child in our area,” Miranda said.
Miranda said his office has done 87 of these types of inspections so far. He has more than 1,300 left to do.
Stores can be fined up to $50,000. The street-level investigations can turn into tax investigations.
“Millions of dollars of products have been seized by our office. It tells you the type of turnaround that they have, the type of money that they’re making,” Miranda said. “Ant this is also revenue that should be benefitting the city that is not.”
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Aaron Rodgers said Wednesday he intends to play for the New York Jets in 2023 after 18 seasons in Green Bay and the four-time NFL MVP quarterback is waiting for the Packers to trade him.
The 39-year-old Rodgers, speaking during an appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show” on YouTube and Sirius XM, said he believes the Packers want to move on and make 2020 first-round draft pick Jordan Love their starting quarterback.
“At this point, as I sit here, I think since Friday I’ve made it clear that my intention was to play and my intention was to play for the New York Jets,” Rodgers said. “I haven’t been holding anything up at this point. It’s been compensation the Packers are trying to get for me, kind of digging their heels in.”
Packers president and CEO Mark Murphy has acknowledged the team granted the Jets permission to talk to Rodgers, the face of the franchise since Hall of Famer Brett Favre was traded to the Jets in 2008. The Jets sent a contingent that reportedly included owner Woody Johnson, coach Robert Saleh and general manager Joe Douglas to Rodgers’ home in Southern California last week.
Rodgers expressed his appreciation for his 18 seasons in Green Bay but added that it’s time for the Packers “to do the right thing.”
“I have nothing but love in my heart for every Packer fan and everybody who works in the organization,” Rodgers said. “My life is better because of my time in Green Bay. But we’ve just got to look at the reality. They want to move on. They don’t want me to come back and that’s fine. They’re ready to move on with Jordan. That’s awesome. Jordan’s going to be a great player.”
The Packers declined to comment on Rodgers’ remarks, which follow days of speculation that his time in Green Bay might be done.
Murphy spoke of Rodgers in the past tense while discussing the quarterback’s future with Green Bay TV station WBAY last week.
“Very few players play for only one team,” Murphy told WBAY. “Obviously Brett had a great career. Aaron had a great career here. Regardless of what happens, Aaron will be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He’ll be in our Hall of Fame. We’ll bring him back, retire his number. This is just one of the things that we go through as a team. We want to try to achieve something that’s good for both Aaron and us.”
In a separate interview that aired Friday during a broadcast of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association girls basketball championships on Green Bay TV station WCWF, Murphy said he would honor a trade request if Rodgers made one.
“It’s trying to find what he wants and what we want, and hopefully we can find a win-win situation,” Murphy said.
Rodgers had said at the end of the 2022 season that he would need time to decide whether to return to the Packers, request a trade or retire. He said Wednesday he had discussions with Packers officials regarding his future shortly after the team wrapped up a 8-9 season that ended a string of three straight NFC North titles.
“Everything that I was told in the week that I was in Green Bay was: ‘Take as long as you want and we want you to retire a Packer. If you want to come back and play, obviously the door is wide open,’” Rodgers said. “That was the information I was going on.”
As he pondered his future, Rodgers spent multiple days last month on a isolation retreat in Oregon, where he said he stayed alone in a room in total darkness.
Rodgers said he was 90% leaning toward retirement at the time of the retreat. When he was done with it, he said, he noticed a difference in the Packers’ approach toward his future with the franchise.
“Now when I came out of the darkness, something changed,” Rodgers said. “I’m not exactly sure what that was, but something changed. … I realized there had been a little bit of a shift. I heard from multiple people that I trust around the league — players mostly –— that there was some shopping going on, that they were interested in actually moving me.”
Rodgers said that made him realize the Packers probably didn’t want him back.
“It was clear to me at that point, that although the Packers were going to say the right thing publicly, that they were ready to move on,” he said. “I don’t know what changed that or what moved that — if they just said, ‘Hey, we need to make a decision here because he hasn’t made a decision here yet.’ Again, there’s no victims here. I’m not sitting here as a victim.”
The Jets’ interest in Rodgers has been apparent as they seek to end the NFL’s longest active playoff drought. They lost their final six games while going 7-10 last season and haven’t reached the postseason since 2010.
Their new offensive coordinator is Nathaniel Hackett, who earned raves from Rodgers while coordinating Green Bay’s offense from 2019-21.
“There’s a lot of reasons why the Jets are attractive,” Rodgers said Wednesday. “But there’s one coach that has meant as much to me as any coach I’ve ever had. And he happens to be the coordinator there.”
Saleh and Johnson both expressed their interest in adding a veteran quarterback to a roster that already features one of the league’s best defenses.
If Rodgers ends up with the Jets, it would be a case of history repeating itself.
The Packers sent a soon-to-be 39-year-old Favre to the Jets in 2008, a move that ushered in Rodgers’ arrival as Green Bay’s starting quarterback. Favre won three MVPs with Green Bay during his Hall of Fame career.
Rodgers backed up Favre for three seasons after the Packers selected him out of California with the 24th overall pick in the 2005 draft. Love has backed up Rodgers for three seasons since the Packers traded up to take the former Utah State quarterback with the 26th overall pick.
Rodgers’ future has been the subject of speculation ever since the Packers selected Love. Rodgers acknowledged the selection caught him by surprise. One year later, he skipped the Packers’ mandatory minicamp in a standoff with Packers management.
But the two sides eventually patched things up.
Rodgers signed a contract extension with the Packers last year after producing a second straight MVP season.
When he was asked last June at the Packers’ mandatory minicamp whether he expected to finish his career in Green Bay, Rodgers replied, “Yes. Definitely.”
Those plans apparently changed after a 2022 season in which he had his lowest passer rating as a starter (91.1) and threw 12 interceptions, his highest total since 2008. Now Rodgers believes his time in Green Bay is done.
“Coming to this reality has been really bittersweet,” Rodgers said. “I was drafted by Green Bay. I … love that city, love that organization. Always going to have love for that organization. But the facts are right now they want to move on, and now so do I.”
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As part of the academic health system's $550 million master facility plan, the TGH Cancer Institute's Brandon location expands access to world-class cancer care for more patients.
TAMPA, Fla. , July 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In an endeavor to expand cancer care for the rapidly growing communities of south Hillsborough County, Tampa General Hospital (TGH) opened a state-of-the-art, 26-bay Infusion Center in the TGH Cancer Institute's Brandon location. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on July 19. Additionally, a Radiation Oncology Center will open at the Brandon location, 10740 Palm River Road, this fall.
"By collaborating with some of the nation's preeminent physicians and researchers, we established a leading-edge, research-driven Cancer Institute. Our multidisciplinary team combines the highest level of expertise with compassion as they provide personalized treatments to the greater Tampa Bay region," said John Couris, president and CEO of Tampa General Hospital. "Our new TGH Cancer Institute location allows us to expand our reach and provide greater access to our community."
The TGH Cancer Institute satellite location in Brandon is part of Tampa General's $550 million master facility plan, the largest in the hospital's almost 100-year history. Once completed, TGH will bring more of the most advanced technology and leading-edge care to the academic health system's patients in Florida and beyond.
The TGH Cancer Institute in Brandon means that residents in south Hillsborough will no longer have to travel to the Tampa General Hospital campus near downtown Tampa for infusion treatments, radiation oncology and doctor visits. Its location in the outpatient center means that patients can also receive lab work, standard imaging exams as well as visit the pharmacy for prescriptions and over the counter medications.
"The addition of the Infusion Center to our rapidly growing Cancer Institute allows us to reach even more members of our community who need access to personalized and empathetic research-driven cancer care," said Dr. Eduardo M. Sotomayor, director of the TGH Cancer Institute. "Since opening the Brandon location last fall, the number of patients the Infusion Center has treated in our Brandon location has exceeded expectations and we hope our strategic position near the intersection of two major highways will help in removing geographical barriers and allow us to continue to treat more patients who need it."
The addition to the TGH Cancer Institute's Infusion Center will offer seven more chemotherapy areas for the treatment of cancer. This will bring the total number of infusion areas to 26, which is expected to make scheduling treatments more efficient.
Designed to encourage therapeutic connection and camaraderie, the Infusion Center at TGH Cancer Institute in Brandon is equipped with advanced technology and offers spacious semi-private, private, and shared treatment bays, as well as a separate space with beverages and light snacks for patients' family members. At the infusion center, patients can receive treatments ordered by their doctor including chemotherapy, immunotherapy, blood transfusions and more.
The Brandon location is staffed by a group of cancer care specialists and physician-scientists, as well as specially trained oncology nurses, physician assistants, or nurse practitioners who are experts in delivering compassionate cancer care for all oncology infusion needs within the following specialties:
- Breast cancer, lung, gynecologic and colorectal cancers, head and neck cancers, and sarcomas
- Advanced care, including abdominal cancers such as liver and hepatobiliary, urologic and genital cancers, and blood cancers
- Neurology, neurosurgery, and neuro-oncology
This fall, the Radiation Oncology Center at the TGH Cancer Institute in Brandon will open. It will provide evidence-based, multimodal radiation therapies, including high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy — a targeted radiation treatment that provides higher doses while preserving the surrounding tissue or skin. The center will also offer radiopharmaceuticals (radioisotopes to target specific organs, tissues or cells) and the TrueBeam™ system (an advanced medical linear accelerator capable of fast and precise image-guided radiation therapy).
"This TGH Radiation Oncology Center is a testament to the TGH Cancer Institute's commitment to providing world-class care to our community," said Dr. Richard Tuli, professor and chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at USF Health Morsani College of Medicine, deputy director of the TGH Cancer Institute, and director of Radiation Oncology at Tampa General Hospital. Tuli joined TGH from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, N.Y. "Added capacity means we can provide treatment to more of the most difficult cancer cases safely using the most cutting-edge technology available to us in a location close to those who live in south Hillsborough."
In a continued effort to provide world-class care to the region, Tampa General is preparing to build a Proton Therapy Center, in collaboration with the Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute (FCS). The Center will be located within the Tampa Medical and Research District adjacent to downtown Tampa in a highly specialized and comprehensive three-story, 44,000-square-foot building at the intersection of W. Kennedy Boulevard and S. Fielding Avenue.
The expansions reflect a greater undertaking to develop a world-class cancer center at Tampa General. "The completion of the Infusion Center, the addition of a Radiation Oncology Center and a Proton Therapy Center supports our goal to advance an already sophisticated standard of care at the TGH Cancer Institute," said Dr. Abraham Schwarzberg, executive vice president and chief of Oncology, Tampa General. "We will not stop in making world-class care accessible for cancer patients and their families."
In December 2022, Tampa General announced that it had earned a three-year accreditation from the Commission on Cancer (CoC), a quality program established by the American College of Surgeons (ACS). TGH Cancer Institute was also recently named one of "America's Best Cancer Hospitals" by Newsweek.
Ranked among the top 10 percent of U.S. hospitals for cancer care according to U.S. News & World Report's 2022-2023 rankings, the Tampa General Cancer Institute provides comprehensive care via groundbreaking therapies and advanced diagnostic imaging tools and is part of the hospital's vision to be the safest and most innovative academic health system in America.
Through the TGH Cancer Institute, Tampa General and USF Health, physicians offer a highly coordinated, interdisciplinary approach to quality patient care and provide a wide range of multidisciplinary specialties such as hematologic malignancies, bone marrow transplant, cell therapy, neuro-oncology, thoracic oncology, breast, colorectal and gynecologic oncology. Advanced subspecialties include liver and hepatobiliary oncology, otolaryngology (ear, nose, and throat), and genitourinary (reproductive system and genitourinary tract).
The infusion center will be open from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information about the TGH Cancer Institute, visit www.tgh.org/cancer.
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Tampa General Hospital, a 1,040-bed, not-for-profit, academic health system, is one of the largest hospitals in America and delivers world-class care as the region's only center for Level l trauma and comprehensive burn care. Tampa General Hospital is the highest-ranked hospital in the market in U.S. News & World Report's 2022-23 Best Hospitals, and is tied as the third highest-ranked hospital in Florida, with seven specialties ranking among the best programs in the United States. Tampa General Hospital has been designated as a model of excellence by the 2022 Fortune/Merative 100 Top Hospitals list. The academic health system's commitment to growing and developing its team members is recognized by two prestigious Forbes magazine rankings – first nationally in the 2022 America's Best Employers for Women and sixth out of 100 Florida companies in the 2022 America's Best Employers by State. Tampa General is the safety net hospital for the region, caring for everyone regardless of their ability to pay, and in fiscal year 2021, provided a net community benefit worth more than $224.5 million in the form of health care for underinsured patients, community education, and financial support to community health organizations in Tampa Bay. It is one of the nation's busiest adult solid organ transplant centers and is the primary teaching hospital for the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine. With six medical helicopters, Tampa General Hospital transports critically injured or ill patients from 23 surrounding counties to receive the advanced care they need. Tampa General houses a nationally accredited comprehensive stroke center, and its 32-bed Neuroscience, Intensive Care Unit is the largest on the West Coast of Florida. It also is home to the Jennifer Leigh Muma 82-bed neonatal intensive care unit, and a nationally accredited rehabilitation center. Tampa General Hospital's footprint includes 17 Tampa General Medical Group Primary Care offices, TGH Family Care Center Kennedy, TGH Brandon Healthplex, TGH Virtual Health, and 21 TGH Imaging powered by Tower outpatient radiology centers throughout Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas and Palm Beach counties. Tampa Bay area residents also receive world-class care from the TGH Urgent Care powered by Fast Track network of clinics. To see a medical care professional live anytime, anywhere on a smartphone, tablet or computer, visit Virtual Health | Tampa General Hospital (tgh.org). As one of the largest hospitals in the country, Tampa General Hospital is the first in Florida to partner with GE Healthcare and open a clinical command center that provides real-time situational awareness to improve and better coordinate patient care at a lower cost. For more information, go to www.tgh.org.
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Oscar-winning director Bong Joon-ho has officially released the first look at his follow-up to his lauded 2019 film, Parasite. On Monday, Warner Bros. shared the first teaser for Mickey 17, a slick-looking sci-fi flick about the interactions between humanity and technology.
The film -- written and directed by Bong, and adapted from the 2022 novel Mickey7 by Edward Ashton -- stars Robert Pattinson as the titular Mickey, an expendable employee sent on an expedition to a dangerous ice world. When one iteration of Mickey dies, a new body is regenerated with most of his memories intact.
The teaser features Pattinson lying shirtless in a futuristic-looking medical chamber, eyes closed until the last moment, when they pop open -- likely completing one of Mickey's regeneration cycles.
That's not the only mysterious and exciting project on Pattinson's plate these days. Earlier this year, it was announced that Pattinson and director Matt Reeves are officially confirmed to return for The Batman sequel.
The actor and co-star Zoe Kravitz spoke with ET earlier this year about continuing their on-screen dynamic as Batman and Catwoman in future projects.
"I think it's going to be a very complicated road ahead," Kravitz noted. "I think we're so similar and yet we're so different, and we meet each other and yet we also want to be, I think, on our own."
Reeves agreed, noting, "The two of them, they're so drawn to each other but at the same time, in another way, they're both so affected by their pasts that they'll never be able to be together. I love this idea of a love story where you can always feel the pull and you can always feel the push."
Mickey 17 is set for release on March 29, 2024.
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NEW YORK, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Evolve Capital Partners Inc., a leading independent investment bank specializing in the finance and technology sectors principally serving the mid-market, announced today that Kevin W. McMurchy has joined the firm as Managing Director of Insurance and Financial Institutions Investment Banking. In his new role, Mr. McMurchy will focus on middle-market transactions within the financial services and insurance industries.
Mr. McMurchy has more than 30 years of professional experience, including mergers and acquisitions, valuations, fairness opinions and financial restructuring transactions involving commercial banks, specialty insurance and diversified financial service companies. He has executed domestic, international and cross-border transactions with a combined deal value of more than $30 Billion. Mr. McMurchy has acted as financial advisor to company management teams and Boards of Directors, Special Committees, and/or principal shareholders in assessing, analyzing, and recommending strategic and financial alternatives and opportunities.
Alexander Koles, Founder and Managing Director, stated "the addition of Kevin McMurchy strengthens Evolve Capital's capabilities in financial services and with Kevin's depth of experience and track record of service to his clients, he is an outstanding choice to spearhead this important effort. He will build on our successes we've had in the insurance industry, and we look forward leveraging his deep expertise as we expand our industry coverage."
Most recently, Mr. McMurchy served as the managing director and Group Head of Financial Institutions at Scott-Macon, Ltd. Prior to Scott-Macon, Mr. McMurchy was a managing director and led the Financial Institutions Group with Dresner Partners and was a managing director with Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin and Keefe, Bruyette and Woods (KBW). During his investment banking career, Mr. McMurchy has focused on financial services and insurance markets and advised public and private clients.
Mr. McMurchy holds a Master of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, and a Bachelor of Arts (Magna Cum Laude) in Economics from Harvard University.
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WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate Wednesday for the 11th time in 17 months as part of its ongoing drive to curb inflation. But it provided little guidance about when — or whether — it might hike rates again.
Wednesday's move raised the Fed’s benchmark short-term rate from roughly 5.1% to 5.3% — its highest level since 2001. Coming on top of its previous hikes, the Fed’s latest action could lead to further increases in the costs of mortgages, auto loans, credit cards and business borrowing.
Speaking at a news conference, Fed Chair Jerome Powell was noncommittal about any expectations for future rate hikes. Since it began raising rates in March 2022, the Fed has often telegraphed its upcoming action. This time, though, Powell said the Fed's policymakers may or may not raise rates again at their next meeting in September.
“It is certainly possible that we will raise rates again at the September meeting,” he said. “And I would also say it’s possible that we would choose to hold steady at that meeting.”
Powell sent a mixed message about whether he thinks the Fed will eventually need to further raise rates or instead just keep the current level of rates in place for a prolonged period.
“It was about as clear as mud, and I think that was the point," said Diane Swonk, chief economist at accounting giant KPMG. “They don’t want to declare victory too soon. They know inflation moves in fits and starts.”
Powell acknowledged that the economy has proved surprisingly resilient despite the Fed's rapid rate hikes, with growth continuing and companies still adding jobs. He also revealed that the Fed’s staff economists no longer foresee a recession. In April, the minutes of the central bank’s March meeting had said that staff economists envisioned a “mild” recession later this year.
And he said he still thinks that a “soft landing” — in which inflation would fall back to the Fed's 2% target, without causing a deep recession — is still possible.
“My base case is that we will be able to achieve inflation moving back down to our target without the kind of really significant downturn that results in high levels of job losses,” the Fed chair said. “We do have a shot at a soft landing.”
Though inflation has reached its slowest pace in two years, Wednesday’s hike reflects the concern of Fed officials that the economy is still growing too fast for inflation to fall back to their 2% target. With consumer confidence hitting its highest level in two years, Americans keep spending — crowding airplanes, traveling overseas and flocking to concerts and movie theaters. Most crucially, businesses keep hiring.
Year-over-year inflation in June was 3%, according to the government, down sharply from a peak of 9.1% in June 2022. Yet a “core” inflation measure that is preferred by the Fed, which excludes volatile food and energy costs, was still up 4.6% in May from a year earlier.
Powell said he welcomed, in particular, a milder-than-expected report on inflation for June. But he said additional such data would be needed to show that inflation is declining in a sustained way.
“We’re going to be careful about taking too much signal from a single reading,” he said.
The key question swirling around the Fed is whether Wednesday’s increase will or won’t be its last. Powell made clear that the fight against inflation isn’t over. The Fed’s rate hikes, he said, have “not been restrictive enough for long enough” to exert their full effect.
“We want core inflation to be coming down,” Powell said. "Core inflation is still pretty elevated. And so we think we need to stay on task.”
He stressed that the Fed's policymakers will assess a range of incoming economic data in determining what action, if any, to take at their next meeting. When the officials last met in June, they signaled that they expected to raise rates twice more. By the time they meet again Sept. 19-20, Powell noted, they will have much more data in hand: Two more inflation reports, two reports on hiring and unemployment and updated figures on consumer spending and wages.
Some economists think the Fed might decide to forgo a rate increase in September before weighing a possible hike at its meeting in November.
In recent weeks, several Fed officials have said they worry that the still-brisk pace of job growth will lead workers to demand higher pay to make up for two years of inflationary prices. Sharp wage gains can perpetuate inflation if companies respond by raising prices for their customers.
At the same time, the steady easing of inflation pressures has lifted hopes that the Fed can bring down inflation without a recession.
Durable consumer spending has been a key driver of growth. Many Americans still have savings stemming from the pandemic, when the government distributed stimulus checks and people saved by spending less on travel, restaurants and entertainment.
And hiring has remained healthy, with employers having added 209,000 jobs in June and the jobless rate reaching an ultra-low 3.6%. That’s about where it was when the Fed began raising rates in March 2022 — a sign of economic resilience that almost no one had foreseen.
Some Fed officials, including Christopher Waller, an outspoken member of its Board of Governors, and Lorie Logan, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, have said they think the cumulative effects of the previous rate hikes have already been baked into the economy. With inflation still above the Fed’s target, they think additional hikes may be needed to further slow price pressures.
Some analysts caution that the drop in year-over-year inflation from roughly 9% to 3% was the relatively easy part. Getting it down to the Fed’s 2% target will be harder and take longer.
Other experts say they think the recent mild inflation readings can be sustained. Rental cost increases, which have already fallen, should drop further as more apartment buildings are completed.
Though the Fed began tightening credit before central banks in many other developed countries did, most others are now following suit. The European Central Bank is expected to announce its own quarter-point rate hike on Thursday. Though inflation has declined in the 20 countries that use the euro, it remains higher there than in the United States.
The Bank of Japan is expected to keep its policies unchanged when it meets next week even though prices there are creeping higher after roughly two decades of declining prices. The Bank of England has been among the most aggressive in Europe, having raised its key rate last month by a half-point to a 15-year high of 5%. Year-over-year inflation in the U.K. reached a painful 8.7% in May. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/nation-world/federal-reserve-raises-interest-rate-highest-level-since-2001/507-fb59c49e-96a9-43d3-9db2-826eab5af6bc | 2023-07-27 02:32:30 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/nation-world/federal-reserve-raises-interest-rate-highest-level-since-2001/507-fb59c49e-96a9-43d3-9db2-826eab5af6bc |
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Ah, spring. The growing season brings plenty of things — rain, seasonal allergies and in Richmond, lots of opportunities to enjoy the outdoors and try something new. Whether you’re into gardening, food or pop culture, there is something for everyone this season. Here’s just a taste of what Central Virginia has to offer this spring:
Citizen Science FrogWatch Workshop
When: Tuesday, March 7 and Thursday, March 9, both sessions from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Where: The Robins Nature Center, 2201 Shields Lake Drive, Richmond
Price: Free
What: Become an amateur herpetologist — that’s someone who studies frogs and other amphibians! — by joining this training workshop for FrogWatch USA. FrogWatch is a national frog and toad monitoring program that collects data on local species across the country. These sessions are designed for high school age youth and adults.
Class: Creating a Backyard Wildlife Habitat
When: Every day starting Wednesday, March 8 to Wednesday, March 22, 9 a.m. to noon
Where: Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, 1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond
Price: Registration is $115 for members and $135 for non-members
What: Spring is the perfect time to take your garden to the next level, and Lewis Ginter is offering a two week long class for you to do just that. Learn how to add native trees, shrubs, grasses and other plants into your garden or backyard, as well as how to identify invasive species on your property.
Jeni’s Ice Cream opens in Carytown
When: Thursday, March 9, starting at noon
Where: Carytown Exchange, 3500 W. Cary Street, #C150
Price: Free scoops starting at 7 p.m.
What: Warm weather means it’s time to enjoy some cold treats. Jeni’s, an Ohio-based ice cream chain is best known for its popular flavors like Brambleberry Crisp and Gooey Butter Cake, is opening a new location in downtown Richmond. They’ll even be giving out free scoops on opening day!
Wild and Scenic Film Festival
When: Thursday, March 9, doors open at 6 p.m. and the first film showing is 7 p.m.
Where: Science Museum of Virginia, 2500 West Broad Street
Price: Regular Admission $30; At the door $35; College Student $15
What: Get inspired by the beauty of nature — while also getting inside for a bit. This film festival will screen an array of short films centering on nature, wildlife, agricultural, indigenous cultures, environmental activism and much more.
Roses at Hollywood Cemetery
When: Thursday, March 9, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Where: Wilton House Museum, 215 S. Wilton Road, Richmond
Price: $10
What: Learn a bit about Richmond history while also sharpening your gardening skills with a lecture from heritage rose expert Connie Hilker at the historic Hollywood Cemetery. The lecture will offer an introduction to the cemetery and the care and maintenance of its historic roses.
Byrd Theatre’s Environmental Film Festival
When: Friday, March 10 through Monday, March 13
Where: The Byrd Theatre, 2908 W. Cary Street, Richmond
Price: Free
What: March is a great month for film lovers in Richmond, especially if you love films about nature. The Byrd Theatre will be hosting their annual free Environmental Film Festival with movies showcases on environmental issues important to Virginia and the Richmond community.
Toddler Time: Down on the Farm
When: Monday, March 13, Monday, March 20 and Monday, March 27, all sessions from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Where: Maymont, 1001 Spottswood Road in Richmond
Price: $5 to $15. Maymont members receive a discount
What: Littles ones will have the chance to explore (while guided!) and meet the animals at Maymont, as well as enjoy a story time and a craft and a guided exploration.
Girl Scout Cookie and Beer Pairing
When: Saturday, March 18, 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Where: Intermission Beer Company, 10089 Brook Road, Unit A, Glen Allen
Price: $17.50 for five beers and five cookies
What: Spring is officially Girl Scout Cookie season, and now you can pair a sweet treat with local brews from the Intermission Beer Company. No pre-registration needed, but you can request your favorite cookies for pairings ahead of the event. Or, just show up and get a taste of the pre-selected cookie pairings. If five cookies isn’t quite enough, you can support local Girl Scout Troops and boxes order cookies at the event, too.
Tour: Women in the Wickham House
When: Thursday, March 23, 2023, 6 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.
Where: The Valentine, 1015 E. Clay Street, Richmond
Price: Free
What: March is Women’s History Month, so learn a bit about some women from Richmond’s past with a 45-minute guided tour through the Valentine’s Wickham House. The tour will walk visitors through the stories of the women who lived and worked in the house through the 19th and 20th century.
Alice in Wonderland at the Dominion Energy Center
When: Friday, March 24, 7 p.m. and Saturday, March 25, 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Where: Carpenter Theatre at Dominion Energy Center, 600 E. Grace Street, Richmond
Price: $29
What: Go down the rabbit hole like you never have before with this family-friendly performance from SOUL Aerial & Performing Arts Center. Follow Alice through Wonderland and meet familiar the Mad Hatter, March Hare, the Jabberwocky, and the Red Queen, now in an aerial cirque production.
Richmond’s GalaxyCon
When: All day Friday, March 24 through Sunday, March 26
Where: Greater Richmond Convention Center, 403 N. Third Street, Richmond
Price: Single day tickets start at $40
What: Don your best costume and get ready for a full weekend of pop culture fun! GalaxyCon Richmond is described as “a 3-Day festival of fandom,” complete with a chance to meet celebrities, artists, writers and actors and attend panels on everything from art to voice acting to cosplay.
Richmond SPCA’s Dog Jog, 5K and Block Party
When: Saturday, March 25, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Where: Richmond SPCA, 2519 Hermitage Road, Richmond
Price: Free to attend, race registration prices start at $45
What: Get out and run for a good cause, and bring your pup with you for Richmond SPCA’s 21st Annual Dog Jog, 5K and Block Party. There will be a “people-only” 5K to start off the event, followed by the Little Paws Fun Run for kids ages 4 to 10, and then the one-mile Dog Jog. The Block Party kicks off at noon with live music and performances. There will also be a virtual option for anyone that wants to join in from their own neighborhood. | https://www.wric.com/community/list-things-to-do-this-spring-in-central-virginia/ | 2023-03-07 23:14:07 | 0 | https://www.wric.com/community/list-things-to-do-this-spring-in-central-virginia/ |
Indiva Launches Pearls by Grön Gummies and Remains the National Market Share Leader in the Edibles Category
LONDON, ON, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Indiva Limited (the "Company" or "Indiva") (TSXV: NDVA) (OTCQX: NDVAF), the leading Canadian producer of cannabis edibles and other cannabis products, is pleased to announce its financial and operating results for the second fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2022. All figures are reported in Canadian dollars ($), unless otherwise indicated. Indiva's financial statements are prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS"). For a more comprehensive overview of the corporate and financial highlights presented in this news release, please refer to Indiva's Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2022, and the Company's Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements for the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, to be filed on SEDAR and made available on the Company's website, www.indiva.com.
"We are very pleased to report record net revenue and gross profit on a year-to-date basis, and expect to see further revenue growth in the second half of 2022, driven by the introduction of more than 25 new SKUs across Canada," said Niel Marotta, President and Chief Executive Officer of Indiva. "The second quarter was extremely busy operationally, as we began manufacturing new products, including our first commercial batches of Pearls gummies, which were delivered to the OCS subsequent to quarter end. We expect to ship Pearls, and many other new products, to additional provinces in the coming weeks. We are pleased to see improvement in gross margins in the quarter, however as per our June 27, 2022, press release, delays in new product deliveries and lack of provincial delivery appointments in certain provinces in late June caused approximately $1 million of sales to slip into Q3 2022, resulting in declining net revenue on a year-over-year basis. We are very excited for the launch of Pearls by Grön, Indiva Life cookies, lozenges and chocolates, and Dime Vapes. The feedback from key accounts, provincial wholesalers and budtenders across the country has been very positive, and we look forward to continuing to delight of-age Canadian cannabis enthusiasts with the quality and innovation that Indiva products are known for."
- Gross revenue in Q2 2022 was $8.9 million, representing an 8.3% sequential decrease from Q1 2022, and a 9.9% decrease year-over-year from Q2 2021. Year-to-date, gross revenue increased 11.0% year over year to a record $18.6 million.
- Net revenue in Q2 2022 was $8.1 million, representing an 8.5% sequential decrease from Q1 2022, and a 9.7% decrease year-over-year from Q2 2021, due to difficult comparisons versus the introduction of Wana Quick in Q2 2021, and delays in provincial deliveries of new and existing products, causing revenue to slip into the third quarter. Revenue continues to be driven primarily by higher sales of category leading edibles including Wana Sour Gummies and Bhang Chocolate. Year-to-date, net revenue increased 12.1% year over year to a record $17.0 million.
- Net revenue from edible products in the quarter was $7.2 million, down 14.8% from $8.5 million in Q1 2022 and down 13.9% from $8.4 million in the prior year period. Edible product sales represent 89.1% of net revenue in Q2 2022. Year-to-date net revenue from edible products increased 13.0% year-over-year to a record $15.7 million or 92.6% of net revenue.
- Gross profit before fair value adjustments, impairments and one-time items declined year-over-year, but increased sequentially, to $2.7 million, or 33.1% of net revenue, versus 29.6% in Q1 2022 and 30.1% in Q2 2021. The improvement in gross margin was due to lower material costs on certain inputs, improved production efficiencies and lower returns and impairments to inventory, offset by lower revenues and lower overhead absorption on goods sold in the quarter. Year-to-date, gross profit before fair value adjustments, impairments and one-time items increased to a record $5.3 million, or 31.3% of net revenue, versus $4.2 million or 27.6% of net revenue in the corresponding period last year.
- In Q2 2022, Indiva sold products containing 44.2 million milligrams of distillate, the active ingredient in edible products, which represents a 19% decrease when compared to the 54.5 million milligrams in products sold in Q1 2022, and a 16% decrease compared to 52.5 million milligrams sold in Q2 2021.
- Impairment charges in the quarter totaled $0.52 million. This impairment includes a write off of aged finished goods and bulk cannabis flower, and to a lesser extent, certain packaging for obsolete products, offset by a recovery on oil-based products. The Company will continue to work to monetize any impaired inventory which remains saleable. The Company expects lower inventory impairments going forward as most of the bulk flower inventory originating from terminated contract manufacturing has either been sold or written down.
- Operating expenses in the quarter decreased 0.4% sequentially, representing 42.9% of net revenue, versus 39.4% in Q1 2022 and 34.4% in Q2 2021. Operating expenses declined due to lower general and administrative costs, which were down 18.8% year-over-year and down 6.1% sequentially, offset by higher marketing costs and sales commissions. Year-to-date, operating expenses increased by 31.2% to $7.0 million due entirely to higher marketing costs and sales commissions.
- Adjusted EBITDA improved sequentially in Q2 2022 to a loss of $0.15 million, versus a loss of $0.38 million in Q1 2022, and declined versus a profit of $0.49 million in Q2 2021, due to lower revenue and higher marketing expenses, offset by lower cost of goods. Year-to-date, adjusted EBITDA was a loss of $0.53 million versus a loss of $0.01 million in the corresponding period last year. See "Non-IFRS Measures" below.
- Comprehensive net loss of $2.5 million included one-time expenses and non-cash charges for impairment of inventory and property, plant and equipment totaling $0.5 million. Excluding these charges, comprehensive loss declined to $2.0 million versus an adjusted loss of $2.02 million in Q1 2022 and $0.72 million in Q2 2021.
- Dime Industries ("Dime"): Indiva signed an exclusive licensing and manufacturing agreement with Dime. The agreement has a five year term which automatically renews for three additional five year terms. Indiva intends to launch Dime's proprietary and innovative vape products, including disposable vapes, 510-thread carts and custom batteries beginning in Q3 2022, marking Indiva's first entrance into the vape category.
- Awards: Artisan Batch was awarded Best in Grow from Cannabis NB for best Indica flower, namely Sour Glue, produced by Purplefarm Genetics.
- Indiva launched additional SKUs including Artisan Batch Mimosa Live Rosin. Wana Passion Fruit, Wana Lemon Iced Tea, and Wana Quick Rise and Shine Clementine, with CBG.
- Indiva introduced its new consumer brand Indiva Life at the 2022 Lift&Co conference. The initial cannabis products to be launched under the Indiva Life brand will include edibles and extracts. All of the Indiva Life SKUs are now actively being ordered by provincial wholesalers.
- Indiva was awarded 25 additional SKU listings by the Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS), including five SKUs which will participate in the "Flow-Through" program. These additional listings bring Indiva's OCS listings to a total of 60 SKUs, up from the current level of 35 SKUs. The newly accepted SKUs are across six brands: Indiva Life (including lozenges, cookies and chocolates), Artisan Batch, Pearls by Grön, including three SKUs in addition to the initial four Pearls SKUs delivered in July, Pips by Grön, Dime Vapes and Bhang Chocolate. All SKUs are expected to launch in Ontario in October 2022, with deliveries to additional provinces beginning in September 2022.
- Indiva completed an agreement with Kronic Relief, of Toronto, Ontario, to bring its premium craft flower to market under the Artisan Batch brand. The OCS has accepted this cultivar, and 3.5 gram jars of Kronic Relief flower are expected to hit shelves in Ontario in Q4 2022.
- Indiva shipped its initial deliveries of Pearls by Grön to the OCS. The company expects the product to be available for sell-in to Ontario licensed retailers as of August 23rd.
- Data from Hifyre Inc. for the second quarter of 2022 shows strong sell-through of Indiva edible products. With 31.6% share of sales, Indiva continues to lead in the #1 market share position in the edibles category:
The Company identified an error in the calculation of excise taxes related to additional duty charged by certain provinces and determined an adjustment is required to excise taxes payable on sales for the period of January 1, 2020 to March 31, 2022. As a result, prior years amounts on the consolidated statements of loss and comprehensive loss with respect to excise taxes, cost of sales, and marketing and sales were corrected to reflect the corrected excise tax payable on sales in those periods, as well as royalty and sales commissions which are recoverable as a result of decreased net revenues for those prior period sales. Management assessed the materiality of the correction described above on prior period financial statements and concluded that these corrections were not material to any prior annual or interim periods. Accordingly, amounts related to the three and six ended June 30, 2021, and as at June 30, 2021, and December 31, 2021, have been re-presented after correction of such immaterial adjustments solely for comparability purposes.
- The Company expects Q3 2022 and 2H 2022 net revenue to be higher sequentially and year-over-year driven primarily by new product introduction including Pearls gummies, Dime Industries vape products, as well as new Indiva Life branded products, resulting from in-house innovation, namely Double-Stuffed Vanilla Cookies and Double Stuffed Fudge Cookies, as well as Wild Cherry THC Lozenges and Lemon THC Lozenges.
- Margins are expected to benefit in the second half of 2022 due to the implementation of automation in the production and packaging of edible products. The Company expects to deliver on its commitments for existing or new listings of products, despite some delays in receiving equipment due to global COVID-19-related lockdowns.
Government and private entities are still assessing the present and future effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Indiva has continued to operate with enhanced health and safety protocols in place to protect its employees. The Company continues to assess the customer, supply chain, and staffing implications of COVID-19 and is committed to making continuous adjustments to minimize disruption and impact. Indiva will remain proactive in its response to the pandemic and compliant with any and all provincial and/or federal policy enacted to protect Canadians.
The Company will host a conference call to discuss its results on Tuesday, August 16, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. (EST). Interested participants can join by dialing 416-764-8658 or 1-888-886-7786. The conference ID number is 34309929.
A recording of the conference call will be available for replay following the call. To access the recording please dial 416-764-8691 or 1-877-674-6060. The replay ID is 309929#. The recording will remain available until Friday, September 16, 2022.
Indiva sets the standard for quality and innovation in cannabis. As a Canadian licensed producer, Indiva produces and distributes award-winning cannabis products nationally, including Bhang® Chocolate, Wana™ Sour Gummies, Jewels Chewable Tablets, Grön edibles, Dime IndustriesTM vape products, as well as capsules, edibles, extracts, pre-rolls and premium flower under the INDIVA, Indiva Life and Artisan Batch brands. Click here to connect with Indiva on LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, and here to find more information on the Company and its products.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) has in any way passed upon the merits of the contents of this news release and neither of the foregoing entities accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release or has in any way approved or disapproved of the contents of this news release.
Certain statements contained in this news release constitute forward-looking information. These statements relate to future events or future performance. The use of any of the words "could", "intend", "expect", "believe", "will", "projected", "estimated" and similar expressions and statements relating to matters that are not historical facts are intended to identify forward-looking information and are based on the parties' current belief or assumptions as to the outcome and timing of such future events. Actual future results may differ materially. In particular, this news release contains forward-looking information relating to, among other things, (i) the Company's outlook for and expected operating margins and future financial results, (ii) the projected growth of its business and operations (including existing and new segments thereof), and the future business activities of, and developments related to, the Company within such segments after the date of this news release, including the anticipated introduction of new product offerings (iii) the Company's ability to capture and/or maintain its market share in any jurisdiction, and (iv) the Company's ability to deliver on its commitments for existing or new listings of products. Various assumptions or factors are typically applied in drawing conclusions or making the forecasts or projections set out in forward-looking information. Those assumptions and factors are based on information currently available to the Company, and include, without limitation, assumptions about the Company's future business objectives, goals, and capabilities, the cannabis market, the regulatory framework applicable to the Company and its operations, and the Company's financial resources. Although the Company believes that the assumptions underlying, and the expectations reflected in, forward-looking statements in this news release are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to have been correct. A number of factors could cause actual events, performance or results to differ materially from what is projected in the forward-looking statements. Specifically, readers are cautioned that forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company, as applicable, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, risks and uncertainties related to: (i) the available funds of the Company and the anticipated use of such funds, (ii) the availability of financing opportunities, (iii) legal and regulatory risks inherent in the cannabis industry, (iv) risks associated with economic conditions, (v) dependence on management, (vi) public opinion and perception of the cannabis industry, (vii) risks related to contracts with third-party service providers, (viii) risks related to the enforceability of contracts, (ix) reliance on the expertise and judgment of senior management of the Company, and ability to retain such senior management, * risks related to proprietary intellectual property and potential infringement by third-parties, (xi) risks relating to the management of growth and/or increasing competition in the industry, (xii) risks associated to cannabis products manufactured for human consumption, including potential product recalls, (xiii) risks related to the economy generally, and (xiv) risk of litigation.
The forward-looking information contained in this news release is made as of the date hereof and the Company is not obligated to, and does not undertake to, update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable securities laws. Because of the risks, uncertainties and assumptions inherent in forward-looking information, investors should not place undue reliance on forward looking information. The foregoing statements expressly qualify any forward-looking information contained herein.
This news release contains future-oriented financial information and financial outlook information (collectively, "FOFI") about the Company's prospective results of operations, which are subject to the same assumptions, risk factors, limitations, and qualifications as set out in the above paragraph. FOFI contained in this news release was approved by management as of the date of this news release and was provided for the purpose of providing further information about the Company's future business operations. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any FOFI contained in this news release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, unless required pursuant to applicable law. Readers are cautioned that the FOFI contained in this document should not be used for purposes other than for which it is disclosed herein.
This news release makes reference to certain non-IFRS measures. These measures are not recognized measures under IFRS, do not have a standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS, and are therefore unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies. Rather, these measures are provided as additional information to complement those IFRS measures by providing further understanding of our results of operations from management's perspective. Accordingly, these measures should not be considered in isolation nor as a substitute for analysis of our financial information reported under IFRS.
The non-IFRS measure used in this news release includes "Adjusted EBITDA". The Company calculates Adjusted EBITDA as a sum of net revenue, other income, cost of inventory sold, production salaries and wages, production supplies and expense, general and administrative expense, and sales and marketing expense, as determined by management. Adjusted license fee eliminates 50% of the fee which is equivalent to the Company's share of the joint venture company to which the license fee is paid. Adjusted EBITDA is provided to assist readers in determining the ability of the Company to generate cash from operations and to cover financial charges. Management believes that Adjusted EBITDA provides useful information to investors as it is an important indicator of an issuer's ability to generate liquidity through cash flow from operating activities and equity accounted investees. Adjusted EBITDA is also used by investors and analysts for assessing financial performance and for the purpose of valuing an issuer, including calculating financial and leverage ratios. The most directly comparable financial measure that is disclosed in the financial statements of the Company to which the Non-IFRS measure relates is income (loss) from operations.
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GUIYANG, China, July 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report by Huanqiu.com:
Guizhou is one of the first National Pilot Zones for Eco-Environmental Conservation. On June 18, Zhou Yuqing once again led her team to patrol the Yachi River in Guizhou and deliver public lectures on eco-conservation. "I'm not merely picking litters," said Zhou who, though in her seventies, moves like a young man, "I'm telling the public that we should do our part to take care of eco-environment, to make our mountains greener and our waters clearer."
Zhou Yuqing, a retired police officer from Wangwu Prison in Guizhou Province, embarked on her journey as an environmental protection volunteer at an eco-conservation story-telling meeting in 2008. She didn't expect she'd work in this position for a decade and have her team.
"At first, my intention was to use my experiences to help the left-behind old people. However, I didn't expect more and more people joining our cause gradually, turning our neighborhood into a unified squad of environmental volunteers."
Zhou's squad, known as the "Dream & Love Community of Huaxi District", was founded in 2014. As the chairlady, she organizes a group of retired and elderly volunteers to deliver lectures on environmental protection and engage in voluntary campaigns such as river patrol, beach cleaning and refuse classification.
"One of the primary responsibilities of our community is river patrol," said Zhou, "but we faced some challenges at the beginning." She soon realized it was a sophisticated job and needed expertise. "From waste disposal to registration and reporting, it calls for classification skills." She added. In this career, Zhou met many non-profit environmental protection organizations and learned more from them, making her a professional river chief.
"I learned many things, such as water environment, the river chief system, the intricacies of water systems in Guiyang, the responsibilities and principles of unofficial river chiefs in Gui'an, river patrol tools, environmental protection promotion, and the follow-up mechanism for environmental issues. The instructors showed us how to patrol a river, how to use water sampler and river patrol tools, and how to check water quality." said Zhou. Nothing could stop her and her team from monthly patrolling Huaxi, Xiaoche and Nanming rivers. Zhou added, "We go where litters are found."
During their patrols, they meticulously record the nearby plant discharge volume and straw-burning activities, and monitor alien aquatic species. Identified environmental risks will be registered and reported to local authorities. To date, the community has patrolled over 100 rivers/lakes throughout the Province, organized over 200 water protection events, and collected about 1,000 kilograms of litters.
"We go where litters are found, and we know how to deal with littering." Zhou said. Stopping littering and promoting a green mindset are integral parts of environmental protection efforts. Zhou, having obtained the social worker certificate, is always willing to share what she learned to the squad. During their voluntary services or tours, the squad members, when noticing wrongdoings, would properly stop them in an acceptable manner.
"Environmental protection is like a relay." Zhou emphasized. Since 2020, Zhou and her squad have organized 30 "eco-conservation storytelling meetings" and "photo exhibition on river/lake eco-environmental conservation in Guizhou", and brought green knowledge and concepts to five kindergartens, 20 primary and middle schools and five communities. The squad, somehow unknown to the public, has grown from 20 to 180 registered members, and spent over 13,000 hours on voluntary environmental protection efforts.
In June 2022, Zhou Yuqing was honored one of the "A Hundred Excellent Eco-environment Volunteers" by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment. She also received the title of "2022-2023 Excellent Nongovernmental River Chief of Gui'an, Guiyang" in this April. "I'm proud to see the river becoming more beautiful," expressed Zhou, "I won't stop working on environmental protection as long as I can walk on my feet."
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One of the more heartening Hollywood comeback stories in recent years has been the return of the director Gina Prince-Bythewood with movies like The Old Guard and now The Woman King. It had been a long wait for many of us who adored her earlier films like Love & Basketball and Beyond the Lights. As Prince-Bythewood has said in interviews, her focus on women protagonists, especially Black women protagonists, had made it hard over the years to get her projects off the ground. Fortunately, the industry is changing, and it's finally come around to recognizing her talent.
Her latest movie, The Woman King, is her most ambitious project yet, a rousingly old-fashioned action-drama, drawn from true events, about women warriors in 19th-century West Africa. The movie originated with the actor Maria Bello, who produced it and wrote the story with the film's screenwriter, Dana Stevens. It opens in 1823 in the kingdom of Dahomey, located in what is now Benin. For several centuries, this kingdom was defended by an army of women fighters called the Agojie.
In the movie, the Agojie are led by the powerful General Nanisca, played by a galvanizing Viola Davis. She isn't the ruler of this kingdom — that would be the king, played by John Boyega — but given the movie's title, you suspect it's only a matter of time. The Agojie warriors are fighting the male soldiers of the Oyo Empire, who've been attacking Dahomey villages. To build up her army, Nanisca brings in a new batch of female recruits, among them an impetuous teenager named Nawi, played by Thuso Mbedu, the terrific South African star of last year's The Underground Railroad.
Much of the script centers on the growing bond — and the growing tension — between Nanisca and Nawi. As the leader of the Agojie, Nanisca insists that all her warriors follow a strict code that includes lifelong celibacy. Nawi chafes at that restriction, and her independent-mindedness often clashes with the Agojie's values of discipline and self-sacrifice. But by the end, Nawi absorbs those values and becomes a courageous fighter, honing her skills through many exciting scenes of training and competition.
The Woman King was shot on location in South Africa, and its re-creation of the Dahomey villages is so immersive — the costumes, designed by Gersha Phillips, are especially gorgeous — that it just about carries you past some of the messiness of the storytelling. To its credit, the script addresses some of the historical complexities of the situation, including the fact that Dahomey became a rich kingdom by participating in the trans-Atlantic slave trade — a practice that Nanisca wants to end. She also has a personal score to settle with the Oyo warriors, and The Woman King is sometimes a little unsteady in its mix of political plotting and emotional drama. A romantic subplot involving Nawi and a hunky European explorer feels especially tacked-on.
Nanisca may not be the most complex character Davis has played, but it's thrilling to see her take on her first major action showcase as she dons battle gear, wields a sword and hacks her way through the many, many men who get in her way. And she isn't the only one: My favorite performance in the movie comes from Lashana Lynch as Izogie, a top warrior who takes young Nawi under her wing. You might have seen Lynch squaring off with Daniel Craig's James Bond in No Time to Die, and here she manages to be funny, heartbreaking and fierce.
Prince-Bythewood has conceived The Woman King in the grand-scale tradition of epics like Braveheart and Gladiator, this time with women leading the charge. While the action doesn't rise to the same visceral intensity as in those films, it makes for an engrossing and sometimes exhilarating history lesson. I left the theater thinking about how an old civilization recognized the strength of what women could do — and how it's taken the empire of Hollywood so long to do the same.
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Energy and environment ministers of the Group of Seven wealthy nations vowed Sunday to work to hasten the shift toward cleaner, renewable energy, but set no timetable for phasing out coal-fired power plants as they wrapped up two days of talks in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo.
The officials issued a 36-page communique laying out their commitments ahead of a G-7 summit in Hiroshima in May.
Japan won endorsements from fellow G-7 countries for its own national strategy emphasizing so-called clean coal, hydrogen and nuclear energy to help ensure its energy security.
“Recognizing the current global energy crisis and economic disruptions, we reaffirm our commitment to accelerating the clean energy transition to net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 at the latest,” the communique says.
“We call on and will work with other countries to end new unabated coal-fired power generation projects globally as soon as possible to accelerate the clean energy transition in a just manner,” the document says.
The leaders reiterated the need to urgently reduce carbon emissions and achieve a “predominantly decarbonized power sector” by 2035. They also stressed the importance of ensuring supplies of critical minerals, used in many high-tech products, are stable and conform to high social and environmental standards.
“I believe that we were able to demonstrate to the international community that our commitment to climate change and environmental issues is unwavering, even in the context of the situation in Ukraine,” Akihiro Nishimura, Japan’s environment minister, said after the talks ended.
The stipulation that countries rely on “predominantly” clean energy by 2035 leaves room for continuation of fossil-fuel fired power. But the ministers agreed to prioritize steps toward phasing out “unabated” coal power generation — plants that do not employ mechanisms to capture emissions and prevent them from escaping into the atmosphere.
U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry said the meetings were “really constructive.”
“I think the unity for the goal that was expressed of phasing out unabated fossil fuels is a very important statement,” Kerry said in an interview with The Associated Press.
The call to action comes as China and other developing countries step up demands for more help in phasing out fossil fuels and stabilizing energy prices and supplies amid disruptions from Russia’s war on Ukraine.
The issue of setting a timeline for phasing out coal-fired power plants is a longstanding sticking point. Japan relies on coal for nearly one-third of its power generation and is also promoting the use of so-called clean coal, using technology to capture carbon emissions, to produce hydrogen — which produces only water when used as fuel.
The G-7 nations account for 40% of the world’s economic activity and a quarter of global carbon emissions. Their actions are critical, but so is their support for less wealthy nations often suffering the worst effects of climate change while having the fewest resources for mitigating such impacts.
Emissions in advanced economies are falling, though historically they have been higher — the United States alone accounts for about a quarter of historic global carbon emissions — while emerging markets and developing economies now account for more than two-thirds of global carbon emissions.
The communique highlighted the need to cut carbon emission by around 43% by 2030, and 60% by 2035, relative to the 2019 level. It also reaffirmed the G-7 commitment to ending fossil fuel subsidies by 2025.
The president-designate for the next United Nations climate talks, the COP28, who was also attending the talks in Sapporo, issued a statement urging G-7 nations to increase financial support for developing countries’ transitions to clean energy.
“We must make a fairer deal for the Global South,” said Sultan Al Jaber of the United Arab Emirates “Not enough is getting to the people and places that need it most.”
He said developed countries must follow through on a $100 billion pledge they made at the 2009 COP15 meeting. The next talks are to be held in Dubai in late November.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who met in Beijing on Friday, issued a joint statement expressing concern that such funding “continues to fall short of the commitment of $100 billion per year.”
Bhupender Yadav, India’s environment minister, urged G-7 countries to hasten their emissions reductions to allow space for developing countries to grow their economies. That is “the best defense against the impacts of climate change, environmental degradation and pollution,” he said in a tweet.
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The document crafted in Sapporo included significant amounts of nuance to allow for differences between the G-7 energy strategies, climate advocates said.
“They put out bold language on the urgency of addressing the climate crisis but the real test is what are they saying to the rest of the world about their commitments to scale up ambitions,” Alden Meyer, a senior associate at E3G, a climate change think tank, said in a Twitter spaces session just after the communique was released.
But while other G-7 countries prevented Japan from expanding loopholes to allow wider use of fossil fuels, the commitments “fall short of the clarion call to action that was needed,” Meyer said.
The Sapporo talks also yielded pledges to cooperate on wise and equitable environmental energy, water, farm and marine policies. The ministers committed to ending plastic pollution, aiming to take new plastic pollution to zero by 2040.
While the G-7 energy and environment ministers were wrapping up their meetings in Sapporo, farther south in the mountain city of Karuizawa G-7 foreign ministers were grappling with other shared concerns including regional security and the war in Ukraine.
The war, which Kerry called “insane and tragic,” has complicated the switch to renewable energy by disrupting trade in oil and gas and pushing prices sharply higher, but phasing out carbon emissions can and must continue.
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MERCED, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Relatives of a California family of four – including an 8-month-old baby – who were kidnapped on Monday are pleading with the kidnapper to let them go.
A wife and cousin spoke out less than 24 hours after their relatives were kidnapped from their family-owned business, “Unison Trucking,” in Merced, which is located roughly 130 miles east of San Francisco and sometimes referred to as the “Gateway to Yosemite.”
“Please think of us, I’m begging in front of people who took my family from me, please let them go safely,” said Jaspreet Kaur, whose husband is missing.
“My husband, my brother-in-law, my sister-in-law, and my niece are missing and my niece, she’s just an 8-month-old kid and she doesn’t have any food with them.”
Kaur says her husband, 39-year-old Amandeep Singh, was going to work that morning around 8:00 a.m. It wasn’t until 11:00 a.m. when they got a call from the business saying no one was at the front desk, she said
“I tried to call him so many times around 11:45 a.m. but his phone is going directly to the voicemail,” added Kaur. “Think about that little girl, she’s just 8 months old.”
Merced County deputies say 27-year-old Jasleen; her husband, 36-year-old Jasdeep Singh; and their baby were allegedly taken by a man caught on surveillance video.
Merced Sheriff Vern Warnke said, “We have a low life out there that kidnapped an 8-month-old baby, her mom, her dad, and her uncle. So far we have no idea why the kidnapping, we have no motivation behind it.”
The sheriff’s office said all available resources are being used to track down the family members, who were taken against their will.
“We’ve got detectives out canvassing, we have aircraft looking for evidence. People are going to be working 24 hours on this until we get a break in this,” said the sheriff.
The family pleaded with the suspect to let them go. “We just want him to please bring our family safe to us,” said Jaspreet. “We don’t care what’s going on or what happened but please let those people go and have them come to us safely.”
Authorities said the suspect is armed and dangerous and warned the public not to approach him but to contact the Merced County Sheriff’s Office immediately. | https://www.krqe.com/news/national/search-continues-for-kidnapped-california-family-please-let-them-go/ | 2022-10-05 00:25:55 | 1 | https://www.krqe.com/news/national/search-continues-for-kidnapped-california-family-please-let-them-go/ |
Phan Thị Kim Phuc, the girl in the famous 1972 Vietnam napalm attack photo, is escorting 236 refugees from the war in Ukraine on a flight from Warsaw to Canada.
Phuc's iconic Associated Press photo in which she runs with her napalm-scalded body exposed, was etched on the private NGO plane that flew the refugees on Monday to the city of Regina, the capital of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.
Kim, 59, a Canadian citizen, says she wants her story and work for the refugees to be a message of peace. The refugees, mostly women and children, are among thousands of Ukrainians being offered Canada's humanitarian visas, in response to Russia's brutal invasion of their country. | https://www.lex18.com/news/national/1972-napalm-girl-escorts-ukraine-refugees-to-canada | 2022-07-05 03:02:17 | 1 | https://www.lex18.com/news/national/1972-napalm-girl-escorts-ukraine-refugees-to-canada |
Belani Brings Decades of Expertise in Commodities and Derivatives to Firm
NEW YORK, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Akshay N. Belani, a well-known and highly respected derivatives attorney, has joined Troutman Pepper's Corporate Practice Group in New York as a partner. Belani joins the firm from Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP.
Belani focuses his practice on the application of derivatives in trading, structured products, and capital markets. He represents corporations, funds, banks, institutional investors, broker-dealers, and other financial institutions in all aspects of their securities, futures, derivatives, and commodities trading.
"Akshay offers our clients in-demand expertise around the transactional and regulatory issues associated with derivatives, complex finance, and structured products," said Mason Bayler, chair of the firm's Transactional department. "His skillsets pertaining to NFA and CFTC rule and regulations, securities financing, futures and derivatives contract negotiations and reviews, and related Dodd-Frank questions are similarly sought after."
"It's rare to find an attorney with Akshay's level of derivatives experience," added Steven Khadavi, managing partner of Troutman Pepper's New York office. "We are delighted to welcome him to the firm and know he will have an immediate impact on our clients."
Belani is a member of several industry associations and has an active pro bono practice, previously handling matters with Emma's Torch, Kids in Need of Defense, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, and Teens for Food Justice. He earned his JD from St. John's University School of Law and bachelor's degree from Tufts University.
"Troutman Pepper is known for its high-performance teams and providing superior client service," Belani said. "I'm looking forward to partnering with my new colleagues as we seek to deliver even more value for clients."
Consistently recognized as a top-tier national practice, Troutman Pepper's corporate attorneys regularly handle multimillion- and multibillion-dollar transactions. Core areas of service include capital markets transactions and other significant domestic and cross-border transactions, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, securities laws compliance, and corporate finance.
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 U.S. cities. The firm's litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from startups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients' most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.
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Not all celebrity co-workers have each other's phone numbers.
On the latest episode of E! News' digital series Down in the DMs, Ne-Yo revealed that one of his former World of Dance co-judges ghosted a message he sent them about collaborating.
"I did DM J.Lo at one point about a song that I was trying to write for her," he exclusively revealed. "I DMed her in the moment because she wasn't right in my face and I didn't have her phone number at the time, so I was like, ‘Alright, we'll see if she'll respond here.' She didn't, which is fine, that's fine. She's really busy."
And while Jennifer Lopez never responded, Ne-Yo has no hard feelings towards his fellow artist...or so he says.
"It's not like we're friends or anything," he joked. "It's not like we did a whole TV show together or anything. It's fine. It's totally fine."
However, the shoe was on the other foot when the Grammy-winner received a DM from singer Chlöe Bailey about working together.
"It was just about us getting in the studio and doing some work, which we still need to do," he said. "If you look at the date on when she reached out versus when I responded, there was some time in between the two."
He took the chance to apologize to the Grown-ish star, telling the camera, "Sorry, Chloe. Nothing personal at all. I just really, really suck at this DM thing."
Ne-Yo's latest single "Don't Love Me"—released on May 13—is inspired by his marital struggles with his wife, Crystal Renay. And though she used to take a peek at her husband's DMs, he shared the reason why she no longer does.
"People send me really disgusting things, just not giving a damn about the fact that I'm a married man," he revealed. "Or people asking for money. Those are the two things that I get DMed the most."
For as many NSFW messages he gets, Ne-Yo gets just as many heartwarming messages from his fans, who share the impact his music has had on their lives.
"Seeing comments like these are why I do it," he said after reading through positive comments for his latest music video. "I make music for you to live life to. I make music for you to get ready to go to the club to. I make music for you to clean your house on Sunday to. I make music for you to break up with that dude, too, that you've been trying to break up for so long, but for whatever reason, you stick around."
He continued, "When somebody recognizes that and appreciates it, it makes my heart flutter."
Check out the full episode above.
The music video for Ne-Yo's single "Don't Love Me" is out now. His new video "Body" comes out this June and is directed by Teyana Taylor. | https://www.eonline.com/ca/news/1332365/ne-yo-reveals-jennifer-lopez-ghosted-him-over-dms | 2022-05-26 15:30:21 | 1 | https://www.eonline.com/ca/news/1332365/ne-yo-reveals-jennifer-lopez-ghosted-him-over-dms |
SAN ANTONIO — A San Antonio family is restless for answers. July marks two years since Raymond “Ray” Sneed was murdered at his northeast apartment.
Tamika Lee spoke with KENS 5 for the first time on Monday. She said her son had just turned 25 and was looking forward to becoming a father.
“He was very excited to meet [his son],” said Lee. “We actually laid him to rest on the day I had scheduled for his baby shower.”
Sneed was murdered one month before his son was born.
Lee remembers his warm personality and loving spirit.
“Ray was the jokester of the family,” she said. “He just wanted to see everybody happy. He made sure he put a smile on everyone’s face. Not too often you would be around him and he would be quiet. He was just a loving human being, we called him a gentle giant.”
On July 1, 2021, police were called to the Alamo Estates Apartments on Midcrown Drive for reports of gunfire. When officers arrived, they found Sneed dead inside his apartment. Lee says there were no signs of forced entrance.
Witnesses saw a woman fleeing the area, according to investigators.
“I think it’s someone he knew, but not someone close to him,” Lee said.
Two years later, Lee can’t believe her son’s killer hasn’t been caught.
“It’s not easy,” she sobbed. “Not when it’s your child. Knowing that someone chose to play God with your baby’s life … it’s hard.”
Lee says the only gift Ray was able to give his son was his name.
“I feel like we have all been robbed, but how do we explain to his son why he doesn’t have a daddy here?” she asked. “The blessing in it all is that so many people reached out from near and far to share stories of how Ray impacted their lives. You want to know that you raised your child to be a good person, with a good heart. I feel like my grandson will feel his father’s love through friends and family.”
Lee told KENS 5 her healing journey can’t start without answers.
“I know that individuals know what happened to my son,” she said. “I ask that they call Crime Stoppers. As a mother, I don’t feel my son is truly resting. I need him to rest.”
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Stephanie Terrell bought a used Nissan Leaf this fall and was excited to join the wave of drivers adopting electric vehicles to save on gas money and reduce her carbon footprint.
But Terrell quickly encountered a bump in the road on her journey to clean driving: As a renter, she doesn’t have a private garage where she can power up overnight, and the public charging stations near her are often in use, with long wait times. On a recent day, the 23-year-old nearly ran out of power on the freeway because a public charging station she was counting on was busy.
“It was really scary and I was really worried I wasn’t going to make it, but luckily I made it here. Now I have to wait a couple hours to even use it because I can’t go any further,” she said while waiting at another station where a half-dozen EV drivers circled the parking lot, waiting their turn. “I feel better about it than buying gas, but there are problems I didn’t really anticipate.”
The great transition to electric vehicles is underway for single-family homeowners who can charge their cars at home, but for millions of renters like Terrell, access to charging remains a significant barrier. People who rent are also more likely to buy used EVs that have a lower range than the latest models, making reliable public charging even more critical for them.
Now, cities from Portland to Los Angeles to New York City are trying to come up with innovative public charging solutions as drivers string power cords across sidewalks, stand up their own private charging stations on city right-of-ways and line up at public facilities.
The Biden administration last month approved plans from all 50 states to roll out a network of high-speed chargers along interstate highways coast-to-coast using $5 billion in federal funding over the next five years. But states must wait to apply for an additional $2.5 billion in local grants to fill in charging gaps, including in low- and moderate-income areas of cities and in neighborhoods with limited private parking.
“We have a really large challenge right now with making it easy for people to charge who live in apartments,” said Jeff Allen, executive director of Forth, a nonprofit that advocates for equity in electric vehicle ownership and charging access.
“There’s a mental shift that cities have to make to understand that promoting electric cars is also part of their sustainable transportation strategy. Once they make that mental shift, there’s a whole bunch of very tangible things they can — and should — be doing.”
The quickest place to charge is a fast charger, also known as DC Fast. Those charge a car in 20 to 45 minutes. But slower chargers which take several hours, known as Level 2, still outnumber DC fast chargers by nearly four to one, although their numbers are growing. Charging an electric vehicle on a standard residential outlet, or Level 1 charger, isn’t practical unless you drive little or can leave the car plugged in overnight, as many homeowners can.
Nationwide, there are about 120,000 public charging ports featuring Level 2 charging or above, and nearly 1.5 million electric vehicles registered in the U.S. — a ratio of just over one charging port per 12 cars nationally, according to the latest U.S. Department of Energy data from December 2021. But those chargers are not spread out evenly: In Arizona, for example, the ratio of electric vehicles to charging ports is 18 to one and in California, which has about 39% of the nation’s EVs, there are 16 zero-emissions vehicles for every charging port.
A briefing prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy last year by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory forecasts a total of just under 19 million electric vehicles on the road by 2030, with a projected need for an extra 9.6 million charging stations to meet that demand.
In Los Angeles, for example, nearly one-quarter of all new vehicles registered in July were plug-in electric vehicles. The city estimates in the next 20 years, it will have to expand its distribution capacity anywhere from 25% to 50%, with roughly two-thirds of the new power demand coming from electric vehicles, said Yamen Nanne, manager of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s transportation electrification program.
Amid the boom, dense city neighborhoods are rapidly becoming pressure points in the patchy transition to electrification.
In Los Angeles, the city has installed over 500 electric vehicle chargers — 450 on street lights and about 50 of them on power poles — to meet the demand and has a goal of adding 200 EV pole chargers per year, Nanne said. The chargers are strategically installed in areas where there are apartment complexes or near amenities, he said.
The city currently has 18,000 commercial chargers — ones not in private homes — but only about 3,000 are publicly accessible and just 400 of those are DC Fast chargers, Nanne said. Demand is so high that “when we put a charger out there that’s publicly accessible, we don’t even have to advertise. People just see it and start using it,” he said.
“We’re doing really good in terms of chargers that are going into workplaces but the publicly accessible ones is where there’s a lot of room to make up. Every city is struggling with that.”
Similar initiatives to install pole-mounted chargers are in place or being considered in cities from New York City to Charlotte, N.C. to Kansas City, Missouri. The utility Seattle City Light is also in the early stages of a pilot project to install chargers in neighborhoods where people can’t charge at home.
Mark Long, who lives in a floating home on Seattle’s Portage Bay, has leased or owned an EV since 2015 and charges at public stations — and sometimes charges on an outdoor outlet at a nearby office and pays them back for the cost.
“We have a small loading area but we all just park on the street,” said Long, who hopes to get one of the utility’s chargers installed for his floating community. “I’ve certainly been in a few situations where I’m down to 15, 14, 12 miles and … whatever I had planned, I’m just suddenly focused on getting a charge.”
Other cities, like Portland, are working to amend building codes for new construction to require electrified parking spaces for new apartment complexes and mixed-use development. A proposal being developed currently would require 50% of parking spaces in most new multi-family dwellings to have an electric conduit that could support future charging stations. In complexes with six spaces or fewer, all parking spaces would need to be pre-wired for EV charging.
Policies that provide equal access to charging are critical because with tax incentives and the emergence of a robust used-EV market, zero-emissions cars are finally within financial reach for lower-income drivers, said Ingrid Fish, who is in charge of Portland’s transportation decarbonization program.
“We’re hoping if we do our job right, these vehicles are going to become more and more accessible and affordable for people, especially those that have been pushed out of the central city” by rising rents and don’t have easy access to public transportation, Fish said.
The initiatives mimic those that have already been deployed in other nations that are much further along in EV adoption.
Worldwide, by 2030, more than 6 million public chargers will be needed to support EV adoption at a rate that keeps international emissions goals within reach, according to a recent study by the International Council on Clean Transportation. As of this year, the Netherlands and Norway have already installed enough public charging to satisfy 45% and 38% of that demand, respectively, while the U.S. has less than 10% of it in place currently, according to the study, which looked at electrification in 17 nations and government entities that account for more than half of the world’s car sales.
Some European cities are far ahead of even the most electric-savvy U.S. cities. London, for example, has 4,000 public chargers on street lights. That’s much cheaper — just a third the cost of wiring a charging station into the sidewalk, said Vishant Kothari, manager of the electric mobility team at the World Resources Institute.
But London and Los Angeles have an advantage over many U.S. cities: Their street lights operate on 240 volts, better for EV charging. Most American city street lights operate on 120 volts, which takes hours to charge a vehicle, said Kothari, who co-authored a study on the potential for pole-mounted charging in U.S. cities.
That means cities considering pole-mounted charging must also come up with other solutions, from zoning changes to making charging accessible in apartment complex parking lots to policies that encourage workplace fast-charging.
There also “needs to be a will from the city, the utilities — the policies need to be in place for curbside accessibility,” he said. “So there is quite a bit of complication.”
Changes can’t come fast enough for renters who already own electric vehicles and are struggling to charge them.
Rebecca DeWhitt rents a house but isn’t allowed to use the garage. For several years, she and her partner strung a standard extension cord 40 feet (12 meters) from an outlet near the home’s front door, across their lawn, down a grassy knoll and across a public sidewalk to reach their Nissan Leaf on the street.
They upgraded to a thicker extension cord and began parking in the driveway — also a violation of their rental contract — when their first cord charred under the EV load. They’re still using their home outlet and it takes up to two days to fully charge their new Hyundai Kona. As of now, their best alternative for a full charge is a nearby grocery store which can mean a long wait for one of two fast-charging stations to open up.
“It’s inconvenient,” she said. “And if we didn’t value having an electric vehicle so much, we wouldn’t put up with the pain of it.”
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This story has been updated to correct attribution of data on charging ports to the U.S. Department of Energy. | https://www.kxnet.com/news/business-beat/ap-business/ap-renters-face-charging-dilemma-as-u-s-cities-move-toward-evs/ | 2022-10-25 19:26:52 | 0 | https://www.kxnet.com/news/business-beat/ap-business/ap-renters-face-charging-dilemma-as-u-s-cities-move-toward-evs/ |
The House passed a bill on Wednesday to avert a railway strike, taking the first major step in avoiding a walkout of workers that would have drastic effects on the U.S. economy as it heads into the holiday season.
The chamber passed the resolution in a 290-137 vote, sending it to the Senate for consideration just over one week out from the Dec. 9 strike deadline. Seventy-nine Republicans supported the measure, and eight Democrats voted “no.”
In a subsequent vote, lawmakers passed a separate measure that would give rail workers seven days of paid sick leave per year, addressing a chief concern unions and progressives had with the agreement. That vote was 221-207, with three Republicans joining all Democrats present in supporting the measure.
President Biden on Monday called on Congress to intervene in the impasse that had union leaders and rail workers at odds and brought the U.S. closer and closer to a rail strike, which threatened to cripple the economy and ravage supply chains.
He huddled with the top four congressional leaders at the White House on Tuesday in part to discuss how Congress could help avert the strike.
Shortly after Biden’s plea, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said the House would consider such a measure. Congress has the authority to intervene in rail labor disputes in accordance with a 1926 law, titled the Railway Labor Act, as a way to prevent disturbances in interstate commerce.
The resolution passed on Wednesday was a tentative agreement negotiated by the two largest rail unions in September with help from the Biden administration. It provides workers with 24 percent raises over five years and allows them to take time off for medical appointments without being penalized, a key sticking point.
During debate on the House floor Wednesday, Pelosi underscored the dangers that would come with a rail strike.
“Let me be clear: A nationwide rail shutdown would be catastrophic,” she said. “A shutdown would grind our economy to a halt, and every family would feel the strain.”
“Time is of the essence. We must act now,” she added.
The resolution, however, was not immediately embraced by all Democrats. Some liberal lawmakers were initially cool to approving the agreement because of the lack of sick leave benefits. Union leaders had asked for 15 days of paid sick leave, but the tentative agreement only allocated one additional personal day, which sparked displeasure from union workers and some Democrats.
Pelosi’s decision to hold a vote on a separate bill that would give workers seven days of paid sick leave per year, however, assuaged concerns.
“Every worker deserves paid sick leave. I am proud of our efforts to negotiate a deal that guarantees seven days of paid sick leave for our rail workers,” Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) said in a statement Wednesday morning. “I now urge all my colleagues to stand by workers and vote yes for paid sick leave.”
While a number Republicans were supportive of the tentative agreement, recognizing that there was little time and few other options to avert a strike, some used the moment as an opportunity to criticize Biden and his administration for failing to lead the two parties toward a deal and having to get Congress involved.
After the House vote, Biden called on the Senate to also take action immediately.
“Let me say that again: without action this week, disruptions to our auto supply chains, our ability to move food to tables, and our ability to remove hazardous waste from gasoline refineries will begin,” he said in a statement.
The agreement lawmakers approved on Wednesday was the same deal that averted the strike that was set to take place in mid-September. While unions won several concessions not included in previous proposals, the tentative deal did not provide any paid sick days, prompting outrage among rank-and-file workers and liberals on Capitol Hill.
Biden on Monday called on Congress to force through the deal without any changes, drawing criticism from rail workers and progressives. He did not address the paid-leave debate in his Wednesday statement.
Democrats believed that a modified deal wouldn’t win enough GOP support to reach 60 votes in the Senate. Amid the September strike threat, Senate Republicans sought to push through a contract that included fewer labor priorities than the Biden-negotiated proposal.
Democrats changed course after momentum for paid sick leave gained traction among lawmakers, including Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.) and a handful of other Senate Republicans.
Eight of the 12 rail unions have already ratified contracts with railroads, while the two largest unions were split on the Biden-led deal. Workers at the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen voted to ratify it, while train and engine workers at SMART-TD narrowly voted it down.
All of the nation’s 115,000 rail workers would be set to strike on Dec. 9 without congressional intervention, as railroads refused to budge on the paid sick leave demand.
As soon as this weekend, railroads would begin winding down some of their services, leaving products stranded and prompting commuter rail line cancellations.
A national rail shutdown would wreak havoc on strained supply chains and drive up prices, inflicting an estimated $2 billion in economic damage per day, according to the Association of American Railroads.
Nearly one-third of U.S. freight, including large amounts of fuel, food and fertilizer, is transported by rail. Trucking and other modes of transportation don’t have the capacity or infrastructure to take on more cargo.
Corporate lobbying groups urged lawmakers to intervene this week, warning that they could not afford to allow the strike threat to disrupt the busy holiday season.
“Shutting down our rail system, even for one day, would have a significant impact on U.S. gasoline supply and could lead to higher prices for American consumers and businesses ahead of the holiday,” American Petroleum Institute President Mike Sommers told reporters Tuesday.
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Unilever United States is voluntarily recalling numerous dry shampoo products that were sold under various brand names.
The recall includes dry shampoos from Dove, Suave, Nexxus, Tresemme, and Bed Head.
The products may have elevated levels of benzene, according to a statement posted on the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) website.
"Benzene is classified as a human carcinogen. Exposure to benzene can occur by inhalation, orally, and through the skin and it can result in cancers including leukemia and blood cancer of the bone marrow and blood disorders which can be life threatening," the statement says.
The FDA states that an independent evaluation shows that the products would likely not cause adverse health consequences. However, they are being recalled "out of an abundance of caution."
"Unilever has received no reports of adverse events to date relating to this recall," the FDA stated.
The products were sold at stores nationwide prior to Oct. 2021.
Consumers are asked to stop using the dry shampoo products. They can visit UnileverRecall.com to receive information about being reimbursed. | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/various-dry-shampoos-recalled-due-to-potentially-high-levels-of-human-carcinogen | 2022-10-24 19:11:36 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/various-dry-shampoos-recalled-due-to-potentially-high-levels-of-human-carcinogen |
Bitcoin balances and revenues hit all-time highs amid flight to quality
NEW YORK, Oct. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NYDIG, a leading bitcoin company, today announced the promotion of executives Tejas Shah and Nate Conrad to the roles of CEO and President, respectively. NYDIG's bitcoin balances hit all-time highs in Q3, up almost 100% year-over-year, and revenue is up 130% through Q2, with another increase when the firm closes its books on Q3. Building on this momentum, Shah and Conrad will focus on accelerating NYDIG's investment in its industry-leading Mining Solutions franchise serving the largest North American miners and in its platform technology business, helping banks and non-bank enterprises utilize the Lightning Network for next-generation wallets and global payments.
Outgoing CEO Robert Gutmann and outgoing President Yan Zhao will remain at Stone Ridge Holdings Group, parent company of NYDIG, which they co-founded with Ross Stevens in 2012, working closely with Stevens across the full portfolio of Stone Ridge businesses. Mr. Gutmann will continue to serve on the NYDIG board.
"When markets crumble, character emerges. A flight to quality from the most risk-aware institutional investors has relentlessly driven bitcoin, and revenue, to NYDIG the last 12 months," said Ross Stevens, Founder and Executive Chairman of NYDIG. "Even during the height of the crypto frenzy in H2 2021, our risk management discipline kept us entirely away from DeFi, centralized lending platforms, and the uncollateralized lending market. The firm's balance sheet is the strongest it's ever been, and we're now investing aggressively into a capital-starved market. Robby and Yan are delivering the business to Tejas and Nate in phenomenal shape.
Further, financial gravity is operating. In Q3, the reality of fiat debasement overcame risk-off driven liquidity shocks, driving the dollar, yen, euro, and pound all down against bitcoin. Against this backdrop, Lighting network growth is exponential, with access to about 100,000 people in August 2021 growing to more than 150 million today. NYDIG is privileged to play our part facilitating global access to non-state money, especially at this critical time."
"Since its founding in 2017, NYDIG has become a leading global Bitcoin company. I'm proud of everything we've accomplished so far, and I cannot wait to see what the incredible NYDIG team will achieve in the coming years and decades," said Gutmann. "As leaders of our biggest businesses, Tejas and Nate have been driving forces in NYDIG's success. They are ready to lead NYDIG in its next phase of growth."
Shah and Conrad were most recently NYDIG's Global Head of Institutional Finance and Global Head of Payments, respectively. Prior to joining NYDIG in 2020, Shah had a nearly 20-year career at Goldman Sachs where he was a partner. Conrad joined Stone Ridge in 2016 and NYDIG in 2020, after also beginning his career at Goldman Sachs.
"I'm honored to lead this incredible organization on our important mission of Bitcoin for All," added NYDIG's new CEO, Tejas Shah. "The whole NYDIG team remains laser-focused on delivering the world-class financial and technological solutions our clients know and expect from the firm. Our strong balance sheet, especially in today's market, is a powerful differentiator in serving our clients.
NYDIG's best-in-class cold storage custody solution remains the foundation for everything we do, from our innovative capital and credit intermediation solutions to our dominant position servicing the miners securing the Bitcoin network. Now it's time for Lightning. We are excited to deliver next-generation wallet and payment solutions – faster, cheaper, safer – to our expanding set of enterprise technology clients."
About NYDIG
NYDIG is a bitcoin company powering a more inclusive economic system. Delivering technology and financial services to businesses in a broad range of industries, its full-stack bitcoin platform is built to the highest security, regulatory, and operational standards. NYDIG is the gateway to a new era of financial products that make Bitcoin and Lightning accessible for all. Learn more at nydig.com, or connect on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden — A roller coaster train derailed in Stockholm on Sunday, sending some passengers plunging to the ground in an amusement park accident that left one dead and nine injured, police and park officials said.
Witnesses described a chaotic scene at the Gröna Lund park as the front of the train appeared to jump off the tracks before coming to a stop, with one car tilted toward the ground.
“The front of the train partly derailed and stopped on the track at a height of between 6 and 8 meters (between 20 and 25 feet),” park chief executive Jan Eriksson said. “A total of 14 people were on board, of which one person has died and several are injured.”
The regional government said nine people were taken to a hospital, one of them in serious condition. Three of the injured were children, all of them with minor injuries, it said.
Witness Ziba Assadi told Swedish broadcaster TV4 that she was standing just below the Jetline roller coaster when she saw the wheel assembly of one of the cars crashing to the ground.
“Then the car stops and people fly out, fall out of the car," she said.
Witnesses said two or three people fell out of the car, one of whom managed to cling to the track. Photos from the scene showed a man sitting on a beam below the stopped train.
“So he sits there straddling (the beam) and waits,” Assadi said. “There was complete panic.”
The amusement park was evacuated after the accident and will remain closed for seven days to allow investigators to find out what went wrong, park officials said.
“This should not be allowed to happen,” Gröna Lund spokeswoman Annika Troselius said. "Safety is the most important thing for us. And we would never open an attraction if we were not confident that it was safe, so this is something we need to investigate thoroughly.”
Police launched a criminal investigation on possible charges of involuntary manslaughter, causing bodily harm and causing danger to others.
The 2,600-foot long Jetline rollercoaster opened in 1988 and was renovated in 2000, according to Gröna Lund. It has a maximum height of 98 feet and a top speed of 56 mph.
Opened in 1883, Gröna Lund is Sweden’s oldest amusement park. | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/nation-world/sweden-deadly-roller-coaster-accident/507-5f541db8-023a-40e0-bbbd-236673f59ffa | 2023-06-25 21:23:47 | 0 | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/nation-world/sweden-deadly-roller-coaster-accident/507-5f541db8-023a-40e0-bbbd-236673f59ffa |
NY Marine Warnings and Forecast for Monday, November 21, 2022
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SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
228 AM EST Mon Nov 21 2022
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM EST
TUESDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
* WHAT...West winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt and seas
6 to 9 feet expected.
* WHERE...In Massachusetts coastal waters, Coastal Waters
extending out to 25 nm South of Marthas Vineyard and
Nantucket. In Rhode Island coastal waters, Coastal Waters from
Montauk NY to Marthas Vineyard extending out to 20 nm South of
Block Island.
* WHEN...From 3 PM this afternoon to 5 AM EST Tuesday.
* IMPACTS...Strong winds will cause hazardous seas which could
capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Mariners should alter plans to avoid these hazardous conditions.
Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the
vessel for severe conditions.
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Which vitamin B6 supplements are best?
Vitamin B6 is one of the vitamins your body can’t store, so it is important to get enough from your diet. Furthermore, if you have a liver, kidney, digestive or autoimmune disease, you may be at risk of a deficiency of this vitamin.
Apart from diet, taking a supplement can also help avoid or correct a deficiency. To choose the right vitamin B6 supplement, go for a product that is made to meet the highest quality standards, like Solgar B-Complex.
What to know before you buy a vitamin B6 supplement
Condition
If you have kidney disease or a condition that impairs the absorption of nutrients from your small intestine, you may likely be vitamin B6-deficient. Certain medications, like antituberculosis drugs and some epilepsy drugs, can also deplete your vitamin B6 stores. In pregnancy, vitamin B6 plays a crucial role in developing your baby’s brain and nervous system. However, you shouldn’t exceed the amount you need during this period because excess vitamin B6 can cause numbness and nerve damage.
Recommended daily intake
If you are 50 years and younger, it is recommended that you take 1.3 milligrams of vitamin B6 daily. After age 50, the recommended daily amount is 1.5 mg for women and 1.7 mg for men. The recommended daily amount is higher for pregnant and breastfeeding women, with pregnant women expected to take 1.9 mg daily and lactating mothers taking 2 mg daily.
You can either take a vitamin B supplement containing other B vitamins or a pure vitamin B6 supplement to meet your needs. Regardless, you should check the amount provided in the product to avoid exceeding the maximum daily intake. Generally, adults older than 18 shouldn’t take more than 100 mg per day, while those between 14 and 18 years should not exceed 80 mg.
Third-party testing
Third-party testing evaluates the quality of a product, and it is usually done by an organization independent from the supplement company itself. If you want to ensure that the information on your vitamin B6 supplement package is accurate, you can look for third-party certification on the product label.
This type of certification indicates that the supplement’s manufacturing, packaging, labeling and storing adhere to industry standards. Independent testing provided by organizations like NSF International, Labdoor and ConsumerLab can also verify if the product is vegan-friendly, gluten-free or free from genetically modified ingredients.
What to look for in a quality vitamin B6 supplement
Other ingredients
While some B6 supplements only contain vitamin B6 as the active ingredient, some formulations may include other vitamins and minerals like the other B vitamins and calcium. If you’re pregnant and looking to take a vitamin B6 supplement, you can take your regular prenatal vitamins since they contain the amount of vitamin B6 you need during your pregnancy. However, if you are vitamin B6-deficient, you may choose the pure formulation of vitamin B6, but you shouldn’t exceed the upper daily limit of this vitamin, which is 100 mg.
Form
Vitamin B6 supplements come in different forms, including tablets, capsules and powders. While tablets and capsules are usually easy to take, powder can help you measure your doses more accurately. To make the pill form easy to take, there are great-tasting gummies and flavored dissolvable options that contain vitamin B6.
Dose
There are both low-dose and high-dose vitamin B6 formulations. The small-dose formulations come as 25 mg of vitamin B6, while the high-dose option contains 100 mg of vitamin B6 per capsule. Depending on your condition, you can choose to take either option. However, it is recommended that you don’t exceed the maximum daily limit of 100 mg.
How much you can expect to spend on a vitamin B6 supplement
When buying your vitamin B6 supplement, a low price point doesn’t necessarily mean the product is inexpensive. The best way to get the actual cost of the product is to divide the cost of the product by the number of servings. On average, B6 supplements cost between $6 and $20 for bottles that contain between 60 and 250 tablets.
Vitamin B6 supplement FAQ
What drugs can cause vitamin B6 deficiency?
A. Taking anti-inflammatory drugs like dexamethasone, prednisone and hydrocortisone and antibiotics like rifampicin, ethambutol and isoniazid can deplete your vitamin B6 levels. You can take a vitamin B6 supplement when using any of these drugs to avoid this deficiency.
What are the side effects of taking a vitamin B6 supplement?
A. When you take a vitamin B6 supplement, it may cause nausea, headache, stomach pain and loss of appetite. Taking doses that exceed 500 mg is also not recommended, as this can cause brain or nerve problems.
What are the best vitamin B6 supplements to buy?
Top vitamin B6 supplement
What you need to know: This vegan-friendly vitamin B-complex supplement contains 100 mg of vitamin B6.
What you’ll love: This supplement contains vitamins B1, B2, B3, B6, B12 and folate. Solgar is a reputable brand that’s been producing supplements for over 70 years. The tablets are stored in a recyclable amber glass bottle, which is an excellent way to protect the vitamins from deterioration due to heat, light or moisture.
What you should consider: It’s not ideal if you only want to take vitamin B6 and not other B vitamins.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top vitamin B6 supplement for the money
Country Life Vitamin B6 Tablets
What you need to know: With 100 mg of B6 per serving, these tablets give you everything you need.
What you’ll love: This supplement is certified vegan, kosher, halal and non-GMO. You get 100 tablets in a pack, with a serving being just one tablet.
What you should consider: They can’t be split for those who need a lower dosage.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Designs for Health Vitamin B6 Liquid
What you need to know: With a liquid formula, this supplement is easily absorbed and processed by the body.
What you’ll love: This liquid also contains zinc and magnesium, making it more easily converted to a useful form. It has a raspberry flavor that most find palatable.
What you should consider: It’s pretty expensive per serving.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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On your marks, get set, sing.
That's right: A Great British Bake-Off musical is coming to the West End in London. The show, which previously ran at Cheltenham's Everyman Theatre this summer, will now be transferring to London for a limited, 12-week run beginning in early 2023.
In a new trailer released Oct. 18, the show teased exactly what theater-goers can expect from a Bake-Off musical. Much like the TV show, the musical follows a cast of amateur bakers who compete to be crowned that season's Star Baker. But this show will feature singing versions of iconic judges Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood—who is named "Phil Hollinghurst" in the musical and is played by Les Misèrables' John Owen Jones.
"Today's showstopper is made from eight sumptuous contestants, two passionate presenters, two mouth-wateringly delicious judges and one very large tent," the show's narrator explained. "Dripping in glitz and glamor and guaranteed to tickle your tastebuds, you won't find a soggy bottom in sight with this delectable musical comedy treat."
Performances, which run from Feb. 25 to May 13, 2023 at the Noël Coward Theatre, even have the support of Leith herself (though we're still waiting to see if it's worthy of a Hollywood handshake).
"I am thrilled to bits that The Great British Bake Off Musical is going to the West End," she said. "It is an uplifting, funny, heartfelt story, which will have you singing and dancing out of the theatre with a huge smile. A theatrical sweet treat. Just what we need right now." | https://www.eonline.com/news/1351147/yes-a-lessigreatergreat-british-bake-offlessigreater-musical-is-coming-to-london-s-west-end?cmpid=rss-syndicate-genericrss-us-top_stories | 2022-10-19 20:25:20 | 0 | https://www.eonline.com/news/1351147/yes-a-lessigreatergreat-british-bake-offlessigreater-musical-is-coming-to-london-s-west-end?cmpid=rss-syndicate-genericrss-us-top_stories |
After presidency, unclear fate for Brazil’s brash Bolsonaro
By CARLA BRIDI
Associated Press
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Jair Bolsonaro told supporters that the future could only bring him three possibilities: arrest, death or a second term as Brazil’s president.
None of those outcomes came to pass. And his Oct. 30 loss to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva set off two months of relative silence for the self-styled standard-bearer of the Brazilian conservative movement.
Bolsonaro’s oft-cited motto is “God, Family, Country,” and as president he handed more power to the armed forces and loosened gun restrictions. Many of Bolsonaro’s far-right supporters remain in his thrall and have camped outside military buildings, pleading futilely for army intervention that would keep the president in power.
But Bolsonaro authorized his chief-of-staff to preside over the transition process, and moving trucks have started showing up at the presidential palace and residence. Personal items were spotted being removed, especially art given as gifts by supporters – including life-size wooden sculptures of Bolsonaro and a motorcycle.
A seven-term fringe lawmaker before winning his presidential campaign in 2018, Bolsonaro has discussed holding a salaried position in his Liberal Party, a party executive involved in discussions told The Associated Press, asking not to be identified because plans haven’t been announced.
Bolsonaro addressed backers in the capital, Brasilia, once after he lost the vote, saying briefly that the armed forces were under his control. A second time, he stood in silence as backers prayed for him.
Some supporters insist that Bolsonaro would not let them down by giving up the fight but others have started to decamp from important sites. According to Bolsonaro’s official daily agenda, he worked just over an hour each day from the election until Dec. 23.
The Liberal Party will be the biggest party in both the Lower House and Senate. It has declared its opposition to Lula’s incoming government and Bolsonaro is expected to lead the effort within the party, the party executive said.
But many of the Liberal Party’s members are neither fully loyal to Bolsonaro nor ideologically aligned with him, and they will have incentives to work with the new administration, said Guilherme Casarões, political analyst and professor at Getulio Vargas Foundation in São Paulo. The Liberal Party is considered centrist and is known for making deals with the sitting government.
“That makes it harder to have the ideological fidelity that Bolsonaro likes to maintain,” said Casarões. “If he doesn’t manage to have total control over the Liberal Party, we are going to see a new split.”
Bolsonaro got 49% of the presidential vote, fuelling the possibility of a presidential run in 2026 and making him a possible aid to candidates in the 2024 municipal elections, said Eduardo Grin, political analyst and professor at the Getulio Vargas Foundation.
However, Grin noted there is a history of strong Brazilian candidates failing to sustain support in subsequent years. And the governors of Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais, Brazil’s two most populous states, could prove more palatable options to conservative voters.
The customary final act for outgoing presidents is handing over the presidential sash to their successor. Bolsonaro’s office didn’t respond to requests for comment on whether he will attend Lula’s inauguration.
The last time a president declined to hand over the sash was in 1985, marking the end of the nation’s two-decade military dictatorship and the return of democracy.
Either way, the inauguration will come as a blow to Bolsonaro’s backers, said analyst Mario Sérgio Lima, from Medley Advisors.
“As his supporters are used to radicalism, they are expecting catharsis. When they see Lula being sworn in, they will feel betrayed, like he (Bolsonaro) had the power in his hands and did nothing,” said Lima. “For them, it is a sign of weakness.”
Bolsonaro also faces swirling legal threats. The Supreme Court is investigating him on suspicion of illegally spreading lies about topics including COVID-19 vaccines, Supreme Court justices, releasing confidential information from an ongoing investigation and interfering improperly with the Federal Police. The Supreme Court is the only government body that can investigate a sitting president or federal lawmaker.
As of Jan. 1, Bolsonaro will no longer enjoy the legal protection of sitting leaders, and could face fresh charges in lower courts. After Lula was convicted of corruption and money laundering by lower courts in 2018, he was deemed ineligible to run in that year’s presidential election and spent more than a year in jail. His convictions were later annulled on the grounds that he was tried in a court without proper jurisdiction.
“But Lula had an entire party behind him to bring him up again, and that isn’t the case for Bolsonaro,” said Lima, adding that Bolsonaro would struggle to maintain allies fighting for his cause.
And any eventual conviction could jeopardize a possible 2026 run by Bolsonaro to return to his former job, in addition to all the other challenges he faces.
“The political fate of Bolsonaro and Brazil’s extreme right has more stumbling blocks than it appears,” said Grin. “There will be more difficulties than ease.”
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WFO LOS ANGELES Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, January 31, 2023
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FROST ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
157 PM PST Mon Jan 30 2023
...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM PST TUESDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...
* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 32 to 36 degrees Tuesday morning,
and possibly down to sub-freezing 28 to 32 degrees Wednesday
morning.
* WHERE...Central Coast of San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara
Counties, Lake Casitas and Ojai Valley.
* WHEN...For the Frost Advisory, from 1 AM to 8 AM PST Tuesday.
For the Freeze Watch, from late Tuesday night through
Wednesday morning.
* IMPACTS...Freezing temperatures can kill crops and sensitive
vegetation, and harm outdoor pets and livestock. Extended
exposure to cold can cause hypothermia.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. Plan for
extra time to defrost vehicle windshields.
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM PST
TUESDAY...
* WHAT...Northeast winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 50 mph
expected.
* WHERE...Los Angeles and Ventura County Mountains including the
Santa Monicas, Santa Clarita Valley, Ventura County Valleys, and
the San Fernando Valley.
* WHEN...From 8 PM this evening to 6 PM PST Tuesday.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects and
make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.
Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may
result. Weakly rooted trees in loose wet soils may fall.
Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM PST TUESDAY...
* WHAT...Northeast winds 15 to 30 mph with gusts to 40 mph
* WHERE...Ventura and Los Angeles County Beaches including the
Malibu Coast.
* WHEN...From 3 AM to 6 PM PST Tuesday.
result.
...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 18 to 22 degrees
possible.
* WHERE...Antelope Valley.
* WHEN...From late Tuesday night through Wednesday morning.
* IMPACTS...A hard freeze can burst exposed pipes and kill crops
or sensitive vegetation. Extended exposure to cold can cause
hypothermia, including outdoor pets and livestock.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent
freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should
be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have
in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above-
ground pipes to protect them from freezing.
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Stark County residents can sign up for a free turkey via Thanksgiving Baskets Downtown
CANTON ‒ Thanksgiving Baskets Downtown, an ecumenical holiday food giveaway for Stark County residents, will accept applications at the following locations:
- Oct. 15 − 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 425 Cleveland Ave. SW, and the J. Babe Stern Center, 2628 13th St. SW.
- Oct. 18 − 6 to 8 p.m., St. Paul's Episcopal Church 425 Cleveland Ave. SW.
- Oct. 19 − 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Canton Fresh Market, 3412 Harmont Ave. NE (Former James S. Thomas United Methodist Church).
- Oct. 20 − Noon to 2 p.m. and 3 to 5 p.m., Stark Fresh, 321 Cherry Ave NE.
- Oct. 26 − 8 to 10 a.m., Christ Presbyterian Church, 530 Tuscarawas St. W.
The giveaway is for Stark County residents only. Bring proof of your current address and a photo ID.
Thanksgiving turkeys will be distributed from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Nov. 19 at the Memorial Civic Center portico at 1101 Market Ave. N (enter from Cleveland Avenue N).
Families must already be registered to receive a basket. Bring bring your photo ID.
More than 1,200 households were assisted in 2021.
Monetary donations are being accepted. Donate through PayPal, or send a tax-deductible check to: P.O. Box 8032 Canton, OH, 44711.
Participating organizations include: ArtsinStark; the Baha'is of Canton; Canton City Lutheran; Christ Presbyterian; Church of the Covenant; Crossroads United Methodist; Grace United Church of Christ; Islamic Society of NE Ohio; J. Babe Stearn Community Center; New Vision United Church of Christ; St. Anthony/All Saints Catholic Church; St. George Romanian Catholic Cathedral; St. Mark’s Episcopal; St. Paul's Episcopal; St. Michael’s Catholic Church and School; StarkFresh; Temple Israel; Trinity United Church of Christ, and the Unitarian Universalist Congregation.
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Russia leaves more of Ukraine without power in new strikes
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russian missile strikes and shelling of energy utilities left more Ukrainian villages, towns and parts of two cities without power on Wednesday, authorities said, further squeezing Ukraine and threatening misery for millions in winter.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy again urged Ukrainians to make “a very conscious” effort to save power, speaking ahead of another night where power substations and other infrastructure were pounded.
Shelling knocked out power and water in some parts of Enerhodar, Mayor Dmytro Orlov said. The southern city is next to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant that is one of the most worrisome flashpoints of the nearly eight-month invasion.
Missiles severely damaged an energy facility in the region of Kryvyi Rih, a city in south-central Ukraine, the regional governor reported. He said the strike cut power to villages, towns and to one city district.
A nearly two-week barrage of Russian attacks with missiles, self-destructing explosive drones and other weaponry on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure have opened a new phase in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war and further tested the resilience Ukrainians have shown since Moscow invaded.
Zelenskyy tweeted Tuesday that nearly one-third of Ukraine’s power stations have been destroyed since Oct. 10, causing “massive blackouts” nationwide.
Later Tuesday, in his nightly video address, Zelenskyy said that switching off appliances and doing other things to save power during hours of peak consumption help “the entire country.”
He thanked Ukrainian soldiers who shot down missiles and Iranian-made drones that were targeted at energy facilities.
Western nations have promised more air-defense systems to help Ukraine counter the aerial assault. A newly arrived German-supplied system has been deployed and is performing well against the Russian strikes, Zelenskyy said.
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(The Hill) — Moderna on Monday announced its updated, bivalent booster shot creates “significantly higher” antibody levels to defend against the omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants compared to the biotechnology company’s original shot formula.
The subvariants until recent weeks made up the majority of cases nationwide, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicates that share has now fallen to roughly one-third of cases.
The new findings, which come from a trial of more than 500 adults who were boosted under the original formula before receiving the updated shot, mark a positive sign for the new boosters, which were created by the company to more effectively combat the subvariants.
Moderna made the announcement in a Monday news release but has not published the data in a medical journal, and the findings have not been peer-reviewed.
“We are pleased to see that both of our bivalent booster vaccine candidates offer superior protection against Omicron BA.4/BA.5 variants compared to our original booster, which is encouraging given COVID-19 remains a leading cause of hospitalization and death globally,” Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel said in the release.
The company said it found the updated boosters also showed evidence of neutralizing BQ.1.1, an emerging subvariant that currently accounts for about 24 percent of cases but is rising each week, although Moderna cautioned those findings were from an exploratory analysis.
“Our bivalent boosters also show, in research assays, neutralizing activity against BQ.1.1, an increasingly dominant emerging variant, confirming that updated vaccines have the potential to offer protection as the virus continues to evolve rapidly to escape our immunity,” Bancel added.
COVID-19 cases had declined since late July but have risen slightly since mid-October, according to CDC data.
A group of CDC advisers recommended adding COVID shots to patients’ regular immunization schedule if they are over the age of six months.
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WALTHAM, Mass., June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Syndax," the "Company" or "we") (Nasdaq: SNDX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing an innovative pipeline of cancer therapies, today announced that in connection with the hiring, announced on June 13, 2022, of Keith A. Goldan as Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Goldan received an inducement award to purchase up to 230,000 shares of common stock. The stock option has an exercise price per share of $15.60, the closing price of the Company's common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on June 13, 2022 and will vest over four years, with 25% of the underlying shares vesting on the one-year anniversary of the vesting commencement date and 1/48th of the underlying shares vesting monthly thereafter over 36 months, subject to Mr. Goldan's continued service relationship with Syndax through the applicable vesting dates. Syndax's Board of Directors approved the award as inducement material to Mr. Goldan's employment in accordance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).
About Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Syndax Pharmaceuticals is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing an innovative pipeline of cancer therapies. Highlights of the Company's pipeline include revumenib (SNDX-5613), a highly selective inhibitor of the Menin–MLL binding interaction, and axatilimab, a monoclonal antibody that blocks the colony stimulating factor 1 (CSF-1) receptor, both currently in pivotal trials. For more information, please visit www.syndax.com or follow the Company on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Syndax Contact
Sharon Klahre
Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
sklahre@syndax.com
Tel 781.684.9827
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Largest independent insurance brokerage and consulting group evolves its employee benefits business to better meet client needs
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockton Companies, the world's largest independent insurance brokerage and consulting group, announced today an evolution in its business as its employee benefits practice has become Lockton People Solutions.
Lockton's People Solutions practice consists of solutions supporting our clients in the areas of employee experiences and engagement, total rewards and benefits, and measurement and management of their programs.
"How we talk about our business needed to evolve to better reflect today's changing marketplace and how we advise and support our clients," said Tom Schaffler, Lockton's People Solutions Executive Committee Chairman in the U.S. "More than simply managing benefits programs, employers around the world need help engaging their workforce, recruiting and retaining talent, and driving efficiency for their business. Lockton People Solutions better reflects how we help our clients achieve these goals."
The launch of Lockton People Solutions comes at a time when the way people work is being challenged, and employers are under increasing pressure to attract and retain their talent. Companies must now not only offer compelling benefits packages but also create positive employee experiences and drive engagement, understanding and satisfaction. And they must do this while continuing to find efficiencies
Lockton's People Solutions practice helps organizations become more successful and make people's lives better by delivering a suite of solutions to meet the needs of companies operating in today's environment. For more information about Lockton's People Solutions practice and the suite of capabilities within, visit www.lockton.com or reach out to your local Lockton office.
What makes Lockton stand apart is also what makes us better: independence. Lockton's private ownership empowers its 9,500+ Associates doing business in over 125 countries to focus solely on clients' risk, insurance and people needs. With expertise that reaches around the globe, Lockton delivers the deep understanding needed to accomplish remarkable results.
For 14 consecutive years, Business Insurance magazine has recognized Lockton as a "Best Place to Work in Insurance." Lockton was named among the 2021 Best Managed Companies by Deloitte and the Wall Street Journal, a program that recognizes excellence and honors private companies for their strategy, execution, culture, and financials. For more information, visit www.lockton.com.
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Hugh "Jack" Weidinger Wins National Recognition for Community Service and Industry Accomplishments
NEW YORK, Oct. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The nomination of Hugh "Jack" Weidinger IV, dealer principal at North Bay Cadillac Co. Inc. in Great Neck, New York, for the 2023 TIME Dealer of the Year award was announced today by TIME. Weidinger is one of a select group of 48 dealer nominees from across the country to be honored with the award.
The TIME Dealer of the Year award is one of the automobile industry's most prestigious and highly coveted honors. The award recognizes the nation's most successful auto dealers who also demonstrate a long-standing commitment to community service. Weidinger was chosen to represent the Greater New York Automobile Dealers Association in the national competition – one of only 48 auto dealers nominated for the 54th annual award from more than 16,000 nationwide.
"My father and grandfather worked hard to establish our reputation in our market, and I am committed to carrying on that legacy by investing in our employees, our facilities and our communities," nominee Weidinger said.
A 1994 graduate of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where he earned a B.S. in finance, Weidinger received his M.B.A. from Columbia University in New York, New York, in 2004. He also studied automotive management at the NADA Academy to prepare to oversee his family's auto group.
"I grew up going to the Jaguar dealership with my dad since about the age of 8 and worked in parts and service during summers while in school," he said, noting that his family has been selling luxury vehicles on Long Island since 1938. "After one year at a Wall Street firm, I joined the dealership full-time in 1996 at age 24."
"I learned how to manage the business, collaborate with the team and saw a lot of ups and downs while managing this new venture," he said.
In 2002, the group sold Infiniti, took on Hummer and built a new Cadillac Hummer store, and Weidinger was named dealer principal of both locations in 2008. Weidinger added Buick and GMC in 2010 and in 2017, he was appointed a Land Rover franchise. Today, he oversees North Bay Cadillac and North Bay Buick GMC in Great Neck and Jaguar Land Rover Freeport in Freeport, New York.
"While growing up in the dealership I worked hard to earn the respect of my co-workers, some of whom are still working for us today," he said. "As the strongest guide in my life, my father taught me the value of caring deeply for the well-being and success of our dealership employees."
With such deep roots in the retail automotive industry on Long Island, Weidinger has served on the board of the Greater New York Automobile Dealers Association since 2014 and is currently vice chair of the executive board.
He is equally committed to his community and has served on the board of the Glen Cove Boys & Girls Club at Lincoln House for six years. Since 1903, this leading advocate for youth has provided essential after-school services and a safe and nurturing environment for 6- to 18-year-olds in Glen Cove, New York.
"Our dealership staff volunteers every year to create Thanksgiving baskets, prepare meals and collect food for the organization's Thanksgiving dinner and basket giveaway, which helps families in need during the holiday," Weidinger said.
His team is also a leading contributor to the Greater New York Automobile Dealers Association's annual winter coat drive to purchase new coats from Operation Warm, a national nonprofit that manufactures brand-new, high-quality coats and shoes for children in need.
"Over the 10 years our customers and staff have participated, we have heavily contributed to the 80,000 coats that have been collected and donated," he said. "We work with five local charities and religious groups to distribute the coats we collect throughout Nassau and Suffolk counties."
Weidinger added, "As a third-generation dealer, the keys to running a successful business and continuing our family tradition have been ingrained in me. Our team prides itself on being honest, respectful, and attentive to the needs of everyone who comes through our dealerships and we treat everyone the way we want to be treated."
Dealers are nominated by the executives of state and metro dealer associations around the country. A panel of faculty members from the Tauber Institute for Global Operations at the University of Michigan will select one finalist from each of the four NADA regions and one national Dealer of the Year. Three finalists will receive $5,000 for their favorite charities and the winner will receive $10,000 to give to charity, donated by Ally.
In its 12th year as exclusive sponsor, Ally also will recognize dealer nominees and their community efforts by contributing $1,000 to each nominee's 501(c)3 charity of choice. Nominees will be recognized on AllyDealerHeroes.com, which highlights the philanthropic contributions and achievements of TIME Dealer of the Year nominees.
Weidinger was nominated for the TIME Dealer of the Year award by Mark Schienberg, president of the Greater New York Automobile Dealers Association. Weidinger and his wife, Julia, have three children.
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Headquartered in Whitestone, N.Y, the Greater New York Automobile Dealers Association represents 400+ franchised automobile dealerships in the metro area of New York, generating $62.2 billion in new vehicle sales, $2.7 billion in taxes and supporting 65,500 New Yorkers. The Association opened its doors in 1910 and has continued to serve the needs of the industry and the car-buying public ever since. GNYADA organizes the New York International Automobile Show – the largest auto show in North America – each spring, in Manhattan's Jacob Javits Convention Center. www.gnyada.com
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SEOUL, South Korea, Jan. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- LG Display, the world's leading innovator of display technologies, announced today that it will unveil its third-generation OLED TV panel at CES 2023. Based on 'META Technology,' the company's newest OLED TV panel delivers the ultimate picture quality.
LG Display's newly-unveiled META Technology comprises a 'Micro Lens Array' that maximizes light emission from the OLED panel and 'META Booster,' a brightness-enhancing algorithm. Based on META Technology, the company's latest OLED displays achieve 60 percent brighter images and 30 percent wider viewing angles than conventional OLED displays, on top of improved energy efficiency.
The company's all-new META technology follows 'EX Technology,' the second-generation OLED TV panel technology that LG Display introduced last year which uses deuterium and personalized algorithms to enhance brightness by up to 30 percent compared to its predecessor. The company further strengthens its technological leadership in the large-sized OLED panel industry by presenting its cutting-edge META Technology, the culmination of LG Display's 10 years of OLED innovation.
With its innovative META Technology, LG Display redefines TV picture quality once again by achieving 2,100-nit peak brightness, the highest level of any TV display on the market today. By adding even more brightness to the already impressive picture quality and perfect black of OLED, META Technology realizes the intense and precise color expression that captivates viewers by blurring the lines between virtual and reality.
The key to LG Display's META Technology is the 'Micro Lens Array,' a layer of micrometer-sized convex lenses that maximizes light emission from the OLED panel and enhances energy efficiency by 22 percent compared to that of the same brightness. With this technology, LG Display became the first panel maker to resolve the lingering issue of light being reflected back into the panel and being lost, which restricted the maximum brightness.
LG Display's third-generation 77-inch 4K OLED TV panel based on META technology has a total of 42.4 billion micro lenses, approximately 5,117 micro lenses per pixel, which work to emit even the lost light due to internal reflections to produce the clearest and most detailed pictures.
'META Booster,' LG Display's exclusive brightness-enhancing algorithm, improves both screen brightness and color expression by analyzing and adjusting the brightness of each scene in real time. This innovative algorithm enhances HDR (High Dynamic Range), which represents brighter lights and deeper darks, to express more detailed and vivid images with the most accurate color expression to date.
In addition, the third-generation OLED panel based on META technology delivers the widest viewing angles among all existing TV panels. LG Display has improved the angle that brightness halves when compared to maximum brightness by up to 30 percent, resulting in a wide viewing angle of 160 degrees which delivers accurate pictures at any angle without image distortion.
LG Display will initially apply its META Technology to its 55-, 65-, 77-inch 4K and 77-, 88-inch 8K OLED TV panels, with the aim of extending it to all lineups down the road. By doing so, the company is dedicated to strengthening its OLED leadership in the premium TV market and enhancing its global reputation in the OLED industry.
"The successful development of our superior 'META Technology' evolves the image quality of OLED TVs to a new, unparalleled level," said Hyeon-woo Lee, Senior Vice President and Head of Large Display Business Unit at LG Display. "We will continue to lead the OLED TV market by expanding the ultra-premium OLED sector and strengthening our competitiveness with the best picture quality and most diverse lineups ever assembled."
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— Caliche's Underground Storage Platform to Support Energy Security and Transition —
— Partnership Closes First Acquisition of Golden Triangle Storage
and Announces Proposed Acquisition of Central Valley Gas Storage —
HOUSTON , Nov. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Caliche Development Partners II (Caliche or Caliche II), Orion Infrastructure Capital (OIC), and GCM Grosvenor (Nasdaq: GCMG) today announced their partnership targeting underground storage and sequestration assets in North America. The capital commitments represent OIC's second investment with the Caliche management team, and Caliche's first with OIC's frequent investment partner GCM Grosvenor, which invested client capital. Both firms bring extensive experience in infrastructure investing to Caliche's next iteration, which will target underground assets supporting North America's transition to lower-carbon forms of energy.
The partnership's initial acquisition of Golden Triangle Storage, Inc. (GTS), together with the anticipated acquisition of Central Valley Gas Storage (CVGS), from Southern Company (NYSE: SO) affiliates, targets two regions with increasing demand for storage to support variable power loads, natural gas liquefaction, and high penetrations of renewable resources. Acquisition amounts funded and/or anticipated to be funded by OIC, GCM Grosvenor, and Caliche management collectively total $186 million, which represents the aggregate purchase price of both GTS and CVGS, plus working capital and other adjustments. Caliche expects, with support from OIC and GCM Grosvenor, to explore and assess additional growth related to these assets and in these regions. The GTS transaction closed on November 18, 2022, and the CVGS purchase, which requires state regulatory approvals, is expected to close in 2023.
"We are thrilled to partner with the Caliche team again and with GCM Grosvenor to build off the success of Caliche I," said Ethan Shoemaker, Investment Partner and Head of Infra Credit at OIC. "GTS and CVGS are both premier storage assets and provide critical infrastructure for reliability in their respective markets. We look forward to supporting Caliche II's continued growth as we expand the platform for other customers and into new products."
"We believe the investment opportunity for underground storage is robust in light of market dynamics and ongoing energy transition initiatives across the globe," said Matthew Rinklin, Managing Director at GCM Grosvenor. "The Caliche team has a proven track record of developing critical storage infrastructure for a range of customers across fuel types, and we look forward to growing their platform alongside our partners at OIC."
Caliche welcomes GTS and CVGS employees to its culture of providing safe and environmentally conscious underground storage services. The Caliche team has a proven history of operating on the Spindletop salt dome, where GTS is located, and will leverage its expertise from its prior storage business—Coastal Caverns—for the success of both facilities. Under the Caliche team's stewardship, Coastal Caverns operated with a TIRR of zero (0), an industry leading environmental record. The team's decision-making hierarchy of "Safety, Asset Integrity, Stakeholder Stewardship and On-Demand Deliverability" comes from a combined 65 years of collective underground storage experience, with products including NGLs, oil, helium and natural gas. Underground natural gas storage provides unparalleled flexibility for the entry of renewable generation resources into power grids, support for LNG exports to Europe and Asia, and ultimately provides the asset base and knowledge to move to carbon-neutral forms of generation. The Caliche team previously developed North America's first helium storage salt cavern and is committed to now applying the team's decades of experience working together to the upcoming challenges of storing helium, hydrogen and sequestered CO2.
"Natural gas storage will continue to play an important role in our energy mix while providing the assets and knowledge to storing helium, hydrogen and CO2 in similar formations," said Dave Marchese, CEO of Caliche II. "The support of our repeat and new capital partners combined with the location of these two acquisitions, and their exceptional operational teams, provide Caliche a platform to significantly impact the energy transition on the U.S. Gulf and West Coasts."
About Caliche Development Partners II
Caliche Development Partners II is a Houston, Texas-based company focused on the acquisition, development, construction, ownership, and operation of subsurface natural gas and industrial gas storage assets, as well as carbon sequestration in North America. The Caliche management team previously developed and sold the Coastal Caverns site on the historic Spindletop salt dome. GTS and CVGS, the acquisition targets, are located in Jefferson County, Texas and Colusa County, California, respectively.
Caliche is committed to leading infrastructure development companies in sustainability. Specifically, it is leveraging its expertise and relationships with large-scale emitters to spur the global energy transition from coal via the optimization of existing natural gas assets, hydrogen infrastructure and new carbon capture operations. The company supports new energy transition legislation and sits on the Carbon Neutral Coalition's Advisory Board. For more information, please visit www.CalicheStorage.com.
About Orion Infrastructure Capital (OIC)
With approximately $3 billion in assets under management, OIC invests in North America and select international markets. OIC's unique partnership approach – for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs – cultivates creative credit, equity, and growth capital solutions to help middle market businesses scale and deploy sustainable infrastructure. OIC's target investment sectors include energy efficiency, digital infrastructure, social infrastructure, sustainable power generation, renewable fuels, waste & recycling, water, transportation, and agriculture. OIC was founded in 2015 by a team of energy and sustainability veterans, successful infrastructure investors, and former asset owners and industry operators. Across OIC's platform is a team of 36 professionals based in New York, Houston and London. For more information, please visit www.OIC.com.
About GCM Grosvenor
GCM Grosvenor (Nasdaq: GCMG) is a global alternative asset management solutions provider with approximately $73 billion in assets under management across private equity, infrastructure, real estate, credit, and absolute return investment strategies. The firm has specialized in alternatives for more than 50 years and is dedicated to delivering value for clients by leveraging its cross-asset class and flexible investment platform.
GCM Grosvenor's experienced team of approximately 530 professionals serves a global client base of institutional and high net worth investors. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, with offices in New York, Toronto, London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Seoul. For more information, visit: www.gcmgrosvenor.com.
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Yankees call up top prospect fans have been begging for as rosters expand
Peraza is the No. 3-ranked prospect in the Yankees' farm system
The Yankees called up one of their top prospects that fans have been clamoring to see in the big leagues: Oswald Peraza.
New York announced the roster move ahead of their three-game series with the Tampa Bay Rays, as Peraza will travel from the Scranton-Wilkes Barre RailRiders to join the team in Florida.
Peraza is currently ranked the No. 3 overall prospect in the Yankees’ farm system by MLB Pipeline. Only Anthony Volpe, the team’s former first-round draft choice and another shortstop, is ahead of him.
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The right-handed hitter has been flexing his muscle this season in Triple-A, hitting his 19th homer just hours ago on Thursday against the Syracuse Mets. He came into the day slashing .258/.329/.440 with 18 homers and 49 RBI.
The reason fans have been wishing the Yankees called him up sooner is due to their current shortstop situation in the Bronx as the team continues to struggle in the second half.
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Isiah Kiner-Falefa was brought in this offseason as a stopgap option, creating a short-term fix as the Yankees trust in Peraza or Volpe to emerge as an MLB-quality shortstop. But Kiner-Falefa has been a liability at times at shortstop, as he currently ranks in the 29th percentile of Outs Above Average, which is a ranged-based Statcast measurement used to determine how many outs a player has saved over his peers.
While Kiner-Falefa has made some spectacular plays at shortstop, he doesn't make the routine ones at times, owning 12 errors on the season (six throwing, six fielding). His latest proved costly on Wednesday night when a routine grounder off the bat of Mike Trout was booted. The next at-bat, Shohei Ohtani blasted a three-run homer, which could be the decisive hit in the Yankees' 3-2 loss.
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Kiner-Falefa’s bat also hasn’t been potent this season. While the Yankees knew he is more of a contact-first hitter, he isn’t getting on base much with a .261 average and .310 on-base percentage (league average OBP is .312). With just one home run and 18 doubles, Kiner-Falefa is slugging just .315 with a .625 OPS.
Marwin Gonzalez has relieved Kiner-Falefa at shortstop at times this season, as he’s the Swiss Army knife bench player for New York. But fans have not liked his .200/.271/.323 slash line in his 65 games played in pinstripes.
Peraza, then, has a golden opportunity to prove himself in front of a team and fan base that is expecting him to make an immediate impact. If all goes well, Peraza could be in serious consideration for the postseason, which the Yankees seemed primed to be participating in.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 7, 2022 Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Palantir Technologies Inc. (NYSE: PLTR).
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Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until November 14, 2022 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to a filed complaint, Palantir Technologies Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Palantir's investments in marketable securities were having a significant negative impact on the Company's earnings per share ("EPS") results; (ii) Palantir overstated the sustainability of its government segment's growth and revenues; (iii) Palantir was experiencing a significant slowdown in revenue growth, particularly among its government customers, despite ongoing global conflicts and market disruptions; (iv) as a result of all the foregoing, the Company was likely to miss consensus estimates for its first quarter 2022 EPS and second quarter 2022 sales outlook; and (v) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
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(The Hill) — Journalist Katie Couric announced on Wednesday that she was diagnosed with breast cancer in June and completed radiation earlier this month.
Couric said in a post on the website for her media company that she received the diagnosis during a routine mammogram on June 21. She has been an advocate for people regularly receiving colon cancer screenings since her husband, Jay, died from the disease in 1998.
She showed a colonoscopy she received on the “Today Show,” where she served as co-host in 2000, and the number of people getting colonoscopies increased by 20 percent following the episode, she said.
Couric decided to film herself receiving the mammogram, too, but her breast radiologist asked her after the mammogram to stop filming, adding that she wanted to perform a biopsy. The biopsy revealed Couric has cancer.
She had surgery on July 14.
“Throughout the process, I kept thinking about two things: How lucky I was to have access to such incredible care — since so many people don’t,” Couric said. “And how lucky I was to be the beneficiary of such amazing technology.”
Her doctor told her after the surgery that the tumor, which was about 2.5 centimeters, was removed. She started radiation on Sept. 7 to remove any microscopic cells that could be “problematic” in the future, her radiation oncologist told her.
Couric also urged readers to get regular mammograms. She was six months past her originally scheduled screening.
“I shudder to think what might have happened if I had put it off longer,” she said.
Couric has dense breasts, meaning she has “relatively high amounts of glandular tissue and fibrous connective tissue,” according to the National Cancer Institute. She said 45 percent of women in the country have dense breasts, which makes them more at risk of getting breast cancer.
Couric said doctors in 38 states are required to inform patients if they have dense breasts, but the information often does not make clear the need to have supplemental breast cancer screening.
She backed legislation that the Food and Drug Administration proposed to make language and guidance more specific related to doctors informing women who have dense breasts.
Couric also said only 14 states and Washington, D.C., require insurance companies to partially or fully reimburse patients for the costs of breast ultrasounds. | https://phl17.com/nmw/katie-couric-discloses-breast-cancer-diagnosis/ | 2022-09-28 16:30:14 | 0 | https://phl17.com/nmw/katie-couric-discloses-breast-cancer-diagnosis/ |
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Canada knife attack: Police say they've arrested final suspect in rampage
Canadian police arrested the second suspect Wednesday in the stabbing deaths of 10 people in Saskatchewan after a three-day manhunt that also yielded the body of his brother.
Myles Sanderson, 32, was found near the town of Rosthern, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said.
An official familiar with the matter said Sanderson’s vehicle was rammed by police and he surrendered. The official spoke on condition of anonymity as the person was not authorized to speak publicly about the matter.
The fugitive’s brother and fellow suspect, 30-year-old Damien Sanderson, was found dead Monday near the stabbing sites. Police are investigating whether Myles Sanderson killed his brother.
The stabbing rampage raised questions of why Myles Sanderson — an ex-con with 59 convictions and a long history of shocking violence — was out on the streets in the first place.
He was released by a parole board in February while serving a sentence of over four years on charges that included assault and robbery. But he had been wanted by police since May, apparently for violating the terms of his release, though the details were not immediately clear.
His long and lurid rap sheet also showed that seven years ago, he attacked and stabbed one of the victims killed in the weekend rampage, according to court records.
Canadian Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino said there will be an investigation into the parole board's assessment of Sanderson.
"I want to know the reasons behind the decision" to release him, Mendicino said. "I'm extremely concerned with what occurred here. A community has been left reeling."
Investigators have not given a motive for the bloodshed.
The Saskatchewan Coroner’s Service said nine of those killed were from the James Smith Cree Nation: Thomas Burns, 23; Carol Burns, 46; Gregory Burns, 28; Lydia Gloria Burns, 61; Bonnie Burns, 48; Earl Burns, 66; Lana Head, 49; Christian Head, 54; and Robert Sanderson, 49, One was from Weldon, 78-year-old Wesley Patterson.
Authorities would not say how the victims might be related.
Mark Arcand said his half sister Bonnie and her son Gregory were killed.
"Her son was lying there already deceased. My sister went out and tried to help her son, and she was stabbed two times, and she died right beside him," he said. "Right outside of her home she was killed by senseless acts. She was protecting her son. She was protecting three little boys. This is why she is a hero."
Arcand rushed to the reserve the morning of the rampage. After that, he said, "I woke up in the middle of the night just screaming and yelling. What I saw that day I can’t get out of my head."
As for what set off the violence, Arcand said: "We’re all looking for those same answers. We don’t know what happened. Maybe we’ll never know. That’s the hardest part of this."
Court documents said Sanderson attacked his in-laws Earl Burns and Joyce Burns in 2015, knifing Earl Jones repeatedly and wounding Joyce Burns. He later pleaded guilty to assault and threatening Earl Burns’ life.
Many of Sanderson's crimes were committed when he was intoxicated, according to court records. He told parole officials at one point that substance use made him out of his mind. Records showed he repeatedly violated court orders barring him from drinking or using drugs.
Canada's Indigenous communities are plagued by drugs and alcohol.
"The drug problem and the alcohol problem on these reserves is way out of hand," said Ivor Wayne Burns, whose sister was killed in the weekend attacks. "We have dead people, and we asked before for something to be done."
Myles Sanderson's childhood was marked by violence, neglect and substance abuse, court records show. Sanderson, who is Indigenous and was raised on the Cree reserve, population 1,900, started drinking and smoking marijuana at around 12, and cocaine followed soon after.
In 2017, he barged into his ex-girlfriend’s home, punched a hole in the door of a bathroom while his two children were hiding in a bathtub and threw a cement block at a vehicle parked outside, according to parole documents.
He got into a fight a few days later at a store, threatening to kill an employee and burn down his parents' home, documents said.
That November he threatened an accomplice into robbing a fast-food restaurant by clubbing him with a gun and stomping on his head. He then stood watch during the holdup.
In 2018, he stabbed two men with a fork while drinking and beat someone unconscious.
When he was released in February, the parole board set conditions on his contact with his partner and children and also said he should not enter into relationships with women without written permission from his parole officer.
In granting Sanderson "statutory release," parole authorities said: "It is the Board’s opinion that you will not present an undue risk to society."
Canadian law grants prisoners statutory release after they serve two-thirds of their sentence. But the parole board can impose conditions on that freedom, and inmates who violate them — as Sanderson did more than once — can be ordered back to prison.
Sharna Sugarman, who was organizing a GoFundMe for the victims, questioned the parole board for releasing him and wondered why Sanderson was still on the loose so many months after he was deemed "unlawfully at large."
"That’s just egregious to me," said Sugarman, a counselor who counted one of the stabbing victims as a client. "If they claim that they’ve been looking for him, well, you weren’t looking that hard."
Mendicino, the public safety minister, said authorities have to make sure nothing like this happens again.
"It’s incredibly important that when someone is at large and there’s a warrant for their arrest, and they have an extensive criminal background, that all the resources are there to be able to apprehend that person as quickly as possible," he said. "We do need to take a very careful look at what occurred." | https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/canada-knife-attack-police-say-theyve-arrested-final-suspect-in-rampage | 2022-09-07 23:18:07 | 0 | https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/canada-knife-attack-police-say-theyve-arrested-final-suspect-in-rampage |
Woman’s Bumble date held her captive for 5 days, authorities say
SPRING, Texas (KPRC) - A Texas man is facing charges after authorities say he kidnapped, tortured and sexually assaulted a woman he met on a dating app.
Zachary Mills, 21, has been charged with a first-degree felony of aggravated kidnapping. His neighbors had a lot to say about the jarring allegations against him that detail the reported kidnapping beginning on Christmas Eve and spanning five days.
“People are crazy,” neighbor Keyana Archer said. “It’s pretty scary with the new dating world only being mostly online.”
According to court documents, the victim met Mills on the Bumble dating app and agreed to visit him on Christmas Eve at his apartment home in Spring, Texas.
Once she got there, he allegedly tried to have sex with her, and she refused. Records show Mills then started punching, slapping and biting her. He’s also accused of raping her and hitting her with a screwdriver when his hands got tired.
Officials believe Mills deprived the victim of food and water for the five days he allegedly held her captive.
The documents go on to say the victim was finally able to escape and get help when Mills left Thursday to go to his father’s house. Investigators say she suffered severe bruising to both eyes, bite marks and cuts to both her throat and nose and severe bruising to the majority of her body.
Mills was arrested Friday. He has since been released from jail after posting a $50,000 bond but is on 24-hour house arrest, other than essential travel, according to his attorney.
He is set to be arraigned on the aggravated kidnapping charge in March and could face more charges.
A Bumble representative said in a statement that Mills has been blocked from the app. The company also offered seven tips for safe dating that include always meeting in a public place, telling someone you trust where you’re going and researching the person you’re meeting as much as possible.
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MACAO, Jan. 23, 2023 Under the guidelines of the "Happy Chinese New Year" campaign of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China, "Macao New Year Celebration" was successfully organized in Macao from January 22 to January 24, 2023. Led by Shaanxi Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, in co-operation with the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Office of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao Special Administrative Region Government. It is one of the exhibits featured in "Happy Chinese New Year · The Essence of Festival Traditional Handicrafts" campaign series.
A global cultural exchange campaign centered on Chinese New Year culture, "Happy Chinese New Year" was reportedly launched by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The Macao Cultural Affairs Bureau organized "New Year Celebration Activities" with Shaanxi Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, during Chinese New Year to elevate festive spirit and boost the cultural life of its inhabitants. The art troupe organized by the Shaanxi Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism was invited to deliver nine live performances at Anim'Arte NAM VAN, Mount Fortress, Barra Square, and other venues. The art troupe consist artists from the Shaanxi Song and Dance Theater, the Shaanxi Folk Art Theater, and the Shaanxi Acrobatic, all contributed to the collective's unique brand of performance. Regional cultural elements of Shaanxi were showcased through a wide range of performances, including Tang royal dance, suona & banhu solo, shadow puppet, yangko dance, contortion performance, etc.
Simultaneously, inheritors of Shaanxi's intangible cultural heritage were welcomed to display their works at Anim'Arte NAM VAN. Chengcheng embroidery, paper-cut art, Spring Festival xylograph drawings from Fengxiang county, Baoji Mashao face masks and more handicrafts were on display. Macao residents enjoyed a much more delightful and peaceful Chinese New Year, learned more about their motherland's folk songs and dances, traditional music, and other excellent intangible cultural heritage.
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Family of children who disappeared in Miss. River heartbroken as search continues
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE/Gray News) - A terrifying night turned into a tearful morning as family members began to realize their little ones may not come home, WVUE reported.
Dozens of family members stayed near the Algiers levee hoping for good news from crews searching overnight and into the morning. Dive teams also combed the river bottom.
Nedra Berry says they had just buried another family member the night before when she got a call from her brother.
“My brother called me screaming, ‘Nedra I need you, my babies are in the water, I can’t get to my babies. Come.’ I’ve never heard a man cry out for his children the way my brother cried out for his children. Never,” Berry said.
They say this was the first time they let 14-year-old Brandy Wilson, her 8-year-old sister Ally Berry Wilson, and a 15-year-old male friend venture off from home believing they were playing near the river when they slipped in.
As the family waited through the rain, the girls’ mother, Octavia Wilson, rushed to the levee hoping for a better outcome.
“They said that my 14-year-old went under first and then her friend tried to save her and my 8-year-old tried to help her sister and went under. I need them,” said Wilson.
The family says their hearts are breaking.
“This is the hardest thing my family has ever had to deal with, to bury two of my nieces at one time. I just hope that we all can come back from it. I know they’re not breathing in that water, I just hope they can get their bodies out of there so we can do the proper things to give them a proper service. That’s the only hope we have,” said Sharon Johnson, the aunt of the two girls.
They say they’ll lean on each other and their family’s faith as they wait.
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TOKYO – Japan and China on Thursday mark the 50th anniversary of the 1972 normalization of their ties, but there isn't much of a celebratory mood. Improved ties between Asia’s two biggest economies are considered vital to the region's stability and prosperity, but they remain at odds over disputed East China Sea islands and China’s growing military and economic assertiveness in the region.
Here are the key issues in the often strained relations between these powerhouse neighbors:
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TERRITORIAL DISPUTES
A huge source of contention is an uninhabited group of Tokyo-controlled, Beijing-claimed East China Sea islands called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China. Japan insists that the islands, which once hosted a Japanese seafood factory, are part of its territory, both historically and by international law. China says they were stolen by Japan in 1895 and should have been returned at the end of World War II.
The disputed islands are surrounded by rich fishing grounds and undersea oil deposits, and Japan accuses China of suddenly making its territorial claims after the undersea resources were found in a 1969 United Nations report. The 1972 normalization communique did not deal with the issue, but the dispute intensified after Japan’s government in 2012 nationalized the Senkaku islands, leading to violent protests across China. Chinese coast guard and fishing boats are regularly found in the area, routinely violating Japanese waters.
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FEAR OF TAIWAN EMERGENCY
Japan, along with its security ally the United States, has openly criticized increased Chinese activities in the South China Seas. Tokyo has also pushed for peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. China claims Taiwan, a self-governing democracy, and has threatened to annex it by force if necessary.
With a U.S.-China trade war and naval tensions on the rise in the area, Japan is increasingly worried about Taiwan emergencies. China’s increased joint military drills with Russia near Japanese coasts have also irked Japan. Tokyo is shifting its military posture toward southwestern Japan, including Okinawa and remote islands just east of Taiwan.
China staged major military drills in areas surrounding Taiwan in August in an angry response to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Taipei visit, and fired five ballistic missiles into waters near Okinawa. Fear of conflict over Taiwan adds to Japan's urgent efforts to reinforce its military capabilities and boost its budget. Japan is currently revising its national security strategy, which is expected to call for the possession of preemptive strike capabilities that opponents say would violate the country's pacifist constitution.
With Japan's westernmost island just east of Taiwan, “It is increasingly difficult to see how a Taiwan military contingency would not affect at a minimum the waters and airspace around Japanese territory,” said Amanda Hsiao, senior analyst for China at the Crisis Group.
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WARTIME HISTORY
The two countries were at war, starting with clashes in the 1930s, until Japan’s defeat in 1945. Japanese atrocities during the Sino-Japanese war include the Rape of Nanking, the use of chemical and biological weapons and grisly human medical experiments in Manchuria, where Japan’s imperial army had a secret biological weapons unit. Japan also brought nearly 40,000 Chinese laborers to Japanese mines and factories, where many died of malnutrition and abuse.
In the 1972 communique, China waived the right to war compensation, which some experts say was in exchange for Japan's apology and recognition of China as the only legal government. Japan, however, has provided official development aid totaling 3.6 trillion yen ($25 billion) to China over the past four decades.
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YASUKUNI SHRINE
China consider Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine — which honors 2.5 million war dead, including convicted war criminals — as a symbol of Japan’s wartime militarism. Beijing views visits by Japanese ministers and lawmakers to the Tokyo shrine as indicative of a lack of remorse over Japan’s wartime aggression. China, along with South Korea, which Japan colonized from 1910-1945, routinely protests against such visits.
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ECONOMIC SECURITY
As a top U.S. ally and a major trade partner with China, Japan is in a delicate situation and must balance its position between the two superpowers.
China has been more assertive about pressing other governments to embrace Chinese-led initiatives, including a trade group called the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership. Japan, along with the United States, is seeking ways to stand up to increasing Chinese economic influence in the region. Tokyo also wants to reinforce economic security with other democracies in areas such as supply chains and the protection of sensitive technologies, apparently as a counter to China.
Yasuo Fukuda, a former Japanese prime minister who is an active proponent of better ties with China, says friction between Japan and China largely stem from U.S.-China trade issues. “The question is if global trade works better by excluding China," he said. | https://www.wsls.com/news/world/2022/09/28/explainer-whats-behind-strained-china-japan-relations/ | 2022-09-28 16:23:59 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/world/2022/09/28/explainer-whats-behind-strained-china-japan-relations/ |
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuania will present a combat drone to Ukraine that was donated by the Turkish manufacturer after a private crowdfunding campaign among ordinary Lithuanians, who raised nearly 6 million euros ($6.1 million) for the purpose within days.
The campaign’s success inspired Turkey’s Baykar defense company, which makes the Bayraktar TB2 drone, to provide it free of cost. Some of the money raised in Lithuania was used to arm the drone, and the rest will be funneled to Ukraine to address “critical needs,” the Lithuanian government said.
Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas presented the drone, which arrived in the country earlier this week, to the public at a local air base.
“One weapon won’t win a war but symbols are extremely important in any war,” he told public broadcaster LRT Wednesday. It will be handed over to Ukraine in the coming days.
The crowdfunding initiative was launched at the end of May with a target amount of 5 million euros, which it reached in just days as thousands of citizens chipped in.
Lithuania, a Baltic nation of 2.8 million that’s a former Soviet republic, is among the most active supporters of Ukraine and has provided military aid to Kyiv on a regular basis since Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine.
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Early warnings from weather agencies and better preparedness by local governments and aid agencies likely saved thousands of lives during a powerful cyclone that slammed into Bangladesh and Myanmar over the weekend. But there are concerns about a large number of people still unaccounted for in areas where preparations were lacking.
At the world’s largest refugee camp in Bangladesh's Cox’s Bazar district, thousands of Rohingya from Myanmar were moved to safer areas until Cyclone Mocha passed. But at camps for displaced Rohingya in Myanmar's Rakhine state, where the storm hit harder, the presence of aid agencies is spotty and help from the country's military government negligible.
Only about two dozen deaths have been reported by media in Myanmar, but many people remain missing from the camps, which were reportedly heavily damaged by storm surges. Information from the affected areas has been hard to obtain because telecommunication facilities were damaged by the storm's high winds. Independent confirmation is difficult even in normal times because the military restricts the media.
In Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said more than 700,000 people were moved to cyclone shelters or makeshift facilities including schools and mosques.
Azizur Rahman, director of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department, said early warnings and "proper and timely dissemination of information" enabled authorities to move people to safer ground in time.
POWERFUL CYCLONE ALONG BURMA'S WESTERN COAST INJURES HUNDREDS, AT LEAST 6 DEAD
India’s weather agency, the Indian Meteorological Department, closely tracked the storm after it was detected on April 27. As the leading weather agency in the region, the IMD is responsible for tracking cyclones across the Northern Indian Ocean, from the shores of Oman in West Asia to Myanmar in Southeast Asia.
Since 2010, it has upgraded its storm-tracking technology and is now among the most accurate forecasters of cyclones and other extreme weather events.
"When Cyclone Nargis, a storm as strong as Cyclone Mocha, hit Myanmar in 2008, more than 138,000 people died," said Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, chief of the IMD.
"We have tried our best to pass on all the information we collect and our analysis to authorities in the coastal regions where the cyclone eventually hit," Mohapatra said. The IMD issued updates on the cyclone every three hours over the past week.
Cyclone Mocha made landfall at Sittwe township in Myanmar with winds blowing up to 130 miles per hour, according to Myanmar's Meteorological Department. The IMD had predicted the site where the cyclone would make landfall as well as the time.
"We were able to forecast this accurately four days ahead, which gave enough lead time for authorities to move the coastal communities to safer regions," Mohapatra said.
Improving ways to warn people about extreme weather events is becoming increasingly important in South Asia — the world's most densely populated region and also among the most vulnerable to climate change.
During a visit to India last year, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the World Meteorological Organization will invest $3.1 billion to set up early warning systems across the world. According to WMO, nearly half the world’s nations — mostly low-income countries and small island states — do not have any early warning systems.
"Countries with limited early warning coverage have disaster mortality eight times higher than countries with high coverage," Guterres said.
According to WMO, the number of extreme weather events increased fivefold between 1970 and 2019. Economic losses increased even more -– by a factor of seven. However, thanks to improved early warning and disaster risk reduction strategies, the number of deaths fell to 40% of the 1970 level.
Roxy Mathew Koll, a climate scientist at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology in Pune city, said cyclones in the Bay of Bengal are becoming more intense more quickly, in part because of climate change.
"As long as oceans are warm and winds are favorable, cyclones will retain their intensity for a longer period," Koll said.
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Chess-playing robot breaks boy's finger at Moscow tournament
A chess-playing robot broke a boy's finger during a match in Russia last week, the president of the Moscow Chess Federation told state news agency TASS media.
Sergey Lazarev said the incident occurred at the Moscow Chess Open after the boy rushed the robot.
"A robot broke a child's finger — this is, of course, bad," Lazarev said.
"The robot was rented by us, it has been exhibited in many places by specialists for a long time. Apparently, the operators overlooked some flaws. The child made a move, and after that it is necessary to give time for the robot to respond, but the boy hurried, the robot grabbed him. We have nothing to do with the robot."
The boy continued to compete in the forum after his finger was put in a cast, Lazarev said on Thursday. The incident happened last Tuesday.
"The child played the next day, finished the tournament in a cast, and volunteers helped to record the moves," Lazarev added.
"We will coordinate to understand what happened and try to help [the family] in any way we can. And the robot's operators, apparently, will have to think about strengthening protection so that such a situation does not happen again."
Video published on the Baza Telegram channel shows the robot grabbing the boy's finger. After a brief struggle, several bystanders help to free the child's hand and take him away from the table.
"The robot did not like such a rush — he grabbed the boy's index finger and squeezed it hard. Bystanders rushed to help and pulled out the finger of the young player, but the fracture could not be avoided," the Baza Telegram channel said in its post.
The Moscow Chess Open took place in the Russian capital from July 13 to 21. | https://www.wvtm13.com/article/chess-playing-robot-breaks-boy-s-finger-at-moscow-tournament/40704287 | 2022-07-27 14:48:47 | 0 | https://www.wvtm13.com/article/chess-playing-robot-breaks-boy-s-finger-at-moscow-tournament/40704287 |
THE DALLES — Emergency crews responded to a reported structure fire at American Village Apartments at 2402 W. 10th Street in The Dalles Friday afternoon. Two apartments at the west end of the apartment complex appeared to be damaged, but no injuries were reported.
Two vehicles, one a pickup, that were parked in front of the impacted apartment building were engulfed, and landscaping bushes and grass were burned. An MCF&R chaplain was dispatch to assist with relocating one family, at least temporarily.
Cause of the fire was as yet unknown.
Mid-Columbia Fire and Rescue, Wasco County Sheriff and The Dalles Police responded. | https://www.columbiagorgenews.com/free_news/fire-damages-american-village-apartments/article_ae182246-e61e-11ed-a2d6-4749a220ac68.html | 2023-04-29 06:04:54 | 1 | https://www.columbiagorgenews.com/free_news/fire-damages-american-village-apartments/article_ae182246-e61e-11ed-a2d6-4749a220ac68.html |
Dick Sheridan, former N.C. State football coach, dies at 81
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Dick Sheridan, who turned around the North Carolina State football program while leading the Wolfpack to six bowl appearances in seven seasons as their coach, died Thursday, the university said. He was 81.
Sheridan died near his home in Garden City Beach, South Carolina, after a brief illness, the school said, citing his family.
Sheridan, who never played college football, took over at N.C. State in 1986 after a successful run at Furman. The Wolfpack were coming off three straight 3-8 seasons but went 8-3-1 in Sheridan’s first year, earning a Peach Bowl berth.
N.C. State went 4-7 in 1987 but did not have another losing season under Sheridan, winning the Peach Bowl in 1988 and winning nine games in both 1991 and ‘92. Sheridan resigned in the summer before the 1993 season, citing health reasons. He went 52-29-3 with the Wolfpack and never coached again.
“I have such great respect for coach Sheridan and am saddened to hear this news,” Wolfpack coach Dave Doeren said. “He did so much to build the football program at N.C. State and impacted many players, coaches and staff during his time as coach. I enjoyed getting to know him during my time here.”
Sheridan won the Bobby Dodd College Football Coach of the Year award in his first season at N.C. State and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2020.
He coached at Furman from 1978-85, going 69-23-1 and winning eight Southern Conference championships. He made an impression in Raleigh by beating the Wolfpack twice in his final three years.
“He was just a remarkable coach,” said Mike O’Cain, who played for Sheridan in high school and succeeded him as the Wolfpack’s coach. “He believed in his role as a strict disciplinarian and he was a perfectionist. We would practice a play 150 times a week.”
After his retirement from coaching, Sheridan owned several sporting goods stores and worked in real estate in the Myrtle Beach area.
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Texas A&M vs. Penn State: Odds, spread, over/under and other Vegas lines - NCAA Tournament First Round
The No. 7 seed Texas A&M Aggies (25-9) and the No. 10 seed Penn State Nittany Lions (22-13) will meet in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday at 9:55 PM. The contest airs on TBS.
In this article, you can take a look at odds and spreads for the Texas A&M vs. Penn State matchup across multiple sportsbooks.
Texas A&M vs. Penn State Game Info
- When: Thursday, March 16, 2023 at 9:55 PM ET
- Where: Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa
- How to Watch on TV: TBS
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Texas A&M vs. Penn State Odds, Spread, Over/Under
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Texas A&M vs. Penn State Betting Trends
- Texas A&M has compiled a 23-11-0 ATS record so far this year.
- In the Aggies' 34 games this season, the combined scoring has gone over the point total 16 times.
- Penn State has compiled a 21-11-1 record against the spread this year.
- A total of 20 Nittany Lions games this year have hit the over.
Texas A&M Futures Odds
- Odds to win the national championship: +6000
- Texas A&M is two spots higher based on its national championship odds (18th-best in college basketball) than its computer ranking (20th-best).
- The Aggies' national championship odds have improved from +12000 at the beginning of the season to +6000, the 57th-biggest change among all teams.
- The implied probability of Texas A&M winning the national championship, based on its +6000 moneyline odds, is 1.6%.
Penn State Futures Odds
- Odds to win the national championship: +25000
- In terms of their national championship odds, the Nittany Lions have experienced the 23rd-biggest change this season, improving from +50000 at the beginning to +25000.
- Penn State has a 0.4% chance of winning the national championship, based on its moneyline odds.
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Low-slung buildings, blue huts and somber soldiers dot the border village of Panmunjom inside the DMZ, or demilitarized zone, the swath of land between North and South Korea where a U.S. soldier on a tour crossed into the North under circumstances that remained murky.
The soldier was on a tour of the storied border town, inside the heavily fortified 154-mile-long (248-kilometer-long) DMZ, when the crossing happened, U.S. officials said Tuesday. It remained unknown exactly what prompted the soldier’s actions, though U.S. officials said he was facing disciplinary action after he had been held in South Korea on assault charges. The soldier was believed to be in North Korean custody.
The DMZ is lined with observation posts on both sides, whose soldiers watch the border and each other carefully for any signs of transgression. North and South Korea remain technically in a state of war since the hostilities in Korean War ended and an armistice was signed — at Panmunjom — in 1953. Neither nation has direct jurisdiction over Panmunjom, where a concrete slab divides the two nations.
North Korea, whose formal name is the DPRK, or the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, maintains tight controls on entry and has been known to punish those who illegally cross the border from South Korea into its territory. Not all of the frontier with South Korea is as strictly patrolled as the DMZ around Panmunjom, though it is unclear how intensively the North patrols its side in more remote areas.
The North under the Kim family and the third-generation current leader, Kim Jong Un, is a tightly controlled society, and very few Americans are in the country at any given time; the two countries have no diplomatic relations and typically conduct any necessary diplomacy through third countries.
While the South Korean side of the DMZ brings in frequent tourists, few North Koreans have ever ventured either to or near their side of the heavily fortified DMZ. On the South Korean side, though, the different areas where tourists are welcomed sometimes take pains to put on a positive spin, with colorful ribbons tied to railings and the occasional ribbon-wielding dancer performing not far from barbed wire and stone-faced soldiers. Cameras are OK in some locations and prohibited in others.
During the politically inflected 2018 Olympics in the South Korean town of Pyeongchang, Associated Press journalists were shown the baby blue-colored room in Panmunjom that’s the only spot where high-level talks are held between the two countries. In the room was a large wooden table where talks are held. The border runs right down the middle of it.
At one point during another 2018 visit at another site along the DMZ, an AP illustrator was sketching the view below when a South Korean soldier came over and tore four pages from his book.
Tours to the southern side of Panmunjom reportedly drew around 100,000 visitors a year before the pandemic, when South Korea restricted gatherings to slow the spread of COVID. The tours resumed fully last year.
There have been a small number of U.S. soldiers who went to North Korea during the Cold War, including Charles Jenkins, who deserted his army post in South Korea in 1965 and fled across the DMZ. He appeared in North Korean propaganda films and married a Japanese nursing student who had been abducted from Japan by North Korean agents. He died in Japan in 2017.
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Associated Press journalists Paul Newberry, Cara Rubinsky, Claire Galofaro and Howie Rumberg contributed to this report. | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/international/ap-a-closer-look-at-panmunjom-the-famous-border-town-where-a-us-soldier-crossed-into-north-korea/ | 2023-07-18 21:53:37 | 0 | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/international/ap-a-closer-look-at-panmunjom-the-famous-border-town-where-a-us-soldier-crossed-into-north-korea/ |
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A bill that would criminalize transgender people using restrooms that match their gender identity won initial approval in the Arkansas Legislature on Tuesday, introducing a restriction critics said would be the most extreme in the country.
The bill approved by the majority-Republican Senate on a 19-7 vote would allow someone to be charged with misdemeanor sexual indecency with a child if they use a public restroom or changing room of the opposite sex when a minor is present. The bill now heads to the majority-GOP House.
The legislation goes even further than a North Carolina bathroom law that was enacted in 2016 and later repealed following widespread boycotts and protests. That law did not include any criminal penalties.
"What this is is an attack on the continued existence in public of transgender people, and the criminalization of being transgender in public," said Cathryn Oakley, state legislative director and senior counsel at the Human Rights Campaign.
The bill comes amidst a flood of bills targeting transgender people, and increasingly hostile rhetoric against trans people in statehouses. So far this year, at least 155 bills targeting trans people's rights have been introduced, according to the Human Rights Campaign.
Republican Sen. John Payton, the Arkansas bill's sponsor, called the measure narrowly crafted since it would only apply when minors are present and acknowledged it would be difficult to prosecute someone for violating the restriction.
“I just don’t see this as being the bill that stops people from going into the wrong bathroom,” Payton said before the vote. “Hopefully it just limits it to when children are present.”
But Sen. Joshua Bryant, the only Republican who voted against the bill, said the measure would allow someone to be prosecuted regardless of their intent. He compared it to charging someone with armed robbery if they took a concealed handgun into a building where it's not allowed.
Bryant also noted that the bill would also apply to a transgender person who's undergone complete gender affirming surgery.
"I may not understand why they did it, I may not agree with why they did it but it was their decision as an adult," Bryant said.
The proposal narrowly won approval in the 35-member Senate, with several Republican lawmakers not voting on the measure another GOP senator voting “present” — which has the same effect as voting no.
Despite the backlash over North Carolina's now-repealed bathroom bill, there has been a resurgence of similar restrictions proposed by GOP lawmakers. At least 17 bills related to who can use bathrooms have been introduced in 11 states so far this year.
Another bill pending in the Arkansas Legislature would prevent transgender people at public schools from using bathrooms that match their gender identity. Similar laws have been enacted in Alabama, Oklahoma and Tennessee. Lawsuits have been filed challenging the Oklahoma and Tennessee restrictions.
There are some exemptions in the bill approved by the Senate on Tuesday, including for parents and guardians accompanying children under the age of 7.
Even with that exemption, the bill would pose a difficult choice for transgender activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy and her partner Beck Major, who is also transgender. The Little Rock couple have a two-year-old son and would eventually have to decide whether to send him into public restrooms alone rather than accompany him and risk being charged under the law.
“Those are two horrible choices for a parent to make,” Beck Major said. “What choice would you make?"
The legislation also worries Kathy Brown-Nichols, of Arkansas, who describes herself as a butch lesbian and said she’s already regularly harassed and questioned when she uses the women’s restroom in public because of her appearance. Brown-Nichols said she's worried that harassment would only increase if the proposed restriction becomes law.
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A wish for a white Christmas in Baltimore might come true — at least partially. A chance of snow and rain begins early Thursday and continues into Friday, according to the National Weather Service.
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OCALA, Fla., Dec. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HiBid announces its largest week on record for lots sold and auctions closed, with an average of 889,000 bidders per day using the popular auction site from December 12th through the 18th. Over 740,000 lots were sold in 1,779 online-only and live auctions throughout the week, amounting to $57.8 million in gross auction proceeds.
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MADRID (AP) — Prosecutors in Spain said Friday they would ask a court to sentence Colombian pop star Shakira to eight years and two months in prison, if she is convicted in her expected trial for alleged tax fraud.
Shakira, whose full name is Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, is charged with failing to pay the Spanish government 14.5 million euros ($15 million) in taxes between 2012 and 2014. The prosecutors said they would also seek a fine of 24 million euros ($24 million).
The indictment details six charges against Shakira. The singer this week rejected a settlement deal offered by prosecutors, opting to go to trial instead. A trial date has yet to be set.
Her publicists in London said in a statement Friday that Shakira “has always cooperated and abided by the law, demonstrating impeccable conduct as an individual and a taxpayer.” The publicists accused the Spanish Tax Agency of violating her rights.
Shakira’s Spanish public relations team said earlier this week that the artist has deposited the amount she is said to owe, including 3 million euros in interest.
Prosecutors in Barcelona have alleged the Grammy winner spent more than half of each year between 2012 and 2014 in Spain and should have paid taxes in the country.
Shakira recently ended an 11-year-long relationship with FC Barcelona star Gerard Piqué, with whom she has two children. The family used to live in Barcelona. | https://www.wdtn.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/spain-prosecutors-to-seek-8-year-prison-term-for-shakira/ | 2022-07-30 00:12:19 | 0 | https://www.wdtn.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/spain-prosecutors-to-seek-8-year-prison-term-for-shakira/ |
DETROIT – It was quite the homecoming for two members of the Red Hot Chili Peppers they will never forget as the band played their biggest Michigan concert ever in their decades long career in front of more than 30,000 fans at Comerica Park on Sunday, August 14.
Lead Singer, Anthony Kiedis, was born and raised in Grand Rapids before moving to California as a tween and drummer Chad Smith grew up in Bloomfield Hills, graduating from Lahser High School in 1980.
It was all about the band’s love for Michigan at this concert and it started with Smith’s drum kit, front and center, featuring the Detroit Tigers old English D on it.
Bassist Flea knew how big this night was for two of his bandmates and acknowledged it early.
“Thank you Michigan. Thank you for Chad and Anthony.”
Kiedis then recalled the band’s first gig in Detroit.
“Our first show ever in Detroit was at the Latin Quarter. You were there,” referring to Smith. “I tried to light a Pistons jersey on fire. You came out and beat my A@#.”
Even more reminiscing as Flea recalled recording one of the band’s first album in 1985 in Detroit with George Clinton.
“It was so fun and a profound time in my life. We stayed in Detroit and recorded with George. It was so cool.”
The band didn’t just tell the crowd at the home of the Tigers how much they loved the city, they showed them with an energetic set of 18 songs which included hits “Dani California,” “Snow,” “Californication” and “Give It Away.” They also mixed in new material from their 2022 release, “Unlimited Love.”
The band was accompanied by a very visual and large screen behind them showing swirling, colorful and almost psychedelic visuals throughout the night.
The encore surprised fans who had looked at previous setlists from this stadium tour as they kicked it off with “Under the Bridge,” a song not seen in some U.S. cities on the tour. At 10:40 p.m. they concluded the night with “By The Way.”
Kiedis told the crowd he loved them and thanked fans in Saginaw, Lansing, Jackson and other cities he enthusiastically named. Smith added that it was a dream come true to play at Comerica Park.
It will be hard for the band to top their next homecoming show, but if they show Detroit as much love the next time around as they did this time, you can bet fans will show up no matter how big the venue is.
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CHANGZHOU, China, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- EZGO Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: EZGO) ("EZGO" or the "Company"), a leading short-distance transportation solutions provider in China, today announced that the Company had received a notification letter dated June 3, 2022 from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("Nasdaq"), notifying the Company that it is currently not in compliance with the minimum bid price requirement set forth under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). It resulted from the fact that the closing bid price of the Company's ordinary shares, par value US$0.001 per share("Ordinary Shares") was below $1.00 per share for a period of 30 consecutive business days.
This press release is issued pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(b), which requires prompt disclosure of receipt of a deficiency notification. The notification has no immediate effect on the listing of the Company's Ordinary Shares, which will continue to trade uninterrupted on Nasdaq under the ticker "EZGO".
Pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), the Company has a compliance period of 180 calendar days, or until November 30, 2022 (the "Compliance Period"), to regain compliance with Nasdaq's minimum bid price requirement. If at any time during the Compliance Period, the closing bid price per share of the Company's Ordinary Shares is at least $1.00 for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days, Nasdaq will provide the Company a written confirmation of compliance and the matter will be closed.
In the event the Company does not regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement by November 30, 2022, the Company may be eligible for an additional 180 calendar day grace period to regain compliance. To qualify, the Company will be required to meet the continued listing requirement for market value of publicly held shares and all other initial listing standards for the Nasdaq Capital Market, with the exception of the bid price requirement, and will need to provide written notice of its intention to cure the deficiency during the second compliance period, including by effecting a reverse stock split, if necessary. If the Company chooses to implement a reverse stock split, it must complete the split no later than 10 business days prior to November 30, 2022, or the expiration of the second compliance period if granted.
About EZGO Technologies Ltd.
Leveraging an Internet of Things (IoT) product and service platform and three e-bicycle brands, "EZGO", "Dilang" and "Cenbird", EZGO has established a business model centered on the manufacturing and sale of two- and three-wheeled electric vehicles, lithium batteries, complemented by the e-bicycle charging pile business. For additional information, please visit EZGO's website at www.ezgotech.com.cn. Investors can visit the "Investor Relations" section of EZGO's website at www.ezgotech.com.cn/Investor.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements that are other than statements of historical facts. When the Company uses words such as "may," "will," "intend," "should," "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "project," "estimate," or similar expressions that do not relate solely to historical matters, it is making forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that may cause the actual results to differ materially from the Company's expectations discussed in the forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to uncertainties and risks including, but not limited to, the following: the Company's goals and strategies; the Company's future business development; product and service demand and acceptance; changes in technology; economic conditions; the growth of the short-distance transportation solutions market in China and the other international markets the Company plans to serve; reputation and brand; the impact of competition and pricing; government regulations; fluctuations in general economic and business conditions in China and the international markets the Company plans to serve and assumptions underlying or related to any of the foregoing and other risks contained in reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including the Company's most recently filed Annual Report on Form 20-F and its subsequent filings. For these reasons, among others, investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements in this press release. Additional factors are discussed in the Company's filings with the SEC, which are available for review at www.sec.gov. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise these forward‐looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date hereof.
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Federal agents who seized former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark's phone in June were looking for evidence of crimes of making false statements, criminal conspiracy and obstruction of justice, according to a new filing.
Clark, who former President Donald Trump considered naming U.S. attorney general as part of his effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, told officials with the D.C. bar that the search warrant for seizure of his electronic devices was connected to a criminal investigation into violations of three different federal laws. Special agents with the Justice Department inspector general conducted the search in June.
The filing Wednesday night comes in connection with a disciplinary case brought against Clark over the summer by the D.C. Bar’s Office of Disciplinary Counsel. The filing was first spotted by CNN.
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Heat vs. Nuggets: Odds, spread, over/under and other Vegas lines - NBA Finals Game 5
The Denver Nuggets and the Miami Heat will go head to head in a decisive Game 5 of the NBA Finals.
In this article, you can check out odds and spreads for the Heat vs. Nuggets matchup across multiple sportsbooks.
Heat vs. Nuggets Game Info
- Date: Monday, June 12, 2023
- Time: 8:30 PM ET
- How to Watch on TV: ABC
- Location: Denver, Colorado
- Venue: Ball Arena
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Heat vs. Nuggets Odds, Spread, Over/Under
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Heat vs. Nuggets Betting Trends
- The Nuggets are outscoring opponents by 3.3 points per game with a +273 scoring differential overall. They put up 115.8 points per game (12th in the NBA) and give up 112.5 per outing (eighth in the league).
- The Heat have a -26 scoring differential, putting up 109.5 points per game (30th in league) and giving up 109.8 (second in NBA).
- These two teams rack up 225.3 points per game between them, 14.8 more than this game's total.
- These teams surrender 222.3 points per game combined, 11.8 more points than this matchup's total.
- Denver has covered 45 times in 82 chances against the spread this season.
- Miami has won 30 games against the spread this year, while failing to cover 52 times.
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Los Angeles councilmen resist resignation in racism scandal
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two Los Angeles City Council members held out Thursday against overwhelming calls for them to resign after a recording surfaced of them making crude and racist remarks in a secret meeting over redistricting tactics.
Gil Cedillo and Kevin de Leon have issued no statements since Nury Martinez, who made remarks about a colleague’s Black son along with crass comments about Armenians and Jews, stepped down as council president Monday before resigning her seat Wednesday.
However, acting council President Mitch O’Farrell said he had spoken to Cedillo and “I sense that he is making some progress toward that decision.”
Cedillo lost his reelection bid this year and was already due to leave the council in December.
Cedillo and de Leon were under pressure after Martinez, who in 2019 became the first Latina to hold the office of council president, stepped down and resigned.
Martinez described herself on her website as “a glass-ceiling shattering leader who brings profound life experience as the proud daughter of working-class immigrants.” She is the daughter of Mexican immigrants and was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley.
Cedillo, de Leon and Martinez were part of a discussion last year with a powerful Latino labor leader, who has since resigned, centered on protecting Latino political power while redrawing council district boundaries. The once-a-decade redistricting process can pit one group against another to gain political advantage in elections.
Other council members weren’t informed of the meeting, O’Farrell said.
In the recorded conversation, Martinez called council member Mike Bonin a “little bitch.” She described the behavior of his Black son on a parade float when he was 2 as “parece changuito,” or “like a monkey,” the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday.
At another point in the hourlong recording, Martinez called Indigenous immigrants from the Mexican state of Oaxaca ugly, and made crass remarks about Jews and Armenians.
The revelation of the recordings this week sparked outrage and calls for the resignations of all three council members by their fellow Democrats, all the way up to President Joe Biden, who arrived in Los Angeles on Wednesday as part of a West Coast campaign visit.
In her resignation statement, Martinez didn’t apologize for her comments, though in words directed at her daughter she said she had fallen short of expectations recently and added: “I vow to you that I will strive to be a better woman to make you proud.”
The panel can only request Cedillo and de Leon to voluntarily step aside. It cannot expel members, only suspend them when criminal charges are pending. Members can be censured but that doesn’t result in suspension or removal from office.
Meanwhile, the furor over the recording threw the City Council into turmoil. For two days in a row, rowdy demonstrators forced the panel to shut down meetings.
On Wednesday, a crowd of about 50 protesters drowned out the acting president by chanting “no meeting without resignation” and other slogans.
A minimum of 10 out of 15 members necessary for a quorum had assembled, but the meeting was adjourned when one left. None of the three embattled council members showed up.
“Who shut you down? We shut you down!” the raucous crowd cheered as the lights were being turned down.
Also Wednesday, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, another Democrat, said he will investigate Los Angeles’ redistricting process, which could lead to civil liability or criminal charges, depending on what is found.
“It’s clear an investigation is sorely needed to help restore confidence in the redistricting process for the people of LA,” he said.
Jessica Levinson, a Loyola Law School professor who previously was a member of the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission, said she did not see evidence in the recording that would prompt criminal charges.
However, she said a probe could force redrawing council districts even though the current maps are being used to choose new council members next month.
“It is so rare to have audio where … it gives the impression that they’re explicitly drawing lines on the basis of race,” Levinson said. “If in the end we determine these lines were illegally drawn, there needs to be a remedy for that, even though practically ... it’s a disaster.”
Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer has called for creating an independent commission to draw redistricting maps.
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Thompson reported from Sacramento. Associated Press writers John Antczak and Amancai Biraben in Los Angeles, Sophie Austin in Sacramento and Julie Watson in San Diego contributed to this report.
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s opposition-controlled parliament on Wednesday voted to impeach the country’s interior and safety minister, Lee Sang-min, holding him responsible for government failures in disaster planning and the response that likely contributed to the high death toll in a crowd crush that killed nearly 160 people in October.
The impeachment suspends Lee from his duties and the country’s Constitutional Court has 180 days to rule on whether to unseat him for good or give him back the job.
Vice Minister Han Chang-seob will step in as acting minister until the Constitutional Court decides on Lee’s fate.
Lee is seen as a key ally of conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol, whose office issued an irritated response to his impeachment, accusing opposition lawmakers of abandoning legislative principles and creating “shameful history.”
Lee issued a statement expressing regret after lawmakers voted 179-109 in favor of impeaching him and said he would defend his case in the Constitutional Court.
“(I) hope that the vacuum in public safety (management) created by this unprecedented situation would be minimized,” Lee said.
Lee is the first ever South Korean Cabinet minister to be impeached by the National Assembly. Lawmakers had previously impeached former conservative President Park Geun-hye in December 2016. Three months later she was formally removed from office by the Constitutional Court and arrested over a huge corruption scandal.
Lee’s impeachment highlights the growing impasse Yoon faces in a parliament controlled by his liberal opponents and could further intensify the country’s partisan political fighting that has fueled a national divide.
Lee’s impeachment came weeks after police announced they are seeking criminal charges, including involuntary manslaughter and negligence, against 23 officials, about half of them law enforcement officers, for a lack of safety measures they said were responsible for the crowd crush in Itaewon, a major nightlife district in Seoul.
Following a 74-day inquiry into the incident, a special investigation team led by the National Police Agency concluded that police and public officials in Seoul’s Yongsan district failed to employ meaningful crowd control measures despite anticipating huge gatherings of Halloween revelers. They also ignored pedestrian calls placed to police hotlines that warned of a swelling crowd hours before the surge turned deadly on Oct. 28.
Officials also botched their response once people began getting toppled over and crushed in a narrow alley clogged with partygoers near Hamilton Hotel around 10 p.m., failing to establish effective control of the scene and allow rescue workers to reach the injured in time.
However, opposition politicians claimed that police investigators went soft on higher members of Yoon’s government, including Lee and National Police Agency Commissioner General Yoon Hee-keun, who were facing calls to resign.
The police investigators said they had closed their probes on Lee’s ministry and the National Police Agency before handing over the case to prosecutors, saying it was difficult to establish the direct responsibility of those offices.
Lee faced huge criticism shortly after the crowd crush after he insisted that having more police and emergency personnel on the ground still wouldn’t have prevented the tragedy in Itaewon, in what was seen as an attempt to sidestep questions about the lack of preventive measures.
Despite anticipating a crowd of more than 100,000, Seoul police had assigned 137 officers to Itaewon on the day of the crush. Those officers were focused on monitoring narcotics use and violent crimes, which experts say left few resources for pedestrian safety.
Some experts have called the crush in Itaewon a “manmade disaster” that could have been prevented with fairly simple steps, such as employing more police and public workers to monitor bottleneck points, enforcing one-way walk lanes and blocking narrow pathways or temporarily closing Itaewon’s subway station to prevent large numbers of people moving in the same direction. | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-south-korean-lawmakers-impeach-minister-over-crowd-crush/ | 2023-02-09 06:36:22 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-south-korean-lawmakers-impeach-minister-over-crowd-crush/ |
Gun violence in America: A long list of forgotten victims
ATHENS, Ala. (AP) — Amid the stream of mass shootings that have become chillingly commonplace in America, the reality of America’s staggering murder rate can often be seen more clearly in the deaths that never make the national news. These are seemingly mundane disputes that spin out of control and someone goes for a gun. Often, the victim and the shooter know one another. They are co-workers and acquaintances, siblings and neighbors. They are killed in farming villages, small towns and crowded cities. They are people like David Guess, a 51-year-old small town father of four who had struggled with addiction and who police say was shot by an acquaintance and dumped in the hills of northern Alabama, near a place called Chicken Foot Mountain.
July 4 shooting suspect bought guns legally despite threats
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) — Police say the man charged with killing seven people when he unleashed a hail of bullets on an Independence Day parade from a rooftop in suburban Chicago legally bought the high-powered rifle used in the shooting and four other weapons, despite threatening violence. Robert E. Crimo III was charged with seven counts of murder Tuesday in the shooting that sent hundreds of marchers, parents and children fleeing in fear and set off an hourslong manhunt in and around Highland Park. Investigators have yet to identify a motive. Prosecutors have promised to seek dozens more charges, and Crimo is expected to make his first court appearance on Wednesday. His attorney said he intends to enter a not guilty plea to all charges.
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TAMPA, Fla., June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LM Funding America, Inc. (NASDAQ: LMFA) ("LM Funding" or "LMFA") today announced that it has entered into a hosting and services agreement with a multi-state data hosting company to host up to 4,200 of LMFA's S19J Pro Antminer Machines (S19J) (100 TH/s) ("Bitmain Miner Machines"). The Bitmain S19J Pro Antminer Machine is a high efficiency, high hash rate machine for Secure Hashing Algorithm (SHA) 256 mining that generates an average hash rate of 100 TH/s and has an average power consumption 3,000 kWh. LMFA anticipates that once all 4,200 machines are operational at the new facility, LMFA will have a total capacity of approximately 420 petahash capable of generating approximately 53 Bitcoin per month based on difficulty rates.1 LMFA expects all of its 5,000 newly purchased miners, including 800 miners not being hosted by the new vendor, will be operational by the fourth quarter of 2022, potentially generating a total of 504 petahash.
Bruce M. Rodgers, Chairman and CEO of LM Funding, commented, "We understand that our machine suppliers' supply chain issues have been largely resolved based on the information available to us, and we currently anticipate our mining operations will commence in the third quarter. As a result, we anticipate having approximately 5,000 mining machines operational in the fourth quarter of 2022, currently expected to be capable of generating approximately 764 Bitcoins per year. We also plan to take advantage of the current disruptions in the market by seeking to purchase miners at attractive valuations while hosting the machines where we can find the most economical power and quality service."
The new agreement is for 60 months and includes full hosting and management services.
1 Future changes in the network-wide mining difficulty rate or Bitcoin hash rate may also materially affect the future performance of LMFA's production of bitcoin. Additionally, all discussions of financial metrics assume mining difficulty rates as of June 17, 2022. The total network's hash rate data is calculated from a third-party source, which is available here: https://www.blockchain.com/charts/hash-rate. Data from third-party sources has not been independently verified. See "Forward-Looking Statements" below.
LM Funding America, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, is a technology-based specialty finance company that provides funding to nonprofit community associations (Associations) primarily located in the state of Florida, as well as in the states of Washington, Colorado and Illinois, by funding a certain portion of the associations' rights to delinquent accounts that are selected by the Associations arising from unpaid Association assessments. LMFA is also entering the cryptocurrency mining business through a new subsidiary, US Digital Mining and Hosting Co., LLC.
This press release may contain forward-looking statements made pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "plan," and "project" and other similar words and expressions are intended to signify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not guaranties of future results and conditions but rather are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Some of these risks and uncertainties are identified in the company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and its other filings with the SEC, which are available at www.sec.gov. These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, uncertainty created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the risks of entering into and operating in the cryptocurrency mining business, the capacity of our bitcoin mining machines and our related ability to purchase power at reasonable prices, the ability to finance our planned cryptocurrency mining operations, our ability to acquire new accounts in our specialty finance business at appropriate prices, the need for capital, our ability to hire and retain new employees, changes in governmental regulations that affect our ability to collected sufficient amounts on defaulted consumer receivables, changes in the credit or capital markets, changes in interest rates, and negative press regarding the debt collection industry. The occurrence of any of these risks and uncertainties could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DocuSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: DOCU), which offers the world's #1 e-signature solution as part of the DocuSign agreement platform, today announced results for its fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2022.
"We delivered solid Q2 results, with a strong finish to the first half of the year. These results reflect the focus and dedication of our team on execution during this transition period, with a stronger foundation in place to deliver in the second half of the year. We enter this next phase with a clear set of vital few deliverables for our people initiatives and product roadmap, while driving sustainable and profitable growth at scale," said Maggie Wilderotter, DocuSign's Interim CEO and Board Chair. "We have a $50 billion market opportunity, an industry leading digital agreement platform, strong market position, and an experienced leadership team. I have total confidence our team will successfully deliver for all stakeholders."
Second Quarter Financial Highlights
- Total revenue was $622.2 million, an increase of 22% year-over-year. Subscription revenue was $605.2 million, an increase of 23% year-over-year. Professional services and other revenue was $17.0 million, a decrease of 11% year-over-year.
- Billings were $647.7 million, an increase of 9% year-over-year.
- GAAP gross margin was 78% for both periods. Non-GAAP gross margin was 82% for both periods.
- GAAP net loss per basic and diluted share was $0.22 on 201 million shares outstanding compared to $0.13 on 196 million shares outstanding in the same period last year.
- Non-GAAP net income per diluted share was $0.44 on 206 million shares outstanding compared to $0.47 on 208 million shares outstanding in the same period last year.
- Net cash provided by operating activities was $120.9 million compared to $177.7 million in the same period last year.
- Free cash flow was $105.5 million compared to $161.7 million in the same period last year.
- Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and investments were $1,129.6 million at the end of the quarter.
A reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures has been provided in the tables included in this press release. An explanation of these measures is also included below under the heading "Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Other Key Metrics."
Operational and Other Financial Highlights
DocuSign Agreement Cloud 2022 Product Release 2. DocuSign announced new product capabilities, including:
- DocuSign eSignature. Introduced Shared Access, which allows a user to be granted permission to send or manage envelopes on another user's behalf, and announced enhancements to Bulk Send and Agreement Actions.
- DocuSign eSignature App for Stripe. A new integration that allows account, finance and support teams to view eSignature agreements and Stripe payments side-by-side and launch new agreements right from their Stripe dashboards. Stripe users no longer need to go between the two platforms to complete transactions, support customers, or review transactions.
- DocuSign CLM. Introduced a new CLM Integration within Slack that enables customers to collaborate and move their agreements forward in a more streamlined way. CLM for Slack allows users to navigate the full agreement processes from redlining, to reviews and approvals, using our leading CLM solution without ever leaving the Slack platform. Other CLM enhancements include CLM AI-assisted data capture and a new integration with DocuSign CLM Connector for Coupa.
- DocuSign Notary. Introduced support for notaries seated in two additional U.S. states, New Jersey and Oregon, bringing the total number of states supported by DocuSign Notary to 25.
Outlook
The company currently expects the following guidance:
The company has not reconciled its guidance of non-GAAP financial measures to the corresponding GAAP measures because stock-based compensation expense cannot be reasonably calculated or predicted at this time. Accordingly, a reconciliation has not been provided.
Webcast Conference Call Information
The company will host a conference call on September 8, 2022 at 1:30 p.m. PT (4:30 p.m. ET) to discuss its financial results. A live webcast of the event will be available on the DocuSign Investor Relations website at investor.docusign.com. A live dial-in will be available domestically at 877-407-0784 or internationally at 201-689-8560. A replay will be available domestically at 844-512-2921 or internationally at 412-317-6671 until midnight (ET) September 22, 2022 using the passcode 13732324.
About DocuSign
DocuSign helps organizations connect and automate how they prepare, sign, act on, and manage agreements. As part of the DocuSign Agreement Cloud, DocuSign offers eSignature, the world's #1 way to sign electronically on practically any device, from almost anywhere, at any time. Today, over 1.2 million customers and more than a billion users in over 180 countries use the DocuSign Agreement Cloud to accelerate the process of doing business and simplify people's lives.
For more information, visit www.docusign.com, call +1-877-720-2040, or follow @DocuSign on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.
Copyright 2022. DocuSign, Inc. is the owner of DOCUSIGN® and all its other marks (www.docusign.com/IP).
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Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains 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, that are based on our management's beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to management, and which statements involve substantial risk and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts and can be identified by terms such as "may," "will," "should," "expects," "plans," "anticipates," "could," "intends," "target," "projects," "contemplates," "believes," "estimates," "predicts," "potential," or "continue" or the negative of these words or other similar terms or expressions that concern our expectations, strategy, plans or intentions. Forward-looking statements in this press release include, among other things, statements under "Outlook" above and any other statements about expected financial metrics, such as revenue, billings, non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP diluted weighted-average shares outstanding, and non-financial metrics, such as customer growth, as well as statements related to our expectations regarding our growth. They also include statements about our future operating results and financial position, our business strategy and plans, market growth and trends, and our objectives for future operations. These statements are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements.
These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, risks related to our expectations regarding the impact of the coronavirus pandemic (the "COVID-19 pandemic"), including the easing of related regulations and measures as the pandemic and its related effects begin to abate or have abated, on our business, results of operations, financial condition, and future profitability and growth; our expectations regarding the impact of the evolving COVID-19 pandemic on the businesses of our customers, partners and suppliers, and the economy, as well as the macro- and micro-effects of the pandemic and differing levels of demand for our products as our customers' priorities, resources, financial conditions and economic outlook change; global macro-economic conditions, including the effects of inflation, rising interest rates and market volatility on the global economy; our ability to estimate the size of our total addressable market, and the development of the market for our products, which is new and evolving; our ability to effectively sustain and manage our growth and future expenses, achieve and maintain future profitability, attract new customers and maintain and expand our existing customer base; our ability to scale and update our platform to respond to customers' needs and rapid technological change; the effects of increased competition in our market and our ability to compete effectively; our ability to expand use cases within existing customers and vertical solutions; our ability to expand our operations and increase adoption of our platform internationally; our ability to strengthen and foster our relationships with developers; our ability to expand our direct sales force, customer success team and strategic partnerships around the world; the impact of any data breaches, cyberattacks or other malicious activity on our technology systems; our ability to identify targets for and execute potential acquisitions; our ability to successfully integrate the operations of businesses we may acquire, and to realize the anticipated benefits of such acquisitions; our ability to maintain, protect and enhance our brand; the sufficiency of our cash, cash equivalents and capital resources to satisfy our liquidity needs; limitations on us due to obligations we have under our credit facility or other indebtedness; our failure or the failure of our software to comply with applicable industry standards, laws and regulations; our ability to maintain, protect and enhance our intellectual property; our ability to successfully defend litigation against us; our ability to attract large organizations as users; our ability to maintain our corporate culture; our ability to offer high-quality customer support; our ability to hire, retain and motivate qualified personnel, including executive level management; our ability to successfully manage and integrate executive management transitions; our ability to estimate the size and potential growth of our target market; uncertainties regarding the impact of general economic and market conditions, including as a result of regional and global conflicts or related government sanctions; our ability to successfully implement and maintain new and existing information technology systems, including our ERP system; and our ability to maintain proper and effective internal controls. Additional risks and uncertainties that could affect our financial results are included in the sections titled "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2022 filed on March 25, 2022, our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 31, 2022, which we expect to file on September 8, 2022 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), and other filings that we make from time to time with the SEC. In addition, any forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based on assumptions that we believe to be reasonable as of this date. Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements, or to update the reasons if actual results differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Other Key Metrics
To supplement our consolidated financial statements, which are prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP, we use certain non-GAAP financial measures, as described below, to understand and evaluate our core operating performance. These non-GAAP financial measures, which may be different than similarly-titled measures used by other companies, are presented to enhance investors' overall understanding of our financial performance and should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP.
We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information about our financial performance, enhance the overall understanding of our past performance and future prospects, and allow for greater transparency with respect to important metrics used by our management for financial and operational decision-making. We present these non-GAAP measures to assist investors in seeing our financial performance using a management view, and because we believe that these measures provide an additional tool for investors to use in comparing our core financial performance over multiple periods with other companies in our industry. However, these non-GAAP measures are not intended to be considered in isolation from, a substitute for, or superior to our GAAP results.
Non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating expenses, non-GAAP income from operations, non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP net income per share: We define these non-GAAP financial measures as the respective GAAP measures, excluding expenses related to stock-based compensation, employer payroll tax on employee stock transactions, amortization of acquisition-related intangibles, amortization of debt discount and issuance costs, acquisition-related expenses, fair value adjustments to strategic investments, executive transition costs, lease-related impairment and lease-related charges, as these costs are not reflective of ongoing operations and, as applicable, other special items. The amount of employer payroll tax-related items on employee stock transactions is dependent on our stock price and other factors that are beyond our control and do not correlate to the operation of the business. When evaluating the performance of our business and making operating plans, we do not consider these items (for example, when considering the impact of equity award grants, we place a greater emphasis on overall stockholder dilution rather than the accounting charges associated with such grants). We believe it is useful to exclude these expenses in order to better understand the long-term performance of our core business and to facilitate comparison of our results to those of peer companies and over multiple periods. In addition to these exclusions, we subtract an assumed provision for income taxes to calculate non-GAAP net income. We utilize a fixed long-term projected tax rate in our computation of the non-GAAP income tax provision to provide better consistency across the reporting periods. For fiscal 2023, we determined the projected non-GAAP tax rate to be 20% tax rate.
Free cash flow: We define free cash flow as net cash provided by operating activities less purchases of property and equipment. We believe free cash flow is an important liquidity measure of the cash that is available (if any), after purchases of property and equipment, for operational expenses, investment in our business, and to make acquisitions. Free cash flow is useful to investors as a liquidity measure because it measures our ability to generate or use cash in excess of our capital investments in property and equipment. Once our business needs and obligations are met, cash can be used to maintain a strong balance sheet and invest in future growth.
Billings: We define billings as total revenues plus the change in our contract liabilities and refund liability less contract assets and unbilled accounts receivable in a given period. Billings reflects sales to new customers plus subscription renewals and additional sales to existing customers. Only amounts invoiced to a customer in a given period are included in billings. We believe billings is a key metric to measure our periodic performance. Given that most of our customers pay in annual installments one year in advance, but we typically recognize a majority of the related revenue ratably over time, we use billings to measure and monitor our ability to provide our business with the working capital generated by upfront payments from our customers.
For a reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, please see "Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures" below.
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NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO OR TO ANY PERSON LOCATED OR RESIDENT IN ANY JURISDICTION WHERE IT IS UNLAWFUL TO RELEASE, PUBLISH OR DISTRIBUTE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT (SEE "OFFER AND DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTIONS" BELOW).
LONDON, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Koninklijke KPN N.V. ("KPN") announces an offer to purchase for cash (the "Offer") any and all of the outstanding securities listed in the table below (the "Securities"). The Offer is being made upon, and is subject to, the terms and conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated September 13, 2022 (the "Offer to Purchase"). The purpose of the Offer is to proactively manage KPN's indebtedness and reduce its ongoing interest expense. Capitalised terms used in this announcement but not defined have the meaning given to them in the Offer to Purchase.
Summary of the Offer
The Offer will expire at 5:00 p.m. (New York Time) on September 20, 2022 (such date and time, as the same may be extended, the "Expiration Date"). Securities tendered may be validly withdrawn at any time at or prior to the Expiration Date, but not thereafter. The "Settlement Date" is expected to be September 22, 2022, which is the second business day after the Expiration Date. In the case of Securities accepted for purchase pursuant to the Guaranteed Delivery Procedures, payment is expected to be made on September 23, 2022 (the "Guaranteed Delivery Settlement Date").
Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, the purchase price will be 101.30 per cent. of the principal amount of Securities validly tendered at or prior to the Expiration Date or the Guaranteed Delivery Date pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures, and accepted for purchase (the "Purchase Price").
In addition to the Purchase Price, holders whose Securities are accepted for purchase will be paid accrued and unpaid interest on such Securities to, but not including, the Settlement Date.
KPN's obligation to accept Securities tendered in the Offer is subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, including the Financing Condition, as described in the Offer to Purchase. KPN reserves the right, subject to applicable law, to waive any and all conditions to the Offer.
Under the terms and conditions of the Securities, in the event that KPN repurchases (and effects corresponding cancellations) or redeems Securities in respect of 90 per cent. or more in the principal amount of the Securities initially issued, KPN has the right to redeem all, but not some only, of the remaining Securities at their principal amount, together with any accrued and unpaid interest up to (but excluding) the redemption date.
Holders are advised to check with any bank, securities broker or other intermediary through which they hold Securities as to when such intermediary needs to receive instructions from a holder in order for that holder to be able to participate in, or (in the circumstances in which revocation is permitted) revoke their instruction to participate in the Offer before the deadlines specified herein and in the Offer to Purchase. The deadlines set by each clearing system for the submission and withdrawal of tender instructions will also be earlier than the relevant deadlines specified herein and in the Offer to Purchase.
Where to Obtain Information
For additional information regarding the terms of the Offer, please contact the Dealer Managers at Banco Santander, S.A. at Tommaso.GrosPietro@santandercib.co.uk / alex.pilkington@gruposantander.com, Barclays Bank Ireland PLC at +1(800) 438-3242 / +1(212) 528-7581 (U.S.) or +44 (0)20 3134 8515 (Europe), Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A. at +31 30 216 9022, Credit Suisse Bank (Europe), S.A. at +44 20 7883 8763 or +1 (800) 820-1653 (toll-free) and UniCredit Bank AG at +49 171 306 6648 / corporate.lm@unicredit.de. Requests for documents and questions regarding the tendering of Securities may be directed to the Tender Agent, Kroll Issuer Services Limited, at +44 207 704 0880 or kpn@is.kroll.com.
The Offer to Purchase may be obtained by Holders at the following web address, or by contacting the Tender Agent:
Disclaimer
This announcement must be read in conjunction with the Offer to Purchase. This announcement and the Offer to Purchase contain important information which should be read carefully before any decision is made with respect to the Offer. If any Holder is in any doubt as to the contents of the Offer to Purchase or the action it should take, it is recommended to seek its own financial advice, including in respect of any tax consequences, from its broker, bank manager, solicitor, accountant or other independent financial, tax or legal adviser. Any individual or company whose Securities are held on its behalf by a broker, dealer, bank, custodian, trust company or other nominee must contact such entity if it wishes to tender such Securities pursuant to the Offer. None of KPN, the Dealer Managers or the Tender Agent or any of their respective directors, employees or affiliates makes any recommendation whether Holders should tender Securities pursuant to the Offer.
Offer and Distribution Restrictions
The distribution of this announcement and/or the Offer to Purchase in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. Persons into whose possession this announcement and/or the Offer to Purchase come(s) are required by KPN, the Dealer Managers and the Tender Agent to inform themselves about, and to observe, any such restrictions. Nothing in this announcement nor the Offer to Purchase constitutes an offer to buy or a solicitation of an offer to sell the Securities (and tenders of Securities in the Offer will not be accepted from any Holders) in any circumstances in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful. In those jurisdictions where the securities, blue sky or other laws require the Offer to be made by a licensed broker or dealer and any Dealer Manager or any of the Dealer Managers' respective affiliates is such a licensed broker or dealer in any such jurisdiction, the Offer shall be deemed to be made by such Dealer Manager or such affiliate, as the case may be, on behalf of KPN in such jurisdiction.
Italy
None of the Offer, this announcement, the Offer to Purchase or any other document or materials relating to the Offer have been or will be submitted to the clearance procedures of the Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa ("CONSOB") pursuant to Italian laws and regulations. The Offer is being carried out in the Republic of Italy as an exempted offer pursuant to article 101-bis, paragraph 3-bis of the Legislative Decree No. 58 of 24 February 1998, as amended (the "Financial Services Act") and article 35-bis, paragraph 4 of CONSOB Regulation No. 11971 of 14 May 1999, as amended. Holders or beneficial owners of the Securities that are located in Republic of Italy can tender Securities for purchase in the Offer through authorized persons (such as investment firms, banks or financial intermediaries permitted to conduct such activities in the Republic of Italy in accordance with the Financial Services Act, CONSOB Regulation No. 20307 of 15 February 2018, as amended from time to time, and Legislative Decree No. 385 of 1 September 1993, as amended) and in compliance with applicable laws and regulations or with requirements imposed by CONSOB or any other Italian authority.
Each intermediary must comply with the applicable laws and regulations concerning information duties vis-à-vis its clients in connection with the Securities and/or the Offer.
United Kingdom
The communication of this announcement and the Offer to Purchase and any other documents or materials relating to the Offer is not being made and such documents and/or materials have not been approved by an authorised person for the purposes of section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. Accordingly, such documents and/or materials are not being distributed to, and must not be passed on to, the general public in the United Kingdom. The communication of such documents and/or materials as a financial promotion is only being made to those persons in the United Kingdom falling within the definition of investment professionals (as defined in Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the "Financial Promotion Order")) or persons who are within Article 43(2) of the Financial Promotion Order or any other persons to whom it may otherwise lawfully be made under the Financial Promotion Order.
France
The Offer is not being made, directly or indirectly, to the public in the Republic of France ("France"). Neither this announcement, the Offer to Purchase nor any other document or material relating to the Offer has been or shall be distributed to the public in France and only (i) providers of investment services relating to portfolio management for the account of third parties (personnes fournissant le service d'investissement de gestion de portefeuille pour compte de tiers) and/or (ii) qualified investors (investisseurs qualifiés), acting for their own account, with the exception of individuals, within the meaning ascribed to them in, and in accordance with, Articles L.411-1, L.411-2 and D.411-1 of the French Code monétaire et financier, and applicable regulations thereunder, are eligible to participate in the Offer. This announcement and the Offer to Purchase have not been and will not be submitted for clearance to nor approved by the Autorité des Marchés Financiers.
Belgium
Neither this announcement, the Offer to Purchase nor any other documents or materials relating to the Offer have been submitted to or will be submitted for approval or recognition to the Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority (Autoriteit voor financiële diensten en markten / Autorité des services et marchés financiers) and, accordingly, the Offer may not be made in Belgium by way of a public offering, as defined in Articles 3 and 6 of the Belgian Law of 1 April 2007 on public takeover bids, as amended or replaced from time to time. Accordingly, the Offer may not be advertised and the Offer will not be extended, and neither this announcement, the Offer to Purchase nor any other documents or materials relating to the Offer (including any memorandum, information circular, brochure or any similar documents) has been or shall be distributed or made available, directly or indirectly, to any person in Belgium other than "qualified investors" within the meaning of Article 10 of the Belgian Law of 16 June 2006 on the public offer of placement instruments and the admission to trading of placement instruments on regulated markets, as amended or replaced from time to time, acting on their own account. Insofar as Belgium is concerned, this announcement and the Offer to Purchase have been issued only for the personal use of the above qualified investors and exclusively for the purpose of the Offer. Accordingly, the information contained in this announcement and the Offer to Purchase may not be used for any other purpose or disclosed to any other person in Belgium.
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SINGAPORE, Dec. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- XT.COM, the world's first socially infused trading platform, is thrilled to announce the listing of ALBEDO on its platform in the innovation zone. The ALBEDO/USDT trading pair has been open for trading since 2022-12-26 10:00 (UTC).
- Users can deposit ALBEDO for trading since 2022-12-25 10:00(UTC)
- Withdrawals for ALBEDO have been open from 2022-12-27 10:00 (UTC)
About ALBEDO (ALBEDO)
ALBEDO (ALBEDO) is an ERC20 token deployed on the Ethereum blockchain with a max supply of 100 billion and also the native digital asset of Bitcichain. This token was developed by Turkey's most visited news site KriptoKoin.com. All holders of ALBEDO tokens will have the opportunity to join the exclusive NFT pre-sale on their network.
Additionally, users holding ALBEDO tokens can participate in online raffles and competitions provided hosted by the ALBEDO ecosystem and also allow users the right to enter virtual reality NFT fairs and voice chats. ALBEDO tokens will also be used by the network for marketing advertisements and other premium services in the future.
About the ALBEDO Network
The ALBEDO Network is a blockchain project that aims to gather both Turkish and global investor communities to create new projects together. This network was developed by Bitci Teknoloji Anonim Şirketi and has its own Play-To-Earn games including features where community members can sign in and earn rewards. The concept of these games include token burning and leveling mechanisms.
The project seeks to provide solutions that enable its users to take advantage of the products and services provided by partners of ALBEDO, all which will be integrated into the ALBEDO ecosystem in the future.
Website: ALBEDO.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcicomtr/
Discord: https://discord.com/invite/bitcicom/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bitcicomtr/
"We're delighted to have the ALBEDO token listed on our trading platform. 2023 will be a great turning point for XT.COM as I'll be ensuring the utmost quality in trading opportunities and experience for XT.COM users," said Albin Warin, CEO of XT.COM. "The company is headed toward a brighter future and users can look forward to more unique web3 opportunities with our various trading portfolios."
About XT.COM
Founded in 2018, XT.COM crypto exchange now serves more than 6 million registered users, over 1,000,000+ monthly active users, 40+ million users in the ecosystem, and 800+ trading pairs. Covering spot trading, margin trading, and futures trading together with an NFT aggregated marketplace, our platform strives to cater to its large user base by providing a secure, trusted, and intuitive trading experience.
As the world's first social-infused digital assets trading platform, XT.COM also supports social networking platform-based transactions to make our crypto services more accessible to users all over the world. Furthermore, to ensure optimal data integrity and security, we see user security as our top priority at XT.COM.
Website: https://www.xt.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/XTexchange
Telegram: https://t.me/XTsupport_EN
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Timberland boots have been a staple in the wardrobes of New York Hip-Hoppers for decades. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Hip-Hop, Timberland will be releasing a special colorway of the iconic boot that will be considered grails in the tristate area.
Hypebeast is reporting that the upcoming “Hip Hop Royalty Boot” has just hit the digital shelves on Timberland. With its purple suede colorway, golden ankle pads, and gold eyelets, these are sure to be the standout footwear in any establishment you step in. Senior Footwear Designer, Chris Dixon’s creation has the kind of details that sneakerheads and boot lovers would appreciate. Along with the standout colorway, details such as the “Sedgwick Avenue” street sign on the tongue and the tree logo on the heel looks like it was graffitied on, making these a must-have for any collection out there. But that’s not all.
In conjunction with the release, Timberland partners with CNSTNT DVLPMNT to curate youth mentorship and community activations to advance the representation of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color designers in the footwear industry.
“Having the opportunity to design in celebration of both boot and Hip Hop culture is a huge honor for me,” said senior footwear designer Chris Dixon. “The Hip Hop Royalty Boot project is Timberland’s way of giving Hip Hop its flowers and showing appreciation for what they have done for the brand. I am really happy to partner with Timberland and give young creatives something I did not have as a kid, which is the empowerment of creativity.”
We love it.
The “Hip-Hop Royalty” Timberland boot is available now on Timberland.com and retails for $210. Check out the pics of the kicks below. Let us know if you’ll be copping a pair in the comments section below.
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Leading Music Rights Firm Acquires Publisher's Share of Johnson's Best-Known Titles Spanning 2012 to 2020 Including "Watermelon Sugar," "Adore You" and More
NEW YORK, Feb. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Influence Media Partners has entered into a collaboration with prolific music producer, songwriter and 2023 GRAMMY Album of The Year winner, Tyler Johnson. Best known for his longstanding creative partnership with Harry Styles, Johnson has co-written or co-produced the vast majority of the pop star's solo discography and biggest hits from his 2017 solo debut to his chart-topping 2022 release Harry's House, which earned him two GRAMMY awards and recognition alongside frequent collaborator Kid Harpoon as Variety Hitmakers Songwriters of the Year. Influence Media has invested in a diverse catalog of titles created by Johnson between 2012 and 2020 (Johnson's work on Styles' latest release, 2022's Harry's House, is not included in this partnership). The music rights platform, which is partnered with BlackRock and Warner Music Group, has formed this collaboration as part of its investment strategy built on "modern evergreens," songs and artists with a strong potential for long-term impact on pop culture.
Speaking on the partnership, Influence Media Partner and Founding Advisor Rene McLean said, "Influence Media is committed to partnering with the secret weapons behind some of music's modern classics, and Tyler Johnson is at the top of that list for his work with Harry Styles alone, along with fellow superstars like Sam Smith, Meghan Trainor and Miley Cyrus. We are so proud to represent Tyler's works and look forward to introducing them to even wider audiences."
"It has been a pleasure working with the trusted team at Influence Media on my song catalog," says Tyler Johnson. "These songs are very important to me and I feel our deal reflects the value of this catalog that I have built over the last 10 years."
Adds Tyler's manager Nathaniel Cochrane, "Rene and I have been doing business with various clients for a while now, he's a straight shooter. It was a pleasure to get this deal over the line together and I look forward to building with Influence."
Over the past decade, Johnson has worked with many of the world's most popular musicians, earning GRAMMY Award nominations for his work with Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran. Other artists Johnson has written and produced for include Diplo, John Legend, and Harry Styles, with whom he has a substantial, long-running collaboration. Johnson co-wrote on every song on Styles' self-titled debut album and most songs on 2019 follow-up Fine Line, including "Watermelon Sugar", which went #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "Adore You", which tied the record for most weeks on the Pop charts. Beyond the copyrights included in his Influence Media acquisition, Johnson also co-wrote and co-produced Styles' recent single, "As It Was," which spent 15 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 and broke Spotify's record for most streams in a day for a song by a male artist. Johnson is based in Nashville and Los Angeles.
Johnson was represented by Francois Mobasser, Audrey Benoualid, and Andrew Paster at Myman Greenspan Fox Rosenberg Mobasser Younger & Light LLP. Influence Media Partners were represented by Lisa Alter, Katie Baron, and Jaclyn Felber at Alter, Kendrick & Baron, LLP.
About Influence Media
Launched in 2019 and led by Lylette Pizarro, Lynn Hazan, Rene McLean, and Jon Jashni, Influence Media Partners ("Influence Media" or "Influence") is a New York-based music and entertainment company that is transforming the music and content rights marketplace by partnering with artists and investing in them for the future. Backed by BlackRock and Warner Music Group, Influence's latest fund invests in the recording and publishing rights of artists, songwriters, producers, and music entrepreneurs who create commercially viable songs that resonate throughout pop culture. Influence's approach is centered around a purpose-driven brand and marketing ethos, leveraging the company's expert team to support and invest in diverse artists and entrepreneurs with global reach, growth potential, and streaming success–with a focus on songs that are poised to be modern evergreens.
About Tyler Johnson
Nashville-based Tyler Johnson is a GRAMMY Award-winning producer and songwriter. Tyler started his career as an assistant to GRAMMY-winning producer Jeff Bhasker, before being signed to Bhasker as a producer. He co-wrote and co-produced Harry Styles' 2017 debut self-titled solo album, all but two tracks on Styles' 2019 GRAMMY-nominated "Fine Line", and all but two songs on the most recent LP "Harry's House" with collaborator Kid Harpoon. This included "Watermelon Sugar", which went to number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "As It Was" which has spent 10 weeks at #1 on the same chart. Alongside Bhasker, Tyler produced the 2015 album Untamed by country artist Cam, as well as her most recent album The Otherside. He has also worked with artists including Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Miley Cyrus, John Legend, Keith Urban, Diplo, Pink, OneRepublic, Sam Smith, and Meghan Trainor.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer banking giant Wells Fargo agreed to pay $3.7 billion to settle charges that it harmed consumers by charging illegal fees and interest on auto loans and mortgages, as well as incorrectly applied overdraft fees against savings and checking accounts.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday ordered Wells to repay $2 billion to consumers and enacted a $1.7 billion penalty against the bank. It's the largest fine to date against Wells, which has spent years trying to rehabilitate itself after a series of scandals tied to its sales practices.
The bureau says the bad behavior by the bank impacted more than 16 million customers. In addition to improperly charging its auto loan customers with fees and interest, in some cases the bank wrongfully repossessed borrowers' vehicles. The bank also improperly denied thousands of mortgage loan modifications.
Wells Fargo has been repeatedly sanctioned by U.S. regulators for violations of consumer protections law going back to 2016, when Wells employees were found to have opened millions of accounts illegally in order to meet unrealistic sales goals. Since then, Wells has repeatedly said it’s cleaning up its act, only to be fined for additional violations of consumer protection law.
Back in 2018, Wells paid a $1 billion penalty to cover widespread consumer law violations.
The bank remains under a Federal Reserve order forbidding it from growing any larger until the Fed deems that its corporate culture problems are resolved. That order, originally enacted in 2018, was expected to last only a year or two.
In a statement, CEO Charles Scharf said the agreement with the CFPB is part of the effort to "transform operating practices at Wells Fargo and to put these issues behind us.” | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/wells-fargo-to-pay-37b-over-consumer-loan-violations/V4GAXTIEYREIDAHFR2WGCIFQA4/ | 2022-12-20 14:55:21 | 0 | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/wells-fargo-to-pay-37b-over-consumer-loan-violations/V4GAXTIEYREIDAHFR2WGCIFQA4/ |
Founded in 2010, the Original META has Pioneered the Immersive and Experiential Technology Industry, Holding Broad Trademark Rights That META Alleges Tech-Giant Facebook has Willfully and Blatantly Violated Since Late 2021
NEW YORK, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- META, a small business operating in the immersive and experiential technology industry since 2010, today filed a lawsuit against Facebook. For 12 years, META has powered the types of experiences and products that Facebook is now building and has served the same creators and consumers that Facebook is now targeting. META's lawsuit, filed by Pryor Cashman LLP, alleges that Facebook unlawfully seized the META mark and name — willfully violating META's trademark rights and engaging in egregious acts of unfair competition.
"META has spent 12 years supporting, developing, and protecting the creator community, creators' rights, and ironically, creators' intellectual property. Facebook's actions, illegally usurping our name and mark, have not only put our business in jeopardy, but that of the entire industry and the intellectual property rights of the innovators that have helped build it," said Justin "JB" Bolognino, META's Founder & CEO. "Since Facebook's name change in late 2021, META has made good faith efforts to resolve this situation, but for eight months Facebook has refused to accept responsibility for its unlawful actions, leaving us no choice but to proceed with litigation."
META has a significant historical and present involvement in the creation and development of real-world and virtual social communities associated with the industry, as well as in fighting for the intellectual property rights, attribution, and financial interests of creators. META has also created, curated, and conducted revolutionary immersive experiences at some of the world's largest events — including SXSW, Coachella and Cannes Lions.
META's complaint alleges that Facebook is now doing exactly what META has done for over a decade under the META name and mark — conducting the same immersive experiences, at the same events and venues, and working with the same creators and same companies.
As a result of Facebook's actions, consumers are likely to mistakenly believe that META's products and services emanate from Facebook or that META is affiliated with Facebook. The META mark is now infected by the toxicity that is inextricably linked with Facebook.
"Not only has Facebook taken aim at our small business but also our reputation, which we have devoted our lives to building over the last decade. Facebook's rebrand and total disregard for our legal rights creates great concern for us and for the community of individuals, artists, industry and luminaries who META has championed and collaborated with for years," said Bolognino. "Facebook acts like it can freely destroy the communities META has helped develop, overrun the industry, and obliterate META's business. But today, META is taking a stand against Facebook's flagrant and unlawful conduct."
"Facebook has deployed its almost limitless resources to saturate the marketplace with its infringing META mark. This is textbook reverse confusion, which has caused, and is likely to continue to cause, significant and irreparable harm to META. Facebook cannot be allowed to continue its infringing conduct with impunity," said Dyan Finguerra-DuCharme, META's lead attorney and partner at Pryor Cashman LLP.
Bolognino, one of the pioneers of the immersive and experiential technology industry, founded META in 2010. Since then, he has worked with some of the world's leading companies, institutions, and creators, and built META into a pillar of the immersive and experiential technology industry. Bolognino has also acted as a guardian of the creator communities associated with the industry — ensuring they are appropriately recognized, nurtured, and compensated for their extraordinary work.
In 2016, Bolognino joined forces with Nick Sciorra, an advanced media-technology strategist and IP attorney, now META's Chief Strategy Officer. Together, they intensified META's focus on specializing in technology, design, storytelling, and immersive experiences, both virtually and in reality, coining this as "The Art of Being There." META has since partnered with brand clients including Spotify, Twitter, HP, Microsoft, and Google, and has championed a diverse range of digital and immersive artists from Beeple, Android Jones, Emily Baltz and VolvoxLabs to Softlab, SuperUber, and Dirt Empire, as well as musical collaborators such as St. Vincent, Skrillex, Porter Robinson, Troye Sivan, and Tiesto.
More recently, and well before Facebook's name change, Bolognino and Sciorra furthered their pursuit of protecting creators and igniting the power of their uniquely diverse vision for a shared creator economy, by developing UNREALITY powered by META — a social network platform and marketplace tailored to creator communities. In line with their long-standing beliefs, the pair have developed strategies to build supportive tokenized creator grants for immersive and NFT artists and studios. Bolognino and Sciorra believe creators should have sovereignty and creative controls within the marketplace, and have their intellectual property rights vehemently protected. This lawsuit is further evidence of Bolognino's, Sciorra's and META's determination to fight for the intellectual property rights of all those in the industry and for all small businesses being engulfed by corporate goliaths.
About META (https://meta.is/): META creates multi-sensory live experiences that ignite the human spirit with technology, design, music, and storytelling. META experiences combine intelligence, craft and artistry with immersive technologies to create unforgettable, awe-inspiring, highly shareable and measurable moments. META elevates, amplifies, and engages audiences for the world's leading artists, brands, and productions.
About Pryor Cashman LLP (https://www.pryorcashman.com/): A premier, midsized law firm with headquarters at 7 Times Square, Pryor Cashman is known for getting the job done right, and doing it with integrity, efficiency and style. For over 50 years, Pryor Cashman has earned a national reputation for excellence across a wide variety of practice areas and industries — being particularly renowned for its stellar trademark and intellectual property litigation practices and lawyers.
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BROWNSTOWN TOWNSHIP, MI -- A 20-year-old Brownstown Township man has been charged with making a false report or threat of terrorism after he allegedly threatened to shoot up Woodhaven High School earlier this month. According to the Brownstown Township Police Department, Kennie Larkins, 20, was arraigned Friday on the charge in connection to an Instagram Live he allegedly posted on May 9.
In that video, police say Larkins was “acting erratically” before he then allegedly said “I can feel it…I am shooting up Woodhaven High School.” Shortly after the video was posted, the school district went into a shelter in place until police could determine the credibility of the threat.
Police eventually determined there was no active threat and the district lifted the order. Larkins was arrested by the Van Buren Township Police and then taken into custody by Brownstown Police on May 18.
Bond was set at $500,000 and Larkins is due back in court for a probable cause conference on May 30. If he is released, Judge Kirk Tabbey ordered Larkins to wear a GPS tether. The charge carries a maximum sentence of up to 20 years in prison.
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BOSTON and SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aeris Partners LLC ("Aeris Partners" or "Aeris"), a leading technology M&A investment bank, is excited to announce the launch of its new San Francisco, California office and the addition of Gray Eklund, Director, to help drive the firm's West Coast expansion.
Aeris Partners provides best-in-class M&A advisory services to leading private equity, venture capital, and founder-owned software, SaaS, and tech-enabled services companies spanning a range of high-growth verticals, including EdTech, FinTech, GovTech and Healthcare IT, among others. The firm leverages extensive domain expertise, a distinguished M&A execution track record, and an unwavering commitment to delivering superior outcomes on behalf of its clients.
Gray Eklund joins Aeris with more than 15 years of technology investment banking, M&A and financial services industry experience. Prior to joining Aeris, Gray worked as a Director with the technology investment banking group at Piper Sandler, where he focused on transaction advisory for software companies in the accounting / tax, property, banking, and insurance industries. Gray earned an MBA with Honors from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BA in Economics from Yale University.
"The Aeris team is passionate, mission-driven and committed, and the launch of our San Francisco office marks a significant milestone in the ongoing growth and evolution of the firm," said David Joncas, Managing Director at Aeris. "Gray is an outstanding M&A banker and fantastic teammate, and we're thrilled to work with Gray during this next phase of growth."
"We're incredibly excited to welcome Gray to Aeris," said Rahul Swani, Managing Director at Aeris. "Gray's commitment to culture, collaboration and execution excellence aligns perfectly with the Aeris approach and further enhances our ability to deliver the best-in-class outcomes our clients have come to expect."
"I'm absolutely thrilled to join Aeris Partners. The Aeris team's track record and commitment to delivering world-class M&A advisory services and outcomes are truly differentiated. I'm excited to build on the firm's growth and momentum, and to lead the firm's West Coast expansion with the launch of our San Francisco office," said Gray Eklund, Director at Aeris.
Aeris Partners provides best-in-class strategic M&A advisory and investment banking services to leading private equity, venture capital and founder-owned software and SaaS clients throughout North America. Aeris leverages decades of software industry and M&A experience, data-driven strategic insight, a collaborative hands-on approach, and an unparalleled commitment to delivering exceptional M&A outcomes for each client. Aeris advisory services include transformational sell-side M&A, buy-side M&A, and growth equity recapitalizations spanning high-growth market verticals, including Education (EdTech), Energy & Power, Financial Technology (FinTech), Government (GovTech), Healthcare IT (HCIT), HR Tech, Pharma & Life Sciences Tech (PharmaTech), and Supply Chain (SCM), among others. For more information, please visit: aerispartners.com.
Aeris Partners LLC is a registered broker-dealer and member of FINRA and SIPC.
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1 critically injured in SW Wichita industrial accident
Published: Mar. 16, 2023 at 2:33 PM CDT|Updated: 25 minutes ago
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - One person suffered critical injuries in an industrial accident reported Thursday afternoon in the 3200 block of West May Street, in southwest Wichita. This is south of West Harry Street and Southwest Boulevard.
A Sedgwick County dispatch supervisor said the injury resulted from a piece of fallen equipment. 12 News sent a crew to gather further information.
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WASHINGTON — Nearly 60,000 car seats are being recalled by the Dorel Juvenile Group due to faulty seat anchors, increasing the risk of injury in a crash.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued a recall over several models of the Safety 1st and Maxi-Cosi car seats, warning consumers about the faulty car seats.
The NHTSA said the affected Dorel child seats' lower anchors can fail and allow the seat to detach, which fail to comply with the federal safety requirements for child seats. Dorel has not received reports of injury related to the recall.
Recalled models include certain Safety 1st onBoard 35 Secure Tech, Safety 1st Secure Tech Infant Base, Maxi-Cosi Coral XP, Maxi-Cosi Mico XP Max, Maxi-Cosi Mico XP, Maxi-Cosi Mico Luxe+, and Maxi-Cosi Infant Base child seats.
The seats were manufactured from May 2020 to February 2023, according to the recall. Impacted car seats were sold in the U.S and in Canada, but shipments were made to other countries.
The safety administration said an estimated 59,450 units are affected by recall. Owners can check the recall numbers and models impacted on Dorel's recall announcement.
Dorel advised consumers that they "can continue to safely use these car seats with the base installed using the vehicle belt, or with carrier shell only installation using the vehicle belt."
Current owners are told to secure the car seats with the vehicle belts until the faulty bases are remedied. Dorel will issue a free replacement base to customers, according to the company and the safety administration.
The company said it will contact customers with the recalled items by email or mail. Notification letters are expected to be sent by April 7, according to the NHTSA.
Consumers can contact Dorel customer service at 1-877-657-9546 or RetractableLatchRecall@djgusa.com. They can also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153) or visit the administration's website. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/nation-world/car-seats-recall-safety-1st-maxi-cosi/507-34af3d03-51b7-4336-96fc-eed4af8b9862 | 2023-03-11 22:25:10 | 1 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/nation-world/car-seats-recall-safety-1st-maxi-cosi/507-34af3d03-51b7-4336-96fc-eed4af8b9862 |
This Asbury Park Eatery Named Biggest Foodie Draw In New Jersey
Asbury Park was just crowned as the biggest "foodie draw" in New Jersey. Anyone who knows the Jersey Shore is not surprised. For at least the last five years or so, AP has been on fire preparing the most eclectic and inspired culinary creations I’ve ever seen. This one spot is getting huge attention for being the best eatery in Asbury Park. Any guesses?
OK, full disclosure, this place is a departure from the classic pie. They're bold and not afraid to be different. In a nutshell, they decided to rock our world while raising some eyebrows. I'm talking about Talula's Pizza.
Not everyone is going to want fermented blueberries on their pizza, but the reviews are rave so keep an open mind. This piece of art is called the “Show Me Your Bloobz Pie” featuring pickled blueberries, feta and fontina cheeses, honey caramelized red onion, micro mint, and lemon. Whatcha think?
If blueberries are not your thing, maybe you need to try this instead! Meet the “Rainbow Pickle Pie” which is only available during certain times. I see flowers on there…I’m in!
Don't leave before dessert or you will miss this magic. Is anyone in for some blackberry ice cream sandwiched in a homemade croissant with orange blossom whip and plum glaze? Everything is house-made! Oh. My. Gawd.
I'm personally not waiting for summer to go. In fact, this may have to happen this weekend! Here are some other must-eat Jersey experiences. | https://wpst.com/this-asbury-park-eatery-named-biggest-foodie-draw-in-new-jersey/ | 2022-10-09 01:58:32 | 0 | https://wpst.com/this-asbury-park-eatery-named-biggest-foodie-draw-in-new-jersey/ |
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A 2-year-old St. Louis boy died after shooting himself in the head, police said Wednesday.
Interim Police Chief Michael Sack said officers responded to a shooting call at around 1 p.m. found the badly wounded boy, who was rushed to a hospital. He was pronounced dead a short time later.
Police have not disclosed the boy's name or how he was able to get ahold of the handgun, but Sack called it “a terrible tragedy that should have never happened.”
“Guns are inherently dangerous," Sack told reporters outside the family's home. "There are a number of them in our community. All of us who own firearms or who have firearms must be responsible with their care and their use.”
Sack said that at least one family member was home at the time of the shooting and that the investigation is ongoing. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/St-Louis-toddler-dies-after-shooting-himself-in-17410862.php | 2022-08-31 22:17:47 | 0 | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/St-Louis-toddler-dies-after-shooting-himself-in-17410862.php |
WFO SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, December 7, 2022
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DENSE FOG ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Hanford CA
931 AM PST Wed Dec 7 2022
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PST THIS
MORNING...
* WHAT...Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog.
* WHERE...Merced -Madera -Mendota, Planada -Le Grand -
Snelling, Fresno-Clovis and Mariposa Madera Foothills.
* WHEN...Until 11 AM PST this morning.
* IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to low visibility
of between 200 and 800 feet.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of
distance ahead of you.
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Copyright 2022 AccuWeather | https://www.sfgate.com/weather/article/CA-WFO-SAN-JOAQUIN-VALLEY-Warnings-Watches-and-17637846.php | 2022-12-07 19:11:49 | 0 | https://www.sfgate.com/weather/article/CA-WFO-SAN-JOAQUIN-VALLEY-Warnings-Watches-and-17637846.php |
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A 3-year-old girl rescued from an east side apartment fire in early January died of her injuries Thursday morning, the Indianapolis Fire Department confirmed.
Two other people, 31-year-old Raymond Diggs and 1-year-old Leilani Rembert, also died from injuries suffered in the Jan. 9 fire in the 2800 block of Elwin Drive. That’s at the Briergate Apartments southeast of 30th Street and Post Road.
Firefighters entered the apartment just after 10 p.m. and found Diggs and Rembert unconscious next to a burning couch. The 3-year-old girl and two boys were also rescued from the apartment. All five people were taken to the hospital in critical condition.
Diggs died on Jan. 11 from thermal burns and smoke inhalation, and Rembert died from smoke inhalation on Jan. 12.
Smoke alarms were working in the common hallway of the building. Inside the apartment, fire investigators found a base where a smoke alarm would be installed, but no smoke alarm was attached, IFD said after the fire.
“Apartment management told IFD investigators they had been in the unit 2 weeks prior and the unit had a working smoke alarm. It is unclear why the smoke alarm was removed,” the department said in a press release.
The fire’s cause was still under investigation. | https://www.wishtv.com/news/local-news/3-year-old-child-dies-more-than-two-weeks-after-fire-at-east-side-apartment/ | 2023-01-26 14:58:58 | 1 | https://www.wishtv.com/news/local-news/3-year-old-child-dies-more-than-two-weeks-after-fire-at-east-side-apartment/ |
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