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EDMONTON, AB, Nov. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - PCL Construction is pleased to announce that Jason Idler is promoted to chief operating officer and will lead the organization's heavy industrial sector as part of the organization's overall succession planning strategy. Jason succeeds Roger Keglowitsch who is retiring after 30 years of service with PCL.
"Jason possesses a wealth of knowledge in the Heavy Industrial world," said Dave Filipchuk, PCL's president and CEO. "His deep experience and substantial knowledge of our operations across North America will be essential as he works to extend our reputation as industry leaders. We are proud to welcome him to the PCL office of the CEO leadership team."
Jason brings a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Saskatchewan and more than 30 years of experience to his role. Joining the PCL family of companies in 2008 as vice president of PCL Intracon Power, he was appointed regional vice president in 2013. The next year he joined the Board of Directors and assumed executive sponsorship for large-scale industrial projects, some of the largest PCL has executed among them. In 2017, Jason was named executive vice president for Canada and then president of U.S. heavy industrial operations, based in Houston.
Jason is responsible for PCL's portfolio of work in the oil and gas, power, renewables, chemical and petrochemical markets. He works with a team of regional executives to oversee all aspects of project planning and delivery including oversight of engineering, project controls, quality, procurement, construction execution, risk management, and health, safety, and environment (HSE).
Jason is deeply involved not just in the work of construction, but also in how PCL partners with clients and stakeholders to build a sustainable energy and resource future. For him that means attention to people, to community and to PCL's role in the energy transition. From planning to fabrication to execution and ongoing maintenance, Jason, along with the entire heavy industrial group, promises clients a fully tailorable project solution.
PCL is a group of independent construction companies that carries out work across Canada, the United States, the Caribbean and in Australia. These diverse operations in the civil infrastructure, heavy industrial, and buildings markets are supported by a strategic presence in more than 30 major centers. Together, these companies have an annual construction volume of more than $8 billion, making PCL the largest contracting organization in Canada and one of the largest in North America. Watch us build at PCL.com.
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5 dogs die in RV fire before American Kennel Club dog show, officials say
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Five dogs were killed in an RV fire the day before a dog show was set to begin in Florida, officials said.
The fire was first reported Tuesday afternoon at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa, Hillsborough County Fire Rescue spokesperson Rob Herrin said. The American Kennel Club All-Breed Dog Show was scheduled to begin Wednesday at the fairgrounds and run through the weekend.
Bystanders reported seeing smoke coming from the RV’s vents and then attempted to get inside the car, but couldn’t because of the flames and smoke, Herrin said. After firefighters extinguished the blaze, the RV owners told investigators that five boxers had been inside the vehicle.
No humans were injured, officials said.
Investigators believe the fire was an accident, but they’re still narrowing down a specific cause, Herrin said.
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Looking down at a pool filled with Klamath River salmon swimming back to their spawning grounds, Karuk Tribal Councilor Aaron “Troy” Hockaday says he can’t wait to see what the future holds for them.
“These fish right here give me hope,” he said. “They had a long journey from the mouth of the Klamath coming up here, so right now what they’re doing is resting a little bit.”
It’s a spot at the confluence of the Klamath and Scott rivers near the Northern California town of Yreka. Hockaday comes here often to check on the salmon that are vital to his people and their culture.
Right now, there aren’t many salmon for the Karuk and other area tribes to catch. That’s because hundreds of miles of salmon spawning habitat are blocked by four dams on the lower Klamath River.
But an historic decision made on Thursday in Washington, D.C. holds the promise to change that. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s approval of removing those four dams should set free a huge stretch of one of the West’s most important coastal rivers for salmon and reopen 400 miles of habitat — much of which salmon have been unable to reach for more than a century.
“It’s gonna be one of the best things for our fish and our fisheries,” Hockaday said. “It’s been a long, long journey to get to where we are today.”
Next year, deconstruction work will begin at JC Boyle, Copco 1, Copco 2 and Iron Gate dams, with the biggest dams scheduled to be removed in 2024.
Getting to this point has taken decades of negotiation and planning, and removing the four dams will be a massive, $500 million undertaking that many in the surrounding communities still oppose.
Pros and cons of dam removal
The Klamath River drains an arid basin that straddles two states. It flows from Upper Klamath Lake in the high desert of south-central Oregon, crosses the California state line, and empties into the Pacific Ocean. Tearing down four of its dams won’t just open up habitat to boost salmon populations. Supporters say a more free-flowing river will also improve water quality by removing the dam’s reservoirs where warm water pools, collects pollution from agricultural runoff and invites toxic algae growth and bacteria that can cause fish die-offs.
But in the drought-stricken Klamath River Basin, anything connected to water is controversial — including dam removal. Opponents argue those reservoirs are vital to surrounding communities because they provide tax revenue, recreation opportunities and waterfront property values that will be lost when the dams are taken out.
Residents in both of the counties surrounding the dams slated for removal have voted overwhelmingly over the past decade in favor of keeping the dams in place because of the benefits they offer and the potential for dam removal to create problems with flooding and the release of sediment stored behind the dams.
After first trying to relicense the dams in the early 2000s, PacifiCorp agreed to remove them in 2016 to avoid the cost of building fish ladders that would have been required to help salmon swim upstream.
PacifiCorp spokesman Bob Gravely said removing the dams at a cost of $215 million to the utility’s ratepayers was actually the cheaper option, and the electricity they generate is easily replaced — it’s less than 2% of the utility’s supply.
Gravely said dam removal alone will not put more water in the river, and it won’t alleviate the painful water shortages that have worsened with drought over the last several years.
Contested decisions over water distribution in the past 20 years have jeopardized the survival of protected fish and wildlife and the livelihoods of local farmers and ranchers.
This year, irrigation water for farmers and ranchers in the Klamath Basin was cut off to protect threatened and endangered species of sucker fish in Klamath Lake and salmon in the Klamath River.
But dam removal isn’t likely to help with any of that.
“Dams don’t actually take water from the river,” Gravely said. “One of the problems on the Klamath is there’s just lots of demands for a certain amount of water, and those disputes will continue after dam removal. There’s going to be the same water supply at the end of the day.”
Water conflicts spurred dam removal talks
In 2001, thousands of people in Klamath Falls formed a symbolic “bucket brigade” to protest a government decision to cut off irrigation water to farmers in the Klamath Basin.
The mile-long line of people passing buckets of water to a dry irrigation canal and the ensuing effort to pry open the canal gates were followed by a Bush administration decision to send more water to farmers the next year. Many later blamed the administration for causing a devastating fish kill in 2002 that left thousands of dead salmon floating in the lower Klamath River.
It was around that time that PacifiCorp needed to renew the licenses for its four Klamath River dams and that renewal required the company to comply with environmental regulations like adding fish passage that didn’t exist when the dams were built.
“These were very high-profile events, and a lot of stakeholders actually used the relicensing of the Klamath dams as a forum to have a discussion of these broader issues,” Gravely said. “And so that is really when the idea of dam removal was put on the table.”
Dam removal became part of a lengthy set of negotiations among irrigators, tribes and environmental groups over how to resolve the water problems in the Klamath River Basin. In 2010 the parties arrived at the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement, a hard-won compromise that promised land to the Klamath Tribes, environmental protection for fish and some guaranteed water for agriculture.
Two additional settlement agreements detailed plans to remove the four dams and address water issues in the Upper Klamath Basin. Together, the three agreements represented a decade of negotiations, and they required federal funding from Congress that never came.
After the original agreements expired, the parties changed the dam removal agreement so that it alone could be approved by FERC instead of relying on Congress.
But the water supply guarantees for farmers and ranchers are now missing from the plans, along with the promise of land for the Klamath Tribes. Support for dam removal fractured along with the agreements themselves.
Opponents worry about property values, taxes, sediment
Opponents of dam removal say they’re worried farmers might have to give up irrigation water to flush out the sediment stored behind the dams. And they’ve expressed doubts that dam removal will be all that beneficial for salmon, considering that scientists can’t guarantee the salmon won’t be harmed by all the sediment flowing downriver after the dams come out.
“This is seen in many respects as a grand experiment. We’re gonna try it and see if it works,” said Brandon Criss, board of supervisors chairman in Siskiyou County, which is home to three of the four dams slated for removal. “Our concern is it won’t. And then if it doesn’t work we have all the problems, but none of the solutions, and we’re left holding the bag.”
He says the dams benefit surrounding communities by providing tax revenue, jobs, recreation and lakefront property on the reservoirs. And all of that will be lost when the dams are removed.
About 300 people who live around Copco Lake, the reservoir above Copco 1 Dam, have already seen their property values drop in anticipation of the lake disappearing with dam removal.
Earlier this year, the Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors sent a letter to California Gov. Gavin Newsome outlining the costs of dam removal to the county and its residents. They listed new flood risks, impacts to water wells, lower property values and property tax losses among their concerns. The board asked the state to put an additional $50 million into a mitigation fund and to direct $25 million in funding to the county to cover its losses.
“We’re limited on revenue in a rural county,” Criss said. “Our libraries are already volunteer. Fire departments are already volunteer. We need that tax revenue to keep deputies on the street to keep people safe.”
Desiree Tullos, a professor of river engineering and restoration at Oregon State University, is part of a research team with the Yurok Tribe that is working to understand how the river changes after dam removal and what kinds of management actions will be needed to improve water quality for fish, wildlife and people.
Tullos said proposals to tear out dams often prompt concerns about the impacts of sediment and the potential for flooding, but these problems rarely materialize. Her research also looks at how water quality changes after dam removal affect people, their understanding of the river system and their trust in each other.
“The Klamath is a really great place to study dams as agents of change,” she said. “Science has generally ignored the human response to dam removal. This is a major change in the basin that has the potential to really benefit folks in terms of bringing people together, and we want to document that.”
Tribes kept pushing for dam removal
After the 2002 fish kill, tribes in the basin blamed the Bush administration for sending more water to farmers at the expense of the fish.
And they ramped up their fight for dam removal.
Frankie Myers sits on the Yurok Tribal Council in Northern California. He remembers the early days of discussion about dam removal. Dam opponents were gaining hope, but then a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission meeting made it clear that the lower Klamath dams had a good chance of being relicensed, keeping them in place for decades to come.
A small group of tribal members headed to a gravel bar in the Klamath River afterward to sit around a fire to talk about their disappointment.
“We thought we’re going to be watching the decline of our river for another 50 years. And it brought to the forefront that we needed to dramatically shift what we were doing and start asking for dam removal,” Myers said. “And then it kind of spread this fire.”
Tribal members from all over the Klamath Basin traveled across the country and even as far as Scotland to attend shareholder meetings of PacifiCorp’s parent company at the time, Scottish Power, to call for the dams’ removal.
Klamath Tribal Chairman Clayton Dumont said his homeland in Southern Oregon is ready to welcome back salmon for the first time in more than a century. But those salmon will face the water quality problems in Klamath Lake that are harming declining sucker fish populations.
“We haven’t seen salmon in our territory since my great-grandfather was fishing,” he said. “We’re overjoyed, of course, that the dams are finally going to come out. … But at the same time, we’re worried about the impaired ecology up here and hoping we can get things in a state that will allow them to not just survive here but thrive.”
Myers said the Yurok people have been through terrible times on the Klamath River over thousands of years, and that’s how they know it’s worth fighting to bring the salmon back.
“Salmon are the keystone species that enables the Klamath Basin to survive,” he said. “We know that if we fight and we live and work to restore our landscapes that they will return again because we’ve seen it happen. And I think that’s what drives us so passionately toward dam removal because we know what salmon can do.”
Deconstruction starts next year
With the FERC decision on Thursday, an elaborate dam removal plan kicks into gear.
PacifiCorp’s dam licenses will transfer to the newly formed nonprofit Klamath River Renewal Corporation, along with the states of Oregon and California, which kicked in $280 million to help pay for the dam removal project.
The company will assume the responsibility for and liability of dam removal. That includes temporary management of all the properties connected to the dams and, after they’re gone, the restoration of habitat.
PacifiCorp will also transfer management of two upriver dams, Keno and Link, to the Bureau of Reclamation. They will remain in place but will need to have fish ladders installed so salmon can swim around them.
The dam removal plan includes a lot of construction work to prepare the dam’s reservoirs for drawdown. That early work will start next spring. The reservoirs will be drained beginning in early January of 2024 and the three largest dams, JC Boyle, Copco 1 and Iron Gate, will be removed that summer.
On Thursday, as federal regulators met to give their final approval for dam removal, Myers returned to the same gravel bar on the Klamath River where his fight for dam removal began.
Together with members of the Yurok, Karuk and Hoopa Valley tribes, he lit a fire and watched the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission meeting via satellite link.
“Almost 20 years later, we have this half-billion-dollar project to remove the four lower dams and be a part of the largest salmon restoration project ever conducted,” Myers said. “It’s pretty exciting.”
Myers said there’s still a lot of work to be done to restore the Klamath Basin beyond removing the dams.
“But if we don’t remove the dams, nothing else really matters after that,” he said. “I want to feel good. I want to feel really, really happy. But I am forcing myself to stay focused. When the heavy equipment rolls, and we start hauling dirt, ask me that day how I feel.”
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A plea deal fell apart Wednesday for President Biden's son Hunter in a federal court in Delaware — intending to plead guilty to two misdemeanor charges. The judge asked for more information.
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A plea deal fell apart Wednesday for President Biden's son Hunter in a federal court in Delaware — intending to plead guilty to two misdemeanor charges. The judge asked for more information.
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Dallas-based Southwest Airlines canceled thousand more flights on Wednesday as other U.S. carriers rebounded much faster from recent winter weather.
It has experts questioning the future of the airline and how it will regain the trust of passengers.
Stranded luggage piled up at Dallas Love Field Wednesday. But one carousel delivered bags on schedule to passengers arriving from Denver.
“It was actually one of the easiest times I've had flying out of Denver in a long time, so I was pleased about that,” said passenger Peggy Bessellieu. “We were checking the flight hourly and I was thinking, 'do I go ahead and rebook on another airline in the future?'”
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She knew she was lucky to have a smooth Southwest Airlines flight, unlike so many other passengers who have been disappointed in the holiday season.
“If your trip to see the grandkids gets canceled, that's devastating,” said Mike Davis, a business expert at Southern Methodist University.
He has followed hometown airline Southwest for years. Davis said trust earned over many years has been compromised.
“You felt as a passenger that everybody there was pulling for you. That they wanted to get you to where you wanted to go. And as we’ve all seen Southwest is completely overwhelmed by this mess they’ve got now,” Davis said. “Weather in December is not unexpected. What's really disappointing is Southwest seems to be caught flat-footed.”
Investors reacted with a reduction in Southwest stock price.
Dallas Aviation Attorney Kent Krause has also been watching Southwest Airlines for many years. He said this severe service interruption could change the company’s relationship with customers.
“It’s going to have a negative impact on that, I think substantially because it’s been happening too often. They’ve had problems this past year and again now,” Krause said.
Southwest Airlines began as a small carrier with direct service linking multiple cities so passengers did not have to change planes for through service. Stops were quick and planes could be back in the air fast.
The company has grown to be one of the largest airlines but kept the business model that links multiple cities on legs of a trip. Cancelations can cause greater disruption and make it more difficult to reassign crew members and equipment to restart service.
Other carriers with a hub-and-spoke model for service recovered from the weather sooner with far fewer cancellations.
Southwest crew scheduling technology and telephone call services are also blamed for falling short of the need in this weather event.
“At some point, both the public and investors at Southwest are going to demand they do what they need to do to make this work right,” Krause said.
Davis said the company’s core is strong and its fleet of 737 aircraft is well suited to the kind of routes it flies.
“They need to hire people but they also have a pretty big infrastructure, so they can. And I think they will fix this,” Davis said.
A public apology and promises for improvement from Southwest Chief Executive Officer Robert Jordan may help boost confidence.
“But clearly we need to double down on our already existing plans to upgrade systems for these extreme circumstances,” Jordan said.
Customer Peggy Bessellieu said she has been a Southwest fan for many years. She appreciates easy flying from Dallas Love Field and the routes she flies are non-stop, so she does not plan to give up on Southwest.
“I hope that this brings changes, but I'm a loyal Southwest customer,” Bessellieu said.
The test going forward is how many customers remain loyal and whether the company follows through on promises for improvement.
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Back in 1982, a jury in Fort Lauderdale convicted Thomas Pope of killing a 21-year-old Broward Community College student.
Drugs and guns were rampant on the streets at the time. Pope, an unemployed 33-year-old mechanic from North Carolina, had already been sentenced to two life sentences for killing two men over drugs. Pope was convicted of beating and shooting a potential witness, Kristine Walters, and throwing her body into a canal in Coconut Creek.
For that premeditated execution, a Broward jury voted 9-3 to recommend a sentence of death for Pope on April 7, 1982, and as far as Pope was concerned, that was just fine.
In closing arguments at his trial, the prosecutor told jurors, “Mr. Pope has announced that he would rather receive a death penalty than life imprisonment,” according to a partial trial transcript from a later unsuccessful appeal before a federal appeals court.
A Broward jury voted 9-3 to recommend a sentence of death for Pope on April 7, 1982. But more than 40 years later, Pope is still alive, sitting in his prison cell at Union Correctional Institution near Gainesville, one of 304 prisoners on Florida’s death row.
He is 73 years old.
The trial judge who sentenced Pope, Arthur J. Franza, has been dead for 23 years. The death sentence he signed specified that Pope die in Florida’s electric chair, out of use for more than two decades.
Whether you support or oppose the death penalty, it’s the law of this state until the Legislature changes it.
But it is applied so arbitrarily and so infrequently — 99 times since 1979 — that it can’t possibly be the deterrent supporters claim it is.
Pope’s extended stay on death row, where inmates have black-and-white TVs, has surely cost taxpayers many millions of dollars, and he’s not going anywhere anytime soon.
In fact, no one has been executed in Florida in more than three years. This is the longest period of time between executions since the period from 1979, when the death penalty returned following a 15-year absence, to 1983.
The COVID-19 pandemic seriously disrupted court operations, but no explanation has been given for such a long suspension of capital punishment.
There are many arguments in favor of putting the Parkland killer to death for taking 17 lives. But unlike in Pope’s day, Florida law now requires a unanimous jury for a death sentence, and all 12 jurors could not agree. On Thursday, they recommended Nikolas Cruz be sentenced to life without parole to the shock and disgust of the victims’ families and many Americans.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis called it a “miscarriage of justice,” which brought a sharp rebuke Friday from the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. The group said no public official or candidate “should ever castigate a jury for its decision. Such criticism reflects disregard for the laws we live by.”
Had the same Broward jury sentenced Cruz to death, it would have been more politically popular, but it would not have provided the closure that the families so desperately seek and deserve. Rather, it would have set in motion legal challenges lasting for decades, as in Pope’s case.
Like Pope, Cruz would grow old in prison — that is, if he survives in a system known for extreme violence where his crimes make him an obvious target by other inmates.
Through the years, Pope repeatedly appealed his convictions without success, once arguing that his service as a Marine in Vietnam caused post-traumatic stress disorder. In 2018, the Florida Supreme Court rejected the argument that his death sentence be reversed because the jury verdict wasn’t unanimous, which was not the law in 1982.
But if the state of Florida can’t execute a condemned killer after 40 years, why would anyone think the state would get around to it after 50 years, or 60?
Based on the agonizingly slow pace of finality, the likeliest outcome is that Pope will die on death row.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer. May 26, 2023.
Editorial: Attempted legislative takeover of state universities is misguided and dangerous
State Sen. Jerry Cirino of Kirtland, prime sponsor of Senate Bill 83 -- the so-called Ohio Higher Education Enhancement Act -- says the bill is a product of extensive research and the need to create more intellectual diversity in the state’s colleges and universities. He calls it “an urgently needed course correction for higher education in Ohio.”
But Cirino has revealed his disdain for intellectual diversity by calling the bill’s critics “clowns” and exposed his own narrow ideological motivation by accusing the state’s well-respected universities of using a “‘woke’ agenda” in faculty hiring.
Substitute SB 83 is a dangerous overreach -- an attempted state legislative takeover of university hiring, course selection, tenure decisions, and governance.
Instead of “enhancing” higher education in the state, it would put in charge lawmakers and others who see university education through the same radical worldview as Cirino.
Cirino, 71, spent more than four decades in business, including turning around underperforming firms, before winning a seat as a Lake County commissioner in 2016 and then election to the state Senate in 2020.
He’s already had to amend SB 83 to fix some of its broad dictates -- for instance, language barring segregation and discrimination that the American Civil Liberties Union noted in testimony would have outlawed same-sex dormitories and sports teams, fraternities and sororities, not to mention such organizations at Ohio State University as “the Association of Women Dentists, the Latino Law Students Association and the Christian Graduate Student Alliance.”
Cirino’s substitute bill also fixed language preventing required diversity, equity and inclusion training when it became evident that would bar federal money and grants, cleveland.com’s Laura Hancock notes.
He also took out language that would have included private colleges and universities in Ohio taking state money in some of the bill’s requirements. Hancock noted that, “Many private schools that are affiliated with faith organizations said that it would be hard to espouse their religious” beliefs while still complying with the bill.
Other overly rigid requirements were amended, too, but the changes aren’t enough.
The bill still seeks to micromanage what subjects are taught, how faculty are disciplined, and how OSU and the state’s other universities and community colleges govern themselves.
The dangers were clear to three GOP state senators who broke ranks May 17 to join the chamber’s Democrats in voting “No” on Substitute SB 83, as the Senate sent the bill to the House on a 21-10 vote.
Voting against the bill were state Sens. Nathan H. Manning of North Ridgeville, son of a longtime former teacher; Louis W. Blessing III of the Cincinnati area; and Michele Reynolds of the Columbus area.
There’s no doubt that college campuses tend to skew liberal -- maybe, in part, a reflection of the youthful idealism of many students, or the outlook of those who choose to teach over more remunerative professions. That’s no reason to turn Ohio’s universities into micromanaged, authoritarian outposts.
If the narrow ideological underpinnings of Cirino’s aims in SB 83 weren’t already clear, his proposed Senate Bill 117, introduced May 3 with state Sen. Rob McColley, a Republican from Northwest Ohio, makes it obvious.
SB 117 seeks to use $13 million in taxpayer money to set up “independent academic units” at OSU and the University of Toledo, with their own bylaws, hiring and tenure authority.
The proposed Salmon P. Chase Center for Civics, Culture, and Society at OSU would be dedicated to “teaching and research in the historical ideas, traditions, and texts that have shaped the American constitutional order and society,” as the nonpartisan Legislative Service Commission summarized it.
Chase, who died in 1873, was a noted anti-slavery activist, former Ohio governor and senator before becoming the sixth chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. It’s likely he would have declined this naming honor.
The proposed Institute of American Constitutional Thought and Leadership at the University of Toledo would aim, as the LSC summarizes it, for “the pursuit of creating and disseminating knowledge about American constitutional thought and to form future leaders of the legal profession through research, scholarship, teaching, collaboration, and mentorship.”
But indoctrination, not scholarship, appears to be the real motivation of all these measures.
The Ohio House should be where SB 83 goes to die -- and SB 117, too, if it makes it that far. For the sake of its own future, Ohio needs to build on the academic excellence of its publicly supported colleges and universities, not crater it.
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Columbus Dispatch. May 22, 2023.
Editorial: Puppet masters pulling lawmakers strings when it comes to guns in Ohio
“Cities fighting gun violence have found foes in state leaders who do not seem to understand or care about the concerns of people in big urban centers,” the Dispatch Editorial Board writes
A common notion is that we are a very divided state in an even more divided nation.
Yet an astounding 85% of Ohioans — conservatives and gun owners included — support expanding background checks for 18- to 21-year-old gun buyers, according to the fall 2022 Baldwin Wallace University Ohio Pulse Poll.
A third support “red flag” laws which would allow the police to temporarily remove firearms from owners believed to pose a threat. The poll found that 79% are in favor of raising the minimum age to buy an AR-15-style semi-automatic rifle from 18 to age 21.
As the Baldwin Wallace poll and the ones that preceded it show, Ohioans are on common ground when it comes to certain sensible gun restrictions.
You would not know that from the illogical and dangerous gun regulations that have emerged from our Statehouse in recent years.
The gun lobbyists behind the curtain
The disconnect between what Ohioans want and what lawmakers give us makes sense when you understand who is pulling the strings in this state.
As the latest installment of the Columbus Dispatch series “Under Fire” reveals and as in the “Wizard of Oz,” an unseen force is calling the shots from behind the curtain in Ohio, and that force doesn’t represent the will of the people.
Ohio lawmakers are more interested in pleasing powerful and persuasive pro-gun groups like Buckeye Firearms Association and Ohio Gun Owners than they are the Ohioans they swore an oath to serve.
Due to the influence of gun lobbyists, Ohio — a diverse state with large urban centers, suburbs and small rural communities — now ranks only after Texas and Georgia among the nation’s 10 most populous states on Gun & Ammo magazine’s score card of Best States for Gun Owners.
The Buckeye State ranked 22 overall.
What Ohioans get
The shift away from what the public overwhelmingly wants has ramped up in the years since Ohio’s deadliest mass shooting in modern history where nine people were killed in Dayton’s Oregon District on Aug. 4, 2019.
— Against the objection of a list of groups that included Ohio prosecutors, Ohio Fraternal Order of Police and a coalition of Ohio mayors, members of the state’s uber gerrymandered legislature approved, and Gov. Mike DeWine signed the state’s “stand your ground” law in 2021.
— Last year, a bill dropping the training hours a teacher needs to be armed in school from 728 hours to about 24 became law.
— A law that eliminated the requirement for concealed carry gun permits for Ohio residents 21 and older also became effective in 2022.
The puppet masters were pleased.
“This is a day that will go down in history...,” Buckeye Firearms Association Director Dean Rieck said in a statement released at the time. “This is a great moment for Ohio and for those who wish to more fully exercise their Constitutional right to keep and bear arms.”
That same year, a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that states with relaxed carry and conceal laws not only experience a 10% increase in firearm assaults per 100,000 people, but also have a nearly 13% increase in police shootings.
The push to weaken Ohio’s gun laws continues.
Senate Bill 293 would amend the Ohio Revised Code to prohibit requiring fees or firearms liability insurance to possess firearms.
Introduced earlier this year and entitled the “Enact the Second Amendment Preservation Act,” House Bill 51 would block Ohio’s local governments and police agencies from enforcing some federal firearm acts, laws or executive orders.
A judge in March found a similar Missouri law unconstitutional after the federal government sued.
“A state cannot simply declare federal laws invalid,” Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian M. Boynton, head of the U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Division, said as part of a press release about that law. “This act makes enforcement of federal firearms laws difficult and strains the important law enforcement partnerships that help keep violent criminals off the street.”
Battle of Ohio
Lawmakers from Ohio’s largest cities - Columbus, Cincinnati and Cleveland - don’t have much power at the Statehouse. Republicans from smaller cities and towns hold most of the top leadership positions in both chambers of the Statehouse.
Cities fighting gun violence have found foes in state leaders who do not seem to understand or care about the concerns of people in big urban centers.
Local lawmakers are punching up at lobbyists and state elected officials when it comes to fighting gun violence.
Last month, Delaware County Common Pleas Judge David M. Gormley halted enforcement of the gun-related ordinances Columbus City Council passed in December that includes a ban on certain firearm magazines of 30 or more bullets and requirements for safe gun storage.
The judge’s ruling follows a battle between Columbus City Attorney Zach Klein and Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost over the gun restrictions and a state law barring municipal gun regulations — Ohio Revised Code Section 9.68, the state’s so-called “Right to bear arms — challenge to law.”
The city had seemingly won until Gormley’s ruling on a challenge from the right-leaning Buckeye Institute stopped the gun ordinance in its tracks. A tiny portion of Columbus is in Delaware County.
Klein’s office file a new lawsuit in Franklin County Common Pleas Court Thursday against the state.
“State officials continue to intentionally make it harder for police to do their job and for the city to take the actions we know will promote responsible gun ownership and reduce gun violence in our neighborhoods,” he said.
It’s an inconceivable fight because at least part of what Columbus wants is in line with what the vast majority of Ohioans and Americans desire.
Just two weeks before the 2019 shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, a survey by APM Research Lab — the research and analysis arm of American Public Media — found that nearly eight in 10 Americans support requiring guns be stored with a lock in place.
Mandatory locked gun storage was desired regardless of political affiliation.
Nearly seven in 10 Republicans supported locked gun mandates, compared with nearly eight in 10 independents and nearly nine in 10 Democrats, APM found.
Two-thirds of gun owners nationwide supported mandated locked gun storage. There are many things that divide Ohioans. Stronger, sensible gun laws are not among them.
Gun lobbyists shouldn’t be the ones calling the shots in Ohio. We need lawmakers brave enough to protect and stand up for us no matter where we live.
It is time to remind legislators that they work for Ohioans and not the lobbyists behind the curtain pulling their strings.
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Toledo Blade. May 26, 2023.
Editorial: Allow voucher suit
The state auditor, acting on behalf of his political allies in the General Assembly, is using the power of his office to intimidate school district boards of education from pursuing an anti-voucher lawsuit.
Auditor Keith Faber has requested all the school districts to inform him of how much money they have spent on lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of laws passed by the Ohio General Assembly.
The auditor gives no substantive reason for his ask, except that he has the authority to do it.
The purpose of this request is clearly to chill the opposition to legislation attempting to expand the Ed Choice school voucher program.
The school districts that brought the lawsuit say the request is “contemptuous and criminal behavior” and have asked Ohio Attorney General David Yost to order Mr. Faber to rescind the request.
The group of school boards, Vouchers Hurt Ohio, noted the request was done by the state auditor on behalf of Senate President Matt Huffman (R., Lima).
The school districts have told Senator Huffman, a longtime advocate for school choice, they intend to subpoena him about his “end goal.” Mr. Huffman’s attorneys are arguing against it.
And now Mr. Faber is loaning his power to help Mr. Huffman avoid answering the questions.
A lawyer speaking for the coalition of more than 100 school districts said that the purpose of the information request is to “intimidate the school districts exercising their right to help pay for this litigation.”
He’s right, and Mr. Faber should stand down.
We would not be surprised if the Ohio General Assembly tries to pass a bill prohibiting Ohio school boards from bringing lawsuits against Ohio laws. Running roughshod over the rights of local and district governments to do their jobs is a favorite tactic of Ohio’s General Assembly.
School boards oversee the public schools in their jurisdictional boundaries and are rightfully jealous of the funding they receive from the state. They fear that an expanded voucher law, known as the “backpack bill”, will divert even more money away from traditional public schools to private schools.
Toledo, Sylvania, Swanton, Washington Local, and Bowling Green school boards are among the litigants.
It is the boards’ responsibility to protect their schools and they have the right to take their fight to the courts to challenge the constitutionality of these laws.
Whether Ohio families have the right to direct state school spending to the schools they want their children to attend, and whether that spending is unconstitutionally crossing a line into state support of religious education are questions that deserve more legal exploration, not less
The suit, filed in January, 2022, in Franklin County Common Pleas Court, contends that Ohio is constitutionally obligated to fund one system of “common” schools and has no authority to give taxpayer dollars to private schools. It asks for a permanent injunction blocking the spending of state money on vouchers.
Ohioans benefit from having the voucher program reviewed for constitutionality.
Mr. Faber and Mr. Huffman should back off from their unseemly power play and let the legal process go forward.
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Youngstown Vindicator. May 26, 2023.
Editorial: Ohio must do better for our children
Lawmakers — well, most of them, anyway — are working to do better for Ohio’s children. A recent study suggests there still is much to do, at least when it comes to our preschool-aged students. Rutgers University’s Institute for Early Education Research studied early childhood education across the country, and found the Buckeye State ranks 36th for preschool enrollment at age 4, with 10% enrolled; and 27th for those at age 3, with 2% enrolled.
Ohio also ranks 36th for state spending and 42nd for all reported spending. Ohio’s state spending per child enrolled in preschool was down $332 in 2022 from the previous school year.
“Ohio should assess its support for preschool against neighbors and other states that provide much stronger support for access, quality standards, and funding per child. Ohio’s young children deserve no less than others,” W. Steven Barnett Ph.D., NIEER’s senior co-director, said, according to the Ohio Capital Journal.
We also are meeting only five of the 10 quality standards benchmarks set by the study: early learning and development standards; curriculum supports; teacher specialized training; screening and referral; and continuous quality improvement system.
To be fair to those in Columbus, there does seem to be a fresh sense of urgency for improving education and our children’s chance at success here. The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services will get $48 million in federal funding over the next three years for improving access to early childhood care and education.
But the Rutgers study must serve as a reminder of how far we have to go. Those who are working to turn around our less-than-mediocre enrollment figures must maintain momentum. We don’t want to be doing the bare minimum for Ohio kids. We want to be giving them every opportunity to succeed. After all, our future is in their hands.
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Elyria Chronicle-Telegram. May 23, 2023.
Editorial: Ballot Board keeps voters in the dark
Obfuscation is the order of the day when it comes to a proposed amendment to the Ohio Constitution that would make all subsequent amendments harder to pass.
At least that’s how it appeared after the Republican majority on the Ohio Ballot Board voted last week to approve the explanation voters will read when they head to the polls for an expensive and unnecessary special election Aug. 8. (The board’s two Democrats voted no.)
Voters will be told that approval of Issue 1, as the ballot measure will be known, would require future amendments to receive at least 60 percent of the vote to be added to the Constitution.
What the explanation doesn’t say is that the threshold now, and for Issue 1, is 50% plus one vote.
Voters also will be told that petitions supporting constitutional amendments would need to have been signed by “at least five percent of the eligible voters of each county in the state” if filed after Jan. 1, 2024.
What voters won’t be told is that the Constitution now requires petition signatures from only half of Ohio’s 88 counties.
The word “eligible” also rightly struck Democrats as misleading because it implies that the threshold is 5% of all registered voters. In reality, the standard is 5% of voters who cast ballots in the last gubernatorial election. (A total of 10% of voters from the last gubernatorial election is necessary statewide to get a proposed amendment on the ballot.)
Voters further will be told that after Jan. 1, 2024, additional signatures “may not be added to an initiative petition.”
What voters won’t be told is that right now there’s a so-called “cure period” in which proponents have 10 days to gather additional signatures if their initial effort fails short.
Also troubling is the name the Ballot Board assigned to Issue 1, which is formally called “Elevating The Standards To Qualify For And To Pass Any Constitutional Amendment.”
“Elevating” the Ohio Constitution sure sounds better than what the amendment is actually designed to do, which is to prevent a majority of voters from adding amendments that Republicans don’t like. The whole point of rushing their amendment to the ballot in August has been to try to make it harder to pass an abortion-rights amendment that is expected to appear on the November ballot.
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, a Republican who serves on the Ballot Board, defended the lack of critical details informing voters what they were being asked to give up. Voters, he said, would be able to read up on the proposed amendment before heading to the polls.
Sure, some will do so, but not all. Some voters will head into the voting booth, read about “elevating” the Constitution and vote for it. Which is probably the point.
LaRose also defended the word “elevating” when questioned by reporters after the Ballot Board meeting in which Democrats objected to the explanation and the name of the proposed amendment.
“Elevating means to raise or increase,” LaRose said, according to The Plain Dealer. “That’s the first definition in the Webster’s Dictionary.”
Um, sort of.
Here’s the first definition of elevate on Merriam-Webster.com: “to lift up or make higher: Raise.” The other definitions are: “to raise in rank or status,” “to improve morally, intellectually, or culturally” and “to raise the spirits of: Elate.”
All of those definitions carry positive connotations, not the neutral one that LaRose said the Ballot Board was aiming for.
We’d like to say the Republican effort to obscure what the proposed amendment would do came as a surprise. It didn’t because disingenuousness has marred the GOP’s handling of the whole process.
At first, Republicans claimed they were trying to protect the Ohio Constitution from outside “special interests,” although some finally admitted they were really trying to prevent amendments on issues such as abortion and redistricting reform.
Republicans have not, however, complained about a conservative Illinois billionaire pumping cash into a political action committee that favors making the Ohio Constitution harder to amend.
Then there’s the August special election. Republicans voted largely to do away with such elections just a few months ago, arguing that they were too expensive for the low turnout they generated.
Once Republicans realized the idea of abortion rights enjoyed majority support, their devotion to cost savings — the August election is expected to cost $20 million — and letting voters decide important issues in regular elections evaporated.
Voters deserve honesty and transparency, but they sure aren’t getting them when it comes to Issue 1.
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Man finds largest diamond so far this year at state park
MURFREESBORO, Ark. (WMC/Gray News) - A regular visitor at Arkansas’s Crater of Diamonds State Park recently discovered a 3.29-carat brown diamond.
Officials with the state park said David Anderson’s find is the largest diamond found at the park since September 2021.
Anderson shared that he spotted the gem on March 4 while wet-sifting soil from the West Drain of the park’s 37.5-acre diamond search area.
“At first I thought it was quartz but wondered why it was so shiny,” Anderson said. “Once I picked it up, I realized it was a diamond!”
Anderson said he first learned about the state park while watching The Travel Channel.
“My first trip was in 2007. After I found my first diamond I was hooked!”
According to Anderson, he has found more than 400 diamonds over the past 16 years. His other top finds include a 3.83-carat yellow diamond in December 2011 and a 6.19-carat white gem discovered in April 2014.
Officials with the park said finders usually name their gems and Anderson named this one BUD.
“That’s for Big, Ugly, Diamond,” he said, noting the diamond’s pitted surface and mottled brown color.
Anderson said he typically sells his diamonds which is what he plans to do with his latest find.
“Anderson’s diamond is about the size of an English pea, with a light brown color and octahedron shape,” park interpreter Tayler Markham said. “It has a metallic shine typical of all diamonds found at the park, with a partially resorbed surface and lots of inclusions.”
Markham noted that all diamonds found at the park have gone through partial resorption during the eruption that brought them to the surface.
“Magma in volcanic pipe melted the diamonds’ outer surfaces and gave them smooth, rounded edges. Larger diamonds like Anderson’s may have rough areas on the surface, but you can still find signs of resorption on the corners and edges.”
Officials said Anderson’s diamond is the largest gem park staff have registered since September 2021 when a visitor from Granite Bay, California, discovered a 4.38-carat yellow diamond at the site. It is the largest brown diamond from the park since the Kinard Friendship Diamond, a 9.07-carat gem, was found on Labor Day in 2020.
The Kinard Friendship Diamond was discovered by Kevin Kinard of Maumelle and is the second-largest diamond found at Crater of Diamonds State Park.
Currently, 124 diamonds have been registered at the state park so far this year.
Officials said about one to two diamonds are found on average by visitors daily.
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NEW YORK, July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention First High-School Education Group Co., Ltd. ("FHS") (NYSE: FHS) shareholders:
The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors. This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased FHS American Depositary Shares in or traceable to the Company's March 2021 initial public offering.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Lewis Hamilton has just three races remaining to avoid the first winless season of his illustrious Formula One career — a mark that might force other drivers to question if it’s time to get out of the car.
Not the seven-time champion.
He has struggled all year in an underperforming new Mercedes and there was some speculation that he would retire after his controversial loss of a record eighth F1 title last December to Max Verstappen. Even so, the 37-year-old wants more.
Hamilton said ahead of the Mexico City Grand Prix that he has started talks with Mercedes on a new multiyear contract. His current contract expires at the end of 2023.
“Each year you have to ask yourself if you’re willing to give as much if not more than you did when you first started. Are you willing to give up all your time to prepare and train and work with the team and deliver?” Hamilton said. “If there’s ever a moment that I’m arriving and I’m just coasting along, then that’s when I don’t belong here, and don’t deserve the position here, and that’s when I should stop. I question myself as to whether I’m able to do that and whether I want to do that, and the answer is yes.
“We obviously have a championship that we need to get back, and I love the mission and that challenge with my team.”
Hamilton, who holds the F1 record for victories with 103 since his 2007 debut season, dominated last year’s season finale at Abu Dhabi in a head-to-head matchup with Verstappen for the title. A late caution sent in motion a series of events in which the since-fired race director broke from protocol in his rulings — which ultimately allowed Verstappen to pass Hamilton for both the race win and the title.
Hamilton retreated from public eye for nearly two months amid rampant speculation he would quit the sport. And with all his outside interests — fashion, music, films, social justice issues and a recent investment into an NFL team ownership group — there’s enough to do to keep Hamilton busy.
He said he doesn’t know what the next five years look like for him, only that he wants the bulk of his focus to remain on racing at the highest level for the next few seasons.
“This is what I am focused on. I am not in a relationship, I don’t have any kids. This is my baby at the moment,” Hamilton said.
Hamilton had a one-win season in 2013 but has never struggled like he has this year. Mercedes’ debut of its new car exposed multiple problems that Hamilton claims he has enjoyed trying to help fix. But he has just seven podiums this year, including a runner-up finish to Verstappen last weekend in Austin, Texas, and conceded that was likely his last shot to win this season.
He’s not ready to give up on Mercedes, though.
“I can’t wait to the time where we get back to success, when we finally get that win, when we get that championship — it’s going to make all of these tough moments worthwhile,” Hamilton said.
VETTEL’S SLOW GOODBYE
Four-time F1 champion Sebastian Vettel said in July his 16th season would be his last. As he hits the home stretch of his F1 career, the German has no regrets about his impending retirement.
Not even after a battle last weekend with Kevin Magnussen that showed the 35-year-old Aston Martin driver still has the skills to be on the F1 grid.
“I thought about this decision long and hard and from a lot of angles. I find it’s a bit sad that we tend to swing so much now,” Vettel said. “I see the benefits of having emotions running high and low rather than just being flat, but I think the judging in general, it’s a bit too quick. We create a hype.
“I obviously enjoyed the last two races, last couple of races more than I did maybe some in the mid-part of the season, but they have no impact on the decision. And if anything it’s a great reminder of why I love this sport so much, why I love racing so much.”
Vettel this week is wearing a Red Bull design on his helmet in tribute to Dietrich Mateschitz, the company co-founder who passed away last weekend. Vettel spent two years competing for Toro Rosso, Red Bull’s junior team, at the start of his F1 career before being promoted to the top team at the start of 2009.
He won four consecutive championships with Red Bull.
“I think it was six of us (last) Sunday on the grid who shared obviously a story with Red Bull or are still sharing a story with Red Bull, as a brand, as a team, with the Junior Team and there’s probably more Formula One drivers,” Vettel said. “I think the impact that Red Bull had on the grid in the last 15 years has been outstanding and probably unprecedented. Dietrich, to me, we had a very good relationship and what I really appreciate today is that it was always eye level, even though he was far more experienced and knowledgeable than I was, especially early on.”
WHAT’S NEXT FOR LATIFI?
Nicholas Latifi will be out of Formula One at the end of the season when Williams plans to replace him with American driver Logan Sargeant.
Despite rumors that Latifi will become the next F1 driver to move to IndyCar — perhaps alongside former F1 driver and Indianapolis 500 winner Marcus Ericsson at Chip Ganassi Racing — the Canadian said he’s not sure what he wants to do next year.
“It’s all just rumors. I haven’t decided yet from my future,” Latifi said. “I’ve been exploring options and IndyCar is a series I’m considering, for sure but I’ve not decided on anything yet.”
In fact, Latifi is open to sitting out a year if he needs to in order to land the right job.
“I think if the right opportunity in the right series, which again, at this point of time, I can’t say what the right series is because I haven’t made up my mind yet, then it’s definitely still on the table,” Latifi said. “But at the same time, if there’s not an option on the table that I feel is the right one for next year then I’m not necessarily ruling out taking a year to then put something better together for the following one.”
FRIDAY PRACTICE
Carlos Sainz Jr. paced Ferrari in a 1-2 finish in Friday’s first practice at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, but the day was lost in the second practice when teammate Charles Leclerc crashed. Leclerc leads Mexican favorite Sergio Perez of Red Bull by two points in the fight for second in the standings.
The first practice session included several reserve drivers for the second week in a row. Liam Lawson was in a car for AlphaTauri, Sargeant again drove for Williams and Nick De Vries was behind the wheel for Mercedes. Alpine used Jack Doohan and Pietro Fittipaldi drove for Haas.
Doohan pulled in early after “anomalies” were found in his engine, while Fittipaldi brought out an earlier red flag after stopping out on track.
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Lourdes Gurriel Jr. Player Prop Bets: Diamondbacks vs. Cardinals - April 17
Published: Apr. 17, 2023 at 11:23 AM MST|Updated: 52 minutes ago
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. -- 1-for-4 with a double in his last game -- will be in action for the Arizona Diamondbacks against the St. Louis Cardinals, with Jack Flaherty on the hill, on April 17 at 7:45 PM ET.
In his most recent appearance, he went 1-for-4 with a double against the Marlins.
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. Game Info & Props vs. the Cardinals
- Game Day: Monday, April 17, 2023
- Game Time: 7:45 PM ET
- Stadium: Busch Stadium
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Cardinals Starter: Jack Flaherty
- TV Channel: BSMW
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -238)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +675)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +175)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +125)
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Lourdes Gurriel Jr. At The Plate
- Gurriel is batting .250 with three doubles, a triple, a home run and a walk.
- In 61.5% of his games this season (eight of 13), Gurriel has picked up at least one hit, and in three of those games (23.1%) he recorded at least two.
- He has hit a home run in one game this year.
- In four games this season (30.8%), Gurriel has picked up an RBI, including two games with multiple runs batted in.
- He has scored at least one run four times this year (30.8%), including one multi-run game.
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Lourdes Gurriel Jr. Home/Away Batting Splits
Cardinals Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Cardinals has a collective 8.9 K/9, which ranks 12th in MLB.
- The Cardinals have a 4.34 team ERA that ranks 16th across all MLB pitching staffs.
- Cardinals pitchers combine to give up 17 total home runs at a rate of 1.1 per game (to rank 12th in baseball).
- Flaherty (1-1) takes the mound for the Cardinals in his fourth start of the season. He's put together a 1.76 ERA in 15 1/3 innings pitched, with 13 strikeouts.
- His last time out came on Wednesday against the Colorado Rockies, when the right-hander tossed 5 1/3 innings, surrendering one earned run while giving up five hits.
- In three games this season, the 27-year-old has amassed an ERA of 1.76, with 7.6 strikeouts per nine innings. Opponents are hitting .184 against him.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Weiss Law is investigating possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law by the board of directors of iRobot Corporation ("iRobot" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: IRBT) in connection with the proposed acquisition of the Company by Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN). Under the terms of the merger agreement, the Company's shareholders will receive $61.00 in cash for each share of iRobot common stock owned. The transaction is valued at approximately $1.7 billion.
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Catapulted by a 134 percent three-year revenue growth rate, LRS ranked 3,756th nationally and 104th on Inc.'s Midwest ranking
ROSEMONT, Ill., Oct. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LRS, among the nation's leading independent waste diversion, recycling and portable services providers, today announced it has been honored with a second consecutive ranking on the prestigious Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing companies in the United States. The list represents a unique look at the country's most successful private businesses and is a key benchmark for entrepreneurial success.
Specifically, LRS ranked as the nation's 3,756th fastest growing company in 2022, and landed the 104th spot among Midwest companies. LRS rankings were based on a 134 percent three-year revenue growth rate and an Inc.-verified review of company financial statements submitted as part of the application process. Companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2018 to 2021.
"We are honored to once again be recognized by the editors of Inc. as one of America's fastest-growing private companies," said LRS President and Chief Executive Officer Alan T. Handley. "Our success would not be possible without the passion and dedication of our employees, from drivers and mechanics to laborers and customer service teams who, each day across ten states, help advance our mission to be the industry leader in innovative and environmentally responsible waste and recycling solutions."
For four decades, Inc. has celebrated the fastest-growing private companies in America, with companies such as Microsoft, Under Armour, and Patagonia gaining their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc. 5000. Joining LRS, the companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 represent a new cohort of fast-growing private businesses, all of which have demonstrated an ability to succeed amid supply chain challenges, labor shortages, and the ongoing impacts related to COVID-19. Among the top 500, the average median three-year revenue growth rate soared to 2,144 percent. Together, those companies added more than 68,394 jobs over the past three years.
"The accomplishment of building one of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S., in light of recent economic roadblocks, cannot be overstated," says Scott Omelianuk, editor-in-chief of Inc. "Inc. is thrilled to honor the companies that have established themselves through innovation, hard work, and rising to the challenges of today."
LRS has made ten acquisitions to-date in 2022, and in 2021, the company amassed 22 acquisitions to complement its organic revenue growth.
About LRS
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Bank shares slumped on Monday, with First Republic down over 60% at the market opening, despite emergency action by the U.S. to shore up confidence in the financial system after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.
The declines come despite an emergency measure by regulators to protect depositors at Silicon Valley Bank as well as Signature Bank on Sunday, as well as comments by President Biden on Monday to reassure Americans about the safety of bank deposits.
Investors are nonetheless concerned that other banks, especially smaller and regional lenders, would be unable to meet any surge in redemption requests even after the Federal Reserve said on Sunday it would make funding available for banks that require them.
Regulators also said they would protect all deposits at Silicon Valley Bank as well as Signature Bank, which was shut down by New York regulators
First Republic, a bank with a high number of clients that are wealthy depositors and businesses, was among the biggest decliners among bank shares, extending steep declines from last week.
Bigger lenders such as Bank of America and Wells Fargo also fell.
The falls in bank share dragged down broader indexes, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.6% as of early morning.
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GARRETTSVILLE, Ohio (WJW) — It’s the most fun you can have without getting in trouble for it, and very few people say they’ll never do it again.
“It was absolutely amazing,” said Roxanna Ramirez right after she finished a tandem jump. “I definitely would recommend it to anybody. Would I do it again, Absolutely!”
Now these are amateur tandem jumps — an experienced skydiver and a thrill seeker hooked together and having a great time. But to get to this point, it takes a long safety lecture and a lot of careful preparation. So just think what it would take to get, say, 48 people to not only all jump at once but to link up in mid air?
“I’m freefalling at about 120 miles an hour and with a skydive like this initially you’re in a dive down as fast as you can to the small base of skydivers that initially exit.”
Yeah, that sounds easy, especially if you’re Marci Ann Smith the owner of Cleveland skydiving in Garrettsville, who, with a crew of jumpers from around the country but mostly from Ohio, pulled off a 48-way formation, setting a new record for Ohio skydiving.
She says it took years to get it all together with three planes and enough experienced skydivers to make it happen. She got the idea after seeing similar formations pulled off by other groups.
“The more people you add to it and the more complex it gets, the harder it gets, and to me that’s where it starts getting fun, when you’re testing your limits and learning and pushing yourself on every single skydive,” Smith said.
But this isn’t easy. It’s 48 jumpers, and two camera operators, all falling at over 100 miles an hour from 17,000 feet gliding into place, not only getting together, but holding on for about 10 seconds, just to make sure that the formation stays together long enough to set the record. Of course doing all this while dealing with gravity.
Smith says it took three tries to get.
“You’re looking across the formation and you can see everyone’s faces and everyone’s just smiling, and everything got calm in that second when it’s all calm and you’re looking across the formation and see all the smiles and don’t feel all the motion behind, you know you got it,” Smith said.
Cleveland skydiving broke the record set by a group from Cincinnati, and some of those same members came up to help out here.
Smith says the community of skydivers always likes a challenge and she says she’s sure someone will try to go bigger, and it might be her.
“People are telling me whatever the next big thing is they’re ready to go … yeah, they’re ready to go,” she said.
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National Yoga Month: Benefits of yoga workouts
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - September is National Yoga Month.
TV20′s Lisa Sacaccio tells us about the benefits of the work out.
Melissa Baker is here with the many ways yoga can get your mind, body, and soul right. Welcome to the studio Melissa.
Thanks and it is great to be here.
And we always see you with all the segments with GHF and yoga is your bread and butter. So what is some history what are some fun facts about yoga.
Yeah so some people think of yoga as this thing that kind of has came into the United States. And there’s a history behind it.
In the 60′s things became a little bit more in the hippie days yoga was a bit more popular and then from there it kind of originated thousands an thousands of years before that, in India originally. So its along ancient science and it just recently in the past 50 and 60 years and 70 years become more popular in the United States.
Alright with that being said, clearly very popular over the years so who can benefit from yoga, what is the science behind that?
Yea there are so many benefits and the thing I like to say just starting out with a personal story. Something that why it is meaningful and why its beneficial to my life is that I have two titanium rods in ‚y back from a scoliosis surgery that I had back in 2010 and so with that’s kind of how I got into more of the physical aspects of health and how its been helping me in that way of my life. I played tennis, I did body building, I was very active and then I realized okay there is so much more to health and my overall well being and that’s how I kind of got into yoga and I dedicate yoga as my therapy. It is like my physical therapy and the more I do it the less pain I am in and the better I feel. And the benefits can span from creating community, and more of a spiritual essence if that is what someone is looking for. And it’s know to decrease anxiety and depression and increase cortisol levels and we are all kind of stressed in this digital age and it can help with so many different things and anyone can really benefit from it.
About to say with just everything that you said that is so inspirational and you clearly are an example that anyone can benefit because you have metal rods in your back.
Okay so let’s talk about some of the different classes that people can take part in because there is a bunch.
Yeah sits funny because I get this common things when people come to my classes for the first time of “I am not flexible enough, I can’t stretch in the way that I see people doing it online, and I took this one class and it just wasn’t for me” and one of the things that I like to say to those people is just experience your class and go at your pace and do what works for you. Everyone has a different part of their life that they are in and physical abilities so its really about that persona and when they are at/ and at GHF we have a bunch of different classes that are from chair yoga, aqua yoga for someone that is just in that beginner stage or they can go into something like power yoga‚ or things outside where obviously they are going to get sweaty and get a bit more of a workout. So there’s something for the beginners all the way to the advanced and all the in between where people can try a bunch of different teachers and wind what works for them.
And I do want to mention that the video we are showing are from unplugged yoga, which is pretty new to GHF. And if people are just getting into it or they love yoga you have a retreat coming up so tell people what they need to know.
Yes we have a retreat called Renew and this is the 3rd year we are doing it. And this is kind of exactly of what it means. It is this aspect of renewing and regenerating, and I just recently wrote a book about this very topic of unplugging and disconnecting from life and bringing ourselves into this ability of creating a community and be more present in our life, and be more aware of what we are doing and how we are feeling, and the people that we are surrounding ourselves by. So this retreat is really creating this ability to have community and be a part of something bigger than ourselves.
Melissa thank you so much for coming to tell us your story and sharing all the information about yoga.
Yes, thank you.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
Class Period: November 4, 2021 to April 4, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: December 12, 2022
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Block, Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) the Company lacked adequate protocols restricting access to customer sensitive information; (2) as a result, a former employee was able to download certain reports of the Company's subsidiary, Cash App Investing, containing full customer names and brokerage account numbers, as well as brokerage portfolio value, brokerage portfolio holdings and/or stock trading activity; (3) as a result, the Company was reasonably likely to suffer significant damage, including reputational harm; (4) and as a result of the foregoing, defendant's positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Block you have until December 12, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased Block securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS: For additional information about the SQ lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/block-inc-loss-submission-form?id=33411&from=4.
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GOLDEN, Colo. — GOLDEN, Colo. — Molson Coors Brewing Co. (TAP) on Tuesday reported first-quarter net income of $72.5 million.
The beer maker posted revenue of $2.77 billion in the period. Its adjusted revenue was $2.35 billion, also beating Street forecasts. Seven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $2.23 billion.
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CHICAGO, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Green Courte Partners, LLC ("GCP"), a private equity real estate investment firm and owner of The Parking Spot ("TPS"), the nation's leading near-airport parking company, announced today the acquisition of Blue Sky Airport Parking, a 1,540-space parking facility serving Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport ("PHX"). The facility, which will be rebranded as "The Parking Spot South" in the coming months, will be the company's third property in the PHX market and is the only near-airport parking facility located south of the airport. The property's unique location relative to the other two TPS properties on the north side of the airport will allow TPS to extend its customer base to include those arriving from the fast-growing southern and eastern Phoenix suburbs. The acquisition expands GCP's near-airport parking portfolio to 38 facilities at 22 airports containing approximately 78,000 spaces nationwide.
David Warren, the developer and owner of Blue Sky Airport Parking, stated, "When I developed Blue Sky in 2010, I intended for it to be a family-owned asset for generations, so selling it was an emotional decision for me. I've gotten to know GCP and TPS well over the years and there is no other group that I would have trusted to take over Blue Sky. They customized a deal that suited the financial needs of my family and our partners, and I'm confident that our employees and customers will be in good hands with them."
Jordan Kerger, Managing Director at GCP, added, "Blue Sky has been a high-priority acquisition target for us for a decade and we are pleased to expand TPS's presence at PHX with a property that is well positioned to capitalize on the future growth of the region. We have known Dave for years and are very impressed by the high-quality facility and successful business that he built."
For more information and to make parking reservations, please visit The Parking Spot's website (www.theparkingspot.com).
Green Courte Partners, LLC is a Chicago-based private equity real estate investment firm focused on building industry-leading companies within niche real estate sectors, including active adult/independent senior living properties, land-lease communities, and near-airport parking facilities. The firm combines focused investment strategies with a disciplined approach to transaction execution, operations, and asset management. Green Courte's goal is to invest in high-quality real estate assets that will generate attractive risk-adjusted returns over a long-term holding period. For additional information, please visit Green Courte's website at www.GreenCourtePartners.com.
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LAVAL, Quebec (AP) _ Bellus Health Inc. (BLU) on Monday reported a loss of $24.7 million in its third quarter.
The Laval, Quebec-based company said it had a loss of 20 cents per share.
The results did not meet Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of 18 cents per share.
The drug developer posted revenue of $4,000 in the period.
Bellus shares have climbed 14% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Monday, shares hit $9.15, an increase of 30% in the last 12 months.
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- That is the question a lot of healthcare executives have been asking themselves in recent years.
Some are focused on innovations that enhance patient care, many on wearable technologies, and others on remote patient monitoring, as the world attempts to claw back from the jaws of the global pandemic.
But, who is going to keep patients and healthcare practices safe from the jaws of the giant insurance companies who have been using the sheer might of scale and money?
Insurance companies are using big data and disruptive innovations while giving more business to collection agencies to get more out of the pockets of patients and practices.
Two maverick technology companies have come together to accomplish the mission impossible!
Doctorsoft ophthalmic EHR celebrates its first decade by announcing a strategic partnership with Chicago-based VisionTek, a disruptor in the revenue cycle management business in the healthcare industry.
Founder and CEO of Doctorsoft, Sanjay Logani, MD, MBA, FACS highlight the importance of this partnership by stating "The relationship between Doctorsoft and VisionTek marks a new era in healthcare technology with innovative artificial intelligence and bot implementation for better performance and productivity. While Doctorsoft is the best-in-class ophthalmology EHR dedicated to enhancing efficient patient care and provider productivity, VisionTek's disruptive technology reflects the same best-in-class commitment with revenue cycle management, increasing revenues while lowering costs for practices."
Founder and CEO of VisionTek, Sal Lo, further amplifies the synergy between the two companies, "We are excited to announce our partnership with DoctorSoft. VisionTEK's advanced automation combined with DoctorSoft's leading EHR is positioned to transform the way ophthalmologists, optometrists, and retina providers process claims."
Doctorsoft and VisionTek are getting ready to present the combined partnership and disruptive technologies at the upcoming American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting on October 1-3, 2022 in Chicago.
Attendees can sign up for a first-come first-served evening presentation event at Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, 2233 S Martin Luther King Dr, Chicago, IL 60616
Level 2, Room C. 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM, October 1 and October 2, 2022. Additionally, you can also attend the event virtually. Click here to register.
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Yes, you can use your Dyson on your dog — plus, more ways to curb pet hair
IN THIS ARTICLE:
- Dyson Pet Grooming Kit
- Bissell BarkBath Dual Use Portable Dog Bath and Deep Cleaning System
- The Furminator Undercoat Deshedding Tool
When it comes to grooming your pet and handling the shedding hair, it’s a dog-eat-dog world. Plenty of pets despise being groomed and it’s not exactly a walk in the park for pet parents, either.
Over the years, Dyson vacuums have developed a cult-like following among pet owners, thanks to their reputation for picking up furballs and tumbleweeds of pet hair. So it should come as no surprise that pet lovers are enthusiastic about the newly launched Dyson Pet Grooming Kit. By trapping loose fur before it has the chance to be shed, the kit makes grooming easier and leaves your pet looking professionally groomed.
How to use the Dyson grooming tool
You can curb the shedding before it sticks to surfaces by attaching the Dyson Pet Grooming Kit directly to a vacuum and brush your dog (or cat) directly. The attachment sucks up any loose fur, dead skin and other allergens, reducing the amount of pet hair that sticks to the carpet, clothes, or couch.
But Dyson isn’t the only way to effectively groom. There are other pet-grooming products that run with the big dogs, too.
Best pet grooming products
This is by far and away the easiest pet grooming tool to use. It attaches to your regular vacuum so that instead of vacuuming hair off the floor, you can vacuum your pet. It’s like brushing them normally — but without the mess. To clean up, release the trigger and the hair automatically disappears into the vacuum’s dust canister.
Bissell BarkBath Dual Use Portable Dog Bath and Deep Cleaning System
This is another way to attack your pet’s hair before it falls off. In addition to grooming your pet, the BarkBath bathes them, too. And it’s portable, so you can conveniently use it anywhere in your house with little to no mess. Suitable for dogs up to 80 pounds, the BarkBath uses 68 ounces of water, as opposed to bathing a pet in the bathtub, which can use up to 19 gallons. And it doubles as a carpet and upholstery cleaner.
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This grooming tool attaches to your regular shower head or outdoor hose, turning anything with a water supply into a portable shower station. The brush part has silicone bristles and you can wear it on your hand almost like a glove. That way, you can control the amount of water used while also keeping splashing to a minimum.
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The Furminator Undercoat Deshedding Tool
This deshedding tool looks like a brush, but it’s designed to de-shed, meaning that it effectively reaches through topcoat hair to remove hair from the undercoats of double-coated dogs. It should still be used in tandem with a regular pet brush, but this tool gets to the hair that typical brushes can’t. It also features a “furjector” button, which upon being pushed, releases hair with ease, hands-free.
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Tineco Pure One S15 Pet Smart Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner
Comparable to similar models of Dyson vacuums, this makes pet hair cleanup simple. Its inner brush is designed to target tangled pet hair, trapping each one without wrapping them around the brush, making for easier cleanup. Quiet and lightweight, it also adjusts suction power to the amount of soil detected, so if it detects a heavy-duty hairball, it automatically turns up its power.
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Kkimatt 10 in 1 Pet Grooming Hammock Harness
This pet grooming hammock harness provides a grooming experience that usually only professionals can give. It stabilizes your pet, holding them airborne in a sling while you clip, brush and file. Its S-shaped hooks and durable metal carabiners are sturdy enough to hold your pet’s weight (so long as you get the correct-sized harness). It also includes a nail clipper with a safety block, a nail file and a double-row pet comb for de-shedding.
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says the missile North Korea launched is likely an intercontinental ballistic missile.
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EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Two men who terrorized migrants under their care and demanded money from relatives for their release have been sentenced in El Paso federal court for hostage-taking.
Carlos Villa Miranda, a.k.a. “Negro,” and Enrique Quiroz Jr., a.k.a. “Kike,” were part of a human smuggling organization in El Paso and Las Cruces, New Mexico, that harbored undocumented citizens of Honduras and El Salvador and engaged in kidnap-for-ransom, according to court documents.
Villa, 42, of Juarez, Mexico, received a 12-year prison sentence last week while Enrique Quiroz Jr., 50, of El Paso, got 16 years and eight months for his crimes, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Tuesday in a statement.
Federal officials were on to the two men after receiving information from relatives of the kidnap victims, who told them family members were being held against their will possibly in Las Cruces. Another person also contacted Homeland Security Investigations agents about a relative being kept hostage in El Paso. Both complainants said they received telephone calls from the hostage-takers telling them their family members “would be murdered” if they did not pay for their release, court documents state.
HSI agents tracked telephone calls to an address on Emerson Street in El Paso’s Lower Valley. On Dec. 2, 2020, they knocked on the door and met Quiroz, who consented to let them search his apartment.
The agents found eight migrants locked inside a bedroom. They told agents Quiroz told them to tell their families to pay the ransoms and threatened to kill them if they ever spoke to police. Villa also made threats against the migrants, on at least one occasion brandishing a butcher knife, court documents show.
The U.S. Border Patrol picked up Villa two days later during a human smuggling attempt at an Interstate 10 highway checkpoint near Las Cruces.
“These human smuggling organizations are incredibly dangerous and prove that they value their pursuit of money and power through unlawful means far more than the lives of their trafficking victims,” said U.S. Attorney Jaime Esparza of the Western District of Texas.
HSI Special Agent in Charge in El Paso Francisco B. Burrola said the agency will continue to go after criminals who exploit migrants.
“These sentences show the grave consequences human smugglers face when they exploit people in such a ruthless way,” he said. “HSI is vehemently committed to using its ample authority to identify, investigate and arrest criminals who prey on the vulnerabilities of their human cargo with threats and acts of violence.” | https://www.krqe.com/news/border-report/men-who-terrorized-kidnapped-migrants-sentenced/ | 2023-02-21 20:38:04 | 0 | https://www.krqe.com/news/border-report/men-who-terrorized-kidnapped-migrants-sentenced/ |
NEW YORK, June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Oscar Health, Inc. (NYSE: OSCR).
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This lawsuit is on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Oscar Class A common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and prospectus issued in connection with the Company's March 2021 initial public offering.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until July 11, 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, Oscar Health, Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Oscar was experiencing growing COVID-19 testing and treatment costs; (2) Oscar was experiencing growing net COVID costs; (3) Oscar would be negatively impacted by an unfavorable prior year Risk Adjustment Data Validation result relating to 2019 and 2020; (4) Oscar was on track to be negatively impacted by significant SEP membership growth; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
Jakubowitz Law is vigorous in pursuit of justice for shareholders who have been the victim of securities fraud. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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CLEVELAND (AP)An attorney is vowing an appeal for a woman found liable by a civil jury for malicious prosecution in a rape allegation she made against a former Ohio State football standout more than five years ago.
The woman’s attorney, Patrick Thomas, said his client ”deserves justice and patiently waited for her day in court” in her lawsuit against Gareon Conley.
”At trial, a number of issues arose that we fully intend to address on appeal, and we will continue to fight for justice for the victim,” he said in an emailed statement Friday.
The accusation against Conley came shortly before the 2017 NFL draft, in which he had been projected to be a high first-round pick. The 23-year-old woman alleged that he had sexually assaulted her in a Cleveland hotel room. Conley’s attorney said the sex was consensual.
A grand jury in Cleveland declined to indict Conley on any of the possible charges according to the Cuyahoga County prosecutor’s office, and he signed a four-year contract with the Oakland Raiders, who made him the 24th overall pick. The woman filed a lawsuit a year later, accusing him of assault, battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Conley sued her in a counterclaim, accusing her of malicious prosecution.
Cleveland.com reports that jurors sided with Conley earlier this month after a 10-day trial in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, finding that the woman had failed to show that he had assaulted her. Jurors ordered her to pay him attorneys fees and $300, the sum Conley had asked for, saying the case wasn’t about money but about restoring his reputation.
Conley, currently a free agent while rehabbing from a 2020 injury, said in a statement on social media Monday that ”after 5 1/2 long years” he was ”grateful and relieved to finally be fully exonerated.” | https://www.fox16.com/nfl/liability-finding-in-conley-rape-allegation-to-be-appealed/ | 2022-11-27 15:05:51 | 0 | https://www.fox16.com/nfl/liability-finding-in-conley-rape-allegation-to-be-appealed/ |
Mary Ehrsam, Gettysburg College Class of '90, received the 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award, the highest and most prestigious award given by the institution for professional and civic achievement.
ATLANTA , June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mary Hagerty Ehrsam, President of Partnerships at Operation HOPE, received the Gettysburg College Distinguished Alumni Award, the highest and most prestigious award given by the college for professional and civic achievement. Ehrsam is a graduate of Gettysburg College's class of 1990. She was presented the award by the President of Gettysburg, Bob Luliano during a private ceremony.
Gettysburg College is a highly selective four-year private college of liberal arts and sciences located in Pennsylvania. Ehrsam received a degree in economics and political science and graduated with honors. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Art & Soul, and the Alumni Board of Directors of Gettysburg College.
Ehrsam has been an innovative leader and worked with Operation HOPE, the nation's leading financial literacy non-profit, for over two decades. As President of HOPE Partnerships, she drives the cultivation of revenue streams and avenues for growth and sustainability while furthering the organization's overall mission. Operation HOPE's goal is to make free enterprise and capitalism work for the underserved — disrupting poverty for millions of low and moderate-income youth and adults across the nation.
"I am deeply honored to receive this award and be a part of an organization, like Operation HOPE, that is constantly raising the bar on what it means to serve communities in need," Ehrsam said. "As a student at Gettysburg, I learned the value of civic engagement as a powerful tool to help others cultivate positive change— in a bold and unapologetic way. This is truly a full-circle moment."
Ehrsam developed and executed the launch of the HOPE youth programs, expanded the HOPE Inside model nationwide, and led its global expansion in South Africa and the Middle East. Working with the Global Dignity co-founders, Ehrsam developed the "Course in Dignity" curriculum that was delivered in partnership with the World Economic Forum of Young Global Leaders in 100 countries on four continents. She currently serves as the co-lead of the Financial Literacy for All (FL4A) initiative.
Ehrsam has been instrumental in the growth of Operation HOPE's offerings, working to drive annual revenue to $50M, and expand its reach to more than 300 cities on three continents while serving more than 2.8 million individuals. Notably, her efforts have also directed $3.5 billion in private investment into low-wealth communities through national programming and outreach.
"Mary has been with me almost since the founding of Operation HOPE and remains one of my go-to leaders for strategic initiatives and partnership growth. We proudly celebrate her Distinguished Alumni Award and applaud her contributions to Operation HOPE's progressive culture," said John Hope Bryant, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Operation HOPE. "Mary's confidence, competence, and consistency have been instrumental to stewarding our mission of empowering underserved communities through financial literacy. This honor is well-deserved indeed."
In addition to her role at Operation HOPE, Ehrsam serves as the Vice President of the Gettysburg Executive Board and Chair of the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice Committee. She is an Advisor for the Save The Arts Foundation, a member of the Advisory Board of the BXS Community Fund, LLC, Fifth Third Bank's National Community Advisory Forum, and is a member of the ODE National Economics Society.
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Since 1992, Operation HOPE has been moving America from civil rights to "silver rights," with the mission of making free enterprise and capitalism work for the underserved—disrupting poverty for millions of low and moderate-income youth and adults across the nation. Operation HOPE has received seven consecutive 4-star charity ratings for fiscal management and commitment to transparency and accountability by the prestigious non-profit evaluator, Charity Navigator. For more information visit OperationHOPE.org. Follow the HOPE conversation on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram.
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Police officer rescues residents, dogs from burning home
Published: Mar. 30, 2023 at 11:21 PM CDT|Updated: 48 minutes ago
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, Md. (CNN) - A Maryland police officer was in the right place at the right time.
Anne Arundel County police released body camera video of an officer helping residents during a house fire on March 22.
Officials say the officer was driving through the neighborhood when he came upon the fire.
The officer rushed to knock on the door and alerted the homeowner, who was inside at the time.
He then went to the neighbor’s home and told them their house was also catching on fire.
Police say because of the officer, everyone, including the first homeowner’s dogs, made it out safely.
No injuries have been reported.
The fire department was called and crews quickly put out the flames.
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Alan M. Kaufmann Jr., a retired Department of Housing and Urban Development branch manager who was a devoted major league baseball fan that toured ballparks across the country, died Jan. 10 at his McLean home in Fairfax County, Virginia. He was 68.
Mr. Kaufmann’s family said he died as the result of knife wounds allegedly inflicted by his wife’s son.
Mr. Kaufmann attempted to intervene in a dispute between his stepson and the stepson’s mother.
“I was caught off-guard when I was attacked by my son and Alan tried to stop it,” said his wife, Monica Williams. “I made it out of the house and he did not. He was my hero. He was so brave.”
Fairfax County police have charged 39-year-old Adam Timothy Jackson, his stepson, with second-degree murder. Jackson has not entered a plea and remains in police custody.
Mr. Kaufmann was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and was the son of Alan M. Kaufmann Sr., the Baltimore Montgomery Ward general manager, and Mildred Gingold, a homemaker. He was a member of the family that owned the now defunct Pittsburgh-based department store Kaufmanns.
After moving to Baltimore the family lived on Mount Washington’s South Road and later in Pikesville.
Mr. Kaufmann attended Mount Washington School until seventh grade when he transferred to the Gilman School.
“My brother was a math wiz,” said his sister, Lauren Kaufmann. “He had the ability to calculate in his head. He was patient and helpful to me when I was a kid struggling academically.”
Mr. Kaufmann developed a fascination with baseball by listening to games on his parent’s radio. He learned to read by going over the sports pages.
He was a 1972 Gilman graduate and in his senior year was part of the school’s “It’s Academic” team that successfully competed on a television program. The team went on to capture national honors.
He earned a history degree from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He wrote his senior thesis on the Negro Baseball League and the racial integration of Major League Baseball.
After his junior year he embarked on a cross-country trip to visit every Major League Baseball park.
“We bought Greyhound Bus passes and only stayed at a YMCA once, in Montreal,” said Dr. Edward “Ted” Trimble, a school friend with whom Mr. Kaufmann traveled. “Otherwise we stayed with our families or school friends. Alan determined our schedule. He laid out a map of the U.S. and calculated the American and National League schedules.”
They visited 23 cities and Mr. Kaufmann wrote postcards to his then sweetheart.
Dr. Trimble said they were successful in attending games at all the parks except for Yankee Stadium, which was undergoing renovations. They instead visited what was then Shea Stadium in Queens, New York.
“Alan was endearing in his love for baseball,” said Dr. Trimble.
“Alan was an unpretentious guy and when you got to know him, you got to know the world,” said Charles Shepard, a friend from college. “He started something called Crabfest. We’d start eating crabs at Lexington Market, play a game of softball, then have more crabs at Bud Paolino’s and go to a Yankees-Orioles game.”
Mr. Kaufmann earned a law degree at New York University before joining the staff of Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer on Capitol Hill. As a high school and college student, he had worked for then Democratic Sen. Paul Sarbanes’ campaigns.
His daughter, Meghan Jackson said, ”He was an incredible father. … He managed my travel soccer team for eight years and never missed one game.”
He became a housing specialist and joined the nonprofit Enterprise Homes in Baltimore.
He later was a branch manager at the Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington, D.C., working on improving conditions in public housing throughout the U.S.
“Alan was an incredible mentor to the people on his team. He was engaged with everybody he worked with,” said Thomas R. “Tom” Davis, the director of the HUD Office of Recapitalization. “He knew his subject incredibly well — all the obscure regulations — and was the glue within the office as a whole. He was funny and caring.”
“He touched thousands of people who never met him,” Mr. Davis said referring to public housing residents.
“He served low-income families very well,” Mr. Davis said.
Mr. Kaufmann retired Dec. 31, 2022.
He was a member of the Society for American Baseball Research.
“My husband told me he had lived a life of privilege and wanted to serve others,” said his wife. “He died saving me. It was the ultimate sacrifice.”
Survivors include his wife of 23 years, Monica Williams, a technology executive; a daughter, Meghan Jackson of Frederick; and two sisters, Leslie Kaufmann of Bethesda and Lauren Kaufmann of Brookline, Massachusetts.
He was the stepfather to three, Laura Cosner and Andy Cosner, from his first marriage to Sue Cosner, from whom he was divorced. He was also the stepfather of Adam Timothy Jackson.
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- Net sales up 13% versus first quarter 2022; organic sales up 4%
- GAAP EPS of $0.44 and adjusted EPS of $0.52
- Net cash inflows from operating activities were $120 million and free cash flow generation was $50 million
- Reaffirming full-year 2023 guidance for sales, adjusted operating margin, adjusted EPS and free cash flow*
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., April 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Carrier Global Corporation (NYSE:CARR), a global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, today reported strong financial results for the first quarter of 2023 and reiterated its full year guidance.
"The Carrier team continues to execute well with all financial performance metrics coming in better than we expected. We delivered another quarter of double-digit growth in commercial and light commercial HVAC, global truck and trailer, aftermarket and controls which shows the strength of our execution and strategic focus," said Carrier Chairman & CEO David Gitlin. "We are excited to build on our growth and success with the strategic actions announced separately today, which will transform Carrier into a more focused, pure-play, higher growth intelligent climate and energy solutions company with leadership positions in the most attractive markets globally."
First Quarter 2023 Results
Carrier's first quarter sales of $5.3 billion were up 13% compared to the prior year and organic sales grew 4% over the same period. Organic sales strength continued in the HVAC segment with commercial and controls up double digits while Fire and Security was up 9% organically in the quarter. Refrigeration sales were down 5% organically driven by container and commercial refrigeration only partially offset by strength in global truck and trailer. North America residential and light commercial HVAC was down 2% driven by a tough comparison in residential.
GAAP operating profit in the quarter of $555 million was down 68% from last year that included the gain related to the divestiture of Chubb. Adjusted operating profit of $642 million was down 2%. Favorable price/cost was more than offset by flattish volumes, unfavorable mix, and spending on investments.
Net income was $373 million and adjusted net income was $442 million. GAAP EPS was $0.44 and adjusted EPS was $0.52. Net cash flows generated in operating activities were $120 million and capital expenditures were $70 million, resulting in a free cash inflow of $50 million. The inflow was driven by lower seasonal inventory build and other working capital improvements compared to last year. During the first quarter, Carrier repurchased $62 million of its common stock.
Full-Year 2023 Guidance**
Carrier reaffirmed the following guidance for 2023:
Conference Call
Carrier will host a webcast of its earnings conference call tomorrow, Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at 7:30 a.m. ET. To access the webcast, visit the Events & Presentations section of the Carrier Investor Relations site at ir.carrier.com/news-and-events/events-and-presentations or to listen to the earnings call by phone, participants must pre-register at Carrier Earnings Call Registration. All registrants will receive dial-in information and a PIN allowing access to the live call. In light of this call, Carrier is cancelling its previously scheduled earnings conference call on Thursday, April 27, 2023.
About Carrier
As a global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, Carrier Global Corporation is committed to making the world safer, sustainable and more comfortable for generations to come. From the beginning, we've led in inventing new technologies and entirely new industries. Today, we continue to lead because we have a world-class, diverse workforce that puts the customer at the center of everything we do. For more information, visit www.corporate.carrier.com or follow Carrier on social media at @Carrier.
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This communication contains statements which, to the extent they are not statements of historical or present fact, constitute "forward-looking statements" under the securities laws. These forward-looking statements are intended to provide management's current expectations or plans for Carrier's future operating and financial performance, based on assumptions currently believed to be valid. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "believe," "expect," "expectations," "plans," "strategy," "prospects," "estimate," "project," "target," "anticipate," "will," "should," "see," "guidance," "outlook," "confident," "scenario" and other words of similar meaning in connection with a discussion of future operating or financial performance. Forward-looking statements may include, among other things, statements relating to future sales, earnings, cash flow, results of operations, uses of cash, share repurchases, tax rates and other measures of financial performance or potential future plans, strategies or transactions of Carrier, Carrier's plans with respect to its indebtedness and other statements that are not historical facts. All forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. For additional information on identifying factors that may cause actual results to vary materially from those stated in forward-looking statements, see Carrier's reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K filed with or furnished to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and Carrier assumes no obligation to update or revise such statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.
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SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA, NON-GAAP MEASURES AND DEFINITIONS
Following are tables that present selected financial data of Carrier Global Corporation ("Carrier"). Also included are reconciliations of non-GAAP measures to their most comparable GAAP measures.
Use and Definitions of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Carrier Global Corporation ("Carrier") reports its financial results in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP"). We supplement the reporting of our financial information determined under GAAP with certain non-GAAP financial information. The non-GAAP information presented provides investors with additional useful information, but should not be considered in isolation or as substitutes for the related GAAP measures. Moreover, other companies may define non-GAAP measures differently, which limits the usefulness of these measures for comparisons with such other companies. We encourage investors to review our financial statements and publicly filed reports in their entirety and not to rely on any single financial measure. A reconciliation of the non-GAAP measures to the corresponding amounts prepared in accordance with GAAP appears in the tables in this Appendix. The tables provide additional information as to the items and amounts that have been excluded from the adjusted measures.
Organic sales, adjusted operating profit, adjusted operating margin, incremental margins / earnings conversion, earnings before interest, taxes and depreciation and amortization ("EBITDA"), adjusted EBITDA, adjusted net income, adjusted earnings per share ("EPS"), adjusted interest expense, net, adjusted effective tax rate and net debt are non-GAAP financial measures.
Organic sales represents consolidated net sales (a GAAP measure), excluding the impact of foreign currency translation, acquisitions and divestitures completed in the preceding twelve months and other significant items of a nonoperational nature (hereinafter referred to as "other significant items"). Adjusted operating profit represents operating profit (a GAAP measure), excluding restructuring costs, amortization of acquired intangibles and other significant items. Adjusted operating margin represents adjusted operating profit as a percentage of net sales (a GAAP measure). Incremental margins / earnings conversion represents the year-over-year change in adjusted operating profit divided by the year-over-year change in net sales. EBITDA represents net income attributable to common shareholders (a GAAP measure), adjusted for interest income and expense, income tax expense, and depreciation and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA represents EBITDA, as calculated above, excluding non-service pension benefit, non-controlling interest in subsidiaries' earnings from operations, restructuring costs and other significant items. Adjusted net income represents net income attributable to common shareowners (a GAAP measure), excluding restructuring costs, amortization of acquired intangibles and other significant items. Adjusted EPS represents diluted earnings per share (a GAAP measure), excluding restructuring costs, amortization of acquired intangibles and other significant items. Adjusted interest expense, net represents interest expense (a GAAP measure) and interest income (a GAAP measure), net excluding other significant items. The adjusted effective tax rate represents the effective tax rate (a GAAP measure), excluding restructuring costs, amortization of acquired intangibles and other significant items. Net debt represents long-term debt (a GAAP measure) less cash and cash equivalents (a GAAP measure). For the business segments, when applicable, adjustments of operating profit and operating margins represent operating profit, excluding restructuring, amortization of acquired intangibles and other significant items.
Free cash flow is a non-GAAP financial measure that represents net cash flows provided by operating activities (a GAAP measure) less capital expenditures. Management believes free cash flow is a useful measure of liquidity and an additional basis for assessing Carrier's ability to fund its activities, including the financing of acquisitions, debt service, repurchases of Carrier's common stock and distribution of earnings to shareowners.
Orders are contractual commitments with customers to provide specified goods or services for an agreed upon price and may not be subject to penalty if cancelled.
When we provide our expectations for organic sales, adjusted operating profit, adjusted operating margin, adjusted interest expense, net, adjusted effective tax rate, incremental margins/earnings conversion, adjusted EPS and free cash flow on a forward-looking basis, a reconciliation of the differences between the non-GAAP expectations and the corresponding GAAP measures (expected net sales, operating profit, operating margin, interest expense, effective tax rate, incremental operating margin, diluted EPS and net cash flows provided by operating activities) generally is not available without unreasonable effort due to potentially high variability, complexity and low visibility as to the items that would be excluded from the GAAP measure in the relevant future period, such as unusual gains and losses, the ultimate outcome of pending litigation, fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, the impact and timing of potential acquisitions and divestitures, future restructuring costs, and other structural changes or their probable significance. The variability of the excluded items may have a significant, and potentially unpredictable, impact on our future GAAP results.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas Aces coach Becky Hammon did not comment directly Friday on a report that the Toronto Raptors have received permission to interview her for their vacant head coaching position.
Hammon spoke at the newly opened Aces facility, the first of its kind in the WNBA and one that closely resembles an NBA club facility.
She chose not to comment on an ESPN report that the Raptors have inquired about her after firing Nick Nurse last week.
“Today is completely about how wonderful the Aces are, and I will keep all the focus (on them) because they deserve it,” Hammon said. “They earned it. This building has earned it. (Owner) Mark (Davis) has earned it. So I’m not commenting on anything about the boys. It’s all about the women.”
Hammon, who will be enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in August, led the Aces to the WNBA championship last year in her first season at the helm.
She’s long been consider someone who might become the first female head coach in the NBA.
Hammon put in eight seasons as an assistant with San Antonio Spurs. Her highlights there included coaching the Spurs’ Summer League team to the 2015 championship and becoming the first woman to take the lead chair in an NBA game when Gregg Popovich was ejected during a December 2020 game against the Los Angeles Lakers.
If Hammon remains in Las Vegas, she will oversee an Aces team that, along with the New York Liberty, have the WNBA’s most talented rosters.
“My girls know I love them and I’m very proud and happy to be their coach,” Hammon said.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- iBuyXS LLC, an electronic component stocking distributor based in St. Pete, Florida was just named #1 in Florida and #4 for the Southeast Region on the Inc 5000 2023 list of fastest growing companies with growth in excess of 4,800% over the past 3 years. That enormous growth has stemmed from their disruptive and proprietary software, EPIC (Excess Placement Inventory Control), which enables iBuyXS to utilize one manufacturer's surplus electronic components to fill another's shortages. By placing the excess directly with the end user, it empowers greater ROI to the seller and cost-savings to the buyer by eliminating multiple broker middlemen. If you have surplus that you are looking to recapitalize, please CLICK HERE FOR EXCESS or reach out to iBuyXS at sales@ibuyxs.com.
Whether it is a shortage or a cost-savings driven market, excess is the key. Unique excess inventories do not show up on inventory lists and websites that OEMs use to search for parts. That is how we come through with factory original parts when no one else can during times of shortage. When the tide shifts to a surplus market, as it is starting to do in 2023 in many genres, OEMs are looking to recoup some of the PPV they needed to spend on shortage parts the past 2 years. That is where our cost-savings program can help by matching one OEM's excess with another's current RFQ. We can maximize the ROI for the seller and provide a good purchase price for the buyer.
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US announces $820M in Ukraine aid, including missile systems
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. announced on Friday that it will provide Ukraine with $820 million in new military aid, including new surface-to-air missile systems and counter-artillery radars to respond to Russia’s heavy reliance on long-range strikes in the war.
Russia in recent days has launched dozens of missiles across Ukraine and pinned down Ukrainian forces with continuous fire for sometimes hours at a time. Ukraine’s leaders have publicly called on Western allies to quickly send more ammunition and advanced systems that will help them narrow the gap in equipment and manpower.
All told, the U.S. has committed more than $8.8 billion in weapons and military training to Ukraine, whose leaders have sought more help from Western allies to repel larger and heavily equipped Russian forces. About $7 billion of that aid has been announced since Russia’s February invasion.
“We are going to support Ukraine as long as it takes,” President Joe Biden said this week at a press conference during the NATO summit in Madrid. He argued that Russia had already suffered a blow to its international standing and major damage to its economy from Western sanctions imposed over the invasion.
The U.S. is giving Ukrainians “the capacity” so that “they can continue to resist the Russian aggression,” Biden said. “And so I don’t know how it’s going to end, but it will not end with a Russian defeat of Ukraine in Ukraine.”
As part of the new package, the U.S. will purchase two systems known as NASAMS, a Norwegian-developed anti-aircraft system that is used to protect the airspace around the White House and Capitol in Washington. The Pentagon will also provide the Ukrainians with up to 150,000 rounds of 155-millimeter artillery ammunition.
The Pentagon will also provide additional ammunition for medium-range rocket systems it provided Ukraine in June, known as the High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS. The ammunition will come from the Defense Department’s own inventory under what’s known as drawdown authority. This is the 14th package of military weapons and equipment transferred to Ukraine from Defense Department stocks since August 2021.
The war has evolved into a grinding stalemate in which both sides are heavily reliant on artillery, according to Western officials and analysts. While Russia has not achieved its initial goals of toppling Ukraine’s government, it is believed to be making slow progress in consolidating control over the eastern Ukrainian region known as the Donbas.
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DeSantis vows to use deadly force at border to stop cartel operatives: 'Stone-cold dead'
Ron DeSantis unveiled his border security plan in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Monday
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis pledged on the campaign trail for president on Monday that his administration will change the rules of engagement at the border to physically stop drug smugglers with deadly force.
"We’re going to create adequate rules of engagement, if somebody were breaking into your house to do something bad you would respond with force," DeSantis said while visiting the southern border in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Monday. "Yet why don’t we do that at the southern border?"
"So if the cartels are cutting through the border wall trying to run product into this country, they’re going to end up stone-cold dead as a result of that bad decision."
DeSantis added, "If you drop a couple of these cartel operatives, they’ll stop coming."
The Florida Republican was in Texas unveiling his border security agenda that he pledged will "stop the invasion" at the southern border.
"On Jan. 20, 2025, we will be on a mission to stop the invasion at our southern border to fight the drug cartels that are poisoning our citizenry, to build the border wall, and to reestablish the sovereignty of this nation," DeSantis said. "We are done with promises. We are done with slogans. Now is the time for action. No excuses. We will get the job done."
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The governor stressed that it's "humiliating as a country to not have control over our own territory."
And he slammed President Biden, charging that "this border because of the neglect of the Biden administration, because of their intentional failures, this border is controlled by the Mexican drug cartels. That is a disgrace. That is horrific."
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(NEXSTAR) – As you’re preparing for your next flight — maybe for spring break — you may be trying to make sure you’ve packed everything you need for your trip. That may include your e-cigarette or vape pen — but can you really bring that along?
Though not as complicated as traveling with marijuana can be, it’s worth noting that flying with an electronic cigarette or vaping device isn’t exactly easy.
The TSA is clear that electronic smoking devices are not allowed in checked luggage at all. If you plan to bring it along, it’ll need to be in your carry-on.
You are required to make sure the device’s heating element won’t accidentally turn on while traveling. This could include removing the battery, placing the device in a protective case, or separating the battery from the heating coil, the FAA explains.
Both the battery with the device and any spare batteries cannot exceed 100 Wh if they’re lithium-ion or two grams for lithium metal batteries. You also can’t charge the device or the batteries while aboard the flight.
Lithium batteries, though often completely safe, are capable of overheating. This can cause thermal runaway, which can lead to smoke, a fire, or an explosion, according to the FAA.
Earlier this month, a vape connected to a battery charging inside an overhead compartment reportedly ignited a piece of luggage next to it, causing smoke to billow into the cabin of a Spirit Airlines flight out of Dallas. It was forced to make an emergency landing in Jacksonville and 10 people were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Your airline may also have restrictions on the number of devices you can bring on the plane, federal aviation officials warn. Delta Airlines encourages its passengers to review customs laws for other countries during international travel.
While you can bring e-liquids and vape juice through TSA, it needs to be less than 100 ml like any other liquid.
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Justice Department watchdog finds US attorney in Massachusetts tried to influence DA election
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top federal prosecutor in Massachusetts, who has announced her resignation, tried to influence the outcome of a race for Boston’s district attorney and violated multiple policies, the Justice Department’s internal watchdog said in a report released Wednesday.
The inspector general’s 161-page report alleges a broad array of misconduct by U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins. It accuses her of disclosing to a journalist nonpublic information about a Justice Department investigation, soliciting and accepting 30 free tickets to a Boston Celtics game and accepting payment from a sports and entertainment agency for travel and means.
The watchdog said Rollins used her position to try to influence last year’s race for the Democratic nominee for district attorney of Suffolk County, which includes Boston, by leaking a potentially damaging information about District Attorney Kevin Hayden while supporting his political rival.
The investigation also determined that while serving as U.S. attorney, Rollins helped Hayden’s rival in the race, Ricardo Arroyo, by “providing him campaign advice and direction and coordinating with Arroyo on activities to help his campaign.”
Rollins’ lawyer told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Rollins will resign by the end of the day on Friday, saying she “understands that her presence has become a distraction.”
The AP was the first to report in November that the inspector general’s office had opened an investigation into Rollins over her appearance last July at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser. The AP reported that the probe had expanded to examine other issues, such as Rollins’ potential use of her personal cellphone for Justice Department business.
It’s an extraordinary rebuke of the progressive former Boston district attorney, who twice needed Vice President Kamala Harris to cast a tiebreaking vote to be confirmed as U.S. attorney amid stiff Republican opposition.
It’s exceedingly rare for a U.S. attorney to resign amid ethics concerns. Her resignation is an embarrassment for the Justice Department under Attorney General Merrick Garland, who pledged to restore the Justice Department’s reputation for political independence after tumultuous years under Republican President Donald Trump.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Morning" game were:
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Morning" game were:
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Ibexis Launches the MYGA Plus™
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ibexis Life & Annuity Insurance Company ("Ibexis") has launched its MYGA Plus™ fixed annuity.
The MYGA Plus™ is a fixed annuity product that provides clients with the flexibility to choose between two fixed rates that are each guaranteed for the initial duration of the product. One option is to earn a traditional guaranteed fixed rate that pays a competitive fixed interest every day. The second option is to allocate to the "Plus Bucket," an indexed linked option that pays a higher fixed rate every year if the S&P 500™ Index increases. If the index increases that year (no matter how much), the client earns the full guaranteed fixed rate for this option.
"As clients seek stability in volatile markets and insurers offer higher crediting rates, we believe fixed annuities are a very attractive product for individuals that desire financial security during retirement," said Nate Gemmiti, Chief Executive Officer at Ibexis.
Ryan Lex, Chief Distribution Officer at Ibexis, added: "Product innovation in the fixed rate annuity segment has been historically limited. With the launch of the MYGA Plus™, clients can now choose between two attractive fixed rates, including the higher earnings potential of the "Plus Bucket."
With insurance licenses in 43 states and the District of Columbia, Ibexis has been assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of "a-" (Excellent) by AM Best. Both ratings have a "stable" outlook.
Please visit the company's website at www.ibexis.com.
Founded in 1937, Ibexis offers fixed annuities to help clients protect their financial future and prepare for retirement. Ibexis' fixed annuities can help individuals accumulate interest without risk of losing principal and provide guaranteed income during retirement. AM Best assigns an A- Financial Strength Rating (4th highest of 13). Ibexis' full ratings report may be viewed at www.ambest.com.
The MYGA Plus™ (Form ICC22-MPC-0322 or state variation) does not invest directly in the S&P 500® and may not include dividends paid on underlying stocks. All guarantees are backed by the claims paying ability of Ibexis Life & Annuity Insurance Company, 221 Bolivar Street, Jefferson City, MO 65101. Product availability and features may vary by state.
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Prime Video might not make it the easiest to find its best sci-fi offerings, so let's highlight them in this best list. Amazon has picked up three of the best sci-fi series out there: Counterpart, The Expanse and Orphan Black. Already watched that essential trio? Try some of the intriguing new originals, including Night Sky, Outer Range and Paper Girls.
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Scroll down to see our top picks for the best sci-fi TV shows you can stream right now on Prime Video.
Outer Range (2022—)
For trippy sci-fi that asks you to turn on your wild theory generator, look no further than Outer Range. The sci-fi Western is set on the Abbott family ranch, where patriarch Royal (Josh Brolin) hides an almighty secret. When a stranger comes to town (Imogen Poots), he's forced to confront his past, present and future, and not just in the metaphorical sense. Weird in ways you won't expect, Outer Range is a solid sci-fi outing worth sticking with.
From (2022—)
This sci-fi horror centers on a small town plagued by mysterious and terrifying occurrences. When a family become lost, they're sucked into a nightmare involving deadly creatures and equally deadly townspeople. With enough intrigue to keep you hooked and a strong protagonist in Harold Perrineau's Sheriff Stevens, From is an engaging destination to spend time in.
The Man Who Fell to Earth (2022—)
This series, based on the Walter Tevis novel, features a stunning cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor plays an alien who lands on Earth in search of help from a brilliant scientist and Bill Nighy plays Thomas Jerome Newton, an alien who fell to Earth in the 1976 movie adaptation. The role was originally played by David Bowie and each episode in this sequel to the movie is named after one of Bowie's songs. A more than solid, entertaining series that's best watched without comparing it to previous material. Although, if you're not a fan of split timelines, beware.
War of the Worlds (2019—)
This 2019 adaptation of H.G. Wells' novel is a surprisingly effective take on well-trodden territory -- hence running for three seasons so far. Set in a desolate, cold, post-apocalyptic world, we follow the Gresham family as they're swept up in a mysterious, cataclysmic event. You experience the shocking upheaval of life as they know it, made even more difficult when teenager Emily (Daisy Edgar-Jones) is blind. Part of the story takes place in Paris, part in London. Eventually, the different pockets of humanity converge. A slow-moving, yet compelling take on survival drama with mysterious otherworldly forces at play.
The Expanse (2015-2022)
Amazon rescued The Expanse from the realm of canceled TV, bringing the series up to six seasons. Thank goodness it did, because The Expanse is smart sci-fi with realistic characters, high production values and a dash of detective noir. In a future where humanity has colonized the Solar System, a conspiracy threatens to start a cold war between the largest powers. A band of antiheroes find themselves at the center. Look forward to more space western themes in the consistently excellent later seasons.
The Feed (2019)
The Black Mirror comparisons are inevitable with this British series about technology gone wrong. Set in a futuristic London, The Feed centers on an implant that lets people livestream their lives without needing to press a button on a phone. No, absolutely nothing goes wrong. An impressive cast includes David Thewlis and Michelle Fairley. While it's not as polished or deep-cutting as Black Mirror, The Feed is still worth a look.
Humans (2015-2018)
Humans might not be entirely original, but the assembled parts sing. A British family purchases an artificially intelligent robot called a "synth" to help out with their busy lives. This grounded approach to sentient, possibly dangerous robots is one of Humans' greatest strengths. At the sweet center: an innocent bond between the family's youngest daughter and Gemma Chan's elegant and efficient synth Anita. A mystery draws the family into the origins of the robots, who explore requisite philosophical themes such as humanity, pain, memories and reality.
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams (2017-2018)
Electric Dreams lives up to its name, each episode of the anthology series a vibrant, polished product whirring on the ideas of its source material: The works of Philip K. Dick. As with most anthologies, some episodes are better than others, but if you're craving storytelling with Black Mirror-like setups, let this reverie slip over you.
The Man in the High Castle (2015-2019)
The Man in the High Castle imagines an alternate history where the Axis powers (Rome-Berlin-Tokyo) win World War II. Based on a Philip K. Dick novel, the series follows characters in the '60s who live in a parallel universe, where Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan control the US. But there's impossible newsreel footage surfacing of a world where Germany and Japan lose the war, causing some to rebel. To really hammer home its dystopia credentials, The Man in the High Castle is steered by producer Ridley Scott. Fully realized and with a focused plot, this is gripping TV.
Counterpart (2017-2019)
Counterpart stars J.K. Simmons playing off J.K. Simmons. Get excited about that for a second. Set in Germany during a cold war, the sci-fi thriller follows a lowly office grunt dejected by his grim life. Then one day -- episode 1 spoiler -- he rocks up at work and meets himself, but a better version from a parallel world. Secrets, tense action and a masterful dual-lead performance from Simmons make Counterpart a must-watch.
Tales from the Loop (2020—)
Not just another show about a small town where strange things happen, Tales from the Loop has layers beneath its beautiful surface. Based on a narrative art book by Swedish artist Simon Stålenhag, the series is stunning to look at. Meticulous, symmetrical frames somehow give off a painterly feel. The interconnected townspeople are similarly nuanced, their stories exploring loneliness, aging and the impact of technology.
Paper Girls (2022)
Is it the next Stranger Things? Bikes, check. The '80s, check. Ali Wong playing the older version of one of the characters who interacts with said younger character in hilarious fashion... check? Yes, Paper Girls has its own thing going on. Based on Brian K. Vaughn's stunning comic book series, Paper Girls unfurls time travel shenanigans to the max, placing its four young heroines at the center of a war between time travel factions. Scoring impressive young actors whose characters are confronted with harsh reveals about each of their future selves, Paper Girls is a charming blast. Sadly, Amazon canceled it after one season. Fingers crossed, another network picks it up.
Night Sky (2022)
Night Sky isn't the most evocative title, and the one-season series doesn't reach the hard sci-fi highs some people may be searching for. Though it does feature a slow-burn mystery involving an alien planet, Night Sky's greatest strength is the moving, at times surprisingly funny drama between an old couple, the most unlikely of protagonists. Facing health problems, let alone dangerous new guests, Franklin and Irene York (the immense J.K. Simmons and Sissy Spacek) do their kind-hearted best to make sense of a portal to a mysterious, desolate planet.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022—)
The Star Trek series just keep on coming. Set in the decade before Star Trek: The Original Series, Strange New Worlds follows Captain Pike (Anson Mount) and the crew of the starship USS Enterprise as they boldly go where no one has gone before. With nods to the earlier series' episodic storytelling, narration and designs, Strange New Worlds brings a contemporary take to much-loved territory. | https://www.cnet.com/culture/entertainment/prime-video-the-best-sci-fi-tv-shows-to-binge-watch-this-evening/ | 2022-09-20 04:29:23 | 0 | https://www.cnet.com/culture/entertainment/prime-video-the-best-sci-fi-tv-shows-to-binge-watch-this-evening/ |
Ongoing hurdles in scheduling, reimbursement and collections compound difficulties for a healthcare industry already under stress
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) released a report detailing new benchmarks related to the adoption rate of value-based reimbursement. The 2022 edition of MGMA DataDive Practice Operations includes data from more than 2,300 organizations across multiple specialties and practice types. The data reveals key performance indicators related to operational challenges affecting patient engagement and financial resilience for medical practices. With an accelerating emphasis on value-based care, a growing number of practices are experiencing revenue benefits from engaging in this approach while other practices have yet to realize the potential of engaging in value-based care.
For deeper data analysis, MGMA created the data report, "Patient Access and Value-Based Outcomes Amid the Great Attrition." Its findings build upon new MGMA DataDive benchmark data, including recent MGMA Stat polling of frontline healthcare leaders on ongoing challenges to ensure prompt patient access and quality care outcomes as the shift to value, stalled slightly during the COVID-19 pandemic, picks up steam.
MGMA's first-ever distributed benchmarking data shows that the average rate of value-based care only accounts for approximately 5.5% to 14.74% of revenue, with primary care and surgical specialties reporting lower revenue shares from value-based contracts in 2021 and nonsurgical specialties attributing 14.74% of total medical revenue to value-based contracts. The data also details the impact on appointment schedules from a surge in patient demand amid staffing shortages, with key performance data on no-show rates, cancellations and wait times.
"The medical workforce is grappling with burnout, staffing declines, decades-high inflation, operational challenges and a dynamic reimbursement environment that affects providers across the board," said Halee Fischer-Wright, MD, MMM, FAAP, FACMPE, president and chief executive officer of MGMA. "This report reveals how addressing scheduling errors and billing denials could help relieve the financial burden on health groups, moving them toward value-based care that promotes the welfare of physicians, staff, and patients."
MGMA's "Patient Access and Value-Based Outcomes Amid the Great Attrition" report includes enhanced analysis of this data. Key findings include:
- The median revenue amount across all practices from value-based contracts was $30,922 per full-time equivalent provider.
- Overall patient portal usage improved from 2020 to 2021, with a significant increase in patient logins.
- The percentage of practice claims denied on the first submission doubled across primary care, nonsurgical and surgical specialties.
- The return of patient volume in 2021 led to shifts in appointment scheduling benchmarks, as higher demand for care saw no-show rates hold steady and an uptick in cancellation rates.
The report includes additional findings on the burdens of prior authorizations, the appointment creation process and extended payment posting and collection timelines. Download the data report for more in-depth analysis and reporting.
Healthcare leaders have an opportunity to receive additional insights into value-based care at MGMA's upcoming Medical Practice Excellence: Leaders Conference, taking place October 9-12, 2022, in Boston, Massachusetts. MGMA will share key insights into new benchmarking data and more high-priority topics that are critical to the success of medical practices across the country.
Founded in 1926, the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) is the nation's largest association focused on the business of medical practice management. MGMA consists of 15,000 group medical practices ranging from small private medical practices to large national health systems representing more than 350,000 physicians. MGMA helps nearly 60,000 medical practice leaders and the healthcare community solve the business challenges of running practices so that they can focus on providing outstanding patient care. Specifically, MGMA helps its members innovate and improve profitability and financial sustainability, and it provides the gold standard on industry benchmarks such as physician compensation. The association also advocates extensively on its members' behalf on national regulatory and policy issues. To learn more, go to MGMA.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
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DUBLIN, Nov. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aptiv PLC (NYSE: APTV) a global technology company focused on making mobility safer, greener and more connected, today announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $1.375 per share on its 5.50% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, payable on December 15, 2022, to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 1, 2022.
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(NerdWallet) – Despite the headlines, college is still the surest path toward better lifelong earnings. But a degree is far more likely to pay off if you haven’t borrowed a small fortune to get it.
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, is a key step in making college affordable. Applications for the 2023-24 school year open on Oct. 1, and those who apply early stand the best chance of getting more free money for school.
D. Jean Hester, who oversaw college enrollment and admissions at schools in Ohio and Oregon for over a decade, advises getting in line as quickly as you can. While the federal government doesn’t run out of money for need-based aid, colleges and states do.
“Do it this fall. There’s absolutely no reason to wait,” Hester says.
When you submit the FAFSA, you are applying for need-based aid that can make a big difference in where you decide to go to school and how much debt you’ll face after graduation. Every dollar you get in grants, scholarships and work-study is one you won’t have to beg from family or borrow.
Filing early also means you’ll get your financial aid offer from the colleges you apply to sooner, Hester notes, allowing you time to compare offers or resolve any discrepancies.
“It’s one of those things you just need to get out of the way,” she says.
Types of aid covered by the FAFSA
The FAFSA is used to calculate your family’s Expected Family Contribution, or EFC. Subtract the EFC from your school’s official cost of attendance to reveal your financial need; the completed FAFSA then serves as your application for financial aid to help fill that hole.
A completed FAFSA unlocks these types of need-based federal, state and school aid:
- Pell Grants.
- Work-study.
- Scholarships.
- Grants.
The current maximum Pell Grant award is $6,895; any combination of grants, work-study and scholarships can cover some or all of the difference between the school’s official cost of attendance and your family’s expected financial contribution.
The great thing: These types of aid don’t need to be repaid.
You also need to complete the FAFSA to access federal student loans.
Watch your student loan debt tally
After completing the FAFSA, you are likely to be offered subsidized federal loans as well; they are called financial aid because the government pays the interest on them until you graduate. But they must be repaid like any other loan.
The FAFSA also serves as the application for unsubsidized federal loans, which aren’t tied to need. For freshmen, the amount is capped at $5,500 a year, but that rises to $7,500 by junior year.
If you need to borrow money beyond that amount, you could get a private student loan.
Any loan — whether subsidized or unsubsidized or private — becomes part of the debt you’ll have to cope with once you graduate. A NerdWallet analysis suggests the high school class of 2022 could face an average debt of nearly $40,000 by the time they graduate college.
And while student loan news is currently focused on President Joe Biden’s recent cancellation announcement, the administration has made clear that this allowance is tied to COVID relief and won’t happen again. | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/national-news/unlock-the-college-financial-aid-you-need-starting-oct-1/ | 2022-10-01 18:42:35 | 0 | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/national-news/unlock-the-college-financial-aid-you-need-starting-oct-1/ |
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WASHINGTON (Nexstar) – On Capitol Hill, lawmakers and experts discussed whether the country is ready to transition to clean energy amid concerns that the U.S. doesn’t have the necessary systems in place to produce, capture and distribute renewable power without serious problems.
“I fear we are going to have blackouts and I’m afraid we’re going to see (a) significant number of lives lost,” said David Tudor, with Associated Electric Cooperative.
On Thursday, experts on the nation’s power grid told senators the country will not be ready to transition to clean energy before more coal power plants start shutting down in 2028.
“We’ve got this push for all these new renewables, and we’ve got this push to shut down all these plants that work and there’s nothing there in the middle to save us,” Tudor explained.
West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin says there are challenges created by switching to clean and renewable energy.
“If we don’t have storage and we can’t store it, and it has to be either used or lost,” he said.
Energy producers blame United States Environmental Protection Agency regulations for the planned shutdowns, but Senator John Hickenlooper says that’s not the full picture.
“The pressure that’s coming to make these changes more rapidly really is coming from the public,” Sen. Hickenlooper (D-CO) said.
Hickenlooper says the public wants clean energy because climate change is making wildfires and storms worse, is impacting people’s lives and threatens the existing power grid.
“How do we balance reliability with the urgency to address climate change before the extreme weather accelerates to a point where we really can’t deal with it?” Hickenlooper added.
One idea would keep coal-fired power plants operating until 2035 to give clean energy technology more time to advance. | https://www.wric.com/washington-dc/experts-warn-u-s-isnt-ready-for-transition-to-clean-energy/ | 2023-06-01 23:34:57 | 0 | https://www.wric.com/washington-dc/experts-warn-u-s-isnt-ready-for-transition-to-clean-energy/ |
President Biden on Friday told Group of Seven (G-7) leaders that the United States will support a joint effort to train Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter aircrafts, a senior administration official told The Hill.
The U.S. is hopeful the training can begin in the “coming week,” the official said, and it will require months to complete. It will occur outside Ukraine at sites in Europe.
The countries participating in the effort will decide when to actually provide the jets, how many will be provided and who will provide them, the official said.
The president is in Hiroshima, Japan, for the G-7 summit, where Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is reportedly expected to make an in-person appearance this weekend.
The F-16 is a fourth-generation aircraft that is far superior to the Soviet-era jets Ukraine is operating. Training Ukrainians on the aircraft is an effort to further strengthen and improve the capabilities of the country’s air force and is part of the U.S.’s long-term commitment to Ukraine’s self-defense, according to the official.
“Together with the short-term and medium-term security assistance packages we are providing Ukraine, President Biden is sending a powerful signal of how the United States and our allies and partners are fully united in ensuring Ukraine remains sovereign, independent, and secure with the ability to defend against and deter future attacks,” the official said.
Ukraine has wanted to receive Western fighter jets like the American F-16 since the outset of the Russian invasion. Kyiv ramped up its pressure earlier this year to secure the warplanes, and Zelensky last month said he “raised the issue” of F-16 fighter jets during a call with Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.)
The U.S. is also expected to unveil a “substantial” sanctions package against Russia on Friday while Biden is in Japan. Sanctions being issued by the U.S. will include blacklisting 300 individuals, entities, vessels and aircraft across Europe, the Middle East and Asia and an expanded sanctions authority to target sectors of the Russian economy. | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/hill-politics/biden-tells-g7-leaders-us-will-support-effort-to-train-ukrainian-pilots-on-f-16s/ | 2023-05-19 18:58:19 | 0 | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/hill-politics/biden-tells-g7-leaders-us-will-support-effort-to-train-ukrainian-pilots-on-f-16s/ |
Snapchat rolls out option to let parents see who their teens are messaging
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Snapchat on Tuesday introduced its first parental control center, nearly 10 months after an executive from the company told Congress it was developing tools aimed at helping parents keep their teens safe.
The new tool, called Family Center, promises to give parents more insight into who their teenagers are communicating with on the messaging app — without divulging the content of those conversations. Parents must create their own Snapchat account, and teens have to opt-in and give permission for them to use the feature.
"Family Center is designed to reflect the way that parents engage with their teens in the real world, where parents usually know who their teens are friends with and when they are hanging out — but don't eavesdrop on their private conversations," the company said in a blog post.
After disclosures from a Facebook whistleblower last fall raised concerns about the company's impact on younger users, executives from Snapchat's parent company, YouTube, TikTok and Instagram were grilled by Congress about the steps they take to protect teens.
Democrats and Republicans in the Senate Commerce subcommittee on consumer protection raised concerns that social media platforms have been used to harm kids and promote destructive acts, such as vandalism in schools, deadly viral challenges, bullying, eating disorders and manipulative influencer marketing. Jennifer Stout, Snap VP of global public policy, told Congress "there is more work to be done" and said the company was developing new parental tools to help protect young users.
Several apps have introduced new options in recent months to bolster parental controls and protections for younger users. Instagram, for example, launched tools that offer parents visibility into the accounts their kids follow or are followed by, and how much time they spend on the apps.
While this is Snapchat's first foray into parental controls, it did have a few existing safety measures for young users, such as requiring teens to be mutual friends before they can start communicating with each other and prohibiting them from having public profiles.
Snap said it plans to add more features to Family Center in the coming months. Some of the new tools will include the ability for parents to see which new friends their teens have added, allow them to confidentially report concerning accounts that may be interacting with their child, and give younger users the option to notify their parents when they report an account or piece of content. The company said it consulted online safety experts in developing the features. | https://www.wisn.com/article/snapchat-option-to-let-parents-see-who-their-teens-are-messaging/40849316 | 2022-08-09 19:21:08 | 1 | https://www.wisn.com/article/snapchat-option-to-let-parents-see-who-their-teens-are-messaging/40849316 |
By LYNN ELBER
AP Television Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eager to root for viewer favorites “Yellowstone,” “NCIS” or “Young Sheldon” during the Emmy Awards? Save your breath.
They and other ratings successes failed to make a dent in nominations for Monday’s ceremony. Instead, the haul went to shows that are critical darlings or possess a higher degree of cool, “Stranger Things” and “Squid Game” among them.
While it may be frustrating to fans, industry experts consider such omissions a sign that television’s most prestigious honor is doing its job, or trying to, in the daunting age of “peak TV” overload.
“When the Emmys were created more than 70 years ago, there were so few shows. The public was familiar with what was being nominated,” said TV producer-writer William Rosenthal. That remained the case for most of the 20th century, but today it’s “a whole different game, with more than 500 series, and also international series.”
Netflix’s “Squid Game” is a case in point, a South Korean drama that’s the first non-English language nominee for top series honors. The dystopian horror story is competing with seven other acclaimed shows, including “Succession” and “Severance.”
The crush of programming means that even worthy shows struggle for recognition.
“You would have thought this bounty of quality would have been wonderful for the Emmys, but it’s become one of their most significant challenges,” said Robert Thompson, director of Syracuse University’s Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture. “What happens when an award that was originally designed to pick out the high points in what was called the ‘idiot box’ suddenly has more high points than they can possibly know what to do with?”
Which begs the question: Given the many options splintering the TV audience, how can an awards show draw a crowd?
The ceremony isn’t limited to spotlighting only nominated shows, said returning executive producers Reginald Hudlin and Ian Stewart. The awards air 8 p.m. EDT Monday on NBC, with Kenan Thompson of “Saturday Night Live” as host.
“The writing, the filmmaking, the acting that you see on television is extraordinary,” said Hudlin. “We want to celebrate all of TV … the things we like to watch, whatever those are, yay!”
How to accomplish that? “Put a bit of ‘Law & Order’ in there for the people, and that’s exactly what we’re going to do,” said Stewart, using the long-running franchise as shorthand for crowd favorites. “We want people to recognize their TV, not our TV, not just those things that are nominated but they’ve never heard of, or don’t subscribe to the streaming service.”
One approach, inviting actors from non-nominated shows to serve as presenters, is already evident: Mariska Hargitay of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and Christopher Meloni of “Law & Order: Organized Crime” will do just that (with both shows also conveniently on host network NBC).
The nominations winnowing process was particularly brutal this year. The farewell seasons of network favorites “black-ish” and “This Is Us” were snubbed, and FX’s “Atlanta” was left out of the best comedy series category after two previous nods (although star-creator Donald Glover is up for an acting trophy, which he won in 2017).
Staples like NBC’s “Chicago Fire” or CBS’ “NCIS” — the No. 1 network drama with an average 10 million viewers last season — are awards longshots in any field, but particularly among TV’s endless wave of innovative storytelling. The same goes for Paramount’s “Yellowstone,” well-crafted but not seen as cutting edge, which leaves even its deserving cast members out in the cold.
“It seems like a big oversight that Kelly Reilly hasn’t been nominated,” said Rosenthal, whose credits include “Nurse Jackie” and who is an assistant professor at Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts. Reilly’s performance as tough but troubled Beth Dutton in the modern Western is “really fantastic,” he said.
Emmy nods largely favored shows from big-spending streaming services like Netflix, among the drivers of TV’s explosive growth, alongside relatively old-guard premium cable channels including HBO and Showtime. Of the 21 nominees in the best drama, comedy and limited series categories, 11 are on streaming services and seven are on premium cable.
ABC’s comedy “Abbott Elementary,” stands alone as a broadcast network series nominee. Two series nods went to basic cable: AMC’s “Better Call Saul” and FX’s “What We Do in the Shadows.”
When broadcast and daily ratings ruled TV, before DVRs and streaming, Emmy recognition could help make a show. The groundbreaking police drama “Hill Street Blues” is a vivid example cited by Syracuse’s Thompson.
It was among the lowest-rated series when it was showered in 1981 with a then-record eight Emmys, he said, and spared cancellation. It aired until 1987 and won four consecutive best drama series awards.
The Emmys hunt still triggers splashy “for your consideration” promotional campaigns aimed at academy voters. But the overloaded pop culture environment has dimmed the appeal of Hollywood awards ceremonies across the board, as ebbing viewership proves, and maybe the cachet of the trophies themselves.
Emmy producer Stewart offers a counter perspective to the latter. Statistically, he said, the odds of winning one of the 25 Emmys to be given Monday are overwhelmingly long.
“Let’s not forget that this is an incredible, incredible achievement,” he said.
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It’s reasonable to think Chet Holmgren will be an NBA All-Star one day. He was a highly recruited high school player whose one year at Gonzaga was stellar enough for Oklahoma City to make him the No. 2 pick in last year’s draft. He’s an obvious talent, an enormous talent.
And it’s terrible that Holmgren got hurt last summer and will miss the entirety of this season.
But evidently, his rehab has been going extremely well — since four NBA players say he should start next month’s All-Star Game.
That’s right. When NBA players were asked in recent weeks who should start their All-Star Game in Salt Lake City on Feb. 19, four of them said that Holmgren should, even though he has yet to make his NBA debut.
So, congratulations to everyone involved. It’s a new record: 330 different NBA players got a vote — either from themselves or their peers — saying they should be an All-Star starter. That’s 20 more than the number of players who got votes in 2021.
Keep in mind only 10 people will start the All-Star Game. There might be, at the most, 20 legitimate candidates for those starting nods. OK, let’s say it’s 30 players, even. That’s 300 less than the number of people who received votes.
That means a ton of votes were wasted, unserious, a joke.
This all started seven years ago, after almost 800,000 people stuffed the ballot boxes and nearly made Zaza Pachulia an All-Star starter. So the NBA changed the rules, going to a weighted formula — 50% is determined by fan votes, 25% by media votes, 25% by player votes.
The fans pretty much got who they wanted, as should always be the case. LeBron James, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, Luka Doncic, Nikola Jokic and Jayson Tatum were the top seven fan vote-getters; they all were announced as starters when the list was revealed Thursday night. So did No. 9 Kyrie Irving, No. 10 Donovan Mitchell and No. 12 Zion Williamson.
No. 7 Joel Embiid didn’t make the cut, nor did No. 11 Anthony Davis.
Player votes were a big reason why Davis wasn’t a starter. Only 30 players voted for Davis among Western Conference frontcourt players, while 80 voted for Williamson. That made the difference.
But many of the 375 ballots returned by players were puzzling.
Chicago’s Lonzo Ball got four votes. Miami’s Omer Yurtseven got three votes. Jae Crowder, who is still a member of the Phoenix Suns in name only, got two votes. Denver’s Collin Gillespie and Portland’s Ibou Badji each got one vote.
Here’s what they all have in common: Like Holmgren, none has played this season.
There were other interesting — a polite way of saying odd, in this case — trends within the data. Only Jokic (58.7%), Antetokounmpo (58.7%) and James (51.5%) appeared on more than half of the All-Star ballots cast by NBA players this year.
The Phoenix Suns were hoping that guard Devin Booker would get consideration as a starter. He wasn’t close, probably in large part because he’s missed some time this season with injury.
“We know and the league knows and the players know,” Phoenix coach Monty Williams said. “He’s the best (shooting) guard in the game and one of the best players in the game.”
Perhaps the players don’t know: Only 8.5% said Booker should be a starter.
Milwaukee’s Grayson Allen got four votes, which is one more than reigning NBA defensive player of the year Marcus Smart of Boston received. Yes, Allen has been a contributor to what the Bucks have done so far this year. He’s had his moments. He’s hit big shots. But it’s not a fine line between solid player and All-Star starter — it’s more like a crater.
There certainly could be a year where the irresponsible voting really costs somebody a spot. It won’t be this year. Certainly, arguments could be made for other players — Embiid, Domantas Sabonis, Ja Morant, Lauri Markkanen, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander — as candidates to start.
They’ll all probably be All-Stars anyway.
The coaches will now decide the reserves; the votes for the starters no longer count for anything. Only the coaches’ ballots count toward the last seven All-Stars selected from each conference. And if someone has to bow out of the game because of injury, Commissioner Adam Silver chooses a replacement.
But hopefully, there will soon come a time when the players take the voting more seriously. If not, maybe the NBA needs to consider taking their vote away.
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Tim Reynolds is a national basketball writer for The Associated Press. Write to him at treynolds(at)ap.org
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TORONTO, Feb. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Manulife's Board of Directors today announced quarterly shareholders' dividends on the following non-cumulative preferred shares of Manulife Financial Corporation, payable on or after March 19, 2023, to shareholders of record at the close of business on February 28, 2023:
- Class A Shares Series 2 - $0.29063 per share
- Class A Shares Series 3 - $0.28125 per share
- Class 1 Shares Series 3 - $0.14675 per share
- Class 1 Shares Series 4 - $0.34089 per share
- Class 1 Shares Series 9 - $0.373625 per share
- Class 1 Shares Series 11 - $0.295688 per share
- Class 1 Shares Series 13 - $0.275875 per share
- Class 1 Shares Series 15 - $0.236625 per share
- Class 1 Shares Series 17 - $0.2375 per share
- Class 1 Shares Series 19 - $0.229688 per share
- Class 1 Shares Series 25 - $0.29375 per share
About Manulife
Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services provider, helping people make their decisions easier and lives better. With our global headquarters in Toronto, Canada, we provide financial advice and insurance, operating as Manulife across Canada, Asia, and Europe, and primarily as John Hancock in the United States. Through Manulife Investment Management, the global brand for our Global Wealth and Asset Management segment, we serve individuals, institutions, and retirement plan members worldwide. At the end of 2022, we had more than 40,000 employees, over 116,000 agents, and thousands of distribution partners, serving over 34 million customers. We trade as 'MFC' on the Toronto, New York, and the Philippine stock exchanges and under '945' in Hong Kong.
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Regarded as the gold standard in the field of cross-border employment, the global recruitment platform teamed up with a consortium of Canadian companies and Starlight Investments, to help Ukrainian refugees obtain protected status under the CUAET program and find jobs and housing.
MIAMI, July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Joblio Inc has today announced that it has successfully secured jobs for the first group of Ukrainian refugees resettled in Canada. The ethical recruitment platform is regarded as the gold standard in the field of cross-border employment and teamed up with Canadian companies to help the refugees find employment in across Canada.
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion, Joblio has helped Ukrainian refugees fleeing the horrendous conflict to find employment in Germany, Romania, Poland, and the USA. Jon Purizhansky, CEO and co-founder of Joblio Inc, has reiterated the company's commitment to assisting refugees from Ukraine and insists that it will continue to channel its resources to facilitate their rapid introduction into safer countries.
"Our focus at Joblio is to revolutionize migrant assimilation by offering continuous support to help them face unexpected challenges." - Jon Purizhansky.
Joblio Inc. efficiently handled all aspects of their job hunting process - from the preparation and execution of documents to resume development, search for sponsors, organization of meetings, and search for housing.
To ease the difficult affair of relocation, Starlight Investments came forward to provide accommodations for resettled refugees, with flexible terms to allow them to build stability without worrying about immediate bills. Founded in 2011, the North American Real Estate firm manages assets on behalf of publicly listed, institutional, and private investors and has reaffirmed its commitment to creating sustainable and modern living spaces where people want to live, work, shop, and play.
"Our hearts and thoughts are with the people of Ukraine, and we will continue to do all we can to support and help them get through these trying times. We understand the challenges of a sudden move abroad and are working together to be as flexible as possible."
– Simone Webb, Starlight Executive Director of National Leasing, Starlight Investments.
Founded by Jon Purizhansky and chaired by the former president of the Manpower Group David Arkless, Joblio operates more efficient recruitment, training, and retraining process for cross-border employment. The company's proprietary Applicant Concierge Experience (ACE) program is focused on pre-departure and post-arrival community management, helping international job seekers to begin acclimating to their new homes even before they leave their countries of origin.
Differentiated from the non-transparent and inefficient practices of the current global migrant labor market, Joblio's accessible global platform removes the unethical middlemen from the process, freeing up more economic value for both employers and laborers. Its streamlined and transparent hiring process results in faster applicant processing, higher employee satisfaction, and lower employee attrition.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Avaya Holdings Corp. (NYSE: AVYA) (OTC: AVYAW) between November 22, 2021 and November 29, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important March 6, 2023 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Avaya securities you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Avaya class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=8033 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than March 6, 2023. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, throughout the Class Period, defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) the Company's internal control over financial reporting ("ICFR") was deficient in several areas; (2) as a result of these deficiencies, the Company had failed to design and maintain effective controls over its whistleblower policies and its ethics and compliance program; (3) the Company's deteriorating financial condition was likely to raise substantial doubt as to its ability to continue as a going concern; and (4) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
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TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Viking Mergers & Acquisitions is pleased to announce the recent acquisition of a high-end window and door business based in Florida's West Coast. Over the past 35+ years, this founder-owned business has established itself as one of the most reputable providers of high-end windows and doors within its market. With a well-balanced customer base and strong management staff in place to facilitate day-to-day operations, this company is poised for continued growth.
Jacob Middleton of Viking M&A was the advisor who oversaw the transaction.
In business since 1996, Viking provides exit strategies and M&A services to middle-market business owners. Viking has an 85% close rate, representing more than 800 successful transactions.
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — More than 80 men suspected of the gang rapes of eight women and the armed robbery of a video production crew in the South African town of Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg, appeared in court on Monday.
The men were arrested at an abandoned mining site following the rapes and robbery near the disused mine.
The suspects are allegedly illegal miners known as zama-zamas who dig for gold in the Johannesburg area’s many closed mine shafts. Many of the illegal miners are foreigners, according to local reports. The zama-zama gangs of illegal miners are also blamed for widespread crime in the area, according to local residents.
The gang rapes occurred when a crew filming a music video at one of the abandoned mines was attacked by armed men on Thursday last week, according to police.
“The crew of 22 people — 12 women and 10 men — were busy filming a music video when they were allegedly attacked by a group of armed men clad in blankets,” Police Commissioner for Gauteng province Lt. Gen. Elias Mawela in a statement.
“The suspects ordered everyone to lay down and proceeded to rape eight of the women and robbed everyone of their belongings before fleeing the scene,” he said. The crew was robbed of all their video equipment. Police are investigating 32 counts of rape, he said.
Laboratory studies of DNA samples from the raped women will be used to identify perpetrators of the rapes, National Minister of Police Bheki Cele said on Monday.
Others arrested are expected to face additional charges of illegal immigration and illegal mining.
More than 300 people demonstrated outside the Krugersdorp Magistrates Court on Monday to express the community’s fury over the rapes.
News of the gang rapes and robbery has angered community and women’s organizations in the area, who have complained that such incidents are rife around Krugersdorp.
“We are going to demand that the police station should be placed under administration because the community has reported many crimes committed by the zama-zamas but nothing has been done,” said Zandile Dabula, secretary-general of Operation Dudula, an organization that protests against illegal immigrants in South Africa. The organization was part of the Monday protest outside the Krugersdorp courthouse.
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The Last Night of a Damned Soul, the first novel by Algerian playwright Slimane Benaissa to be translated into English, follows a young Arab-American man's entanglement in a terrorist plot. Hear reviewer Alan Cheuse.
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Erik Karlsson had just completed a four-point game last month — after an all-too-rare Sharks victory on home ice — when coach David Quinn was asked if he could imagine this team without the two-time Norris Trophy winner.
“I don’t want to imagine this team without him,” Quinn said before asking, “Why do you have to do that to me?”
Karlsson, healthy again from a physical and mental standpoint, is perhaps having the best individual season of his 14-year NHL career — as his 66 points in 51 games lead all defensemen and has helped land him in this weekend’s NHL All-Star Game for the seventh time. A third Norris Trophy as the league’s top defenseman is a distinct possibility.
“I feel good now as I did when I was 22. I can still do all of the same things,” Karlsson said Thursday in South Florida, the site of the all-star festivities. “I just need a little bit more sleep. But that’s not body issues. That’s more because (of my two children).”
Karlsson, though, has stated repeatedly this season that he wants to win, and with the Sharks (15-25-11) nowhere close to a playoff spot, speculation has been rampant as to whether he and other key players will still be with San Jose after the NHL trade deadline on March 3, or by the time training camp for the 2023-24 season opens in September.
For now, Karlsson says he likes where the Sharks are heading under first-year general manager Mike Grier, who has some key decisions ahead of him as he tries to shape the team to his liking.
“I think we’re going in a good direction,” Karlsson said. “I think that the people that are there now have a very clear mind on what they want to do and you can feel that throughout the organization. You can feel that it’s heading somewhere positive.”
Perhaps the only other time the Sharks have seen Karlsson dominate play the way he is right now was during a magical five-week stretch midway through the 2018-2019 season.
Following an inconsistent start, Karlsson, roughly three months after he was acquired by the Ottawa Senators, had 27 points in 18 games, which included a 14-game point streak from early December to early January. The Sharks went 13-4-1 in that unforgettable stretch, helping propel them to another playoff appearance.
If Karlsson had stayed healthy that season – he was affected by a groin injury that later required surgery – perhaps the Sharks would have advanced further than the Western Conference final.
“If he had played at the level he’s playing at right now, (the Sharks) might have won a couple of Stanley Cups,” said Dallas Stars coach Pete DeBoer, the Sharks’ coach from 2015 to 2019, of Karlsson. “I don’t want to minimize that. He has the ability to impact the game like that.”
Instead of competing for Cups, though, the Sharks are on the verge of missing the playoffs for a fourth straight year. Right now, talk around the Sharks is heavily focused on who might be dealt prior to the March 3 trade deadline.
At the top of that list is pending restricted free agent Timo Meier.
Meier’s agent, Claude Lemieux, told this news organization late last month that he and the Sharks have not had any contract extension talks. Meier, 26, is on pace for his first career 40-goal season, and as one of the league’s prized trade targets, the Sharks could net a quality return on any deal for the 26-year-old winger.
“It’s an unfortunate part of the business,” Karlsson said. “When you’re in situations like this, you’re going to lose guys that you don’t want to sometimes. I don’t know what’s going to happen with Timo per se. But he’s one of our premier players. He’s one of our best players and he has been for a couple of years now, and he’s going to have a good future ahead of him.
“We’ll see what happens with him but obviously, I don’t think anyone wants to see him go.”
No one within the Sharks organization wants to see Karlsson go, either, and Grier indicated last month that he’s in no hurry to trade him. A Karlsson deal, at least on the surface, seems unlikely before March 3 given his contract, which lasts four more years after this season with an annual $11.5 million salary cap hit, and includes a full no-movement clause.
But the offseason could be a different story. More teams might be in the mix for Karlsson before the start of a new season, and NHL general managers will know exactly what the league’s salary cap will be at that point.
“I’ve gone through (a trade) once before (in 2018), so it doesn’t really affect me probably as much as it did the first time around, and it’s not something that I really walk around and think about that much,” Karlsson said. “I try and take it day by day and I control the things that I can control. The things that are out of my hands, I can’t really do much about that.”
Karlsson is making his first all-star game appearance since the 2019 event in San Jose. Although he won’t participate in any of Friday’s skills competitions, two of which will take place outdoors, he’ll be part of the Pacific Division team that also features Edmonton’s Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl and Calgary’s Nazem Kadri.
Also, he is a parent for the first time as an all-star, as he has his two children with him — three-year-old daughter Harlow and one-year-old son Stellan Axel.
“I’m going to enjoy this weekend,” Karlsson said. “and I’ll probably be a little bit more receptive to my surroundings and everything around it and enjoy it a little bit differently.” | https://www.chicoer.com/2023/02/02/erik-karlsson-on-trade-talk-timo-meiers-future-and-why-this-all-star-game-is-special/ | 2023-02-02 23:51:54 | 1 | https://www.chicoer.com/2023/02/02/erik-karlsson-on-trade-talk-timo-meiers-future-and-why-this-all-star-game-is-special/ |
Purported Trump supporter who claimed Antifa burned down his camper admits to staged attack, DOJ says
Josh Campbell and Andy Rose, CNN
A Minnesota man who claimed Antifa set fire to his camper during the political unrest of 2020 because he had displayed a Trump campaign flag admitted to staging the event and committing insurance fraud, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.
Denis Molla, age 30, of Minneapolis suburb Brooklyn Center was indicted by a federal grand jury in July and pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud after being accused of defrauding and attempting to defraud an insurance agency and GoFundMe donors of more than $300,000 following the alleged incident, according to court records.
In September 2020, Molla had “falsely reported to law enforcement that someone had lit his camper on fire and that three unknown males were near his home when he heard an explosion,” according to a DOJ news release. The Justice Department said Molla claimed his property was vandalized with graffiti referencing “Biden 2020,” Black Lives Matter, and Antifa.
Molla falsely told CNN affiliate WCCO shortly after the fire that he believed someone set the blaze in response to Trump 2020 flags he had put in his yard. “These kind of stuff should not happen, especially over beliefs of some sort,” he told WCCO.
“Mr. Molla was obviously remorseful during his federal plea hearing today,” Ryan Garry, Molla’s attorney, told CNN via email Tuesday. “It’s easy for the general public to look down on him, without knowing what was going on in his life, and cast immediate judgement. Mr. Molla is a wonderful husband and father who made a mistake that he sincerely regrets. Unlike many others, he has accepted full responsibility for his actions and is sorry for what happened.”
Federal guidelines call for Molla to receive a sentence of up to 51 months, plus a fine and restitution, but prosecutors did not immediately make a sentencing recommendation.
Judge David Doty released Molla on his own recognizance pending a sentencing hearing to be scheduled at a later date.
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The Storm Team 11 Forecast calls for clearing skies tonight with a low near 50 degrees.
Wednesday will be partly cloudy with a 30% chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms during the late afternoon into the evening. The high will be 85 degrees.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms are forecast for Wednesday night with a low of 58 degrees. A few of the storms could be strong overnight.
Look for a mix of sun and clouds Thursday with a 60% chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms. A Few of the storms could be strong to severe. The high will be 86 degrees.
Partly cloudy skies are forecast for Thursday night with a 20% chance of scattered showers. The low will be 62 degrees.
Partly cloudy skies and hot temperatures are forecast for Friday with a high of 92 degrees.
Partly cloudy skies are forecast for Friday night with a low of 63 degrees.
Partly cloudy skies are forecast for Saturday with a 50% chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms. The high will be 90 degrees.
Showers and thunderstorms will be scattered across the area Saturday night into Sunday. The chance of rain is 50% Saturday night and 60% on Sunday. The low Saturday night will be near 62 with a high on Sunday near 77 degrees.
Fair skies are forecast for Sunday night with a low near 50 degrees.
Partly cloudy skies are forecast for Monday with a 30% chance of rain. The high will be 76 degrees.
Partly cloudy skies are forecast for Monday night with a low of 52 degrees.
Tuesday will be partly cloudy with a 40% chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. The high will be 80 degrees.
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Priority Manual Verifications Help Expedite the Research Process for Financial Services and Government Customers
ATLANTA, Sept. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Equifax® (NYSE: EFX) announced enhancements to its manual verification of income (VOI) service from Equifax Workforce Solutions with Priority Next Day™ and Priority Two Day™ options, designed to help expedite the research process when information is not instantly available via The Work Number® database. As a result of these Priority enhancements, Equifax is further positioning itself as a resource of choice for customers to complete the verifications they need in support of quicker, more confident decisioning.
"Our customers rely on rapid verifications of income to help them meet the needs of consumers in today's fast-paced world," said Scott Maxfield, Vice President for Verifications at Equifax Workforce Solutions. "When instant verifications are not available, our manual Priority offerings provide a fast and convenient option, with built-in automation, to help move processes forward for social service determinations and redeterminations as well as for auto, credit, mortgage and personal loan decisions."
Priority Next Day and Priority Two Day offerings deliver low-risk, high-value solutions by only charging customers for a completed Priority order. Customers may also use the hassle-free opt-in feature at order origination to automatically convert a Priority order to the Standard offering at Standard pricing if the order is not fulfilled within the designated Priority time frame. This comprehensive coverage ensures customers can obtain their verification answers in one convenient place.
Priority verifications complement the instant service provided by The Work Number, the industry-leading, centralized commercial source of income and employment information in the U.S. When information is not digitally available through The Work Number, Priority Next Day and Priority Two Day orders aim to fulfill the request by 11:59 p.m. Central time the next business day and the second business day, respectively.
Standard manual verifications are also still available for individual purchase. For more information on Priority verifications of income and other verification services available from Equifax Workforce Solutions, click here.
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Chicago Cubs manager David Ross treated each game the previous three seasons the same way.
He returned to Chicago in October 2019 to win another championship for the franchise and wanted to take on the challenges that come with those expectations. Even when mired in back-to-back losing seasons, Ross brought this mentality into the dugout each game — reflected at times in his surly postgame demeanor when the Cubs were on the losing end.
After two rebuilding seasons, the Cubs’ offseason investments and improved roster now align their talent level with the external perception that this group should produce a winning season.
And by extension, this puts Ross’ in-game decisions under scrutiny. Even five games into the season.
“I’m not perfect, I’m not going to be perfect, I’ll definitely make mistakes,” Ross said before Tuesday’s 12-5 victory against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park. “I also know part of sitting in this seat, part of this job, is getting scrutinized.”
The seventh inning of Monday’s 7-6 loss to the Reds highlighted the second-guessing that will become more frequent with the importance of each game in contending for the division and postseason.
Ross opted to have Patrick Wisdom, with a bruised wrist, attempt a sacrifice bunt with runners on first and second and left the call on once Wisdom got ahead 3-1 only to pop out to the pitcher. Then he chose to use both reserve catchers, Luis Torrens and Yan Gomes, to pinch hit with two outs over contact hitter Nick Madrigal.
And that’s just one inning of examples. Whether Ross gives a starter too much rope (Drew Smyly on Monday) or perhaps pulls his veteran early (Jameson Taillon on Sunday), moments pop up in every game that can sway a win or loss.
Ross understands. He does reflect, too, after games. He replays scenarios and consults his coaching staff and the front office about the thought process behind his decisions and what, if anything, they would have done differently.
“I’ve always thought expectations are a great thing,” Ross said. “The expectation to win is good. That means we have a good team. I believe we have a good team.
“I also know that in my job I can’t worry about what everyone else thinks. I’ve got to trust the people around me. I’ve got a very good support staff here. … So I want to continue to take it day by day and game by game to do the best I can. But I’ve never expected not to win, I promise you that.”
The self-evaluation process requires removing the outcome from the process. If the process leading to the decision is sound, what happened shouldn’t influence whether the right or wrong decision was made. (”Outcome bias,” as former Cubs manager Joe Maddon liked to say, Ross noted.)
Ross knows that can be difficult to separate externally, that ultimately the result is what fans care about when a decision or move doesn’t work out.
“We can second-guess and Monday morning quarterback it all, but that’s my job to make those decisions,” Ross said. “When it works out, it’s great. When it doesn’t, it’s my fault. So that’s part of the seat.
“It’s just trying to be consistent with what I do. … If we’re in a conversation and five people around me tell me they would have done something differently, then I’d try to look in a mirror and, like, where did I miss? How did I miss? It’s the only way we get better.”
Ross gets that part of his job description involves publicly explaining his in-game choices. He tries to balance offering insight into the whys of his thought process while not giving away all of his in-game strategies.
The focus on Ross’ decisions during the first of week of the season won’t compare to the microscope that awaits if the Cubs are fighting for a playoff spot in August and September. After the last two losing seasons, Ross and the Cubs would take that.
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Morning: Partly sunny. Hazy. Mid 60s.
Afternoon: Partly sunny. Hazy. High 82.
Tonight: Partly cloudy. Hazy. Low 66.
Wildfire smoke is once again impacting local air quality across Central New York. While the level of pollution isn't expected to be as high as earlier this month, it is unhealthy to be spending long periods of time outdoors. It's recommended to keep windows closed and limit your time outdoors again today. Avoid strenuous outdoor activity. It will be gradually becoming lighter as winds push the smoke out of our area over the weekend.
Partly sunny and hazy today. Warmer, with highs in the low 80s. It becomes humid tomorrow and very warm, with afternoon scattered thunderstorms and highs in the low 80s. Sunday looks wetter than Saturday, with more scattered thunderstorms expected throughout the day.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms continue on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. High humidity and warm weather, with highs in the low 80s. Most thunderstorms are expected to develop in the afternoon and no particular day looks to be a washout. | https://www.wktv.com/news/top-stories/stormtracker-2-alert-day-continues-due-to-wildfire-smoke/article_5f17340e-171d-11ee-bfc3-2778d24619d9.html | 2023-06-30 10:37:43 | 1 | https://www.wktv.com/news/top-stories/stormtracker-2-alert-day-continues-due-to-wildfire-smoke/article_5f17340e-171d-11ee-bfc3-2778d24619d9.html |
If you have a sweet tooth and an eye for opportunity, this might be te job for you.
Candy Funhouse, an online retailer of everything from chocolate bars to gummies and more, is hiring for a position which pays $78,000 as its Chief Candy Officer.
If that isn’t enough, it is a work-from-home gig. There is at least one requirement: You have to be older than 5 years old.
This isn’t for the faint of heart or stomach. The chief candy officer will serve as head taste tester and try more than 3,500 products each month.
The position was posted on LinkedIn last month.
“Do you love all things candy and chocolate? Are you passionate about confectionary treats and exploring unreleased and existing products? If so, this is the PERFECT position for you!” the description reads on LinkedIn.
CEO Jamal Hejazi said he’s been surprised by the number of “golden ticket” themed applications and the elaborate videos of entire families offering to share the tasting duties and salary.
Candy Funhouse, based outside of Toronto, is headed by a quartet of 20- and 30-something siblings who grew up in the area and whose parents owned donut shops and a local restaurant, CNN reported.
“My brother Mo, a candyhead, founded it in 2018, and my mother was employee no. 2,” Hejazi told the news agency, adding that he and a younger sister and brother later joined the firm.
According to the LinkedIn ad, the Chief Candy Officer position also allows for the option to work out of either the company’s Toronto, Canada, headquarters or the Newark, N.J., office.
“Being the Chief Candy Officer at Candy Funhouse is much more than just fun and games, it’s serious candy business,” the ad says. “The candidate will be put through extensive palate training and much more. The Chief Candy Officer should put fun at the forefront of their daily routine.”
According to NPR, nearly 6,500 people have applied to the job. Applicants have until Aug. 31 to apply. No previous experience is necessary.
Happy job hunting!
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BlackBerry QNX Royalty Revenue Backlog Increased 14% Year-Over-Year
WATERLOO, ON, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) today announced that Strategy Analytics, a leading independent research firm, has determined BlackBerry® QNX® software is now embedded in over 215 million vehicles worldwide, an increase of 20 million from the year before.
BlackBerry is the market leader for safety-certified embedded software in automotive, trusted by OEMs and Tier 1s across the industry, including BMW, Bosch, Continental, Honda, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, and Visteon. Automakers rely on BlackBerry QNX software for a broad range of critical systems for the vehicles of today and for the next generation software-defined vehicles of the future, as exampled by the growth announced today and the company's design wins with 24 of the top 25 Electric Vehicle OEMs .
BlackBerry also announced that its BlackBerry QNX royalty revenue backlog has increased to approximately $560 million at the end of its first quarter of Fiscal Year 2023. This represents a 14% increase, from approximately $490 million last year. The backlog metric is calculated annually using QNX's royalty rates and current projections of anticipated volumes over the lifetime of a design. BlackBerry QNX has recently achieved design wins with industry leaders such as Aptiv, Denso, Ford, GM, Hyundai, LG Electronics, Magna, and Volvo.
"BlackBerry continues to be the clear market leader in safety-critical embedded automotive software, with consistent growth in vehicles count, from over 16 million in 2013 to over 215 million today. We are delighted to be trusted by automotive OEMs and Tier 1s around the world," said John Chen, Executive Chairman & CEO, BlackBerry. "Connected-autonomous vehicles are central to the development of smart cities, so as the two key markets that BlackBerry serves – IoT and Cybersecurity – converge into an interdependent and combined market, our growth in the automotive industry will accelerate the emergence of a trusted smart world."
"BlackBerry remains the leading choice for safety-critical automotive software, deployed in millions of vehicles globally, reflecting an industry-leading strategic vision," said Roger Lanctot, Director, Automotive Connected Mobility, Strategy Analytics. "Over the past seven years, BlackBerry has retained and grown its position in a rapidly changing market, and successfully delivered innovative automotive software solutions, which OEMs and Tier 1s embed in vehicles sold around the world."
Strategy Analytics determined the volume of vehicles embedded with BlackBerry QNX software based on the number of BlackBerry QNX products that are shipped in the automotive market and the number of cars that contain BlackBerry QNX products and technology. The vast majority of BlackBerry QNX software products that are integrated and used in automotive ECUs are licensed on a per-unit royalty basis.
BlackBerry QNX software includes QNX® Neutrino® OS, QNX® Platform for ADAS, QNX® OS for Safety, QNX® CAR Platform for Infotainment, QNX® Platform for Digital Cockpits, QNX® Hypervisor 2.2 and QNX acoustics middleware.
For more information on BlackBerry QNX visit BlackBerry.com/QNX.
For more information on why 24 of the top 25 electric vehicle automakers chose BlackBerry QNX click here.
For a description of the BlackBerry QNX royalty revenue backlog metric, please refer to BlackBerry's report on Form 10-Q for the first quarter of fiscal year 2023, available on BlackBerry.com/Investors.
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The U.S. and Canada sent armored vehicles and other supplies to Haiti on Saturday to help police fight a powerful gang amid a pending request from the Haitian government for the immediate deployment of foreign troops.
A U.S. State Department statement said the equipment was bought by Haiti’s government, but it did not provide further details on the supplies flown on military aircraft to the capital of Port-au-Prince.
A spokesman for the U.S. military’s Southern Command said he could not provide further details on the supplies sent, though he added it was a joint operation involving the U.S. Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force.
“This equipment will assist (Haiti’s National Police) in their fight against criminal actors who are fomenting violence and disrupting the flow of critically-needed humanitarian assistance, hindering efforts to halt the spread of cholera,” the State Department said.
The Pan American Health Organization said there are more than 560 suspected cases of cholera, some 300 hospitalizations and at least 35 deaths, with experts warning the numbers are likely much higher than what is being reported.
The equipment arrived more than a month after one of Haiti’s most powerful gangs surrounded a fuel terminal and demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry. Demonstrators also have blocked roads in major cities to protest a sharp rise in fuel prices after Henry announced in early September that his administration could no longer afford to subsidize fuel.
Since then, gas stations have closed, hospitals have cut back on services and banks and grocery stores open on a limited basis as fuel, water and other supplies dwindle across Haiti.
The owners of the fuel terminal announced Saturday that armed men had attacked their installations for a second time and fled with more than 28,000 gallons of petroleum products after overpowering surveillance and emergency personnel at the facility.
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Nuggets vs. Timberwolves: Odds, spread, over/under and other Vegas lines - NBA Playoffs Game 5
The Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves are playing in the opening round of the NBA Playoffs, with a decisive Game 5 on tap.
In this article, you will find the spread and odds across multiple sportsbooks for the Nuggets vs. Timberwolves matchup.
Nuggets vs. Timberwolves Game Info
- Date: Tuesday, April 25, 2023
- Time: 9:00 PM ET
- How to Watch on TV: NBA TV, ALT, and BSNX
- Location: Denver, Colorado
- Venue: Ball Arena
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Nuggets vs. Timberwolves Odds, Spread, Over/Under
Take a look at the odds, spread and over/under for this matchup listed at different sportsbooks.
Nuggets vs. Timberwolves Betting Trends
- The Nuggets' +273 scoring differential (outscoring opponents by 3.3 points per game) is a result of scoring 115.8 points per game (12th in the NBA) while giving up 112.5 per contest (eighth in the league).
- The Timberwolves have a -3 scoring differential, putting up 115.8 points per game (12th in league) and allowing 115.8 (18th in NBA).
- The two teams average 231.6 points per game combined, 11.6 more points than this game's total.
- Opponents of these teams put up 228.3 combined points per game, 8.3 more points than this matchup's total.
- Denver has put together a 44-36-2 ATS record so far this year.
- Minnesota is 39-42-1 ATS this year.
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NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC ("KSF") and KSF partner, former Attorney General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., remind investors that they have until November 1, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against Kohl's Corporation (NYSE: KSS), if they purchased the Company's securities between October 20, 2020 and May 19, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
If you purchased securities of Kohl's and would like to discuss your legal rights and how this case might affect you and your right to recover for your economic loss, you may, without obligation or cost to you, contact KSF Managing Partner Lewis Kahn toll-free at 1-877-515-1850 or via email (lewis.kahn@ksfcounsel.com), or visit https://www.ksfcounsel.com/cases/nyse-kss/ to learn more. If you wish to serve as a lead plaintiff in this class action, you must petition the Court by November 1, 2022.
Kohl's and certain of its executives are charged with failing to disclose material information during the Class Period, violating federal securities laws.
On May 19, 2022, the Company disclosed disappointing 1Q2022 fiscal results including net sales growth and earnings per share below analyst expectations, as well as a cut to its full year earnings forecast, due to "macro headwinds related to lapping last year's stimulus and an inflationary consumer environment." Then, on May 20, 2022, Macellum Advisors GP, LLC, "a long-term holder of nearly 5% of the outstanding common shares of Kohl's," issued a statement addressing "[t]his quarter's extremely disappointing results," which it attributed to a "flawed strategic plan and an inability to execute," and that "the current Board appears to have withheld material information from shareholders about the state of Kohl's in the lead-up to this year's pivotal annual meeting," which "suggests to us a clear breach of fiduciary duty."
On this news, shares of Kohl's declined $5.84 per share, or 12.97%, to close at $39.20 per share on May 20, 2022.
The case is Shanaphy v. Kohl's Corporation, et al., No. 22-cv-01016.
KSF, whose partners include former Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., is one of the nation's premier boutique securities litigation law firms. KSF serves a variety of clients – including public institutional investors, hedge funds, money managers and retail investors – in seeking recoveries for investment losses emanating from corporate fraud or malfeasance by publicly traded companies. KSF has offices in New York, California, Louisiana and New Jersey.
To learn more about KSF, you may visit www.ksfcounsel.com.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Tuesday is launching a website to map and track tens of thousands of infrastructure projects and private manufacturing investments, an effort by the administration to show the positive impact of its policies on the U.S. economy to a skeptical public.
The site, Invest.gov, documents roughly 32,000 infrastructure projects and more than $470 billion worth of investments in the production of electric vehicles, batteries, computer chips, biotech, clean energy and other sectors. President Joe Biden is seeking reelection in 2024 by trying to show how his policies are reshaping the U.S. economy to address climate change and compete with rivals such as China.
Natalie Quillian, deputy White House chief of staff, said the site shows that Biden's agenda is “underway and working.”
“We want people to be able to see what’s happening in their communities," Quillian said.
U.S. adults have generally given Biden poor reviews on his economic leadership. Just 33% approve of how the president has handled the economy, according to a May survey by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. High inflation coming out of the pandemic has eroded confidence in Biden’s economic stewardship, overshadowing the 3.7% unemployment rate and more than 13 million jobs added so far during his presidency.
The rollout of the site comes shortly before the administration will engage in additional public outreach with a second round of its “Investing in America” tour. It plans to send out Cabinet secretaries and other officials around the country as part of the two-week July 4 congressional recess. Biden and other top administration officials previously visited parts of the U.S. in March and April in hopes of putting more focus on their policies.
The president plans to bring up the site during Tuesday's Cabinet meeting. It's a key piece of a larger effort to keep public attention on a string of legislative wins during Biden’s first two years, when Democrats controlled both the House and Senate. Following $1.9 trillion in pandemic relief, Biden signed a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill into law. He also secured more than $250 billion to invest in computer chip production and scientific research and created new tax incentives for renewable energy sources that are worth hundreds of billions of dollars.
Users on the site can look at a national map or scroll through projects by state. The site documents private investments of more than $100 million that the administration said its policies helped to spur. It also provides additional economic data and details at the state level, including on how administration policies have increased access to health care coverage and lowered prescription drug prices. | https://www.mrt.com/business/article/white-house-website-highlights-infrastructure-as-18137283.php | 2023-06-06 10:17:45 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/business/article/white-house-website-highlights-infrastructure-as-18137283.php |
EDENKOBEN, Germany, Feb. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- EWA, a member of EW Group with cooperation of ESAAM has reached an important milestone by launching a Handbook of Anti-Aging Medicine, based on research, education and knowledge sharing of medical specialists worldwide in diverse disciplines of medicine, which provides a basic explanation of ageing, anti-aging medicine, its standards, and technology.
Through this collaboration of authorship from over 40 top-tier medical and scientific experts, this book could be used as a tool for medical practitioners and ageing people in planning the challenges faced in caring the ageing patients and creating the preventive programs for them. These individuals have made major contributions to science, education, knowledge, and medicine.
The book, co-edited by Dr. Arseniy Trukhanoy and, Dr. Mike Chan, chairman of ESAAM covered four chapters; "Theoretical aspects of anti-aging medicine"; "Advances in regenerative and aesthetic medicine"; "Personalized preventive medicine", and "Methods and technologies for personalized interventions." This book covered current panels of ageing biomarkers, methods and technologies for early detection, health monitoring in anti-aging programmes, the structure, technologies, and staff of future anti-aging medicine clinics, potential advances in regenerative medicine and stem cell therapy, wellness symbiosis, and medical spa and fitness in clinics.
Prof. Dr. Mike Chan's contributions, focused on preventative and regenerative medicine for the ageing brain and neurodegeneration, and the physical activity and fitness paradigms for anti-aging and longevity.
EWA & EWBG
EWA, is a member of EWBG located in Germany, Switzerland, Greece and Malaysia, as a CPD authorized body with a premium training and development wing that revolves around cutting-edge Bio-Regenerative Medicine modalities for practitioners and researchers. It has extensive years of combined clinical experience and a core academic team comprising of qualified MDs and scientists with numerous international affiliations and accreditations.
https://ewacademy.eu/
https://european-wellness.eu/
European Society of Anti-Aging Medicine
Originally established in 2003 in Paris as subsidiary of A4M. The founders of ESAAM came from both science and clinical medicine: gerontology, physiology, biochemistry, dermatology, endocrinology, and aesthetic medicine, thereby influencing the ESAAM model.
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Witness: Desperate R. Kelly offered $1M for return of video
CHICAGO (AP) — A former merchandizing agent for R. Kelly testified Tuesday that the singer offered him $1 million to find a VHS tape featuring Kelly as prosecutors sought persuade jurors that Kelly was desperate to recover the missing recording, knowing it could land him in legal peril if it fell into the hands of law enforcement.
Based in part on that recording, which prosecutors say shows the R&B star sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl, Kelly faces charges that include production of child pornography. He is also accused of fixing his 2008 state child pornography trial by threatening witnesses and endeavoring to conceal video evidence.
Charles Freeman testified Tuesday that Kelly reached out to him in 2001 to ask him to hunt down the recording. Freeman, a 52-year-old from Kansas City, also explained how he pressured Kelly and his associates for years to pay him the full $1 million after Freeman found and returned the tape.
Freeman told jurors he didn’t know the contents of the video until after he retrieved it from a home in Atlanta in 2001 and then slipped it into a VHS player at a friend’s home later that day.
“I observed Robert Kelly with a young lady having sex,” he said.
When a prosecutor asked Freeman, who testified Tuesday under an immunity agreement, why it took him nearly two decades to turn the recording over to police that and other recordings of child phonography tied to Kelly, Freeman responded: “Because the police wasn’t going to pay me a million dollars.”
Kelly, 55, is already serving a 30-year prison sentence imposed by a federal judge in New York in June for his 2021 convictions on racketeering and sex trafficking charges. If convicted in Chicago, he could see years added to that sentence.
At his 2008 trial, at which Kelly was ultimately acquitted, state prosecutors described Kelly lugging a duffel bag full of his homemade child pornography tapes everywhere he went. Despite Kelly’s efforts in the 1990s to keep them close, some leaked out or were stolen by disgruntled workers or friends, prosecutors said.
After acquitting Kelly in 2008, some jurors told reporters they had no choice but to find Kelly not guilty because the girl — who then was in her 20s — did not take the witness stand to confirm it was her in the video. Last week, she did testify at the federal trail in Chicago, saying she was the minor in the video and Kelly was the adult man.
But actually getting the $1 million Freeman said he was promised by Kelly became an all-consuming task that lasted years, he told jurors.
Soon after Freeman found the video, he met with two Kelly associates in 2001 at a Kansas City hotel expecting to receive the full payment, Freeman testified. When he walked into a room and saw two brown bags full of cash, he told jurors he knew right away it wasn’t enough.
“That ain’t no million dollars,” he recalled telling Kelly’s people.
Freeman said he ended up leaving with one paper bag stuffed with $75,000 in cash after being assured he’d eventually get the full $1 million. Even after turning over the tape and getting partial payment, Freeman retained enormous leverage over Kelly, including the possibility that he could go public with what he knew.
Freeman described himself stalking Kelly at concerts to demand he pay the balance of the $1 million, threatening to go public with what he knew and filing lawsuits to squeeze Kelly to pay. He said each threat and lawsuit typically led to Kelly associates throwing more money at Freeman, sometimes literally.
Another time at R. Kelly’s suburban Chicago home, Freeman said a Kelly associate and now co-defendant at the ongoing trial, Derrel McDavid, told Freeman to take off all his clothes and get into Kelly’s swimming pool so he could be sure Freeman wasn’t wearing a recording device for law enforcement.
“I ain’t getting in no pool naked,” Freeman recalled telling McDavid. Freeman said he eventually did take off his shirt to show he wasn’t wearing a wire.
Later, as he pulled out of a parking lot, McDavid gave Freeman another installment, tossing a brown bag with $100,000 in ten bundles of $10,000 through Freeman’s open car window.
McDavid and another Kelly associate, Milton Brown, are on trial with Kelly. McDavid is accused of helping Kelly fix the 2008 trial, while Brown is charged with receiving child pornography. Like Kelly, they also have denied wrongdoing.
Freeman testified that in late 2003 or early 2004, McDavid approached him again about recovering yet another tape that had gone missing from Kelly’s collection. He said he told McDavid, “If I gotta recover another tape, you gotta pay me another million dollars.”
Freeman is expected to take the stand again Wednesday, when defense attorneys will have their chance to cross-examine him.
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NEW YORK — Sharply rising cases of some sexually transmitted diseases — including a 26% rise in new syphilis infections reported last year — are prompting U.S. health officials to call for new prevention and treatment efforts.
“It is imperative that we ... work to rebuild, innovate, and expand (STD) prevention in the U.S.,” said Dr. Leandro Mena of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in a speech Monday at a medical conference on sexually transmitted diseases.
Infection rates for some STDs, including gonorrhea and syphilis, have been rising for years. Last year the rate of syphilis cases reached its highest since 1991 and the total number of cases hit its highest since 1948. HIV cases are also on the rise, up 16% last year.
And an international outbreak of monkeypox, which is being spread mainly between men who have sex with other men, has further highlighted the nation's worsening problem with diseases spread mostly through sex.
David Harvey, executive director of the National Coalition of STD Directors, called the situation “out of control.”
Officials are working on new approaches to the problem, such as home-test kits for some STDs that will make it easier for people to learn they are infected and to take steps to prevent spreading it to others, Mena said.
Another expert said a core part of any effort must work to increase the use of condoms.
“It's pretty simple. More sexually transmitted infections occur when people are having more unprotected sex,” said Dr. Mike Saag, an infectious disease expert at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Syphilis is a bacterial disease that surfaces as genital sores but can ultimately lead to severe symptoms and death if left untreated.
New syphilis infections plummeted in the U.S. starting in the 1940s when antibiotics became widely available. They fell to their lowest ever by 1998, when fewer than 7,000 new cases were reported nationwide. The CDC was so encouraged by the progress it launched a plan to eliminate syphilis in the U.S.
But by 2002 cases began rising again, largely among gay and bisexual men, and they kept going. In late 2013, CDC ended its elimination campaign in the face of limited funding and escalating cases, which that year surpassed 17,000.
By 2020 cases had reached nearly 41,700 and they spiked even further last year, to more than 52,000.
The rate of cases has been rising, too, hitting about 16 per 100,000 people last year. That's the highest in three decades.
Rates are highest in men who have sex with men, and among Black and Hispanic Americans and Native Americans. While the rate for women is lower than it is for men, officials noted that it's has been rising more dramatically — up about 50% last year.
That ties to another problem — the rise in congenital syphilis, in which infected moms pass the disease on to their babies, potentially leading to death of the child or health problems like deafness and blindness. Annual congenital syphilis cases numbered only about 300 a decade ago; they surged to nearly 2,700 last year. Of last year's tally, 211 were stillbirths or infant deaths, Mena said.
The increases in syphilis and other STDs may have several causes, experts say. Testing and prevention efforts have been hobbled by years of inadequate funding, and spread may have gotten worse — especially during the pandemic — as a result of delayed diagnosis and treatment. Drug and alcohol use may have contributed to risky sexual behavior. Condom use has been declining.
And there may have been a surge in sexual activity as people emerged from COVID-19 lockdowns. “People are feeling liberated,” Saag said.
The arrival of monkeypox added a large additional burden. CDC recently sent a letter to state and local health departments saying that their HIV and STD resources could be used to fight the monkeypox outbreak. But some experts say the government needs to provide more funding for STD work, not divert it.
Harvey's group and some other public health organizations are pushing a proposal for more federal funding, including at least $500 million for STD clinics.
Mena, who last year became director of the CDC's Division of STD Prevention, called for reducing stigma, broadening screening and treatment services, and supporting the development and accessibility of at-home testing. “I envision one day where getting tested (for STDs) can be as simple and as affordable as doing a home pregnancy test,” he said. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/nation-world/std-infections-rising/507-e1edccb1-be5c-414a-94aa-e23188ca7caa | 2022-09-20 01:49:52 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/nation-world/std-infections-rising/507-e1edccb1-be5c-414a-94aa-e23188ca7caa |
As an arts correspondent based at NPR West, Mandalit del Barco reports and produces stories about film, television, music, visual arts, dance and other topics. Over the years, she has also covered everything from street gangs to Hollywood, police and prisons, marijuana, immigration, race relations, natural disasters, Latino arts and urban street culture (including hip hop dance, music, and art). Every year, she covers the Oscars and the Grammy awards for NPR, as well as the Sundance Film Festival and other events. Her news reports, feature stories and photos, filed from Los Angeles and abroad, can be heard on All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Weekend Edition, Alt.latino, and npr.org. | https://www.kbia.org/2023-02-03/spanish-fashion-designer-paco-rabanne-is-dead-at-age-88 | 2023-02-03 23:05:01 | 0 | https://www.kbia.org/2023-02-03/spanish-fashion-designer-paco-rabanne-is-dead-at-age-88 |
American national crosses inter-Korean border into North Korea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An American has crossed the heavily fortified border from South Korea into North Korea, the American-led U.N. Command overseeing the area said Tuesday.
The U.N. Command tweeted that the U.S. citizen was on a tour to the Korean border village of Panmunjom and crossed the border into the North without authorization.
It said he is currently in North Korean custody and that the U.N. Command is working with its North Korean counterparts to resolve the incident.
It gave no further details on who the person is or why he crossed the border.
Cases of Americans or South Koreans defecting to North Korea are rare, though more than 30,000 North Koreans have fled to South Korea to avoid political oppression and economic difficulties since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War.
Panmunjom, located inside the 248-kilometer (154-mile) -long Demilitarized Zone, was created at the close of the Korean War. Bloodshed and gunfire have occasionally occurred there, but it has also been a venue for numerous talks and a popular tourist spot.
The area is jointly overseen by the U.N. Command and North Korea.
In November 2017, North Korean soldiers fired 40 rounds as one of their colleagues raced toward freedom. The soldier was hit five times before he was found beneath a pile of leaves on the southern side of Panmunjom. He survived and is now in South Korea.
No civilians live at Panmunjom.
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A typical spring-like pattern will return this week with windy and warmer weather on the way. Winds will also bring a high fire danger through the week.
Warmer weather returns Tuesday afternoon as westerly winds begin to pick up. The strongest winds this week will be on Wednesday though, when we could see wind gusts approach 60 mph across parts of the state.
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Winds this week will bring a high fire danger for almost all of New Mexico below snowpack, but especially in the eastern half of the state where we have ongoing drought conditions. Winds will also cause areas of blowing dust and may even cause minor wind damage.
Winds will still be breezy Thursday afternoon, but not as strong as Wednesday. A cold front will be entering the state and bring in cooler weather statewide by Friday.
Winds will continue to be lighter into the weekend as the cooler air sticks around through Saturday. A warming trend will begin again Sunday. | https://www.krqe.com/weather/video-forecast/winds-picking-up-through-the-week/ | 2023-04-18 06:01:37 | 0 | https://www.krqe.com/weather/video-forecast/winds-picking-up-through-the-week/ |
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
9-9-0-4
(nine, nine, zero, four)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
9-9-0-4
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Highest-grossing period films
Paramount Pictures
Highest-grossing period films
Leonardo DiCaprio and Danny Nucci in a scene from ‘Titanic’
Amblin/Columbia TriStar
#10. The Mask of Zorro (1998)
Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones in a scene from ‘The Mask of Zorro’
Columbia Pictures
#9. Django Unchained (2012)
Jamie Foxx and Christoph Waltz in ‘Django Unchained’
Columbia Pictures
#8. The Patriot (2000)
Mel Gibson in a scene from ‘The Patriot’
Dreamworks Studios
#7. The Help (2011)
Allison Janney and Emma Stone in a scene from ‘The Help’
Warner Bros.
#6. Troy (2004)
Brad Pitt in a scene from ‘Troy’
Paramount Pictures
#5. True Grit (2010)
Jeff Bridges and Hailee Steinfeld on horseback in a scene from ‘True Grit’
Miramax
#4. Chicago (2002)
Richard Gere and Renee Zellweger in a courtroom scene from ‘Chicago’
Dreamworks LLC & Universal Pictures
#3. Gladiator (2000)
Russel Crowe in a scene from ‘Gladiator’
Amblin Entertainment
#2. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Tom Hanks and cast in a promotional still from “Saving Private Ryan’
Paramount Pictures
#1. Titanic (1997)
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Dozens of activists, including Greta Thunberg of neighboring Sweden, were blocking the entrance to Norway’s energy ministry in Oslo Monday to protest been protesting a wind farm they say hinders the rights of the Sami indigenous people to raise reindeer in Arctic Norway.
The activists, mainly teenagers, are lying outside the ministry entrance holding Sami flags and a poster reading “Land Back.”
The protesters from organizations called Young Friends of The Earth Norway and the Norwegian Sami Association’s youth council NSR-Nuorat, say “the ongoing human rights violations” against Sami reindeer herders “must come to an end.” Several of the activists donned the Sami's traditional bright-colored dress and put up a tent used by the Arctic indigenous people.
In October 2021, Norway’s Supreme Court ruled that the construction of the wind turbines violated the rights of the Sami people, who have been using the land to raise reindeer for centuries. However, the wind farm is still operating.
“It is absurd that the Norwegian government has chosen to ignore the ruling,” said Thunberg who joined the protest early Monday.
Over the weekend, the protesters had occupied the ministry’s lobby but were evicted by police early Monday, according to Norwegian broadcaster NRK. They shifted their protest to chaining themselves outside the main entrance to the ministry, prompting authorities to urge employees to work from home.
Norway's Energy Minister Terje Aasland told NRK that although the Supreme Court has ruled that the construction of the wind farm as invalid, the court does not say anything about what should happen to it.
The government must “make new decisions that are in line with the premise of the Supreme Court’s judgment,” Aasland told the broadcaster.
Other activists who were sitting outside the doors of nearby government buildings “have been ordered to move and if they don’t we will remove them by force," said police spokesman Brian Skotnes shortly before officers were seen carrying activists away. They were not arrested.
The Sami live in Lapland, which stretches from northern parts of Norway through Sweden and Finland to Russia. They once faced oppression of their culture, including bans on the use of their native tongue.
Today the nomadic people live mostly modern lifestyles but still tend reindeer and some still wear their traditionally bright-colored national dress. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/world/article/norway-protests-target-wind-farm-on-land-used-by-17807858.php | 2023-02-27 13:38:09 | 0 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/world/article/norway-protests-target-wind-farm-on-land-used-by-17807858.php |
SHANGHAI, April 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Karlmann, a futuristic car brand, appeared at the 20th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition on April 18, showcasing a comprehensive upgrade to the Karlmann platinum and introducing two models based on Karlmann aesthetic design concepts, Ti Zr Zirconium and Titanium.
Visitors to booth 8A22 will enter the marvels of the Karlmann world, witness three unparalleled interplanetary vehicles and a legendary piano, and learn about the origin and development of the Earth. "Be Unique" is the slogan of Karlmann, which defines the amazing "Karlmann Planet". Karlmann is aiming to create futuristic and unique vehicles and lifestyle experiences for global "creatives" who want to break the routine and resolutely refuse to imitate others. Karlmann's mission is to establish spiritual values and emotional connections with the world's earliest users, and to be a vehicle for their discovery of new ways of life.
Karlmann believes that each person is unique and incomparable. Like the 118 elements on the periodic table, each one is indispensable, and together they make up our vast and colorful universe. That's why Karlmann chose to name our product -- the Pt Platinum Super SUV, available in four or six seats; the Ti Titanium 6-seat large home and business SUV; and the Zr Zirconium two-door, five-seat polar all-terrain vehicle.
The designers of all three cars use spatial diamonds as the core design elements, and create highly three-dimensional, sculptural organic shapes through the language of diamond cutting. The headlights follow the star-diamond theme and blend perfectly with the body, while welcoming passengers with an emotional greeting that matches the scene. The immersive Stardiamond theme runs throughout the interior, from the dashboard to the center console, redefining the interior, ceiling, and carpet, and allowing the passenger to fully immerse himself/herself in the Stardiamond universe while taking him/her to the mysterious futuristic planet Karlmann.
Apart from the three cars, visitors will also be introduced to Karlmann's interesting cast of characters and the legendary piano, with more interesting products to be published later.
For more information, please visit http://www.karlmann.com.
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VISALIA, Calif. , Sept. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- San Joaquin Valley College (SJVC), a family-owned college that provides a career-focused curriculum for students, is pleased to announce its 45th Anniversary Celebration on Friday, Oct. 7, from 9am – 12pm at the SJVC Visalia campus located at 8344 W. Mineral King Ave, Visalia, CA 93291. The event will include several guest speakers, an award ceremony, campus tours, and additional activities for guests to celebrate SJVC's 45 years of serving local communities.
"This historic milestone marks nearly half a century of providing students with a pathway for success, and we are excited to celebrate with the greater community as we continue to find new ways to enrich the lives of all those we serve," said President of SJVC, Nick Gomez. "While we reflect upon our history and look toward the future, I am confident we will continue to grow, adapt, and excel at helping our students reach their fullest potential."
In 1977, Shirley and Bob Perry founded SJVC to meet a need they experienced firsthand—a need for local, high-quality career training. Shirley always wanted to work in healthcare, but without easy access to a formal education, she had to teach herself medical assisting while raising her two sons.
After passing the certification exam, Shirley wanted to find a better option for people in similar situations, so Bob quit his job and the couple began making their vision a reality. Soon after, SJVC opened its doors in Visalia, Calif. with only three students as part of Shirley's first medical assisting class.
Today, SJVC serves thousands of students on 17 campuses across California and online. Since 1977 SJVC has served as a model of educational excellence while delivering economic and social value throughout the state. SJVC now offers more than 20 programs in the medical, business, and industrial trade fields, and some notable highlights include:
- As of 2021, SJVC has awarded more than 72,000 certificates and degrees preparing professionally trained graduates for jobs in the healthcare and industrial trade fields.
- Between 2018-2020, SJVC helped educate more than 3,500 graduates per year, providing thousands of qualified job candidates to local employers throughout California.
- In 2019, SJVC was the largest educator of licensed Respiratory Therapists in the state of California. An estimated 1 in 4 of all Respiratory Therapy graduates in 2019 were from SJVC in the state of California1.
- Several SJVC Respiratory Therapy programs earned the Distinguished RRT Credentialing Success Award from the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC)2 including:
- In addition, the Dental Hygiene programs at SJVC have provided complimentary dental services for years, serving more than 20,000 patients since 1998 and totaling more than $7,000,000 in complimentary services to underserved communities3.
The communities served by SJVC benefit from its focus on outcome-based learning. Faculty, administrators and staff are committed to helping students develop specific vocational knowledge and skills, as well as achieving the core student learning outcomes in information management, technical literacy and professional development. SJVC is committed to student achievement with a skills-based approach to education, and with a focus on career services and academic performance, graduates are highly qualified and motivated to enter the workforce.
Learn more about the story of Shirley and Bob Perry and the programs at SJVC.
Visit consumerinfo.sjvc.edu for important information on program outcomes.
San Joaquin Valley College (SJVC) is an accredited private college that provides career-focused curriculum and instruction to its students. Founded in 1977, SJVC has 17 campuses located throughout California – plus an online division – and offers more than 20 accelerated certificate and associate of science degree programs in the medical, business, and technical fields. A second-generation, family-run college, SJVC has awarded more than 72,000 certificates and degrees preparing graduates for professional success in their chosen careers.
San Joaquin Valley College is accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC), 985 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 100, Alameda, CA 94501, (510) 748-9001, www.wscuc.org. The WSCUC is an institutional accrediting body recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and the U.S. Department of Education. Questions or requests to review documents pertaining to accreditation should be directed to Crystal G. VanderTuig, Accreditation Liaison Officer San Joaquin Valley College, 3828 W. Caldwell Ave. Visalia, CA 93277 (559) 734-9000, Crystal.VanderTuig@SJVC.edu.
1 Based on Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) completions data
2 Source: coarc.com/about/awards-and-scholarships/
3 Based on the ADA's 2020 National Dental Expenditures $430 per capita: https://bit.ly/adanationalexpenditure
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How to Watch Women's French Open Today : Live Stream and More - June 4
Today, the menu at Stade Roland Garros in the French Open features four matches in the round of 16, including a matchup between Sloane Stephens (No. 30 ranking) and Aryna Sabalenka (No. 2). If you're looking for how to watch, check out Tennis Channel, which has the live stream.
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French Open Information
- Tournament: The French Open
- Round: Round of 16
- Date: June 4
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- Venue: Stade Roland Garros
- Location: Paris, France
- Court Surface: Clay
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Today's Best Match Insights: Stephens vs. Sabalenka
- The 30-year-old Stephens is 9-10 this year, and still seeking her first tournament title.
- Sabalenka has put up a 26-5 record on the year, clinching two tournament titles.
- Stephens has played 19 matches so far this year across all court surfaces, and 21.5 games per match.
- Stephens has played nine matches on clay this year, and 22.8 games per match.
- In terms of serve/return winning percentages this year, Stephens has won 62.9% of her games on serve, and 34.8% on return.
- In her 31 matches played this year across all court types, Sabalenka is averaging 19.1 games per match while winning 61.8% of those games.
- Through 11 matches on clay courts this year, Sabalenka averages 20.5 games per match and 9 games per set with a 58.8% game winning percentage.
- Sabalenka has an 81.8% service game winning percentage and a 40.8% return game winning percentage on all surfaces (248 service games won out of 303, and 118 return games won out of 289).
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PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pennsylvania -- It's Groundhog Day and people are waiting to learn whether a furry critter in a western Pennsylvania town will predict an early spring or six more weeks of winter.
People will gather Thursday at Gobbler's Knob as members of Punxsutawney Phil's "inner circle" summon him from his tree stump at dawn to learn if he has seen his shadow.
According to folklore, if he sees his shadow there will be six more weeks of winter. If he doesn't, spring comes early.
The "inner circle" is a group of local dignitaries who are responsible for planning the events, as well as feeding and caring for Phil himself.
MORE: The legend of the immortal Punxsutawney Phil
The annual event in Punxsutawney originated from a German legend about a furry rodent. Officials in the community - which is about 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh - are hoping the usual crowd of between 10,000 to 15,000 visitors comes out for the event, which will also be livestreamed.
According to records dating back to 1887, Phil has predicted winter more than 100 times. Ten years were lost because no records were kept, organizers said.
The 2021 forecast called for six more weeks of winter.
While Punxsutawney Phil may be the most famous groundhog seer, he's certainly not the only one. New York City's Staten Island Chuck will also make his prediction Thursday during an event at the Staten Island Zoo. | https://abc11.com/groundhog-day-2023-punxsutawney-phil-did-see-his-shadow-if-sees/12758923/ | 2023-02-02 10:30:06 | 0 | https://abc11.com/groundhog-day-2023-punxsutawney-phil-did-see-his-shadow-if-sees/12758923/ |
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Champaign Central at Bloomington*, 7 p.m.
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Decatur MacArthur at University High*, 7 p.m.
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ILLINI PRAIRIE
Prairie Central at Monticello*
IVC at Pontiac*
Tolono Unity at PBL*
St. Joseph-Ogden at Rantoul*
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Danville at Peoria Richwoods*
Champaign Centennial at Collinsville
CENTRAL STATE EIGHT
Jacksonville at Rochester*
Chatham Glenwood at Springfield*
Decatur Eisenhower at Springfield Southeast*
Springfield Lanphier at Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin*
HEART OF ILLINOIS
Eureka at Tri-Valley*
El Paso-Gridley at Tremont*
Fieldcrest at Deer Creek-Mackinaw*
Heyworth at Ridgeview/Lexington*
AREA
Olympia at Auburn*
Wilmington at Streator*
Meridian at Clinton*
Taylorville at Lincoln*
Iroquois West at Dwight*
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Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland at Polo
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A bill from Democrats to address climate change and health care costs, confusion over the economy, and Chinese warnings over Speaker Pelosi's possible visit to Taiwan are among the topics this week.
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A bill from Democrats to address climate change and health care costs, confusion over the economy, and Chinese warnings over Speaker Pelosi's possible visit to Taiwan are among the topics this week.
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GROVE, Okla. (KSNF)– Authorities believe the disintegrating and rusted-out remains of a 55-gallon drum at the bottom of a northeast Oklahoma lake may hold clues to the disappearance of a woman missing since 1998.
Peggy A. Sweeten, 52, was last seen on Jan. 17, 1998.
She and her husband, James Lee Sweeten, a former Kansas, school superintendent, lived in a lakefront home with a boat dock at Four Seasons Resort on Grand Lake, northeast of Grove, Oklahoma.
None of Peggy’s personal belongings – including her car, clothing, photos or mementos were missing – according to a search warrant filed in 2011.
“We were reviewing the old police reports and investigative reports again and a statement by Patrick Sweeten, Peggy’s son, caught my eye,” said Mark Wall, a cold case detective in Delaware and Ottawa counties.
Patrick Sweeten told investigators he learned his mother was missing in March 1998 and had to force his father to file a missing person’s report in June.
In 1998, James Sweeten told authorities his wife left with a man she had met online, the warrant stated. The problem was Peggy Sweeten did not use email and never had an email address.
Patrick Sweeten told investigators in 1998 he noticed a 55-gallon drum on his parent’s property was suddenly missing. When he questioned his father about the barrel, his dad shrugged his shoulders and said he didn’t know anything about it, Wall said.
Nexstar’s KSNF reached out to James Sweeten for comment, but he did not return phone calls.
On Wednesday, the Tulsa Fire Department, Cherokee Nation investigators and Delaware County sheriff’s deputies used an underwater drone and magnetic locating equipment to search the 15-foot waters that surround the boat dock area of Sweeten’s former residence.
On Friday, divers located a 55-gallon drum upright submerged in sludge. Divers used mesh buckets to extract some of the contents from the drum.
“At this point, we could go as far as we could,” Wall said.
While no visible bones, clothing or remains were recovered, Tulsa Medical Examiner Anthropologist Angela Burg was painstakingly sifting through muck and debris as divers pulled the buckets out of the water.
Wall said they plan to bring underwater equipment to the site to safely remove the drum without losing any of the contents.
Extramarital affair and “person of interest”
James Sweeten was listed as “a person of interest” when investigators dug up an old tool shed on the property in 2011.
The 2011 search warrant stated James Sweeten was involved in an extramarital affair at the time of Peggy’s disappearance. Officials said that at the time, James refused to submit to a polygraph test and refused a noninvasive search of his property.
The warrant stated that James “appeared to be deceptive and evasive” during the interview.
James Sweeten filed for divorce on Feb. 9, 1998, three weeks after Peggy’s disappearance. Peggy Sweeten did not appear in court for the proceedings and a divorce was granted on April 6, 1998, court records show.
According to the warrant, the elder Sweeten told his son he filed for divorce because he had gotten a call from his wife saying she wasn’t coming back.
Debra Hammond, the woman James Sweeten was reportedly having an affair with, was also granted a divorce on April 1, 1998, according to Coffey County, Kansas, court records. Officials said Sweeten and Hammond moved in together in June 1998 and were married in December of the same year.
James Sweeten moved from the Grove residence shortly after the 2011 search of his property. James and Debra Sweeten are currently living in Texas.
Debra also did not respond to a request for comment.
Agencies involved in the search said they will meet again on Wednesday. They will formulate a plan to retrieve the 55-gallon drum from the bottom of the lake cove.
Anyone with information about the disappearance of Peggy Sweeten is asked to contact Mark Wall at (918) 253-4531. | https://www.wfla.com/news/investigators-find-55-gallon-drum-in-lake-believe-they-are-close-to-locating-missing-oklahoma-woman/ | 2023-04-16 23:15:27 | 1 | https://www.wfla.com/news/investigators-find-55-gallon-drum-in-lake-believe-they-are-close-to-locating-missing-oklahoma-woman/ |
COUNSELOR, N.M. (AP) — Members of the Navajo community have complained to Samuel Sage for years about the noise and vibrations that rattle their homes.
They tell him about the dust kicked up by heavy trucks traveling the surrounding dirt roads and the smells that come from some of the oil and natural gas wells and tank batteries that dot the land around their Navajo community of Counselor in northwestern New Mexico.
On one day recently, Sage stood on a hill overlooking a public school that serves Counselor. He pointed to wells and tanks in the distance, painted green to blend in with juniper trees and sagebrush.
“Monitoring shows pollution heading either toward the school across the highway or toward the chapter depending on which way the wind is blowing,” he said.
Sage, the former president of the Navajo Chapter in Counselor and current community services coordinator, is among a group of residents and environmentalists who have sued New Mexico for allegedly failing to prevent pollution in northwestern and southeastern parts of the state.
About 144,000 people — 7% of the state’s population — live or attend a school or day care within a half-mile (0.80 kilometer) radius of oil and gas production, according to the lawsuit. The suit also states that almost all of the elementary, middle and high schools in the Hobbs district in Lea County as well as school districts in Eddy County are surrounded by oil and gas extraction and production sites on state, federal and private lands.
On Thursday, New Mexico Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard issued an executive order that includes a ban on all new oil and gas leases on state trust land within a mile (1.6 kilometers) of schools or other educational institutions, including day care centers, preschools and sports facilities that students use.
The order, which takes effect Thursday, also calls for her office — which oversees thousands of square miles (kilometers) of surface lands and mineral rights — to review all existing oil and gas leases on state trust land within a mile of schools to assess compliance with state regulations.
“We have an entire list of things we need to get through,” Garcia Richard said Thursday when asked about the review process. “It’s a lot of work, and while we’re prioritizing it’s going to take us a while to get through the list.”
According to State Land Office estimates, there could be nearly 120 schools within one mile of oil and gas operations on federal, state, Tribal and private lands.
An Associated Press analysis of Oil Conservation Division and State Land Office data for active and new applications for permits to drill on state trust land found nearly 100 oil or gas wells within a mile of at least one school. That’s out of more than 13,000 active and new oil and gas leases on state trust land.
The Hobbs School District has one of the highest concentrations of oil or gas wells located near school buildings, according to the analysis.
Hobbs is in the heart of the Permian Basin, one of the most prolific oil plays in the world. The revenue from development there is fueling record state spending on education and other social programs.
Hobbs Superintendent Gene Strickland said his district supports the industry.
“We do not feel the industry is harmful to the district by any proximity of oil and gas wells within the region,” he said. “The industry is made up of individuals who are members of our community. We share the same interests and also want nothing adverse to happen to the community we call home.”
Within a mile of Jefferson Elementary School on the west side of Hobbs are about 45 wells with active and new applications for permits to drill for oil on state trust land, according to the AP analysis. Heizer Middle School on the south side of Hobbs has 13. Those numbers increase when oil and gas wells outside state trust land are included.
To the north, Lybrook Elementary School near Counselor has 11 active oil wells on state trust land within a mile, according to the state data.
Felix Garcia, superintendent of the Jemez Mountain Public Schools, said the district opted to move the Lybrook school years ago since the previous campus was near a natural gas processing plant, and there were concerns about safety.
“I think it’s good that people are starting to raise some concerns because a lot of times nobody looks into it and then down the line you have health issues with the community,” Garcia said.
The Western Energy Alliance and other industry groups have argued that producers have been working with regulators and university researchers on drone and satellite technologies that allow for leaks to be more quickly detected and fixed, resulting in emission reductions despite increases in production.
Environmentalists argue that schools and public health can be protected by establishing setbacks or installing more equipment to reduce pollution. New Mexico currently has no setback requirements, although the state has adopted rules aimed at reducing methane emissions and other pollution from the industry.
It was not immediately clear how much revenue the state might have to forego by creating the new school buffer zones. Revenue that results from development on state trust land benefits public schools, universities, state hospitals and some water projects. In November, the State Land Office announced it had processed more than $300 million in oil and gas royalties for October, setting a new one-month record for the agency. Revenues for the last fiscal year topped a record $2.4 billion.
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John Calipari's push for upgraded practice facilities for his Kentucky basketball team drew a sharp jab from Wildcats football coach Mark Stoops on Twitter after the Hall of Fame coach referred to the university as a “basketball school” in an interview.
Before the Wildcats’ second of four exhibition games in the Bahamas, Calipari noted recently approved upgrades for other programs at the school, The Athletic reported. In stating his desire for similar improvements for his highly successful program, he said, “This is a basketball school. It’s always been that. Alabama is a football school. So is Georgia. I mean, they are. No disrespect to our football team. I hope they win 10 games and go to bowls ... But this is a basketball school. And so we need to keep moving in that direction and keep doing what we’re doing.”
Stoops responded to the remarks on Twitter and said, “Basketball school? I thought we competed in the SEC?” He ended the post with the hashtag “#4straightpostseasonwins,” referencing the Wildcats’ recent success.
Calipari guided Kentucky to its eighth NCAA championship in 2012, but hasn’t reached the Final Four since 2015. The Wildcats were bounced by No. 15 seed Saint Peter’s in its NCAA Tournament opener last spring. Kentucky football is coming off its second 10-win season in four years under Stoops and has earned the four wins among six consecutive postseason appearances.
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US clears Novavax COVID booster dose
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators on Wednesday authorized a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine made by Novavax.
The Food and Drug Administration said the new booster option is for people 18 and older who can’t get the updated omicron-targeting Pfizer or Moderna boosters for medical or accessibility reasons -- or who otherwise would not receive a COVID-19 booster shot at all.
The FDA specified the additional Novavax shot was to be used as a first booster -- not for people who’ve already had one or more booster doses already — at least six months after completing their primary shots.
Novavax’s initial two-dose shots have been available since the summer. Novavax is a protein-based vaccine unlike the other COVID-19 vaccines available in the U.S. including Pfizer, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson.
About 48 percent of Americans who received their primary vaccinations have never received that all-important first booster.
“Offering another vaccine choice may help increase COVID-19 booster vaccination rates for these adults,” said Novavax CEO Stanley Erck in a statement.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also signed off on the decision after the FDA.
U.S. health officials have been encouraging Americans to get those updated Pfizer and Moderna boosters to bolster protection against the most common omicron strains ahead of an expected winter surge.
The new Novavax booster is made with that company’s original formula; it still is testing an omicron-targeted recipe.
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A historic double strike that would effectively shut down the U.S. television and film industries could be less than 24 hours away as Hollywood studios and an enormous actors union race to settle wide-ranging disputes before their contract expires at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday.
What to know about the looming SAG-AFTRA strike, its impact on Hollywood
SAG-AFTRA has threatened to put its 160,000 TV, film and radio actors on the picket lines as soon as Thursday if talks fail and to join an ongoing strike by Hollywood writers for the first time since 1960.
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ESCONDIDO, Calif. (KSWB) – A stray dog was rescued Sunday after it wandered into the gorilla enclosure at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in northern San Diego County, humane society and zoo officials said.
Officials believe the dog, a male shepherd with no microchip, got into the park on his own, San Diego Humane Society spokeswoman Nina Thompson said in an email. Zoo staffers say he may have been part of a pair of domestic dogs running loose in the park, virtually undetected until he was noticed in the gorilla habitat around 4 p.m.
Wildlife care specialists then recalled the two gorillas from the enclosure, which the zoo said is “part of the regular safety procedures at the park.”
Officers from the Humane Society responded about 6:30 p.m., Thompson said.
“Our three Humane Officers were able to move in and safely leash the shepherd and bring him back to San Diego Humane Society’s Escondido Campus for evaluation,” she said.
The dog, dubbed “Mighty Joe Young” by the Humane Society, was not injured in the incident and no other injuries were reported to zoo animals, staff or guests of the park. Thompson said he’s now been placed on a stray hold as the organization searches for his rightful owner.
“We are so glad no one was hurt,” Thompson said.
To contact the San Diego Humane Society about “Mighty Joe Young,” call 619-299-7012 or click or tap here. | https://www.cenlanow.com/national/stray-dog-wanders-into-gorilla-habitat-at-san-diego-zoo/ | 2022-06-13 21:23:40 | 0 | https://www.cenlanow.com/national/stray-dog-wanders-into-gorilla-habitat-at-san-diego-zoo/ |
LANCASTER, Ohio, Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Trilogy Health Services is excited to announce the official groundbreaking of its newest campus in Lancaster, Ohio. The ceremony included Trilogy leadership as well as City of Lancaster Mayor David Scheffler, Lancaster-Fairfield County Chamber President Travis Markwood, and Dean of Campus and Community Relations, Ohio University-Lancaster, Jarrod Tudor.
The 113-room campus will offer a variety of care options including Independent Living, Assisted Living, Memory Care and Post-Acute Healthcare services.
"We're excited to offer a new, best-in-class living option for the seniors who call Lancaster their home," Trilogy Health Services President and CEO Leigh Ann Barney said. "Whether they're looking for personalized care, a compassionate staff, or amenities that meet their every need, our residents will enjoy a fulfilling lifestyle where no two days are ever quite the same."
Built using Trilogy Health Services' two-story Village Center model in partnership with DMK Development Group, the new community will feature 25 Independent Living apartments, 23 Assisted Living units as well as 18 Assisted Living Memory Care units, 35 Skilled Nursing beds, and 12 Skilled Memory Care beds.
The community will feature a mix of studio and one-bedroom apartments and amenities including a full-service bistro, multiple dining areas, complete with a Certified Executive Chef, an activity room, a salon, multi-purpose room as well as a state-of the art physical therapy room and resident fitness center. It is expected to open in early 2024.
The project will represent a total community investment of $22 million and is expected to create over 200 construction jobs, as well as over 125 permanent jobs once the community is open.
The newest Trilogy campus is close to several other senior living communities, including Violet Springs Health Campus in Pickerington in as well as The Oaks at Bethesda and the Oaks at Northpointe in Zanesville. Trilogy has a total of 33 locations in Ohio.
To learn more about Trilogy Health Services, visit www.trilogyhs.com. Search available jobs openings by visiting www.trilogyjobs.com
Trilogy Health Services is an industry-leading operator of nearly 130 senior living communities throughout four states, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and Michigan. The company has the honor of providing over 10,000 seniors with world-class clinical support, innovative lifestyle programs, and a culture built on the tenets of servant leadership and hospitality. Trilogy employs over 14,000 team members, is a certified Great Place to Work, one of Glassdoor's Top 100 Best Places to Work, and was named one of FORTUNE's Best Places to Work in Aging Services. To learn more about Trilogy Health Services, visit www.trilogyhs.com. To learn about job openings at Trilogy, visit www.trilogyjobs.com
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Silverman: Tax harvesting loss - friend or foe?
I looked at the subject of tax loss harvesting earlier in the year (at least I think I did…too lazy to check), but it being the end of the year, and with so many of you with losses in your portfolio, I thought I’d recap my thoughts today given you have less than two weeks to act.
Tax Loss Harvesting is where you sell off one of your investments not because you think it a bad bet, but because you want to capture the loss for your tax return and lower the bill you’ll owe to Uncle Sam. Two main caveats: First, this is done in a taxable account as tax losses don’t count in IRAs whether Traditional or Roth. (Okay, there is one way this can be done in an IRA, but circumstances where it works are rare, and it’s something your accountant can tell you about.)
The other caveat is that, if you still think the investment itself is a good idea (just a cheaper one since you bought it), you’ll want to be careful about Wash Sale rules which basically says you’ll have to wait a month to buy it again or you don’t get to claim the loss. (Talk with your tax person for the specifics.)
But my column today cares less about how to do tax loss harvesting and more about whether you should do it.
“Well, it’s obvious, Gary, you’ll save taxes so you should do it.”
Not always, my reader friend (may I call you friend?), you might actually cost yourself taxes. The reason is that tax loss harvesting doesn’t eliminate taxes, it scoots them over a few years. Let’s say you buy X-Corp for $20 and now it’s worth $15. You sell it and lock in a $5 tax loss. Yay.
Loving the stock, you buy it again in a month when it’s still sitting at $15. Five years from now, your investment acumen is rewarded as X-Corp is selling for $40. You sell it and will owe taxes on $25 of gain (40 minus 15). Of course you already got a $5 loss so between the two sales your net gain was $20. If you had not done the tax loss harvesting you would owe taxes on that same $20 (40-20).
What you should get from the example is that your gain/loss did not change, only what year the gain/loss was realized. And that’s where the planning needs to come in. What does your tax situation look like now versus what you think it will be in the future? Is it better to get a break now and pay more later or to let things ride and not increase your future potential tax burden?
Answer that (we use a program because math is hard) and you’ll know whether to take advantage of your losses now or let your brilliant investment choices ride.
May God Protect the Innocents in Ukraine.
Gary Silverman, CFP® is the founder of Personal Money Planning, LLC, a Wichita Falls retirement planning and investment management firm and author of Real World Investing. | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/opinion/columnists/2022/12/16/silverman-tax-harvesting-loss-friend-or-foe/69734304007/ | 2022-12-16 17:11:08 | 1 | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/opinion/columnists/2022/12/16/silverman-tax-harvesting-loss-friend-or-foe/69734304007/ |
AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SparkCognition, a global leader in artificial intelligence (AI) software solutions perfected for business, today announced it was selected by Adelson Education Campus, the only PK-12 Jewish community school in Nevada. The school is deploying SparkCognition's Visual AI Advisor to automatically detect threats, identify security breaches, and prevent safety and security incidents.
"One of the greatest challenges facing education today is ensuring the safety and security of our students, a requisite to providing an environment that has learning and development at its core," said Todd Peters, Head of School Safety at Adelson. "SparkCognition's AI-based school safety solution enables us to further enhance our capabilities to detect and prevent incidents on campus that could put our students and facility in harm's way."
The FBI reports that the Jewish community is consistently the most targeted religious group in the United States. In 2020, there were 327 reported antisemitic attacks or threats at Jewish institutions, including schools, which is an increase of 40% from 2019. They also reported that the vast majority (70-80%) of active shooter events are "staged" beforehand by the perpetrator, with weapons visible and the shooter secluded in a parking lot or stairwell up to 30 minutes before engaging in gunfire.
SparkCognition Visual AI Advisor provides Adelson School students, faculty, and staff members with real-time threat assessment, actionable insights, improved situational awareness, and automated responses and notifications. It leverages Adelson's existing CCTV cameras to transform data into actionable insights—allowing instantaneous alerts, alarms, and designated actions like initiating lock-down procedures. SparkCognition's Visual AI Advisor currently has 130,000 cameras under contract, is in over 16 countries, and offers more than 125 pre-built use cases. The solution deploys quickly and can be tailored using a low-code/no-code methodology that any school administrator or staff member can manage, with the school retaining sole access to the information to ensure privacy.
"This year, 2022, has seen the highest incident of school shootings in over forty years. Conventional methods of protection are reactive in nature and have failed to prevent active shootings, an unconscionable act of violence," said Stephen Gold, Chief Marketing Officer, SparkCognition. "What's required when seconds matter is a highly intelligent, always-on AI solution, that leverages the power of computer vision and machine learning to transform school safety into a proactive turnkey solution. We're proud to partner with Adelson, the preeminent educational institution in Las Vegas, to put AI to work in such a meaningful way."
Todd Peters will share more information about how visual AI fits into Adelson Schools' safety toolkit at the upcoming event, "School Safety: Preventing School Shootings with AI."
SparkCognition's award-winning AI solutions allow organizations to predict future outcomes, prescribe next best actions, and help ensure worker safety. We partner with the world's industry leaders to analyze, optimize, and learn from all types of data, augment human intelligence, drive profitable growth, and achieve operational excellence. Our patented AI technologies including machine learning, deep neural networks, natural language processing, and computer vision lead the industry in innovation and accelerate digital transformation. Our solutions allow organizations to solve critical problems—prevent unexpected downtime, maximize asset performance, deliver net-zero initiatives, and eliminate accidents, all while avoiding zero-day cyberattacks. To learn more about how SparkCognition's AI solutions can unlock the power in your data, visit www.sparkcognition.com.
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MERIBEL, France (AP) — American skier Mikaela Shiffrin won the gold medal in the women’s giant slalom at the world championships on Thursday, a day after her unexpected split with longtime coach Mike Day.
Shiffrin overcame a mistake near the end of the race to hold on to her first-run lead. When she saw her time, she covered her mouth with her hands, then collapsed to the snow in joy, relief and celebration.
She stayed there for a few moments, breathing heavily from the exertion of her run.
Italian skier Federica Brignone, who was 0.12 seconds behind to take the silver, and Ragnhild Mowinckel of Norway, who trailed by 0.22 for the bronze, came over to congratulate her.
“It’s been definitely some high levels of stress these days,” Shiffrin said. “It was very, very difficult today to keep the focus and keep the intensity on the right level.”
Shiffrin’s victory came two days after Day, her head coach since 2016, left her team during the middle of the championships. Shiffrin informed him that she planned to take a new direction with her staff at the end of the season and Day decided to leave immediately.
“One thing I really want to say is just thank you to Mike for seven years of — I can’t even say helping me — he’s been such an integral part of my team and being there to support me through some of the most incredible moments in my career and some of the most challenging moments of my career and also my life,” Shiffrin said.
“So it’s it’s just a little bit sad how it came down,” Shiffrin said, adding that she was hoping to give Day “the time and the notice” to figure out his own plans before the end of the season but that his sudden departure was “difficult for all of us to imagine” after “being such a tight group, really a family.”
World championship races don’t count toward the World Cup circuit, where Shiffrin has racked up 11 wins this season to take her overall tally to 85. She broke former teammate Lindsey Vonn’s women’s record of 82 last month and has moved within one of the overall mark set by Swedish great Ingemar Stenmark in the 1970s and 80s.
French skier Tessa Worley, who was second after the opening run, slid on her inside ski and fell in her second run.
“I felt my skiing was not relaxed enough,” Worley said. “I didn’t want to go for a medal, I wanted to go for the win.”
Worley, a two-time giant slalom world champion, had the added pressure of skiing in front of her home fans.
“This is not an easy position, with the home crowd favorite to … I mean, thank you for cheering for me anyway,” said Shiffrin, who was the 2018 Olympic champion and won five of the last six giant slaloms on the World Cup circuit.
Brignone, who won gold in the combined event that opened the worlds last week, recovered from illness over the past days.
“I’m so proud, so happy, I managed to do it,” the Italian said. ”Today I was completely free, thinking about my skiing, I was able to put everything away.”
Competing in her first major event since not winning a medal in six starts at last year’s Beijing Olympics, it was Shiffrin’s first gold medal at the world chamiponships after winning the combined title in 2021 in Italy.
“I feel really emotional right now,” Shiffrin said. ”It’s unbelievable, it’s 12 hundredths, it’s really a small margin. On the bottom I just went blind and was like, just ski faster. I don’t know how, just do it.”
It raises her tally to seven world titles and 13 medals overall from 16 career world championship races. She is in second place behind German skier Christl Cranz on the all-time list for the most individual medals won by a woman at the worlds. Cranz won 15 medals in the 1930s.
The victory makes Shiffrin only the fourth female skier to win world titles in four different disciplines, after previously winning four golds in slalom, one in super-G and the combined gold two years ago.
Shiffrin didn’t finish her opening event at the worlds last week when she straddled a gate in the slalom portion of the combined. She won silver in the super-G two days later.
Shiffrin’s last race at the worlds is the slalom Saturday.
Nina O’Brien posted the second-fastest time in the final run and improved from 21st to 11th position, while American teammate Paula Moltzan spun around and missed a gate halfway through her first run and did not finish. Moltzan fractured her hand in Tuesday’s team event, which the U.S. team won. Shiffrin did not compete in that event.
“The hand is as good as it was going to feel so I’m not disappointed with that,” said Moltzan, who had her glove taped to her ski pole during her run. “I think I just misjudged my turn a tiny bit and came inside a bit and couldn’t recover.”
The men’s giant slalom is scheduled for Friday.
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With expected announcements from former Vice President Mike Pence and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie next week, the GOP field is growing ahead of the 2024 election.
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Man arrested for stealing brass animal statues from cemetery, deputies say
ATLANTA (WANF/Gray News) – A Georgia man was arrested over the weekend for stealing at least four brass animal statues from a cemetery, according to officials.
The Hall County Sheriff’s Office said they determined Santiago Morales Villalobos, 24, was responsible for the thefts that happened back in August at Gainesville’s Memorial Park Cemetery.
On Saturday, deputies received a call about a stolen truck that was spotted in a neighborhood. When they arrived, they found Villalobos behind the wheel.
Deputies said Villalobos drove directly at one of the patrol vehicles, causing the deputy to swerve to avoid a collision. He then sped away.
Deputies found the truck in another subdivision and arrested Villalobos at a home in that neighborhood.
For Saturday’s incident, Villalobos has been charged with felony aggravated assault on a peace officer and several traffic violations. Additionally, he is facing charges for the stolen truck.
He is also facing charges related to the brass statues taken from the cemetery.
A second suspect in the cemetery statutes case, Abigail Magdalena Reyes, was arrested and charged Sept. 13. She is out on bond.
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Case against source for Trump dossier advances, barely
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A judge is allowing prosecutors to move forward with their criminal case against an analyst who provided key details for a flawed dossier on ex-President Donald Trump, although the judge called his decision “an extremely close call.”
Lawyers for Igor Danchenko asked a judge Thursday in U.S. District Court in Alexandria to dismiss all five charges against him. He’s accused of lying to the FBI about how he obtained the information that ultimately made its way into the “Steele dossier,” a report that purported to detail connections between Trump and Russian intelligence and helped fuel a full-fledged FBI investigation called “Crossfire Hurricane” in the months leading up to the 2016 election.
The dossier famously suggested that Russians had compromising information on Trump regarding salacious sexual activity he allegedly engaged in at a Moscow hotel.
The indictment alleges Danchenko lied about the credibility of his sources when in reality his primary source was actually a Democratic operative named Charles Dolan with ties to Trump’s opponent in the 2016 election, Hillary Clinton.
The indictment says the FBI could have better judged the veracity of the Steele dossier had it known that a Democratic operative who volunteered for Clinton was the source of much of the dossier’s information.
Danchenko’s lawyers argued Thursday that all the charges should be dismissed because Danchenko’s answers to the FBI were technically true, if not necessarily illuminating.
Specifically, Danchenko denied that he “talked” to Dolan about the allegations in the dossier. In reality, Danchenko had discussed the accusations in an email with Dolan, but never spoke with him in an oral conversation.
“It was a bad question,” said Danchenko’s lawyer, Stuart Sears. “That’s the special counsel’s problem. Not Mr. Danchenko’s. ... He is not required to guess what the question actually means.”
The other counts deal with a statement to the FBI that Danchenko received other details in an anonymous phone call from someone he “believed” to be Sergei Millian, a former president of the Russian-American Chamber of Commerce.
Sears said Danchenko never said with any certainty that Millian was the source and that it can’t be a false statement if that was what Danchenko truly believed.
Special Counsel John Durham, who was appointed in 2019 by then-Attorney General William Barr to look for government misconduct in the “Crossfire Hurricane” investigation, said that Danchenko’s statements, if examined in context rather than in isolation, will show that he knowingly lied.
He said Danchenko himself used the word “speaking” to refer written words posted on social media accounts. And he said the evidence will show Millian didn’t know Danchenko and that Danchenko had no reason to believe that Millian was the anonymous caller that Danchenko cited.
“He knows exactly what the FBI is looking for, the context of those questions,” Durham said.
The judge, Anthony Trenga, acknowledged that the defense’s theory “can be a very persuasive, strong argument to a jury,” but he said that ultimately the government met its burden to overcome a motion to dismiss.
It will be up to a jury to determine whether the government can meet its burden of proving a crime beyond a reasonable doubt, a much higher standard. Trenga said he will revisit the issue during trial after the government presents its case.
The most incendiary allegations in the Steele dossier — that Trump hired prostitutes to engage in sexual activity in the presidential suite of the Ritz-Carlton in Moscow — may not be part of the trial at all. Danchenko is not actually charged with lying to the FBI about his sourcing for that specific allegation. But prosecutors want to present evidence to the jury about it nonetheless, and elicit testimony that would suggest Dolan was Danchenko’s source for that allegation as well.
Defense lawyers say any testimony about it is irrelevant and prejudicial and threatens to “swallow the trial” if it’s allowed in.
Prosecutor Michael Keilty countered that it’s important to show Dolan’s connection to those allegations.
“It’s not going to be a sideshow,” he said. “We’re not going to talk about what Mr. Trump did or did not do at the Ritz.”
Trenga took the issue under advisement — he said he had concerns about the relevancy of the information compared to its potential for prejudice, and that he would rule on that and other issues of what evidence will be allowed at trial before it begins Oct. 11.
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(KLFY) — Tax Day is coming up on April 17, a day which few people think of as good news. But those in Louisiana have more to be happy about than almost anyone. According to a recent study, Louisiana taxpayers get the second-most money back on their taxes among the states in the U.S.
The study done by stacker.com using data from the IRS from 2020, the last year for which data is available, showed only Texas taxpayers got more of their money back among the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Individual income tax returns filed between January and December 2021 were used in this analysis — not included are filers who opted to put their refund toward the following year’s tax payments.
According to the study, Louisianans had a average refund amount of $3,330, well above the national average of $3,085. Only Texas saw a bigger average refund, $3,488.
The study also showed that 79.3% of those filing in Louisiana got refunds. That’s more than all but three states, West Virginia (81.7%), Mississippi and Indiana (79.5% each). Nationwide, 74% of those filing got refunds.
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-- Alumna Mashama Bailey named Outstanding Chef --
NEW YORK, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On June 13, in Chicago, the James Beard Foundation celebrated another installment of its famed awards. The awards aim to recognize the best and brightest talent in the food and beverage industry, and this year, an Institute of Culinary Education graduate, Mashama Bailey, was awarded the highest honor — Outstanding Chef in America. ICE's mission is to help the next generation of chefs achieve their culinary goals and find their culinary voice. Chef Mashama has found her unique voice at The Grey in Savannah, Georgia. ICE is proud to share the recognition its alumni have earned throughout the organization's history.
Chef Mashama is a 2001 graduate of ICE's Culinary Arts program. Other honors she has received include the Foundation's Best Chef: Southeast in 2019, as well as Restaurant of the Year by Eater in 2017 and Food & Wine's Restaurant of the Year in 2015.
In 2022, seven ICE alumni were named as semifinalists and finalists for awards, including: Rachel Yang (Culinary, '01) for Outstanding Chef, Mary Attea (Culinary, '11) for Best Chef: NY State, Helen Nguyen (Culinary, '17) for Best Chef: NY State, Ayesha Nurdjaja (Culinary, '07) for Best Chef: NY State, Shennari Freeman (Health-Supportive Culinary Arts, '21) for Emerging Chef and Sohui Kim (Culinary Arts & Management, '02) for Best New Restaurant.
"The James Beard Foundation's Outstanding Chef award is the highest singular honor in America for a chef, and we are thrilled that this year an ICE alumnus was the recipient. We congratulate Chef Mashama on this award," says ICE CEO Rick Smilow. "It's amazing to see how our students navigate the industry and find their culinary voices, and the ICE community is extremely proud of having been a step on the path to Chef Mashama's and all of our students' achievements."
Chef Mashama enrolled at ICE in 2000 and, upon completion, worked under Jeremy Marshall at Aqua Grill for her externship. Next, she spent a number of years at Chef Gabrielle Hamilton's Prune, ultimately rising to sous chef. In 2014, she and partner John O. "Johno" Morisano opened The Grey in a restored 1938 Greyhound bus terminal, serving her take on Southern coastal and farm-to-table cuisine. She is also the author of "Black, White, and The Grey: The Story of an Unexpected Friendship and a Beloved Restaurant." In 2019, she was the subject of an episode of Netflix's Chef's Table. This summer, Chef Mashama and Mr. Morisano will open The Grey Diner Bar and The Grey Market in Austin.
Over the years, ICE alumni have been nominated for and won many James Beard Foundation Awards. This year, Chef Mashama becomes the first to win the Outstanding Chef category. She joins the ranks of fellow alumni winners, including:
CHEFS & RESTAURANTS
- 2018 Best Chef: New York City: Missy Robbins (Culinary Arts, '95): Lilia, Brooklyn, New York
- 2009 Outstanding Pastry Chef: Gina DePalma (Pastry & Baking Arts, '94): Babbo, New York
- 2004 Rising Star Chef of the Year: Allison Vines-Rushing (Culinary Arts, '00): Jack's Luxury Oyster Bar, New York
- 2000 Outstanding Pastry Chef: Claudia Fleming (Culinary Arts, '88) Gramercy Tavern, New York
- 1998 Outstanding Pastry Chef: Stephen Durfee (Pastry & Baking Arts, ' 91): The French Laundry, Yountville, California
FOOD MEDIA
- 2018 Video Webcast, Fixed Location and/or Instructional: Vivian Howard (Culinary Arts, '03): Panna Cooking: Black Bean-Glazed Salmon with Ginger Cabbage
- 2018 International Cookbook: Stacy Adimando (Culinary, '10): Nopalito: A Mexican Kitchen
- 2016 Outstanding Personality/Host: Vivian Howard (Culinary Arts, '03): A Chef's Life, PBS
- 2012 Video Webcast: Jamie Tiampo (Restaurant & Culinary Management, '06): EatTV with Jamie Tiampo, Eattv.com
This year has continued to be a year of growth for the Institute of Culinary Education. The school's 2022 commencement had a record number of graduates and the school continues to develop across both New York City and Los Angeles campuses. Commencement speakers were Jacques Pépin (New York) and Antonia Lofaso (Los Angeles). In 2021, the school launched an online diploma program in Culinary Arts & Food Operations, which provides aspiring culinary professionals access to comprehensive training from the comfort of their own kitchens. That same year, ICE launched its first Associate of Occupational Studies degree program in Los Angeles, which offers a college-level curriculum with a restaurant and hospitality focus.
About the Institute of Culinary Education
The Institute of Culinary Education (ICE) is one of the largest and most diverse culinary schools in the world with campuses in New York and Los Angeles. Established in 1975, ICE offers award-winning six- to 14-month career training programs in Culinary Arts, Pastry & Baking Arts, Health-Supportive Culinary Arts, Restaurant & Culinary Management and Hospitality & Hotel Management, in addition to professional development in Artisan Bread Baking, The Art of Cake Decorating and Intensive Sommelier Training — with more than 15,000 alumni, many of whom are leaders in the industry.
ICE also offers continuing education for culinary professionals, hosts 400 special events each year and is home to one of the world's largest recreational cooking, baking and beverage programs. ICE's 74,000-square-foot, cutting-edge campus in New York City and its 38,000-square-foot Los Angeles campus were designed for inspiration, creativity and community.
ICE continues to grow and evolve with the launch of its LA campus in 2018, the addition of the Health-Supportive Culinary Arts program in 2019, an agreement with the International Culinary Center in 2020, the introduction of sommelier training and associate degrees in 2021 and the introduction of an Online Culinary Arts & Food Operations program in 2021. Visit us at ice.edu or join us on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Twitter and YouTube at @iceculinary to find your culinary voice™.
CONTACT:
Stephanie Fraiman
Public Relations Director
Institute of Culinary Education
(212) 847-0703
sfraiman@ice.edu
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