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ATLANTA, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rollins, Inc. (NYSE: ROL), a premier global consumer and commercial services company, announced today it has been recognized by BMW Group, ranking its fleet at number 15 in the top-50 green fleets. With 1,285 flex fuel vehicles, 435 hybrid electric vehicles, 5 electric vehicles and 1 CNG powered vehicle, the Rollins fleet is making a positive impact on reducing overall carbon emissions and their impact on climate change.
"We are excited to be recognized for our outstanding efforts to enhance the overall efficiency of our fleet while also reducing carbon emissions," said Jerry Gahlhoff, President and COO at Rollins. "At Rollins, we are focused on being a good corporate citizen, and that means caring for our environment. Our drive to enhance the efficiency of our fleet extends beyond our vehicle choices to include optimizing our routes to reduce technician drive time, fuel consumption and overall carbon emissions from our fleet. We firmly believe that pursuing a greener fleet is not just good for the environment, it's good for our business and the communities in which we operate."
This year, Rollins ranked two spots higher in the Automotive Fleet Top 50 Green Fleet list as compared to last year's ranking. This year-over-year growth positions Rollins alongside some of the largest "green" vehicle fleets in the United States and is a solid example of the company's commitment to being environmentally responsible.
To learn more about Rollins' commitment to being a socially and environmentally conscious company, please visit https://www.rollins.com/esg.
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About Rollins, Inc.
Rollins, Inc. is a premier global consumer and commercial services company. Through its family of leading brands, Orkin, HomeTeam Pest Defense, Clark Pest Control, Northwest Exterminating, McCall Service, Trutech, Critter Control, Western Pest Services, Waltham Services, OPC Pest Services, The Industrial Fumigant Company, PermaTreat, Crane Pest Control, Missquito, Orkin Canada, Orkin Australia, Safeguard (UK), Aardwolf Pestkare (Singapore), and more, the Company and its franchises provide essential pest control services and protection against termite damage, rodents and insects to more than two million customers in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia from more than 700 locations. You can learn more about Rollins and its subsidiaries by visiting our website at www.rollins.com, where you can also find this and other news releases by accessing the news releases button.
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How do the latest wireless Samsung earbuds compare to their wired AKG counterpart?
Renowned Austrian manufacturer AKG knows a thing or two about headphones, having produced its first set in 1949. It’s no surprise that Samsung has been working with them to produce the AKG-branded headphones included with its flagship phones. Samsung even went so far as to buy AKG’s parent company, Harman, further cementing their union. Take a look at the Korean tech giant’s latest wireless earbuds versus its wired AKG-branded headphones to see how they compare.
Samsung Galaxy Buds2
If you are looking for wireless freedom from your headphones, they don’t come much smaller than the Samsung Galaxy Buds2. They are available in four soft colors with a customizable fit and lightweight, at just 5 grams each.
Samsung Galaxy Buds2 offer seamless switching between devices, meaning you can flick between phone and laptop with minimal fuss, and they incorporate three microphones for clear voice calling and noise-reduction purposes.
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Samsung Galaxy Buds2 pros
Notable for their compact design, Samsung Galaxy Buds count noise cancellation and wireless charging among their many positive features. Their battery life extends to approximately five hours. Connection to Android devices is quick and easy, and the overall user experience is good. Sound quality is decent, and they pack a punch in the lower and higher registers, with the midrange slightly lacking in detail. However, most listeners will be more than happy with the quality since this is ideal for modern contemporary music.
Samsung Galaxy Buds2 cons
The Samsung Galaxy Buds2 carry an IPX2 water-resistance rating, which in simple terms means that they are splash-proof. However, while you should have nothing to worry about when using them in a light rain shower, they might not be able to withstand a heavy workout at the gym. Users of iOS devices may also be disappointed to hear that the latest companion app is heavily focused on Android users, and they may find they miss out on certain features.
AKG Type-C wired earbuds
When Samsung jumped on Apple’s bandwagon and ditched the 3.5-millimeter headphone jack on its flagship models, many people took the news badly. Yet, many still prefer wired headphones as they are not fussy, don’t need charging and are less likely to become lost in the couch.
Enter the AKG Type-C wired earbuds that plug directly into the charging socket, skirting the requirement for a headphone socket in doing so. This well-built set is basic but represents excellent value.
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AKG Type-C wired earbuds pros
AKG Type-C wired earbuds are well designed with highly compact earpieces. The cable has a woven sleeve from the jack plug to the divider, where the cables become rubber-coated and hardwearing. There is a simple three-button inline remote on the right-hand cable with volume up and down/call answering/play and pause controls as well as an inbuilt microphone. AKG Type-C wired earbuds come with three differently-sized earpieces to ensure a snug fit and are ideal for mobile gaming and movies, thanks to their being very low-latency.
AKG Type-C wired earbuds cons
AKG Type-C wired earbuds are non-water-resistant and should not be used outdoors in heavy weather. They do not have good noise isolation, with a lot of lower-frequency ambient noise blending into the mix. While their bass response is good enough for playing EDM or hip-hop tracks, they lack sound enhancement features and noise-canceling technology.
Should you get AKG Type-C wired earbuds or Samsung Galaxy Buds2?
Many Samsung phones owners will have received a set of AKG Type-C wired earbuds with one of their high-end handsets and may be wondering whether to upgrade to Samsung Galaxy Buds2. If you place a lot of value in wireless technology and like to work or exercise without having a phone on your person, you may consider switching. On the other hand, if you like to charge your device while listening to music or other media, you’d benefit from the free USB-C port that the AKG Type-C wired earbuds would otherwise use.
That said, if you prefer the reliability of wired headphones or simply don’t wish to hand over $100 more for the wireless Samsung Galaxy Buds2, you might be happier with the AKG Type-C wired earbuds. The AKG Type-C wired earbuds offer a better bang for your buck, but there are obvious limitations when it comes to being tied to your handset. While wireless earbuds are undoubtedly here to stay, they will not last a long-haul flight on a single charge and in situations like this, sometimes the old-school solutions work best. Alternatively, you might consider a set of the pro-audio headphones, for which AKG are famous. It’s always beneficial to do some research on the best AKG headphones to compare both wired and wireless models that are equally suited to the home or studio.
We couldn’t help but be impressed with the Samsung Galaxy Buds2, and they have deservedly managed to make their mark in a saturated market where competition from brands such as Apple has ruled the roost. While the AKG Type-C wired earbuds are evenly matched as far as sound quality, the high-quality peripherals — including the companion app and smart charging case — make the Samsung Galaxy Buds2 stand out as the far superior product, albeit at a price.
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How to Watch the Oklahoma vs. Portland Game: Women's Basketball Streaming & TV Channel Info for the NCAA Tournament First Round
Published: Mar. 18, 2023 at 1:11 PM MDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
The No. 5 seed Oklahoma Sooners (25-6) will look to defeat the No. 12 seed Portland Pilots (23-8) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday at Pauley Pavilion. This contest tips off at 9:00 PM.
Hoping to catch this game live? Below, we'll give you all the details you need to know about how to watch this contest on fuboTV.
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Oklahoma Women's Basketball Game Live Stream & TV Channel Info
- When: Saturday, March 18, 2023 at 9:00 PM ET
- Where: Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, California
- TV: ESPN
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Oklahoma vs. Portland Scoring Comparison
- The Pilots score an average of 69.5 points per game, 6.1 fewer points than the 75.6 the Sooners allow to opponents.
- When it scores more than 75.6 points, Portland is 10-1.
- Oklahoma's record is 9-1 when it allows fewer than 69.5 points.
- The Sooners average 22.5 more points per game (84.5) than the Pilots allow (62.0).
- Oklahoma has a 24-3 record when scoring more than 62.0 points.
- When Portland gives up fewer than 84.5 points, it is 21-5.
- The Sooners are making 45.3% of their shots from the field, 2.8% lower than the Pilots concede to opponents (48.1%).
Oklahoma Schedule
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The co-pilot who jumped out of a plane mid-flight without a parachute over North Carolina on July 29 was “visibly upset” during the flight, the National Transportation Safety Board said in an initial report released this week.
The co-pilot died from his injuries. The pilot who remained in control of the plane was not injured.
According to the NTSB, the plane made an attempt to land at the Raeford West Airport in North Carolina. The co-pilot then attempted to do a “go-around maneuver” which effectively would have been to redo the landing. Before the plane could regain altitude, the right landing gear struck the runway.
The lead pilot then took control of the plane and flew over the airport where officials on the ground confirmed the damage. The plane was then diverted to Raleigh-Durham International Airport to make an emergency landing.
En route to Raleigh-Durham, the co-pilot was in communication with air traffic controllers, the NTSB reported.
The lead pilot told the NTSB the co-pilot opened his side cockpit window, and “may have gotten sick.”
The lead pilot then said the co-pilot “got up from his seat, removed his headset, apologized, and departed the airplane via the aft ramp door,” the NTSB reported. The lead pilot then communicated with air traffic controllers that the co-pilot departed the plane without a parachute.
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ENZU, the "Born in the Cloud" provider of private cloud, infrastructure, and managed services and home of the TruCloud platform, is excited to announce the launch of its new ENZU EDGE portfolio to help clients quickly and affordably reach end-users in nearly any market around the world with high-performing and reliable cloud and infrastructure services!
ENZU EDGE is built on bare metal technology and is geared for workloads that require the use of an entire server, when a custom hypervisor is needed, and a high-performance experience is critical. Our TruCloud portal also provides complete insight, visibility, and control of the entire ENZU EDGE hardware platform.
ENZU's dedicated cloud solutions can replicate your data across multiple instances around the corner, or around the world, creating a high-performance, always-available, secure solution that delivers the best possible experience for end users no matter where they are.
"The Edge is where everything is happening. Companies are looking for ways to get their content and services closer to their end users in a secure and effective way while not sacrificing reliability or control. Many of today's applications and workflows don't achieve the performance expected. Much of that is based on where they live and how the services are configured. Our job is to help create an environment that enables optimum performance, high levels of security, multiple layers of redundancy, and at a price point that doesn't break the budget" said Art Schloerb, California-based EVP of Global Sales at ENZU.
Don't need an Edge solution ? That's OK. ENZU also offers a Bare Metal as a Service (BMaaS) option that can be fully managed, co-managed, or even self-managed by the client and can include full access and control of each device through their TruCloud portal.
ENZU's Cloud solutions are all dedicated, optimized for the best performance, provisioned in a highly-redundant manner, have predictable and affordable flat rate pricing, and come with basic security services included as well as an Industry Leading 100% SLA (Service Level Agreement)!
ENZU offers other services such as Disaster Recovery (DRaaS), Backup and Storage, Advanced Security, and a portfolio of managed and professional services. All of which support critical environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives as well as technical and financial transformation within your business.
Contact an ENZU Cloud Consultant today for an expert review of your current services/billing and the value/savings an ENZU solution will bring to your organization at Sales@Enzu.com or 877.378.3769.
ENZU, home of the TruCloud® Platform, fuels growth and innovation for organizations by delivering expert capabilities in Bare-Metal, Edge Computing, Private and Hybrid Cloud Solutions, Disaster Recovery, and Security. The TruCloud® Platform is a user-friendly console that provides IT leaders visibility and control from any device, anywhere they are in the world, to scale business needs quickly, with multiple layers of security and redundancy built in. With a presence in more than 40 data centers globally and availability in over 300 more, ENZU provides services when and where you need them.
ENZU, Born in the Cloud, is driven by a passion for helping companies make intelligent technology decisions to accelerate their business growth and transformation while understanding the unique challenges that companies face throughout their cloud journey. ENZU services are purpose-built to deliver flexible, scalable, and affordable Infrastructure-as-a-Service solutions for your individual needs. All backed by our premium customer support with unmatched SLAs.
ENZU is Built for Performance, Engineered for Reliability, Designed for Scalability, Configured for Security, and Powered by a Global Content Delivery Network.
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RALEIGH, N.C. – Police in North Carolina’s capital city released body and dashboard camera footage Friday that shows the arrest of a Black man who died after officers repeatedly used stun guns on him.
Darryl Tyree Williams, 32, died at a hospital after being confronted and handcuffed by officers in a southeast Raleigh neighborhood about 2 a.m. on Jan. 17, according to a report by Police Chief Estella Patterson released days later.
The footage authorized to be released by a state judge this week shows officers approaching and searching Williams near a parked car. Police have said officers had been conducting proactive patrols of nearby businesses.
A man can be heard on several of the body-worn camera recordings saying “I’m not doing anything.”
Williams’ family had no comment Friday on the release of the footage, according to Dawn Blagrove with Emancipate NC, a criminal justice reform group that has been in contact with the family. Family members viewed the footage on Thursday, a city spokesperson said.
The footage from one body camera shows officers directing him multiple times to place his hands either up or behind his back. A struggle ensues, and someone can be heard threatening to fire a Taser unless he stops. The police report says a Taser was deployed, temporarily stopping Williams and causing him to fall. The video shows officers on the ground with Williams near a trash can.
The police report said Williams then broke away from the officers. The video shows him stopped moments later in the parking lot, with officers telling Williams to get on the ground and trying again to arrest him.
“Why are you all doing this to me?” he asks.
“Hands behind your back or you’re going to get Tased again,” an officer said about 20 seconds later, following other orders by his colleagues.
The footage confirms the report’s statement that Williams can then be heard saying “I have heart problems” after he was stunned again and before officers said another one would be coming if he didn’t cooperate. Police have said Williams was stunned three times, twice through direct body contact with the Taser.
The videos can be found here. Warning: the content may be disturbing to some people.
Once Williams appears to be detained, someone says, “Relax man, relax. Chill out.” Seconds later, officers become worried about whether he still had a pulse, but they turn him over and say he’s breathing.
Screenshot from video provided by Raleigh Police Department shows police holding a taser over Darryl Tyree Williams before he died in custody.
One of the videos begins with Williams already on the ground and officers kneeling over him. He can be heard moaning.
Williams became unresponsive and stopped breathing after he was handcuffed, according to the written account. The footage shows police doing chest compressions to try to resuscitate him. Emergency services arrived, and Williams was pronounced dead at a hospital about 3 a.m. The cause of his death is under investigation.
Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman said Friday that an autopsy has been performed on Williams but that a final report from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has not yet been provided.
The report said officers initially approached Williams as he sat in the driver’s seat of a parked car. An officer observed an open container of alcohol and marijuana in the car. Police tried to arrest him for possession of a controlled substance after they found a folded dollar bill with white powder in his pocket, the report said.
In one of the videos, an officer approaches the car from the passenger side, the door opens and the officer asks “Hey what’s up? How’s it going? What are y’all doing?”
A man inside explains that he’s walking to his house. The officer responds, “OK, just do me a favor. Come over here. Have a seat, both of you.” As the men in the car repeatedly ask “Why? and “For what?” the officer just repeats “Have a seat,” six times.
A search of Williams’ car also found two firearms, one of which had been reported stolen, the report states. A passenger in the car left the scene on foot, the report adds.
Six officers involved in the arrest are on administrative leave, and the State Bureau of Investigation is conducting a probe. The police department sought a judge’s permission to release the body camera and dash camera video from patrol cars.
Emancipate NC and other advocacy groups this week presented a list of demands to the Raleigh City Council. They include firing the officers involved in the arrest, retooling the city’s police advisory board and discontinuing for now the use of Tasers.
“How many times do we have to watch public executions before policing will be held accountable?” Blagrove said. “Emancipate NC stands behind the demands presented to Raleigh City Council and expect to see officers held accountable for Darryl Williams’ death.” | https://blackchronicle.com/video-shows-raleigh-police-use-stun-guns-on-man-who-died-in-custody/ | 2023-05-25 01:47:24 | 0 | https://blackchronicle.com/video-shows-raleigh-police-use-stun-guns-on-man-who-died-in-custody/ |
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pre-orders for the much-anticipated autobiographical release telling the story of widely regarded entrepreneur Mignon François, founder and CEO of The Cupcake Collection (TCC), are now available at rhboyd.com/madefromscratch.
Set for release on May 9, Made from Scratch: Finding Success Without a Recipe is the story of a woman moving beyond her obstacles to find success with no presets, mapping a journey that led to the joy that has become synonymous with Mignon François.
François is a speaker, entrepreneur, and community leader who has inspired thousands through her "Follow Your Spirit" approach to life. In Made from Scratch, François shares her story of climbing out of a life of upsets, setbacks, struggle, and lack to building a brand and legacy to bless her and future generations.
"All you have is all you need," is the life lesson baking icon François learned as she turned the five dollars she had to feed her family dinner for the week into a multi-million-dollar bakery brand with over 5 million cupcakes sold since 2008 when the TCC was founded.
François and the phenomenal story of TCC have been featured on NBC's TODAY with Hoda & Jenna, as well as in such publications as Southern Living, Entrepreneur, and Business Insider to name a few. Her success has garnered numerous awards, including Women of Legend and Merit, Entrepreneur of the Year, Women's Empowerment Innovator, NAACP Powershift Entrepreneur, and Black Enterprise magazine's Family Business of the Year.
When François decided it was time to tell her story, she thought R.H. Boyd was a natural fit. François saw the partnership with the 127-year-old company as an opportunity to help fulfill her personal mission of legacy building.
Since its founding in 1896, R.H. Boyd has taken seriously the charge to print, publish, and distribute resources with a targeted focus on African-American communities.
"Our company's legacy is to serve as a voice for the unheard. These kinds of partnerships further empower our community to take control of their narrative and to tell their story," says Dr. LaDonna Boyd, fifth-generation R.H. Boyd president/CEO. "We need storytellers now more than ever who won't allow others to speak for them."
To learn more about the book, R.H. Boyd, and stay updated on news and events, visit rhboyd.com and follow on social media @rhboydco. For bulk orders and bookstore inquiries, contact bookstore@rhboyd.com. For press inquiries, contact marketing@rhboyd.com.
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DALLAS, Sept. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nanoscope Therapeutics Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing gene therapies for retinal degenerative diseases, today announced that Dr. Samarendra Mohanty, Co-Founder and President, will give a presentation on the clinical development of Nanoscope's Multi-Characteristic Opsin (MCO) gene therapy platform at Eyecelerator during the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) 2022 Annual Meeting, taking place Thursday, September 29, 2022, in Chicago, IL.
Details for the presentation are as follows:
Pioneering Optogenetic Therapeutics and Optical Gene Delivery for Vision Restoration
Date and Time: Thursday, September 29, 2022; 2:51 p.m. CT
Location: McCormick Place Convention Center
In addition to highlighting the benefits of MCO gene therapy, Dr. Mohanty will profile Nanoscope's Phase 2b RESTORE trial from its lead clinical program as well as introduce the Company's groundbreaking non-viral laser-delivered MCO-020 gene therapy for geographic atrophy. RESTORE trial results, along with six-month data from the Phase 2 STARLIGHT trial for Stargardt disease, are expected in H1 2023.
About Nanoscope Therapeutics Inc.
Nanoscope Therapeutics is developing gene-agnostic, sight restoring optogenetic therapies for the millions of patients blinded by retinal degenerative diseases, for which no cure exists. The company's lead asset, MCO-010, is presently in Phase 2b multicenter, randomized, double-masked, sham-controlled clinical trials in the U.S. for retinitis pigmentosa (NCT04945772) with top line data expected H1 2023. The company has also fully enrolled a Phase 2 trial of MCO-010 therapy in Stargardt patients (NCT05417126). MCO-010 has received FDA orphan drug designations for RP and Stargardt. Preclinical assets include non-viral laser delivered MCO-020 gene therapy for geographic atrophy.
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Argot Partners
212-600-1902
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Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is leaving her government post, the agency and President Joe Biden announced Friday.
Walensky's last day on the job will be June 30, according to an email sent to CDC employees Friday, which was shared with CNN.
In a statement, Biden thanked Walensky for leading "a complex organization on the frontlines of a once-in-a-generation pandemic with honesty and integrity" and wished her well in her next chapter.
"Dr. Walensky leaves CDC a stronger institution, better positioned to confront health threats and protect Americans. We have all benefited from her service and dedication to public health, and I wish her the best in her next chapter," Biden said.
Walensky said in a letter to Biden made public by the CDC that the agency "saved and improved lives and protected the country and the world from the greatest infectious disease threat we have seen in over 100 years."
"The end of the COVID-19 public health emergency marks a tremendous transition for our country, for public health, and in my tenure as CDC Director," Walensky wrote. "I took on this role, at your request, with the goal of leaving behind the dark days of the pandemic and moving CDC -- and public health -- forward into a much better and more trusted place."
This story has been updated with additional developments.
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ATLANTA, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new survey conducted by CoreNet Global, the premier association for corporate real estate professionals, has found that the high inflationary environment is having an impact on corporate real estate decision making.
According to the survey, 62 percent say that the current rate of inflation is having an impact on real estate decisions.
Of those:
- More than half, 54 percent, are consolidating locations
- Forty-two percent are reducing the size of leases they are signing
- Forty-one percent are looking for more cost-effective buildings and lower rents
- Thirty-seven percent are signing fewer leases
- 34 percent say that annual escalations are 100 basis points higher than normal
While nearly 60 percent of the respondents say that their company is in growth mode, 75 percent expect the U.S. economy to slip into recession by the end of 2023 and 72 percent expect the global economy to slip into recession by the end of 2023.
Forty-four percent say that compared to prior to the pandemic their overall corporate real estate footprint has decreased; 21 percent say that it has increased, and 34 percent say that it has stayed the same. Between now and 2025, 39 percent expect an increase in the size of their corporate real estate portfolio, 42 percent expect a decrease, and 19 percent say that it will stay the same.
The survey was conducted in June-September 2022 and yielded 175 responses from all regions including North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
CoreNet Global is a non-profit association, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia (US), representing nearly 10,000 executives in 50 countries with strategic responsibility for the real estate assets of large corporations. The organization's mission is to advance the practice of corporate real estate through professional development opportunities, publications, research, conferences, designations and networking in 45 local chapters and networking groups globally. For more information, please visit www.corenetglobal.org or follow @CoreNetGlobal on Twitter.
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PARIS, Nov. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Veolia Environnement S.A. (the "Company") today announced the results of its previously announced offer to purchase for cash (the "Tender Offer") any and all of its 6.750% Notes due 2038 (the "2038 Notes"). The Tender Offer was made upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated November 10, 2022 (the "Offer to Purchase") and the related notice of guaranteed delivery dated November 10, 2022 (the "Notice of Guaranteed Delivery").
The Tender Offer expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on November 18, 2022 (the "Expiration Date") and withdrawal rights expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on November 18, 2022 (the "Withdrawal Date") and were not extended.
The Company was advised by Global Bondholder Services Corporation (the "Depositary and Information Agent") that, as of the Expiration Date, $111,397,000 aggregate principal amount of the outstanding 2038 Notes had been validly tendered and not withdrawn, as specified in the table below.
Settlement of the Tender Offer and payment of the Purchase Price and Accrued Interest in respect of the 2038 Notes accepted for purchase is expected to take place on November 23, 2022 (the "Settlement Date").
2038 Notes purchased by the Company pursuant to the Tender Offer will be cancelled and will not be re-issued or resold. 2038 Notes which have not been validly tendered and accepted for purchase pursuant to the Tender Offer will remain outstanding after the Settlement Date.
This press release is qualified in its entirety by the Offer to Purchase and the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
Capitalized terms used herein without definition have the meanings assigned to them in the Offer to Purchase.
The Company has retained Citigroup Global Markets Limited and MUFG Securities Americas Inc. to serve as the dealer managers for the Tender Offer (the "Dealer Managers"). Global Bondholder Services Corporation has been retained to serve as the Depositary and Information Agent.
For additional information regarding the terms of the Tender Offer, please contact Citigroup Global Markets Limited at +1 (800) 558-3745 (toll free in the United States), or +44 20 7986 8969, or by email at liabilitymanagement.europe@citi.com or MUFG Securities Americas Inc. at +1 (212) 405-7481, +1 (877) 744-4532 (toll free in the United States) or +33 1 70 91 42 79.
Copies of the Offer to Purchase may also be obtained at no charge from the Depositary and Information Agent. Requests for documents and questions regarding the tender of 2038 Notes may be directed to the Depositary and Information Agent at +1 (855) 654-2015 (toll free in the United States).
None of the Company, the Dealer Managers or the Depositary and Information Agent makes any recommendation as to whether any holder of the 2038 Notes should tender or refrain from tendering all or any portion of the principal amount of the 2038 Notes.
This press release is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation to tender any of these 2038 Notes nor is it a solicitation for acceptance of the Tender Offer. The Company is making the Tender Offer only by, and pursuant to the terms of, the Offer to Purchase. The Tender Offer is not being made to (nor will tenders of 2038 Notes be accepted from or on behalf of) holders of 2038 Notes in any jurisdiction in which the making or acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the securities or other laws of such jurisdiction. This announcement must be read in conjunction with the Offer to Purchase.
United Kingdom. This communication and any other documents or materials relating to the Tender Offer is not being made and such documents and/or materials have not been approved by an authorized person for the purposes of section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended. Accordingly, such documents and/or materials are not being distributed to, and must not be passed on to, the general public in the United Kingdom. The communication of such documents and/or materials as a financial promotion is only being made to those persons in the United Kingdom falling within the definition of investment professionals (as defined in Article 19(5) of the Financial Promotion Order) or persons who are within Article 43(2) of the Financial Promotion Order or to a person who otherwise falls within an exemption set forth in the Financial Promotion Order or to any other persons to whom it may otherwise lawfully be made under the Financial Promotion Order or in circumstances under which section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended, does not apply to the Company.
France. The Tender Offer is not being made, directly or indirectly, to the public in France and neither the Offer to Purchase nor any other document or material relating to the Tender Offer may be distributed to the public in France, except to qualified investors (investisseurs qualifiés), as defined in, and in accordance with, Article 2(e) of the Prospectus Regulation and Article L. 411-2 of the French Code monétaire et financier and only such qualified investors are eligible to participate in the Tender Offer. Neither the Offer to Purchase nor any other offering material has been or will be submitted for clearance to, or approved by, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers.
Italy. None of the Tender Offer, the Offer to Purchase or any other document or materials relating to the Tender Offer have been or will be submitted to the clearance procedures of the Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa ("CONSOB") pursuant to Italian laws and regulations. The Tender Offer is being carried out in Italy as an exempted offer pursuant to article 101-bis, paragraph 3-bis of the Legislative Decree No. 58 of February 24, 1998, as amended (the "Financial Services Act") and article 35-bis, paragraph 4 of CONSOB Regulation No. 11971 of May 14, 1999, as amended. Holders or beneficial owners of the 2038 Notes that are located in Italy can tender 2038 Notes for purchase in the Tender Offer through authorized persons (such as investment firms, banks or financial intermediaries permitted to conduct such activities in the Republic of Italy in accordance with the Financial Services Act, CONSOB Regulation No. 20307 of February 15, 2018, as amended from time to time, and Legislative Decree No. 385 of September 1, 1993, as amended) and in compliance with applicable laws and regulations or with requirements imposed by CONSOB, the Bank of Italy or any other Italian authority.
Each intermediary must comply with the applicable laws and regulations concerning information duties vis-à-vis its clients in connection with the 2038 Notes and/or the Tender Offer.
Belgium. The Tender Offer does not constitute a public offering within the meaning of Articles 3, §1, 1 o and 6, §1, of the Belgian Law of April 1, 2007 on public takeover bids (loi relative aux offres publiques d'acquisition/wet op de openbare overnamebiedingen) as amended (the "Belgian Law on Public Takeover Bids"). Neither the Offer to Purchase nor any other documents or materials relating to the Tender Offer have been submitted to or will be submitted for approval or recognition to the Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority (Autoriteit voor financiële diensten en markten / Autorité des services et marchés financiers) as competent authority under the Prospectus Regulation pursuant to Article 4, 1 o of the Belgian Law of July 11, 2018 on public offering of securities and admission of securities to trading on regulated markets under Article 19 of the Belgian Law on Public Takeover Bids. Accordingly, the Tender Offer may not be advertised and the Tender Offer will not be extended, and neither the Offer to Purchase nor any other documents or materials relating to the Tender Offer (including any memorandum, information circular, brochure or any similar documents) has been or shall be distributed or made available, directly or indirectly, to any person located or resident in Belgium other than "qualified investors" within the meaning of Article 2 (e) of the Prospectus Regulation, acting on their own account. Insofar as Belgium is concerned, the Offer to Purchase has been issued only for the personal use of the above qualified investors and exclusively for the purpose of the Tender Offer. Accordingly, the information contained in the Offer to Purchase may not be used for any other purpose or disclosed to any other person in Belgium.
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. In some cases, these forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, including the words "assume," "believe," "could," "estimate," "anticipate," "expect," "intend," "may," "will," "plan," "continue," "ongoing," "potential," "predict," "project," "risk," "target," "seek," "should" or "would" and similar expressions or, in each case, their negative or other variations or comparable terminology or by discussions of strategies, plans, objectives, targets, goals, future events or intentions. These forward-looking statements include all matters that are not historical facts. They include statements regarding our intentions, beliefs or current expectations concerning, among other things, our results of operations, financial condition, liquidity, prospects, growth and strategies, our reserves and the industry in which we operate. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, we can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Given these risks and uncertainties, you should not rely on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results.
Veolia group aims to be the benchmark company for ecological transformation. In 2022, with nearly 220,000 employees worldwide, the Veolia group designs and provides game-changing solutions that are both useful and practical for water, waste and energy management. Through its three complementary business activities, Veolia helps to develop access to resources, preserve available resources, and replenish them. In 2021, the Veolia group supplied 79 million people with drinking water and 61 million people with wastewater service, produced nearly 48 million megawatt hours of energy and treated 48 million metric tons of waste. Veolia Environnement (Paris Euronext: VIE) generated consolidated revenue of €28.508 billion (USD 33.725 billion) in 2021. www.veolia.com
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Fusion energy has remained a distant dream for decades, but scientists announced they got more energy back than they put in to create the reaction. How close are we to fusion energy powering society?
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Fusion energy has remained a distant dream for decades, but scientists announced they got more energy back than they put in to create the reaction. How close are we to fusion energy powering society?
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
5-2-5-8
(five, two, five, eight)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
5-2-5-8
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Gaylord Perry, two-time Cy Young winner, dies at 88
GAFFNEY, S.C. (AP) — Baseball Hall of Famer and two-time Cy Young winner Gaylord Perry, a master of the spitball, died Thursday. He was 88.
Perry died at his home in Gaffney at about 5 a.m. Thursday of natural causes, Cherokee County Coroner Dennis Fowler said. He did not provide additional details.
Perry pitched for eight major-league teams from 1962 until 1983. He won the Cy Young with Cleveland in 1972 and with San Diego in 1978 just after turning 40.
Perry was a five-time All-Star who was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1991.
He had a career record of 314-255, finished with 3,554 strikeouts and used a pitching style where he doctored baseballs or made batters believe he was doctoring them. His 1974 autobiography was titled “Me and the Spitter.”
After his career, Perry founded the baseball program at Limestone College in Gaffney and was its coach for the first three years.
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MONTEREY, Calif., July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Casa Munras Garden Hotel & Spa joins forces with DESUAR Spa to manage its wellness division of the hotel. In celebration, Casa Munras offers the Relax & Rejuvenate spa package. The package includes deluxe accommodations for two and two 50-minute spa services. Guests choose two treatments from the following three options:
SEASIDE RENEWAL, DEEP CLEANSING
Deep pore cleanse includes scrub, exfoliation, steam, extractions, a gentle massage, and mask. This rejuvenates skin, promotes cellular turnover, and minimizes appearance of pores.
DEEP TISSUE & SPORTS MASSAGE
Intense massage uses slow, deep-guided strokes and firm pressure to relieve severe tension and reach below the superficial muscles. Targeting the specific needs of an athlete to enhance performance also promotes post-injury healing.
DEEP BLUE SCRUBBAGE
Phytomer eco-friendly marine-inspired Crystallized Seawater Scrub removes dead skin, leaving limbs feeling soft and moisturized. A relaxing, stress-releasing Swedish massage follows. Treatment can be upgraded to Deep Tissue (+$10), and add-ons are available for this treatment.
DESUAR founder Deisy Suarez has over 15 years of experience in spa management and the beauty industry. This is her first foray into a hotel partnership.
"Many people need self-care and wellness treatment but have no idea where to get it. Making these services available in hotels will have a profound effect on travelers," explains Suarez.
The newly renovated 2700 square foot spa includes four treatment rooms, lockers, showers, changing rooms, and a relaxation area. Wellness-related retail is available.
DESUAR Spa has locations in Downtown Los Angeles, Hollywood, and now Monterey. The holistic spa provides high-end therapeutic skin and body treatments. For more information and to book a spa treatment, visit www.desuarspa.com or call: (831) 372-1829.
Casa Munras Garden Hotel & Spa is close to area attractions, including Cannery Row and the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Abundant gardens, hacienda-style buildings, and gracious guestrooms pay homage to California's Spanish heritage. Casa Munras is home to award-winning Esteban Restaurant. Executive Chef Mario Garcia's California-inspired Spanish cuisine is prepared with local ingredients. Indoor and outdoor patio seating are available.
Signature amenities include parking on-site, electric vehicle charging stations, complimentary wifi, a fitness room, an outdoor heated pool, and pet-friendly accommodations.
Casa Munras is located at 700 Munras Avenue, Monterey, CA 93940.
www.hotelcasamunras.com For reservations, call: (800) 222-2446
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up a case with the potential to fundamentally reshape elections for Congress and the presidency.
The justices are hearing arguments Wednesday over the power of state courts to strike down congressional districts drawn by the legislature because they violate state constitutions.
Republicans from North Carolina who are bringing the case to the high court argue that a provision of the U.S. Constitution known as the elections clause gives state lawmakers virtually total control over the “times, places and manner” of congressional elections, including redistricting, and cuts state courts out of the process.
The Republicans are advancing a concept called the independent legislature theory, never before adopted by the Supreme Court but cited approvingly by four conservative justices.
A broad ruling could threaten hundreds of election laws, require separate rules for federal and state elections on the same ballot and lead to new efforts to redraw congressional districts to maximize partisan advantage.
The court’s decision in the North Carolina case also might suggest how the justices would deal with another part of the Constitution — not at issue in the current case — that gives legislatures the authority to decide how presidential electors are appointed. That provision, the electors clause, was central to efforts to try to overturn the outcome of the 2020 presidential election in several closely contested states.
The North Carolina state Supreme Court struck down districts drawn by Republicans who control the legislature because they heavily favored Republicans in the highly competitive state. The court-drawn map used in last month’s elections for Congress produced a 7-7 split between Democrats and Republicans.
North Carolina is among six states in recent years in which state courts have ruled that overly partisan redistricting for Congress violated their state constitutions. The others are Florida, Maryland, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
State courts have become the only legal forum for challenging partisan congressional maps since the Supreme Court ruled in 2019 that those lawsuits cannot be brought in federal court.
Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for the court and joined by four other conservative justices, noted that state courts remained open. “Provisions in state statutes and state constitutions can provide standards and guidance for state courts to apply,” Roberts wrote, in an opinion joined by Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas.
But Alito, Gorsuch and Thomas wrote in March that they would have allowed the Republican-drawn map to be used this year. Alito wrote for the three justices that “there must be some limit on the authority of state courts to countermand actions taken by state legislatures when they are prescribing rules for the conduct of federal elections. I think it is likely that the applicants would succeed in showing that the North Carolina Supreme Court exceeded those limits.”
Kavanaugh has separately written about the need for federal courts to police the actions of state courts when it comes to federal elections, citing an opinion by three conservatives in the Bush v. Gore case that settled the 2000 presidential election. Thomas was one of the three justices on that 22-year-old opinion, but the court decided the case on other grounds.
In North Carolina, Republican lawmakers won’t have to wait for the court’s decision to produce a new congressional map that is expected to have more Republican districts.
Even as Democrats won half the state’s 14 congressional seats, Republicans seized control of the state Supreme Court. Two newly elected Republican justices give them a 5-2 edge that makes it more likely than not that the court would uphold a map with more Republican districts. | https://wgntv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/supreme-court-takes-up-elections-case-that-could-reshape-voting/ | 2022-12-07 12:04:01 | 0 | https://wgntv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/supreme-court-takes-up-elections-case-that-could-reshape-voting/ |
Sometimes it’s fun to rummage around in published data to see what you can find – or not find.
OPINION
Data search fails to reveal sustained student progress
- By BILL CRAWFORD Contributing columnist
Sometimes it’s fun to rummage around in published data to see what you can find – or not find.
The recent article in the New York Times expounding progress by Mississippi students prompted my latest rummage. The 3rd grade reading gate promulgated by Gov. Phil Bryant in 2013 was given much credit for marvelous improvements in NAEP scores by Mississippi 4th graders.
So how about ACT scores, I wondered? Are those early grade improvements sticking through high school? Also, with graduation rates up, are more Mississippi high school grads going to Mississippi public universities?
I delved into Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) data first. NAEP scores for 4th grade reading and math have jumped significantly since 2013. The ACT assessment is given during the junior year. A 2013 4th grader would have been a junior in 2020. So, from 2020 through 2022, how much did ACT scores improve?
Nada.
Instead the average composite ACT score trended down from 17.6 to 17.4. So, too, did the average scores for the math and reading sections.
A look back at MDE information on NAEP scores showed 4th grade gains hardly extended to 8th grade. Maybe we need an 8th grade gate too.
The grad to university question got dicey. Nowhere could I find how many high school students graduate each year. I could find graduation percentages, which are up, but no numbers.
The closest to an actual number comes from multiplying the graduation rate times the four-year cohort used by the formula. For 2023 that would be 88.9% times 32,681 for 29,053. Add on 11% for private school graduates (the proportion of high school students attending private schools) and the number increases to 32,249.
The MDE web site showed that 12% of the 2020 graduating class enrolled in a public Mississippi university. There was nothing more current. The percentage had ranged from 13% to 15% in pre-COVID years. Using 15%, the number of grads headed to our public universities would be about 4,800.
IHL data for Fall 2022 showed 15,405 freshmen enrolled (includes holdovers). It also showed 10,086 entering freshmen had ACT scores. Non-resident students made up 35.3% of total enrollment. Putting all that together suggests a range of 3,560 to 5,437 entering freshmen were Mississippi high school graduates.
A third source should have had the answer, Mississippi Lifetracks, now an Accelerate Mississippi project. But it has not been updated in several years.
Yuck. Surely, more of our high school graduates attend our public universities?
As for my question, IHL data for 2017 to 2022 showed a relatively flat trend in the total number of freshmen each year. So, most likely the number of high school grads going to our public universities has not increased.
Not a great rummage, huh?
“For now we see in a mirror dimly,” – 1 Corinthians 13:12.
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Today is Wednesday, July 12, the 193rd day of 2023. There are 172 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On July 12, 1909, the House of Representatives joined the Senate in passing the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, allowing for a federal income tax, and submitted it to the states. (It was declared ratified in February 1913.)
On this date:
In 1543, England’s King Henry VIII married his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr.
In 1812, United States forces led by Gen. William Hull entered Canada during the War of 1812 against Britain. (However, Hull retreated shortly thereafter to Detroit.)
In 1862, during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill authorizing the Army Medal of Honor.
In 1908, comedian Milton Berle was born Mendel Berlinger in New York City.
In 1965, the Beach Boys single “California Girls” was released by Capitol Records.
In 1967, rioting erupted in Newark, New Jersey, over the police beating of a Black taxi driver; 26 people were killed in the five days of violence that followed.
In 1974, President Richard Nixon signed a measure creating the Congressional Budget Office. Former White House aide John Ehrlichman and three others were convicted of conspiring to violate the civil rights of Daniel Ellsberg’s former psychiatrist.
In 1984, Democratic presidential candidate Walter F. Mondale announced his choice of U.S. Rep. Geraldine A. Ferraro of New York to be his running-mate; Ferraro was the first woman to run for vice president on a major-party ticket.
In 1991, Japanese professor Hitoshi Igarashi, who had translated Salman Rushdie’s “The Satanic Verses,” was found stabbed to death, nine days after the novel’s Italian translator was attacked in Milan.
In 1994, President Bill Clinton, visiting Germany, went to the eastern sector of Berlin, the first U.S. president to do so since Harry Truman.
In 2003, the USS Ronald Reagan, the first carrier named for a living president, was commissioned in Norfolk, Virginia.
In 2016, with hugs and handshakes, Bernie Sanders endorsed Hillary Clinton for president during an appearance in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Ten years ago: Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced her resignation. A train carrying hundreds of passengers derailed and crashed outside Paris; at least six people were killed and dozens injured. NSA leaker Edward Snowden emerged from weeks of hiding in a Moscow airport, meeting with Russian officials and rights activists. The Texas Senate passed sweeping new abortion restrictions, sending them to Gov. Rick Perry to sign into law after weeks of protests and rallies that drew thousands of people to the Capitol.
Five years ago: After an emergency gathering of NATO leaders held to address his criticisms, President Donald Trump said the U.S. commitment to the alliance “remains very strong,” despite reports that he had threatened to pull out in a dispute over defense spending. Trump then flew to Great Britain for his first visit as president. Syria’s government raised its flag over the southern city of Daraa, the cradle of the 2011 uprising against President Bashar Assad, after rebels in the city surrendered. “Game of Thrones” led the way with 22 Emmy nominations; Netflix programs captured 112 nominations, taking away HBO’s front-runner title.
One year ago: As a Russian offensive intensified in eastern Ukraine, authorities urged residents to evacuate for other, safer cities and towns in the west of the country, though many refused to leave, including pensioners worried they wouldn’t have enough money to survive in a new location. Twitter sued Elon Musk to force him to complete the $44 billion acquisition of the social media company after Musk said he was backing off his agreement to buy the company. (He would eventually become Twitter’s owner in October of 2022.) Ann Shulgin, a pioneer of psychedelics in therapy, died at age 91.
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As former big league catchers, Bob Melvin and Bruce Bochy certainly had their share of plays at the plate, and the current managers played in an era when big collisions with runners trying to score were just part of the game.
The rules have changed over the years to protect catchers, but runners are now sometimes safe even after being tagged out, and without any collision. That happened this week to Melvin’s San Diego Padres and Bochy’s Texas Rangers.
San Francisco’s Blake Sabol was originally called out in the fifth inning Wednesday night against the Padres. The call was changed after a lengthy replay review and Sabol was ruled safe when catcher Gary Sánchez was cited for blocking the plate. Melvin called it “one of the worst calls I’ve seen this year.”
Bochy did Melvin one better, calling a similar play in the Rangers’ 7-6 loss to the Chicago White Sox the previous night “absolutely one of the worst calls I’ve ever seen and it was done by replay.”
Like Sánchez, Texas catcher Jonah Heim was standing when he made a sweeping tag. Elvis Andrus was initially called out, which would have ended the eighth inning with the game still tied, but the White Sox challenged the tag and that Heim was blocking the plate.
WHY DOES MLB HAVE A RULE THAT PREVENTS CATCHERS FROM BLOCKING THE PLATE?
To prevent injuries that can result from collisions between base runners and catchers. In 2014, MLB put in a rule intended to eliminate avoidable collisions at home plate.
Rule 6.01(i) is officially listed as “Collisions at Home Plate,” but is informally referred to by many as the “Buster Posey Rule.”
That rule not only prohibits catchers from blocking the plate without possession of the ball or in the act of fielding the ball, but says runners can’t deviate from their direct pathway to the plate to initiate contact with the catcher or engage in an avoidable collision.
Posey suffered a fractured fibula and torn ligaments in his ankle after Scott Cousins of the Marlins put his shoulder down and slammed into the San Francisco catcher to score in 2011. That was a season after Posey was the NL Rookie of the Year while the Giants won the World Series.
Detroit Tigers catcher Alex Avila was injured in Game 5 of 2013 American League Championship Series after a collision with Boston’s David Ross. Avila did return to play Game 6 two days later.
Bone-jarring collisions at the plate used to be a common in the game. Among the most well-known ones was Pete Rose plowing through Ray Fosse to score the winning run in the bottom of the 12th inning of the 1970 All-Star Game, a play that left Fosse with a fractured shoulder.
WHY HAS THERE BEEN A SUDDEN UPTICK IN VIOLATIONS?
MLB sent out a memo to teams late last season about how the rule was being enforced after several disputed plays at the plate.
Minnesota manager Rocco Baldelli was irate after umpires ruled Sánchez, then with the Twins, blocked the plate on what appeared to be an out in the 10th inning of a game against Toronto last season.
The enforcement of the rule also was discussed in spring training before this season.
In both cases this week, the runners were called out by umpires on the field before replay officials ruled otherwise.
Among the things Bochy said MLB officials told him was about the setup of his catcher. Heim was to the side of the plate, with one foot on it, but already had the ball in his mitt even before Andrus slid headfirst to the open other half of the plate.
MLB said Heim’s “initial positioning was illegal, and his subsequent actions while not in possession of the ball hindered and impeded the runner’s path to home plate.”
WHY ARE TEAMS SO CONFUSED ABOUT THE BLOCKING THE PLATE RULE?
The rule encourages runners to slide into home, which has become pretty common. At the same time, catchers sometimes move to alter the runner’s anticipated path to the plate.
Catchers can legally stand in fair territory in front of the plate without possession of the ball. But they can be called for a violation if they don’t have the ball and set up in foul territory, straddle the foul line or home plate, or have a foot on the plate or the foul line.
There are also exemptions to where catchers are positioned if they have to move to take an incoming throw or are unable to establish themselves in front of the plate on a quickly developing play, such as a wild pitch or hard-hit ball to a drawn-in infielder. But those exemptions are judgment calls by the umpire or replay officials.
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BEIJING (AP) — Nearly one year after Russia invaded Ukraine, new questions are rising over China’s potential willingness to offer military aid to Moscow in the increasingly drawn-out conflict.
In an interview that aired Sunday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said American intelligence suggests China is considering providing arms and ammunition to Russia, an involvement in the Kremlin’s war effort that he said would be a “serious problem.”
China has refused to criticize Russia for its actions or even to call it an invasion in deference to Moscow. At the same time, it insists that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all nations must be upheld.
The question now is whether China is willing to convert that rhetorical backing into material support.
On Monday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin accused the United States of “fanning flames and stoking confrontations” by providing Ukraine with defensive weapons, and said Beijing would “never accept (U.S.) finger-pointing and even coercion and pressure on China-Russia relations.”
Here’s a look at where China stands on the conflict.
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DOES CHINA BACK RUSSIA IN ITS WAR ON UKRAINE?
China has tried to walk a fine — and often contradictory — line on the Russian invasion.
China says Russia was provoked into taking action by NATO’s eastward expansion. Just weeks before the Feb. 24, 2022, invasion, Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing for the opening of the Winter Olympics, at which time the sides issued a joint statement pledging their commitment to a “no limits” friendship. China has since ignored Western criticism and reaffirmed that pledge.
But China has yet to confirm the visit Putin has said he expects from Xi this spring.
China is “trying to have it both ways,” Blinken said Sunday on NBC. “Publicly, they present themselves as a country striving for peace in Ukraine, but privately, as I said, we’ve seen already over these past months the provision of non-lethal assistance that does go directly to aiding and abetting Russia’s war effort.”
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HAS CHINA PROVIDED MATERIAL SUPPORT TO RUSSIA?
So far, China’s support for Russia has been rhetorical and political, with Beijing helping prevent efforts to condemn Moscow at the United Nations.
Blinken, at a security conference in Munich, Germany, said the U.S. has long been concerned that China would provide weapons to Russia and that “we have information that gives us concern that they are considering providing lethal support to Russia in the war against Ukraine.” That came a day after Blinken held talks with Wang Yi, the Chinese Communist Party’s most senior foreign policy official, in a meeting that offered little sign of a reduction in tensions or progress on the Ukraine issue.
“It was important for me to share very clearly with Wang Yi that this would be a serious problem,” Blinken said, referring to potential military support for Russia.
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, also expressed her concern about any effort by the Chinese to arm Russia, saying “that would be a red line.”
Russian and Chinese forces have held joint military drills since Russia invaded Ukraine a year ago, most recently sending ships to take part in exercises with the South African navy in a key shipping lane off the South African coast.
Ukraine’s defense minister expressed doubt Monday about the U.S. concerns.
“I’m not sure because Russia needs also helmets, life vests, etc, etc. And I think that if China will help them … it will not (be) the weaponry. It will (be) some kinds of like clothes, etc,” the minister, Oleksii Reznikov, said in Kyiv.
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WHAT HAS CHINA SAID ON THE MATTER?
“It is the U.S. who kept providing weapons to the battlefield, not China,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said Monday. “The principle that China follows on the Ukraine issue can be simply put as promoting peace talks.”
After the meeting between Wang Yi and Blinken, China’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement that it has always played a constructive role in the Ukraine conflict by adhering to principles, encouraging peace and promoting talks.
The ministry said the China-Russia partnership “is established on the basis of non-alignment, non-confrontation, and non-targeting of third parties,” and that the U.S. was adding “fuel to the fire to take advantage of the opportunity to make profits.”
Beijing says it has continued a normal trade relationship with Russia, including purchases of oil and gas, as have other countries such as India. That trade is seen as throwing an economic lifeline to Moscow, but there have been no documented cases of China providing direct aid to the Russian military along the lines of the inexpensive military drones that Iran sells to Moscow.
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WHAT COULD HAPPEN IF CHINA AIDS RUSSIA?
There would be “real consequences … were China to provide lethal assistance to Russia” or help Moscow evade sanctions in a “systematic way,” Blinken said Monday in the Turkish capital, Ankara. He did not specify what measures Washington would take in response to Chinese military support for Russia, but said other countries would join the U.S. with similar actions.
Efforts to put a floor under ties that have deteriorated to their lowest level in decades have so far been unsuccessful. The U.S. has sought to limit Chinese access to the latest microprocessors and manufacturing equipment, and has continued to challenge Chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea.
For China, the most sensitive issue is U.S. support for Taiwan, the self-governing island democracy that Beijing considers its own territory to be conquered by military force if deemed necessary. Taiwan is a major customer for U.S. defensive arms and has hosted a growing number of prominent American elected officials, enraging Beijing.
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NEW YORK, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Inotiv, Inc. ("Inotiv" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: NOTV) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Inotiv investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud between September 21, 2021 and June 13, 2022. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
NOTV investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (1) Inotiv's acquisition, Envigo RMS, LL ("Envigo"), and Inotiv's Cumberland, Virginia facility (the "Cumberland Facility") engaged in widespread and flagrant violations of the Animal Welfare Act ("AWA"); (2) Envigo and Inotiv's Cumberland Facility continuously violated the AWA; (3) Envigo and Inotiv did not properly remedy issues with regards to animal welfare at the Cumberland Facility; (4) as a result, Inotiv was likely to face increased scrutiny and governmental action; (5) Inotiv would imminently shut down two facilities, including the Cumberland Facility; (6) Inotiv did not engage in proper due diligence; and (7) as a result, defendants' statements about its business, operations, and prospects, were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Inotiv during the relevant time frame, you have until August 22, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
WHY LEVI & KORSINSKY: Over the past 20 years, the team at Levi & Korsinsky has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders and built a track record of winning high-stakes cases. Our firm has extensive expertise representing investors in complex securities litigation and a team of over 70 employees to serve our clients. For seven years in a row, Levi & Korsinsky has ranked in ISS Securities Class Action Services' Top 50 Report as one of the top securities litigation firms in the United States.
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SAN RAMON, Calif., May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lumin Digital, a PSCU company, announced today that Hawaii State Federal Credit Union (Hawaii State FCU) has signed a multi-year agreement for Lumin Digital's cloud-native platform for online and mobile digital banking solutions. Once Hawaii State FCU goes live on the platform in June 2022, Lumin Digital will support the credit union's more than 120,000 members.
Lumin Digital is a cloud-native digital banking platform that provides credit union members with a tightly integrated and customized experience. Using sophisticated automation, Lumin Digital helps financial institutions drive better engagement with their users through personalized recommendations and communication to improve their financial habits and simplify everyday transactions by offering insights on spending, setting savings goals, and offering real-time notifications and fraud alerts.
"At Hawaii State FCU, we are committed to investing in technology and innovation so our members can manage their money with greater security and convenience," said Genesis Nicklaw, Vice President of Electronic Support Services at Hawaii State FCU. "We identified Lumin Digital as a partner because they align with our vision to provide an easy-to-use personalized digital experience to our members."
"We are excited to welcome Hawaii State FCU and serve more credit union members across the Aloha State," said Jeff Chambers, founder and CEO of Lumin Digital. "Their strong focus on providing members with innovative financial services tools, technology, and products aligns perfectly with our vision of building and deploying next-gen digital experiences for tomorrow's users. We look forward to working together to create unique and impactful digital solutions that help their members better manage their financial wellbeing without having to come into a branch."
Lumin Digital continues to drive innovation in the digital banking space, differentiating itself through technology built for human connection. Lumin Digital's offering provides seamless integration to a wide array of PSCU and other platform tools and capabilities, including card services, rewards management, and data analytics to provide a member-centric experience.
About Lumin Digital
Lumin Digital is a fintech company specializing in digital banking solutions. Through a fundamentally different approach to technology, service, and people, we're creating the next generation of financial solutions each and every day. Lumin helps credit unions and financial institutions build and deploy next-gen digital experiences that help to continually serve, engage, and grow their membership base. While other platforms are partially adapted or retrofitted for the cloud, Lumin is 100% cloud-native. It was built specifically for the cloud environment, allowing us to more fully realize the advantages it offers. It's a difference that financial institutions and their users will see and feel almost immediately. For more information, visit lumindigital.com.
About Hawaii State Federal Credit Union
Hawaii State Federal Credit Union (Hawaii State FCU) was founded in 1936. Serving state, city and county employees as well as non-profits and select businesses and their families across the state, Hawaii State FCU has more than 120,000 members and $2 billion in assets. Hawaii State FCU provides financial advising, checking, savings and loan services on Oahu and in Kahului, Maui. For more information, visit www.HawaiiStateFCU.com.
About PSCU
PSCU, the nation's premier payments CUSO, supports the success of more than 1,900 financial institutions representing nearly 7 billion transactions annually. Committed to service excellence and focused on innovation, PSCU's payment processing, risk management, data and analytics, loyalty programs, digital banking, marketing, strategic consulting and mobile platforms help deliver possibilities and seamless member experiences. Comprehensive, 24/7/365 member support is provided by contact centers located throughout the United States. The origin of PSCU's model is collaboration and scale, and the company has leveraged its influence on behalf of credit unions and their members for more than 40 years. Today, PSCU provides an end-to-end, competitive advantage that enables credit unions to securely grow and meet evolving consumer demands. For more information, visit pscu.com.
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To infinity and beyond! Pittsburgh astronaut prepares for first space flight
Woody Hoburg will be launching into space in about a month
To infinity and beyond! Pittsburgh astronaut prepares for first space flight
Woody Hoburg will be launching into space in about a month
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To infinity and beyond! Pittsburgh astronaut prepares for first space flight
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An astronaut and Pittsburgh native is preparing for his first flight into space.Warren "Woody" Hoburg, a graduate of North Allegheny High School, will take part in a SpaceX flight in about a month.He and the rest of the crew will spend about six months aboard the International Space Station doing a wide variety of scientific research as well as maintaining the space station.
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An astronaut and Pittsburgh native is preparing for his first flight into space.
Warren "Woody" Hoburg, a graduate of North Allegheny High School, will take part in a SpaceX flight in about a month.
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Despite escalating political tensions between the U.S. and China, Chinese parents are still navigating steep legal hurdles and COVID restrictions to have their babes in the U.S.
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Despite escalating political tensions between the U.S. and China, Chinese parents are still navigating steep legal hurdles and COVID restrictions to have their babes in the U.S.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will hold a trio of media teleconferences the week of Aug. 14 to preview the science and technology payloads that will fly as part of the agency's Artemis I flight test. NASA also will provide livestream coverage of Artemis I's move to the launch pad ahead of its targeted no earlier than Monday Aug. 29 liftoff.
Artemis I is an uncrewed flight test, the first in a series of increasingly complex missions to the Moon. Through Artemis, NASA will land the first woman and the first person of color on the Moon, paving the way for a long-term lunar presence and serving as a steppingstone to send astronauts to Mars.
Ten shoebox-size secondary payloads, called CubeSats, are hitching a ride to space on Artemis I's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, and several other investigations are flying inside the Orion spacecraft during the flight test. Each of the payloads will perform science and technology experiments in deep space, expanding understanding of lunar science, technology developments, and deep space radiation.
Audio of all three briefings will livestream on NASA's website. The briefings include (all times Eastern):
5 p.m. – Lunar science payloads teleconference with the following participants:
- Dr. Jacob Bleacher, NASA chief exploration scientist
- Craig Hardgrove, principal investigator, NASA LunaH-Map
- Tatsuaki Hashimoto, project manager for OMOTENASHI, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
- Ryu Funase, project manager for EQUULEUS, JAXA
- Ben Malphrus, NASA principal investigator, Lunar IceCube
- Joseph Shoer, architect for Small Sat missions, Lockheed Martin
Noon – Technology demonstration and solar system science payloads teleconference with the following participants:
- Patrick Troutman, strategy and architectures liaison for NASA's Moon to Mars Architecture Development Office
- Dustin Gohmert, Orion crew survival systems project manager, NASA's Johnson Space Center
- Raffaele Mugnuolo, ArgoMoon program manager, Italian Space Agency
- Rob Chambers, director of commercial civil space strategy, Lockheed Martin
- Wesley Faler, team lead, Team Miles
- Julie Castillo-Rogez, NASA principal science investigator, NEAScout
- Les Johnson, NASA principal technology investigator, NEA Scout
Noon – Radiation secondary payloads teleconference with the following participants:
- Ramona Gaza, MARE science team lead, NASA
- Thomas Berger, Helga and Zohar principal investigator, German Aerospace Center
- Oren Milstein, chief executive officer, StemRad
- Ye Zhang, plant biology program scientist, NASA Biological and Physical Sciences
- Sergio Santa Maria, BioSentinel lead scientist, NASA
- Mihi I. Desai, CuSP principal investigator, NASA
To participate by phone, media must send their full name, media affiliation, email address, and phone number no later than two hours prior to the start of each event to: corinne.m.edmiston@nasa.gov.
The agency is targeting Thursday, Aug. 18 to roll the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft to NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39B in Florida and will provide a live stream on the NASA Kennedy You Tube channel beginning at 6 p.m.
View information about the technology and science payloads on Artemis I:
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K-9 shot, killed during standoff with armed suspect
OXFORD, N.C. (Gray News) – A police K-9 in North Carolina was shot and killed Sunday.
K-9 Major with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office was killed during a standoff with an armed robbery suspect.
According to the Granville County Sheriff’s Department, officers responded to a report of an armed robbery involving the theft of a vehicle on Saturday. Police could not locate the suspect Saturday, but the following day, officers responded to a report of a suspicious fire at a residence.
During the investigation of the fire, officers determined the armed robbery suspect was possibly hiding under the crawl space of the home. As police tried to clear the crawl space, they were met with gunfire from the suspect and returned fire.
During that time, K-9 Major was struck by gunfire and died. The dog was shot twice with an AK-47 rifle.
Police requested further assistance from other law enforcement agencies, including a crisis negotiator. The crisis negotiator made contact with the suspect and convinced the man to come out from under the crawl space and surrender to authorities.
Aside from K-9 Major, no law enforcement officers were injured.
The suspect, identified as William Darius Eichelberger, 21, was transported to the hospital with minor injuries and released a short time later. He was then taken to the Granville County Magistrate where he was placed under a $250,000 bond.
According to police, Eichelberger was charged with seven felonies, and more charges are forthcoming.
K-9 Major was a 3-year-old German Shepherd and the beloved partner of Corporal Jamie Lariviere. The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office is holding a celebration of life for Major on Monday.
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union moved closer Tuesday to pushing through an unprecedented tax on foreign companies that want to import products that do not meet climate-protection standards that EU companies have to comply with.
The breakthrough between the EU parliament and the 27 member states still stopped short of a full deal, but brought the implementation of the system within striking distance. Because some aspects of the tax, known as the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, are tied up in other dossiers, a full decision on the tax can only be completed at a later date.
The tax will seek to create a competitive level playing field after EU companies complained that they had to incur high costs to meet climate targets while international competitors could simply import their goods without such constraints and price local producers out of the market.
“This will ensure a balanced treatment of such imports and is designed to encourage our partners in the world to join the EU’s climate efforts,” said Czech Industry Minister Jozef Síkela.
“Only countries with the same climate ambition as the EU will be able to export to the EU” without being hit by the tax, the EU parliament said in a statement. “The new rules will therefore ensure that EU and global climate efforts are not undermined by production being relocated from the EU to countries with less ambitious policies.” | https://cw33.com/business/ap-business/ap-eu-makes-breakthrough-on-climate-protection-import-tax/ | 2022-12-13 20:12:07 | 0 | https://cw33.com/business/ap-business/ap-eu-makes-breakthrough-on-climate-protection-import-tax/ |
As November elections approach, the glaring and deeply troubling headline I see is Americans becoming increasingly alienated from their own country.
There has never been a greater need for a new generation of leaders to restore clarity about American principles and plant them in American hearts and minds.
The Wall Street Journal reports that all branches of the U.S. military are coming up short in recruiting goals.
The U.S. Army will fall short by 25%, meaning 20,000 soldiers. The Air Force and Navy are also falling short.
The WSJ offers various technical explanations as the source of the recruiting problems facing the U.S. military. But most troubling is the observation that, per surveys, “fewer than one in 10 youth are inclined to serve.”
It makes sense to expect that kids growing up in a country where they are taught that they live in an evil, unjust, racist nation will have diminishing enthusiasm to put on the uniform, no matter how much they are paid.
A Gallup poll from June showed only 38% of our citizens saying they are “extremely proud” to be an American. This is the lowest since Gallup first did this survey in 2001, when 55% said they are “extremely proud.”
On a similar note, a new Gallup survey shows trust in all branches of our federal government has cratered.
The percentage expressing trust in our judicial branch stands at 47%; in our executive branch, 43%; and in the legislative branch, 38%.
It is the first time all three branches of government fell below 50% in trust.
Gallup notes that when it first did this survey in 1972, at least two-thirds expressed trust in each branch of the federal government.
This is a leadership crisis.
Former Democratic Party congresswoman and presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard drew attention with her announcement that she is pulling out of the Democratic Party.
In an interview on Fox with former Republican congressman Trey Gowdy, Gabbard ticked off her complaints about the Democratic Party, including her concern that Democrats do not carry the banner for “individual liberties,” “limited government” and our “God-given rights enshrined in our Constitution.”
Some have noted the precedent of Ronald Reagan leaving the Democratic Party.
But Reagan left the Democrats and became a Republican.
And Gabbard? She says she is now an independent.
It’s tough to fathom the genuineness of Gabbard’s disillusionment with her former party, given that she endorsed socialist Bernie Sanders for president in 2016.
Reagan articulated a clear vision of America, about limited government and individual freedom, and then fought to capture leadership in the Republican Party so the party would become the platform for these ideals.
This option certainly is open to Gabbard. But, no thank you. She’s an independent.
Americans are disillusioned because too many so-called leaders are playing games with them.
We need leaders who understand and feel, at the deepest level, what our nation is about. A great definition of leadership/heroism that I once read says that it is someone who embodies “by the cast of destiny, the virtue of their whole people in a great hour.”
Inflation is a sure sign of a corrupt political culture. It begins with irresponsible government spending and printing of money.
Alongside our corrupt political culture is the corruption of our society with the breakdown of marriage and family, and the disappearance of children.
A free society is not about economic issues or social issues but both.
In Reagan’s farewell address to the nation he said, “All great change in America begins at the dinner table.”
He knew that in America, the family passes on the values of freedom.
The press wants to focus the upcoming elections on individual races.
This election must be about party. Republicans versus Democrats.
Voters need to turn the country back to Republicans and pave the way for new, great American leaders.
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Why key House members skip many votes
By Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent
As he has campaigned for a promotion to the Senate, Ted Budd has been frequently absent from his day job: A member of the US House.
The North Carolina Republican missed more votes than all but three House members since January 2021 — and more than any lawmaker who will be on the ballot in next Tuesday’s elections, according to an analysis by a nonpartisan watchdog group, the Moonlight Foundation. Budd missed 119 votes in this Congress, amounting to 13% of all votes over the last two years, most of which came this year as he has campaigned in North Carolina to fill the seat of the retiring Sen. Richard Burr.
It’s not unusual for members to skip votes in an election year when campaigning for higher office, though doing so often opens them up to criticism from their rivals. GOP Rep. Lee Zeldin, who is running for governor in New York, skipped 115 votes out of the 926 cast this Congress — the sixth most amount of missed votes in the House, the analysis said.
Members who are retiring often are among the most likely to skip votes. Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a Republican member of the January 6, 2021, select committee who announced last year he wouldn’t run for office in 2022, was absent for 298 votes over the last two years, the most in the House. Other retiring lawmakers — like Democrat Mike Doyle of Pennsylvania — also made the top five.
“While no one demands a perfect voting record, eroding public trust in the political system by not showing up to vote is inexcusable,” said Karen Goll, the executive director of the Moonlight Foundation.
The analysis also underscores another problem with how the House operates: The proxy voting system.
Under rules pushed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi amid the start of the Covid-19 pandemic and continued as the country has returned to a sense of normalcy, lawmakers can vote while away from Washington by authorizing another member to vote on his or her behalf — so long as they sign a letter to the House clerk stating they can’t attend the vote because of the “ongoing public health emergency.” But members in both parties often abuse the system and falsely make that claim so their colleagues can vote on their behalf and allow them to stay in their home districts or engage in personal matters.
That means members who would ordinarily be marked as absent are registered as voting that day, obscuring their truancy from the public and ensuring their leaders have enough votes to deal with a bill on the floor.
Both Reps. Kevin Brady, a retiring Texas Republican, and Rep. Liz Cheney, a Wyoming Republican also on the January 6 committee who was defeated in her primary over the summer, missed the second and third most amount of House votes over the past two years, respectively. But neither Cheney nor Brady have filed proxy letters this Congress asking for members to vote for them.
“Congressman Brady does not proxy vote and was at work in Congress nearly every day votes occurred,” said Janet Montesi, Brady’s spokesperson. “During several long, unnecessary vote series on dozens of non-controversial suspension bills, Congressman Brady chose instead to continue his vital Ways and Means Committee work to defeat the misguided tax hikes and inflation-inducing spending in President Biden’s Build Back Better scheme.”
A Cheney spokesperson declined to comment.
Budd has a similar negative view of proxy voting and even cosponsored legislation to withhold pay of any member who votes remotely, with his campaign saying he “puts his money where his mouth is.” But on four occasions, he did file letters with the House clerk designating a member to vote by proxy on his behalf because of the Covid-19 pandemic, even voting remotely several times at the end of September.
Pelosi and her Democratic leadership team crafted a relatively light voting schedule in Washington this year since vulnerable Democrats are far more eager to campaign back home and try to hold onto the House. And often when they’re in Washington, House floor time is consumed by roll call votes over largely non-controversial matters that would otherwise be dealt with expeditiously if not for a handful of conservative lawmakers using parliamentary moves to tie up the floor for hours at a time.
But allowing the proxy voting system to continue has helped Pelosi ensure she can lock down enough votes to pass bills in the narrowly divided chamber even when members are not in Washington. Indeed, Rep. Tim Ryan, the Democrat running in the competitive Ohio Senate race, filed 49 letters asking a colleague to vote on his behalf due to the pandemic, the second most in the House, the analysis said.
Asked about his proxy votes, Ryan spokesperson Jordan Fuja said the congressman “will never apologize for spending more time” in his state.
“It’s 2022, and members of Congress should be able to use technology at their disposal to do their jobs and vote remotely while meeting face-to-face with the people they serve,” Fuja said.
Other members didn’t proxy vote or vote in person at all.
Among the bills that Budd, for instance, missed include ones dealing with providing cybersecurity grants for schools, bolstering oversight on veterans programs, awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to the National Hockey League’s first Black player and providing protections for whistleblowers.
In a statement, the Budd campaign attacked CNN, the national media, the Moonlight Foundation and its analysis — and defended Budd’s voting record.
Jonathan Felts, a senior Budd adviser, pointed to a report in McClatchy that said the congressman had “one of the better attendance records” of the 13-member North Carolina House delegation before his Senate campaign took shape. The same report said that Budd missed more than 100 votes since running for Senate, “far above the median lifetime record of missed votes.”
Felt said that the North Carolina media “have pointed out Ted Budd had one of the best vote records prior to the last several months of the U.S. Senate campaign.”
Representatives for the other lawmakers mentioned here either did not respond to a request for comment or declined to comment.
While most lawmakers stay in their seats as they campaign for higher office despite missing many votes — as presidential candidates ranging from Barack Obama to Ted Cruz have done — some have resigned their seats to focus exclusively on their campaigns. Charlie Crist resigned his House seat last August after winning the Florida Democratic gubernatorial primary, for instance, and Bob Dole also stepped aside in 1996 as the Kansas senator and Senate GOP leader ran for president. But that is far from the norm.
“Voting is a sacred bond between lawmakers and their constituents,” Goll said. “All too often lawmakers violate this trust by not voting in Congress, causing millions of Americans to lose their voice in Washington and lose trust in the system.”
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How to Watch the NBA on Monday: TV Channel, Game Times and Odds
Published: May. 8, 2023 at 1:37 PM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
Today's NBA Playoff schedule has two quality competitions in store. Among those games is the New York Knicks taking on the Miami Heat.
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Today's NBA Games
The Miami Heat take on the New York Knicks
The Knicks look to pull off a road win at the Heat on Monday at 7:30 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: TNT
- Game Time: 7:30 PM ET
Records and Stats
- MIA Record: 44-38
- NY Record: 47-35
- MIA Stats: 109.5 PPG (30th in NBA), 109.8 Opp. PPG (second)
- NY Stats: 116.0 PPG (11th in NBA), 113.1 Opp. PPG (12th)
Players to Watch
- MIA Key Player: Bam Adebayo (20.4 PPG, 9.2 RPG, 3.2 APG)
- NY Key Player: Julius Randle (25.1 PPG, 10.0 RPG, 4.1 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: MIA -4.5
- MIA Odds to Win: -186
- NY Odds to Win: +158
- Total: 208 points
The Los Angeles Lakers face the Golden State Warriors
The Warriors take to the home court of the Lakers on Monday at 10:00 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: TNT
- Game Time: 10:00 PM ET
Records and Stats
- LAL Record: 43-39
- GS Record: 44-38
- LAL Stats: 117.2 PPG (sixth in NBA), 116.6 Opp. PPG (20th)
- GS Stats: 118.9 PPG (second in NBA), 117.1 Opp. PPG (21st)
Players to Watch
- LAL Key Player: Anthony Davis (25.9 PPG, 12.5 RPG, 2.6 APG)
- GS Key Player: Stephen Curry (29.4 PPG, 6.1 RPG, 6.3 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: LAL -3
- LAL Odds to Win: -148
- GS Odds to Win: +126
- Total: 227.5 points
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(WATE/NEXSTAR) – Dolly Parton is really having a tough time keeping her “secret” song a secret.
On a recent episode of “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” Parton confirmed she recorded a tune that no one will be able to hear until 2045, when her “Dream Box” time capsule at Dollywood is finally opened.
“I have written a song that nobody’s going to hear until I’m 99 years old,” she said on a recent episode of Clarkson’s daytime series.
Parton explained that her decision not to release the song has driven her “crazy” over the years, mostly because she feels its a “really good song” that deserves to be heard before 2045.
“You have no idea how that has bothered me, I want to dig that up so bad,” she added.
“I don’t know whose damn idea that was,” she joked.
The song to which Parton refers is likely “My Place In History,” a tune she recorded in 2015 and tucked away in a “Dream Box” located at Dollywood’s DreamMore resort in Pigeon Forge, according to her 2020 book “Songteller: My Life in Lyrics.”
A member of Parton’s marketing team, she explained, was responsible for the idea, Nexstar’s WATE previously reported.
Late in November, Parton also discussed the song during an appearance on “The Tonight Show,” claiming she regrets locking away the song.
“They asked me if would write a song that nobody would ever hear,” she told Jimmy Fallon. “I’ll be dead and gone. Well I might not be, ’cause I’ll be 99. You know me, I might still be hoppin’ around.”
Parton said she put a CD containing the song into the Dream Box and even included a CD player and instructions on how to play it.
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CHICAGO (AP) — CHICAGO (AP) — CNA Financial Corp. (CNA) on Monday reported net income of $297 million in its first quarter.
The Chicago-based company said it had profit of $1.09 per share. Earnings, adjusted for investment costs, came to $1.19 per share.
The insurance holding company posted revenue of $3.15 billion in the period. Its adjusted revenue was $2.78 billion.
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Q: Is Kyle Lowry also missing games due to hurt feelings, knowing the Heat tried to trade him? – Brian, Fort Lauderdale.
A: The knee issue is real and already required treatment when Lowry previously was sidelined by the soreness. Now, that doesn’t mean he also is not sore about how it has soured in his second season with the team. The reality is Kyle never was and likely will never be a “culture” guy. He has a different approach to the game that certainly has served him well over the years, including at a championship level. Still, because he arrived in free agency, it wasn’t a case of him not knowing what he was getting into, with the Heat’s cult-like approach. No, it’s not for everybody. And it’s one thing when you get traded into it. But the eyes-wide-open reality is that there is a program in place that is unique to this team.
Q: I have to say that in certain ways this season has been extremely exciting. I loved it when the Heat had the Big Three. I loved it when they won in 2006. I have always rooted for them and they have had good seasons. But this team has no quit. They are terrible on offense, they fall behind, but they always fight back. As a fan I have learned do not shut the TV off. – Roland, Borrego Springs, Calif.
A: And yet the Heat practically are playing to a cliche that you only need to watch the final five minutes to see what you need to see in an NBA game. No, you cannot shut Heat games off early. But it’s almost, to be candid, preferable to turn them on late, the way those frantic finishes have been setting up. Perhaps those late-arriving crowds in Miami actually do know the score, after all.
Q: I would like to see the Miami Heat run more. Bam Adebayo has such a soft touch. He seems even more unstoppable in the open court. – Stuart.
A: And Erik Spoelstra has been imploring his team to do just that. But that is not the innate game for Jimmy Butler, and this still remains Jimmy Butler’s team. Plus, with Kyle Lowry out of the mix, those all-or-nothing hit-ahead passes haven’t been a thing lately. I’m not sure a team with a defense-first approach could also be a running team. The focus has been more about getting back on defense than getting ahead on offense.
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New products and solutions enable small- and medium-sized businesses to print more simply and sustainably.
LEXINGTON, Ky., Sept. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lexmark, a global imaging and IoT solutions leader, today announced new offerings that enable small and medium-sized businesses to print more simply and sustainably. Certified CarbonNeutral1 single and multi-function laser printers are now available in the Lexmark GO Line of smaller footprint devices, while Lexmark OnePrint offers access to a simplified print subscription service.
"Lexmark is pleased to bring these simple and sustainable print solutions to small and medium-sized businesses," said Brock Saladin, Lexmark senior vice president and chief commercial officer. "As an established leader in enterprise print, Lexmark is utilizing our cloud and IoT technology expertise to simplify print for smaller businesses while delivering enterprise-class capabilities and value."
CarbonNeutral Certified Laser Printers and MFPs
Two flagship devices in the Lexmark GO Line series are now CarbonNeutral certified products.
All Lexmark single-function black and white B3442dw devices and multi-function color MC3326i devices sold after Sept. 27, 2022, are certified as CarbonNeutral by Climate Impact Partners. These are among the first office laser printers sold in the U.S. and Canada to provide certified carbon neutrality by default, right out of the box and with no additional fee.
"These CarbonNeutral certified single-function and multi-function laser devices allow small and medium-sized business customers to be more sustainable in their printing, without additional cost or sacrifice," Saladin said. "This is a significant milestone in Lexmark's ongoing journey toward more sustainable products and is part of our longstanding commitment to helping protect the environment."
Carbon neutrality for these products begins with Lexmark engineers working to measure and minimize the greenhouse gas emissions in the full lifecycle of the product's production, transportation, use and retirement. Lexmark then supports third party-verified climate projects to offset any remaining carbon emissions. Climate Impact Partners' CarbonNeutral® certification is the global standard, managed for over 20 years to deliver clear, conclusive and transparent carbon neutral claims.
"Building on their leadership in the application of the circular economy and success in implementing operational efficiency, Lexmark is now providing certified CarbonNeutral products to their customers, ensuring the full lifecycle impacts are measured, reduced and compensated for with carbon credits from high-quality, independently verified projects," said Alterra Hetzel, senior vice president of client solutions, Carbon Impact Partners. "We welcome Lexmark to the growing number of corporations taking meaningful climate action today."
Lexmark GO Line products, including the new CarbonNeutral certified models, are available at Lexmark.com and other popular e-commerce sites, as well as through select Lexmark partners.
Lexmark OnePrint Subscription Service
Lexmark OnePrint2 is a simple subscription print solution that helps small and medium-sized businesses save time and money. Customers select the monthly plan that matches the number of pages they expect to print each month. Leveraging Lexmark's proprietary AI-driven supplies replenishment system, enrolled Lexmark GO Line devices3 are automatically monitored and managed, and genuine Lexmark toner is shipped just when it is needed, eliminating the risk of running out of toner. Service and support are also simple, with a warranty provided at no additional cost for the life of the subscription.
"Small business customers appreciate the value and simplicity of subscription services," Saladin said. "They are looking for convenience and a recurring expense they can budget for, with the peace of mind that comes with a warranty. We developed Lexmark OnePrint to meet this need."
The Lexmark OnePrint subscription service is simple and transparent:
- One flat rate starting as low as 7.99 U.S. dollars per month can be cancelled at any time
- Savings of up to 50% on toner4
- No monthly overage fees or running out of toner5
- Warranty service for the life of the subscription2
Lexmark OnePrint is now available at Lexmark.com in France, Germany and the United Kingdom, and will soon be available in the U.S. and Canada.
Supporting Resources
- Explore Lexmark GO Line printers and MFPs for small and medium-sized businesses.
- Learn more about Lexmark OnePrint subscription service.
- Visit the Lexmark Sustainability site.
- Learn more about Climate Impact Partners' CarbonNeutral Certification.
- Learn more about Carbon Offsetting through Climate Impact Partners.
- Subscribe to the Lexmark Blog.
- Follow Lexmark on LinkedIn and Twitter.
About Lexmark
Lexmark creates cloud-enabled imaging and IoT technologies that help customers worldwide quickly realize business outcomes. Through a powerful combination of proven technologies and deep industry expertise, Lexmark accelerates business transformation, turning information into insights, data into decisions, and analytics into action.
Lexmark, the Lexmark logo and Lexmark GO Line are trademarks of Lexmark International, Inc., registered in the United States and/or other countries. OnePrint and Lexmark OnePrint are trademarks of Lexmark International, Inc. CarbonNeutral® is the registered trademark of Climate Impact Partners. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
About Climate Impact Partners
Climate Impact Partners is a leader in developing and delivering high quality, high-impact carbon market solutions for climate action. For more than 20 years, the company, which is committed to delivering 1 billion tons of CO2 reductions by 2030, has worked with climate-leading businesses to support more than 600 carbon removal and reduction projects in 56 countries. With a focus on helping to transform the global economy, improve health and livelihoods and restore a thriving planet, Climate Impact Partners develops and delivers the highest quality carbon financed projects. It creates and manages carbon credit and energy attribute certificate portfolios that enable its clients to offset emissions they can't yet reduce, put a price on carbon to incentivize change, and meet ambitious climate goals. Climate Impact Partners builds on the expertise, integrity, and innovation of two companies that have led the voluntary carbon market – Natural Capital Partners and ClimateCare. Learn more at climateimpact.com.
1 Certified as CarbonNeutral® products by Climate Impact Partners. The carbon footprint is determined by Lifecycle Assessment, as defined by the UL Environment, Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL). (April 2018). Product Category Rule Guidance v2 for Printers and Multi-Function Printing Units retrieved from Shop UL Standards, and the IEEE Standards Association (2017) IEEE Std 1680.2a™-2017 standard. The assessment includes all phases of product life, including 5 years of use with Lexmark-branded supplies, and is based on historical usage data for similar Lexmark product segments. Paper is not included. Visit Carbon Neutral for more information.
2 Full terms and conditions including Statement of Limited Warranty are available at Lexmark.com as part of registration process.
3 Eligible OnePrint devices can be found here.
4 Savings based on annual subscription cost for 1,500 page per month level. Lexmark OnePrint subscription plan compared to cost of printing 1,500 ISO/IEC 2471 pages using standard original Lexmark replacement toner cartridges for B3442, B3340, B2236, MB3442, MB2236, MB2236, C2326, C3326, C2224, MC3426, MC3326, MC3224 models purchased at Lexmark.com retail prices as of Sept. 27, 2022. Sales prices, discounts and high-yield cartridges are not included in the comparison.
5 Based on maintaining normal print volume, internet connection, enrollment, current payment method and contact information.
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- The funding will further Credo AI's category defining leadership in Responsible AI, accelerate product development and strengthen its tech policy function to support emerging AI standards and regulations globally
- Mastercard and Northrop Grumman lead Credo AI's growing customer roster, as more enterprises commit to delivering responsible AI at scale
- Building a strong go-to-market team will remain a priority to continue Credo AI's leadership and bring transformative impact of Responsible AI to enterprises worldwide.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Credo AI, the company behind the world's first Responsible AI (RAI) Governance Platform, today announced the close of a $12.8 million Series A financing round led by Sands Capital, with follow-on investments from existing investors Decibel and AI Fund.
Enterprises today are struggling to adapt to emerging AI governance regulations, benchmarks and standards for implemented AI systems. Recently featured by IDC as a key Responsible AI governance platform opening new frontiers in the AI revolution, Credo AI assists organizations with operationalizing AI governance to deploy compliant, responsible AI systems faster and with greater confidence through its context-sensitive risk framework.
This latest funding round will enable Credo AI to bring the transformative impact of Responsible AI governance to more enterprises in the world. The funding will be used to accelerate product development, build a strong go-to-market team to continue Credo AI's Responsible AI category leadership, and strengthen the tech policy function to support emerging standards and policies.
"Credo AI is at the forefront of the Responsible AI movement with a leadership team whose primary mission is to help organizations create AI systems with the highest ethical standards," said Scott Frederick, Partner at Sands Capital. "AI has the power to augment essentially every part of our lives but can cause irreparable damage to our society without proper governance. Credo AI helps enterprises on their Responsible AI governance journey by bridging the gap between their technical and business stakeholders to successfully keep AI applications compliant and aligned with industry-specific standards."
Existing solutions like MLOps, open source ML fairness tools and others are often too narrowly focused on the technical aspects of the AI system to address the larger issue at hand: lack of governance and accountability across the entire AI development lifecycle. Credo AI's Responsible AI Platform helps cross-functional teams align on Responsible AI requirements for fairness, performance, transparency, privacy, security and more based on business and regulatory context across industries such as financial services, banking, retail, insurance and defense.
"Mastercard has been an early champion of Responsible AI development and governance and has been committed to the ethical use of data to power a wide range of business results as well as drive financial inclusion across the world," said JoAnn Stonier, EVP and Chief Data Officer, Mastercard. "We are committed to constantly evaluating our efforts in this area and are happy to be partnering with Credo AI's Responsible AI platform to extend our governance model further. These types of partnerships, tools and techniques assist us in furthering our governance process while improving our time to market."
Credo AI was founded in 2020 by Navrina Singh and Eli Chen with the mission to help organizations build AI aligned with human values. Singh was recently appointed as one of 27 leaders on the National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee (NAIAC) which will advise President Biden and the National AI Initiative Office on a range of issues related to AI.
"We're laser focused on ushering in industry standards of oversight and accountability for Responsible AI," said Navrina Singh, founder and CEO of Credo AI. "AI should be in service of humanity, and we intend to continue driving the industry towards an equitable future."
As part of our commitment to ensure Responsible AI becomes the global standard, Credo AI is bringing together experts including policymakers, data scientists and business leaders across risk, compliance and audit to be part of the solution. Join their network waitlist here.
About Credo AI
Founded in 2020, Credo AI is a venture-backed company on a mission to empower organizations to deliver Responsible AI (RAI) at scale. Credo AI brings context-driven governance and risk assessment to ensure compliant, fair, transparent and auditable development and use of AI. Credo AI's Intelligent SaaS platform empowers enterprises to measure, monitor and manage AI introduced risks at scale. Credo AI enables organizations to create AI with the highest ethical standards, so that they are able to capture its tremendous benefits while mitigating unintended negative consequences. Credo AI customers include AI first and Global 2000s across Retail, Finance and Banking, Insurance, Defense and High Tech. To learn more about Credo AI, visit: credo.ai.
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According to CB Insights, 70% of startups that fail did so because they scaled prematurely, there wasn’t a big enough need for their offering, or they ran out of cash.
Basically, their go-to-market strategy wasn’t working, and they did not make sufficient changes to be successful. A startup pivot needed to happen, but it didn’t—at least not fast enough. Most people consider a startup pivot a shift in the product/service, target customer, or other change in direction based on market feedback.
Hoosiers might be familiar with the term “pivot” from basketball, where you keep one foot in place (the plant foot) and move the other foot around to shift direction or get leverage. For a startup, this distinction is important. A successful pivot happens when you keep part of the business grounded in what you were doing, but you make a change to a better position based on a hypothesis about what will be more effective.
Unfortunately, we often see ineffective pivots—the change is too sudden or too big, or it isn’t based on the next best hypothesis. Instead, sometimes pivots seem fairly random, like the startup is wildly responding to random suggestions and has forgotten what it set out to accomplish. The worst case we’ve seen is what we call the pinball startup. It changes direction every time it gets any feedback. Even the company becomes confused about what it was supposed to be doing.
A startup has to find product/market fit before it can scale. So, what is product/market fit? Venture capitalist and Stanford Graduate School of Business professor Andy Rachleff is credited with coining this term, which he explained: “Identifying a compelling value hypothesis is what I call finding product/market fit. A value hypothesis identifies the features you need to build, the audience that’s likely to care, and the business model required to entice a customer to buy your product. Companies often go through many iterations before they find product/market fit, if they ever do.” If things are not working, a startup has to pivot. The key is to stay grounded in at least one dimension—plant one foot and pivot with the other to find a better position.
Let’s talk about the primary kinds of pivots a startup can make:
◗ Product pivot involves changing the product by focusing on a new feature or removing a feature. Twitter is noted as originally being a podcasting company called Odeo. But before Odeo could launch, Apple released iTunes, which disrupted podcasting. So Odeo moved to be a microblogging platform that eventually became Twitter—same customers but with a different offering.
◗ Market or customer pivot happens when a startup shifts to focus on a different customer segment or market niche. This could include finding a new target, switching to a different industry or expanding to a new geography. Play-Doh was invented as a cleaner to remove coal soot from coal heating in the 1930s. When gas heating became the norm, it pivoted to arts and crafts—same product but new market.
◗ Business model pivot occurs when a startup changes how it gets revenue with a different pricing strategy or new distribution channel or even by transitioning from B2C to B2B or vice versa. Dropbox originally charged everyone for synchronizing their cloud storage. It pivoted to a freemium model targeting businesses with premium plans to enhance collaboration—same product, different revenue process.
◗ Strategic pivot is when a startup moves in a new strategic direction, like developing a platform, seeking partnerships or acquisitions, or moving into new industry verticals. Nokia was challenged by the dominance of the iOS and Android platforms and sought a partnership with Microsoft to tap into its Windows ecosystem—same product, new partner.
There are many ways to pivot, but don’t change more than one element at a time. If you change the business model, the target customer and the product features all at once, you will not know what part of the change worked or didn’t work. A controlled experiment does not change multiple variables at once. Change the product features and see how they do with the current target market. Still not working? Change the target market. Still not working? Review the business model. Systematic experimentation is the goal.
CB Insights also found that 10% of startups fail due to a “pivot gone bad.” So the downsides of pivoting are very real. As coach John Wooden is quoted: “Don’t mistake activity for achievement.” Pivoting is not a strategy or an achievement per se. It is an activity that might be necessary to achieve the goal of product/market fit. The key is to find product/market fit through systematic experimentation—but be sure to keep one foot planted.
We’d like to acknowledge Ben Pidgeon of VisionTech Partners, who invited us to participate in a panel on pivots at the 2023 Innovation Showcase.•
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Kim Saxton is a clinical professor of marketing at IU Kelley School of Business at IUPUI. Todd Saxton is an associate professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at IU Kelley School of Business at IUPUI. They are co-authors of “The Titanic Effect: Successfully Navigating the Uncertainties that Sink Most Startups.”
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Here's what weekend forecast shows for upcoming Valley storm
More rain is in the forecast for Central California, so be prepared for potentially slick roads and travel delays.
The precipitation should reach Merced, Mariposa and Yosemite Park by Saturday evening before pushing southward through the night. For Visalia and Tulare, most of the rain should fall late Saturday night and early Sunday morning.
“A weak system will bring increased clouds to our area and a little light precipitation to Merced County on Friday,” the National Weather Service Hanford said. “A stronger system is expected Saturday night and Sunday, bringing light rain to the San Joaquin Valley and snow to the high Sierra [Nevada].”
Rain amounts will be 1/10 of an inch or less in the majority of areas; however, a few locations in the north and in the east may see even more rain, according to forecasts from the National Weather Service Hanford.
Rain for Visalia and Tulare could hit .35 inches.
Areas in the Sierra Nevada from Fresno County northward may see anywhere between half an inch of rain to one and one-quarter inches of rain; a quarter to a half inch of rain is expected in the higher elevations of Tulare County's foothills.
Sand and bags are available for Visalia residents at the self-serve sand station on Cain Street, between Goshen Avenue and Main Street. The sand station will stay open 24 hours a day during the storm. Residents need to bring their own shovels. There is a limit of eight sandbags per home.
Snow is also on the forecast for areas around 6,000 feet and above in the Sierra Nevada on Saturday, before dropping to 4,000 feet Sunday. Areas above 7,000 feet may see anywhere between 6 and 12 inches of snow.
Subfreezing temperatures throughout the San Joaquin appear to be over for now. Forecasts show temperatures are expected to hover between the high-30s and mid-60s over the weekend.
Dry weather is anticipated for most of Central California after Tuesday but fog could follow the rain.
Record rain reported in January
Nine atmospheric rivers fell between Dec. 26 and Jan 17, five of which were measured as "strong" or "greater magnitude," according to the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes.
Atmospheric rivers can also be measured as "weak," "extreme," and "exceptional."
Multiple areas throughout California reported record amounts of rain during January following the intense storms.
January 2023 is the fifth wettest month of January in Merced since precipitation records began in 1899, according to the National Weather Service Hanford.
Multiple areas snapped daily records dating back to the early 1900s following a series of atmospheric storms on Jan. 10, according to the National Centers for Environmental Information.
For example, Merced received 1.80 inches of rain, an inch above the old record established in 1907. Fresno received 1.53 inches of rain, breaking the city's old record of 0.57 inches, set in 1930. Hanford also broke its 1979 record of 0.82 inches after receiving 1.30 inches of rain.
California wasn’t the only area to snap daily and monthly records. According to the Global Historical Climatological Network, more than 27,400 stations throughout the United States reported daily precipitation records over the last 30 days. | https://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/story/news/local/2023/02/03/heres-what-weekend-forecast-shows-for-upcoming-valley-storm/69864008007/ | 2023-02-03 18:55:27 | 0 | https://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/story/news/local/2023/02/03/heres-what-weekend-forecast-shows-for-upcoming-valley-storm/69864008007/ |
"A Real Blockbuster of a Neighborhood" to feature 214 rental homes; anchored by Alamo Drafthouse Cinema + Drive-In
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., Feb. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Premiering in 2024, The Aronson, a much-buzzed-about multifamily, entertainment and retail destination will throw open its doors to Fayetteville and Northwest Arkansas. Starring over two hundred of the regions' most desirable rental homes, this unique mixed use development will also feature restaurants and the world's greatest movie theater – the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema + Drive-In. Produced by Catchlight Entertainment, a strategic partnership of the ITEX Group and Time Warp Enterprises, The Aronson will be an entertainment community like no other.
"The Aronson will be a beacon of community and fun for all of Fayetteville and Northwest Arkansas," said Chris Akbari, Catchlight partner and CEO of ITEX. "Residents will be able to enjoy the convenience of mortgage-and-maintenance-free living in an upscale bike and pedestrian friendly community filled with parks, green spaces and a host of modern amenities."
The Aronson's 214 residences will feature a vibrant mix of single, duplex, and triplex homes alongside several garden-style apartment buildings. With conveniences like bike parking, home offices and dedicated garages, the amenity-rich property will also feature a clubhouse, fitness center, pool, playgrounds and dog parks – all just steps from restaurants and movies.
With The Aronson, Fayetteville residents can look forward to exploring a bike-and pedestrian-friendly neighborhood that encapsulates the local penchant for community, excitement, and fun. The Aronson is truly One Blockbuster of a Neighborhood.
The commercial side of The Aronson will be anchored by Arkansas's first Alamo Drafthouse Cinema + Drive-In. This will not only be the first Alamo Drafthouse in Arkansas, it will also be the company's first permanent drive-in theater. The Austin-based cinema-eatery will open in 2024 with 798 luxury recliner seats across 8 indoor theaters equipped with 4k digital projection, including The Big Show, Alamo Drafthouse's Premium Large Format theater with Dolby Atmos sound and 70mm projection capabilities. The drive-in screen will feature parking for cars and bikes and a view from the beer garden.
Like all Alamo Drafthouse cinemas, the new Fayetteville location will offer a scratch-made food menu, local beers on draft, and craft cocktails brought to guests in their seats by stealthy servers trained to not disrupt the movie experience. Speaking of not disrupting the movie, the cinema chain's famed No Talking/No Texting policy will be in effect at the location to ensure guests can watch films free from annoying distractions.
Guests are encouraged to arrive up to 30 minutes early to screenings for an ad-free preshow with funny clips, informative video essays, and more. Drafthouse is in the name for a reason, and guests will be able to enjoy a cold drink and chatting with other movie fans at the cinema's standalone bar and beer garden. The bar will have dozens of beers on tap, craft cocktails, and will be set up to host small events, parties, and screenings and the outdoor beer garden will have a view of the drive-in screen.
The Aronson is named for cinema pioneer – and Arkansas native – Max Aronson (screen name Gilbert "Bronco Billy" Anderson). Considered the first film star, Aronson had three roles in the early cinema hit, "The Great Train Robbery" before going on to found Essanay Studios in 1906, where he was both a producer and star. Aronson grew famous starring in hundreds of silent films as Broncho Billy, the first iconic onscreen cowboy. By 1914 he was dubbed "The King of the Movies" and the following year he recruited rising star Charlie Chaplin to Essanay, where he produced the early classic, "The Tramp," among other Chaplin productions. Aronson also produced the first Laurel & Hardy title. While Aronson left the film world in the late 1910's, he was recognized for his role as a film industry pioneer with a 1958 Academy Award.
More announcements regarding cinema-inspired elements of The Aronson are planned.
For more: www.TheAronson.co
About Catchlight Entertainment
Catchlight Entertainment is a strategic partnership between Chris Akbari's ITEX Group and Dave Anderson's Time Warp Enterprises. Based in Houston, ITEX is a vertically integrated management, construction and development company with a primary focus on developing multi-family and single-family housing in high-growth Sunbelt markets. Time Warp Enterprises is a privately held firm based in Little Rock with deep expertise in entertainment, media and cinema operations.
Founded in 1981, ITEX has developed over 8,000 units in over 60 communities representing more than $800 million in completed developments. The team currently manages over 7,400 luxury and affordable housing units. The development of new communities -- from ground-up planning to comprehensive neighborhood revitalizations -- is a core component of what ITEX does. ITEX is also recognized as one of America's "Top Places to Work in Multifamily" and is a fast-growing multifamily developer with a passion for building quality housing and great resident experiences.
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema was founded in 1997 as a single-screen mom and pop repertory theater in Austin, TX. Twenty-six years later, with 39 locations and counting, Alamo Drafthouse has been called "the best theater in America" by Entertainment Weekly and "the best theater in the world" by Wired. Alamo Drafthouse has built a reputation as a movie lover's oasis not only by combining best-in-class food and drink service with the movie-going experience, but also introducing unique programming and high-profile, star-studded special events. Alamo Drafthouse created Fantastic Fest, a world-renowned genre film festival dubbed "The Geek Telluride" by Variety featuring independents, international filmmakers, and major Hollywood studios. Alamo Drafthouse continues to expand its brand in new and exciting ways, including the American Genre Film Archive, a non-profit film archive dedicated to preserving, restoring and sharing film, and with eight new theaters announced for this year and beyond.
For ITEX Media Inquiries:
CONTACT: John Gonzalez, ITEX john.gonzalez@itexgrp.com 832-941-5353
For Alamo Drafthouse Fayetteville and Corporate/National Media Inquiries:
CONTACT: Brandy Fons brandy@fonspr.com Brad Johnson brad@fonspr.com
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A University of New Mexico student was released from jail Wednesday after being accused of plotting with friends to confront a basketball player from a rival university, resulting in the shooting death of one UNM student and the wounding of the player.
A state district judge denied a request by prosecutors to keep Jonathan Smith, 19, in custody pending trial on charges of aggravated battery, conspiracy and tampering with evidence. Smith’s attorney has said his client had no previous criminal record and comes from a good home.
Authorities say the plan for revenge on Mike Peake, the New Mexico State University basketball player, followed a brawl at a college football game earlier this fall. The shooting happened just hours before the scheduled tipoff of a basketball game between the two schools, and authorities say Peake was allegedly lured to the UNM campus in Albuquerque early Saturday.
Police identified Brandon Travis as the University of New Mexico student who was fatally shot and accused of planning the assault on Peake, the starting power forward for the Aggies basketball team.
Court documents state that a 17-year-old female UNM student conspired with Smith, Travis and another young man to get Peake on campus. Once there, the men confronted Peake, and Travis shot him in the leg. Peake returned fire, killing Travis. The teen girl is facing conspiracy charges in juvenile court.
University officials confirmed Wednesday that Peake, who is expected to recover, is still a member of the team. While Peake violated curfew rules and the student code of conduct for taking a gun on the team trip, he has not been charged with a crime.
New Mexico State University officials said during a news conference Wednesday that student athletes who were involved in that previous fight were disciplined, and that officials from both schools have been in talks about how to ensure the safety of students and other fans during rivalry games.
“We are taking these events extremely seriously and we are looking at everything we can and should be able to do to avoid these kinds of things in the future," NMSU Chancellor Dan Arvizu said.
Arvizu was joined by Athletics Director Mario Moccia and Dean of Students Ann Goodman. They all talked about the high expectations for student athletes and the values that are preached by NMSU coaches.
Goodman said the New Mexico rivalry is not unlike many others around the country when it comes to college athletics, and fights that erupt during such games are not always motivated by the rivalry itself but rather something else.
What sparked the fight in October is part of the ongoing investigation. Still, the officials said they have talking with the University of New Mexico about ways to “lower the temperature” so hostility can be avoided during future games between the two schools.
According to data collected by UNM and NMSU authorities, it’s rare for weapons to be found on campus.
At New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, officials said there were no arrests involving weapons in 2021, only one in 2020 and three in 2019. There have been 10 cases of weapons found in student housing at UNM in Albuquerque in the last four years, with only two in 2019 leading to an arrest, citation or summons. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Student-charged-in-New-Mexico-campus-shooting-is-17607719.php | 2022-11-24 01:27:36 | 1 | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Student-charged-in-New-Mexico-campus-shooting-is-17607719.php |
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge issued an order Friday stopping an Indiana ban on puberty blockers and hormones for transgender minors from taking effect as scheduled July 1.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana sought the temporary injunction in its legal challenge of the Republican-backed law, which was enacted this spring amid a national push by GOP-led legislatures to curb LGBTQ+ rights.
The order from U.S. District Court Judge James Patrick Hanlon will allow the law’s prohibition on gender-affirming surgeries to take effect. Hanlon’s order also blocks provisions that would prohibit Indiana doctors from communicating with out-of-state doctors about gender-affirming care for their patients younger than 18.
The ACLU filed the lawsuit within hours after Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb signed the bill April 5. The challenge, on behalf of four youths undergoing transgender treatments and an Indiana doctor who provides such care, argued the ban would violate the U.S. Constitution’s equal protection guarantees and trampled upon the rights of parents to decide medical treatment for their children.
Indiana’s Republican-dominated Legislature approved the ban after contentious hearings that primarily featured testimony from vocal opponents, with many arguing the gender-affirming care lessened the risk of depression and suicide among transgender youth.
Indiana’s Republican-dominated Legislature approved the ban after contentious hearings that primarily featured testimony from vocal opponents, with many arguing the gender-affirming care lessened the risk of depression and suicide among young people diagnosed with “gender dysphoria,″ or distress caused when gender identity doesn’t match a person’s assigned sex.
Hanlon, who was appointed by former President Donald Trump, wrote that he was blocking the law from taking effect because its opponents had demonstrated potential irreparable harm to those undergoing treatment and shown “some likelihood of success” in arguments that it was unconstitutional.
The ACLU had provided “evidence of risks to minors’ health and wellbeing from gender dysphoria if those treatments can no longer be provided to minors — prolonging of their dysphoria, and causing additional distress and health risks, such as depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and suicidality,” Hanlon said. “While the State has identified legitimate reasons for regulation in this area, the designated evidence does not demonstrate, at least at this stage, that the extent of its regulation was closely tailored to uphold those interests.”
ACLU leaders hailed the ruling as a victory in the fight “to defend the right of all trans people to be their authentic selves, free from discrimination.”
“We won’t rest until this unconstitutional law is struck down for good,” Ken Falk, the ACLU of Indiana’s legal director, said in a statement.
At least 20 GOP-led states have now enacted laws restricting or banning such medical treatments for transgender minors after Missouri’s governor signed that state’s bill into law last week. Lawsuits have been filed in several states against transgender treatment bans. Federal judges have also blocked enforcement of laws in Alabama and Arkansas, and Oklahoma has agreed to not enforce its ban while opponents seek a temporary court order blocking it.
Indiana bill sponsor Republican Rep. Joanna King of Middlebury said as the ban was debated that it would “protect our children from irreversible, harmful, life-altering procedures.”
Republican state Attorney General Todd Rokita’s office said in a statement it was disappointed in the decision but that “we will continue to fight for the children.” The statement said the ruling “recognizes that the State has shown there are good reasons for regulating gender transition procedures for minors.”
The office didn’t say whether it would attempt to appeal the injunction before July 1. Provisions of the law that were blocked gave trans youth taking medication to transition until Dec. 31 to stop.
A top attorney for the state told Hanlon during a court hearing on Wednesday that risks from gender-affirming treatments during puberty such as future fertility, bone strength, brain development and possible reversibility had not been adequately studied by scientists.
Such factors make it within the Legislature’s authority to decide “we don’t want our children to be part of this grand experiment,” Indiana Solicitor General Thomas Fisher said.
Though guidelines from leading authorities on gender-affirming medical care already say surgery generally should be reserved for adults, with exceptions for older teens who meet certain criteria, the Indiana law calls for an immediate ban gender-affirming surgeries.
The provisions of the law banning gender-affirming surgeries for minors in Indiana will have no immediate impact. Hanlon wrote in his ruling that no medical providers in the state perform those procedures on people younger than 18.
Representatives from Indiana University Health Riley Children’s Hospital, the state’s sole hospital-based gender health program, told legislators earlier this year that for patients who are minors, doctors do not perform genital surgeries or provide those surgery referrals. IU Health was not involved in the ACLU’s lawsuit. | https://www.koin.com/news/health/ap-health/federal-judge-blocks-much-of-indianas-ban-on-gender-affirming-care-for-minors/ | 2023-06-17 15:34:07 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/news/health/ap-health/federal-judge-blocks-much-of-indianas-ban-on-gender-affirming-care-for-minors/ |
NEW YORK, Feb. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE: ARE), the first, preeminent, longest-tenured and pioneering owner, operator and developer of collaborative life science, agtech and technology campuses in AAA innovation cluster locations with approximately 1,000 tenants, is profoundly committed to driving forward innovative solutions to address the rapidly growing mental health crisis through its multifaceted business platform built on the foundation of its four key verticals of real estate, venture investments, corporate responsibility and thought leadership. With an unmatched asset base in North America of nearly 75 million SF, Alexandria's state-of-the-art R&D facilities, coupled with its deeply experienced Labspace® management and operations, enable its tenants to develop new, novel therapies, medicines and cures across a range of diseases and disorders, including psychiatric and neurological diseases such as depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. It has also been identifying and investing in life science companies that are making a significant positive impact on people living with mental health-related disorders through Alexandria Venture Investments, the company's strategic venture capital platform, for over 25 years.
"Our country is in the midst of a devastating and pervasive mental health crisis that we need to meaningfully address," said Jenna Foger, senior vice president of science and technology at Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. and Alexandria Venture Investments. "Mental health is essential not only to the vitality of each individual human but also to the health and safety of our communities overall. Since my time as a former bench scientist at The Rockefeller University researching the biomolecular underpinnings of a range of neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders, I have always been motivated by the immense potential to transform the way we treat and ultimately cure these serious health challenges. Building upon Alexandria's nearly three decades of dedication to its deeply impactful social responsibility pillars and thought leadership initiatives, we are steadfast in identifying and partnering with leading-edge life science companies across our ecosystems to help address the nation's mental health epidemic."
Alexandria's eighth social responsibility pillar, established in 2021, aims to address the country's rapidly growing mental health and suicide crisis. Due to the ongoing burden of mental illnesses, severe complications, most notably addiction and suicide, have been increasing among adults. Amid a crisis that affects all Americans, military personnel and veterans experience mental health concerns at higher rates. Nearly 1 in 4 active-duty members showed signs of a mental health condition, according to a 2014 study in JAMA Psychiatry, and veterans faced a suicide rate nearly 60% higher than non-veteran adults, according to the 2022 National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report issued by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Committed to ensuring that our national heroes, along with their families, receive the tools they need to live productive and happy lives, Alexandria has been an active supporter of the Navy SEAL Foundation (NSF) for over a decade, and its executive chairman and founder, Joel S. Marcus, has served on the foundation's board since 2018. The foundation provides specialized programs aimed at addressing the unique physical and mental health concerns of the SEAL community and their families. NSF also maintains connections to clinical psychologists and access to cutting-edge treatment modalities, and it openly addresses suicide prevention through its Whole Warrior Health Forums.
Alexandria continues to strengthen its strategic relationships with non-profit organizations and convene key stakeholders from its world-class network to help advance groundbreaking medical innovation to transform the lives of the over 50 million people living with a mental illness in the United States. As part of Alexandria's highly impactful thought leadership platform, the company recently presented a timely conversation on the state of mental health in America with former congressman Patrick J. Kennedy, one of the world's leading voices and policymakers on mental health, at the Galien Forum USA 2022. Tomorrow, on February 28, 2023, Alexandria will hold a mission-critical Healthcare Policy Forum on Mental Health, in partnership with Patrick Kennedy and The Kennedy Forum, to explore critical issues aimed at accelerating new and innovative solutions to combat this unprecedented crisis while further normalizing conversations around mental health and addiction so that the stigma no longer prevents individuals from seeking help.
About Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE: ARE), an S&P 500® company, is a best-in-class, mission-driven life science REIT making a positive and lasting impact on the world. As the pioneer of the life science real estate niche since its founding in 1994, Alexandria is the preeminent and longest-tenured owner, operator and developer of collaborative life science, agtech and technology campuses in AAA innovation cluster locations, including Greater Boston, the San Francisco Bay Area, New York City, San Diego, Seattle, Maryland and Research Triangle. The trusted partner to approximately 1,000 tenants, Alexandria has a total market capitalization of $35.0 billion and an asset base in North America of 74.6 million SF as of December 31, 2022, which includes 41.8 million RSF of operating properties and 5.6 million RSF of Class A properties undergoing construction, 9.9 million RSF of near-term and intermediate-term development and redevelopment projects and 17.3 million SF of future development projects. Alexandria has a longstanding and proven track record of developing Class A properties clustered in life science, agtech and technology campuses that provide our innovative tenants with highly dynamic and collaborative environments that enhance their ability to successfully recruit and retain world-class talent and inspire productivity, efficiency, creativity and success. Alexandria also provides strategic capital to transformative life science, agrifoodtech, climate innovation and technology companies through our venture capital platform. We believe our unique business model and diligent underwriting ensure a high-quality and diverse tenant base that results in higher occupancy levels, longer lease terms, higher rental income, higher returns and greater long-term asset value. For additional information on Alexandria, please visit www.are.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements regarding Alexandria's social responsibility initiatives, practices, investments and progress, the likelihood of continued support, investment and partnership by Alexandria and the potential impacts of such activities on Alexandria's business and tenants, the companies and non-profit organizations in which Alexandria invests or with which Alexandria has strategic relationships and the country's mental health and suicide crisis. These forward-looking statements are based on Alexandria's present intent, beliefs or expectations, but forward-looking statements are not guaranteed to occur and may not occur. Actual results may differ materially from those contained in or implied by Alexandria's forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors, including, without limitation, the risks and uncertainties detailed in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this press release, and Alexandria assumes no obligation to update this information. For more discussion relating to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in Alexandria's forward-looking statements, and risks and uncertainties to Alexandria's business in general, please refer to Alexandria's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent annual report on Form 10-K and any subsequently filed quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.
CONTACT: Courtney Mulligan, Assistant Vice President – Strategic Projects & Corporate Social Responsibility, (646) 939-7471, cmulligan@are.com
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Former President Trump said Tuesday morning that he has been alerted he is a target of the Justice Department’s Jan. 6 investigation focusing on his efforts to stay in power after losing the 2020 election.
Trump said he received the “target letter” Sunday evening.
“Deranged Jack Smith, the prosecutor with Joe Biden’s DOJ, sent a letter (again it was Sunday night!) stating that I am a TARGET of the January 6th Grand Jury investigation, and giving me a very short 4 days to report to the Grand Jury, which almost always means an arrest and indictment.”
It had been clear that Trump’s actions would be a central focus of the Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation, as Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel to review the matter last year to determine “whether any person or entity unlawfully interfered with the transfer of power.”
But, as Trump states, receiving a target letter is often a sign someone could soon face charges in a matter where prosecutors have gathered substantial evidence.
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event, Saturday, July 8, 2023, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Trump pursued a multi-pronged plan to remain in office, turning to the DOJ, state officials and even his own supporters, who ransacked the Capitol after then-Vice President Mike Pence refused Trump’s request to overturn the election results.
It’s unclear what specific charges Trump could face if prosecutors decide to move ahead.
A model prosecution memo analyzing publicly available details about the DOJ investigation suggested the former president could face charges on conspiracy to defraud the United States after creating fake electoral certificates that were submitted to Congress.
Creating those fake electoral certificates could also invoke statutes that prohibit obstruction of an official proceeding, a charge also leveled at numerous rioters who entered the building, including members of the Oath Keepers and military and chauvinist group the Proud Boys.
Prosecutors in recent weeks have called a number of Trump allies before the grand jury, including Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and former aide Hope Hicks. Prosecutors reportedly asked questions about whether Trump knew he had lost the election, as demonstrating intent is key for some charges.
More on the Jan. 6 investigation from The Hill:
- Kushner, Hope Hicks testified before Jan. 6 grand jury: reports
- Legal experts see strong potential for Trump charges in Jan. 6 probe
- Ex-Arizona House Speaker says he’s spoken to FBI in 2020 election probe
An indictment would mark the third time this year Trump has been charged with a crime, and the second time in a matter of months that he would face federal charges. He was charged in Manhattan in April over an alleged hush money scheme to keep quiet an affair, and in June he pleaded not guilty to federal charges over his handling of classified documents upon leaving office.
The former president is still under investigation in Georgia over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in the state. The district attorney leading the investigation has signaled charges could be filed in August.
Trump has repeatedly claimed that the myriad investigations into his conduct are part of an attempt to undermine his 2024 White House bid, pointing to his sizable lead in Republican primary polls, as well as some surveys that have shown him narrowly leading President Biden in a hypothetical rematch.
“THIS WITCH HUNT IS ALL ABOUT ELECTION INTERFERENCE AND A COMPLETE AND TOTAL POLITICAL WEAPONIZATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT!” Trump said Tuesday. “It is a very sad and dark period for our Nation!”
The Biden White House has been adamant that they have had no contact with the DOJ about cases involving Trump.
In the case over his handling of classified materials, a May 19 letter from the DOJ notified Trump he was a target of the investigation, according to court filings. Trump posted on social media June 8 that he had been indicted.
In this case, however, it appears Trump has been given until Thursday to appear before the grand jury in Washington.
Trump’s office did not immediately respond to questions about whether he will appear before the grand jury — a chance to offer his own evidence in the case — and Smith’s office declined to comment on the matter.
In the halls of Congress, Republicans defended Trump, repeating his claims that he is being unfairly targeted.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who in the days after the Jan. 6 attack said that Trump “bears responsibility” for the riot, sounded a different tune Tuesday morning.
“Recently President Trump went up in the polls and was actually surpassing President Biden for reelection. So what do they do now? Weaponize government to go after their No. 1 opponent,” he told reporters.
“This is not equal justice. They treat people differently and they go after their adversaries.”
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) discusses the passage of the National Defense Association Act in the House at a press conference in the Capitol on Friday, July 14, 2023.
On Jan. 6, McCarthy called Trump pleading with him to make a public statement to call off his supporters, at one point reportedly telling the former president “they are trying to f—ing kill me.”
“Yeah, it’s absolute bulls—,” said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.). “This is the only way that the Democrats have to beat President Trump.”
But Democrats argued Trump’s plan to stay in power was an effort to subvert Democracy, one that should carry serious consequences.
“If he’ll be facing charges with respect to the Jan. 6 insurrection, those are perhaps the most serious charges,” said Rep. Jerold Nadler (N.Y.) the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee.
“If he’s convicted of insurrection, he’s ineligible to ever hold any office of profit or trust under the United States.”
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93% of Students Report Better Understanding of Budgets, and 82% Say They Think Differently About Potential Careers Following Program Participation
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. , April 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Are gaming and making TikTok videos viable career options? How much schooling does it take to become a veterinarian? Can a hobby be a job? These are actual questions Junior Achievement teachers and volunteers have explored with middle school and high school students during the JA Finance Park® Virtual Entry Simulation and JA Finance Park® Virtual Advanced Simulation programs, during which young teens learn to make intelligent lifelong financial choices, including decisions related to income, careers, expenses, savings, and credit. Full evaluation reports for both programs can be found here.
JA Finance Park® Virtual Entry and Advanced Simulations, made possible through the support of Discover, were shaped with today's youth in mind. These capstone experiences, designed for middle school (Entry) and high school (Advanced) students, teach key concepts about personal finance and budgeting and build a foundation for solid financial decisions throughout their lives. The students develop and commit to a family budget based on a hypothetical family situation, job and salary, and debt level. They are even taught to recognize the impact of credit history on budget planning and purchasing options given to them.
As a result of their participation in JA Finance Park® Virtual Simulations:
- 93% reported it helped them prepare and understand budgets,
- 85% believe the simulation prepared them for future budgeting,
- 80% better understand how to develop a budget, and
- 82% think differently about career options open to them.
"While inflation, job security, and college tuition costs aren't likely top of mind for most middle and high schoolers, in just a few short years, these students will be hyper-focused on what they want to be, where they want to be educated, and if they can afford it," said JA USA President and CEO Jack Kosakowski. "Soon enough, the skills they learn will turn from hypothetical to real-world, and they'll last a lifetime."
Debbie Petersen, a compliance and accounting professional with Discover, is a JA volunteer who also took part in JA programs when she was in secondary school. Determined to give back to other students, Debbie helps kids learn things that aren't always taught in school, about credit cards, check books, and interest payments.
"My hope is students use the skills they gain to make better lives for themselves and also help others who may not have had the opportunity to take part in these programs," said Debbie.
About Junior Achievement USA®
Junior Achievement is the world's largest organization dedicated to giving young people the knowledge and skills they need to own their economic success, plan for their future, and make smart academic and economic choices. JA programs are delivered by corporate and community volunteers and provide relevant, hands-on experiences that give students from kindergarten through high school knowledge and skills in financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship. Today, JA reaches more than 3.3 million students per year in 102 markets across the United States as part of 12.5 million students served by operations in more than 100 other countries worldwide. Junior Achievement USA is a member of JA Worldwide. For more information, visit www.ja.org.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) lashed out at former President Trump on Thursday after being asked whether he would support Trump if he became the GOP nominee next year.
“What I would say is this: When you are saying that [former New York Gov. Andrew] Cuomo did better on COVID than Florida did, you are revealing yourself to just be full of it,” DeSantis responded.
“Nobody believes that,” he added to applause. “And you know why I know that? Because I remember in 2020 and 2021 when he was praising Florida for being open, saying we did it much better than New York and Michigan, and everyone was coming to Florida, and that we were one of the great governors in the United States.”
DeSantis then circled back to the original question and said, “It’s like, I want to beat Biden, OK? I will do that. I will get that done. And I think, more importantly than that, I will actually bring these policies for a landing and get it all done up there.”
“But it’s an important process, and you respect the process and you respect the people’s decisions, how this goes, but I’m very confident that those decisions are going to be positive for us,” he said.
Trump’s campaign has attack the governor in recent days over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. On Tuesday, the Trump campaign rolled out a 30-second spot accusing DeSantis of shutting Florida down and referring to him as “lockdown Ron.”
The DeSantis campaign hit back, calling the spot “bizarre.” The campaign rolled out its own video with a compilation of clips of Trump praising Florida for being “open” during the pandemic.
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Updated April 13, 2023 at 5:28 PM ET
SAN FRANCISCO — A self-proclaimed tech consultant was arrested Thursday in the stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee last week in San Francisco, police said.
Nima Momeni, 38, was booked on suspicion of murder, San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott said during a news conference. He was taken into custody Thursday morning in Emeryville, a San Francisco suburb.
San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said Momeni will be charged with murder in Lee's death and is expected to be arraigned Friday. Prosecutors will ask a judge to hold him without bail.
Scott declined to give details on how they linked the death to Momeni or how the men knew each other. The chief also refused to disclose a possible motive for the killing.
Police found Lee with stab wounds in the Rincon Hill neighborhood of San Francisco at 2:30 a.m. April 4. He died at a hospital.
Investigators served search warrants in San Francisco and Emeryville, but Scott would not say whether a weapon has been found.
Lee is known for creating the widely used mobile payment service Cash App while working as chief technology officer of the payment company Square, now known as Block. He was the chief product officer for the cryptocurrency firm MobileCoin at the time of his death.
"I acknowledge and understand how the loss of a young, vibrant leader and innovator has rocked our city and even beyond," Jenkins said.
On his LinkedIn profile, Momeni describes himself as an "IT Consultant/Entrepreneur" as well as the owner of a company called Expand IT.
It was not immediately clear whether Momeni has an attorney who can speak on his behalf.
"I hope today's arrest can begin a process of healing and closure for all those touched by this tragedy," Matt Dorsey, another San Francisco supervisor, tweeted Thursday morning.
Prominent tech leaders took to social media to mourn Lee's death and blame San Francisco for what they call the city's lax attitude toward crime. Scott and Jenkins pushed back against that narrative on Thursday, with the prosecutor specifically naming tech billionaire Elon Musk for commenting on the case.
"This doesn't have to do with San Francisco, this has to do with human nature," Scott said.
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New interactive tool, other resources help use regulatory strategy to drive successful business strategy for digital medical product development
BOSTON, March 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) announced free resources to help innovators optimize their regulatory strategy to drive the development of high-quality, trustworthy digital health products that best meet their commercial goals and the needs of patients. The resources - including U.S. RegPath, the world's first tool for navigating U.S. regulatory pathways for digital health products - were developed as part of a DiMe's collaborative project, Digital Health Regulatory Pathways, with partners including Abbott, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), Google, and the Harvard-MIT Center for Regulatory Science.
A fit for purpose regulatory strategy that includes a bespoke timeline and approach to if, when, and whether to seek regulatory oversight offers end users, patients, and clinicians confidence about the tools and products they are using. It can also improve market access, support payment strategies, and optimize the impact on patient care and outcomes. Finding ways to help innovators navigate regulations and incorporate a robust regulatory strategy into their business plans is critical to addressing some of the most pressing and persistent challenges in healthcare.
Yet, when DiMe's Digital Health Regulatory Pathway project kicked off in June 2022, DiMe surveyed the digital medicine stakeholders and found that 25% of medical product developers didn't know whether their digital health product should be regulated. Of those surveyed who did know their product should be regulated, 75% reported not knowing the optimal regulatory pathway. The new resources announced today address these challenges by helping innovators understand the key differences between pathways and the commercial benefits to regulatory engagement and acceptance.
"Digital health product developers seeking to differentiate themselves in this increasingly crowded and competitive market must embrace regulatory strategy as a core component of good business strategy. As economic headwinds increase and end users of digital health products are increasingly discerning, dodging regulatory oversight or performatively pursuing regulatory consideration will undermine the trust not only in individual digital health products, but the field more broadly," said Jennifer Goldsack, CEO of DiMe. "Fortunately, these free, open access resources not only clarify the variety of well defined regulatory pathways available to industry today, but also provide information, education, and support for successfully pursuing the most fit-for-purpose regulatory pathway to optimize the impact of new digital health products on the patients our industry exists to serve."
"We believe these resources will help digital health innovators leverage new technologies to advance more accessible and equitable care," said Linda Peters, Vice President of Quality, Regulatory & Safety, Health at Google. "We're proud to have worked with DiMe and other leading digital health innovators to develop unprecedented resources that can support the innovation ecosystem, speed commercial success, and create more comfort for end users."
The development of these resources adds to DiMe's portfolio of implementation work to support broad acceptance of digital health tools and optimization of regulatory strategy.
Partners on this project are Abbott, Abbvie, Aetion, American Medical Association (AMA), Amgen, AstraZeneca, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), the Digital Therapeutic Alliance (DTA), Genentech - a member of the Roche Group, Google, the Harvard-MIT Center for Regulatory Science, Janssen, Otsuka Pharmaceuticals, Rock Health, Sidekick Health, and Tidepool.
DiMe is not only committed to creating and disseminating new digital health tools, but also sharing user experiences with the broader community. We encourage users to contribute to Dime's "Resources in Action" case study hub by sharing how you are using these resources to further the safe, effective, equitable, and ethical use of digital medicine to redefine healthcare and improve human health.
About the Digital Medicine Society: DiMe is a global non-profit and the professional home for all members of the digital medicine community. Together, we tackle the toughest digital medicine challenges, develop clinical-quality resources on a technology timeline, and deliver these actionable resources to the field via open-source channels and educational programs. Join us to advance the ethical, effective, equitable, and safe use of digital medicine to redefine healthcare and improve lives.
Media Contact: Carla English, press@dimesociety.org
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Borda Technology Uses New Solution to Track Equipment in Hospitals for More Efficient Patient Care
AUSTIN, Texas, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Silicon Labs, a leader in secure, intelligent wireless technology for a more connected world, today announced its new, Bluetooth Location Services solution using accurate, low-power Bluetooth devices to simplify Angle of Arrival (AoA) and Angle of Departure (AoD) location services. Combining hardware and software, this new platform delivers industry-leading energy efficiency by using Silicon Labs' BG22 SiP modules and SoCs, which can operate for up to ten years on only a coin cell battery, with advanced software that can track assets, improve indoor navigation, and better locate tags with sub-meter accuracy. Borda Technology is one of the first companies to adopt this new platform. Borda provides "IoT for Healthcare" products such as Asset Management, Asset Utilization, Patient Throughput Management and Patient Flow, Patient Safety, and more through real-time location services (RTLS).
"As the largest, pure-play IoT company in the world, we focus on providing complete wireless IoT solutions for the edge, including silicon, software, tools, and support," said Daniel Cooley, CTO of Silicon Labs. "Today's new Bluetooth location services offering further proves our belief that we can deliver differentiated solutions to our customers by thinking of IoT as a complete platform, rather than a singular piece of hardware."
In many industries, locating inventory and physical assets can often be a time-consuming process. It can also lead to waste, as assets are lost behind shelves or in unexpected locations. This is a problem across many industries, such as an assembly line for an automotive manufacturer with an average of 30,000 parts per vehicle, or a pharmaceutical company where quantities of drug ingredients need to be monitored to the smallest measure.
While there are several existing location-based technologies, they are plagued by limitations that affect their usefulness at scale. GPS is ineffective indoors, Wi-Fi has varying degrees of accuracy, and the very-accurate ultra-wideband (UWB) can be more expensive than other solutions and has high energy requirements.
Bluetooth is a mature technology that can overcome many of these barriers with new software.
When Bluetooth 5.1 was released in early 2019, some of the new key features were improved location services. Building off of that, Silicon Labs has developed new advanced software, designed to maximize the location-finding capabilities of our BG22 series of SoCs and SiP modules. The new features are comprised of the following:
- Asynchronous continued tone extension (CTE) broadcasts from the device to the locator. Asynchronous broadcast eliminates the need for synchronized transmission timings between the device and locator, thereby enabling the locators to track a large number of assets simultaneously and multiple locators to simultaneous to see the same asset at the same time for triangulation.
- Broad spectrum CTE broadcast across all 37 channels to reduce interference by moving the CTE transmissions from advertisement to data channels.
These new features enhance Silicon Labs' Bluetooth software portfolio, one of the most comprehensive set of solutions available for accelerating development of direction-finding applications. With additional development tools specifically designed to accelerate development of direction-finding applications. Silicon Labs' portfolio positions developers and designers to build a wide range of IoT location service applications that can meet the unique needs of every environment and deployment.
This new software runs on the BG22 family of Bluetooth low energy (LE) SoCs and SiPs, the smallest in Silicon Labs' portfolio. This product family combines best-in-class, ultra-low transmit and receive power (4.1 mA TX at 0 dBm, 3.6 mA RX) with a high-performance, low-power ARM® Cortex®-M33 core (27 µA/MHz active, 1.2 µA sleep). Altogether, these deliver industry-leading energy efficiency that can extend coin-cell battery life up to ten years.
Hospitals are constantly buzzing with activity, from specialized equipment moving from room to room, to patients moving throughout the facility, to drugs being administered, even down to cleaning and sterilization services. These tasks use countless pieces of individual hospital assets that must be carefully tracked in order to ensure they can be located when they're required, arrive on time, and are accounted for. This can be time-consuming when time is precious. One study recently found that in a single shift, nurses spend over an hour on average trying to track down the equipment they need to do their jobs.
Borda Technology seeks to change that by using RTLS asset tracking capabilities, which can reduce the time it takes to search for equipment, so employees can focus on patient care. Using the new Silicon Labs AoA and AoD software, running on BG22 Bluetooth SoCs, Borda introduced new tamper-proof asset tracking tags that not only can help to locate an item, but also provide staff with operational insights when making informed healthcare and business decisions. For example, the Borda solution prevents uncalibrated equipment from being used by setting alarms that can alert staff to equipment that needs attention, thereby preventing dangerous, and at times life-threatening, accidents.
Silicon Labs' holistic, platform-centric approach to Bluetooth location services and the simplicity of the BG22 has helped Borda dramatically decrease how long it takes to install its solution. What once took months, can now be up and running in just weeks
Read more about Borda Technology's use of Silicon Labs location services in an in-depth case study on SiLabs.com.
Silicon Labs's new Bluetooth Location Services solution is comprised of several parts, available to order today from Silicon Labs and distributors. The complete solution includes:
- Bluetooth software stack with Direction Finding support
- EFR32BG24 SoCs
- EFR32BG22 SoCs and SiP module
- AoA/AoD antenna array board and reference design
The solution is now available through Silicon Labs and our ecosystem partners.
Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB) is a leader in secure, intelligent wireless technology for a more connected world. Our integrated hardware and software platform, intuitive development tools, unmatched ecosystem, and robust support make us an ideal long-term partner in building advanced industrial, commercial, home, and life applications. We make it easy for developers to solve complex wireless challenges throughout the product lifecycle and get to market quickly with innovative solutions that transform industries, grow economies, and improve lives. Silabs.com
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Assemblyman Matt Haney flushed a celebration Wednesday to tout San Francisco’s plans for a new $1.7 million toilet that will take more than two years to build, after critics blasted the city for the project’s ridiculousness.
Haney (D-San Francisco) secured the money in this year’s state budget to build a long-sought public bathroom — just one toilet in 150 square feet of space — in the Noe Valley Town Square. Families had pleaded for one since the charming plaza opened in 2016, complete with all the necessary plumbing.
But when Haney learned in this column Wednesday morning that the city had no compelling reason for the $1.7 million pricetag or its 2025 opening date, he wiped his 12:30 p.m. press conference from his calendar. His aides called neighbors late morning to cancel.
Haney told me he will also send Recreation and Parks Director Phil Ginsburg a formal letter asking for a fuller explanation for how one little bathroom can cost as much as a single family home and take more than two years to build.
“When Rec and Park first told us the number, it sounded shockingly high to me, and I think your article has revealed that their process around this is broken and the number is inexplicable,” Haney told me Wednesday afternoon.
“I’m glad that Noe Valley will at some point get a bathroom, but it shouldn’t cost this much and it shouldn’t take this long, and I’m angry about it,” Haney said, his voice rising. “It’s not something I want to celebrate right now.”
Tamara Aparton, spokesperson for Rec and Park, said the department is happy to share “any and all available details” about the project. She said both the cost and timeline are estimates and the department will work to bring them down.
She said a prefabricated bathroom is under consideration for the site which would likely deliver it faster and cheaper and that the department believes it can cut out some public process since a bathroom was always planned for the plaza.
The fact San Francisco public officials were even planning to celebrate one toilet that might eventually get built after years of neighbors begging for it tells you how little there is to celebrate in the city these days. The commode kerfuffle is just one recent example of a city bureaucracy so overly complicated and enamored of process that nothing seems to get done.
There’s the years-long quest to design and manufacture the world’s most perfect trash can, a process that still isn’t complete. The city’s Human Resources Department director acknowledged in a meeting this week it takes an average of 255 days to hire one city worker.
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency said, also this week, that it would take seven years to remove parking spaces from curbs in front of bus stops so passengers, particularly those in wheelchairs, can more easily board buses. And that the public engagement process is so lengthy, it takes 500 hours of staff time to get one bulb-out, or curb extension, installed.
If these little matters — picking a trash can, hiring a worker, creating a curb extension — take this long, how will the city ever solve its much larger problems? How will it comply with the state’s mandate to build 82,000 new units of housing in eight years?
Jeff Cretan, the spokesperson for Mayor London Breed, said Wednesday the mayor is committed to cutting red tape — pointing to her budget commitment to make hiring easier and her efforts to streamline permitting for housing and small businesses.
He said the Noe Valley toilet is another example of a process worth examining and simplifying. It’s currently as complicated to build a public bathroom in a park as a full recreation center with bathrooms inside it, he pointed out.
“As much as it’s easy to mock costs and mock process, let’s actually look at this as an opportunity,” Cretan said. “Does it make sense?”
I think we know the answer to that already: No, it does not. The toilet earned plenty of ribbing on social media Wednesday. Somebody even created a Twitter account for the commode — @noevalleytoilet —and tweeted, “I promise I’ll be worth every penny. You just gotta give me a chance!”
Kanishka Cheng, a former city planner, knows the frustration of San Francisco’s public bathroom projects firsthand. She worked on the renovation of bathrooms in Portsmouth Square in Chinatown about eight years ago.
The price tag for the much larger project topped $1 million even back then and, like the Noe Valley loo, required coordination with the Planning Department, Rec and Park, the Department of Public Works and the Arts Commission for a review of the bathroom’s civic design.
“No one’s in charge. Nobody’s coordinating with each other,” Cheng said. “Nobody’s seeing the priority as delivering the project quickly, efficiently, under budget and on time.”
Now she’s the executive director of Together SF Action, a civic engagement and political advocacy organization. Asked whether the city is salvageable, she said it is — as long as the public keeps telling City Hall to shape up.
“We all need to start holding them accountable and telling them this is not acceptable,” she said.
Haney said he can’t do anything about the $1.7 million already committed in the state budget to the Noe Valley project, but he does want to see the city find a way to spend less and use the remaining funds for something else.
“The cost is insane. The process is insane. The amount of time it takes is insane,” Haney said, saying he has one simple directive for the city.
“Explain it,” he said, “and make changes.”
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ROSEVILLE, Calif. — The Roseville Police Department says the search is on for a suspect after a person was taken to the hospital following an assault at a water park in the 1800 block of Taylor Road in Roseville.
Public Information Officer Rob Baquera with Roseville police said the call of the assault came in just after 7 p.m. Saturday.
Baquera says the person was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
"At this time, we do not believe a gun was involved in the incident," Baquera wrote in an email to ABC10. "RPD is working to identify a suspect in the incident and the details leading up to the assault."
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Roundup highlights B2B partners that support startups across all business functions and empower growth
PLANTATION, Fla., Nov. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Inc. Business Media today announced the inaugural Power Partner Awards, honoring B2B organizations across the globe that have proven track records supporting entrepreneurs and helping startups grow. Everise, one of the fastest growing outsourced customer experience companies in the world, was recognized among the 252 firms in marketing and advertising, health and human resources, financial planning, engineering, logistics, and security, as well as other areas of business.
All 252 companies received top marks from clients for being instrumental in helping leadership navigate the dynamic world of startups. These B2B partners support entrepreneurs across various facets of the business, including hiring, compliance, infrastructure development, cloud migration, fundraising, etc., allowing founders to focus on their core missions.
"Trusted B2B partners provide guidance and expertise that founders rely on at various steps of their organization's journey. Partners that possess a demonstrated ability to deliver quality support are at the core of entrepreneurship and help bring big ideas to life," says Scott Omelianuk, editor-in-chief of Inc. Business media.
"That Everise is honoured as a Power Partner to some of the world's leading businesses is truly a recognition of our brand as one that stands shoulder to shoulder with the top global B2B companies. We are proud to continue challenging traditional perceptions of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), transforming them into valued and trusted customer experiences that drive retention and loyalty," said Sudhir Agarwal, CEO & Founder, Everise.
Everise, headquartered in Florida, USA, was founded in 2016 with the vision to disrupt the BPO industry through tailored customer experiences, enabled by blending highly-skilled talent with innovative technology solutions. The company today employs over 15,000 people across seven strategic markets – US, Bogota, Guatemala, Ireland, Malaysia, The Philippines and Singapore. Some of the world's leading healthcare brands entrust Everise with designing and perfecting their customer support experiences, which are seamlessly omnichannel, offer support in 32 languages, and are highly secure.
Everise has previously won multiple awards for its industry-leading culture and relentless customer focus. These include being named one of Newsweek's 100 Most Loved Workplaces in America for two consecutive years in 2021 and 2022, and bagging the Gold Stevie Award for Employer of the Year — Consumer Services in 2022. The company also enjoys the highest Glassdoor and Indeed ratings in the outsourcing industry.
Inc. partnered with leading global social and media intelligence platform Meltwater to develop a proprietary methodology that uses sentiment from online conversations about organizations and translates it into numerical scores. Companies were evaluated on commitment, reliability, trust, creativity, supportiveness, and other virtues that offer value to clients. Inc. also conducted surveys to gather client testimonials as part of the process.
To view the complete list, go to: https://www.inc.com/power-partner-awards/2022
The November 2022 Issue of Inc. magazine is available online now at https://www.inc.com/magazine and will be on newsstands beginning November 8, 2022.
About Inc. Business Media
The world's most trusted business-media brand, Inc. offers entrepreneurs the knowledge, tools, connections, and community they need to build great companies. Its award-winning multiplatform content reaches more than 50 million people each month across a variety of channels including websites, newsletters, social media, podcasts, and print. Its prestigious Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The global recognition that comes with inclusion in the 5000 gives the founders of the best businesses an opportunity to engage with an exclusive community of their peers, and the credibility that helps them drive sales and recruit talent. The associated Inc. 5000 Conference is part of a highly acclaimed portfolio of bespoke events produced by Inc. For more information, visit www.inc.com.
About Everise
Everise is a technology-enabled outsourcing firm with expertise in transforming healthcare and technology customer experiences globally. The Company's unique approach combines customer and technical support services with AI, robotic process automation, analytics, and secure cloud-based technology. Some of the world's most loved brands have products and services that are perfected, protected, supported, and sold by Everise.
Our innovative digital outsourcing services are high performing, scalable, secure, agile, and have fluent proficiency in 32 languages, which helps brands to create seamless customer, product, digital, and home experiences. We strategically operate in seven markets to enable our partners to economically reach their customers across the globe. Learn more at www.weareeverise.com.
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NFL suspends Miami Dolphins owner and strips team of draft picks after tampering and tanking probe
By Wayne Sterling and Eric Levenson, CNN
The NFL stripped the Miami Dolphins of two draft picks and suspended and fined owner Stephen Ross after a probe into allegations of tampering and tanking found that his team had impermissible contact with star quarterback Tom Brady and the agent of former Saints coach Sean Payton.
The investigation, led by former US Attorney and SEC Chair Mary Jo White and lawyers from the Debevoise law firm, determined that the Dolphins violated anti-tampering rules on three occasions, the NFL announced in a news release Tuesday. The investigation also found that the team did not intentionally lose games, known as tanking, but noted that Ross repeatedly suggested that the team should prioritize its draft position over winning games during the 2019 season, the release said.
As punishment, the Dolphins will forfeit their first-round pick in the 2023 draft and a third-round pick in the 2024 draft. Ross is suspended through October 17, six games into the 2022 season, and fined $1.5 million, the release said.
“With regards to tampering, I strongly disagree with the conclusions and the punishment,” Ross said in a statement posted on the Miami Dolphins Twitter account. “However, I will accept the outcome because the most important thing is that there be no distractions for our team as we begin an exciting and winning season. I will not allow anything to get in the way of that.”
The investigation found that the Dolphins had “impermissible communications” with Brady in 2019-20 while he was a member of the New England Patriots and again during and after the 2021 season when he was under contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, according to the NFL release. Those second discussions focused on Brady “becoming a limited partner in the Dolphins and possibly serving as a football executive,” and also included the possibility of playing for the Dolphins, the investigation found.
The league found Dolphins Vice Chairman Bruce Beal spearheaded the contact with Brady and fined him $500,000. The Dolphins had no comment when asked about Beal’s actions.
Further, in January 2022, the Dolphins had “impermissible communications” with the agent of Payton, who at the time was the New Orleans Saints head coach and has since retired.
“The investigators found tampering violations of unprecedented scope and severity,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement. “I know of no prior instance of a team violating the prohibition on tampering with both a head coach and star player, to the potential detriment of multiple other clubs, over a period of several years. Similarly, I know of no prior instance in which ownership was so directly involved in the violations.”
The investigation also examined whether the Dolphins intentionally lost games in the 2019 season to improve their draft position, known as tanking. The Dolphins ultimately finished the 2019 season with a 5-11 record and earned the fifth pick in the 2020 NFL draft.
The NFL investigation found the team did not lose games intentionally nor did any member from the club, including Ross, instruct then Dolphins coach Brian Flores to lose games, according to the release. However, the investigation found that Ross repeatedly expressed his belief that the team’s draft position should take priority over the win-loss record.
In February, Flores told CNN that Ross explicitly told him he would give him $100,000 for each game Flores would lose. Ross denied the accusations at the time, calling the claims “baseless, unfair and disparaging.”
The investigation found that people had “differing recollections about the wording, timing, and context” of the claimed offer, according to the NFL news release.
“However phrased, such a comment was not intended or taken to be a serious offer, nor was the subject pursued in any respect by Mr. Ross or anyone else at the club,” the release states.
Goodell said in a statement that the comment, even if made as a joke, risked damaging the integrity of the game.
“Every club is expected to make a good faith effort to win every game,” he said in a statement. “The integrity of the game, and public confidence in professional football, demand no less. An owner or senior executive must understand the weight that his or her words carry, and the risk that a comment will be taken seriously and acted upon, even if that is not the intent or expectation. Even if made in jest and not intended to be taken seriously, comments suggesting that draft position is more important than winning can be misunderstood and carry with them an unnecessary potential risk to the integrity of the game.”
He praised Flores, who was fired earlier this year and has sued the Dolphins, the NFL and other teams alleging racial discrimination, for continuing to try to win games. The NFL and teams have denied the allegations.
“The comments made by Mr. Ross did not affect Coach Flores’ commitment to win and the Dolphins competed to win every game,” Goodell said. “Coach Flores is to be commended for not allowing any comment about the relative importance of draft position to affect his commitment to win throughout the season.”
Flores and attorneys say he was proved correct
In a statement, Flores expressed his disappointment in what he says is the NFL investigation downplaying Ross’s comments on tanking.
“I am thankful that the NFL’s investigator found my factual allegations against Stephen Ross are true,” Flores said. “At the same time, I am disappointed to learn that the investigator minimized Mr. Ross’s offers and pressure to tank games especially when I wrote and submitted a letter at the time to Dolphins executives documenting my serious concerns regarding this subject at the time which the investigator has in her possession.”
His attorneys, Douglas H. Wigdor and John Elefterakis, expressed similar disappointment in the investigation’s assessment of Ross’s comments.
“We are certainly disheartened that the investigator, and apparently the Commissioner, excused highly inappropriate comments that go to the heart of the game’s integrity regarding tanking as being in jest especially when there was a letter written by Coach Flores at the time demonstrating the gravity with which these comments were received by Coach Flores,” they said in a statement.
“The punishment announced today is obviously inadequate and disheartening. Unfortunately, it remains clear that the NFL cannot police itself, which is why we look forward to continuing to push the legal process, prove all of Brian’s claims, as well as those of a class of black executives, coaches and candidate, and force real change upon the NFL.”
Meanwhile, Ross in his statement said the investigation had cleared the Dolphins of tanking.
“The independent investigation cleared our organization of any issues related to tanking and all of Brian Flores’ other allegations,” he said. “As I have said all along, these allegations were false, malicious and defamatory, and this issue is now put to rest.”
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into a tropical system. Regardless, the circulation around
that storm will raise seas and surf along the mid-Atlantic
and southern Atlantic coasts. Most areas from the Plains to
the Pacific coast will be dry and sunny as well. A storm
system will spread drenching rain and some severe weather
over Texas, before heading to Louisiana. While the rain will
be beneficial for the long-term drought, little impact is
likely on record low water levels along the Mississippi
River. Another storm is forecast to spread rain and
high-country snow into Washington and western Oregon.
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The conservative-majority Supreme Court on Monday appeared skeptical of affirmative action in higher education during arguments over race-conscious admissions policies at two prestigious universities.
Over nearly five hours of oral argument, the justices posed sharp questions over admissions programs at the University of North Carolina (UNC) and Harvard University that consider the race of applicants — as one of many criteria — in order to achieve student body diversity.
The court’s majority appeared receptive to arguments by the conservative challengers, Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), who argued that the schools had impermissibly weighed race in admissions decisions.
“What is your response to the simple argument that college admissions are a zero-sum game?” Justice Samuel Alito asked an attorney for a group of students backing race-conscious admissions. “And if you give a plus to a person who … falls within the category of underrepresented minority but not to somebody else, you’re disadvantaging the latter student?”
The cases heard Monday tee up the prospect that decades of affirmative action precedent could be overturned by the 6-3 conservative majority court, which last court term showed an extraordinary new willingness to scrap past rulings.
A key question heading into Monday’s arguments was how the affirmative action challenge would land with former President Trump’s three nominees — Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett — none of whom have ruled on the issue as appellate judges. Those justices on Monday appeared to lean in favor of the conservative challengers, though it wasn’t clear how broadly the court’s newest members might be willing to rule.
The court’s three most senior conservatives — Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Clarence Thomas and Alito — each of whom had opposed racial preferences in prior cases, seemed similarly wary of the colleges’ arguments.
Some of the conservative justices at times seemed to be searching for a way to rule on relatively narrower grounds, for instance by heightening the requirements on schools to explore race-neutral means to reach their diversity goals. Some justices questioned whether eliminating admissions preferences for the children of alumni, donors or other connected applicants might be a step in this direction.
“Suppose the university could achieve, race-neutrally, all of its diversity objectives, if it just eliminated those preferences. Would strict scrutiny require it to do so?” Gorsuch asked, posing a hypothetical question to an attorney representing UNC.
Later, Kavanaugh asked a similar question about whether universities should be required to make these sort of “sacrifices” as part of their pursuit of race-neutral alternatives.
The schools, for their part, contend that that they have explored such approaches — and continue to do so — but that no workable, race-neutral options are available
The court’s three liberals, for their part, leaned in favor of the schools’ use of race-conscious admissions. Among them was Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the nation’s first female African American justice, who participated in the UNC case but recused from the Harvard dispute due to her recent role as a member of Harvard’s board of overseers.
During a colloquy with the lawyer for SFFA, Jackson pushed back against the notion that schools should be allowed to consider a range of applicants’ identity markers — like if they veteran status or if they are disabled — but not race.
“What I’m worried about is that the rule that you’re advocating, that in the context of a holistic review process, a university can take into account and value all of the other background and personal characteristics of other applicants, but they can’t value race,” she said to lawyer Patrick Strawbridge.
“What I’m worried about is that that seems to me to have the potential of causing more of an equal protection problem than it’s actually solving,” Jackson said, referring to the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause.
SFFA, in its argument, urged the court to overrule its landmark 2003 decision in Grutter v. Bollinger, which permits colleges to diversify their student populations by using race as one part of a holistic assessment of individual applicants.
The argument highlights a central concern in the cases: the degree to which the use of racial classifications to benefit minorities is compatible with the Equal Protection Clause in the UNC dispute, and with federal civil rights law in the case of Harvard.
SFFA argues that any purported educational benefits that come from student body diversity — a claim which it has called “nebulous” — does not justify breaking with the principle of equal protection.
Updated: 4:35 p.m. | https://www.wfla.com/hill-politics/supreme-court-seems-skeptical-of-race-conscious-college-admissions/ | 2022-10-31 20:58:20 | 1 | https://www.wfla.com/hill-politics/supreme-court-seems-skeptical-of-race-conscious-college-admissions/ |
Packer boys take fifth in Wartburg CC Invite
Published 9:30 am Monday, October 3, 2022
The Austin boys placed fifth out of 27 teams and the Packer girls were seventh out of 21 teams at the Steve Johnson/Dan Hutson Cross Country Invite in Wartburg College in Iowa Saturday.
Marissa Shute took fourth for the Packer girls and Thomas Herrick was 14th for the boys.
Austin boys: Thomas Herrick (14th, 17:54.54); Thomas Asmus (16th, 17:19.99); Joseph Garry (50th, 18:09.87); Noah Sash (66th, 18:23.02); Joseph Hilkin (77th, 18:33.53)
Austin girls: Marissa Shute (fourth, 19:15.66); Sydney Lewis (36th, 20:58.60); Cassidy Shute (46th, 21:27.50); Grace Vortherms (50th, 21:38.99); Lilly Wiese (67th, 22:32.14) | https://www.austindailyherald.com/2022/10/packer-boys-take-fifth-in-wartburg-cc-invite/ | 2022-10-03 16:12:03 | 0 | https://www.austindailyherald.com/2022/10/packer-boys-take-fifth-in-wartburg-cc-invite/ |
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A tiny Nevada toad at the center of a legal battle over a geothermal power project has officially been declared an endangered species, after U.S. wildlife officials temporarily listed it on a rarely used emergency basis last spring.
“This ruling makes final the listing of the Dixie Valley toad, ” the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said in a formal rule published Friday in the Federal Register.
The spectacled, quarter-sized amphibian “is currently at risk of extinction throughout its range primarily due to the approval and commencement of geothermal development,” the service said.
Other threats to the toad include groundwater pumping, agriculture, climate change, disease and predation from bullfrogs.
The temporary listing in April marked only the second time in 20 years the agency had taken such emergency action.
Environmentalists who first petitioned for the listing in 2017 filed a lawsuit in January to block construction of the geothermal power plant on the edge of the wetlands where the toad lives about 100 miles (160 kilometers) east of Reno — the only place it’s known to exist on earth.
“We’re pleased that the Biden administration is taking this essential step to prevent the extinction of an irreplaceable piece of Nevada’s special biodiversity,” said Patrick Donnelly, Great Basin regional director for the Center for Biological Diversity.
The center and a tribe fighting the project say pumping hot water from beneath the earth’s surface to generate carbon-free power would adversely affect levels and temperatures of surface water critical to the toad’s survival and sacred to the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe.
The Fish and Wildlife Service cited those concerns in the final listing rule.
“The best available information indicates that a complete reduction in spring flow and significant reduction of water temperature are plausible outcomes of the geothermal project, and these conditions could result in the species no longer persisting,” the agency said.
“Because the species occurs in only one spring system and has not experienced habitat changes of the magnitude or pace projected, it may have low potential to adapt to a fast-changing environment,” it said. “We find that threatened species status is not appropriate because the threat of extinction is imminent.”
Officials for the Reno-based developer, Ormat Technology, said the service’s decision was “not unexpected” given the emergency listing in April. In recent months, the company has been working with the agency and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to modify the project to increase mitigation for the toad and reduce any threat to its survival.
The lawsuit over the original plan to build two power plants capable of producing 60MW of electricity is currently before U.S. District Judge Robert Jones in Reno. It’s already has made one trip to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which refused in August to grant a temporary injunction blocking construction of the power plant the bureau approved in December 2021.
But just hours after that ruling, Ormat announced it had agreed to temporarily suspend all work on the project until next year. Then in late October, the bureau and Ormat asked the judge to put the case on hold while Ormat submitted a new plan to build just one geothermal plant, at least for now, that would produce only 12MW of power.
Ormat Vice President Paul Thomsen said in an email to The Associated Press on Thursday that the company disagrees with the wildlife service’s “characterization of the potential impacts” of its project as a basis for the listing decision. He said it doesn’t change the ongoing coordination and consultation already under way to minimize and mitigate any of those impacts “regardless of its status under the Endangered Species Act.”
“Following the emergency listing decision, BLM began consultation with the FWS, and Ormat has sought approval of a smaller project authorization that would provide additional assurances that the species will not be jeopardized by geothermal development,” he said.
“As a zero-emissions, renewable energy facility, the project will further the Biden administration’s clean energy initiatives and support the fight against climate change,” Thomsen said.
Donnelly agreed renewable energy is “essential to combating the climate emergency.”
“But it can’t come at the cost of extinction,” he said.
The last time endangered species protection first was initiated on an emergency basis was in 2011, when the Obama administration took action on the Miami blue butterfly in southern Florida. Before that, an emergency listing was granted for the California tiger salamander under the Bush administration in 2002.
Other species listed as endangered on an emergency basis over the years include the California bighorn sheep in the Sierra Nevada in 1999, Steller sea lions in 1990, and the Sacramento River winter migration run of chinook salmon and Mojave desert tortoise, both in 1989. | https://www.kark.com/news/business/ap-endangered-listing-for-nevada-toad-in-geothermal-power-fight/ | 2022-12-03 06:54:30 | 1 | https://www.kark.com/news/business/ap-endangered-listing-for-nevada-toad-in-geothermal-power-fight/ |
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A U.S. woman was killed and four other passengers injured when a massive wave struck the Viking Polaris cruise ship while it was sailing toward the port of Ushuaia in southern Argentina on an Antarctic cruise, authorities said.
The 62-year-old woman was hit by broken glass when the wave broke cabin windows late Tuesday during a storm, Argentine authorities said. The ship suffered limited damage and arrived in Ushuaia, 1,926 miles (3100 kilometers) south of Buenos Aires, the next day.
“It is with great sadness that we confirmed a guest passed away following the incident," Viking said in statement. “We have notified the guest’s family and shared our deepest sympathies.”
Neither the statement nor the Argentine Naval Prefecture identified the woman or her hometown.
Viking called it a “rogue wave incident” and said the four other passengers' injuries were non-life threatening.
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The cruise ship was anchored near Ushuaia, where a federal court has opened a case to determine what happened.
The company indicated on its website that to explore remote regions of the world they have “two purpose-built, state-of-the-art small expedition-class ships: Viking Octantis and Viking Polaris.”
The Viking Polaris, a vessel that has luxury facilities and was built in 2022, has capacity for 378 passengers and 256 crew members. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/nation-world/massive-rogue-wave-hits-antarctic-cruise-ship-american-woman-killed/507-7623a2a8-4caa-45c2-a15b-63737b4f8898 | 2022-12-03 01:42:45 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/nation-world/massive-rogue-wave-hits-antarctic-cruise-ship-american-woman-killed/507-7623a2a8-4caa-45c2-a15b-63737b4f8898 |
Jets QB Zach Wilson leaves preseason game with non-contact knee injury
Wilson missed four games with knee injury last year
After revamping their roster in free agency and the NFL Draft this offseason, the New York Jets are once again in trouble.
Quarterback Zach Wilson, who was expected to take a big step forward given the team's investments on offense, went down with a non-contact injury in the Jets' preseason game in Philadelphia against the Eagles.
Wilson took a snap under center, scrambled right and took off running.
When he cut left toward the middle of the field, his right leg seemed to buckle, and he dove to the turf.
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Wilson injured his right knee last year and missed four games. This injury's severity is unknown.
He did walk off the field on his own but was replaced by Mike White.
JETS' MEKHI BECTON 'LIKELY' DONE FOR THE SEASON AFTER KNEE INJURY, COACH ROBERT SALEH SAYS
Wilson struggled last year, throwing just nine touchdowns with 11 interceptions. He completed just 55.6% of his passes for 2,334 yards. But the Jets selected wide receiver Garrett Wilson with the 10th pick and drafted running back Breece Hall with the 36th.
They also signed offensive linemen Laken Tomlinson and Duane Brown, who's replacing Mekhi Becton. Becton is out for the year with a knee injury of his own.
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The Jets ruled him questionable to return, but as backups continue to enter the game, that does not seem likely.
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The increasing frequency and magnitude of water crises are threatening our economic infrastructure – water intelligence can mitigate that risk
NAPLES, Fla., March 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The UN 2023 Water Conference – the first of its kind since 1977 – is being held in New York next week with the objective of mounting collective, decisive action toward ensuring water security for everyone, everywhere. True Elements, a pioneer in water intelligence, will be on-site to demonstrate how businesses, governments and other entities can use the power of state-of-the-art water intelligence to mitigate risks through more well-informed planning and decision-making.
Experienced as floods, droughts, algae blooms, precipitation intensity, saltwater intrusion and the like, climate change is negatively impacting both water quantity and quality on a global scale. In fact, over 90% of climate impacts are experienced through water. As everything depends upon water to thrive, virtually every aspect of society is subject to vulnerabilities that can compromise ecosystems, threaten business operations, exacerbate inflation, cause product and labor shortages, place overwhelming burdens on our healthcare systems, and create extreme pressures for government, NGOs and the global business community to manage water resources wisely.
With water crises escalating and water resources under greater stress, leaders need a trusted partner to guide them. True Elements is that partner. Specializing in the new, critically important field of water intelligence, True Elements has developed groundbreaking systems that apply sophisticated scientific analysis and proprietary AI capabilities to aggregate, normalize, index, score, and visualize water data. The water industry, channel partners, industrial and commercial operations, financial firms, and government entities can use this intelligence for forecasting and decision-making related to climate change – where water is always a central component.
"We're seeing a continual increase in events, from natural disasters like the California floods to man-made disasters like the Ohio train derailment, that are bringing water threats and vulnerabilities to the forefront of public and business discussions. These vulnerabilities represent extensive global economic damage. Fortunately, every dollar invested in data intelligence yields a $32 return, on average, in economic benefits. This includes water intelligence, which provides the clearest picture of what is happening today, informs critical decisions for tomorrow and beyond, and must be at the core of proposed solutions, because the future of our planet and the survival of every business, government agency, organization, industry, and population depend upon reliable access to safe, sufficient water," says Kim Patrick Kobza, CEO of True Elements.
True Elements is participating in a number of sessions at the UN Water Conference to illustrate how water intelligence can and should inform strategic planning and decision making:
- Chief AI and Science Officer and company co-founder Chuck Louisell, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, and an expert in AI development and climate modeling systems, will participate in a virtual side event titled, "How Startup Companies are Transforming Water Management through AI" on Tuesday, March 21 at 10 AM EDT. Organized by Water Value LLC, a firm that advises startup and scaleup companies in the water and climate tech space, the session will feature climate tech experts including Dr. Louisell and others from Upstream Tech, Qatium and Fido and will focus on how AI and machine learning are transforming the management of water for the better.
- Company COO Kim Nelson will speak alongside others at an onsite event titled, "A New Era in Water Intelligence Driving Collective Action Everywhere," on Wednesday, March 22 at 5 PM EDT. This session will be hosted by True Elements as well as Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, a leading environmental studies and research institute in the Middle East, Global Water Alliance, an NGO committed to providing safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene services, and Waterkeeper Alliance, a global network of community-based clean water advocates who use citizen science and local data collection to advance clean, healthy, and abundant water for all.
- Finally, CEO Kobza will share the company's state-of-the-art water intelligence capabilities with Fortune-500 executives at an offsite event on Thursday, March 23 at 1:45 PM EDT. Hosted by CEO Water Mandate, this roundtable-style discussion is titled, "Driving Innovation: Digitization, Data Collection, and Impact Measurement."
Foreshadowing his presentation, Louisell remarked,"Advances we've made in AI and technology are making it possible to understand and predict how the multitude of factors that continuously influence and change water quality and quantity can help decision makers shape their water strategies for present and future generations. Our ability to translate that data into actionable information enables leaders from all corners of society – businesses, government, the investor community, and others – to move forward with greater confidence."
As True Elements heads to the UN, it has already taken meaningful steps to strengthen the collection of water data and make it accessible to a broader audience. Just last week it unveiled a strategic partnership with Waterkeeper Alliance, whose local data will enhance the comprehensiveness of an already robust True Elements database in real time.
Experts from True Elements are available upon request for interviews, podcast appearances, bylined articles, white papers, and other communications. For more information on True Elements and the urgent need it is filling as the leader in water intelligence, visit www.trueelements.com.
About True Elements
True Elements provides water intelligence regarding water and watershed complexity to help leaders worldwide make accurate, effective decisions to address their water challenges. True Elements applies a sophisticated, patent-pending scientific and AI lens to multiple layers of disparate watershed data to produce deeper, clearer, more holistic insights into watershed dynamics. We turn those insights into clear visualizations and scores for more reliable analysis, forecasting, and sound decision-making. To learn more about True Elements, visit www.trueelements.com or follow us on LinkedIn.
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2022 New Mexico High School Football Scorebard
Len Hayward
Las Cruces Sun-News
The high school football season has arrived in New Mexico and schools across the state will begin their quests to hoist championship hardware in late November.
From Las Cruces to Farmington and points in between, communities, towns and cities will come out to watch the Friday Night lights.
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Equipment manufacturer buys former Conrad N. Hilton Foundation headquarters to support growth
SANTA PAULA, Calif., June 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BendPak, Inc., a leading manufacturer of vehicle service equipment and specialty consumer products, has purchased a new global headquarters in Agoura Hills, Calif. The 22,256-square-foot administrative building, built in 2012 for the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, is situated on 12 acres in the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains, just west of Los Angeles. BendPak expects to move from its current Santa Paula, Calif., offices by the end of the summer.
The award-winning building is modern, environmentally sensitive, and energy-efficient. It earned LEED Platinum® certification, the highest level available for sustainable buildings from the U.S. Green Building Council.
"We are thrilled to own this landmark property," says Don Henthorn, BendPak founder and chairman emeritus. "Our business is booming, and we've simply outgrown our current space. We believe this location will enhance our ability to serve our customers, while also providing our team with an uplifting and energizing work environment."
This is the latest in a series of recent BendPak real estate expansions. In 2020, the company completed a 50,000-square-foot addition to its Santa Paula distribution and manufacturing center and opened a new 100,000-square-foot distribution and administrative building in Alabama. Earlier this month, BendPak announced completion of a new 90,000-square-foot building on the Alabama campus. Operations at these facilities will continue. The new headquarters will be home to client and customer service, engineering, product development, marketing, information technology, human resources, accounting, and management.
BendPak's new center of operations offers lots of natural light and stunning mountain views, providing a serene atmosphere to inspire creativity and foster productivity. Designed to help promote innovation and constructive thought among employees, it features Zen-like elements including a stunning waterfall, babbling brook, and peaceful koi pond, along with abundant outside relaxation and meeting spaces.
"Our new global command center will enable us to provide a healthier, more comfortable and supportive work environment to help our employees thrive personally and professionally," says Jeff Kritzer, BendPak president and CEO. "We look forward to this exciting new chapter in our company's history and invite our clients and partners to visit us and experience the peaceful and inspiring environment for themselves."
Designed by ZGF, an architectural firm and global leader in sustainable and regenerative design, the building sets a regional precedent for environmental stewardship. Noteworthy sustainable design elements include extensive water conservation systems, a green roof, solar thermal heating and passive cooling systems, drought-tolerant native plants, and an active shading system.
The net-zero energy building harnesses the power of the sun to generate all the power it needs through the array of solar photovoltaic panels covering its parking canopy. This feature also highlights BendPak's commitment to sustainable practices and reducing its carbon footprint.
"Our new headquarters is not just a physical space, it's a reflection of our company culture and values," says Rudy Diaz, chief operating officer. "With three strategic campus locations across the United States, we'll be even better positioned to provide our customers with the highest-quality products and services, while also increasing our capacity for further growth and innovation."
Terms of the sale were not disclosed. Learn more at bendpak.com/company/about/global-headquarters/ or call (805) 933-9970.
About BendPak
Established in 1965, BendPak, Inc. is an American-owned global manufacturer of vehicle service equipment and specialty consumer products sold under the trademarked brands BendPak®, Ranger®, Autostacker®, QuickJack®, Cool Boss®, GrandPrix®, JackPak®, MaxJax®, Dannmar® and Ergochair™. Its collective range of products includes car lifts, parking lifts, EV battery lifts, pipe benders, air compressors, tire changers, wheel balancers, wheel aligners, brake lathes, evaporative air coolers, rolling work seats, and other equipment.
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Summerfest announces 2023 lineup
Published: Mar. 23, 2023 at 6:27 AM CDT|Updated: 11 minutes ago
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WBAY) -Summerfest has announced more than 100 headliners for the 2023 concert series.
The lineup includes Eric Church, Dave Matthews Band, ODESZA, Zach Bryan, Imagine Dragons, Earth, Wind & Fire, Noah Kahan, Ava Max, The Pretty Reckless, Sean Paul, Coi Leray, Three 6 Mafia, Buddy Guy, Smokey Robinson, Fleet Foxes, and more.
The series begins June 22 and runs over three weekends: June 22-24, June 29-July 1, and July 6-8. Concerts are held at multiple stages including the BMO Pavilion and American Family Insurance Amphitheater at Henry Maier Festival Park.
Tickets are on sale now.
The full lineup can be seen here.
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(Bloomberg) — US inflation accelerated in June by more than forecast, underscoring relentless price pressures that keep the Federal Reserve on track for another big interest-rate hike later this month.
The consumer price index rose 9.1% from a year earlier, the largest gain since the end of 1981, Labor Department data showed Wednesday. The widely followed inflation gauge increased 1.3% from a month earlier, the most since 2005, reflecting higher gasoline, shelter and food costs. | https://www.chicagobusiness.com/economy/inflation-hit-91-june-40-year-high | 2022-07-13 15:17:16 | 0 | https://www.chicagobusiness.com/economy/inflation-hit-91-june-40-year-high |
For months, the Supreme Court has faced a steady drumbeat of reports about the justices’ potential conflicts of interest and other ethics issues. Despite increasing pressure to adopt a binding code of conduct, the justices have yet to show any cracks in their united front over their ethics practices.
Stevens’ notes challenging Rehnquist’s decision were included in a newly released collection of thousands of pages of documents belonging to Stevens, the leader of the marble palace’s liberal wing and the third-longest-serving justice in history.
The documents, which The Post first reported on Monday, show just how deeply aware the Rehnquist court was of the appearance of impropriety and the public’s faith in the institution to resolve its high-profile ethical dilemmas. They also show just how quick many of the justices were to push back against ethics concerns.
And the documents provide rare insight into how the justices wrestled with these issues internally.
Stevens and the Rehnquists
On May 18, 1998, the Justice Department and 20 state attorneys general filed a major antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft, accusing the software giant of using a monopoly on the personal computer business to crush competitors.
U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson found Microsoft guilty of violating antitrust law nearly two years later, on April 3, 2000, and on June 7, 2000, ordered the company to split into two. Microsoft appealed the ruling to an appeals court, but the government was able to appeal it directly to the Supreme Court.
The case was now on its way to the Supreme Court — but there was just one problem: The chief justice’s son, James C. Rehnquist, was a partner at a law firm that was working on “private antitrust cases” for Microsoft, as Chief Justice Rehnquist later publicly wrote.
The question now was whether Rehnquist should recuse himself — an important decision because justices who recuse themselves from cases cannot be replaced, raising the risk of a 4-4 deadlock by an equally divided court.
Seven Supreme Court justices — including Rehnquist — had previously signed a 1993 statement outlining their recusal policy when a law firm representing one of the parties before the court also employed one of the justices’ relatives. The justices wrote that they would not recuse themselves from these types of cases unless the relative was lead counsel or the relative’s compensation would be “substantially” affected by the outcome.
Rehnquist ultimately decided that he would not disqualify himself from the case and explained his decision in a draft statement he sent to the justices on Sept. 20.
In his memo to the other justices, Rehnquist suggested that he was acutely aware of the weight of impartiality on the public consciousness — and that the court wasn’t operating in a vacuum.
“All of the usual kibitzers will be watching this case like a hawk, and I think full disclosure in advance may avoid some of the inevitable criticism,” the chief justice wrote.
Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sandra Day O’Connor praised the chief’s decision. “Obviously the disqualification issue in this high profile case is one which makes it appropriate for you to explain your views,” O’Connor wrote. “You have appropriately explained those views and I agree with your conclusion.”
(Ginsburg died in 2020. O’Connor, 93, withdrew from public life in 2018.)
Stevens, on the other hand, had concerns with Rehnquist’s reasoning.
The justice, a former antitrust lawyer, thought “that if the Supreme Court did something substantive in this case, it could and very likely would have an impact on a private antitrust litigation that [Rehnquist’s] son was involved in,” a former Stevens clerk who spoke on the condition of anonymity to speak freely explained.
Stevens underlined an argument by Rehnquist that said “it would be unreasonable and speculative” to conclude that the outcome of the Microsoft case “would have an impact” on his son’s interests.
Stevens wrote “WRONG” in the margin next to the underlined text and explained on the front page of the draft statement that the “Matters are intertwined.” (Many of Stevens’s notes throughout his papers are in capital letters.)
Rehnquist also wrote that the outcome of the Justice Department’s case against Microsoft “could potentially” affect Microsoft’s exposure to antitrust liability in other litigation. Stevens circled “could potentially” and wrote “WILL DEFINITELY AFFECT AND MAY CONTROL” in the margin.
Stevens believed that the appearance of a conflict of interest between the chief justice and his son should have been enough for Rehnquist to recuse himself from the Justice Department’s case against Microsoft, the clerk said. Stevens wrote, “APPEARANCE – !!!,” on the front page.
“It just pisses him off,” the clerk said of Stevens. “Justice Stevens is not an exclamatory guy. So he has three exclamation marks, it’s like, this is a no-brainer for him.”
“Clearly he thought that the chief justice should have recused himself,” the clerk continued. “Justice Stevens generally had a very low bar for recusal. He thought justices should recuse themselves aggressively.”
The Supreme Court ultimately declined to hear the case and sent it back to the federal appeals court, which reversed Jackson’s breakup order. The two parties later reached a settlement.
It’s unclear whether Stevens raised these objections with Rehnquist. But the justices on the Roberts court appear to be aware of the 23-year-old Microsoft case; Rehnquist’s memo was one of just two Supreme Court documents cited in the court’s recent statement on ethics, which was signed by all nine justices this year.
Five years later, the Rehnquist court would find itself in the spotlight once again — this time because a justice went on a hunting trip with a government official who had a case pending before the court.
Stevens and Scalia
In 2004, weeks after the Supreme Court agreed to hear oral arguments on whether Vice President Dick Cheney should hand over documents related to his energy policy task force, Justice Antonin Scalia went on a duck hunting trip to Louisiana.
Scalia was joined by about a dozen other hunters, including Cheney, who traveled on a Gulfstream jet with Scalia, and a businessman who hosted the hunt.
Legal experts at the time told The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times that the revelation raised the appearance of impropriety and cast doubt on whether Scalia could be impartial. On Feb. 23, 2004, the Sierra Club, the environmental organization that sued for access to the energy task force’s records, asked Scalia to recuse himself from the case.
Scalia refused, drafted a 25-page “rough draft” explaining his rationale — longer and much more critical than the final version — and sent it to Stevens for his feedback.
The draft included a clause about recusals that is missing from the final version, with Scalia writing in the original draft that he “will have no hesitation” about recusing himself from cases in the future.
Scalia also wrote in the draft that descriptions from news outlets (including The Post) of Wallace Carline, the host of the Louisiana hunting trip, as “an energy company official,” “oil industrialist,” “oil company executive,” “oilman” and “energy industry executive” were “false.” In the final version of the recusal statement, Scalia said the descriptors were “misleading.”
The draft also referenced frequent invitations to fly with administration officials. The draft said that “Members of Congress and the Supreme Court are frequently invited to accompany Executive Branch officials on government planes.” The final version left out the reference to the justices, with Scalia writing that “Members of Congress and others are frequently invited to accompany Executive Branch officials on government planes, where space is available.”
Nearly a decade later, Justice Samuel A. Alito would use Rehnquist and Scalia’s arguments to defend his decision not to recuse himself from cases before the court involving Paul Singer, a hedge fund billionaire.
Similar arguments
Alito came under fire last week for not disclosing free travel and lodging at a luxury fishing resort in Alaska paid for in July 2008 by Singer and conservative megadonor Robin Arkley II. (Arkley had also financed Scalia’s travel and lodging at another remote fishing lodge in Alaska in June 2005.)
Like Rehnquist, Alito argued that he “had no obligation to recuse” himself from the cases Singer was involved in because their relationship did not meet the “reasonable person” standard, he wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed published hours before ProPublica’s report.
According to that standard, which is included in the court’s statement on ethics, “there is an appearance of impropriety when an unbiased and reasonable person who is aware of all relevant facts would doubt that the Justice could fairly discharge his or her duties.”
“No such person would think that my relationship with Mr. Singer meets that standard,” Alito wrote.
And like Scalia, Alito argued that the seat on Singer’s private jet would have otherwise remained “vacant” if he had not accepted the invitation.
The Sierra Club’s recusal motion against Scalia claimed the justice “accepted a sizable gift from a party in a pending case.” Scalia disputed this, writing that the trip on the jet wasn’t a gift because the flight “cost the government nothing, since space-available was the condition of our invitation.”
The revelations about Alito and Thomas have incensed Democrats and ethics experts. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Richard J. Durbin (Ill.) has promised to move forward with legislation that would impose binding ethics rules on the Supreme Court following Congress’s Fourth of July recess.
“If the Court won’t act, then Congress must,” Durbin said. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/06/26/supreme-court-recusal-history-stevens-rehnquist/ | 2023-06-26 18:23:18 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/06/26/supreme-court-recusal-history-stevens-rehnquist/ |
Veteran financial industry executive to lead the company's customer experience
ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Paychex, Inc., a leading provider of integrated human capital management software solutions for human resources, payroll, benefits, and insurance services, today announced that Elizabeth Roaldsen has joined the company as senior vice president of operations and customer experience. In this role, she will continue the company's focus on delivering an industry-leading experience for its 730,000 business customers, lead more than 6,000 service employees, and serve as a member of the company's senior executive leadership team.
"Liz Roaldsen's proven track record of leadership is an ideal fit as we build on our half-century of service excellence combined with industry-leading HR technology and data science," said John Gibson, Paychex president and CEO. "I'm glad to welcome her to our senior executive leadership team as we continue our commitment to deliver on our purpose – to help businesses succeed and continue our industry leadership and transformation of the HCM marketplace."
Prior to joining Paychex, Ms. Roaldsen had nearly 30 years of successful leadership experience at HSBC, State Street, Merrill Lynch, and The Bank of New York.
Ms. Roaldsen holds an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a BA in Accounting from Belmont Abbey College.
About Paychex
Paychex, Inc. (Nasdaq: PAYX) is a leading provider of integrated human capital management solutions for human resources, payroll, benefits, and insurance services. By combining innovative software-as-a-service technology and mobility platform with dedicated, personal service, Paychex empowers business owners to focus on the growth and management of their business. Backed by 50 years of industry expertise, Paychex serves more than 730,000 payroll clients as of May 31, 2022, in the U.S. and Europe, and pays one out of every 12 American private sector employees. Learn more about Paychex by visiting www.paychex.com and stay connected on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — The founder of a California-based porn empire that coerced young women into filming adult videos has been arrested in Spain, three years after he fled while facing federal sex-trafficking charges, the FBI announced.
Michael James Pratt was on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list. Spanish National Police arrested him Wednesday in Madrid, the FBI’s San Diego field office said in a statement Thursday.
Pratt, a New Zealand native, will be held in Spain pending extradition to San Diego to face charges of sex trafficking and sex trafficking of a minor, production of child pornography and money laundering conspiracy.
Pratt, 40, founded the now-defunct GirlsDoPorn website in San Diego. In 2019, he and others were charged in San Diego with sex crimes after being targeted in a civil lawsuit by 22 women who claimed they were victimized by fraud and breach of contract.
The women said they were plied with alcohol and marijuana before being rushed through signing a contract, which they were not allowed to read. Some said they were sexually assaulted and held in hotel rooms unwillingly until adult filming had ended.
A judge found in favor of the women and handed down a $12.7 million judgment against Pratt, Matthew Isaac Wolfe and adult producer and performer Ruben Andre Garcia.
Wolfe, who handled day-to-day operations, finances, marketing and filming for the website, pleaded guilty this year to a single federal count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking. He awaits sentencing.
The other co-defendants also pleaded guilty. Garcia was sentenced to 20 years in prison and cameraman Theodore Gyi received a four-year sentence.
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Driver impaled, killed by falling tree during storms, sheriff says
Published: Mar. 6, 2023 at 2:28 PM CST|Updated: 53 minutes ago
MCEWEN, Tenn. (WSMV/Gray News) – A man who was driving his car during storms in Tennessee on Friday afternoon was impaled by a tree in a freak accident, officials said.
Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis said the accident happened on East Blue Creek Road when a tree fell onto the vehicle, impaling the driver.
The man, who has not been identified, was pronounced dead.
The man’s nephew was also in the car, but he survived and is in the hospital, Davis said. His current condition is unknown.
Further details were not given.
Thunderstorms and high winds pummeled central Tennessee and southern Kentucky on Friday, leaving behind tons of damage and thousands of people without power.
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Kids love taking pictures. Many parents can relate to the experience of finding a conglomeration of random images on the phone after retrieving it from tiny hands. But unfortunately, children’s cameras can be expensive and difficult to use. And unless you want to pay for prints or use up your printer’s ink, it’s not always easy to get physical copies of your child’s artwork.
The Kidamento brand came up with a solution by creating three children’s camera models based on specific age ranges. The adorable but sturdy devices are designed for small hands and have features that encourage kiddos to capture special moments and everyday memories.
If you’re looking for a gift that digital-loving littles will adore while it nurtures their creativity, check out the three children’s camera designs available, including the Model C cameras for ages 3-6; the Model K cameras, suitable for photographers ages 3-9; and the Model P, for kids ages 5-10. One even comes with thermal paper for instant image printing.
Model C Children’s Camera: Mikayo, The Bear ($59.99)
This innovative digital camera is designed as a cute, brightly-colored bear face. The lightweight silicone casing, shape and size are ideal for small hands, and the soft neck strap doubles as a charging cord. It’s also eco-friendly and free of PVC, heavy metals, phthalates and BPA.
Customers who gave this kids’ camera five stars call it cute, simple and functional.
“My granddaughter loves to grab adults’ phones and take pictures,” wrote reviewer Rebecca Haden. “This kids’ camera is perfect for her. It is the cutest little camera I’ve ever seen. It has just enough buttons to be fun to play with but still easy to use. And it takes great pictures and videos.”
This 32-megapixel digital camcorder, $59.99, has filters and frames, a selfie timer and continuous shooting mode. It captures quality images and videos, and the 16-gigabyte memory lets them store tons of their photos. In addition, parents can print or transfer pictures wirelessly using a convenient app.
Model K Children’s Camera: Zippy The Sloth ($79.99)
A sweet little sloth hangs out on this kids’ camera’s detachable lightweight silicone covering. It has a large three-inch touchscreen with an uncomplicated interface that kids can learn quickly for independent use. This makes the item ideal for kids up to 9 years old. The soft neck strap doubles as a charging cord.
This children’s camera has a 4.1-star rating on Amazon from around 90 reviewers. Customers who purchased it say it’s fun, easy to use and encourages creativity.
“Thoughtfully designed for kids,” wrote reviewer P. Kee. “Intuitive controls, simple, cute.”
The 48-megapixel (interpolated) digital camcorder, $79.99, provides best-in-class images. It has lots of kid-friendly filters and frames, a selfie timer and 16GB memory. An app lets you easily and wirelessly print or transfer photos and videos. The battery can last up to six hours on one charge.
Model P Children’s Camera: Koko The Panda, $99.99
Kids ages 5 to 11 can use this children’s camera to take digital photos and create prints affordably. This instant print and digital camera combination is ink-free and includes BPA-free, BPS-free paper.
The camera prints black and white photos on special thermal paper whenever the young photographer wants. They can save the prints in their personal scrapbook and even color them with crayons or markers if they choose.
Customers who wrote five-star reviews of this kids’ camera appreciate that their children enjoy using it and that refills are affordable.
“Such a great camera,” wrote reviewer Rebecca Hrabar, who shared a photo. “It’s sturdy and functional. It’s so easy to use that my four-year-old can be found taking selfies and printing them out! But it’s fun and interesting enough that my 9 year old loves it too and plays with the filters and video on it. We all love the instant print and love that the ‘film’ is inexpensive!”
Like Kidamento’s other children’s cameras, kids can also use this camera to take and save digital photos and videos in the 16GB camera memory and transfer photos using the camera app. It has a battery that lasts up to eight hours on one charge.
This kids’ camera, $99.99, includes:
- Thermal paper roll
- 16GB microSD card
- Scavenger hunt photo book
- Neck strap
- USB cable
- Sticker sheet
If you’re looking for a kid-friendly tech gift that isn’t a video game, the budding photographer in your life might love one of these children’s cameras.
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US economy drops at 0.6% annual rate from April through June
WASHINGTON (AP) — Battered by surging consumer prices and rising interest rates, the U.S. economy shrank at a 0.6% annual rate from April through June, the government announced Thursday, unchanged from its previous second-quarter estimate.
It marked the second consecutive quarter of economic contraction, one informal rule of thumb for a recession. Most economists, citing a strong and resilient American job market, believe the world’s biggest economy is not yet in a downturn. But they worry that it might be headed for one as the Federal Reserve ratchets up interest rates to combat inflation.
Consumer spending grew at a 2% annual rate, but that gain was offset by a drop in business inventories and housing investment.
The U.S. economy has been sending out mixed signals this year. Gross domestic product, or GDP, went backward in the first half of 2022. But the job market has stayed strong. Employers are adding an average 438,000 jobs a month this year, on pace to be the second-best year for hiring (behind 2021) in government records going back to 1940. Unemployment is at 3.7%, low by historic standards. There are currently about two jobs for every unemployed American.
But the Fed has raised interest rates five times this year — most recently Sept. 21 — to rein in consumer prices, which were up 8.3% in August from a year earlier despite plummeting gasoline prices. Higher borrowing costs raise the risk of a recession and higher unemployment. “We have got to get inflation behind us,’’ Fed Chair Jerome Powell said last week. “I wish there was a painless way to do that. There isn’t.’’
The risk of recession -- along with persistently and painfully high prices -- poses an obstacle to President Joe Biden’s Democrats as they try to retain control of Congress in November’s midterm elections. However, drops in gasoline prices have improved consumers’ spirits in the past two months.
Thursday’s report was the Commerce Department’s third and final take on second-quarter growth. The first look at the economy’s July-September performance comes out Oct. 27. Economists, on average, expect that GDP returned to growth in the third quarter, expanding at a modest 1.5% annual pace, according to a survey by the data firm FactSet.
Commerce also on Thursday released revised numbers for past years’ GDP. The update showed that the economy performed slightly better in 2020 and 2021 than previously reported. GDP rose 5.9% last year, up from the previously reported 5.7%; and, pounded by the coronavirus pandemic, it shrank 2.8% in 2020, not as bad as the 3.4% previously on record.
GDP remained unchanged for 2018 (2.9%) and 2019 (2.3%). Growth for 2017 was downgraded slightly -- to 2.2% from 2.3%.
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At West Point, Vice President Harris to make history as first woman to deliver commencement speech
NEW YORK (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday will become the first woman to deliver a commencement address at the U.S. Military Academy, an institution that has made slow progress in diversifying its ranks in the four decades since the first class of female cadets graduated.
This year some 950 men and women are expected to take part in the graduation ceremony in West Point, New York.
The vice president plans to make the case that a strong U.S. military is vital to world security and applaud the graduating cadets for their noble sacrifice in serving their country.
“A strong America remains indispensable to the world,” Harris is expected to say, according to prepared remarks provided by the White House. “And, it is this pillar of our strength where you have dedicated yourself to lead.”
While Harris visits West Point, about 60 miles (96 kilometers) north of Manhattan, President Joe Biden heads to Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Thursday to address graduates at the U.S. Air Force Academy.
Vice presidents typically travel to one of the federal service academies to address graduating classes. Harris’ visit will be her first to the U.S. Army academy.
Today, about one quarter of the student body are women. Only a few dozen graduates each year are Black women, like Harris, though the number has ticked up in recent years. The academy didn’t admit women until 1976 and had its first female graduates in 1980.
West Point dates to 1802. Since then, the college has educated future military leaders including Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Gen. George Patton and Presidents Ulysses S. Grant and Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Upon graduation, the cadets will be commissioned as Army second lieutenants.
Last year, Harris addressed graduates at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut. The year before, she spoke at commencement ceremonies for the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is expanding sanctions against the aviation and defense sectors of North Korea and Myanmar as it continues to punish the two countries for weapons-related violations of U.S. and United Nationsregulations and human rights abuses.
The Treasury Department announced Tuesday that it had imposed penalties on two agents for North Korea’s state-owned airline Air Koryo and redesignated a previously sanctioned North Korean cyber agency that it said launders profits from cryptocurrency heists to further Pyongyang’s weapons programs.
Treasury also announced sanctions against the Myanmar aviation firm Sky Aviator Company Limited and its owner for facilitating weapons purchases for the country’s military government to crackdown on protesters following a February 2021 coup.
North Korean agents Ri Sok, an Air Koryo representative based in China, and Yan Zhihong, an airline logistics manager, were targeted with sanctions for their support for for North Korea’s nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs.
Air Koryo, which has previously been accused of transporting critical weapons components into North Korea mainly from China, was already under U.S. sanctions. The new penalties freeze any assets that the two men may have in U.S. jurisdictions or assets that may cross into them. It also bars Americans from conducting any business with them.
Treasury also reupped sanctions against Tornado Cash, a cyber firm that has allegedly served as a conduit for processing stolen virtual currency, including from the largest known such theft to date, a $455 million heist that was orchestrated by the North Korean-controlled company Lazarus Group.
“Today’s sanctions action targets two key nodes of (North Korea’s) weapons programs: its increasing reliance on illicit activities, including cybercrime, to generate revenue, and its ability to procure and transport goods in support of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs,” Treasury said in a statement.
On Myanmar, which is also known as Burma, Treasury said it was hitting Sky Aviator and its owner, Kyaw Min Oo, for importing aviation parts, weapons and other material used by the government to clamp down on post-coup dissent.
Treasury said the sanctions, which include asset freezes and a bar on American transactions with those named, “target those who profit from the oppressive actions of the regime by operating in the defense sectors of Burma’s economy and by enabling Burma’s military connections to foreign militaries.” | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/politics/ap-us-expands-sanctions-on-myanmar-nkorea-aviation-sectors/ | 2022-11-09 10:33:26 | 1 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/politics/ap-us-expands-sanctions-on-myanmar-nkorea-aviation-sectors/ |
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Known as much for his infectious enthusiasm as much as he is for playing a sharp third base, Edmundo Sosa likes to remind everyone that, yes, he can hit, too.
Sosa drove in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning on a single misplayed by Colorado left fielder Jurickson Profar, Kyle Schwarber hit a tying solo homer and the Philadelphia Phillies rallied for a 4-3 win over the Rockies on Friday night.
Brad Hand (0-1) started the night by receiving his 2022 NL championship ring from the Phillies and ended it by taking the loss for the Rockies.
J.T. Realmuto led off the eighth with a double off Hand and stole third base. Hand retired the next two batters and got Sosa to loft one to left that Profar took a bad route on and he trapped the ball on a bounce. Realmuto scored to complete the Phillies’ rally from a 3-0 hole in the first inning.
Sosa went 1 for 3 and is batting .333 (he missed the last four games with a back injury) after hitting .315 for the Phillies last season after he was acquired from the Cardinals in July. He also made a leaping snag in the ninth to rob C.J. Cron of a hit.
“He's an elite defender,” manager Rob Thomson said. “He's not chasing as much as he did when he first got here. He's keeping his head still and he's becoming an offensive force.”
Aaron Nola tossed seven strong innings for the Phillies. Seranthony Domínguez (1-1) worked a scoreless eighth for the win and José Alvarado tossed a scoreless ninth for this third save.
Kyle Schwarber, last year's NL home run champion, tied it at 3 in the seventh inning with a solo shot off reliever Dinelson Lamet into the right field seats, and the Rockies were on their way to the ninth loss in the last 10 games.
Nola and the Phillies broke off contract extension talks in the spring. Nola is scheduled to become a free agent in the offseason and wanted to focus his efforts on this season before picking up talks again in the winter. Nola, who turns 30 in June, will make $16 million this year after the Phillies picked up the option in what ended up a $56.75 million deal over five years.
Nola scuffled a bit over his first four starts this season and has yet to allow less than three run in any of his outings. Sure enough, he gave up three in the first on Ryan McMahon’s fourth homer of the year. Nola allowed back-to-back singles that set up McMahon’s blast to deep center for the 3-0 lead.
Nola, who tied Hall of Famer Jim Bunning for ninth on the team's career starts list with 208, settled down after the homer and struck out three in seven innings.
“We've got a really good lineup, we know that,” Nola said. “It's just a matter of time for the ball to start to falling. Schwarb had a big homer. Some good plays in the field. Good base hits. Good team win.”
The Phillies tagged Rockies starter Noah Davis for two in the fourth, but could have scored much more.
Philadelphia loaded the bases when Davis hit Realmuto with a pitch. The pitch appeared to skim past Realmuto, and Rockies manager Bud Black erupted on plate umpire Alex Tosi and was ejected. Tosi then balked home a run and Jake Cave’s check-swing infield single made it 3-2.
Davis struck out five over 4 2/3 innings in his second major-league start.
“I was impressed by Noah, how he hung in there,” Black said. "He continued to make pitch after pitch. There was a balk in there. But it was some aggressive baserunning that got him.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Phillies: OF Bryce Harper took live batting practice against former first-round pick Jeff Hoffman. ... RHP Nick Nelson (left hamstring strain) is scheduled to pitch two innings Saturday in a rehab assignment with Class A Clearwater. ... RHP Andrew Painter (right UCL sprain) threw at 60 feet on Friday.
TIME CHANGE
With heavy rain in the forecast, the start time of Saturday's game was moved up one hour to 3:05 p.m.
UP NEXT
The Rockies send LHP Kyle Freeland (2-1, 3.80 ERA) to the mound against Phillies LHP Cristopher Sanchez. Sanchez will make his first start of the season after he spent all season on the IL with a left triceps strain.
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BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CWAN), ("Clearwater Analytics" or the "Company"), a leading provider of SaaS-based investment accounting, reporting, and analytics solutions, will release financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2022 after the U.S. financial markets close on Wednesday, November 2, 2022.
In conjunction with this announcement, Clearwater Analytics will host a conference call on November 2, 2022, at 5:00 p.m. ET through a live webcast available on the Company's investor relations website. Participants must visit investors.clearwateranalytics.com in advance to register, download, and install any necessary audio software. A replay of the webcast will be available on the Company's investor relations website, in addition to a press release related to the financial results, related financial tables, and the call transcript.
Clearwater Analytics is a global industry-leading SaaS solution for automated investment data aggregation, reconciliation, accounting, compliance, risk, performance, and reporting. Each day, the Clearwater solution reports on more than $5.9 trillion in assets for clients that include leading insurers, asset managers, corporations, pension plans, governments, and nonprofit organizations – helping them make the most of their investment portfolio data with a world-class product and client-centric servicing. Investment professionals around the globe trust Clearwater to deliver timely, validated investment data and analytics. Additional information about Clearwater can be found at clearwateranalytics.com, LinkedIn, and Twitter.
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LONDON (AP) — British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly faced criticism Wednesday after telling gay soccer fans heading to the World Cup in Qatar that they should show some “compromise” and be “respectful of the host nation.”
The comments were quickly disavowed by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s office, while a senior figure in the opposition Labour party called them “shockingly tone deaf.”
Homosexuality is criminalized in Qatar and Cleverly was asked about the issue in the wake of British activist Peter Tatchell being questioned by police after holding a one-man protest in front of Qatar’s National Museum, holding up a sign accusing the country of jailing members of the LGBTQ community.
“I have spoken to the Qatari authorities in the past about gay football fans going to watch the World Cup and how they will treat our fans and international fans,” Cleverly told LBC Radio. “They want to make sure that football fans are safe, secure and enjoy themselves, and they know that that means they are going to have to make some compromises in terms of what is an Islamic country with a very different set of cultural norms to our own.
“One of the things I would say for football fans is, you know, please do be respectful of the host nation. They are trying to ensure that people can be themselves and enjoy the football, and I think with a little bit of flex and compromise at both ends, it can be a safe, secure and exciting World Cup.”
Qatar has said all are welcome at the World Cup, including LGBTQ fans, but that visitors should respect the country’s conservative culture, in which public displays of affection — even among heterosexuals — is taboo.
Qatari law calls for a prison sentence of one to three years for adults convicted of consensual gay or lesbian sex. European soccer federations last month announced their intention for captains to wear an armband with a rainbow heart design as part of an anti-discrimination campaign during international matches.
Downing Street quickly rejected Cleverly’s language, saying that people should not have to “compromise who they are.”
Opposition parties also criticised Cleverly’s comments, with SNP Westminster deputy leader Kirsten Oswald tweeting: “Foreign Secretary seems in essence to be advising people travelling to the World Cup in Qatar to show some respect and not be gay. This is abhorrent.”
Labour shadow culture secretary Lucy Powell said: “This is shockingly tone deaf from James Cleverly. Sport should be open to all. Many fans will feel they can’t attend this tournament to cheer on their team because of Qatar’s record on human, workers, and LGBT+ rights.”
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BOULDER CITY, Nev. — A transformer exploded Tuesday at Hoover Dam, producing a cloud of thick, black smoke and flames that were quickly extinguished. No one was hurt and electricity continued to flow from one of the nation’s largest hydroelectric facilities, authorities said.
“There is no risk to the power grid,” according to Jacklynn L. Gould, the federal Bureau of Reclamation's regional director for the Lower Colorado Region. The fire ignited around 10 a.m. and was out within a half-hour, she said.
Hoover Dam, located on the Nevada-Arizona border about 25 miles (40 kilometers) southeast of Las Vegas, is a popular tourist destination and some of the visitors captured the scene on video and quickly shared it on social media.
William Herro, 13, of San Francisco, was on a viewing bridge with his parents when he saw the explosion and then heard a “big boom.”
“A ton of black smoke just exploded in the air. It looked almost like a mushroom and then a fire followed,” said Herro, who posted cellphone video of it on TikTok. “I was really surprised and I started filming.”
The postings showed the explosion occurred at a building slightly downstream from the base of the dam. The complex is in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River.
The cause of the fire is under investigation and it's not clear how extensive the damage was to the transformer.
According to the Bureau of Reclamation, the dam is the second-tallest in the U.S. at 726 feet (221 meters). Each of its 17 generators can supply electricity to 100,000 households.
As many as 20,000 vehicles a day drive across the wide top of the dam, which is a National Historic Landmark. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/nation-world/explosion-reported-hoover-dam/507-cf67e536-1869-45f3-846b-ccf75fc63c49 | 2022-07-19 21:47:46 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/nation-world/explosion-reported-hoover-dam/507-cf67e536-1869-45f3-846b-ccf75fc63c49 |
It’s all about fathers and fresh fruit with today’s Alcomy Life cocktails!
Brett W. Butler, owner/operator of Alcomy LLC., joined us Wednesday on “Life. Style. Live!” to share a couple of cocktail recipes dad and just about anyone is sure to love.
Strawberry Basil Margarita
Ingredients:
- 2 oz. Tequila
- .75 oz. Dry Curaçao or Triple Sec
- 1.5 oz. Home made Sour
- 1 oz. Organic Agave Nectar
- 3-4 Fresh Strawberries
- 2-3 Slices Jalapeño
- 2-3 Fresh Basil leaves
- 1-2 Dashes Himalayan Pink Salt
Directions:
Muddle strawberries, basil and jalapeño with agave. Add ice and the rest of the ingredients. Shake vigorously for about 20 seconds and double strain over ice in a large rocks glass. Garnish with fresh strawberry and basil.
Bourbon Blackberry Smash
Ingredients:
- 2 oz. Bourbon
- .75 oz. St. Germaine Elderflower Liqueur
- .5 oz. Lemon juice
- 4-5 Fresh Blackberries
- 3 Sprigs fresh Mint Seltzer
Directions:
Muddle blackberries and mint with lemon juice. Add the rest of the ingredients and shake vigorously for about 20 seconds. Double strain over ice in a large rocks glass. Add splash of seltzer and garnish with fresh blackberries and mint.
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Brett W. Butler is an entrepreneur, entertainer and mixologist with over 20 years’ experience in the hospitality and entertainment industries. After 10 years in L.A., Brett is back home in Indiana, curating his Alcomy experience throughout the Indy area.
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EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A federal judge in North Dakota has ordered the transnational criminal organization formerly known as the Juarez cartel to pay monetary damages to the families of nine Americans killed in an ambush in Northern Mexico on Nov. 4, 2019.
The families of Christina Langford, Rhonita Miller, Dawna Ray and six children are to receive a combined $4.64 billion in civil damages under the federal Anti-Terrorism Act, U.S. Magistrate Judge Clare Hochhalter has ruled. Interest will compound at a rate of 6.5 percent a year should the criminal organization now known as “La Linea” delay payment.
Judgment was issued by default on June 24, as the cartel did not contest the proceedings despite the publication of trial notices published in Mexico.
Howard Miller and Tyler Johnson, husbands to the former Rhonita LeBaron and Christina Langford, respectively, filed the civil suit in Bismarck because they were living and working in North Dakota at the time of the killings. The slain Americans had ties to an independent Mormon colony in Northwest Chihuahua known as LeBaron.
The attack took place outside the United States but involved American citizens who were victims of an act of international terrorism, hence they are entitled to damages, the judge ruled. The women and children were shot and burned.
“Throughout history … La Linea has attacked civilians like in this case. Public servants, former police, prosecutors, former politicians, and their signature or their habit (is to) burn vehicles,” Hochhalter wrote.
Mexican government investigators maintain the Americans traveling in three SUVs on a highway in Sonora were mistaken by La Linea for members of a rival Sinaloa cartel cell known as Los Salazar. The two groups have fought a protracted war for control of the Agua Prieta, Sonora-Douglas, Arizona drug corridor.
However, the judgment points to a deliberate act of terror.
“Based on facts adduced from evidence at trial and significant documentation of defendant’s tactics found in the public record, and as set forth in the (complaint), the attacks carried out by defendant were objectively intended to intimidate and coerce a civilian population and to influence policy of a government by intimidation and coercion,” the judge wrote.
This is done to discourage people from testifying about cartel members or their activities and keep Mexican police from investigating them, according to the judgment. “The defendant’s objective is to cause terror in people.”
Details of the 2019 attack emerge
Other than denouncing the violence, U.S. authorities have remained mum over what exactly happened along the Sonora-Chihuahua border the night of the killings. Mexican officials have disclosed information piecemeal in the form of news releases whenever an arrest is made. So far, Mexican authorities have arrested nearly 30 men in connection to the attack.
Evidence presented in federal court in North Dakota details the manner of the killings.
After hearing from two defectors of the Sinaloa cartel on Nov. 3, 2019, about 100 heavily armed members of La Linea began an offensive against their rivals, firing on houses and setting some of them on fire in Agua Prieta.
Hours later to the south, Rhonita Miller, Langford, Ray and their children formed a three-vehicle caravan in the farming community of La Mora, Sonora, intending to reach a highway where Rhonita Miller was to travel to Phoenix, Arizona, to meet her husband; her companions were to head back to LeBaron, Chihuahua.
Simultaneously, the warring La Linea units were taking control of a 9-mile stretch of highway. Cartel members allegedly allowed Langford’s and Ray’s vehicles to pass their first checkpoint, “knowing a second hit team was lying in wait further down the road,” according to court documents.
Rhonita Miller’s vehicle had a mechanical issue and she returned to La Mora to get a Chevrolet Suburban. Court documents state she rushed to catch up with the other two women and came under automatic and “belt-fed” machine-gun fire at the first cartel checkpoint. The woman and at least some of the four children riding with her apparently were still alive after the barrage.
A cartel member videotaped part of the assault, in which his peers allegedly shout, “They’re still there …” and “Burn it.”
Nine miles down, the vehicles driven by the other two women came under gunfire at the second cartel checkpoint, court documents state.
Langford exited the vehicle with a bullet wound to her hip, hands high up in the air to show the attackers she was unarmed; the cartel members shot her through the chest. Her 7-month-old baby was in her vehicle but survived, with at least one bullet having hit her car seat.
Behind her, Ray stopped her own Chevrolet Suburban and tried to exit the vehicle to assist Langford; she was shot at, returned to the vehicle and instructed her children to run. Fifteen gunmen moved closer to her vehicle and fired, killing her and two of her children, according to court documents.
Mexican authorities reported finding 200 bullet casings on the scene; Ray had been shot 13 times in the body and the head; some of the children survived the attack and carried younger siblings back to La Mora.
Court documents detail how relatives rushed to the scene after the attacks and were able to see still-burning vehicles and at least three men dressed in black and wearing military helmets walking away.
The Mexican government listed the cause of death of Langford, Ray and two of her children as the result of gunshot wounds. Rhonita Miller and her four children died from third-degree burns.
“Even after these murders, the Juarez cartel continues to engage in repeated acts of terrorism,” court documents state.
Hochholter’s judgment includes $2 billion for the Langford family, $1.8 billion for the Miller-LeBaron family, $579.5 million for the Johnson family and $184.8 million for the Ray family. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/border-report/juarez-cartel-ordered-to-pay-4-6-billion-for-killings-of-9-americans/ | 2022-07-14 19:58:01 | 1 | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/border-report/juarez-cartel-ordered-to-pay-4-6-billion-for-killings-of-9-americans/ |
Attributes 639.83% Revenue Growth to exceptional results from product development and new partnerships in its mission to make IT easy for small businesses.
NEW YORK, Nov. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Electric, the leader in world-class IT technology for small and medium-sized businesses, today announced it ranked #239 on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of the 500 fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, fintech, and energy tech companies in North America, now in its 28th year. Electric grew nearly 640% during this period.
Electric's Chief Executive Officer, Ryan Denehy, credits numerous factors to the company's explosive revenue growth. "We saw a tremendous problem develop in the market where small businesses struggled to manage the sprawling risk and cost associated with management of their SaaS applications, networks, and employee devices. Electric took all of the most complex technical workflows associated with IT management and automated them with software. The demand for that kind of efficiency speaks for itself.
"As the past year has shown us, innovation in important areas such as life sciences is critical to addressing infectious disease and other global health issues," said Paul Silverglate, vice chair, Deloitte LLP and U.S. technology sector leader. "In addition, technology must keep pace with ever-changing consumer and corporate demands for faster, safer and more efficient solutions to new societal challenges. Each year I am in awe of the immense talent the Technology Fast 500 rankings reveal, confirming the winners' relentless pursuit of creativity and their ability to solve real-world problems that benefit us all."
"This year's Technology Fast 500 list is a true reflection of some of today's most determined and inspiring pioneers who have prospered by anticipating what's next, understanding what's needed to succeed and driving creativity forward," said Christie Simons, partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP and industry leader for technology, media and telecommunications within Deloitte's audit and assurance practice. "Representing all facets of technology, the winners have shown they not only have the vision but can also expertly manage their companies through rapid growth. We congratulate each winner on their impressive achievements."
Overall, 2022 Technology Fast 500™ companies achieved revenue growth ranging from 241% to 125,138% from 2018 to 2021, with median growth of 611%, putting Electric's growth within the top 50% of North American businesses from the last three years. To learn more about Electric and their services, visit www.electric.ai/.
Now in its 28th year, the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 provides a ranking of the fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, fintech, and energy tech companies — both public and private — in North America. Technology Fast 500 award winners are selected based on percentage fiscal year revenue growth from 2018 to 2021.
In order to be eligible for Technology Fast 500 recognition, companies must own proprietary intellectual property or technology that is sold to customers in products that contribute to a majority of the company's operating revenues. Companies must have base-year operating revenues of at least US$50,000, and current-year operating revenues of at least US$5 million. Additionally, companies must be in business for a minimum of four years and be headquartered within North America.
Electric is the industry leader in providing world-class IT technology and real-time support for small and mid-sized businesses. With close to 1,000 customers and more than 55,000 employee end-users, Electric's IT platform includes: real-time support powered by 150+ IT technicians, security, device & inventory management, network & server management, application & cloud management, employee on-boarding and off-boarding, procurement & provisioning, and data monitoring & insights. Electric is funded by an all-star team of investors including: Bessemer Venture Partners, GGV Capital, 01 Advisors, Primary Venture Partners, Bowery Capital, Slack, Atreides Management, Vintage Investment Partners, Greenspring Associates, and Harmonic Growth Partners. For more information, visit www.electric.ai.
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‘No medical training whatsoever’: Hospital security guard delivers baby in elevator
DALLAS (WFAA) – A Texas woman made it to the hospital just in time to give birth to her baby on Mother’s Day, but did not quite make it to the delivery room.
That’s when a security guard stepped in to help.
With radio and wheelchair in hand, Medical City Dallas security guard Eli Davila was on the clock this past Mother’s Day.
“I was like, ‘No time for this. We gotta go. We gotta go!’” Davila said.
The soon-to-be mother Betzabeth Perez arrived at the hospital in labor. She was wheeled inside, but when in the hallway, she grimaced. The baby’s head was crowning.
Davila frantically pressed buttons to get her to doctors.
Finally, an elevator opens. The second those elevator doors closed, the ride turned into an unforgettable one.
When the doors opened at the next floor, Perez was wheeled into the hallway with her baby in hand. Davila had to deliver it inside the elevator.
“The baby starts crying and the mom gets really calm,” Davila said. “And I told them, ‘Okay. Everything is going to be fine. The worst is over.’”
Davila told Medical City he has no medical training and just went with the situation.
“No medical training whatsoever,” Davila said. “It was just one of these things where you watch all this TV. And you have to put it into practice right now.”
Perez and her little girl Mia are doing just fine now.
Davila said he isn’t forgetting this shift anytime soon.
“Bringing a baby into this world and having a part of it is just really crazy,” Davila said.
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Powerful Cyclone Ilsa lashes Australia’s northwest coast
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s most powerful tropical cyclone in eight years lashed its northwest coast with winds gusting to an apparent record of 289 kilometers (180 miles) per hour Friday but skirted larger population centers and resulted in no immediate reports of injuries.
Cyclone Ilsa crossed the Pilbara coast of Western Australia state as a Category 5 storm, the most severe, but weakened to Category 2 as it moved inland, Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology said.
Damage was still being assessed in the path of Ilsa, which made landfall in the early hours 150 kilometers (93 miles) northeast of the iron ore export town of Port Hedland in the rural area of Pardoo.
Pardoo had a population of 47 in the latest census and the Pardoo Roadhouse and Tavern was destroyed. The two owners stayed throughout the storm and were unharmed, emergency officials said.
“They’ve had a pretty uncomfortable, challenging night,” Department of Fire and Emergency Services Superintendent Peter McCarthy said.
Beyond Pardoo, Acting Emergency Services Minister Sue Ellery described the storm damage as “fairly minimal.”
Fire and Emergency Services Commissioner Darren Klemm said he was relieved that Ilsa had shifted toward Pardoo after tracking from the Indian Ocean toward Port Hedland, the world’s largest bulk export port that sends Australian iron ore around the globe. Port Hedland has 16,000 residents and is the largest Pilbara city.
The city’s docks had been cleared of ships, including iron ore carriers, before the storm struck.
Port Hedland residents “feel like they’ve dodged a bullet,” Klemm said. “A Category 5 cyclone impact in Port Hedland would have resulted in significant damage.”
Ilsa apparently set an Australian record with wind gusts in its path recorded as high as 289 kph (180 mph) at Bedout Island off the Pilbara coast before the island’s measuring equipment stopped working, weather bureau manager Todd Smith said. It was not clear whether the equipment malfunctioned or power was cut.
“We’re going to do some checks on the data there, but it’s likely that that will go down as the strongest wind gusts ever recorded by the bureau’s equipment in Australia,” Smith said.
Category 5 cyclones have mean wind speeds exceeding 200 kph (124 mph) with gusts exceeding 280 kph (174 mph). The last Category 5 storm to cross the Australian coast was Cyclone Marcia in 2015. Marcia caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage in the east coast state of Queensland.
Category 2 storms have maximum mean wind speeds of 89 kph to 117 kph (55 mph to 73 mph) with gusts between 125 kph and 164 kph (78 mph and 102 mph).
The storm will continue to weaken as it tracks southeast across land, the weather bureau said. ___
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ATLANTA — A top Democratic Party-aligned nonprofit is teaming up with a coalition of left-leaning grass-roots groups in a multimillion-dollar effort to get Georgia voters out to the polls for the runoff election between Sen. Raphael G. Warnock (D) and GOP Senate candidate Herschel Walker.
The America Votes Georgia coalition — which includes nearly 50 national and state partner groups including the New Georgia Project Action Fund, BlackPAC, Mijente and Asian American Action Fund — has already knocked on more than 1 million doors since the general election, Majority Forward shared. Majority Forward’s investment will help fund the coalition’s ground game and paid media, including radio, mail and digital ads.
“We’re deeply proud to continue our partnership with the America Votes coalition and to double down on our investment in an unmatched ground game that is fighting for every vote ahead of the runoff,” JB Poersch, president of Majority Forward, said in a statement.
The investment comes less than a week before the runoff and as early voting is already underway in the Peach State. In-person early turnout has been breaking records, with Georgians turning out at historic levels on both Monday and Tuesday. Over the weekend, more than two dozen counties conducted early voting.
Georgia voters on Tuesday set a record for turnout on a single day of early voting with more than 309,000 people heading to the polls, according to Gabriel Sterling, the chief operating officer for the Georgia Secretary of State’s office. That surpassed the record set on Monday when more than 301,000 Georgians voted early. Before that, the record was from the 2016 election when more than 252,000 voters cast ballots on a single day of in-person early voting.
Early voting in all 159 counties is only taking place on weekdays this week, after Georgia’s voting law passed last year tightened the timeline between the general election and runoff from nine to four weeks. The runoff is necessary because neither Warnock nor Walker hit the 50 percent required to win outright under Georgia law. Warnock received about 35,000 more votes than Walker in the general election.
“This runoff election is about defending democracy and protecting our fundamental rights,” said Greg Speed, president of America Votes. “We are encouraged by the strong enthusiasm and turnout we saw in the November election and will use that momentum to propel us to victory in December.”
America Votes calls itself the “central coordination hub of the progressive community” as it works with more than 400 state and national partner organizations. The America Votes Georgia coalition played a key role in building out a ground game operation ahead of the 2020 election and 2021 runoffs. This year, the coalition of groups said that it has been out canvassing since the summer, knocking on more than 2.8 million and making nearly 1 million calls before the general election.
This month, Senate Leadership Fund, the super PAC aligned with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), announced that it was teaming up with Gov. Brian Kemp (R) to launch a $2 million ground operation on Walker’s behalf. Kemp, fresh off his victory over Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, agreed to share his ground data and analytics operation.
The conservative Faith and Freedom Coalition shared this month that it was aiming to knock on 400,000 doors, targeting mid-to-low propensity evangelical voters. Former Republican senator Kelly Loeffler’s mobilization operation, Greater Georgia, has also been working to get conservative voters out to the polls.
Leaders, consultants and organizers on both sides of the aisle have emphasized that the election outcome will come down to turnout from their bases. But both campaigns have also sought to court the more than 200,000 general election voters who supported Kemp for governor but did not vote for Walker.
Top Republicans such as Sens. Ted Cruz (Tex.), Lindsey O. Graham (S.C.) and Rick Scott (Fla.) have come to the state to urge Georgians to support Walker. Former president Barack Obama, who hosted a rally for Democrats in Atlanta last month ahead of the general election, will return Thursday to campaign with Warnock. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/30/democrats-georgia-voter-turnout/ | 2022-11-30 12:25:17 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/30/democrats-georgia-voter-turnout/ |
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Donna Kelce is going to have to pull out that now-familiar custom jersey — the one with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce’s front stitched to Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce’s back — one more time this season.
At least this time, she’ll get to see her boys in person.
For the first time in Super Bowl history, a pair of siblings will play each other on the NFL’s grandest stage. Kelce helped the Chiefs return to their third championship game in four seasons on Sunday night when they beat the Bengals for the AFC title, while Jason has the Eagles back for the second time in six years after their NFC title win over the 49ers.
“Cool scenario to be in, you know?” Travis Kelce said. “My mom can’t lose.”
Or maybe can’t win.
Indeed, there have been plenty of famous NFL siblings over the years, and many had some memorable matchups: Peyton vs. Eli Manning, Tiki vs. Ronde Barber. But they never reached the same Super Bowl, or had to put their dear old mom in such a predicament, where one will be hoisting the Lombardi Trophy at the other one’s expense.
“It’s going to be an amazing feeling playing against him,” added Travis, whose team has gotten the better of big brother’s Eagles the last three matchups. “I respect everyone over there in the Eagles organization. You won’t see me talk too much trash because of how much I love my brother. But it’s going to be an emotional game, for sure.”
Jason Kelce was even ever-so-briefly a Chiefs fan Sunday night, pulling on a Kansas City sweatshirt for about the three hours between the end of the Eagles’ 31-7 rout of San Francisco and the finish of his little brother’s 23-20 win over Cincinnati.
“That’s it for the rest of the year,” Jason said with a smile. “I am done being a Chiefs fan.”
He’ll leave that to mom and dad.
While her husband, Ed, has mostly kept private over the years, Donna has been a fixture as she crisscrosses the country to watch her boys. During wild-card weekend last year, she started in Tampa Bay watching the Eagles against the Buccaneers, then hopped a plane to Kansas City in time to watch the Chiefs play the Steelers at night.
She already has seen both of her sons win Super Bowls, too: The Eagles beat the Patriots in 2018 in Minneapolis, and the Chiefs rallied to beat the 49ers in Miami two years later.
She hasn’t seen much of them lately, though. The way the playoff schedule worked out for the divisional round and the conference championship games, it was impossible for Donna to make it to see both of her boys in person.
In any case, they’ve come a long way from their solidly middle-class upbringing in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Jason blazed the trail as the star offensive lineman who earned a scholarship to Cincinnati, and Travis soon followed suit. Both caught the eyes of NFL scout during their college careers, and of one coach in particular: Andy Reid.
It was Big Red who, while coaching the Eagles, used a sixth-round pick on Jason during the 2011 draft. And two years later, after Reid had gotten a fresh start in Kansas City, the Chiefs used a third-rounder to bring Travis into the fold.
“Big brother probably protected Travis from doing some crazy things. He probably talked him from dropping off a ladder into raked-up leaves once or twice,” Reid said Monday. “Listen, they’re both at heart very competitive and compassionate, is the biggest thing. They care and they care about people and they care about they’re game.”
They also happen to be very good at it.
Jason has been to six Pro Bowls and was just voted an All-Pro for the fifth time, and he’s emerged as one of the best offensive linemen in Eagles history. Travis has been to eight Pro Bowls, just made a fourth All-Pro team and is second in NFL history to Jerry Rice in playoff catches, yards and touchdowns.
Football’s not the only thing they’re good at, either.
The brothers have new a podcast called “New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce,” which takes listeners on a riotous, real-time ride through the NFL season. The weekly shows are recorded on Tuesdays and last between 60 and 90 minutes, the two NFL stars playing off each other as if they were hanging out in mom’s basement.
Special guests have included Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts and Chiefs counterpart Patrick Mahomes.
“They have a good mesh there, and a good relationship,” Reid said. “I think Travis has grown up a lot. Jason probably came in a bit more mature — Travis was a little immature. But he’s really grown into a good person.
“I have invested time in both of those two,” Reid added, “so I feel like a part of the family.” | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/sports/the-big-game/kelces-prepare-for-super-bowl-showdown/ | 2023-02-01 02:02:40 | 0 | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/sports/the-big-game/kelces-prepare-for-super-bowl-showdown/ |
CHICAGO (AP) — The first openly gay person to lead the American Medical Association takes the reins at a fractious time for U.S. health care.
Transgender patients and those seeking abortion care face restrictions in many places. The medical judgment of physicians is being overridden by state laws. Disinformation is rampant. And the nation isn’t finished with COVID-19.
In the two decades since Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld first got involved with the AMA as young medical resident, the nation’s largest physicians’ group has tried to shed its image as a conservative self-interested trade association. While physician pocketbook issues remain a big focus, the AMA is also a powerful lobbying force for a range of public health issues.
Two years ago, the AMA won widespread praise for announcing a plan to dismantle structural racism within its ranks and the U.S. medical establishment. It has adopted policies that stress health equity and inclusiveness — moves that inspired critics to accuse it of “wokeness.”
At 44, Ehrenfeld will be among the AMA’s youngest presidents when he begins his one-year term on June 13. An anesthesiologist, Navy combat veteran and father of two young children, he spoke recently to The Associated Press about his background and new job.
The conversation has been edited for clarity and length.
Q. Why is your being part of the LGBTQ community a big deal at this moment and how will it inform your role as AMA president?
A: I didn’t run as a gay man. That’s not my platform, but it’s a part of my identity. And people know that.
Representation and visibility is so important. I can’t tell you the number of emails, letters, phone calls, text messages that I got when I was elected into this role from people around the world that saw this as an important moment, an important recognition of what inclusivity and equality can be to help advance health equity for everyone.
Q: How will your experience as part of the LGBTQ community inform and influence your new role?
A: I’ve experienced the health care system as a gay person, as a gay parent, as in many ways wonderful positive experiences and other ways, some deeply harmful experiences. And I know that we can do better as a nation. We can do better as a system that can lift up health. And I expect that there’ll be opportunities to shine a light on that during my year as president.
Q: What are examples of those experiences?
A: There’s so many times where our health care system just does not accommodate people who aren’t in the majority. As a gay parent and a gay dad, I can’t tell you how many forms I filled out where there’s a place for the mom and a place for the dad. It’s a small thing. But it’s a signal that we’re different and maybe we’re not welcome or accepted.
When you have those small, subtle irritations that add up day after day after day, whether you’re an LGBT person or from a minority group, that causes stress. These friction points … are so pronounced for so many who are in underserved communities, so many in the LGBT community, and particularly for transgender individuals. And I know we can do better.
I’ve been fortunate to have two beautiful boys brought into this world with the support of an incredible group of physicians. But there were definitely lots of moments along the way where it was clear that we were a little bit different than everybody else in a way that didn’t need to be.
Q: This seems like an unprecedented time for political interference in medicine.
A: I’m deeply concerned about government intrusion into decision-making for patients. The Supreme Court ruling around abortion has had profound implications for reproductive rights. And fundamentally, patients have a right to access evidence-based health care services. That includes comprehensive reproductive health care. It includes care for transgender people.
States that ban abortion, that ban health care for transgender youth are placing the government right into the patient-physician relationship. And we know that this leads to devastating health consequences and can jeopardize lives. The AMA continues to speak out against these kinds of actions.
Q: What power does the AMA really have to protect those rights?
A: I don’t think we’re powerless at all. The AMA was deeply involved in helping the Biden Administration put out guidance to help physicians and patients understand that you don’t have to disclose private medical information to third parties. And we’ll continue to call for things like unrestricted access to (the abortion drug) mifepristone.
Q: Are you discouraged by the number of states that seem to be jumping on this bandwagon?
A: I’m an optimist. There are particular political divisions that are different right now. The attack on science, the attack on following the evidence to deliver care is new. Globally, it has accelerated during the pandemic, but the rampant misinformation, disinformation — all of those challenges are things I know we can overcome. It requires the AMA to lift up our voices and to not give up.
Q: Will addressing the nation’s mental health crisis be part of your role?
A: We need Congress to take action. There have been 15 years now of repeated failures by health care companies to comply with what was a landmark law in 2008 around mental health parity and substance use disorder.
That law passed by Congress has never been enforced. Those violations continue to be more serious than they were a decade ago.
It affects patients with autism. It affects patients with eating disorders, substance use disorders. It delays care. It’s harming patients.
And we are likely causing deaths to happen that are avoidable. We know that there are federal actions that could be taken to help with this, including enabling patients to recover losses associated with an improper denial of care.
The other aspect around mental health access that is really important is permanently expanding access to telehealth.
Q: Critics have long said the AMA is primarily a self-interested trade group. How is that a misconception?
A: We have a pretty simple message, and it’s to elevate the art and science of medicine for the betterment of human health. And that’s why we care about things like climate change and things like health equity.
We have to make sure that there is joy in the practice of medicine. We have to make sure that our health care systems reward and support and allow practices to thrive.
And you look at boneheaded decisions like the fact that physicians got a 2% pay cut from Medicare this past January as opposed to an inflation update. Those are things that are important. They’re financial.
But without advocacy in those realms, practices will close. Medicare patients won’t have a doctor to see. And we just we can’t allow that to happen.
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Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music and video game platforms this week.
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MOVIES
— “Cocaine Bear” was technically inspired by a true story – a 1985 plane crash that scattered some $2 million worth of cocaine across Georgia hillsides and resulted in the death of a 175-pound black bear, who overdosed. The film, however, is pure fantasy about what might have happened if the bear went on a coke rampage instead of dying. After its wild trailer went viral, the R-rated pic directed by Elizabeth Banks and starring Keri Russell and O’Shea Jackson Jr. left audiences somewhat divided. Some thought it a B-movie delight, others were left cold by the excess. And starting on Friday, April 14, via Peacock, you can access it at home to decide for yourself.
— Katie Holmes directs and stars in “Rare Objects,” an adaptation of a novel by Kathleen Tessaro about a woman with a traumatic past trying to rebuild her life starting with a new job at a New York antique shop. Holmes has been working on making this film since 2016, and her adaptation moves the story from its Depression-era Boston origins to contemporary New York. In an interview with Variety, Holmes said she was drawn “to the female friendship and this metaphor of ‘you are more beautiful for having been broken.’” The film opens in theaters and on demand on Friday, April 14.
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— Also on demand, on Tuesday, is “Linoleum,” a science fiction drama starring Jim Gaffigan as a children’s television host who dreams of being an astronaut. The film, which premiered to favorable reviews at South by Southwest last year, turns into fantasy when a satellite lands in his backyard and he starts to try to build it into a rocket of his own. Rhea Seehorn co-stars.
MUSIC
— Let’s just call this Metallica’s week. On Thursday, the hard rockers have a listening party in movie theaters worldwide for their upcoming 12th studio album, “72 Seasons.” The one-night event will feature the new music in surround sound with music videos and exclusive commentary from the band. The next day the album comes out on vinyl, CD and digital, their first collection of new material since 2016’s “Hardwired… To Self-Destruct.” Early singles include “Screaming Suicide” and “Lux Æterna,” with James Hetfield singing “Full speed or nothing.”
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— Natalie Merchant returns with lush, gorgeous new horn-heavy music on the album “Keep Your Courage,” her first collection of all-new material in almost 10 years. The album was produced by the former singer of 10,000 Maniacs and features contributions from Celtic folk group Lúnasa, Syrian clarinet player Kinan Azmeh, jazz trombonist Steve Davis and singer Abena Koomson-Davis, who adds joy and warmth to “Come On, Aphrodite.” “For the most part, this is an album about the human heart. I think the pandemic was a great period of solitude and longing,” Merchant says. “I craved and savored human connection; it was the only thing that really mattered.”
TELEVISION
— The half-hour critically praised comedy “Single Drunk Female” returns for its second season on Freeform. Executive produced in part by Jenni Konner (“Girls”), it stars Sofia Black-D’Elia as a 20-something magazine writer named Samantha who at the beginning of season one, is sent to rehab after (repeatedly) getting drunk on the job and ultimately assaulting her boss as he’s attempting to fire her. Samantha moves back home to build both a community and new life for herself, even if it’s a life she never pictured. In season two, Samantha is confident and ready to expand her horizons with independence, like finding her own place, and romance. Season two of “Single Drunk Female” debuts Wednesday and the entire season will hit Hulu on Thursday.
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— Four months after surviving a serious snowplow accident in Nevada, Jeremy Renner’s four-part series “Rennervations” debuts on Disney+ on Wednesday. The two-time Oscar nominee, who plays Hawkeye in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, will repurpose, and refurbish vehicles, to assist local communities. Examples include making a water treatment facility out of a delivery truck and transforming a tour bus into a mobile music studio. He’s assisted by celebrity friends including fellow Marvel star Anthony Mackie and Vanessa Hudgens. Renner is so passionate about “Rennervations” that he plans to attend a red carpet on Tuesday in Los Angeles for the show’s premiere.
— It’s never too early to teach children about protecting the planet and a new educational series coming to Apple TV+ called “Jane” aims to do just that. “Jane” aims to introduce kids to the ideals and work of primatologist and conservationist, Dr. Jane Goodall. The series is a combo of live action and CGI and stars Ava Louise Murchison as 9-year-old Jane Garcia, who is passionate about protecting the environment and saving endangered animals. Using her creativity and imagination, Jane takes her best friends David and a chimpanzee named Greybeard on adventures around the globe to help rescue wild animals. “Jane” premieres globally on Friday, April 14 on the streaming service.
— Alicia Rancilio
VIDEO GAMES
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— The 1982 movie “Tron” wasn’t a huge success, but it seems like everyone who did see it became a computer game designer. One such acolyte is Mike Bithell, creator of the award-winning indie games Thomas Was Alone and Subsurface Circular. His Bithell Games studio is behind Tron: Identity, a new cyberpunk adventure from Disney. In an abandoned sector of the Grid that’s evolved in weird ways, your character is a “detective program” named Query assigned to investigate a break-in and robbery. It’s a dialog-driven mystery broken up by defragging puzzles, and its neon-infused look is bound to appeal to anyone who grew up on PC games of the 1980s and ’90s. Plug in Tuesday on Nintendo Switch and PC.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The nine members of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection are on diverging political paths as they prepare for public hearings that could become a defining moment in their careers.
Working in private rooms in a Capitol office building, the seven Democrats and two Republicans have participated in hours of interviews, hearing testimony from members of former President Donald Trump's family, former Justice Department officials and Trump White House aides. They've issued dozens of subpoenas, interviewed more than 1,000 witnesses and gathered tens of thousands of pages of documents in an effort to piece together the worst attack on the Capitol in two centuries.
But as the lawmakers wrap up their investigation, many are at a personal crossroads.
Two members have decided to leave Congress after this year. Others are facing difficult reelections. A few are eyeing leadership posts, and one lawmaker is even pondering a potential 2024 presidential run.
A look at the nine lawmakers who soon will be in the limelight:
REP. BENNIE THOMPSON, D-MISS.
As the committee's chairman, Thompson sees his career-long struggle for civil rights as the foundation of his work in leading the investigation. Domestic extremism and its links to white supremacy are a familiar subject for Thompson, not only from his time on the Homeland Security Committee but also from his early involvement in the civil rights movement in Mississippi.
The 74-year-old lawmaker was sitting in the upper House gallery on Jan. 6, watching rioters' attempts to break through the doors. For him, the experience recalled the “unpleasant experiences” from his early days as a Black politician in the South.
Republicans and Democrats alike last summer pushed Thompson as the right choice to lead the investigation, seeing his understated style as the right fit for an investigation that was certain to be partisan and fraught.
In the months that have followed, even as some of his more outspoken counterparts have appeared on television to repeatedly criticize Trump, Thompson has mostly steered clear of the spectacle. Instead, he has made his voice heard in poignant opening remarks at hearings and in language in subpoenas, emphasizing the responsibility of the legislative branch to probe the “violent attack on the seat of our democracy.”
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REP. LIZ CHENEY, R-WYO.
Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, is vice chair of the panel and has emerged as its most outspoken member. She broke with most other Republicans after the insurrection, voting for Trump's impeachment and declaring that he “lit the flame” that ignited the attack.
The stance led to Cheney’s ouster from GOP leadership and censure from the national party. And while the party that made her family’s legacy pushed her away, House Democrats have embraced her as a beacon of courage. Speaker Nancy Pelosi recruited her and fellow censured Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger to be the sole GOP members of the panel.
In the span of the inquiry, Cheney has become an even more fervent critic of the Republican former president. Trump, in turn, is trying to drive her out of politics by denying her another term in office.
Cheney now faces a Trump-backed challenge in Wyoming, which will hold its primary in August. She has set personal fundraising records ahead of the race, in part thanks to her role on the committee, but political strategists have said she'll likely need some votes from Democrats and independents to win. Much of the party is now against her reelection, including House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy, who drove her out of leadership.
There's also been chatter in Washington about Cheney parlaying her political standing to mount a 2024 presidential run against Trump.
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REP. STEPHANIE MURPHY, D-FLA.
Murphy is one of two lame-duck members seated on the select committee. The 43-year-old joined Kinzinger in announcing this year she would not seek another term. Both lawmakers cited a desire to spend more time with their families after facing an onslaught of threats since the committee was formed.
“Public service is not without personal sacrifice,” Murphy said in a statement announcing her decision. “And as a mom of two young children, my time away from them has been hard.”
“This was not an easy decision, but it was the right decision,” she added.
The Florida Democrat, who unseated a 12-term Republican incumbent in 2016 and helped her party flip back the House in 2018, has also been an outspoken critic of the growing partisan nature of Capitol Hill and the rift between moderates like herself and the more left-leaning members of her party.
Murphy, who in her nearly four years in Congress was often seen as a bipartisan dealmaker, has also taken a less Trump-focused approach in her role as a member of the committee, instead zeroing in on the impact the former president's efforts could have on future election integrity and voter enfranchisement. Murphy said she “is not done with public service” and will continue her work as chair of the Florida Democratic Party’s Democracy and Voter Protection Program.
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REP. PETE AGUILAR, D-CALIF.
Aguilar is the only member of the committee currently serving in House leadership. The 42-year-old lawmaker representing California's Inland Empire is also likely to move up from the No. 6 spot in the Democratic caucus when leadership vacancies arise in the next year. Before coming to Congress in 2014, he was the mayor of Redlands, California.
When the district became more favorable to Democrats after a round of redistricting, Aguilar ran again and again until he flipped the Republican-held seat. He is currently the highest-ranking Latino in Congress.
On the select committee, Aguilar has been able to leverage his spot in leadership as the vice chair of the Democratic caucus to communicate the panel's goals and objectives as lawmakers face an onslaught of criticism from Republicans that the investigation is partisan and an abuse of Congress' investigatory powers.
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REP. ADAM KINZINGER, R-ILL.
Kinzinger is one of two Republicans serving on the Jan. 6 panel. His willingness to criticize Trump, GOP leadership and lawmakers on the far right has left him with few allies in his party. He opted last fall to not seek reelection rather than run in a primary later this month that would have had him facing off against GOP Rep. Darin LaHood in a newly redrawn congressional district that tilts strongly to the right.
Kinzinger was one of 10 Republicans who voted to impeach Trump on a charge of inciting the insurrection at the Capitol. Trump celebrated Kinzinger's decision to retire after serving out his sixth term, crowing “2 down, 8 to go!” But Kinzinger isn't going away quietly. He appears to relish taking digs at the former president and at McCarthy, who has worked strenuously to stay in the former president's good graces.
Kinzinger, 44, is a combat veteran who flew missions in Afghanistan and Iraq. He continues to serve as a pilot in the Air National Guard with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He has hinted at other political plans, saying upon his retirement that “this isn’t the end of my political future but the beginning.”
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REP. ADAM SCHIFF, D-CALIF.
Schiff is serving his 11th term in Congress and has parlayed that experience into a role as chairman of the House's intelligence committee. But he is perhaps best known as the lead impeachment manager in Trump's first Senate trial, where he warned senators weighing the charges that they knew they couldn't trust the president to do what's right for the country.
“You can trust he will do what’s right for Donald Trump. He’ll do it now. He’s done it before. He’ll do it for the next several months. He’ll do it in the election if he’s allowed to," Schiff warned.
Schiff often drew the ire of Trump, who mocked him at his campaign rallies and at White House events. McCarthy has suggested that Schiff will lose his intelligence panel seat if Republicans win the majority in November, a retaliatory move that would follow the Democrats stripping Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar of their committee assignments for their inflammatory rhetoric.
Schiff's experience as a federal prosecutor shows in his ability to frame issues and go toe-to-toe with the Republicans rhetorically. He is a confidant of Pelosi and is sometimes mentioned as her possible replacement should she step down. He could also someday run for a statewide office such as governor or senator.
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REP. ELAINE LURIA, D-VA.
Luria is serving her second term in office and faces stiff competition for a third in a district that leans Republican. She announced her reelection bid on the first anniversary of the insurrection, 1:46 p.m. to be exact, timed to match when she was being evacuated from her office. She said that the nation was at a crossroads and that Americans “must defend our democracy against forces that seek its destruction."
Luria is a 20-year Navy veteran whose district is home to a huge number of military personnel and veterans. She has not shied from her work on the Jan. 6 panel but also doesn't brandish it. Her press releases, tweets and floor statements emphasize efforts to boost defense spending and her support for a $1 trillion infrastructure bill. She also highlights efforts to work across party lines and touted coming in at No. 26 on one scorekeeper's rankings of bipartisanship in the House.
The top Republican challengers hoping to win the right to face her in November are also emphasizing issues other than her work on the Jan. 6 investigations, so it doesn't appear to be a front-burner issue in the race — for now.
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REP. JAMIE RASKIN, D-MD.
Raskin has emerged as one of the panel's leading voices after serving as the lead House manager in Trump's second Senate impeachment trial. He has promised startling revelations in the upcoming hearings. “People need to understand how close we came to losing everything on Jan. 6 with both an inside effort at a political coup and an outside effort to violently overthrow the peaceful transfer of power,” he said.
Raskin served as a constitutional law professor at American University’s Washington College of Law for more than 25 years. He is a prolific writer who published a memoir about the insurrection, the subsequent impeachment trial and dealing with his son's death. The siege of the Capitol came just days after Raskin’s 25-year-old son, Tommy, took his own life.
The Maryland Democrat is just in his third term in office and has already assured himself a leading role on legal issues before the House Judiciary Committee in the years ahead.
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REP. ZOE LOFGREN, D-CALIF.
Lofgren is chairwoman of the Committee on House Administration, which has oversight of the U.S. Capitol Police. She has been a member of the House since 1995 and is an immigration attorney and immigration law professor who participated in the impeachment process for three presidents — Trump, Bill Clinton and Richard Nixon, the latter as a congressional staffer.
She said making the Capitol safer is not a substitute for determining what led to the attack on Jan. 6, 2021. She said: “Who paid for it? How was it organized? We need to find that out to keep the country safe.”
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JURUPA VALLEY, Calif., March 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CalPortland® President & CEO, Allen Hamblen will visit the White House on Friday, March 3, 2023 to meet with senior-level officials of the Biden Administration for a Roundtable on Industrial Innovation and Decarbonization.
"We are grateful for the opportunity to share our efforts to reduce carbon emissions and promote American manufacturing jobs," stated Allen Hamblen. "CalPortland is committed to working alongside the Biden Administration to achieve our collective carbon neutrality goals and supporting employment for a sustainable future."
Mr. Hamblen will join executives from other major industrial companies and senior labor leaders to collaborate on policies and support needed to reduce carbon emissions and address climate issues.
About CalPortland
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States receive mixed rulings on abortion bans
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A federal court Tuesday allowed Tennessee to ban abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy, while in Texas — which is already enforcing a similar ban based on cardiac activity — a judge temporarily blocked an even stricter decades-old law from taking effect.
The moves embody a flurry of activity that was set off at courthouses across the country after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and ruled that terminating a pregnancy is not a constitutional right.
Statewide bans or other restrictions that were either left on the books for generations, tied up by legal challenges or specifically designed to take effect if Roe were to fall are now in play as a result of last week's Supreme Court ruling. Roughly half the states are expected to prohibit or severely limit the procedure now that the high court has left it up to them.
Since Friday, judges have agreed to allow bans or other restrictions to take effect in Alabama, Ohio, South Carolina and Tennessee. But abortion bans remained temporarily blocked in some states, including Louisiana, Texas and Utah. Decisions are pending in other places, including Florida and Indiana. Abortion rights advocates also dropped some of their legal efforts in Minnesota and Missouri.
Some clinics initially turned patients away soon after the high court ruling came down, but then reopened as judges ruled in their favor. That happened in Louisiana on Tuesday. And in Texas at least one abortion provider said it would reopen after the court ruling provided assurance that it could resume procedures for at least a few more weeks without risking prosecution.
Texas already bans most abortions after about six weeks — before many women know they are pregnant — under a law that took effect in September and makes no exception in cases of rape or incest. But a judge in Houston, a Democratic city in a conservative state, blocked enforcement for now of an even stricter law that calls for a statewide ban on virtually all abortions. That law has been on the books for decades but was nullified while Roe was in place.
In Tennessee, the action by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on a ban that also specifically halts abortion once cardiac activity is detected comes before a “trigger law” is expected to further restrict abortion by mid-August, according to a legal interpretation by the state's attorney general. Both measures would make performing an abortion a felony and subject doctors to up to 15 years in prison.
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision opened the gates to a wave of litigation. One side is seeking to put statewide bans into effect swiftly, while the other is trying to stop or at least delay such measures.
Much of the court activity focused on “trigger laws” adopted in 13 states that were designed to take effect quickly upon last week's ruling. Additional lawsuits could also target old anti-abortion laws that were left on the books in some states and went unenforced under Roe. Newer abortion restrictions that were put on hold pending the Supreme Court ruling are also coming back into play.
In Wisconsin, the Democratic attorney general filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging an abortion ban that has been on the books for 173 years. With Roe struck down, abortion opponents said the old law is now in effect, and abortion providers in the state have stopped offering the procedure. But Attorney General Josh Kaul argued that an abortion-friendly law passed in 1985 supersedes the older law.
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Abortion rights supporters gathered at the South Carolina Statehouse Tuesday. Merritt Watts, who moved to South Carolina from California last year, said if she still lived in California, she would have “completely different rights.”
“I used to think of red states as someone else’s problem, but it’s not,” the Charleston resident said. “They deserve what Californians have.”
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Forliti reported from Minneapolis and Mulvihill from Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Jamie Stengle contributed from Dallas. Other Associated Press writers across the U.S. also contributed. | https://www.wvtm13.com/article/states-receive-mixed-rulings-on-abortion-bans/40448790 | 2022-06-29 00:59:34 | 0 | https://www.wvtm13.com/article/states-receive-mixed-rulings-on-abortion-bans/40448790 |
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks wavered in morning trading on Wall Street Monday as markets cool down following their biggest weekly gain since the summer.
The S&P 500 fell 0.1% as of 10:25 a.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 58 points, or 0.2%, to 33,805 and the Nasdaq fell 0.6%.
Trading remained uncertain. The benchmark S&P 500 index had more gainers than losers, but was weighed down by technology stocks, which helped lead the market higher last week. Microsoft fell 2.4% and Apple fell 1.2%.
Bond yields rose. The yield on the 10-year Treasury, which influences mortgage rates, rose to 3.87% from 3.81% late Thursday. Bond markets were closed on Friday for Veterans Day.
U.S. crude oil prices fell 1.1%.
Crytpo-related stocks remained unstable following the implosion last week of FTX, a major crypto trading exchange. Coinbase, another crypto exchange platform, was off 7.6%.
Investors are anticipating more data this week that could give them a better picture on whether the hottest inflation in decades is easing and how consumers are handling high prices.
On Tuesday, the government issues its October report on prices at the wholesale level, which analysts forecast to have retreated slightly to 8.3% year-over-year from September’s 8.5%. That comes on the heels of last week’s report on consumer prices showing that inflation eased more than economists anticipated in October.
Investors are hoping that more data showing inflation easing means the Federal Reserve can be less aggressive about raising interest rates to get it under control. Economists expect the Fed to raise its benchmark lending rate in December, but by only a half a percentage point following four hikes of 0.75 percentage points, three times the usual margin.
Wall Street will also receive an important update on consumer spending on Wednesday with the government’s retail sales report for October.
Several big retailers are reporting their latest financial results this week. Home Depot and Walmart report earnings on Tuesday. Target reports its results on Wednesday and Macy’s reports results on Thursday.
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WFO SHREVEPORT Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, January 24, 2023
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
327 PM CST Tue Jan 24 2023
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Urban and small stream flooding caused by excessive
rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...Portions of northwest Louisiana and northeast Texas,
including the following counties and parishes, in northwest
Louisiana, Caddo, De Soto and Sabine. In northeast Texas,
Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, San Augustine and Shelby.
* WHEN...Until 630 PM CST.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 327 PM CST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. This will cause urban and small stream
flooding.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Nacogdoches, Center, Mansfield, Stonewall, Logansport,
Tenaha, Timpson, Garrison, Joaquin, Shelbyville, Neuville,
Martinsville, Melrose, Woden, Trawick, Appleby, Chireno,
Huxley, South Mansfield and Keachi.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Kenedy,
north central Cameron and central Willacy Counties through 415 PM
CST...
At 326 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Porfirio, or 9 miles northwest of Arroyo City, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Port Mansfield, Arroyo City, Willamar, Port Mansfield Chamber Of
Commerce, Porfirio and Port Mansfield Airport.
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 2638 9767 2660 9759 2660 9744 2651 9739
2645 9746 2647 9740 2644 9742 2648 9738
2645 9740 2645 9737 2641 9745 2644 9738
2640 9742 2639 9741 2644 9736 2639 9734
2636 9738 2639 9732 2630 9730
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 276DEG 24KT 2644 9754
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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CLEARWATER, Fla., April 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BayCare announced today that St. Joseph's Hospital-South President Philip Minden has been promoted to president of St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa, effective immediately. Minden will continue to oversee the hospital in Riverview during the national search for his replacement.
With 19 years of leadership experience, Minden is well equipped to lead day to day operations and implement strategic initiatives for BayCare's largest hospital and only trauma center. Under his leadership, SJHS earned national recognition for high quality care and rapid performance improvement. The hospital also expanded significantly, with construction of a new six story patient tower; 10 surgical suites; emergency department expansion from 30 to 55 beds including a new pediatric emergency department; and a new observation unit, neonatal intensive care unit and cardiac interventional radiology lab.
Phil has been part of BayCare since 2016 when the health system acquired Bartow Regional Hospital where he was serving as president and remained until taking the helm of SJHS in January 2019. He has led several hospitals in the Tampa Bay region since 2008 and he participates in many local foundations, chambers and committees. Phil serves as an active board member of the Hillsborough Community College Foundation, Bay Area Linen Company and Riverview Chamber of Commerce. He is passionate about educating our community regarding prevention and making connections through charity.
"I am proud to see Phil's continued success within BayCare and look forward to the energy and expertise he is bringing to our team in Tampa," said Kimberly Guy, co-chief operating officer of BayCare. "We're very fortunate to have this level of talent already here in our health system."
Minden is a native of Fort Smith, Arkansas and earned his Bachelor of Natural Science degree from Saint Gregory's University in Shawnee, Oklahoma. He then completed his Master of Healthcare Administration at the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center in Oklahoma City. Now a Dade City resident, Minden enjoys Florida living where he can golf, fish and cycle.
About St. Joseph's Hospital
St. Joseph's Hospital, part of the BayCare Health System, is known for advanced medical technology and compassionate care. Its Centers of Excellence include the Heart and Vascular Institute, Cancer Institute, Stroke and Neuroscience Program, Robotic Surgery Program and Emergency/Trauma Department, which provides more emergency care than any other hospital in Tampa Bay. More than 70 specialties are represented among the medical team, including internal medicine, cardiovascular surgery and neurosurgery. The hospital was founded in 1934 by the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany. The 615-bed hospital is located at 3001 West Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Tampa, Florida. For more information: BayCare.org/SJH.
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BayCare is a leading not-for-profit health care system that connects individuals and families to a wide range of services at 16 hospitals and hundreds of other convenient locations throughout the Tampa Bay and central Florida regions. Inpatient and outpatient services include acute care, primary care, imaging, laboratory, behavioral health, home care, and wellness. Its mission is to improve the health of all it serves through community-owned, health care services that set the standard for high-quality, compassionate care. For more information visit BayCare.org.
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The web3 company is scaling its cost-effective, secure, and easy-to-install monitoring solution for property managers and business owners.
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- MosoLabs, builders of world-class wireless products that empower people to use and expand decentralized, blockchain-powered networks as well as private networks, is launching Trellis, a secure video monitoring solution with advanced video AI analytics, real-time view, and video event recording. The Helium 5G-ready Moso Leaf camera and doorbell with the Trellis secure video monitoring are available now. Bundles are also coming soon, and will consist of a combination of the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) LTE small cell radio, cameras, and video doorbells—all powered by the Helium 5G network.
MosoLabs' mission is to build state-of-the-art wireless solutions that allow property managers and facility owners to manage their business sites better. MosoLabs allows small and medium businesses to easily deploy and manage their own CBRS network, while rapidly scaling the installation of CBRS-connected IoT devices to gain insights into their facility's security and equipment effectiveness.
"Launching Trellis is the result of hard work and dedication by the team, as well as the collaborative efforts with the Helium ecosystem," said Andy Lin, co-founder of MosoLabs. "We are thrilled to see the fruits of our work come to life and excited for what the future holds for MosoLabs. I believe this new, secure, and cost-effective video monitoring solution will be a tremendous opportunity for property managers."
Thanks to CBRS LTE, MosoLabs cameras have a longer range and are more secure compared to WiFi alternatives. In addition to a longer range and more security, the deployment of CBRS solutions is much simpler, and initial costs are minimized because connectivity is completely wireless. In fact, by choosing Trellis, property managers can save up to 95% on wiring installation costs for their buildings since indoor radio connectivity has a range of up to 30m, while outdoor radio connectivity extends up to 300m.
The Helium Network is the world's first decentralized wireless network, providing accessible, open-source, and low-cost wireless coverage for a wide range of 5G and Internet of Things (IoT) devices across 192 countries worldwide. With Helium, MosoLabs offers an unprecedented property monitoring solution with secured data transmission and the ability for users to earn crypto as their network grows.
"With innovative solutions like Trellis, MosoLabs continues to demonstrate the value of community-driven wireless networks in powering the next-generation of smart home devices," said Abhay Kumar, CEO of the Helium Foundation. "MosoLabs continues to be a dedicated ecosystem partner, driving utility and usage to the Helium Network."
Design your own Helium 5G-powered secure video monitoring solution with the Moso Leaf Camera and the Moso Leaf Doorbell. Each Trellis-compatible camera and doorbell has an MSRP of $250 and includes 24 months of cloud storage and 20GB of Helium 5G data. To learn more about Trellis and Moso Leaf camera products and to get your own today, visit mosolabs.com.
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MosoLabs develops exceptional hardware and software products that empower people to build and use open, decentralized wireless networks. We pride ourselves on being customer-first with a focus on innovation to offer trusted solutions that enable anyone to grow and employ their network while maximizing the rewards for doing so. MosoLabs is backed by Sercomm. Learn more at www.mosolabs.com
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A former Minneapolis police officer who was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison for aiding and abetting manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd became angry when he erroneously thought he might have to register as a predatory offender, saying his role was “minimal” when compared with Derek Chauvin’s.
“I gotta register as a predatory offender? What the (expletive) is that?” Thomas Lane, who pleaded guilty earlier this year to aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter, said after his sentencing hearing. The hearing was held remotely via video, and Lane made the comment after the judge ended the proceeding, but before the video session ended. Lane added: “That’s what Chauvin has to do. If I have a minimal role, why the (expletive) do I have to do that?”
Lane’s remarks were in response to the judge’s instruction for Lane to register as a predatory offender “if required by law” — something legal experts told The Associated Press is fairly standard language in Minnesota criminal cases, but that neither Lane nor Chauvin would be required to do. Lane’s attorney, Earl Gray, told his client he would look into the matter.
Floyd, 46, died in May 2020 after Chauvin, who is white, pinned him to the ground with a knee on Floyd’s neck as the Black man repeatedly said he couldn’t breathe. Lane, who is white, held down Floyd’s legs. J. Alexander Kueng, who is Black, knelt on Floyd’s back, and Tou Thao, who is Hmong American, kept bystanders from intervening during the 9 1/2-minute restraint.
The killing, captured on bystander video, sparked protests as part of a worldwide reckoning over racial injustice.
Lane is already serving a 2 1/2-year federal sentence after being convicted this year of violating Floyd’s civil rights, and he appeared at Wednesday’s hearing via video from the low-security federal prison camp in Littleton, Colorado.
As part of his plea agreement in the state case, prosecutors dropped a more serious count of aiding and abetting second-degree unintentional murder. They also said they would seek a sentence of three years and that he could serve it at the same time as the federal one, and in federal custody. That state sentence is below the sentencing guidelines that range between 41 and 57 months.
Prosecutor Matt Frank said Wednesday that a lower sentence was appropriate because Lane played a “somewhat less culpable role” in Floyd’s death, adding, “there were moments when Mr. Lane tried to change what was going on that day.”
Lane had tried to deescalate the situation and had suggested that the restraint of Floyd could be handled differently, Frank said. Evidence from other trials and court documents shows that Lane twice asked if Floyd should be rolled onto his side to ensure he could breathe. Still, Frank said, these steps “do not relieve him of all responsibility.”
When Lane pleaded guilty in May, he admitted that he intentionally helped restrain Floyd in a way that he knew created an unreasonable risk and caused his death. He admitted that he heard Floyd say he couldn’t breathe, knew Floyd fell silent, had no pulse and appeared to have lost consciousness.
In accepting the plea deal on Wednesday, Judge Peter Cahill told Lane, “I think it was a very wise decision for you to accept responsibility and move on with your life.” Cahill also acknowledged that the Floyd family has not been able to move on with theirs.
Floyd’s family said in a statement to the court, which was read by Frank, that the pain of Floyd’s death will never go away.
“Talk about move on? Wow. Really? Me and my family would love to move on, but there’s just not a lot of accountability,” the statement said, adding: “We will always show up for George Floyd, but never move on.”
Minnesota sentencing guidelines were created to establish consistent sentences that are neutral without considering factors such as race or gender. The guidelines say that even though they are advisory, presumptive sentences “are deemed appropriate” and judges should depart from them only when “substantial and compelling circumstances can be identified and articulated.”
With the state and federal sentences being served at the same time, Lane is likely to spend a total of roughly two years behind bars.
Under Minnesota rules, it’s presumed that a defendant with good behavior will serve two-thirds of the penalty in prison, which is two years for Lane, minus credit for time served. If he gets credit for good behavior on his federal sentence, he’ll likely end up serving just over two years in custody for that conviction. He reported to the federal prison in Colorado on Aug. 30.
Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter and was given a 22 1/2-year state sentence in 2021 — a sentence that went above the state guidelines. He also pleaded guilty to a federal count of violating Floyd’s civil rights and was sentenced to 21 years on the federal charge. He is serving the sentences concurrently at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson, Arizona.
Kueng and Thao were also convicted on federal civil rights charges and were sentenced to three and 3 1/2 years respectively. They are scheduled to go to trial on state charges of aiding and abetting murder and manslaughter in October.
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Associated Press writer Steve Karnowski contributed to this report from Minneapolis.
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By PETER SMITH
Associated Press
As Republican governors ramp up their high-profile transports of migrants to Democratic-run jurisdictions, the practice is getting a mixed reaction from Christian faith leaders — many of whom, especially evangelicals, have supported GOP candidates by large numbers in recent elections.
Some depict the actions as inhumanely exploiting vulnerable people for political ends, while others say it’s a harmless way of calling attention to the impact of immigration on states near the southern border.
“Playing political games scores points — and the hypocrisy of the current immigration system is easy to point out,” Ed Stetzer, a professor, dean and executive director of the Wheaton College Billy Graham Center in Illinois, said in a statement.
“However, it does not solve the actual problems. … Let’s fix the system,” he added, “and stop turning people into pawns of political one-upmanship.”
But the Rev. Robert Jeffress, senior pastor at First Baptist Church of Dallas and a prominent supporter of former President Donald Trump, who imposed restrictive immigration policies during his term, backed the transports.
“Government officials who refuse to fulfill their biblical responsibility to protect our borders should be made to feel the effects of their lawless policies,” Jeffress said via email.
“Busing illegal migrants to Washington D.C. or Martha’s Vineyard is not exactly the same as sending them to Siberia,” he continued. “Most Americans would love the opportunity to visit either destination.”
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis flew immigrants on two planes to the upscale island of Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts on Wednesday, while Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has also dispatched migrants to cities with Democratic mayors. Most recently, on Thursday, two busloads from his state disembarked near Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence in Washington. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey also has adopted the policy.
The Republican governors are trying to draw attention to what they contend is failed border policy under the Biden administration.
Brent Leatherwood, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s public policy agency, the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, said such actions “seem to be more about public relations.”
“We have called long for strengthened border protections and at the same time (for) folks who are coming into this country to be treated in a way that respects the imago dei (image of God),” he said.
Most Americans, including Southern Baptists, “want a solution to our broken immigration system,” Leatherwood added. “Let’s cut down on some of these actions and instead come to the table and figure out a solution that actually respects human dignity.”
Joshua Manning, pastor of the ethnically diverse Community Baptist Church in Noel, Missouri, a town of 1,800 with a large immigrant population, agreed that the transports are the wrong way to highlight a real problem.
“You shouldn’t be loading people up and treating them as political props — that’s dehumanizing,” Manning said.
He said, however, that immigration is a tricky subject. Places that have declared themselves in support of migrants and asylum seekers may not “see the difficulties of everything that’s associated with that,” he said.
In the mostly Latino neighborhood of Corona, in New York City’s Queens borough, the large congregation of Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic church held a special service Wednesday to pray for the immigrants. In an interview, their pastor, the Rev. Manuel Rodriguez, called the transports a “horrible crime.”
“All of us are horrified about the steady violation of human rights by Gov. DeSantis and other governors who are so inhumane and unethical to keep sending human beings to places where they weren’t even informed that they’d be sent,” Rodriguez said.
“You don’t use human beings who are fleeing their homelands in fear, because of violence, hunger, persecution, because of the threat of rape … as tools, as objects to make political points,” he said.
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Sunday’s NCAA women’s title game draws record TV audience
BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — LSU’s 102-85 victory over Iowa in Sunday’s national championship game was the most-viewed NCAA women’s basketball game on record, with 9.9 million viewers on ABC and ESPN2 according to fast national numbers by Nielsen.
The total audience is a 103% jump over last year, when South Carolina defeated UConn and averaged 4.85 million on ESPN and ESPN2. The audience on Sunday at one point peaked at 12.6 million.
LSU’s first national title in women’s basketball was the first on network television since UConn’s win over Tennessee in 1995. That game averaged 7.4 million on CBS.
ESPN took over the rights to the entire tournament the following year. The previous network high for a women’s national championship game was in 2002, when UConn beat Oklahoma.
The record ratings come as the NCAA is deciding whether to separate the women’s tournament or keep it as part of the championships TV package that includes at least 24 sports. That contract expires next year, with the NCAA expected to decide the next steps in negotiations by the fall.
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Federal prosecutors will urge a judge Thursday to keep behind bars a Massachusetts Air National guardsman accused of leaking highly classified military documents, arguing he may still have access to secret national defense information he could expose.
In court papers filed late Wednesday, the Justice Department lawyers said releasing 21-year-old Jack Teixeira from jail while he awaits trial would be a grave threat to the U.S. national security. Investigators are still trying to determine whether he kept any physical or digital copies of classified information, including files that haven't already surfaced publicly, they wrote.
“There simply is no condition or combination of conditions that can ensure the Defendant will not further disclose additional information still in his knowledge or possession,” prosecutors wrote. “The damage the Defendant has already caused to the U.S. national security is immense. The damage the Defendant is still capable of causing is extraordinary.”
A detention hearing is scheduled for Thursday in the federal court in Worcester, Massachusetts, for Teixeira, who has been in jail since his arrest earlier this month on charges stemming from the highest-profile intelligence leak in years.
Prosecutors said in their filing that Teixeira's attorneys have indicated they will urge the judge to release him to his father's home. As of late Wednesday, Teixeira's attorneys hadn't filed court papers arguing for his release.
Teixeira has been charged under the Espionage Act with unauthorized retention and transmission of classified national defense information. He has not yet entered a plea, and his attorney declined after last week’s hearing to speak to reporters.
He is accused of distributing highly classified documents about top national security issues in a chat room on Discord, a social media platform that started as a hangout for gamers. The leak stunned military officials, sparked international uproar and raised fresh questions about America’s ability to safeguard its secrets.
In describing Teixeira as a danger to the community, prosecutors wrote that the suspect, who owned multiple guns, repeatedly had “detailed and troubling discussions about violence and murder” on the platform where authorities say he shared the documents. In February, he told another person that he was tempted to make a minivan into an “assassination van," prosecutors wrote.
Prosecutors also disclosed that Teixeira was suspended during high school when a classmate overheard him discussing Molotov cocktails and other weapons and racial threats.
Prosecutors alleged in their filing that Teixeira took steps to destroy evidence after news outlets began reporting on the documents leak. Authorities who searched a dumpster at his home found a smashed laptop, tablet and Xbox gaming console, they said.
Teixeira's detention hearing was supposed to be last week but was delayed at the last minute after defense attorneys said they needed more time to "address the issues presented by the government’s request for detention.” Teixeira, who has been in jail since his April 13 arrest, did briefly appear in court in Boston last week to waive his right to a preliminary hearing.
The leaked documents appear to detail U.S. and NATO aid to Ukraine and U.S. intelligence assessments regarding U.S. allies that could strain ties with those nations. Some show real-time details from February and March of Ukraine’s and Russia’s battlefield positions and precise numbers of battlefield gear lost and newly flowing into Ukraine from its allies.
Authorities have not disclosed an alleged motive. Members of the Discord group have described Teixeira as someone looking to show off, rather than being motivated by a desire to inform the public about U.S. military operations or to influence American policy.
The Justice Department has said its investigation is continuing, and the Pentagon has said it would conduct its own review of access to sensitive intelligence to prevent a similar leak in the future.
Billing records the FBI obtained from Discord were among the things that led authorities to Teixeira, who enlisted in the Air National Guard in September 2019.
His specialty in the Air National Guard was as a “cyber transport systems specialist,” essentially an IT specialist responsible for military communications networks. In that role, Teixeira would have had a higher level of security clearance because he would have also been tasked with responsibility to access and ensure protection for the network, a defense official told the AP.
Investigators say Teixeira was the leader of an online private chat group on Discord called Thug Shaker Central, where enthusiasts talked about their favorite types of guns, shared jokes and held a running discussion on wars that included talk of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
A Discord user told the FBI that a username linked to Teixeira began posting what appeared to be classified information roughly in December.
Teixeira was detected on April 6 — the day The New York Times first published a story about the breach of documents — searching for the word “leak” in a classified system, according to court papers. The FBI says that was reason to believe Teixeira was trying to find information about the investigation into who was responsible for the leaks. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/politics/2023/04/27/releasing-leak-suspect-a-national-security-risk-feds-say/ | 2023-04-27 05:37:16 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/politics/2023/04/27/releasing-leak-suspect-a-national-security-risk-feds-say/ |
Lots of sunshine across the area on Wednesday.
Forecast: Another pleasant start to the day
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Veteran left-handed reliever Andrew Chafin, who spent the 2022 season with the Detroit Tigers, has found a new home.
Chafin, 32, has reportedly agreed to a one-year deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks worth a guaranteed $6.25 million.
Yes, that’s a little less than the $6.5 million option with the Tigers that Chafin turned down in November.
At the time, most expected that Chafin could easily get a two-year deal on the open market. But after a hot start, the reliever market cooled quickly.
Chafin’s deal with the D’Backs will pay him $5.5 million plus up to $1 million in incentives. The D’Backs hold a club option for 2024 worth $7.25 million, or they can pay Chafin a $750,000 buyout.
Chafin, 32, has been one of the league’s most consistent relievers over the course of his career and posted a 2.83 ERA in 57 1/3 innings with the Tigers in 2022.
Although Arizona is far from Chafin’s farm in northern Ohio, it is a place he’s very familiar with.
The Diamondbacks drafted Chafin with the No. 43 overall pick in 2011 out of Kent State University. He made his MLB debut in 2014 and pitched for parts of seven seasons in Arizona before being dealt to the Chicago Cubs in 2020.
When Chafin signed with the Tigers last spring, it represented the club’s biggest investment in a reliever since signing Mark Lowe prior to the 2016 season.
It’s an investment new president of baseball operations Scott Harris wasn’t willing to make again. The Tigers have spent sparingly this winter and appear likely to enter 2023 with a lower payroll that in 2022.
Chafin is one of the last of the 2022 Tigers to find a new home. Lefty Daniel Norris and outfielder Robbie Grossman remain on the market.
Right-handed reliever Michael Fulmer signed with the Cubs earlier this week. | https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2023/02/former-tigers-reliever-signs-with-diamondbacks.html | 2023-02-12 14:11:21 | 0 | https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2023/02/former-tigers-reliever-signs-with-diamondbacks.html |
CICERO, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — At 10:40 p.m. Thursday, Cicero Police and Onondaga County Sheriffs Deputies responded to Northern Boulevard for an accident involving a car and pedestrian.
When they arrived a male in his 20s was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the accident and will give more details as the investigation continues.
No names are being released until next of kin of the deceased are notified. | https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/pedestrian-killed-thursday-night-in-cicero/ | 2023-04-28 13:49:31 | 1 | https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/pedestrian-killed-thursday-night-in-cicero/ |
People in their 80s should not be driving NJ school buses (Opinion)
It had to be terrifying for the young kids trying to get to Mount Horeb Elementary School in Warren. Thursday morning their bus driver, a person 80 years old, became disoriented and never delivered them to the school. The driver ended up not in Warren but in Bridgewater and the bus was reported missing. The whereabouts of the 20 young kids onboard unknown.
This octogenarian driver ended up crashing in a parking lot some 5 miles from where they were supposed to be. Luckily no one was injured when the bus hit a parked vehicle. School officials and Warren police issued a joint statement saying a “medical incident” was the cause of the disorientation.
Look, I feel for the driver. But I feel more for the kids and their parents. This had to be beyond frightening. And it easily could have been deadly. I find it despicable that New Jersey allows people this age to operate school buses with children’s lives at stake. I understand there’s a school bus driver shortage. Having low standards isn’t the way to solve it.
Could a medical episode happen to younger drivers? Absolutely. Is it as likely? No.
When people are in their 80s or even 90s they are already past their life expectancy. Is it wise to have them bearing such responsibilities? Sure, a younger person could suffer a heart attack while driving too. But when you’re beyond your life expectancy it’s obviously more likely.
Sure, school bus drivers over 75 must have a physical twice a year. But there is also the fact that one’s mental acuity and reaction time can go downhill quickly at this age. A physical won’t necessarily gauge how sharp a driver still is.
Anyone recall the horrific example of Hudy Muldrow?
He was the 77-year-old school bus driver taking fifth-graders on a field trip to Waterloo Village. He tried to make an illegal u-turn across a highway and put the bus perpendicular to oncoming traffic. He caused a gruesome wreck that injured many of the students leaving carnage and bodies strewn across the highway and taking the life of a ten-year-old girl and a teacher.
He was sentenced to ten years in prison. You’ll never convince me his age didn’t play into his utter incompetence.
We can drag our feet all we want about the problems we have with elderly drivers in general. Fine. Do nothing. Look the other way. But when young lives by the dozens are involved it’s time New Jersey talks about a mandatory retirement age for school bus drivers.
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