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Gov. Ron DeSantis’ glitch-marred 2024 debut on Twitter was a distraction from his chance to introduce himself as a serious contender to take down former President Donald Trump.
It was a much-anticipated moment for the Florida governor to reset after months of dropping in the polls, which made the painfully long 20-plus minutes of Twitter malfunctions on Wednesday all the more disappointing to his supporters.
For all the media attention on the Twitter fiasco — The Daily Mail called it a “De-Saster,” Fox News a “disaster,” Breitbart News a “DeBacle” — DeSantis appeared to have later found his footing on the familiar airwaves of Fox News, a far more traditional — and effective — method of communicating to primary voters. His appearance there was the first time he laid out a substantive case for what a DeSantis presidency would look like.
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Still, it was a night his team will be eager to put behind them. And it highlighted both DeSantis’potential successes as a candidate but also a campaign still in formation while under intense attack from a dominant Republican front-runner.
Here are five takeaways.
Taking risks on Twitter backfired
The delay was longer than some campaign speeches.
For more than 25 minutes, Twitter wheezed its way through what was supposed to be DeSantis’ grand pronouncement of his 2024 candidacy, with long stretches of dead air interrupted by frantic, hot-mic whispers before they pulled the plug and started over.
A presidential announcement is the rarest of opportunities. It is the moment when a candidate can draw all the attention on themselves and their vision. Instead, DeSantis wound up almost as a panelist at his own event, sharing the stage with Elon Musk and his malfunctioning social media site.
Fox News splashed a banner headline at one point on its website that featured a photo of Musk, not DeSantis. “Want to actually see and hear Ron DeSantis?” read a breaking news alert on the site. “Tune into Fox News.”
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Even in advance, the decision to begin his campaign on Twitter with Musk had drawn mixed reviews. It was innovative, yes — and a chance to reach a potentially huge online audience — but also risky.
The technically challenged result obscured some of DeSantis’ arguments and sapped him of listeners, and potential donors. For a candidate whose promise of competence is a Republican selling point, it was a less-than-ideal first impression. Trump and President Joe Biden both mercilessly mocked the rollout.
His aides said DeSantis raised $1 million in an hour, a sizable amount but far from the record for a presidential kickoff, with no details provided about how many individual donors gave small contributions.
Biden’s campaign was also seeking to capitalize, buying Google ads to show Biden donation pages for those searching for terms like “DeSantis disaster” and “DeSantis flop.”
The candidate of educated right-wingers
The DeSantis-Musk discussion on Twitter meandered at times into a cul-de-sac of the hyper-online right.
Here’s a taste of the highly ideological and wonky message DeSantis delivered:
“Some of the problems with the university and the ideological capture — that didn’t happen by accident, you can trace back all the way to the accreditation cartels. Well, guess what? To become an accreditor, how do you do that? You’ve got to get approved by the U.S. Department of Education. So we’re going to be doing alternative accreditation regimes, where instead of saying, ‘You will only get accredited if you do DEI,’ you’ll have an accreditor that will say, ‘We will not accredit you if you do DEI. We want a colorblind, merit-based accreditation scheme.’”
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DeSantis repeatedly highlighted his blue-collar roots. But it has long been apparent that DeSantis polls far better with college-educated Republicans than he does among those without college degrees, who heavily favor Trump and form the increasingly rural base of the Republican Party. And his campaign introduction night showed why that’s the case.
The conversation detoured into complaints about the horrors of The Atlantic and Vanity Fair magazines and into discussions of cryptocurrencies and the “de-banking” of “politically incorrect businesses.”
Later, in his interview with Trey Gowdy on Fox News, DeSantis rattled off acronyms — ESG (environmental, social and governance investing) was just one — without explaining what they meant.
DeSantis is ready to hit Trump — only indirectly
DeSantis made clear on Wednesday that he isn’t ready to punch Trump just yet — but he signaled where he will aim once he does.
He went through the Twitter Spaces session and two interviews — one on Fox News with Gowdy, his former congressional colleague, and the other on the radio with conservative host Mark Levin — without uttering Trump’s name. (The word did come out of his mouth at one point: “Merit must trump identity politics,” the governor said during the Twitter talk.)
But his attempts to contrast himself with the nameless one were frequent.
DeSantis said on Fox News that the reason Biden could get away with “shenanigans” at the southern border was because there was not a wall protecting it. DeSantis promised to build a “full” border wall — a rebuke of Trump’s failure to keep that signature promise.
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DeSantis also previewed a line of attack he is expected to center his campaign on: Trump’s personnel appointments in his first term.
DeSantis blamed the Federal Reserve — Jerome Powell was appointed the Fed’s chair by Trump — for exacerbating inflation. And he said he would fire the FBI director, Christopher Wray, another Trump appointee, on Day 1. (A Trump senior adviser noted on Twitter that DeSantis publicly supported the selection of Wray at the time.)
DeSantis took his sharpest jab at Trump in the final moments with Gowdy, who asked him what he would say to candidates who may not want to debate. It was a clear reference to Trump, who has indicated he may skip one or both of the first Republican debates. DeSantis, who needs the debates in order to have breakout moments, called for people to take part.
“Nobody’s entitled to anything in this world, Trey, you’ve got to earn it,” DeSantis said. “That’s exactly what I intend to do, and I think the debates are a big part of the process.”
Desantis made his case as a China hawk
DeSantis previewed his hard-line policies to confront the Chinese Communist Party. While Trump focused largely on the trade dimension of the relationship during his presidency, DeSantis talked more broadly about countering China’s influence, territorial expansion and military ambitions.
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On Fox News, DeSantis called for a 21st-century version of the Monroe Doctrine to counter China’s influence in Latin America. The Monroe Doctrine, laid out by President James Monroe in the early 19th century, warned European countries not to colonize America’s backyard.
DeSantis also said the U.S. needed to form stronger partnerships with India, Australia and other allies to counter Chinese expansion in the Pacific. And he called for the reshoring of critical manufacturing — saying the U.S. was too closely mingled, economically, with China.
His remarks indicated that as president, DeSantis would be more comprehensively aggressive against China than Trump was in his first term. Trump spent the first three years of his presidency mostly averting his gaze from China’s military expansionism and human-rights abuses because he wanted a trade deal with Beijing. DeSantis has signaled he wants to confront China from the outset on all fronts.
DeSantis plans broad use of executive power
DeSantis laid the groundwork for what his allies say will be one of his most important contrasts against Trump: his skill in using power effectively.
In his Twitter Spaces live chat, DeSantis talked about his extensive record of enacting conservative policies as governor in Florida. He cited his talent for using governmental power for conservative ends. He said he had studied the “different leverage points under Article 2” of the Constitution and would put that knowledge to work if elected president. On Fox News, he repeated his plans to use Article 2 to remake the government.
DeSantis hinted that he would be more heavy-handed than Trump was with the federal bureaucracy. It is part of one of his core arguments: that not only will he fight harder than Trump but that he’ll deliver sweeping change where the former president fell short.
In his interview on Fox News, he portrayed the FBI as one of many federal agencies run amok, and said he would exert much stronger control over the entire Justice Department.
He rejected the notion that presidents should view these agencies as independent and said if, as president, he learned that FBI officials were colluding with tech companies — a reference to requests by government officials to Twitter to take down content viewed as harmful — then “everybody involved with that would be fired.” | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/05/25/nation/five-takeaways-desantis-rocky-2024-debut/ | 2023-05-25 06:38:30 | 0 | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/05/25/nation/five-takeaways-desantis-rocky-2024-debut/ |
HOUSTON, May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Motiva Enterprises today announced the appointment of Jeff Newman as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Port Arthur Manufacturing Complex (PAMC), effective July 15, 2022. Newman succeeds Greg Lucchesi, who will retire after performing this role with distinction since 2015.
Newman's career began with Shell in 1990, at the Norco Manufacturing Complex in Louisiana, which was then part of the Motiva system. At Norco, he served in a variety of technical and management roles in both chemical and refining units until 2007.
After a three-year stint at Shell's Puget Sound Refinery in Washington, Newman returned to the Gulf Coast in 2010 as Maintenance Manager at Motiva's Port Arthur Refinery for the Crude Expansion Project, taking responsibility for supporting the construction completion, commissioning and early operation of the $10 billion project.
After the project start-up, Newman assumed the role of Maintenance Manager for the refinery. In 2019, he was named Vice President, Technical Excellence, and later transitioned to his current role of Vice President, Production.
"With his more than 30 years of operational expertise, extensive leadership experience, and commitment to driving innovation and production reliability, I am confident that Jeff will strengthen the enduring legacy at PAMC and serve as a steward of the Port Arthur community," said Brian Coffman, President and CEO, Motiva.
Newman received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of South Alabama.
About Motiva
Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Motiva refines, distributes and markets petroleum products throughout the Americas. The company's Port Arthur Manufacturing Complex is comprised of North America's largest refinery with a crude capacity of 630,000 barrels a day, the country's largest base oil plant, and an adjacent chemical plant. Under exclusive, long-term brand licenses with Shell and Phillips 66 (for the 76® brand), Motiva's marketing operations support more than 5,000 retail gasoline stations. The company's 2,400 U.S. employees are dedicated to delivering excellence and having fun making a difference. Motiva is wholly owned by Aramco.
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Growing up, Jamila “Mila” Savoy was always in the kitchen, helping cook for the many parties her Peruvian-American family hosted.
“My dad was a consummate party thrower,” Savoy said. “(It’s) welcoming people into your space … he was the best at that and always did it with open arms.”
Savoy never lost of her love of food; for two years, she has been running her own catering business, Mila’s Mesa. And now, she’s opening up a brick-and-mortar restaurant and event space at 3409 Central NE on Tuesday.
Although Savoy had an art degree, she entered the culinary industry “by chance” and eventually became director of catering for Blue Plate Catering and later, a brand director for Sadie’s of New Mexico.
But in 2020, the catering industry shrank and Savoy, as well as many of her employees, lost their jobs. The temporary restaurant closures, however, gave Savoy the idea for her own business: a COVID-era catering company.
“I was out of a job, and a lot of the people that worked with me were without jobs,” Savoy said. “So I just had this concept – what if people still want to have a really good, restaurant-quality meal? They can’t go anywhere.”
So Savoy started bringing a restaurant experience to people’s homes with her catering company, Mila’s Mesa. Her first clients were a couple celebrating their anniversary; Savoy brought a pan, a knife and a face mask and got cooking. The company, Mila’s Mesa, later expanded and Savoy started catering small backyard parties with a team that included many of her former staff members. At first, they worked out of Savoy’s home kitchen; then her garage; eventually, they landed in a commissary kitchen.
“We’ve been all over the state in the last two years,” Savoy said.
The menu is a combination of Latin American and what Savoy calls “Americana” cuisines with a Southwestern twist, with items like butternut squash and goat cheese tamales or blue corn cornbread with honey and roasted corn. There will also be pastries, like lemon-lavendar biscochitos, espresso-drinks and non-alcoholic botanical cocktails.
“We kind of take things that are classics, and we flip them on their head, add New Mexico and make it kind of fun,” Savoy said. “That’s the other part about eating … it’s supposed to be fun.”
The location on Central is half-restaurant, half-event space. During the day, it’s a restaurant open to diners; at night, it’s a private event space.
The restaurant is open from 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and available for rentals in the evening.
On Sunday, they’ll serve brunch and afternoon tea.
Savoy said she wants diners to feel like they’re eating at her own home. For Savoy, food fosters community – something she learned as a kid in the kitchen.
“We were always trying new things, and even on those days were not everything was going great, there was always food,” Savoy said. “That’s where you come together.” | https://www.abqjournal.com/2541931/from-your-mesa-to-hers-caterer-opens-nob-hill-storefront.html | 2022-10-20 22:21:19 | 1 | https://www.abqjournal.com/2541931/from-your-mesa-to-hers-caterer-opens-nob-hill-storefront.html |
WASHINGTON, May 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Trust for Historic Preservation today unveiled its 2023 list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places, an annual ranking that spotlights significant sites of American history that are at risk of destruction or irreparable damage.
"This year's list of the nation's most endangered historic places is a portfolio of sites that are nearly as diverse as the American experience itself," said Jay Clemens, interim president and CEO of the National Trust. "The places on this list come in all forms, from individual residences to entire neighborhoods, and are located across the country from small communities to urban streetcorners and rural landscapes. The diversity of sites on the 2023 list—and the stories behind them—reflect the complexities and challenges that have always been part of what it means to be American but have not always received the attention they deserve. Losing any of them would diminish us all."
Since first debuting in 1988, the list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places has proven to be a highly effective tool for shining a light on the threats facing our nation's greatest treasures. Due to the efforts of the National Trust and our passionate supporters, the 11 Most list has often provided the decisive force needed to preserve important cultural landmarks. Now in its 36th year, the ongoing initiative has galvanized public support behind more than 350 sites across the country with only a handful lost.
"The 11 Most Endangered list demonstrates the tremendous power of place. Each site offers an opportunity to engage with our shared history where it happened and inspires us to work together to honor each other's experiences and contributions to our country," said Chief Preservation Officer Katherine Malone-France. "These places and their stories might have been lost already if not for the dedication and perseverance of people who continue to stand up for them year after year. We are humbled and honored to join their fight."
To learn more about the places on this year's list and find out what you can do to help preserve them, go to www.SavingPlaces.org/11Most.
The 2023 list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places (alphabetical by state):
Osterman Gas Station, Peach Springs, Arizona
Built in 1929, the Osterman Gas Station along Route 66 has been a focal point of the Hualapai Tribal community for generations. Extreme weather has damaged the already deteriorated building, and it needs stabilization and rehabilitation in order to continue to serve its community and the next generation of travelers. In consultation with experts, the Tribe is developing a preservation and reuse plan and raising funds to save the Hualapai-owned gas station.
Little Santo Domingo, Miami, Florida
Little Santo Domingo, the cultural heart of Allapattah, is a key commercial corridor in one of Miami's oldest neighborhoods. Growing development interest in Little Santo Domingo is leading to displacement, demolition, and rising rents. The Allapattah Collaborative hopes to encourage a more balanced approach to development and preservation while protecting the neighborhood's heritage and culture.
Pierce Chapel African Cemetery, Midland, Georgia
Pierce Chapel African Cemetery, established circa 1828, is one of the oldest burial grounds for Africans enslaved at several plantations in Harris County, Georgia, and their descendants. However, the cemetery has deteriorated over time and suffered damage due to recent use of heavy construction equipment. The descendant-led Hamilton Hood Foundation is leading efforts to raise awareness about this significant place and preserve Pierce Chapel and its stories for future generations.
Century and Consumers Buildings, Chicago, Illinois
As two iconic early skyscrapers along Chicago's historic State Street, the Century and Consumers Buildings contribute to the architectural significance of the area known as "the Loop." Yet they have sat vacant since the General Services Administration bought them in 2005 and are now being considered for demolition. Advocates are urging reuse options that could meet security needs of the adjacent federal courthouse while avoiding the buildings' wasteful demolition.
West Bank of St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana
This 11-mile stretch along the Mississippi River in St. John the Baptist Parish includes historic villages, agricultural fields, and two plantations where the lives of enslaved people are studied and interpreted. But now port facility Greenfield Louisiana LLC has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for a permit to build one of the largest grain elevators in the world amid the area's nationally significant cultural resources. A coalition of local and national advocates, including many descendants of people enslaved in the area, is advocating for the Army Corps to deny the permit or for the developer not to build the terminal.
Holy Aid and Comfort Spiritual Church (aka Perseverance Benevolent and Mutual Aid Society Hall), New Orleans, Louisiana
Built circa 1880 in New Orleans' 7th Ward, this building was first home to the Perseverance Benevolent and Mutual Aid Society, with its main hall doubling as a jazz venue, and later, the Holy Aid and Comfort Spiritual Church of Eternal Life. Impacted by repeated hurricane damage, the remaining portions of the building are threatened with collapse. Working in partnership, the pastor and congregation of Holy Aid and Comfort and the Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans are seeking funding and support to stabilize the remaining historic fabric and reconstruct the rest of the building for congregational and community use.
L.V. Hull Home and Studio, Kosciusko, Mississippi
African American artist L.V. Hull transformed her Kosciusko, Mississippi, home into a creative wonderland that attracted visitors from around the world. Though her artwork was relocated after her death in 2008 and recently conserved by the Kohler Foundation, her unoccupied house suffers from neglect, vandalism, and weather exposure. Filmmaker and Hull's friend Yaphet Smith has purchased the house and is partnering with other advocates with a vision to create an arts campus celebrating Hull's legacy. However, they need partners and funding to restore and revive the home as the heart of this broader project, where it will tell a unique, overlooked story of a Black woman in the South who claimed a space to pursue her full artistic vision.
Henry Ossawa Tanner House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Built in 1871, this North Philadelphia rowhouse was home to Henry Ossawa Tanner, an internationally recognized African American painter, along with many other Tanner family members with significant achievements. But gentrification is putting the neighborhood's Black cultural legacy and heritage landmarks such as the Tanner House—already seriously deteriorated—at risk of demolition or erasure. The Friends of the Tanner House and its partners are creating a long-term stewardship plan to reimagine the house's future.
Philadelphia Chinatown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
As one of the oldest remaining active Chinatowns in the United States, Philadelphia Chinatown has been a vibrant community since 1871. But with the 76ers basketball team proposing to build an arena abutting Chinatown, advocates—including the Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation—are concerned that the development could further disconnect the neighborhood, discourage visitors, impact the local economy, displace residents and businesses, and ultimately contribute to the erasure of the area's cultural heritage. Neighborhood residents and leaders are encouraging arena supporters to listen to and invest in protecting the Chinatown community as they consider their options.
Charleston's Historic Neighborhoods, Charleston, South Carolina
Union Pier, a 65-acre waterfront site along the Cooper River in downtown Charleston, is former marshland that has been used for maritime shipping, industrial production, and port operations since the early 18th century. The pier's current owner, South Carolina Ports Authority, has proposed selling the land to a private developer for a new mixed-use district that could threaten the area's historic character, viewsheds, and climate resilience. Advocates and residents are encouraging the city government to start with a community-led vision for the site before the formal review of a specific development plan.
Seattle Chinatown-International District, Seattle, Washington
As one of the oldest Asian American neighborhoods on the West Coast, the Seattle Chinatown-International District (CID) has been a center of the city's Asian American life for more than a century. However, Seattle's Sound Transit is considering several transit expansion options that could impact transportation access and cultural preservation in the CID. Transit Equity for All, the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation, and the Wing Luke Museum are part of a coalition advocating for a more transparent, equitable process that reflects careful decision-making, centers the voices of the CID, keeps the community connected to transit, and protects the neighborhood's vitality and cultural heritage for future generations.
Contact: Elliot Carter
ECarter@savingplaces.org
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Digital report includes environmental, social, and governance progress, including on emissions reduction targets
DALLAS, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- EnLink Midstream, LLC (NYSE: ENLC) (EnLink) today issued its 2021 Sustainability Report at http://sustainability.enlink.com. The digital report showcases EnLink's sustainability achievements during 2021, including progress on the company's 2024 and 2030 emissions intensity reduction goals.
"EnLink continues to focus on improving the ways in which we operate, while at the same time, positioning ourselves to deliver business solutions that are supportive of the energy transition," EnLink Chairman and CEO Barry E. Davis said. "Emissions reduction is a key principle of our sustainability program and supports our vision 'to become the future of midstream by leading in innovation and creating sustainable value.' I'm proud of the progress the team has made to integrate sustainability into all aspects of our business – from maintaining our financial strength to supporting our employees and communities to developing our GoalZERO safety program."
Accomplishing Emissions Reduction Goals with Minimal Capital
Through the first quarter of 2022, EnLink accomplished approximately 40% of its goal to reduce methane emissions intensity by 30% by 2024 with a capital investment of less than $800,000 and believes it can achieve the remainder with approximately $2 million.
EnLink also made progress on its goal to reduce CO2e emissions intensity by 30% by 2030 with projects such as the 15-year agreement with Continental Carbonic Products to purchase carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted from our Bridgeport plant in North Texas for use in food-grade products, which was announced in November 2021. This project, which requires only a modest investment but carries an attractive return, is expected to be in service in early 2024 and will result in meaningful progress toward our goal of a 30% reduction in total CO2e emissions intensity by 2030. EnLink will continue to focus on cost-effective ways to achieve its environmental goals.
Additional Sustainability Achievements
The 2021 Sustainability Report covers progress in environmental, social, and governance areas, including:
- Environmental and Safety Achievements:
- Social Achievements:
- Governance Achievements:
About EnLink Midstream
EnLink Midstream reliably operates a differentiated midstream platform that is built for long-term, sustainable value creation. EnLink's best-in-class services span the midstream value chain, providing natural gas, crude oil, condensate, NGL capabilities, and carbon capture, transportation, and sequestration. Our purposely built, integrated asset platforms are in premier production basins and core demand centers, including the Permian Basin, Oklahoma, North Texas, and the Gulf Coast. EnLink's strong financial foundation and commitment to execution excellence drive competitive returns and value for our employees, customers, and investors. Headquartered in Dallas, EnLink is publicly traded through EnLink Midstream, LLC (NYSE: ENLC). Visit www.EnLink.com to learn how EnLink connects energy to life.
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OPEC's surprise decision to slash oil production stands to enrich an unexpected cohort: U.S. shale drillers.
The shock announcement Sunday sent U.S. oil prices up by as much as $6 a barrel, signaling a new round of windfall profits for the shale industry that once was OPEC's fiercest foe. At the same time, the development bodes ill for consumers already squeezed by rampant inflation and facing the threat of surging gasoline prices as the summer driving season approaches.
After settling at a nearly $5-per-barrel increase Monday, benchmark U.S. crude oil for May delivery rose another 29 cents Tuesday to $80.71. With shale executives having already pledged to hold oil output mostly steady this year so they can focus on enhancing investor returns, fuel prices in the world's biggest economy will be largely dictated by production decisions made in far-flung places like Riyadh and Luanda.
"One thing is for certain, OPEC is in control and driving price, and U.S. shale is no longer viewed as the marginal producer," said James Mick, a senior portfolio manager at Tortoise. "OPEC wants and needs a higher price, and they are back in the driver's seat to obtaining their wishes."
U.S. drillers have been swimming in cash after the surge in oil prices over the last few years.
A further boost for shale companies will cheer investors. Shareholders in U.S. oil companies reaped a $128 billion windfall in 2022 thanks to a combination of global supply disruptions such as Russia's war in Ukraine and intensifying Wall Street pressure to prioritize returns over finding untapped crude reserves.
U.S. production growth is less than half of what it was before 2020, with overall output yet to return to pre-pandemic levels. Major forecasters see growth of just 500,000 barrels a day or so this year from the Permian Basin, the country's fastest-growing shale field, less than half of the more than 1 million barrels a day of cuts announced by OPEC+ on Sunday.
"OPEC and shale are much more on the same team now, with supply discipline on both sides," said Joseph Sykora, a Dallas-based fund manager at Aptus Capital Advisors, which has $4.25 billion under management. "It really puts a floor under the price of oil long term."
It's a sharp contrast from much of the past decade, when U.S. shale was a thorn in OPEC's side, using cheap money to revitalize old and thought-to-be tapped-out oil fields with new fracking technologies. The U.S. oil sector's spectacular growth added more crude to global markets from 2012 to its 2020 peak than the entire current production of Iraq and Iran combined. That growth irked the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, which saw its market dominance threatened like never before.
But surging U.S. production growth did little for shareholders, who routinely saw executives ratchet up debt as they plowed more money into new wells. The plunge in oil demand during the pandemic sent many smaller drillers into bankruptcy, and those that survived vowed never to repeat the strategy of chasing production growth at any cost.
With the OPEC+ decision helping to provide a floor to oil prices, companies like Patterson-UTI Energy can better plan activity levels, said Andy Hendricks, CEO for one of the biggest providers of drilling rigs and frack crews.
"It gives a little more clarity than what we've had," Hendricks said in a phone interview. Higher oil prices may eventually entice shale explorers to drill and frack more, but that will take some time, he said.
"There really isn't excess" gear and crews available, he said. "We could reactivate some rigs, but you're six to nine months out. So if somebody wants to do it by the end of the year, they need to call now."
LATIN AMERICA
The move by OPEC and its allies to cut their mainly high-sulfur crude output is about to thrust Latin America into the spotlight as a possible source of replacements.
The region is expected to turn into a battleground for U.S. refiners wanting to keep outsiders away from its supplies, just as they gear up for North America's high-demand summer season. American buyers have for years cultivated supply lines across the Americas while large OPEC producers like Saudi Arabia steered the bulk of their oil to Asia -- a region that offers the Kingdom the most profitable returns.
Competition is expected to come when Asian refiners have already been actively purchasing heavy crudes from South America and Canada, boosting their prices. But there might not be enough to go around. Canadian barrels have been limited by seasonal maintenance and Latin American supply won't be enough to counter the announced cuts from OPEC. That is expected to propel heavy oil prices even higher, spurring fuel inflation.
"U.S. buyers will fight to keep Latin American and Gulf of Mexico sour crudes at home, particularly as Middle East flows to the U.S. continue to dry up," said Matt Smith, lead Americas oil analyst for industry consultants Kpler.
He added that Latin America exports more medium and heavy sour crude than the U.S. produces in the Gulf of Mexico -- making the South's producers invaluable.
Information for this article was contributed by Kevin Crowley and Sheela Tobben of Bloomberg News (WPNS) and staff writers of The Associated Press. | https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/apr/05/opec-sets-up-shale-drillers-gain/ | 2023-04-05 08:22:54 | 0 | https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/apr/05/opec-sets-up-shale-drillers-gain/ |
NEW YORK, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. (OTC QB: BNET), a developer of advanced livestock waste treatment technology that dramatically reduces environmental impacts and recovers valuable resources, announced a letter of intent with Ribbonwire Ranch to build a 15,000 head sustainable beef cattle feeding operation in Dalhart, Texas. The facility will include innovative barn systems, anaerobic digesters and Bion's cutting edge waste treatment technology.
Bion and Ribbonwire will work together to create a definitive Joint Venture this Fall, allowing plans to move forward to commence construction of the Dalhart sustainable beef facility during 2023. The LOI contains a provision to allow expansion of the project to four phases, representing 60,000 head capacity or annual production of 180,000 head. Bion expects formal agreements with foodservice and retail customers over the next few months.
The Dalhart facility will be developed to produce blockchain-verified sustainable beef, reduce the stress on cattle caused by extreme weather and temperatures, while remediating the environmental impacts associated with cattle Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs). Bion's patented technology will refine the waste stream into valuable coproducts that include clean water, renewable natural gas (RNG), and organic fertilizer products. The revenues generated from these new product lines will transform a cattle feeder from a marginally profitable business into a lucrative one.
Chad Schoonover co-founder of Ribbonwire Ranch said "We are excited to be partnered with Bion for this initial system. This could change the industry. This new approach allows us to capture what has otherwise been lost, while still providing a humane environment that doesn't pollute the air, water or land." Doug Lathem, co-founder of Ribbonwire, said "I am proud that we are working on a better way to feed cattle, one that will allow our kids and grandchildren to live and work in this area for generations to come."
Bill O'Neill, Bion's CEO, expressed his appreciation to Ribbonwire for recognizing this opportunity and wanting to be part of it. "We are fortunate to be working with a forward-thinker like Ribbonwire Ranch. We realize that this announcement is just a first step in making sustainable beef a reality. However, it is an important step to giving the consumer the sustainable beef they want and helping cattle feeders and producers create more value for their cattle. And equally important is the fact we are keeping the waste stream from polluting the air, land, and water, and verifying those improvements in the process."
About Ribbonwire Ranch: Ribbonwire is a cattle ranch in the Texas panhandle that operates on approximately 40,000 acres of grazing lands that is certified organic; its affiliated entity, Lathem Farms, operates +/- 10,000 acres of farmland, of which approximately 70% is certified organic. It is considered the largest organic cow/calf operation in the State of Texas. The principals of Ribbonwire and Lathem have over 50 years of combined knowledge and experience growing feed and producing organic cattle.
About Bion: Bion's patented third generation technology was designed to largely mitigate the environmental impacts of large-scale livestock production and deliver a USDA-certified sustainable product to the consumer. The platform simultaneously recovers high-value environmentally friendly fertilizer coproducts and renewable energy that increase revenues. Bion's 3G Tech platform can create a pathway to economic and environmental sustainability with 'win-win' benefits for at least a premium sector of the $175 billion U.S. livestock industry and the consumer. For more information, see Bion's website at https://bionenviro.com.
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HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s leader on Tuesday said the sentencing on spying charges of a U.S. citizen in China, who was also a permanent resident of the semi-autonomous city, illustrated that the territory should “stay vigilant to national security risks hidden in society.”
The government said mainland Chinese authorities had informed Hong Kong of the arrest of John Shing-Wan Leung in 2021. He was sentenced Monday to life in prison. Hong Kong's government was prepared to provide assistance to anyone arrested by mainland authorities upon request but had not yet received any in Leung's case, authorities said.
Neither Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee nor the court in the eastern Chinese city of Suzhou that tried Leung, 78, have released details of his alleged crime.
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Since taking office last year, Lee has taken a hard line toward any signs of dissent, backed up by the uncompromising attitude adopted by Chinese leaders from authoritarian Communist Party head Xi Jinping on down.
“This incident showed us that national security risks could be hidden in society. That’s why we repeatedly stressed that, although Hong Kong’s situation appears to be largely stabilized, we can’t let down our guard over national security risks,” said Lee, a former police officer and head of security in the city.
A longtime Beijing loyalist, he was effectively appointed to the top position after running unopposed in an election choreographed by Beijing last year.
In an echo of party propaganda, Lee referred to the 2019 pro-democracy protests that triggered a crackdown as “black violence” and Hong Kong’s version of “color revolution,” a phrase used by China and Russia to describe political movements seeking to overturn authoritarian regimes. Lee said the protest movement was an alarm bell that reminds the city to keep monitoring such risks.
Leung’s sentencing threatens to further exacerbate already strained ties between Beijing and Washington.
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Leung was detained April 15, 2021, by the local bureau of China’s counterintelligence agency in Suzhou, according to a statement posted by the city’s intermediate court on its social media site. His detention came after China had closed its borders and imposed tight domestic travel restrictions and lockdowns affecting tens of millions to fight the spread of COVID-19.
Such investigations and trials are held behind closed doors and little information is generally released.
The harsh sentence given Leung was especially notable because of his previous affiliations with pro-Communist Party organizations, including one seeking overseas support for Beijing's goal of unification with self-governing Taiwan.
Relations between Washington and Beijing are at their lowest in decades amid disputes over trade, technology, human rights and China’s increasingly aggressive territorial claims toward Taiwan, the South China Sea and elsewhere.
High-level government exchanges between the sides have been placed on hold and U.S. companies are delaying major investments amid mixed messaging from Beijing. Many Chinese firms, most notably telecoms giant Huawei, have been effectively shut out of the U.S. market due to legal bans and high tariffs.
The sentencing comes as U.S. President Joe Biden is traveling to Hiroshima, Japan this weekend for the summit of the Group of Seven major industrial nations, followed by a visit to Papua New Guinea, a Pacific island nation in a region where China has sought to expand its economic, military and diplomatic influence.
While the Suzhou court offered no indication of a link between Leung's case and overall China-U.S. relations, spying charges in China often appear highly selective and evidence backing them up is held in secret. The party's rigid control over courts, civil society and the media effectively blocks efforts to gain further information or mount legal appeals.
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The U.S. Embassy in Beijing said Monday it was aware of Leung's case, but could not comment further due to privacy concerns. “The Department of State has no greater priority than the safety and security of U.S. citizens overseas,” the embassy said.
A former British colony, Hong Kong was promised it would retain its financial, social and political liberties when returned to China in 1997. Beijing has since torn up that commitment through progressively harsher restrictions on public gatherings, free speech and political participation, while still promoting the city as an efficient and corruption-free center for trade and finance.
Meanwhile, on the mainland, Chinese national security agencies have raided the offices of foreign business consulting firms in Beijing and other cities as part of a crackdown on foreign businesses that provide sensitive economic data.
The pressure on foreign companies appears to clash with attempts by Beijing to lure back foreign investors after draconian COVID-19 pandemic restrictions were lifted at the beginning of the year.
It wasn't clear who represented Leung at his trial and his family has not commented on the sentence. Friends and former colleagues declined The Associated Press' requests for comment.
Long pretrial detentions are not unusual in China and prosecutors have broad powers to hold people charged in national security cases, regardless of their citizenship status.
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Two Chinese-Australians, Cheng Lei, who formerly worked for China’s state broadcaster, and writer Yang Jun, have been held since 2020 and 2019 respectively, without word on their sentencing.
Government suspicion is particularly focused on Chinese-born foreign citizens and people from Taiwan and Hong Kong, especially if they have political contacts or work in academia or publishing.
Under Xi, the party has launched multiple campaigns against what it calls foreign efforts to sabotage its rule, without showing evidence. Online commentary and independent information sources have been muzzled and universities ordered to censor discussions of human rights, modern Chinese history and ideas that could prompt questions about total Communist Party control.
Xi’s government has also taken a hard line on foreign relations, most recently ordering a Canadian diplomat to leave at short notice in retaliation for Ottawa’s expulsion of a staffer at the Chinese Embassy who was accused of threatening a member of the Canadian Parliament and his family members living in Hong Kong.
China’s leader for a decade who faces no term limits, Xi has taken a highly confrontational stance toward the U.S. and other democracies, while backing Russian President Vladimir Putin in his invasion of Ukraine and supporting other autocratic governments from Nicaragua to Myanmar. | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/05/16/world/hong-kong-leader-says-chinas-sentencing-us-citizen-exposes-national-security-threats/ | 2023-05-16 09:06:53 | 1 | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/05/16/world/hong-kong-leader-says-chinas-sentencing-us-citizen-exposes-national-security-threats/ |
2 adults, 4 children die in Newcomerstown fire
NEWCOMERSTOWN, Ohio (WOIO) - A family of six was killed in a house fire early Monday morning.
A neighbor identified the victims as Leroy Elliot and Terrin Hendrix and their four children.
“They were good people. We got along with them. We really liked them. The kids, they were wonderful. The littlest one would always come over and ask for a popsicle and give me a hug. They’re going to be missed. That’s for sure. They didn’t deserve this. Not at all,” said neighbor Artha Amore.
Capt. Opha Lawson said firefighters responded to the home in the 400 block of Spaulding Ave. around 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 26.
When crews arrived, the blaze had already taken over the home, according to Lawson.
The Tuscarawas County Coroner’s Office said all six victims were then brought to the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office for autopsies and to be positively identified.
The cause of the fire has yet to be determined.
“I was shocked and still my wife and I haven’t got over it. I’m going to have the pastor come down and pray for us and pray for the lost ones,” said neighbor James Armore.
Newcomerstown Schools Superintendent Jason C. Peoples sent out sincere condolences with the following message:
“Newcomerstown Schools are deeply saddened to hear the news of the tragic house fire early this morning in the village. Our hearts are heavy as we begin to process the enormity of this loss. The school district, staff and entire school community send our thoughts, prayers and unwavering support to the family and friends of those who were taken too soon. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide more information until authorities release the names of those who perished.
Newcomerstown Schools will be offering grief support to those affected by this devastating event. Counselors, faith-based support as well as school staff will be at West Elementary School tomorrow, Dec. 27th from 3pm-6pm for all families of Newcomerstown Schools.
Additional counselors and support staff will also be on-site and available for students upon our return to school on Tuesday, Jan. 3rd, 2023, and as needed thereafter.”
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ginnie Newhart, who was married to comedy legend Bob Newhart for six decades and inspired the classic ending of his “Newhart” series, has died. She was 82.
Publicist Jerry Digney said Newhart died Sunday in Los Angeles after a long illness. No further details were available. The couple recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary.
Ginnie Newhart is credited with providing the idea for the 1990 “Newhart” finale that included a clever callback to her husband’s “The Bob Newhart Show.” The later show, which featured Newhart as a Vermont innkeeper, ended with him waking up in Chicago next to his on-screen wife from “The Bob Newhart Show,” revealing the second series to be dream.
Ginnie Newhart suggested the idea to her husband at a Christmas party that was also attended by Suzanne Pleshette, his on-screen wife in “The Bob Newhart Show.” That series ran for six seasons from 1972 to 1978 and helped cement Bob Newhart’s status as a legend of television comedies.
She is survived by Bob Newhart, 93, their four children, and 10 grandchildren.
The Newharts met on a blind date set up by actor-comedian Buddy Hackett, according to details provided by Digney.
The Newharts were close friends with comedian Don Rickles and his wife Barbara, frequently traveling together. In interviews, the Newharts said laughter was the secret of the longevity of their marriage.
Born Virginia Lillian Quinn, Ginnie Newhart was the daughter of character actor Bill Quinn, who appeared in “The Birds,” “Twilight Zone: The Movie” and had more than 230 other film and television credits.
Digney said a private funeral will be held for Ginnie Newhart. | https://www.texomashomepage.com/entertainment-news/ginnie-newhart-wife-of-comedy-legend-bob-newhart-dies/ | 2023-04-25 04:01:42 | 0 | https://www.texomashomepage.com/entertainment-news/ginnie-newhart-wife-of-comedy-legend-bob-newhart-dies/ |
Pipeline section in Kansas with oil spill is back in service
By JOHN HANNA
Associated Press
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A pipeline operator has put a damaged section in Kansas back into service, a little more than three weeks after a spill dumped 14,000 barrels of crude oil into a creek. Canada-based T.C. Energy announced Thursday that it had completed repairs, inspections and testing on its Keystone pipeline in northeast Kansas. The company said that allowed for a controlled restart of the section from near the Nebraska-Kansas line to northern Oklahoma. The 2,700-mile Keystone system carries heavy crude oil from western Canada to the Gulf Coast and to central Illinois. The spill occurred Dec. 7 in a rural county northwest of Kansas City. | https://kion546.com/news/2022/12/29/pipeline-section-in-kansas-with-oil-spill-is-back-in-service/ | 2022-12-29 21:43:35 | 0 | https://kion546.com/news/2022/12/29/pipeline-section-in-kansas-with-oil-spill-is-back-in-service/ |
By TOM WITHERS
AP Sports Writer
CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam are taking another shot at the NBA.
Looking to expand their professional sports portfolio outside of Ohio, the Haslams are in talks to buy a minority stake in the Milwaukee Bucks, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Friday.
The Haslams have explored buying other pro teams, including the Minnesota Timberwolves in the past, and now are seeking the 25% share currently held by Bucks co-owner Marc Lasry, according to the person who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation.
There is no timeline for an agreement or sale, the person said. Sportico was first to report the Haslam Sports Group’s interest in the Bucks.
Lasry and Wesley Edens, both New York investment firm executives, bought the Bucks from former U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl for about $550 million in 2014 with pledges to keep the team in Milwaukee.
The Haslams purchased the Browns in 2012 from Randy Lerner for $1.05 billion. They also own the Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer and manage the stadiums for both of those franchises.
The Haslams’ tenure as NFL owners has been defined by losing and change. Cleveland has gone 60-119-1 and had one playoff appearance in the past 11 seasons. The team has also had six full-time coaches in that span.
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SC State (1-2) at South Carolina (2-2), 7 p.m.
Utah St. (1-3) at BYU (3-1), 8 p.m.
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Penn (2-0) at Dartmouth (1-1), 7 p.m.
UTSA (2-2) at Middle Tennessee (3-1), 7:30 p.m.
Tulane (3-1) at Houston (2-2), 7 p.m.
San Diego St. (2-2) at Boise St. (2-2), 8 p.m.
Washington (4-0) at UCLA (4-0), 10:30 p.m.
New Mexico (2-2) at UNLV (3-1), 11 p.m.
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Howard (1-3) at Yale (1-1), Noon
Louisville (2-2) at Boston College (1-3), Noon
Georgia St. (0-4) at Army (1-2), Noon
Va. Lynchburg (0-3) at Morgan St. (1-2), Noon
Monmouth (NJ) (2-2) at Lehigh (1-3), Noon
St. Thomas (Minn.) (2-1) at Marist (1-2), Noon
CCSU (0-4) at St. Francis (Pa.) (2-2), Noon
Duquesne (1-3) at Stonehill (2-0), Noon
Villanova (2-2) at Maine (0-3), 1 p.m.
Norfolk St. (0-4) at Sacred Heart (2-2), 1 p.m.
Princeton (2-0) at Columbia (2-0), 1 p.m.
Georgetown (1-3) at Fordham (3-1), 1 p.m.
LIU Brooklyn (0-4) at Merrimack (2-2), 1 p.m.
Cornell (1-1) at Colgate (1-3), 1 p.m.
Holy Cross (4-0) at Harvard (2-0), 1 p.m.
Fresno St. (1-2) at Uconn (1-4), 3:30 p.m.
Lafayette (1-3) at Bucknell (0-3), 3:30 p.m.
Miami (Ohio) (2-2) at Buffalo (1-3), 3:30 p.m.
Gardner-Webb (1-3) at Marshall (2-2), 3:30 p.m.
William & Mary (3-1) at Stony Brook (0-3), 3:30 p.m.
Northwestern (1-3) at Penn St. (4-0), 3:30 p.m.
Michigan St. (2-2) at Maryland (3-1), 3:30 p.m.
Towson (2-2) at Delaware (4-0), 3:30 p.m.
Wagner (0-3) at Syracuse (4-0), 5 p.m.
Brown (1-1) at Rhode Island (2-2), 6 p.m.
Robert Morris (0-3) at Delaware St. (2-2), 6 p.m.
Georgia Tech (1-3) at Pittsburgh (3-1), 8 p.m.
NC Central (4-0) at Campbell (1-2), Noon
Temple (2-2) at Memphis (3-1), Noon
Kentucky (4-0) at Mississippi (4-0), Noon
Presbyterian (1-3) at Morehead St. (1-3), 1 p.m.
Butler (2-1) at Davidson (3-1), 1 p.m.
Mercer (3-1) at Wofford (0-4), 1:30 p.m.
Texas State (2-2) at James Madison (3-0), 1:30 p.m.
Lane (0-1) at Tennessee St. (0-3), 2 p.m.
Samford (3-1) at Furman (3-1), 2 p.m.
Richmond (3-1) at Elon (3-1), 2 p.m.
Kennesaw St. (1-2) at Jacksonville St. (4-1), 2 p.m.
South Florida (1-3) vs. East Carolina (2-2) at Boca Raton, Fla., 2:30 p.m.
Tennessee Tech (1-2) at UT Martin (2-2), 3 p.m.
Bethune-Cookman (1-2) at Alabama A&M (0-4), 3 p.m.
Wake Forest (3-1) at Florida St. (4-0), 3:30 p.m.
Virginia Tech (2-2) at North Carolina (3-1), 3:30 p.m.
The Citadel (1-2) at Appalachian St. (2-2), 3:30 p.m.
VMI (1-2) at W. Carolina (2-2), 3:30 p.m.
Texas A&M (3-1) at Mississippi St. (3-1), 4 p.m.
Georgia Southern (3-1) at Coastal Carolina (4-0), 4 p.m.
Nicholls (0-4) at Northwestern St. (1-3), 4:30 p.m.
South Alabama (3-1) at Louisiana-Lafayette (2-2), 5 p.m.
Liberty (3-1) at Old Dominion (2-2), 6 p.m.
S. Utah (3-1) at E. Kentucky (2-2), 6 p.m.
MVSU (0-4) at Florida A&M (2-2), 6 p.m.
UTEP (2-3) at Charlotte (1-4), 6 p.m.
Ark.-Pine Bluff (2-2) at Southern U. (1-2), 7 p.m.
Murray St. (0-4) at SE Louisiana (2-2), 7 p.m.
Grambling St. (1-3) vs. Prairie View (2-2) at Dallas, 7 p.m.
Bryant (1-3) at NC A&T (1-3), 7 p.m.
LSU (3-1) at Auburn (3-1), 7 p.m.
Troy (2-2) at W. Kentucky (3-1), 7 p.m.
Virginia (2-2) at Duke (3-1), 7:30 p.m.
NC State (4-0) at Clemson (4-0), 7:30 p.m.
Chattanooga (3-1) at ETSU (2-2), 7:30 p.m.
Purdue (2-2) at Minnesota (4-0), Noon
Illinois (3-1) at Wisconsin (2-2), Noon
Michigan (4-0) at Iowa (3-1), Noon
Texas Tech (3-1) at Kansas St. (3-1), Noon
Missouri St. (2-2) at North Dakota (2-2), 1 p.m.
Drake (0-4) at Dayton (2-1), 1 p.m.
N. Illinois (1-3) at Ball St. (1-3), 2 p.m.
Umass (1-3) at E. Michigan (2-2), 2 p.m.
Youngstown St. (2-1) at N. Dakota St. (3-1), 2 p.m.
SE Missouri (3-1) at Lindenwood (Mo.) (2-1), 2 p.m.
W. Illinois (0-4) at S. Dakota St. (3-1), 3 p.m.
Rutgers (3-1) at Ohio St. (4-0), 3:30 p.m.
Bowling Green (1-3) at Akron (1-3), 3:30 p.m.
Cent. Michigan (1-3) at Toledo (2-2), 3:30 p.m.
Ohio (2-2) at Kent St. (1-3), 3:30 p.m.
Iowa St. (3-1) at Kansas (4-0), 3:30 p.m.
Indiana St. (1-2) at N. Iowa (1-3), 5 p.m.
New Hampshire (3-1) at W. Michigan (1-3), 6 p.m.
Georgia (4-0) at Missouri (2-2), 7:30 p.m.
S. Illinois (2-2) at Illinois St. (2-1), 7:30 p.m.
Indiana (3-1) at Nebraska (1-3), 7:30 p.m.
Oklahoma (3-1) at TCU (3-0), Noon
Oklahoma St. (3-0) at Baylor (3-1), 3:30 p.m.
Sam Houston St. (1-2) vs. Stephen F. Austin (2-2) at Houston, 3:30 p.m.
Alabama (4-0) at Arkansas (3-1), 3:30 p.m.
FAU (2-3) at North Texas (2-3), 4 p.m.
Houston Baptist (1-2) at Lamar (0-4), 4 p.m.
Austin Peay (4-1) at Cent. Arkansas (1-3), 5 p.m.
McNeese St. (1-3) at Incarnate Word (3-1), 7 p.m.
Louisiana-Monroe (2-2) at Arkansas St. (1-3), 7 p.m.
Cincinnati (3-1) at Tulsa (2-2), 7 p.m.
Alabama St. (2-2) at Texas Southern (1-3), 7 p.m.
UAB (2-1) at Rice (2-2), 7:30 p.m.
West Virginia (2-2) at Texas (2-2), 7:30 p.m.
Navy (1-2) at Air Force (3-1), Noon
Oregon St. (3-1) at Utah (3-1), 2 p.m.
Montana (4-0) at Idaho St. (0-4), 3 p.m.
Stetson (3-1) at San Diego (1-3), 4 p.m.
N. Arizona (1-3) at Portland St. (0-3), 5 p.m.
California (3-1) at Washington St. (3-1), 5:30 p.m.
San Jose St. (2-1) at Wyoming (3-2), 7:30 p.m.
FIU (1-2) at New Mexico St. (1-4), 8 p.m.
Sacramento St. (3-0) at Cal Poly (1-2), 8 p.m.
Abilene Christian (3-1) at Utah Tech (1-3), 9 p.m.
N. Colorado (2-2) at Idaho (2-2), 9 p.m.
Colorado (0-4) at Arizona (2-2), 9:30 p.m.
UC Davis (1-3) at Montana St. (3-1), 10:15 p.m.
Arizona St. (1-3) at Southern Cal (4-0), 10:30 p.m.
Stanford (1-2) at Oregon (3-1), 11 p.m.
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E. Washington (1-2) at Florida (2-2), Noon
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MESQUITE, Texas — One of two people suspected in the theft of vehicles across Texas was captured in a stolen pickup truck in Mesquite, Waco police said Tuesday.
Isabel Gonzalez, 33, was caught Monday after leading Mesquite police on a 30 minute chase.
Gonzalez and Rolando Hernandez, 33, are suspected of stealing vehicles totaling $750,000.
Hernandez had not been caught at the time this article was written. He is also wanted for causing an accident and not stopping to render aid after he drove away during a traffic stop by Waco police.
Waco police are working with multiple agencies including the McLennan County Sheriff's Office, Robinson police, Bellmead police and Plano police.
Anyone with information about Hernandez's whereabouts can call Waco police at 254-750-7500 or call Crime Stoppers at 254-753-4357. | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/crime/suspect-theft-multiple-vehicles-captured-second-person-still-wanted/500-90d8aa35-e800-417e-8316-fbd4c466e2b1 | 2022-10-25 17:49:53 | 0 | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/crime/suspect-theft-multiple-vehicles-captured-second-person-still-wanted/500-90d8aa35-e800-417e-8316-fbd4c466e2b1 |
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It wasn’t long after I dropped it off that my phone pinged with an incoming text.
“My God, Woman. This banana pudding.”
I was driving, so I couldn’t answer right away, but the reaction was natural. I smiled and thought, I know — right?
Back in December, I blew out the end of the year with an insanely decadent and equally easy recipe for peanut butter marshmallow squares.
“See you in 2023, sensible diet!” I wrote.
We’re well into April now. And following last week’s foray into barbecue, a medium where the phrase “sensible diet” registers as gibberish, I’d say it’s time to stick a fork in the last shred of our New Year’s resolutions. Or in this week’s case: a spoon. Because I am about to drop what has to be the world’s best banana pudding recipe — for which you need no cooking skills whatsoever — into your lap ahead of barbecue season.
Now, banana pudding is not rocket science, which makes it an ideal recipe pour moi. I’m no serious baker, but if I can pull off a ricotta cheesecake with plums, I can for-sure do up a pudding of which your Southern granny would approve. But not without someone else’s recipe. Which is where The Domestic Rebel Hayley Parker comes in.
I love her.
Her recipes are among my most “saved” for future exploration. And when you see the top-shelf food porn in her Instagram feed, you’ll know why. As for this one — the flaky, breakaway Nilla Wafer crumbs, swollen with dessert humidity, the sexy glimpse of slick banana, the creamy pudding, the airy whipped cream …? I swear I heard a funky bass line kick up just writing that. So, yeah. I had to make it.
And it seriously delivered on the name.
At its core, banana pudding is essentially a trifle, with fruit — sliced banana “coins” in this case — layered in among something cakey and something creamy. And although modern banana pudding is forever chained to Nilla Wafers, which do something magical when they get just a tad soggy amid these other ingredients, the earliest incarnations of this dessert included sponge cake, as do many trifles.
To be honest, the Nilla wafer metamorphosis into something cake-like was even better an extra day after I served it to family, which is when I delivered the balance to some co-workers at the office. Because I’m sweet that way. And to get the dang thing out of my fridge before I ate it all.
One of my co-workers felt similarly. When Jay Reddick, the Sentinel’s Viewpoints Editor and Combat Sports Reporter (he covers professional wrestling) asked if he should leave some in the fridge for a colleague who’d had some earlier, she balked.
“You know what?” she told him. “It’s too ooooh good! Heavenly! Take it home tonight! Please!!”
Yes, four Os. I didn’t make that up.
Reddick, a North Carolina native who knows his way around what he calls “nana puddin,” was similarly star struck. His was the aforementioned text that interrupted my drive home.
“I’m a vanilla wafers guy,” he explained. “And the proportion here was perfect. It didn’t distract from the creamy consistency, but there were plenty of them. Really, ratios on everything were just right. Not too whippy, just sweet enough.”
Enough to make me wish I could take credit. But I can’t. I just followed the instructions.
My Things To Do teammate Central Florida Explorer Patrick Connolly was, for once I’d gather, happy to be here in town instead of riding in a tank, off-road cycling or hot on the trail of invasive pythons in the black nighttime of the South Florida wilderness. A Nilla Wafer fan, as well, he reached out to his mom to get his childhood nostalgia facts straight.
“I don’t have a lot of banana pudding experience,” he began (Connolly hails from Pittsburgh, PA), but I love Nilla wafers … and was delighted to see them. [The pudding] had the right combination of fluffy cream and pudding. It’s the kind of thing you can eat midday or at a summer barbecue without feeling too heavy or sleepy.”
Moments later, he had even more Connolly-based input.
“Per my sweet mother,” he wrote, “’We did have [Nilla wafers] for snacking but I also made banana pudding with them, too … all layered nicely like a torte — so yummy!”
Nothing better than texts from mom. Though this pudding — seriously, you can’t mess it up! rivals even that. Make it.
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THE VERY BEST BANANA PUDDING EVER
Courtesy of The Domestic Rebel
Ingredients
2 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
3/4 cup confectioners’ sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
8 ounces (1 package) cream cheese, softened
14 ounces (1 small can) sweetened condensed milk
5 ounces (1 large box) instant banana pudding mix (just the dry powder)
1 cup 2% or whole milk
11 ounces (1 box) Nilla Wafers
About 8 medium bananas, sliced. Make sure they’re barely ripe — too ripe/soft and they’ll brown faster
Instructions
1. Lightly grease a 9-by-13-inch baking dish with cooking spray. Set aside.
2. In the bowl of a stand mixer, add in heavy whipping cream, sugar and vanilla extract and, using whisk attachment, whip until stiff peaks form, about 5-7 minutes. Remove whipped cream to a separate bowl and set aside.
3. To the wiped-out stand mixer bowl add cream cheese and, using the same whisk attachment, whip until fluffy, about 30 seconds. Add in sweetened condensed milk and beat until smooth and no lumps of cream cheese remain, stopping to scrape bottom and sides of bowl as needed. Add in dry pudding mix and mix well, then slowly stream in milk. Mix until fully combined.
4. Add 2/3 of the whipped cream to pudding mixture and fold in gently until fully combined and no whipped cream streaks remain. Set aside.
5. In your prepared pan, place an even layer of Nilla wafers. Top with an even layer of sliced banana coins. Top this with half the pudding mixture and spread evenly. Repeat with another layer of Nilla wafers, followed by another layer of sliced banana coins, and the remaining pudding layer, spreading it evenly. Top with the remaining whipped cream. Cover and refrigerate at least 8 hours or overnight.
6. Just before serving, crush remaining Nilla wafers and sprinkle over the top. Store leftovers covered in the fridge, maximum 2 days.
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It seems like Alex (Lauren Graham) and Coach Colin Cole (Josh Duhamel) are finally joining forces.
The protective mother and intense former NHL player have been at war since the titular hockey team first showed up at EPIC, an elite hockey summer training program run by Colin. But in this exclusive clip of Oct. 12's The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers episode, Alex and Colin finally agree on a course of action—and, of course, their fiery interaction could melt even the iciest of hockey players' hearts.
After Alex approaches Colin complaining about the absurdity of the Coach Classic, a tournament where the coaches take to the ice against the kids, Colin realizes that his own son, Jace (Naveen Paddock), gave up his spot in the competition for Alex's son Evan (Brady Noon).
"Well, you can't take Jace's spot," Colin admonishes Alex. "That's not how this works."
Alex shoots back, saying, "Well, I'm not having Evan play in that game!"
Finally, Colin realizes that the two of them are on the same side about something—for once—telling her, "we're arguing for the same thing."
As the emotional music swells, he continues, "Is this the first time we've ever agreed on something?"
Alex responds with a soft, "I think it is." Are those sparks flying we see?
Naturally, the two go back to fighting nearly immediately, with Alex going back to a tough tone of voice almost as soon as the situation becomes more amicable.
For season two, Duhamel replaced Emilio Estevez as the adult male lead, who had reprised his iconic Mighty Ducks film role of Gordon Bombay to coach the team for season one. But Duhamel was no backup player as Graham told E! News Sept. 28 why he was the "perfect" addition to the team.
"I have always been a fan," she said of Duhamel. "Often when there are changes, it just feels like a struggle to make a choice that feels like it will make the show even more fantastic. And that's what this felt like to me."
Catch their relationship progress when The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers drops new episodes Wednesdays on Disney+. | https://www.eonline.com/ca/news/1349709/josh-duhamel-lauren-graham-are-finally-working-together-the-mighty-ducks-game-changers-preview?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=rss_topstories | 2022-10-11 15:46:34 | 1 | https://www.eonline.com/ca/news/1349709/josh-duhamel-lauren-graham-are-finally-working-together-the-mighty-ducks-game-changers-preview?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=rss_topstories |
FX's acclaimed Indigenous comedy series Reservation Dogs will end when its forthcoming third season comes to a close, creator Sterlin Harjo has revealed on Instagram.
In the lengthy post that dropped on Thursday, June 29, he said, "That's a difficult line to write and a more difficult decision to make. However, it's the correct decision creatively for the show."
He added, "I always knew what the end of this story would be, I just didn't know when it would arrive. As we continued to break stories and write scripts this season, it became clear to the producers, Taika [Waititi] and me that the season three finale is the perfect series finale."
Created by Harjo and Oscar winner Waititi, the show centers on four Indigenous teenagers in rural Oklahoma. It won praise — and a Peabody Award — for its portrayal of characters who are only now getting proper representation on film and TV.
Harjo added, "When we came up with the idea for Reservation Dogs, I didn't think the show would ever get made, but thankfully it did."
He explained, "The first and most basic idea for us as Native people was to show the world that Native humor and Natives are funny. Almost all television and film depictions about Native people are most inaccurate ... and ... untruthful."
Harjo expressed, "It has been a gift to us to show the world a different perspective of Indigenous people and our culture. Most important of all, it has been a dream to collaborate and make a show that is entirely written by, directed by and stars Native people."
In a statement about the news, FX noted, "People throw around the words historic and groundbreaking far too often and without merit: Reservation Dogs is worthy of those superlatives."
The series returns on Hulu in August.
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Dr. Chrzan is collaborating with Castle Connolly Private Health Partners to deliver a new concierge (membership model) medical program, medprevent premier
BOCA RATON, Fla., Dec. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Castle Connolly Private Health Partners, LLC (CCPHP), a leader in redefining primary care, is pleased to announce the medprevent premier concierge medicine program, its collaboration with primary care and preventive medicine specialist Dr. Dominik Chrzan.
Dr. Chrzan is known for providing a wide range of medical services with an emphasis on individualized care and wellness. Joining with CCPHP to create a concierge medical program will enable him to strengthen his connections with his patients while also focusing on prevention and health optimization. Through medprevent premier patients will experience the advantages of a high-touch care model coupled with Dr. Chrzan's personalized attention.
The membership model of care allows physicians like Dr. Chrzan to schedule increased time for patients while remaining active in the research and clinical trials that contribute to his efficacy as a doctor. "Medicine is moving forward at an astonishing rate. By being involved in medical research, I stay up to date with rapid advancements in medical management of many chronic conditions and can offer my patients some of the newest and best therapeutics that may not otherwise be available to them."
Members of medprevent premier have additional perks, including direct communication to Dr. Chrzan with 24/7 connectivity, a customized telehealth app, convenient same/next day appointments with limited to no wait times regardless of medical necessity, and CCPHP's powerful SENS Solution® Wellness Program which focuses on Sleep, Exercise, Nutrition, and Stress Management.
Through his partnership with CCPHP, Dr. Chrzan also has access to Castle Connolly's Top Doctor® Network of nearly 60,000 top recognized physicians nationwide.
Dr. Chrzan is board-certified in family medicine and is also a sub-investigator for clinical trials, concentrating on research related to heart disease, diabetes, fatty liver, and obesity. He received his medical degree from the American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, with training in New York and Texas. Dr. Chrzan completed his family medicine residency in 2013 at the Wayne State University-affiliated Pontiac General Hospital in Pontiac, Michigan, becoming chief resident his third year. He has also participated in medical humanitarian missions in Haiti and Central America.
In 2013, Dr. Chrzan moved to South Florida to pursue a career in primary care medicine and in 2015 started medprevent to focus on personalized primary care and preventive medicine.
To learn more about Dr. Chrzan's concierge program, medprevent premier,
- Visit: medpreventpremier.com
- Call: (561) 264-3285
- Email: medpreventpremier@ccphp.net
Castle Connolly Private Health Partners works with exceptional physicians to create and support concierge (membership-based) healthcare programs that enable an optimal practice environment that supports and enhances the physician-patient relationship. Member-patients pay an affordable fee for a wide array of enhancements that provide a more convenient, comprehensive, collaborative, and personalized approach to maintaining their health and well-being. For more information, go to ccphp.net.
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On this week’s edition, Luke Gamble puts a mic on Century Boys Hockey Coach Troy Olson in the Patriots game against Bismarck.
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MABLETON, Ga. — Residents in Mableton headed to the polls Tuesday to elect Mableton's first-ever mayor. Unofficial results show Michael Owens is the projected winner against Aaron Carman.
The two went head-to-head in a runoff race. The results are below.
Unlike his competitor, Owens voted for the cityhood.
“As someone who voted for the city, I believe in its viability," Owens previously told 11Alive. "Not only the viability of the city but also the understanding and need for Mableton to have a city."
Owens previously said his focus is on affordable housing, getting rid of food deserts, bringing in new dining options and having affordable healthcare options. He said transparency is also important to him and added he will be easy to access.
"I have made my cell phone number and my email address available throughout the duration of my campaign. I'll continue to do so and it'll be available from here as well," Owens previously said.
Owens will now have to determine what services Mableton will offer, create a budget and make other municipal decisions. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/politics/elections/michael-owens-projected-winner-mayor-mableton/85-c99f2668-0c61-4706-a68e-08b5320a0a0c | 2023-04-19 14:06:29 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/politics/elections/michael-owens-projected-winner-mayor-mableton/85-c99f2668-0c61-4706-a68e-08b5320a0a0c |
New Executive Leadership Named
+ Flix North America, Inc. structured to improve efficiency, amplify strengths to both companies
+ Greyhound Lines, Inc. and FlixBus Inc. will remain separate companies
+ Kadir "Kai" Boysan named CEO of Flix North America, Inc., Nathan Oujezdsky announced as CFO
+ CEO Greyhound Lines, Dave Leach, to retire at end of 2022
DALLAS, July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Flix SE, the global transportation provider that operates Greyhound Lines, Inc. ("Greyhound"), FlixBus, FlixTrain, Kâmil Koç, announces the introduction of Flix North America, Inc. ("Flix North America"). This entity, based in Dallas, will oversee operations for both Greyhound and FlixBus across North America.
"The acquisition of Greyhound last year was a major step forward for Flix; the expansion into two brands helped achieve an integral part of our growth strategy to build our global presence," said André Schwämmlein, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Flix SE. "By increasing synergies of both brands under Flix North America, we will continue to provide consumers with an affordable, comfortable, smart, and sustainable transportation solution much more efficiently."
Key to the Dallas-based entity is an executive team led by newly appointed CEO Kadir "Kai" Boysan, former CEO of Kâmil Koç Buses, Inc. Boysan has worked with Flix since the company acquired Kamil Koç in 2019, bringing valuable experience from leading the brand's operations in Türkiye (formerly Turkey).
Greyhound CEO Dave Leach, who has been with the company for over 30 years, will retire at the end of 2022. Leach will remain with the company as a strategic advisor until his retirement. "Dave's leadership and expertise has been an important influence on how we have been able to create a strong foundation for the path forward," said Schwämmlein. Leach first joined Greyhound in 1986 as a baggage handler and worked his way up to leading the iconic brand as CEO in 2007.
"For more than 100 years, Greyhound provided accessible travel across North America," said Dave Leach. "And for over 30 years I have been proud to be a part of such an incredible team and legendary brand. I have every confidence that Kai and Flix North America will not only protect that legacy but improve upon it with its global approach, smart technology, and an environmental-friendly focus. I look forward to seeing the future innovations this new entity will bring both to the intercity bus sector and its ability to better serve communities across the U.S."
Other executives of Flix North America Inc. include:
Nathan Oujezdsky, former VP of Commercial Finance for Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits takes the post as CFO of Flix North America.
Bill Blankenship, with Greyhound for 25 years, will take over from Dave Leach as President of Greyhound Lines, Inc. and continue as COO.
Former interim CFO of Greyhound, Cork Van Den Handel, is stepping down from his Greyhound role.
Pierre Gourdain, who joined Flix in 2015, will lead FlixBus Inc. as President and COO.
The new structure is effective immediately. It comes after Flix's acquisition nine months ago, having purchased the largest provider of long-distance bus transportation in the United States, from FirstGroup plc.
"FlixBus and Greyhound's dedication to consumers has made them both leaders in the intercity bus industry," said Kai Boysan, CEO of Flix North America, Inc. "Now, with Flix North America, we can harness both brands' strengths and provide the best, most accessible transportation solution. Together with the existing team, we will push boundaries and work towards profitable growth."
About Flix North America, Inc.
Flix North America Inc., parent company of FlixBus Inc. and Greyhound Lines, Inc., is the largest intercity bus transportation provider in North America. A subsidiary of Germany-based mobility company Flix SE, Flix North America Inc. provides services in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, with over 2,500 destinations across its network. Flix North America Inc. shares Flix SE's vision of offering affordable and environmentally friendly transportation for all people.
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ATMORE, Ala. (WIAT) — The State of Alabama is preparing to execute Alan Eugene Miller for the 1999 murders of Christopher Yancy, Lee Holdbrooks and Terry Jarvis.
CBS 42 will provide live updates below from Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama, where the state’s death row is located. Miller’s execution by lethal injection is currently blocked by a federal court, but lawyers for the state have appealed the case to a higher court. In the meantime, corrections officials have said that plans and preparations for the execution, which had been set for 6 p.m. Thursday, will continue.
The most recent updates will appear at the top of the page.
11:00 a.m. — The federal judge who issued a stay of execution in Miller’s case has denied Alabama’s request to lift that stay pending their appeal. Alabama is currently appealing the Trump-appointed judge’s order to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. If the Eleventh Circuit allows the stay of execution to remain in place, Alabama is likely to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
8:00 a.m. — A federal court order staying the lethal injection of Alan Eugene Miller hasn’t stopped Alabama’s preparations for his execution, a prison spokesperson confirmed Wednesday.
Miller was convicted in the shooting death of three people in Shelby County more than two decades ago.
On Monday, just days before the scheduled execution of Alan Eugene Miller, a Trump-appointed federal judge ruled that Miller could not be put to death by lethal injection because he is “substantially likely” to prove claims that executing him by any method other than nitrogen hypoxia would violate his constitutional rights.
Still, on Wednesday, an Alabama Department of Corrections spokesperson confirmed that the agency will move forward with plans for the execution “pending any court proceedings.”
“ADOC’s role is limited to its statutory duty of carrying out executions according to lawful court order,” the spokesperson said in a statement. “ADOC will continue to plan and prepare for Thursday’s execution pending any court proceedings.”
In his 61-page decision delaying the lethal injection, Judge R. Austin Huffaker concluded it is “substantially likely” that Miller chose to die by nitrogen hypoxia during a 30-day period when Alabama allowed death row inmates to opt into the untested method of execution. Executing him by lethal injection, then, may violate his rights.
“Miller has shown, based on the evidence presented, a substantial likelihood of success on the merits of his Fourteenth Amendment claims, a likelihood of irreparable injury without an injunction, and that the balance of harms weighs in his favor,” the judge wrote. “Therefore, Miller has established his entitlement to a preliminary injunction that prevents the State from executing him by any other method other than nitrogen hypoxia.”
The state has denied that Miller submitted a form choosing an execution by nitrogen hypoxia.
An execution using the method, which involves replacing oxygen needed to breathe with nitrogen gas, has never been carried out in the United States. Execution through the use of nitrogen suffocation was approved by the Alabama Legislature in 2018.
The state’s decision to continue preparations for Miller’s execution on Sept. 22 may be tied to its appeal of Judge Huffaker’s decision to a higher court, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. If that court does not intervene, state officials could appeal the case to the U.S. Supreme Court and ask that the execution be allowed to move forward.
The nation’s highest court has demonstrated a willingness to allow executions to proceed despite significant legal challenges still at play in lower courts. In 2021, the court allowed Alabama to execute Willie B. Smith despite his claims that he was unable to understand the form that would have allowed him to opt into an execution by nitrogen hypoxia.
In that case, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor echoed “serious concerns” about the process through which Alabama death row inmates were expected to opt into death by nitrogen hypoxia.
“Once a State has determined that individuals on death row should have a choice as to how the State will execute them, it should ensure that a meaningful choice is provided,” Sotomayor wrote.
Nothing in Judge Huffaker’s order would prevent the state from executing Miller by nitrogen hypoxia, his method of choice, but state officials have said they do not yet have the ability to carry out such an execution. | https://www.cenlanow.com/crime/a-trump-appointed-judge-stayed-an-alabama-lethal-injection-the-state-is-prepping-for-it-anyway/ | 2022-09-22 19:12:02 | 0 | https://www.cenlanow.com/crime/a-trump-appointed-judge-stayed-an-alabama-lethal-injection-the-state-is-prepping-for-it-anyway/ |
Sultan al-Jaber, CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co., who will lead international climate talks later this year, told energy industry power players on Monday that the world must cut emissions 7% every year and eliminate all emissions of methane, strong comments from an oil executive.
But speaking at Ceraweek in Houston, al-Jaber did not directly address emissions from transportation, the destination of most crude oil. Emissions from transport are the largest contributor to climate change in many countries, including the United States.
Al-Jaber singled out electricity, cement, steel and aluminum as targets for clean up, but not trucks, cars, trains and aircraft. He called for far greater investment to speed the transition to cleaner industries.
“According to the IEA, in 2022, the world invested $1.4 trillion in the energy transition,” he said. “We need over three times that amount.”
And he said that investment must flow to the developing world.
“Only 15 per cent of clean tech investment reaches developing economies in the global south, and that is where 80 per cent of the population live,” he stressed.
Al-Jaber did not call for the phasing out of oil and gas production and use, which is something that scientists and advocates have been demanding unsuccessfully over repeated COPs, short for Conference of the Parties, where nations meet to make climate commitments.
According to the International Energy Agency, to avoid the worst climate changes, there can be no new oil and gas production.
The United Arab Emirates leader said his country was the first in its region to commit to the Paris climate agreement, and to set a pathway to net zero emissions. But its emissions in 2021 were up, not down, 3% from the year before, according to the Global Carbon Project. They were, however, 6% below the country’s peak in 2015. According to Climate Action Tracker, UAE has an overall rating of “highly insufficient,” meaning its projected emissions are not in line with limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. pumps approximately 4 million barrels of crude a day and plans on expanding to 5 million barrels daily.
Each year, nations gather at the COP to discuss how Paris Agreement goals to limit global warming to just 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) by 2050, can be achieved through international collaboration.
The 28th such conference, COP28, will be held in Dubai, Nov 30 to Dec. 12. The choice of country has drawn criticism given the nation’s high, and growing level of crude production.
As president of this year’s meeting, al-Jaber will have influence over how much pressure is brought to bear on those most reponsible for climate change, countries and companies that produce and burn coal, oil and gas.
Al-Jaber is the United Arab Emirates minister of industry and advanced technology, and also serves as the chairman of Masdar, a renewable energy company.
Ceraweek attracts high level oil and gas officials each year and is hosted by S&P Global.
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Ellen Knickmeyer contributed from Washington D.C. and Mary Katherine Wildeman from Hartford, Connecticut.
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Which Le Creuset cookware is best?
The best cookware doesn’t just let you make a quality meal this week or this month. The top offerings provide a lifetime of quality cooking and sustainability, while also providing a stunning aesthetic to the kitchen.
Le Creuset produces high-end cookware that combines superb craftsmanship with beautiful designs. This Signature 10-Piece Cast Iron Cookware Set is a comprehensive top option from a company known for luxury and reliability.
What to know before you buy Le Creuset cookware
Products
Le Creuset cookware is best known for the Dutch oven, used for braising, baking, boiling water and making soups and stews.
Le Creuset also offers fry pans, skillets, stock pots and soup pots. These are kitchen cookware essentials that form the heart of a cookware set from any company. Most kitchens prefer two skillets of different sizes and at least one soup pot and a larger stock pot.
Grills and griddles are also available: these relatively flat pans provide fast, uniform heating for eggs, pancakes and sandwiches, among other meals. Lastly, Le Creuset offers braisers — more specialized versions of the Dutch oven — as well as roasting pans designed for cooking beef, chicken and other meats.
Materials
Le Creuset cookware is made from various materials, each with its own benefits and drawbacks.
- Enameled cast iron is the most popular. This is heavy, durable and easy to clean, providing superior cooking. It comes in a variety of colors but is sold at a high price.
- Stoneware is lighter and slightly less expensive, but still offers impressive heat distribution and retention. It is also easy to clean and resists scratches.
- Toughened nonstick pro material is less-expensive all-black cookware that’s versatile and easy to use. It is safe in ovens and microwaves as well.
- Stainless steel is good for those who prefer the industrial aesthetic. It’s durable, light and offers even heating.
- Enamel on steel is available in tea kettles and a specific stock pot for fast heating and durable usage. Like enameled cast iron, it comes in various colors.
Investment
Le Creuset cookware is a high financial investment. However, these items, with proper maintenance, are designed to provide a lifetime of use.
What to look for in quality Le Creuset cookware
Colors
Le Creuset cookware is known for its exciting, unusual colors. The company offers about 20 colors at any time, with names such as chambray, nutmeg, sage and artichaut — French for “artichoke.” Colors vary by season and region of the world in which they are sold. Some are enduring, while others eventually retire.
Cookware sets
Le Creuset sells cookware products individually or as a larger set. The sets cover the basics you need in a frequently used kitchen, with anywhere from three to five to even 10 pieces. They come at a high upfront cost, but typically end up cheaper than buying each piece individually.
Keep in mind that sets are uniform, so those looking to mix and match colors should avoid them.
Specialty items
Le Creseut also makes specialty cookware pieces. These include a wok, a rice pot, a heart-shaped skillet and a fondue set.
How much you can expect to spend on Le Creuset cookware
Le Creuset cookware comes at a high price tag. An average single piece costs anywhere from $150 to $500, depending on its size and versatility.
Le Creuset cookware FAQ
How do I care for my Le Creuset cookware?
A. Le Creuset items are made for durability and longevity. Each comes with specific instructions on best care practices, which include compatible materials and heating limits. It’s advised to wash all products by hand, although some are safe in a quality dishwasher.
What’s the most useful piece of cookware?
A. For those seeking their first Le Creuset item, the Dutch oven is most popular and offers varied use. Even if it’s the only Le Creuset cookware you own, the bright colors you can choose provide a striking look in the kitchen.
What’s the best Le Creuset cookware to buy?
Top Le Creuset cookware
Le Creuset Signature 10-Piece Cast Iron Cookware Set
What you need to know: This comprehensive set includes the signature Dutch oven as well as a skillet, braiser, saucepan and roaster to cover most cooking and baking.
What you’ll love: Made of cast iron, these are durable, easy to clean and provide superior heat distribution and retention. They are offered in a variety of stunning colors.
What you should consider: This set comes at a high price, and each item is quite heavy, even when empty.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Sur La Table
Top Le Creuset cookware for the money
Le Creuset Enameled Cast Iron Signature Dutch Oven
What you need to know: The item Le Creuset is best known for, the Dutch oven is a beautiful, versatile lifetime investment that belongs in every kitchen.
What you’ll love: It comes in a range of colors, including signature Flame, and various sizes. It requires no prep for cooking and offers simple cleaning afterward for easy use and maintenance.
What you should consider: It’s heavy and comes at a fairly steep cost.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Sur La Table
Worth checking out
Le Creuset Toughened Nonstick Pro 10-Piece Set
What you need to know: At a relatively low price, this set offers ease of use and plenty of coverage in a busy, versatile kitchen.
What you’ll love: The style is elegant and modern. The set comprises two fry pans, two saucepans, stock pot and saute pan to cover most kitchen needs. The nonstick surfaces and stay-cool handles are convenient features.
What you should consider: It lacks the iconic look and branding Le Creuset is known for.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Sur La Table
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PARIS (AP) — French officials said Wednesday that soccer star Paul Pogba’s brother was in police custody along with four other people as part of an investigation into alleged efforts to extort millions of euros from the World Cup winner and Juventus midfielder.
Mathias Pogba came to see Paris police about the probe Wednesday afternoon and was held for questioning, according to an official close to the investigation.
He is among four people put under police custody Tuesday and Wednesday as part of the investigation, the official said. The official was not authorized to be publicly named discussing the ongoing investigation.
Mathias Pogba has denied taking part in extortion attempts against his brother. Mathias Pogba’s lawyer Richard Arbib said in a statement last week that his client wants “more than anything else” to ease the situation with his brother.
The Paris prosecutor’s office opened an investigation last month into allegations that Paul Pogba — who scored one of France's goals in the 2018 World Cup final — was the target of an extortion plot by his brother and childhood friends demanding 13 million euros ($13 million) from him.
The case became public after Mathias Pogba threatened to share “explosive revelations” about his brother and France star Kylian Mbappe.
Mathias Pogba had a modest soccer career as a forward with lower-tier teams in England and other European countries.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republicans strengthened their hold over Iowa politics in Tuesday's election by maintaining big majorities in the legislature and winning races for statewide offices, including attorney general and treasurer.
As expected, Gov. Kim Reynolds was reelected by a wide margin, but Republican candidates for other statewide offices also performed well, including in races for attorney general and treasurer. Democrats had held those offices for decades and usually were elected by wide margins.
Vote counting was continuing in some counties, so final counts could change slightly.
Republican lawyer Brenna Bird will be Iowa's next attorney general after she beat Democrat Tom Miller. He was the nation’s longest-serving state attorney general, having held the office since 1978 except for a four-year break beginning in 1990 when he unsuccessfully ran for governor. He returned in 1994 and had remained since.
“It's a great job, a great office," Miller said Tuesday night. “You can use the law to serve the interests of ordinary Iowans and you can be an independent attorney general.”
Reynolds had been a strong supporter of Bird, saying she wanted “my own" attorney general.
Miller declined to represent Reynolds in abortion cases and has disagreed with other Reynolds policy choices. Miller also joined other attorneys general in challenging former President Donald Trump on immigration policy and other issues, which angered Iowa Republicans who approved a law stripping his office of many of its powers. Reynolds agreed to veto the law if Miller promised not to join such multi-state lawsuits without her approval.
Bird served as a staff lawyer for Reynolds’ predecessor, former Gov. Terry Branstad, and was chief of staff for former U.S. Rep. Steve King, a former western Iowa congressman who was sidelined by his own party for racist comments and then defeated in a primary in 2020.
In her victory speech, Bird credited her win to support from numerous law enforcement officers and agencies.
“We back the blue here in Iowa don’t we?” Bird said. “And tonight our success was due to the law enforcement support that we had.”
Republican Iowa Sen. Roby Smith beat Democratic Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald, who was the nation's longest serving state treasurer. He was first elected in 1982.
Smith, was best known for his efforts in recent years to help write legislation to tighten voting laws in the state, including reducing the early voting period and cutting the times polls are open on Election Day.
Democrats have argued that Iowa has no history of voting fraud and that the laws make it harder for people to vote. Republicans say the tougher rules will guard against fraud and are needed to restore trust in the election system.
Republican Secretary of State Paul Pate and Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig also were reelected.
Democratic State Auditor Rob Sand was narrowly leading Republican Todd Halbur in his effort to serve a second term. The Associated Press has not called a winner in the race.
Votes were still being counted after Pate told election officials in Des Moines and Warren counties to call an emergency meeting with their county supervisors to begin administrative recounts of precincts that had not fully reported results. Pate's office declined to give details about the reason for the recount.
“The secretary of state’s office is still investigating what happened. When that information is complete we will release our findings,” said spokesman Kevin Hall.
In the Legislature, it appears Republicans may pick up a few seats to expand their 60-40 margin over Democrats in the House.
In the 50-seat Iowa Senate, Republicans expanded their majority to 34 seats, giving the GOP a supermajority. That will enable Republicans to confirm Reynolds' appointments to state agencies, boards and commissions without Democratic interference. The last time Republicans held more than 34 seats was 1973.
Tuesday's election had the state's second-highest midterm election turnout, with more than 1.22 million voters. It trailed only the 2018, when about 1.3 million people voted. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Republicans-defeat-long-serving-Democrats-for-AG-17572329.php | 2022-11-09 21:59:06 | 0 | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Republicans-defeat-long-serving-Democrats-for-AG-17572329.php |
HONG KONG, March 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Coinstreet Holdings Limited ("Coinstreet") is a leading global professional consultancy firm and solution provider in the digital asset sector, and Somerley Capital Holdings Limited ("Somerley", stock code: HK.8439) is a leading financial group in Hong Kong with an established track record in the corporate finance advisory space in Greater China. Signum Digital Limited, ("Signum Digital") is the joint venture of Coinstreet and Somerley, and has received an approval-in-principle from the Securities and Futures Commission ("SFC") for its security token offering and subscription platform. This is the first of its kind in Hong Kong.
Security tokens are a new type of blockchain-based virtual asset that may represent ownership in actual assets, such as real estate. The link to real-world assets may reduce the risk to prospective investors, assist their due diligence process and underpin the market value of the offering. Blockchain technology provides a transparent and efficient basis for digital assets to be traded in real time. Transactions are permanently and immutably recorded on blockchain, through cost efficient mechanisms and programable governance in the form of automated smart contracts. Subject to satisfying the conditions for final approval from SFC, this license will allow Signum Digital to operate a security token offering and subscription platform under the brand of "CS-Pro" (www.CSpro.io), serving professional investors and providing funding for issuers with qualified projects in Hong Kong and international markets.
Samson Lee, CEO of Signum Digital and Founder of Coinstreet commented, "In today's financial market, SMEs face many challenges in traditional fundraising channels, and professional investors also have limited options for high quality alternative investment opportunities. Signum Digital aims to fill such a gap and we believe the CS-Pro security token offering and subscription platform can add much value to Hong Kong and international security token project issuers and professional investors."
Martin Sabine, Chairman of Somerley, commented: "We believe there is considerable pent-up demand among professional investors to deploy a proportion of their portfolio into digital assets. The events of 2022 may have shaken their confidence in parts of the crypto world but not their belief that digital assets will play a pivotal role in the future of finance. STOs distributed by Signum Digital, backed by real assets and income streams, are in our view a medium risk way of participating in these future opportunities."
Clara Chiu, CEO of QReg Advisory and Former Head of Fintech and Licensing Director of the SFC said, "We are proud to have advised Signum on the design of their STO platform and helped them secure the first-ever SFC licence for such a platform in Hong Kong. We are pleased to work with Signum which shares our passion for innovation and our commitment to excellence. The SFC's license to Signum's STO platform is truly ground-breaking, and we believe that it has the potential to revolutionize the way that businesses raise capital. We are thrilled to be a part of this exciting development in the industry!"
Combining Coinstreet's security digitization and asset tokenization expertise with Somerley's grounding in best practice for conventional corporate finance, Signum Digital will offer professional investors fully compliant asset tokenization offering and distribution model which may cover a wide array of asset types and classes ranging from private equities, debts, income bearing notes, real estate, investment funds, commodities, and fixed assets, capital equipment, to carbon credits, arts & collectibles and other alternative investment assets.
About Signum Digital
Signum Digital Limited is a joint venture company between Coinstreet and Somerley for the provision of brokerage and distribution services to professional investors through STOs, through a platform operated under the brand of "CS-Pro." For more information, please visit https://signumdigital.hk/
About Coinstreet
Founded in 2017, Coinstreet is an award-winning professional advisory and consulting firm in the Digital Asset sector. Coinstreet also offers innovative Fintech services, as well as business and operation solutions, covering four key business segments including: (1) TOKENIZATION BUSINESS – Digitized Securities & Security Tokens (STO); (2) ASSET MANAGEMENT – Custodian, DeFi, Investment Funds; (3) WEB3, METAVERSE & UTILITY TOKENS – NFT, Stablecoin, Loyalty Tokens; and (4) ACCELERATOR – Education, PR, Events, Marketing, Consultation. Coinstreet is a co-organizer of the TADS Awards (https://tadsawards.org/) - the world's first international award for Tokenized Assets and Digitized Securities sector, and is a co-organizer of the Digital Asset Series / DAS (https://digitalassetseries.org/) – a series of seminars that aim to provide free education for the general public about the ever-growing landscape of digital assets and facilitate mass adoption. For more information, please visit https://coinstreet.partners/.
About Somerley
Somerley Capital Holdings Limited is a public company listed in Hong Kong (stock code: 8439). The Somerley Group includes subsidiaries licensed to conduct Type 1 (dealing in securities), Type 4 (advising on securities), Type 6 (advising on corporate finance) and Type 9 (asset management) regulated activities under the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong). The Somerley Group is principally engaged in providing corporate finance advisory and fund-raising services through its subsidiaries based in Hong Kong and Beijing. For more information, please visit https://www.somerleycapital.com/en/.
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Parents charged in death of infant child
BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) - A North Carolina couple is charged with the death of their 2-month-old daughter, Riley.
Nicholas Stephenson and Diandra Fuhr-Farlow were served with arrest warrants Tuesday.
According to one warrant, they intentionally and neglectfully left their daughter in a seriously injured state, which led to her death.
“Around average, just about over 70% of the time when a child dies from a homicide, it’s by the parents,” said Geoff Sidoli with Mountain Child Advocacy Center.
Sidoli says that child abuse is on the rise.
“When the economy does well, abuse and neglect go down, and when the economy and society don’t do well, those numbers tend to increase. Over the past 2 1/2 years, that’s what we’ve seen,” he said.
Another arrest warrant says the parents unlawfully, willfully and feloniously murdered Riley recklessly without regard for human life.
The warrants also describe multiple burns and broken bones in the infant.
“We actually probably don’t see that many in Buncombe County, though we have seen an increase in over the past five, 10 years or so,” Sidoli said.
It is unclear why authorities initially responded to the couple’s home.
“We have seen a large number of increases in our abuse numbers. Anywhere between 50% and 80% increases in sexual and physical abuse,“ Sidoli said.
Stephenson is charged with second-degree murder and negligent child abuse inflicting serious bodily injury. Fuhr-Farlow is charged with felonious child abuse inflicting serious bodily injury.
They both remain in jail.
“It’s not unusual that there have been other types of forms of abuse that occurred prior to a fatality,” Sidoli said.
Riley’s autopsy is scheduled for Friday morning.
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Somers: Did Kingsbury learn his lesson after baffling first-half calls?
The Arizona Cardinals have been through a lot this season, doomed almost equally by bad luck and bad decisions.
Three assistant coaches have been fired. Injuries have decimated the offensive line. Receivers have been suspended, injured and rarely healthy and eligible at the same time. A lack of depth throughout the roster has been exposed.
But, until Sunday, they had not been gutted.
The Chargers took care of that by scoring a touchdown and a conversion with 15 seconds left to win, 25-24, at State Farm Stadium.
The defense deserves its share of blame for the loss, of course. But the failures of the offense, and the guy who coordinates it, coach Kliff Kingsbury, played large roles, too.
The Cardinals had a lot of things going against them Sunday. What they needed were steadying hands. What they got instead were the shaky ones of Kingsbury. Again.
As a head coach, Kingsbury is far more adept at exacerbating trouble than he is alleviating it. He did it again midway through the second quarter Sunday, and it cost the Cardinals.
But there were anxious moments, none bigger than midway through the second quarter when Kingsbury added to the anxiety with two horrible play selections off the large, laminated call sheet he carries.
The setup: A review by officials had just overturned a fumble recovery by the Cardinals, ruling, oddly, that a Charger player had recovered at the Cardinals 29-yard line.
The Chargers scored five plays later to cut the Cardinals lead to 10-7.
The Cardinals needed something to calm them down. Instead, Kingsbury attempted to be creative.
On third-and-1, quarterback Kyler Murray kept the ball and gained maybe 18 inches.
On fourth-and-inches, Kingsbury put Murray in the shotgun and had him fake a handoff to running back James Conner. It made no sense. At the time, Conner was bashing the Chargers’ run defense. He had rushed for 58 yards on 9 carries, and there aren’t many running backs better in short yardage. An offensive line featuring four reserves was gaining confidence.
And Kingsbury called for a pass? On fourth-and-inches? Some things about football are hard, handing it off to Conner with just inches needed is not one one of them.
If a good team ran those plays, say the Chiefs, there would be no fuss. They could overcome failure. But the Cardinals? A team that has yet to win consecutive games this season? They spent the first half of the season struggling to snap the ball on time? They need to get the simple things to work first, and there's nothing simpler than handing the ball off to Conner with just inches needed.
But Kingsbury has a habit of complicating the simple stuff, which he did in this case.
After the fake, Murray looked for a receiver and motioned for receiver DeAndre Hopkins to break deep. But Murray threw short, and safety Derwin James, Jr., intercepted at the Cardinals 44.
The Cardinals defense failed to adequately respond, and the Chargers scored five plays later to take the lead, 14-10.
Analysis:What we learned about the Arizona Cardinals from the loss to the L.A. Chargers
Rewind:How the Cardinals let late lead slip away against L.A. Chargers
The Cardinals showed some grit, which is easy to do against the Chargers, who aren’t very good. Murray led a 75-yard touchdown drive in the final seconds of the half, a possession that was nearly botched by time mismanagement.
Arizona (4-8) led, 17-14, at halftime, and when the Chargers tied the game in the third quarter, the Cardinals responded, regained the lead and ended up winning the game.
That's a credit to Kingsbury, who apparently hasn't lost the locker room, and more importantly, the players in it. Maybe one of them will pull him aside and tell him to cut the cute stuff. Maybe one of them did. On a touchdown drive in the second half, the Cardinals faced a third-and-1 at the Chargers 12. This time, they used three tight ends and handed the ball up the middle to Conner.
He gained 4 yards. First down. Next play, touchdown.
It was the Cardinals' last score, and the last time they were efficient on offense. Their last three possessions took just 1:45, 1:27 and 31 seconds, respectively.
That gave the Chargers a handful of last chances to win, and they finally took the Cardinals up on one. A touchdown pass to running back Austin Ekeler brought the Chargers to within 1 point. A two-point conversion pass to tight end Gerald Everett gave them the victory.
Or, at least, the final margin of victory. The Cardinals offensive woes had much to do with the Chargers victory, and those started with Kingsbury. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/nfl/cardinals/2022/11/28/somers-kingsburys-pursuit-of-cuteness-near-costs-cardinals/69680422007/ | 2022-11-28 00:59:31 | 1 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/nfl/cardinals/2022/11/28/somers-kingsburys-pursuit-of-cuteness-near-costs-cardinals/69680422007/ |
The FDA has authorized a test without a prescription that detects COVID-19, flu and respiratory syncytial virus or RSV.
The test, made by Labcorp, is the first of its kind that doesn’t require a prescription.
Patients will self-collect a nasal swab sample at home and then send the sample to Labcorp for testing.
Users will be able to access and see their results through an online portal.
People will receive their test results about one to two days after the lab receives the sample, NBC News reported.
The test will be available for purchase online and in stores.
Other tests that detect several respiratory viruses already exist, but patients need to see their health care provider for the test.
The FDA says Labcorp’s at-home test will help people easily determine if they are infected with any of the three viruses, which will help them determine if they should quarantine or self-isolate. | https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/national/coronavirus/fda-authorizes-at-home-nonprescription-test-that-detects-covid-19-rsv-and-flu | 2022-05-18 15:45:20 | 0 | https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/national/coronavirus/fda-authorizes-at-home-nonprescription-test-that-detects-covid-19-rsv-and-flu |
LAS VEGAS, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Panorama Mortgage Group (PMG), a multi-brand national mortgage company headquartered in Nevada, announced today that Lone Peak Lending has joined the PMG family and Donovan Stamps will lead the company as president.
Lone Peak Lending is a full-service lender that is focused on expanding homeownership opportunities in the state of Texas and will be leveraging PMG's innovative mortgage platform to accomplish that goal.
"Lone Peak Lending is the perfect fit for our growing PMG brand family in that it shares our commitment to customer service excellence and transparent communications with consumers throughout the loan process," said Sarah Gonzalez, PMG President, and COO. "We're excited to welcome Donovan and his team and work with them throughout the onboarding process and beyond."
A 27-year industry veteran, Stamps is a proven performer in the Mortgage Banking sector with combined lending and servicing management experience and a consistent record for exceeding established business objectives in a highly competitive environment. Throughout his career, Stamps has held several leadership roles where he positioned companies for growth through optimal results in productivity and operational excellence.
"The most attractive thing about becoming part of PMG is having the resources to build a world-class, customer-centric organization the right way – one that is centered around partnering with Realtors® and consumers," said Stamps. "We are well positioned to educate consumers about the loan process and help them overcome whatever challenges that may arise. Broadening homeownership opportunities and serving our customers well is what we're all about."
To support its long-term strategy, the company will leverage PMG's comprehensive platforms including human resources, finance, technology, legal and compliance services – to make Lone Peak Lending one of several prominent mortgage companies under the PMG umbrella of recognized brands.
Panorama Mortgage Group (PMG) is a multi-brand national mortgage company that began in 2007. PMG originated from Alterra Home Loans, whose mission is to increase family wealth through homeownership for first-time Hispanic homebuyers. Having grown to over $1.3B in annual originations, Alterra was voted by Mortgage Tech Magazine as one of the top tech-savvy companies and recognized by the Hispanic Business magazine as one of the fastest-growing Hispanic businesses. In 2019, PMG grew its mission-driven focus by adding two new brands: Legacy Home Loans, which focuses on increasing the extremely low black homeownership rate in America, and Inspiro Financial, a joint venture between PMG and one of the country's largest real estate firms. In 2022, the company added Prosperity Capital Mortgage and Vision Mortgage Group to its group of brands. Its core platform is to partner with exceptional mortgage leaders and grow brands that are both strategically focused and mission driven.
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My daughter was only just starting to walk when the pandemic started. Now she's almost four, and in all that time — growing up, going to school — she's had no access to any protection from COVID-19 vaccines.
That changes this week. The White House has rolled out a plan for vaccinating the 19 million kids under 5 in the U.S., but if you're just coming out of the holiday weekend trying to figure out where to find an appointment, you're not alone.
Claire Hannan has been helping immunization managers from all 50 states navigate COVID-19 vaccine rollouts since fall 2020 as the executive director of the Association of Immunization Managers. She told NPR what's been happening behind the scenes to get this new low-dose formulation of Moderna and Pfizer's vaccines out so that little kids can finally get protected.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
What's the state of the rollout right now? Have pediatricians been able to order these new shots?
There were two waves of pre-orders. The first wave closed earlier in June, and the provider had to be able to accept vaccine yesterday — on the holiday — so the wave one pre-orders were small. There were significantly more orders in wave two of the pre-orders, which begin being delivered [Wednesday] or Thursday. So I think that it'll be easy to find vaccines by the end of the week.
The CDC advisory meeting where vaccine experts reviewed all the data was on a Saturday of a long weekend. You watched it – what did parents miss?
The committee was unanimous, very passionate about the benefit of the vaccine for kids. I think if anyone has doubts as to whether they should get it for their child, this should take any of those doubts away.
They reviewed data of the disease and the hospitalization and the deaths. There were no serious adverse events [from the vaccine]. It's something that they continue to track as the vaccine rolls out, but there's no reason to suspect that there might be, given the millions of doses of the vaccine on a bigger scale [that] have been given to adults. The effectiveness is not quite what it was with adults, but – with two doses and potentially a third dose of Moderna and three doses of Pfizer – the effectiveness against hospitalization and death is very good.
A lot of parents say, 'Well, my child has had COVID already.' The data they were looking at, it doesn't seem to show any benefit if your child has had COVID as far as preventing future hospitalization and death while the vaccine does [protect against that.] So even if your child has had COVID, I would recommend getting the vaccine and making sure that you get all three doses if it's Pfizer and the two doses if it's Moderna, and just watch for a booster to come.
How much will this rollout rely on pediatricians versus pharmacies?
I think this rollout will be much more reliant on pediatricians and family physicians. From what we've been told by CDC, 70-80% of pediatricians who are enrolled in the Vaccines For Children program are also enrolled in COVID program. There are a number of challenges for providers, but I think that there will be much more vaccine given in the medical home for kids than what we saw with older kids, and with adults where pharmacies can serve a big role.
[Pharmacies] can vaccinate down to age three right now while we're in the pandemic, but we've been told by CDC to expect 10% of pharmacies to vaccinate the under five-year-olds because many of them are not comfortable vaccinating the younger kids, they don't necessarily have that relationship with the parents, [or] the space.
Some pediatricians (including mine) do not plan to order the vaccine or offer it in the office. What are some reasons pediatricians may not be participating?
[With other vaccines], pediatricians normally get single-dose vials. When a child comes in, they take the vial out of the fridge and they give it. They don't have to worry about waste.
With the COVID vaccine, it's a 10-dose vial. So if they give a shot to a child, they've got to give nine more shots within 12 hours or they're going to waste – they have to discard the rest of the vial. It's just very, very difficult to get them to order [when they will have to likely] discard unused doses. We've just really been pushing to providers [with the message that] it's better to waste a dose and not waste an opportunity to vaccinate a child.
This is also a new formulation, right? The 5-11 year old vials were different – with an orange label.
Yes, this is a new formulation. The new Pfizer vials are maroon and [the Moderna ones] have a magenta label. So now you have something like six different formulations that a pediatrician would carry if they were carrying both Pfizer and Moderna for all age groups from six months to 18. That's another real challenge.
What we're seeing is that providers only want to carry one or the other brand. They want to reduce their chances of having a storage error or an administration error because the vaccines are so different.
With 5-11 vaccines, providers had to order a minimum of 100 doses. Is that the case with these vaccines?
Yes, the minimum order is 100 doses. That's definitely a challenge. The thing is with a 10-dose vial, if you're a rural provider or if you have a small practice, If you only have 10 kids in your practice in that age group, you know you're potentially opening 10 vials on 10 different days and throwing out the other nine doses every single time. And that's where a provider says, 'You know what? I'm probably not the right provider to be giving this vaccine out.' That's why we have providers, especially small providers in rural areas, saying that they don't want to order it.
But health agencies have done analyses of orders by zip code. They're using local health departments as a place where vaccine will be available in communities. And they're also setting up clinics at the school or mobile clinics if there aren't providers in a certain area that have ordered vaccine.
What should you do if your pediatrician isn't giving out shots and you want to get your under-5 kid vaccinated?
Check vaccines.gov. That shows providers [near you] that have supply of the vaccine for the kids under five. You can see, 'OK, well, this pediatrician is not my pediatrician, but they do have supply and they are vaccinating.' And you can call them. So I would start with the vaccines.gov — you can put in your zip code, you can look.
And then I would call my local health department, or just or go on their website, [or] the state health department website and look and see. They might be having a [vaccine] clinic in your area. I would also check with my pharmacy. CVS minute clinics and some of the urgent care clinics have capacity to vaccinate [kids] under 3.
The Florida governor has been making news by declaring the state would not order any COVID vaccines for this age group? Is vaccine being shipped to Florida?
What happened in Florida is that the state did not order any doses in that [initial] preorder. Providers [like family doctors] are ordering vaccine now, and they were able to order over the weekend, so there will be deliveries to providers probably starting Wednesday or Thursday.
So providers are ordering the vaccine, it is being delivered to them. The retail pharmacies were able to pre-order it, so some of them have it [already].
"[So for parents there,] I think it will be harder and it may be a couple more days before there's more vaccine, but it is being shipped to Florida."
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Average long-term US mortgage rates come back down to 6.6%
By MATT OTT
AP Business Writer
The average long-term U.S. mortgage inched back down this week after five straight weeks of increases, good news for homebuyers as the housing market’s all-important spring buying season gets underway. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the average on the benchmark 30-year rate slid back to 6.60% from 6.73% last week. The average long-term rate hit 7.08% in the fall — a two-decade high — as the Federal Reserve continued to raise its key lending rate in a bid to cool the economy and quash persistent, four-decade high inflation. | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-business/2023/03/16/average-long-term-us-mortgage-rates-come-back-down-to-6-6/ | 2023-03-16 17:34:06 | 0 | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-business/2023/03/16/average-long-term-us-mortgage-rates-come-back-down-to-6-6/ |
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Karen Figueroa-Clewett, University of Southern California
(THE CONVERSATION) With the general election drawing close, it’s important to know your rights in case your vote is challenged.
The best way to ensure that your vote is counted is to advocate for yourself. I’m a civil rights attorney and lecturer for the University of Southern California’s undergraduate civil rights advocacy initiative, Agents of Change. Here are several straightforward ways to ensure your vote is counted and two practical remedies for you to consider if your vote remains challenged.
A major part of ensuring that you are able to vote is doing the necessary preparation before you even get to the polling place.
Are you registered to vote? Check it out
Before you vote, you need to ensure that you’re registered to vote. You can verify your registration status using this tool. If you can’t use an online tool, then call your local election office or a voter help line like the ones listed in the hotline section below.
If you find you’re not registered, you can use this tool from the National Conference of State Legislatures to find your state’s online registration application. If you need to do this in person, then call your local election office for instructions.
At this point, you may have missed your state’s deadline for voter registration. But it may not be too late to register.
Many states allow same-day registration at the polling site. You can find your state’s same-day voter laws detailed here. Ask the poll worker, at the correct polling location, for a same-day registration form; complete the form, and then ask for a “conditional ballot.” A conditional ballot allows election officials to count your vote after verifying your voter eligibility. If you can’t research online, you can call your local election office to find out if you can register on Election Day.
Gather documents to verify your identity
Voter ID laws generally cover in-person voting, not absentee ballots or mailed ballots.
If you live in a state that requires identity verification to vote in person, gather the required documents – which may range from driver’s licenses to bank statements with identifying information – before traveling to the correct polling place. You can find your county election office’s contact information here. This webpage includes a table listing each state’s acceptable ID documents and possible exceptions for some folks. You may also call your local election office to find out what’s required.
Find the correct polling location
You can ensure that you’re headed to the right polling place with this tool. Or call your county election office to find your polling place and its hours of operation; you can look up your county’s election office contact information here.
Once you know your polling place and its hours, you can go there and check in. In most cases, you’ll be handed a ballot, shown where to vote and asked to put your ballot in a machine or a box, and then you can go merrily along your way.
But the moment of check-in is where things might go wrong.
Problems at your polling place
Here are potential vote challenges and ways to overcome them.
Possibility #1: Out-of-order polling machines.
If you’re asked to leave because of malfunctioning machines, don’t. Instead, ask for a paper ballot.
Possibility #2: You’re in line and officials announce the polls have closed.
If you’re in line at the polling location before it closes, don’t let them turn you away at closing time if you haven’t voted. You have the legal right to vote under those circumstances, so stay in line and wait to cast your ballot.
Possibility #3: You’re not on the registered voters list.
If you’re told you can’t vote because your name is not on the voter roster, ask the poll site worker to check again and to check what’s called the list of supplemental voters. If they still can’t find your name, ask the poll worker to verify that you’re at the right location.
Possibility #4: Someone claims you shouldn’t be allowed to vote.
If your voting eligibility remains challenged after ensuring you’re at the right polling location, ask to cast a provisional ballot, which is available in every state except Idaho and Minnesota. You can find details about your particular state’s provisional ballot rules here.
Track your provisional ballot here.
Call a hotline
If you are not given a provisional ballot, call an election hotline for help. Here are four hotlines, run by members of the nonpartisan Election Protection coalition, that can help you:
English: 866-OUR-VOTE/866-687-8683, The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Spanish: 888-VE-Y-VOTA/888-839-8682, The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Education Fund
Asian Languages: 888-API-VOTE/888-274-8683, Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote
Arabic: 844-YALLA-US/844-925-5287, Arab American Institute
Report voter intimidation
If someone tries to scare you into voting or not voting for a candidate, stand your ground and demand a ballot from the poll site, call a hotline above to report the intimidation, and file a claim with the FBI later by phone at 800-CALL-FBI - 800-225-5324 - or online at tips.fbi.gov.
File a lawsuit
If you are still blocked from voting, consider legal action – but get advice on your exact situation from one of the hotlines, which have free lawyers on hand. It’s a good idea to write down the names of people who prevented you from voting and to ask people who witnessed the incident for their contact information.
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TOKYO, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- EdgeCortix® Inc., an innovative fabless semiconductor design company with a software first approach, focused on delivering class-leading compute efficiency and latency for edge artificial intelligence (AI) inference, announced today a collaboration with Renesas Electronics Corporation (Renesas).
Through this collaboration, EdgeCortix has taken its industry leading heterogeneous platform-based compiler framework MERA and developed a new compiler, DRP-AI* TVM for Renesas' DRP-AI1 accelerator. The new compiler is available with associated software and tools and works in combination with Renesas' DRP-AI tools.
"We are eager to apply the power of our MERA compiler across many heterogeneous environments, including leading FPGA boards, EdgeCortix's own custom AI-Inference ASIC and today, integration with Renesas' DRP-AI," said Sakyasingha Dasgupta, Founder and CEO of EdgeCortix. "We are very pleased that Renesas has realized the value, utility, and performance that our MERA solution offers in developing the compiler for DRP-AI. By applying EdgeCortix's MERA compiler technology to DRP-AI TVM, this combination will create significant business opportunities and value for both Renesas and their end customers in four key functional areas. Namely, Expanded Model Support, ML Framework Expansion, Support for Floating-point 16 and overall Performance Enhancements."
EdgeCortix Delivered Key Business Outcomes via MERA collaboration with Renesas DRP-AI Tool:
- Expanded Model Support: More robust AI model support (20+ models explored) with significantly enhanced flexibility and end-user ease-of-use enhancement.
- ML Framework expansion: Future proofing the DRP-AI product utility, by adding PyTorch support and making the ONNX support more robust. TensorFlow support to be added in ongoing future work.
- Support for Floating-point 16 bit to MERA and extended OSS tool Apache TVM. Lower-precision support being added in ongoing future work.
- Performance Enhancements: Improved performance especially for models with operators shared between host CPU and DRP-AI (a new feature added with this integration work).
"We recognized immediately the value of adding the MERA compiler and associated tool set to the RZ/V MPU series, as we expect many of our customers to implement application software including AI technology," said Shigeki Kato, Vice President, Enterprise Infrastructure Business Division at Renesas. "As we drive innovation to meet our customer's needs, we are collaborating with EdgeCortix to rapidly provide our customers with robust, high-performance and flexible AI-inference solutions. The EdgeCortix team has been terrific, and we are excited by the future opportunities and possibilities for this ongoing relationship."
About EdgeCortix Inc.
EdgeCortix is a fabless semiconductor design company focused on enabling energy-efficient edge intelligence. It was founded in 2019 with the radical idea of taking a software first approach, while designing an artificial intelligence specific runtime reconfigurable processor from the ground up using a technique called "hardware & software co-exploration". Targeting advanced computer vision applications first, using proprietary hardware and software IP on existing processors like FPGAs and custom designed ASIC, the company is geared towards positively disrupting the rapidly growing AI hardware space across defense, aerospace, smart cities, industry 4.0, autonomous vehicles and robotics.
For more details, contact: info@edgecortix.com
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Which multivitamin is best?
While doctors agree that the best way to get the nutrients your body needs is through a healthy diet of whole foods, sometimes that isn’t possible. Even the best diets can use a boost during times of stress and biological changes (such as pregnancy or during growth spurts).
When a multivitamin is the answer to the problem of dietary support, choosing the right one can make all the difference. Centrum and Nature Made produce some of the most popular multivitamins on the market, but which brand is best?
Centrum multivitamin
Centrum multivitamins are available in capsules, chewables and gummies. They are formulated for all age ranges and nutritional needs. Look for specific formulas for men, women and kids, too.
Centrum multivitamin pros
Clear labeling and a wide variety of choices are key, and Centrum has you covered. They can help you identify which multivitamin is best for you and have a good selection to choose from. Some of their most popular options include formulations for:
- Men (and men over 50)
- Women (and women over 50)
- People who are pregnant
- Children
They also have options for beauty and antioxidant support. Whatever your dietary needs, they have you covered. All multivitamins have micronutrients included. These help increase tolerance and improve bioavailability.
Centrum has been a trusted brand for 40 years. Their multivitamins are gluten-free.
Centrum multivitamin cons
Gummy multivitamins contain added sugar and should not be taken in larger doses than recommended for your age and nutritional requirements.
Additionally, Centrum includes binders and fillers that add no food value, and the vitamins and minerals in the supplements are derived from synthetic sources.
Some people have reported side effects from Centrum multivitamins, including:
- Constipation
- Diarrhea
- General stomach upset
These are usually temporary and may be the result of taking too high a dose. Still, it can be unsettling to take a multivitamin that makes you feel sick.
Best Centrum multivitamin
Centrum Silver Men and Women 50+ Bundle Multivitamin/Multimineral Supplement
This includes one bottle each for men and women over 50. The capsules contain vitamins and minerals crucial for healthy support of older adults. They are non-GMO and gluten-free. Sold by Amazon
Centrum Chewable Multivitamin for Kids
Kids as young as 2 enjoy these fruit-flavored chewables. They focus on healthy nutrition for growing kids, with iron, zinc, beta-carotene, antioxidants and vitamins E and C. Sold by Amazon
Centrum MultiGummies Omega-3 Gummy Multivitamin for Adults
Each bottle of gummies has three different flavors to choose from — strawberry, lemon and orange. They focus on heart health, brain function and immune support. Sold by Amazon
Nature Made multivitamin
Nature Made multivitamins also have a diverse line of products for people at all ages and stages of development. They are available in capsules, chewables, softgels and gummies. Their vitamins are all-natural and gluten-free.
Nature Made multivitamin pros
Dosing and vitamins are tailored to age group and gender. This makes it easy to pick the product that suits your needs. As with Centrum multivitamins, Nature Made also has specific formulas for nutritional goals (e.g., heart and brain health).
In terms of effectiveness, researchers have used Nature Made supplements in clinical trials for the last two decades. The results of these studies inform their product development.
These vitamins are at a lower price point, making it easier for everyone to access the dietary support they need.
Nature Made multivitamin cons
With good bioavailability and a wide array of products, it’s easy to find the multivitamin that is right for you. However, there is a significant con, which is also a pro — Nature Made states that their vitamins may interact with other medications. The fact that they state this upfront is a clear sign that the brand cares about their customers, but it’s something to be aware of as you seek out a multivitamin.
Some people reported side effects with Nature Made vitamins, such as dry mouth from the addition of vitamin D. Again, this seems a matter of adding a dose that was too large too quickly.
Best Nature Made multivitamin
Nature Made Women’s Multivitamin 50+ Softgels
These are formulated without iron. The pills are easy to swallow. They have 22 nutrients with a focus on general support, plus brain function, bone strengthening and heart health. Each bottle lasts approximately two months. Sold by Amazon
Nature Made Prenatal Multivitamin With 200 Milligrams of DHA
Healthy babies and the people carrying them benefit from this multivitamin with DHA, folic acid and other essential nutrients. They are available in a 60-, 90- and 110-day supply, with a recommended dose of just one softgel per day. Sold by Amazon
Nature Made Multivitamin + Omega-3 Gummies
Adults love these strawberry, lemon and orange gummies with vitamin C, D3 and vitamin A. They provide immune support, healthy muscle and bone development and a quick boost of natural energy. They’re gluten-free, with no synthetic dyes or artificial sweeteners or flavors. Sold by Amazon
Should you get a Centrum or Nature Made multivitamin?
Even though both brands have thousands of positive reviews and are backed by research, Nature Made is the better choice. In addition to offering a variety of formulations for all nutritional goals, they also come in gummies, capsules, chewables and softgels for all ages. This makes it easier to take a vitamin, especially for children or adults who have trouble swallowing pills.
Nature Made multivitamins is the first multivitamin to earn the United States Pharmacopeia’s Verified Mark, indicating that what’s on the label matches what’s in the bottle.
They are also more affordable than Centrum, making it easier to add them to your diet. They use naturally-derived vitamins and minerals from non-GMO sources.
However, the best multivitamin for you is the one that works for your specific health concerns. Before you begin supplementation, talk to your doctor about which multivitamin is best for you.
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NEW YORK (PIX11) — The raw and rainy stretch continues across the tri-state region. An area of low pressure has been meandering right off the coastline since Sunday bringing periods of rain. Just for Tuesday alone, the city and surrounding area got as much of 1 to 2 inches of rain, which much of it fell during the morning hours. While the storm is still off the coast, it is starting to unwind and will slowly drift to the east. The risk of showers will continue on Wednesday, but the rain amounts will be lighter.
Showers will remain more on the intermittent side through much of Tuesday night. Expect the winds to still be on the breezy side and that will make it feel very raw with temperatures hovering in the 50s all night long.
Wednesday will feature cloudy skies and a few more showers around. There could be a steady round of rain, but it will be on the light side. Eventually the rain threat eases late in the day and the clouds may start to thin out. Expect temperatures to be in the lower 60s.
The sun finally returns on Thursday as high pressure drifts over the region. There may still be a northerly wind around, but the sun will help warm temperatures up into the lower 70s. Expect more of the same on Friday as well with highs in the lower 70s. Late in a day, a cold front could bring a shower around, but more importantly, it will cool temperatures down for the weekend.
The holiday weekend will feature a good deal of sunshine throughout, but there will be a brisk north wind bringing temperatures down once again. Afternoon temperatures will stay in the lower 60s and overnight lows will likely be in the 40s on Saturday and Sunday. By Monday, temperatures may moderate into the mid 60s. | https://pix11.com/weather/nyc-forecast-showers-to-continue-through-middle-of-week/ | 2022-10-05 03:01:36 | 1 | https://pix11.com/weather/nyc-forecast-showers-to-continue-through-middle-of-week/ |
STOCKHOLM, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- During June, Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) has issued 5,908,018 class C-shares as part of the establishment of the company's at-the-market program. Thus, as of June 30, 2022, the number of shares and votes in the company amounts to 59,106,188 shares and 53,788,971.8 votes.
For further information, please contact:
Mikael Widell
Investor relations
Tel.: +46703119960
email: mikael.widell@calliditas.com
The information in the press release is such that Calliditas Therapeutics AB (publ) is required to disclose pursuant to the Swedish Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact persons set out above, at 10:00 a.m. CEST on June 30, 2022.
About Calliditas
Calliditas Therapeutics is a commercial stage biopharma company based in Stockholm, Sweden focused on identifying, developing and commercializing novel treatments in orphan indications, with an initial focus on renal and hepatic diseases with significant unmet medical needs. Calliditas' lead product, TARPEYOTM (budesonide) delayed release capsules, has been approved by the FDA. This drug product is awaiting European Commission (EC) approval following a positive CHMP opinion. Additionally, Calliditas is conducting a Phase 2b/3 trial with its NOX inhibitor product candidate setanaxib in primary biliary cholangitis and is initiating a head and neck cancer Phase 2 trial with setanaxib. Calliditas' common shares are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm (ticker: CALTX) and its American Depositary Shares are listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (ticker: CALT).
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Police say missing 20-year-old has been found dead
By Ren Clayton
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STILLWATER, Minnesota (WCCO) — Stillwater police confirmed Sunday that a missing 20-year-old has been found deceased.
According to police, George Musser was found at 7 p.m. in Baytown Township.
“George’s family has been notified. There is no other information at this time as this case is still under investigation,” police said.
Christmas morning into the afternoon hundreds gathered to look for Musser.
The 20-year-old was at Brian’s Bar in downtown Stillwater until early Saturday morning. Ally McKay was one of the last people to see him.
“At approximately 1:30 a.m. he came up to the booth I was sitting in with my friends and he was talking to us,” said McKay. “And he told us he had to go to the bathroom and then he never returned.”
Musser’s keys and wallet were found near the bar. His car was still in the parking lot. He was wearing a black beanie, a grey button-up flannel and dark jeans. He did not have a jacket on.
“We looked for him at bar close, but Brian’s was persistent that everyone get out, so we left and we had to assume that he had found his way home,” said McKay.
Sunday afternoon, Stillwater police were unable to establish a small search location.
“We haven’t had very much luck with some of the electronic surveillance stuff we’ve been looking at, whether it’s cameras, cell phone, stuff like that,” said Stillwater Chief of Police Brian Mueller. “So it’s a very difficult situation.”
“We’re preparing for the worst but hoping for the best–and that’s why we’re getting everyone in the community to start looking,” said Emily Dalbec, Musser’s cousin.
Family and friends searched on Saturday and that continued, in greater numbers, on Christmas Day.
“I’m a father and it’s heartwarming. I can’t imagine what the family is going through,” said Mueller. “I talked with the family since yesterday. It’s definitely a great community we live in–very fortunate. So I just hope we can find some closure for the Musser family.”
“We’re very fortunate to have all these people willing to be out on such cold temperatures on a holiday, looking for him,” said Dalbec.
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WAYNE, Pa., Dec. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Argosy Private Equity, a lower middle market private equity firm, today announced the acquisition of The Gilbertson Group by Argosy's portfolio company, Wittenbach.
The Gilbertson Group (TGG), a second-generation family-owned, UL-Listed company, has been providing security solutions to financial, education, healthcare, commercial, pharmaceutical, government, retail, and property management customers for over 30 years. TGG specializes in physical and electronic security systems integration, retail delivery solutions and security consulting, working with the financial and commercial sectors of the Mid-Atlantic region, while also supporting customers throughout the U.S. and Canada.
For over four decades, Wittenbach has delivered cash automation, physical security and electronic security products to regional community and nationally known banks, credit unions and financial institutions. The company's branch transformation solutions help improve operational efficiencies, increase productivity, reduce costs, and ensure regulatory compliance. Based in Maryland, Wittenbach services customers throughout the Midwest and East Coast.
The acquisition of The Gilbertson Group will further enhance the growth of Wittenbach by providing increased density in an important region for Wittenbach and its customers. The combined company will be enabled to better serve their combined customer base, execute cross-selling opportunities in the financial institution sector while expanding into government and commercial sectors across their footprint.
Integration is already underway. The Wittenbach and TGG management teams, along with Argosy, are actively working on executing Argosy's Value Acceleration Methodology (VAM™) acquisition toolkit to integrate the operations, realize synergies between the companies, and continue to grow the combined company.
"We are thrilled for TGG to join our Wittenbach team. We look forward to leveraging the combined strength of both companies to provide even better services and support to our many customers across the PA, DE, and MD markets," said Don Charlton, Partner, Argosy Private Equity and Chairman of Wittenbach.
Wittenbach has provided world-class cash handling, physical security, and electronic security since 1974. Over 350 employees strong, we service customers throughout the Midwest and East Coast.
Argosy Private Equity, founded in 1990, specializes in providing capital and operating and financial expertise to lower middle market companies across a broad range of industries. Argosy partners with motivated management teams investing in companies with sustainable competitive advantages and attractive growth prospects. Argosy Private Equity is a division of Argosy Capital Group, Inc. ("Argosy Capital") together with Argosy Real Estate Partners, Argosy Credit Partners, Argosy Strategic Partners, and Argosy Healthcare Partners. Argosy Capital is an investment adviser with approximately $3.1 billion of assets under management. All of the Argosy Capital funds focus on lower middle market investment strategies.
For further information, please visit:
Argosy Private Equity: www.argosype.com
Wittenbach: www.wittenbach.com
Contact:
Argosy Private Equity
Sarah Busch
sbusch@argosycapital.com
Wittenbach
Janet Kaplan
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LOS ANGELES — After an impressive 40-point performance and near triple-double in a decisive Game Four home loss in the Western Conference Finals, the legendary LeBron James is reportedly openly considering retirement for the first time in his NBA career.
James told gathered media during his postgame press conference that he had “a lot to think about” regarding a return for Year 21 of his prolific career, and a subsequent report from Chris Haynes at Bleacher Report indicated James was “not sure” about whether he would continue his NBA career.
The Los Angeles Lakers made a surprise return to the conference finals this season after multiple midseason trades catapulted them into the 7-seed, and they were able to outduel the higher-seeded Grizzlies and Warriors before running up against a superior opponent in the Nuggets this round.
James this season became the all-time leading scorer in NBA history and has won four championships in 10 NBA Finals appearances. He is second all-time in minutes played and field goals made across the regular season and playoffs behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, third in total games played, fifth in total assists, and 25th in total rebounds.
After a contract extension last summer, James has a guaranteed deal in place for next season before a player option in the summer of 2024, when he would be going on 40 years old. He suffered foot and ankle injuries throughout the back half of this season that will likely take significant rehabilitation, and he told ESPN he has not ruled out foot surgery, depending on what MRI results show this week.
James has made it clear he would like to someday play with his son Bronny, who will be draft-eligible next summer.
The Lakers face big offseason decisions on re-signing core contributors Austin Reaves, Rui Hachimura and D’Angelo Russell, as well as the possibility of seeking out bigger talents like longtime James pal Kyrie Irving. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/sports/locked-on/lo-la/lakers-show/lebron-james-reportedly-not-sure-nba-career-retirement/535-6bd0a200-445d-4b65-8f89-982c3de5cdc6 | 2023-05-23 20:00:27 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/sports/locked-on/lo-la/lakers-show/lebron-james-reportedly-not-sure-nba-career-retirement/535-6bd0a200-445d-4b65-8f89-982c3de5cdc6 |
WFO LAKE CHARLES Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, July 1, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
1217 PM CDT Fri Jul 1 2022
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR EASTERN JEFFERSON AND SOUTHEASTERN ORANGE COUNTIES AND
WEST CENTRAL CAMERON PARISH...
At 1217 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 5 and 9 inches of rain
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is already occurring
with several reports of significant street flooding being reported
in the Port Arthur and surrounding areas.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Beaumont, Port Arthur, Orange, Nederland, Groves, Port Neches,
Bridge City, West Orange, Sabine Pass, Central Gardens, Johnsons
Bayou, Mauriceville, Port Acres, Southeast Texas Regional Airport,
Orangefield, Pinehurst and Sea Rim State Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
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WFO EUREKA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, April 18, 2023
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
240 PM PDT Mon Apr 17 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PDT TUESDAY ABOVE
2000 FEET...
* WHAT...Snow above 2000 feet. Additional snow accumulations of 2
to 4 inches along highway pass of 199, 299, and 36. Snow fall
will be wet and inconsistent.
* WHERE...Del Norte Interior, Northern Humboldt Interior,
Southern Humboldt Interior, Northern Trinity and Southern
Trinity Counties.
* WHEN...Until 3 AM PDT Tuesday.
* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult to impossible. The
hazardous conditions could impact the evening commute.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Slow down and use caution while traveling.
The latest road conditions for the state of California can be
obtained by calling 1-800-GAS-ROAD.
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WAYLAND, Mass., July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wood Partners, a national leader in multifamily real estate development, announced today the official grand opening of its latest luxury residential development, Alta Oxbow, located just outside Boston in Wayland, Massachusetts.
The new community is located at 492 Boston Post Road and features seasonal views of the nearby Sudbury River and surrounding marshlands that are home to protected birds and other wildlife. Oxbow's prime location will also place residents in proximity to Wayland Town Center, Route 20 retail, and the Wayland Public Library, in addition to offering direct access to a wide variety of local dining, retail, grocery, and entertainment options.
"We are excited to officially open the doors to Wood Partners' latest community—Alta Oxbow—just 20 miles west of Boston in beautiful Wayland," said Jim Lambert, Managing Director at Wood Partners. "The community will provide residents with access to the modern home finishes and amenities that Wood Partners is known for while enabling them to also take in the scenic views and wildlife of the Sudbury River."
Alta Oxbow offers 218 apartment homes consisting of one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans situated across three buildings. The community includes 66 units specifically tailored to residents 55 and older, providing a luxurious place to call home at any age. Each spacious home features high-end finishes, including luxurious kitchens outfitted with Samsung energy-efficient appliances, shaker cabinets and quartz countertops, luxury wide plank flooring throughout and modern roller shades. Select homes also include large exterior balconies, pendant lighting above the kitchen island, and pristine bathrooms featuring quartz countertops and double vanities.
Residents of Alta Oxbow can also enjoy the casual luxury of the community's exceptional amenities, including a resort-style swimming pool and spa, two large courtyards, outdoor firepits and grilling stations, and a dog spa. The expansive clubhouse offers even more for residents to take advantage of including a fully outfitted fitness center, co-working spaces and conference room, hobby and craft lounges, an on-site library, a golf simulator and lounge, and a wraparound porch with ample seating.
Alta Oxbow is managed by Wood Residential. Visit https://altaoxbow.com/ for more information.
About Wood Partners
Wood Partners is a national leader in the development, construction, and management of multifamily communities across the United States. The company has been involved in the acquisition and development of more than 90,000 multifamily homes with a combined capitalization of $17.5 billion. The company currently owns 70 properties across the United States representing more than 20,000 homes. Headquartered in Atlanta, Wood Partners has offices in 22 major markets across 15 states nationwide. The company also operates Wood Residential, an award-winning, full-service property management group that proudly operates both properties developed by Wood Partners and communities owned by third parties. For two years running, Wood Residential has ranked No. 1 nationally for online reputation in the J Turner ORA™ Power Rankings (Division III). For more information, visit woodpartners.com.
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Famed investor Warren Buffet offers a plethora of sage advice. By far my favorite Buffet line, whether he coined it our just adopts it often, is “only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked.”
After the smirk this line always garners from me, first reminding me of a particularly silly night in the Cayman Islands, but silliness aside, it’s important to understand the meaning of this cryptic wisdom and why the concept is particularly timely right now.
During days of plenty, which we will define for this conversation as easy credit or low interest rates, rising stock prices, a growing economy, stable inflation and low unemployment, even the sloppy can thrive. Sloppy business models get funded, the stocks of sloppy companies rise, sloppy investors make money, sloppy banks make profits on sloppy loans and sloppy politicians and governments convince their governed to entrust them with more money and control.
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These conditions encourage the mismanagement of risk of all sorts. Irresponsible corporate managers burn through capital, irresponsible investors leverage their portfolios with margin borrowing and speculative options, irresponsible governments create unsustainable programs using deficit spending, and the environment of abundance allows everyone to pull it off. Until it doesn’t, and the tide of plenty recedes. And it always eventually recedes.
Try as we might, our modern economic system has not eliminated what in college economics we called the “business cycle.” The business cycle is the ebb and flow of supply and demand based upon a complex composite of demographic, technological, financial and monetary factors that are difficult to envisage and yet present as fundamental as the passing of the seasons.
This all-important cycle is not quite as predictable as cooling temperatures in October and snow in January, but nonetheless, the cycle occurs so consistently through modern economic history it appears almost constructed of natural order, and much of the smart money is telling us winter is coming, the tide is going out. Which is where the naked part comes in.
Swimming naked may be fun for a while, but it always seems to end poorly. Injury, embarrassment or arrest are three likely outcomes I can think of (not to mention the beginning of “Jaws”). When it comes to the financial world poor outcomes for those who haven’t covered up prudently often equates to insolvency, bankruptcy and in the worst cases collapse. The rub (or should I say chafe) is, as Warren quotes, it’s hard to know who the skinny dippers are until the cycle turns, which in a way puts us all in a bit of a dilemma. A currently on-going dilemma.
To address inflation, the word’s central banks are using their policy tools to slow demand attempting to cool prices off. The process seems likely to work, and stock and bond markets have already adjusted in response to this expectation. The problem is, except for the brief but violent COVID lockdown disruption the economic cycle we continue to experience has been very long, reaching all the way back to March of 2009. In historical context, this is a very long period of expansion, which was built and facilitated in part by Fed policies of very low interest rates and nearly continual expansion injections of liquidity into financial markets through now common quantitative easing. These policies contributed to the inflation problem the Fed is trying to fix and have come to an end. It would be prudent to anticipate economic slowdown as a result, or said simply, while its not here yet, it could be time for a recession.
Unfortunately, the 13-year period of very accommodative interest rates and monetary policy has probably enabled a lot of naked swimming. Some of the swimmers will be minor players, catching only their own investors in the “poor ending,” but some may be major players presenting risk that could endanger entire financial systems, economies or even nations. And we just don’t know where and when the tide will really recede and who will get caught.
There are hints, however. I would have bet there was a lot skinny dipping going on in the crypto currency markets, and the tide is already receding there. This week financial behemoth Credit Suisse wasn’t looking good, which was probably roiling markets during September, and the British government and British pound might be swimming in deeper water, but I’m not entirely sure they’re covered up. There will be others.
So, when markets get turbulent in the absence of overt news over the next few months, investors will want to pay attention. The bond market will likely sound the tidal warning first, and the stock market will follow. It's time to learn how to listen.
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Celebrating 100 years of the music of Bessie Smith Published February 15, 2023 at 3:16 AM MST Twitter LinkedIn Email Bessie Smith, also known as "Empress of the Blues," recorded her first record on Feb. 15, 1923: "Down Hearted Blues." Copyright 2023 NPR | https://www.kanw.com/2023-02-15/celebrating-100-years-of-the-music-of-bessie-smith | 2023-02-15 10:48:02 | 1 | https://www.kanw.com/2023-02-15/celebrating-100-years-of-the-music-of-bessie-smith |
The parent company of Remington Ammunition said Thursday ammunition demand is normalizing while its workforce in Lonoke continues to improve production efficiency.
The company reported net income of $93.4 million or $1.62 per share for the quarter ended Sept. 25 compared with net income of $139.5 million or 2.34 per share for the year ago period. A consensus of eight analysts had predicted earnings per share of $1.65, according to Yahoo Finance.
Revenue for the quarter was $781.7 million compared with $778.5 million for the same period last year.
"We continue to operate in a challenging global macroeconomic and geopolitical environment that has negatively impacted demand for our products and driven significantly higher costs over the last year," Chief Executive Officer Chris Metz said in a statement. "However, despite these headwinds, we posted another strong quarter with an increase in sales and continued strong profitability."
Vista Outdoor shares closed at $23.80, down $2.53 or nearly 9% in trading Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange. Shares have traded as low as $23.80 and as high as $52.69 over the past year.
During a conference call with analysts Thursday morning, Vista Outdoor executives said demand for 9mm ammunition is leveling out and the acquisition of Remington and Hevi-Shot have allowed the company to better meet demand for rimfire, shot-shell and big-game ammunition.
"Remington employs slightly more than 1,000 employees today and we are hiring new employees every month," Eric Smith the company's corporate communications manager said in response to emailed questions. "In two years since Vista Outdoor took ownership of the plant, it has grown from one shift of employees to three full shifts, with many areas running 24/7. This is a significant shift from when we acquired Big Green when the plant would shut down at 4 p.m. each day. Now, we have employees making ammunition around the clock."
Smith said the company has invested in infrastructure upgrades across the plant for its long term success and to grow output to make better ammo at a lower cost for customers.
Minnesota-based Vista Outdoor formed in 2015 and now is made up of 41 outdoor brands, including bicycles, camping gear, golf and skiing equipment, optics and ammunition makers. It purchased Remington Ammunition out of bankruptcy in late 2020.
In May, Vista Outdoor said it would spin off its sporting product segment, which includes its ammo brands including Remington and its outdoor product segment, a move expected to be completed sometime in 2023.
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Israeli President Isaac Herzog set to address Congress By Leila Fadel Published July 19, 2023 at 4:11 AM CDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Israeli President Isaac Herzog < > will address a joint meeting of Congress today. He speaks a day after the House passed a resolution in support of Israel, despite recent tensions. Copyright 2023 NPR | https://www.kasu.org/2023-07-19/israeli-president-isaac-herzog-set-to-address-congress | 2023-07-19 09:25:01 | 1 | https://www.kasu.org/2023-07-19/israeli-president-isaac-herzog-set-to-address-congress |
By JOCELYN NOVECK
AP National Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — The 500 audience members were sitting in neat rows, and they’d definitely gotten the memo on attire: All were perfectly dressed in a classic gray Thom Browne suit.
They were very quiet, too, perhaps because they knew Browne’s show Friday evening was a special occasion, held in New York rather than Paris where he usually stages shows, to coincide with Monday’s Met Gala. But also probably because they were stuffed animals.
To be precise, these were teddy bears, lined in tiny chairs to hear a motivational “Teddy Talk.”
It was yet another Browne extravaganza, more a slice of theater or performance art than a runway show, this time with an unusually playful vibe. In his narrated script, Browne — a consummate showman who is also one of America’s most successful designers — sought to educate the crowd of bears and humans (in bigger chairs) about finding one’s authentic self. In this case, Browne was saying, we all have a “toy version” that’s more exaggerated and crazier, but one that’s worth connecting with.
How did this high concept connect to fashion? That’s a question that Browne answers, luckily, with ensembles that are small feats of creative engineering. Here, his toy-store theme extended from countless versions of his classic gray suit, trimmed and pleated in brightly colored silks, to his whimsical handbags and footwear, like the alphabet-block purses and platform shoes, or the “Hector” handbags, inspired by his own dog, extended to toy ponies and other nursery creatures.
The show, staged in an airy theater on Manhattan’s far west side, began with two huge doors opening on an imaginary shop. A few shoppers entered in tweeds and tall, stovepipe-like hats, a vaguely 19th-century look. One group together carried an extra-long “Hector” bag, with three sets of handles.
“New York, where you come to find yourself,” announced the soundtrack. “A lifelong search, a lifetime of questions … finally and completely answered.” The “Teddy Talk” was beginning.
The speaker or “head bear” was dressed in a signature Browne gray flannel short suit, but with a teddy-themed hat and bear-like shearling gloves and platform boots. Via the soundtrack, he told his bear-filled audience about his favorite New Yorkers who had been lost, until they came to this store, “to find their true selves.”
A procession followed of 25 smartly dressed adults, both women and men in various tweeds and flannels but with the classic looks brightened with bright colors — red, white and blue trim, or sometimes gold and green. Their hair was styled in dramatic topiary-like creations amounting to head-topping modern sculptures. But the fantasy element was yet to come: a second procession of 25 more models, each a “toy version” of one of the previous 25.
These human toys had splotchy makeup and exaggerated features. The toys they represented were old-school, like Slinkys, those classic colored alphabet blocks, or jack-in-the-boxes. Each “adult” element was exaggerated — sometimes literally blown up to fantastical proportions. Accessories were particularly fanciful, especially those alphabet-block shoes — literally piles of blocks which, it must be said, were better navigated by the female models than the men.
In the front row was recent Grammy winner Jon Batiste, in a checked Browne suit, and actor-musician Leslie Odom Jr. in a cream-colored shorts ensemble, among others. Vogue’s Anna Wintour, three days away from the Met Gala she runs, was next to Andrew Bolton, head of the Met’s Costume Institute and curator of the exhibit to be launched by the gala, “In America: An Anthology of Fashion.” Bolton is also Browne’s life partner.
The culmination of the sartorial storytelling was a “meeting” of the two groups, when both the adults and their toy versions came back out, then turned to face and actually speak to each other, laughing and smiling.
Models laughing and talking on the runway? That may have been the most unique element of all. “Finding your true self,” the speaker intoned at the end. “Unique. Authentic. Confident. Always be true to yourselves.”
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M receiver Ainias Smith was arrested early Wednesday on charges of driving while intoxicated, unlawful carrying of a weapon and possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana, according to Brazos County jail records.
Smith, 21, was arrested by Texas A&M police and was booked into the Brazos County jail. He posted $8,000 bond and was released later Wednesday, according to jail records. The records did not indicate if he had an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
Smith has been suspended from the football team per athletic department policy following his arrest, according to Alan Cannon, a spokesman for Texas A&M. Cannon added that coach Jimbo Fisher was aware of the situation and looking into it.
Smith was scheduled to attend SEC Media Days on Thursday in Atlanta with Fisher and two other players.
Smith is Texas A&M’s top returning receiver after grabbing 47 catches for 509 yards and six touchdowns last season. He has 1,321 yards receiving with 15 touchdowns in three seasons with the Aggies.
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Executive Brings Multi-National Experience to Elevate Jamul Casino's Profile
JAMUL, Calif., Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jamul Casino has recruited Scott Lake to its team as its new Chief Marketing Officer. He brings more than 25 years of experience in senior marketing management roles with world-class hotel and casino properties around the globe. Scott will be at the helm of Jamul Casino's very robust marketing program, which has helped propel the Casino to becoming San Diego's top choice for gaming, food, and fun.
President and General Manager of Jamul Casino, Mary Cheeks, says, "Scott has the leadership experience, innovative thinking, and analytical skills we need to continue building momentum in our region. I'm excited to see what ideas Scott has to amp up our marketing efforts."
Scott Lake's background includes eight (8) years with Sands China Ltd., most recently serving as Senior Vice President of Loyalty Marketing & Strategic Analysis. He led five key properties in Macao, SAR (also known as "The Las Vegas of Asia"), including the The Venetian Macao, The Londoner Macao, The Parisian Macao, The Plaza and Four Seasons Hotel Macao, and Sands Macao. He was responsible for executing the casino marketing calendar and events, attracting a combined total of 98.2 million annual visitors and comprising 11,000+ hotel rooms, 150+ restaurants, and 850+ duty-free retail shops across four malls. He also worked for Caesars Entertainment, Inc. for 13 years, including positions as Director for VIP Marketing and Director for National Casino Marketing. Scott also has a keen grasp on technology, working recently as the Managing Consultant for KOGNITIV, with an expertise in loyalty marking for leading brands in retail, hospitality, and financial services. Scott earned his MBA and BS in Hotel Administration from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He is also a Certified Digital Marketing Professional (Digital Marketing Institute) and a Professional Certified Marketer in Digital Marketing (American Marketing Association).
Scott states, "I was drawn to Jamul Casino because of the outstanding leadership of both the Jamul Indian Village Tribe and the casino management. I'm impressed with the way this team has been able to build this property and its brand from the ground-up to become a regional leader in less than six years. I hope to help the next six years be just as extraordinary."
Opened in 2016, the Jamul Casino is located in Jamul, California, San Diego County, and is owned and operated by Jamul Indian Village Development Corporation (JIVDC), a wholly owned enterprise of the Tribe. The $430 million, award-winning casino features nearly 1,700 slot machines, 46 live table games, a dedicated poker room, and various restaurants, bars and lounges. Jamul Casino supports more than 1,000 permanent jobs in the region and is the closest casino to downtown San Diego, which is the eighth-largest city in the United States by population. For more information about Jamul Casino, please visit www.jamulcasinosd.com.
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DEAR ABBY: I have no family and few friends — nobody close. My live-in girlfriend of two years and I argue constantly. We no longer share a bedroom, and I feel more like a roommate. I honestly feel I’m being used for money. Her 24-year-old son died from an overdose two months ago, so I can’t help but feel sorry for her. She isn’t working, and I don’t know when she can return.
I don’t have the money to move. I wish I did. I’m miserable, she’s miserable and I feel stuck. I’m 46; she’s 44. I pay rent and 50% of the utilities, which is fine. But how can I ever get out? Moving isn’t cheap anymore.
I’m desperate for hope that I’m not stuck here forever. I’m afraid if I move — even if I live in a tent for now — she will give up on everything. She has two grown kids, but she was closest to the one who passed. I feel guilty for wanting and needing to leave. At the same time, I’m miserable. She’s in therapy and on medicine. Please advise.
— WITHOUT HOPE IN NORTH CAROLINA
DEAR WITHOUT HOPE: Start saving whatever money you can and explore options for other living arrangements, including renting a single room. Staying where you are under these circumstances will make YOU sick if you don’t take control of your life. Your former girlfriend is under the care of a doctor. You are NOT her lifeline. She will survive.
DEAR ABBY: I am friendly with a woman who is wonderful and caring. She calls to ask how I’m doing, drops off coffee to say hi, etc. She has a great heart and soul. Our boys are close in age. That’s the problem — I DO NOT LIKE HER CHILDREN.
Her kids are difficult and they run roughshod over her. She knows discipline is a problem, but she’s at a loss. My children don’t enjoy playing with them, either. Her kids are careless and don’t listen to authority. I want to continue our friendship, but I like her better without the children in tow. Should I speak up or fade away?
— CONDITIONAL FRIEND
DEAR FRIEND: Your friend’s children can’t be blamed for things they were never taught. Tell your friend that when her kids visit your home, you will be establishing some “house rules.” If you do, you may be doing that entire family a favor. If her kids cannot comply, inform her that your children no longer want to play with hers AND WHY. She needs that information before her kids become social outcasts. If your friendship with her fades after that, and I sincerely hope it won’t, then que sera, sera.
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO MY ASIAN READERS WHO CELEBRATE THE LUNAR NEW YEAR: The Year of the Rabbit begins today. In Chinese culture, the rabbit is known to be the luckiest of all 12 animals in the zodiac. People born in the Year of the Rabbit are calm and peaceful. They avoid fighting and arguing, are artistic and have good taste. However, they may be insecure and sensitive and dislike criticism, which causes them to be averse to change. I wish a happy, healthy new year to all who are celebrating this holiday.
— LOVE, ABBY
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BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (AP) — Dan Petcash had 24 points and Binghamton beat Bryant 84-67 on Saturday.
Petcash also had eight rebounds for the Bearcats (9-12, 5-3 America East Conference). Jacob Falko pitched in with 17 points, eight rebounds and five assists. Miles Gibson scored 15 on 5-of-7 shooting.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — During a primary debate in May, Iowa Republican Zach Nunn and his two rivals were asked to raise their hand if they thought all abortions should be illegal. “All abortions, no exceptions,” the moderator clarified.
Nunn’s left hand went up.
The image has shadowed the Iowa state senator as he seeks to unseat U.S. Rep. Cindy Axne, one of the most vulnerable House Democrats this election season. The two-term congresswoman has featured video of Nunn from the debate in TV ads she’s been running since early August.
Nunn is among well more than a dozen strictly anti-abortion Republicans running in competitive House, Senate and governor’s races this fall in Minnesota, Nevada, Kansas, Arizona and elsewhere who are trying to distance themselves from their past statements.
In newspaper op-eds, during interviews and on their campaign websites, Republican challengers who expressed support for banning most or all abortions — some in cases of rape, incest and to protect the life and health of the mother — are at a minimum downplaying those positions and at most backtracking at a time when abortion rights have complicated Republicans’ focus on the economy heading into the November midterm elections.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in June overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision recognizing a federal right to abortion, has prompted a backlash from abortion rights supporters and shined a light on politicians whose anti-abortion positions were only hypothetical when Roe was the law of the land.
“I think that the bait and switch will matter for those for whom abortion rights is a very important voting issue, which is an expanded group since Roe was overturned,” Christine Matthews, a pollster who has worked for Republicans, said of GOP candidates trying to soften their profile on the issue. “And it may matter to a wider group if it appears that they are deceptive.”
Accusing Axne of misrepresenting his position, Nunn wrote in an op-ed published in The Des Moines Register last month that he supported exceptions for rape, incest and the life and health of the mother when he voted in 2018 for a ban on abortions after six weeks — a measure that was blocked by the courts.
Asked in an Associated Press interview why he raised his hand to the “no exceptions” question during the debate, Nunn misstated the question as “Do you support life?” instead of the actual wording, “In your mind, should all abortions be illegal in this country? Hand up if you say yes.”
“Let me be perfectly clear. I believe life begins at conception,” Nunn said in the interview. “I recognize the viability of a child. I recognize the health of the mother.”
Still, in 2017, Nunn voted for a measure requiring women seeking an abortion to wait 72 hours, which included an exception to protect the life of the mother but made no mention of rape or incest.
In Kansas, Republican Amanda Adkins — who is running against two-term Democratic Rep. Sharice Davids — wrote in a Kansas City Star op-ed published last week, “I don’t support a federal ban on abortion.”
The mention came after months of silence by Adkins after the May leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion signaling Roe was in jeopardy. A decade earlier as Kansas’ Republican chair, Adkins had supported a strict abortion ban in the party’s platform.
Adkins’ Star piece also followed close on the heels of Kansas voters’ decisive rejection of a constitutional amendment that would have nullified a state Supreme Court decision guaranteeing the right to an abortion. Notably, the referendum failed in Johnson County — the teeming, suburban heart of Davids’ district — by more than 2-to-1. Adkins publicly supported the amendment.
Nunn’s and Adkins’ efforts to deemphasize their previous conservative stances on abortion are conspicuous. Others have been more subtle.
In a northwest Indiana district that includes working-class cities outside Chicago, Republican Jennifer-Ruth Green answered “none” in a 2022 online questionnaire before the Supreme Court overturned Roe that asked under “what circumstances should abortion be allowed?”
Yet, as the GOP nominee facing Democratic Rep. Frank Mrvan, Green says she supports an anti-abortion measure passed by the Indiana legislature in August that includes exceptions for rape, incest and the health of the mother.
In suburban Minneapolis, Republican Tyler Kistner, who lost narrowly to two-term Democratic Rep. Angie Craig in 2020, is challenging her again. In 2020, his website included a section on abortion that stated he wanted to eliminate federal funding for Planned Parenthood. In this year’s campaign, his website does not mention abortion.
Republicans running statewide in battleground races have undertaken similar efforts.
Arizona Senate candidate Blake Masters called abortion “demonic” during the GOP primary and called for a federal personhood law that would give fetuses the rights of people. He’s toned down his rhetoric more recently, deleting references to a personhood law from his campaign website and dropping language describing himself as “100% pro-life.”
In Nevada, where a 1990 referendum guarantees the right to abortion, Republican gubernatorial candidate Joe Lombardo said during a May primary debate that he would consider signing a ban on the Plan B pill. The pill, which is different from the abortion pill, can significantly lower the chance of pregnancy if taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex.
In August, after Justice Clarence Thomas indicated in the Roe reversal that other high court rulings, including ones protecting the use of contraceptives, should also be reconsidered, Lombardo said he would not block contraceptives and has since noted on his website that he would “ensure that contraceptives stay accessible to Nevadans.”
In the immediate aftermath of the Dobbs v. Mississippi decision overturning Roe, an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll showed 22% of U.S. adults named abortion or women’s rights, in an open-ended question, as one of up to five problems they wanted the government to address. That’s more than doubled since December, when an AP-NORC poll found a notable uptick in mentions of abortion from years before, likely in anticipation of the Dobbs ruling.
In Iowa, 60% of adults say abortion should be legal in most or all cases, according to a Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll taken in July, higher still in the suburbs.
That would seem to be a consideration for Nunn, running in Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District, which includes the metro area surrounding the capital Des Moines and its booming suburbs to the north and west, as well as vast tracts of more conservative, rural southwestern Iowa.
“While it’s a small group on both sides, it energizes them because it’s an important issue,” Nunn said, adding that Axne is “not even willing to have a conversation about where she’s been on this.”
The counterpunch is a veiled reference to bills including one passed in July in the Democratic-controlled House with Axne’s support that block limits on abortions late in a pregnancy — a position Republicans have characterized as extreme.
Republican pollster Whit Ayres said Dobbs has reversed earlier Republican momentum by increasing enthusiasm among abortion rights advocates.
“Clearly there’s been movement in the Democrats’ favor,” said Ayres, who is an adviser for a super PAC supporting Florida Sen. Marco Rubio’s campaign. “The Dobbs decision gave them a reason to get engaged, and that’s evident in increased Democratic enthusiasm.”
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Associated Press writers Jonathan J. Cooper in Phoenix, Hannah Schoenbaum in Raleigh, N.C., and Gabe Stern in Reno, Nev., contributed to this report.
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Twitter no longer enforcing COVID-19 misinformation policy
Published: Nov. 29, 2022 at 11:17 AM CST|Updated: 27 minutes ago
(CNN) - Be extra cautious while looking for health information on Twitter.
The company announced that it has dropped its COVID-19 misinformation policy.
Shortly after the virus was spreading across the U.S. in 2020, Twitter put into effect a set of rules that focused on combatting “harmful misinformation” about coronavirus-related issues.
Over the past 2 1/2 years, Twitter says thousands of accounts were suspended for breaking those parameters.
This change in policy was low key. The announcement was made in a note on Twitter’s website.
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LAS VEGAS, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ionix Technology, Inc. ( ticker symbol: IINX, hereinafter referred to as IINX or the Company) announces on its website that the management from IINX and from Legend Ecological Aquaculture (Changhai) Co. Ltd (hereafter referred to as Legend) reached and signed an agreement, on August 29, 2022, on the acquisition of 51% equity of the latter, and that the implement of agreement and acquisition process would come in the next step.
Legend engages in ecological farming, focusing on aquaculture technology and environmental protection, with an annual turnover of about US $18 million. "After several months of investigation and negotiation, we can conclude that Legend's products, technologies and services have gained wide recognition and shares in the market. With high technological content and forward-looking insight, Legend is bound to grow geometrically in the very near future and to become IINX's new profit growth point from its formed scale economic effect, which suits the Company's purpose on rapid development. Legend's carbon neutralization concept is up to IINX's idea of developing towards energy conservation, environmental protection and clean energy. The cooperation will certainly become a highlight in the future development, leading to a brilliant prospect for both parties ." said Li Cheng, CEO of IINX, at the signing ceremony.
Ocean carbon neutrality, put forward and applied by Legend, aims to purify the marine farming environment and to improve the aquaculture efficiency through algae farming, shellfish farming and artificial reefs, to conserve and restore blue carbon ecosystems in coastal zone, furthermore, to mitigate the impact on ecosystem from climate change. Carbon sink fishery, developed based on the concept of ocean carbon neutrality, helps attain the three-dimension development of marine space resources, as well as realizes the coordinated growth of economic benefits, social benefits and environmental benefits.
In recent years, the oil and natural gas-oriented energy products have fluctuated sharply in price, which brings pressure on the development of enterprises on many aspects, but pushes the new energy develop and gives the infinite growth space to the new energy at the same time. IINX launches the project on the new energy products under this circumstance. Among the Company's two major business sectors, the new energy sector includes the business in the lithium battery materials, the lithium compounds and the derivatives. Lithium-ion products, the key material for power batteries, have seen a more than tenfold increase both in volume and price over the past year since from the early 2021, as such, IINX has gained a greater portion in new energy market and the Company's performance has been greatly improved. Now, the cooperation between IINX and Legend has blazed another new path in the high-tech business sector, which securely leads the Company on track for a historic breakthrough in 2023.
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Is Lisa Rinna ready to give up her Real Housewives of Beverly Hills diamond?
After all, the longtime cast member has had an explosive season 12 thanks to her drama with Kathy Hilton. Tensions between the two came to a head during the group's Aspen trip, during which Lisa said Kathy had a "meltdown" where she insulted several cast members, including her half-sister, Kyle Richards.
But according to co-star Crystal Kung Minkoff, whether or not any of the cast is guaranteed to return next season is undetermined. "I go about it every day," she exclusively told E! News at the 2022 Children's Hospital Los Angeles Gala honoring Panda Express and Kristin and Jeff Worthe on Oct. 8. "I'm always like, 'Oh, I wonder if they're coming back.' I mean, everyone has reasons to and reasons not to."
As for whether she thinks Lisa will return for season 13 at this moment in time, Crystal said, "Yeah, I think so."
The Bravo star also weighed in on what fans can expect from the show's upcoming season 12 reunion—which begins Oct. 12—namely Lisa and Kathy's heated confrontation. After Kathy called Lisa "the biggest bully in Hollywood" in the reunion trailer, Lisa clapped back by captioning her Oct. 7 Instagram post with Kathy's insult.
Crystal said she hopes the reunion will help clear the air between the two and understands if Lisa feels "upset" by the ongoing feud.
"I understand the need to get all the truth out, but I don't take it personally," she told E! News. "I'm just gonna speak however I feel about it, and I hope that people respect that."
Hear more from Crystal in the full clip above.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills three-part season 12 reunion begins Wednesday, Oct. 12, at 8 p.m. on Bravo. Catch up on this season's must-see moments with past episodes streaming now on Peacock.
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NEW YORK, June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Portland General Electric Co. (NYSE: POR) will replace Digital Turbine Inc. (NASD: APPS) in the S&P MidCap 400, and Digital Turbine will replace Tivity Health Inc. (NASD: TVTY) in the S&P SmallCap 600 effective prior to the opening of trading on Wednesday, June 29. Stone Point Capital LLC is acquiring Tivity Health in a deal expected to be completed on June 28. Digital Turbine is more representative of the small-cap market space.
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CLEVELAND, Texas (AP) — The search in Texas for a gunman who fatally shot five neighbors with an AR-style rifle entered a third day Monday after authorities over the weekend acknowledged they had little sense of the killer's whereabouts despite a widening dragnet near Houston.
The suspect, 38-year-old Francisco Oropeza, has been at large since the shooting just before midnight Friday in the rural town of Cleveland. By Sunday evening, authorities said more than 250 officers from multiple jurisdictions had joined the manhunt, and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott put up $50,000 in reward money for tips leading to Oropeza's capture.
"I can tell you right now, we have zero leads,” James Smith, the FBI special agent in charge, said Sunday.
Oropeza is considered armed and dangerous after fleeing the area Friday night, likely on foot. San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers said authorities had widened the search area beyond the scene of the shooting, which occurred after the suspect’s neighbors asked him to stop firing off rounds in his yard late at night because a baby was trying to sleep.
At a Sunday vigil in Cleveland, Wilson Garcia, the father of the 1-month-old, described the terrifying efforts inside his home by friends and family that night to escape, hide and shield themselves and children after Oropeza walked up to the home and began firing, killing his wife first at the front door.
Police recovered the AR-15-style rifle that they said Oropeza used in the shootings. Authorities were not sure if Oropeza was carrying another weapon after others were found in his home.
In total, authorities have put $80,000 in reward money on the table, most of it coming from Abbott. But the Texas governor also drew backlash on social media for referring to the victims as five “illegal immigrants” in a statement announcing the reward money. Law enforcement on the scene have not confirmed the citizenship status of the victims and an Abbott spokesperson did not immediately return a message Monday.
The Immigrant Legal Resource Center criticized Abbott on Twitter for “using social media to amplify language painting a specific narrative intended to alter the way you view + treat the people around you.”
At an event on Sunday to honor fallen police officers, Abbott said the suspect had been deported four times and had reentered the country illegally, according to The Houston Chronicle.
San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers said he hoped the reward money would motivate people to provide information and that there were plans to put up billboards in Spanish to spread the word.
Veronica Pineda, 34, who lives across the street from the suspect’s home, said authorities had stopped by her house over the week to ask if they could search her property to see if the gunman might be hiding there. She said she was fearful that the gunman had not yet been captured.
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WATERLOO — The boys’ high school soccer season got underway for all four metro teams with the Cedar Valley Metro Jamboree on Monday.
Columbus Catholic opened its season with a 3-0 win over Grinnell with forward John Pranger netting a hat trick. Waterloo West opened its season with a win over Decorah, 2-0. Cedar Falls beat Gladbrook-Reinbeck/Grundy Center 1-0.
Waterloo East fell to Vinton-Shellsburg 4-0.
Get to know the boys metro soccer teams heading at the start of the 2023 season:
Columbus CatholicThe only metro school to return its leading scorer from last season the Columbus Catholic Sailors boast an 11 man senior class.
Led by Pranger, a 2022 Class 1A first team forward, Columbus head coach William Maletta said the Sailors hope to regain their previously consistent winning ways after falling in the second round of substate in 2022.
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“The goal is to get back to our consistent runs of substate final appearances,” Maletta said. “Making it to state is really hard because that top eight teams in the state. Substate puts you in the top 16 every year. That is our goal every year.”
As for Pranger, Maletta said this season could be nothing short of historic for the senior forward.
“John is one of those players that you can put anywhere on the field and he will change the game,” Maletta said. “No matter what you ask him to do…He is trying to chase the school record for goals in a season. I know he wants it. He told me when he was a freshman that he was going to break it.”
Pranger scored 19 goals as a junior.
In addition to Pranger, seven Sailors who started more than 10 games last year return.
“This core group of guys, I have been with them four years now,” Maletta said. “I am very excited to see what they can do together as a senior class.”
Cedar Falls
Led by superstar senior Truman Unruh, the Cedar Falls Tigers fell one game shy of a trip to the Class 3A state tournament last season.
Yet, heading into the 2023 season, the Tigers look a little different from a year ago. Outside of the loss of its 10 seniors in the class of 2022, Cedar Falls also hits the pitch under the direction of new head coach Aldin Muhamedagic. Muhamedagic took over the Tigers following the resignation of previous head coach Spencer Steffy who had coached Cedar Falls since 2014.
With Muhamedagic, the Tigers are set to bring a fifferent methodology and a different philosophy to the pitch.
“We are thinking about a total rebuild,” Muhamedagic said. “The first goal is to start rebuilding, changing the philosophy a little bit—the methods we want to do it. The second goal would be to start competing against the big powerhouses in Iowa…Our third goal—my mentality is always make sure we can control our destiny. We need to the team that dictates the tempo.”
“My way of approaching everything is going to be highly attacking style for play with plenty of possession. We want to make sure that we are always on the alert and making sure that we can push everything in the opponents half as much as we can. Try to close the game as quick as we can.”
Muhamedagic said he does not expect the changes to be easy, but said with the right mentality and the right drive the Tigers can be a force in the state of Iowa,
“There is a challenge,” Muhamedagic said. “But, we are up for the challenge.”
Waterloo West
Waterloo West made some noise a season ago with an 11-6 record and a second place finish in the Mississippi Valley Conference Valley division standings.
However, head coach Mike Penning and the Waterloo West Wahawks enter the new campaign with a tall task: replace 11 seniors for last year.
“Last year, we had a lot of spots settled,” Penning said. “This year, it has been wide open trying to get players in the right position to help this team and still try to get the best 11 on the field.”
“It looks like we have a really good, young core of kids. We will probably, at some point, dress nine or 10 freshmen or sophomores. I could see six or seven of them starting on any given day. So, it is nice to have those young guys. That will help us. But, we understand that we need to get better every day to be where we need to be at the end of the year because we are so young.”
Despite the attrition due to graduation, West possesses some starting experience as three starters return from last season. On defense, Dino Vallem returns as the lone senior with starting experience. Penning said he expects Vallem to take on a leadership role with the young team.
In the midfield, Isaac Kelgbeh and Elvin Diaz-Romero return to solidify the middle of the Wahawks lineup. Kelgbeh earned first team all-conference honors last season and finished second on the Wahawks in scoring.
The biggest challenge facing West outside the need to find the right lineups will be finding players how can score goals according to Penning. The Wahawks return just three goals, or 6.4% of goals, from last season. Penning tabbed Kelgbeh as a player he feels can become a go-to goal scorer for West.
Penning added that the Wahawks will not judge their progress simply by results, but are going to focus on continued improvement day-in, day-out and consider how they are playing.
“We have the makeup to play some good soccer,” Penning said. “Whenever you are playing so many young kids and have so many new guys in new positions, consistency could be an issue for us. As long as we keep fighting through some of the lows that are bound to happen, I think things could even out and we could compete in this conference.”
Waterloo East
Waterloo East, led by head coach Phedrick Cody, get a fresh start in a new conference this season. Cody said the Trojans want to make a strong impression, moving from the Mississippi Valley Conference to the Iowa Alliance
The Trojans finished last season mainly comprised of freshmen who return this season following a summer spent improving their game. Cody tabbed Juan Calderon-Moreno, Anthony Sanchez Merlin and Eduardo Reyes-Rubio as who expects to lead the charge in 2023.
Despite a 1-15 record last season, Cody said he is confident in the direction of his program and hopes to continue building East’s soccer program.
“I am just trying to focus on this program, keeping it strong,” Cody said. “The wins are going to come. We know they are not just going to come through the door, but they are going to come…We got a strong group coming back from last year.”
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KALAMAZOO, MI -- Kalamazoo parents are demanding action from state and local officials to protect their kids’ health.
The attention comes after a state report revealed levels of a toxic gas were more than 10 times higher than what’s dangerous for long-term exposure, in parts of Kalamazoo’s Northside neighborhood. The state hosted a town hall to take questions on Thursday, May 18.
State officials made a presentation at the town hall. Then, a question-and-answer session was dominated by parents and others strongly sharing concerns, especially about their children breathing in dangerous pollution.
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The pollution is coming from the Graphic Packaging International paper mill and the city’s wastewater treatment plant.
Two elementary schools and a day care are located near the factory. People in that neighborhood say they smell a strong odor on a daily basis. Parents and others are banding together and people are tired of waiting for the problem to be fixed.
Here’s what they’re saying.
1. ‘Our children play outside every day ... in the shadow of GPI’s toxic plume’
Angus Andrew and others raised their voices in the meeting hall, signaling to officials that words were not enough.
“Our children play outside everyday at Northglade in the shadow of GPI’s toxic plume,” Andrew told MLive/Kalamazoo Gazette. “What steps will the new Kalamazoo Public Schools superintendent Dr. Darrin Slade take to protect the health of our students and teachers in the face of this abhorrent health violation?”
The state report recommends people stay indoors and avoid outdoor physical activity if they are bothered by the pollution or odor.
The school did not respond to multiple requests for comment from MLive/Kalamazoo Gazette by publication time.
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State health officials have no ability to affect change, Andrew said, and it was pointless to engage with them.
“Instead, our goal is to galvanize all residents of Kalamazoo around this issue in the hope that the sheer amount of voices demanding change makes it happen,” Andrew said.
The night before this meeting was one of the smelliest, he said, and citizens should push for a solution.
2. ‘Why is my asthma back?’
Brook Gieder is the mother of two young children. She spoke to the town hall panel with two state health officials, a state environmental official and a city official. Gieder said she suffers from asthma she believes is linked to smog when she lived in Los Angeles.
Since she moved back to Kalamazoo three years ago, her asthma worsened, she said.
“Since we’ve moved here, we’ve smelled it across the board,” Gieder said.
Now, they are keeping a log of when they smell the odor at their home, about 2 miles from the factory.
“Before the study came out, I was like why is my asthma back?” Gieder said. She believes it’s due to the pollution. MDHHS confirmed gas levels seen in Kalamazoo can make existing asthma cases worsen.
3. ‘Y’all let these people come into our neighborhood and destroy it’
Some parents shouted their concerns as government officials gave long, technical answers, seemingly causing resident frustration.
Margaret Perkins shouted, “Y’all let these people come into our neighborhood and destroy it.”
Perkins shared her health concerns with MLive/Kalamazoo Gazette in August 2022. She lives one street over from Graphic Packaging.
She has been waiting for years for something to be done, she said. State health officials offered explanations and fliers about hydrogen sulfide to help keep people informed.
MDHHS advised people to stay inside to avoid hazards, but officials said they’re working together on a long-term solution to reduce gas concentrations.
4. ‘Runny noses, sneezing, coughing, just a whole litany of these type of issues’
Adam Frazier is a parent of two boys who attend Northglade Montessori Magnet elementary school, one of the schools near the pollution.
“Prior to the issuance of this report, I did not know about this,” Frazier said. “Our children would come home every day, runny noses, sneezing, coughing, just a whole litany of these type of issues.”
They are health conscious, he said, and they could not figure out why the boys weren’t responding to things to make them improve.
“Our boys were not responding,” Frazier said. “And then this report comes out.”
It answered some of their questions, he said. Now, members of Northglade elementary have formed a group called Kalamazoo Parents for Clean Air and they are asking for protections for children.
“I want to remind us all, we live in a representative democracy,” Frazier said.
More than 150 people gathered at the Mt. Zion Baptist Church gymnasium. Applause erupted after Frazier pointed to the seated crowd and said they have the power. We have to do something about it, he said.
“We exercise our power with our vote. We exercise our power with our dollar,” Frazier said.
5. ‘Our babies are getting sick’
Residents were emotional at times while asking for action.
Nadine Whitfield said, “Are you really listening to the people who are here tonight telling you what’s happening in the community?”
“We can’t pinpoint it, but the community is getting sick,” Whitfield said. “Our babies are getting sick. Are you really listening?”
Another parent questioned how early the city knew about these hazards. Another asked if this will affect pregnant women and newborns.
No answer was given Thursday. Several city commissioners and the mayor attended along with county commissioners and county officials.
Marcus Wasilevich, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Environmental Health Section Manager for the toxicology and assessment section, said scientific health levels are calculated with child body mass taken into account when the guidelines are calculated. That means the 1.4 parts per billion level used in the report is meant to be protective of all groups, including children, he said.
The gas levels regularly exceed 1.4 parts per billion, he said, representing a health hazard.
Mayor David Anderson, who has lived north of downtown for years and raised daughters there, briefly responded to a question, though he was not on the panel. Anderson lives in the Stuart neighborhood.
“We’ve been working on this for five years now,” Anderson told MLive/Kalamazoo Gazette. “We’ve been making investments, and that’s not going to stop.”
The city expects Graphic Packaging will do the same thing, he said.
Tom Olstad, mill manager at Graphic Packaging in Kalamazoo, refused to answer questions Thursday. He referred people to the company website “kalamazoorecycles.com.”
That displeased residents.
“Are you greenwashing with that name?” Angus Andrew shouted from the crowd. Greenwashing is when a company using a misleading or deceptive message to present an environmentally responsible public image.
“How brazen and unsympathetic can you be,” Andrew said, “that when hazardous health findings from the state are reported about your company’s pollution, you choose to continue on, business as usual, poisoning everyone around you?
“It’s up to us as citizens to demand change. These representatives made it clear by their inaction at the meeting -- they either don’t care or have ulterior financial motives not to demand GPI be shut down,” Andrew said.
Residents can report odors to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy at 269-312-2535. Residents can call MDHHS Environmental Health Hotline at 800-648-6942 related to health questions.
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Steelers acquire cornerback William Jackson III from Commanders
Steelers acquire cornerback William Jackson III from Commanders
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Steelers acquire cornerback William Jackson III from Commanders
The Pittsburgh Steelers are hoping to boost their defense, adding cornerback William Jackson III from the Washington Commanders. The Commanders traded Jackson and a conditional seventh-round draft pick in 2025 to the Steelers on Tuesday in exchange for a 2025 conditional sixth-round pick.The addition of Jackson comes as the Steelers traded away wide receiver Chase Claypool to the Chicago Bears.Both moves came ahead of the NFL’s 4 p.m. trade deadline. Jackson, 30, was a first-round pick by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 2016 draft. He signed a three-year deal with Washington in March 2021.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers are hoping to boost their defense, adding cornerback William Jackson III from the Washington Commanders.
The Commanders traded Jackson and a conditional seventh-round draft pick in 2025 to the Steelers on Tuesday in exchange for a 2025 conditional sixth-round pick.
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The addition of Jackson comes as the Steelers traded away wide receiver Chase Claypool to the Chicago Bears.
Both moves came ahead of the NFL’s 4 p.m. trade deadline.
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(CNN) — Jurors are due to begin a third day of deliberations Wednesday to mull a verdict in the trial of the former school resource officer who stayed outside during the 2018 massacre at a Parkland, Florida, high school in a rare trial focused on law enforcement response to a mass shooting.
State prosecutors accuse Scot Peterson, 60, of ignoring his training and doing nothing as 17 people, including 14 students, were gunned down at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School – the deadliest high school shooting in US history. His attorney argued the then-deputy for the Broward Sheriff’s Office didn’t enter the building because he couldn’t tell where the shots were coming from.
Peterson has pleaded not guilty to 11 counts, including seven felony counts of child neglect and three misdemeanor counts of culpable negligence. He also faces a misdemeanor count of perjury for allegedly lying to investigators about the number of gunshots he heard after arriving at the scene.
Jurors are deliberating as Americans continue to grapple with mass and school shootings, with about 200 attacks on K-12 campuses since the Valentine’s Day carnage at the Parkland school, according to a CNN tally. Some 332 shootings with at least four wounded, not including a shooter, have been recorded so far this year, the Gun Violence Archive reports.
The Parkland shooter is serving life in prison without parole after pleading guilty to 17 counts each of murder and attempted murder.
Origin of gunshots among trial issues
Peterson is accused of failing to confront the gunman according to his active shooter training, instead taking cover for more than 45 minutes outside the school’s three-story 1200 building before the gunman was apprehended.
Peterson “left behind an unrestricted killer to spend the next 4 minutes and 15 seconds wandering the halls at his leisure,” Assistant State Attorney Kristen Gomes said. “Because when Scot Peterson ran, he left children trapped inside of the building with a predator unchecked.”
The charges against Peterson reflect the deaths and injuries of seven students and three school employees on the third floor of the 1200 building. Peterson was not charged in connection with the victims on the first floor because he had not yet arrived on scene. No one was killed on the second floor.
Peterson, who retired as criticism of his alleged failure grew, never knew where the shooter was, defense attorney Mark Eiglarsh told jurors, pointing to other witnesses who testified they could not narrow down where the deadly shots originated. The trial included testimony from former students, staff and members of law enforcement who supported the ex-deputy’s claim it was difficult to hear where the gunfire was coming from.
“Two dozen witnesses came in here one by one and told you they couldn’t tell from the sounds precisely what area we’re talking about,” Eiglarsh said in his closing argument Monday. And even if Peterson had known where the shooter was, speculation he could have made a difference is false, Eiglarsh argued.
Jurors also heard from witnesses who testified they knew the shots were emanating from the 1200 building, as well as law enforcement officers who testified their training dictated they move toward the sound of gunfire to confront a possible shooter.
Eiglarsh has emphasized Peterson was at the scene for the last 4 minutes and 15 seconds of the shooting, which lasted about 6 1/2 minutes. Peterson also arrived at the scene without a bulletproof vest or rifle and called for measures to lock down the school, the attorney told jurors.
“To sit in the calmness of a courtroom that is chill and mellow and try to go back and Monday morning quarterback is unfair and unjust,” he said.
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Sylvester Stallone and Jennifer Flavin are calling it quits after 25 years of marriage.
ET can confirm that Flavin filed for divorce last Friday in Florida. According to the filing, she wants to remain living in the couple's home in Palm Beach, Florida, amid the divorce proceedings. She also believes her husband is hiding marital assets.
"Upon information and belief, the Husband has engaged in the intentional dissipation, depletion and/or waste of marital assets which has had an adverse economic impact on the marital estate. Pursuant to Section 61.075, Florida Statues, equity dictates that the Wife be compensated and made whole by receiving an unequal distribution of the marital assets in her favor. Moreover, the Husband should be enjoined from, selling, transferring, assigning, encumbering, or dissipating any assets during the pendency of proceedings," read the divorce docs.
Additionally, Flavin wants to keep her last name and has asked that Stallone not be permitted to move anything from their marital assets.
Stallone reacted to the split via his rep, telling ET, "I love my family. We are amicably and privately addressing these personal issues."
ET has also reached out to Flavin for comment.
While Closer was first to break the news, the couple's split comes after earlier this week, it was reported that the 76-year-old actor covered up a portrait of his wife, located on his bicep, with new ink. The cover-up was revealed in since-deleted pictures that were posted by artist Zach Perez. Flavin's face was replaced by a photo of Sly’s iconic character, Rocky’s, bull mastiff Butkus.
While the cover-up led fans to believe that there was trouble in paradise for the longtime lovers, Stallone's rep told the Daily Mail at the time that there was no cause for alarm.
"Mr. Stallone intended to refresh the tattoo image of his wife Jennifer however the results were unsatisfactory and, unfortunately, unfixable," the rep said in a statement. "As a result, he had to cover the original image with a tattoo of his dog from Rocky, Butkus. Mr. Stallone loves his family. The Stallones are presently filming a reality show together which will debut on Paramount+."
But the ink wasn't the only cause for concern. Eagle-eyed fans also noticed that Flavin, who shares three daughters, Sophia, 25, Sistine, 24 and Scarlet, 20 with Stallone, appears to have unfollowed her husband on Instagram.
In a recent post by Flavin, she seemingly shaded Stallone after sharing a picture of her and their three girls, with the caption, "These girls are my priority ❤️ nothing else matters. The 4 of us forever. #truth #family #forever."
“You are our rock, cheerleader, and most incredible mom. We are so lucky to have you❤️ love you so much,” Sophia wrote in the comments.
“Strongest woman I know❤️,” Sistine wrote.
Scarlet commented on her mother’s post with a simple heart emoji.
Stallone and Flavin tied the knot in 1997, and in May, the pair celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary. "Happy 25th anniversary to my amazing wife," Stallone gushed alongside a series of images of him and Flavin. "There is not enough words to describe what this incredibly selfless dedicated , patient, woman has meant to our lives and I only wish they could be another 25! Thank you sweetheart!"
Flavin took to the comments to react to the actor's message. "Thank you my love! I love you so much and we will be spending the next 25+ years together! Keep me laughing and I’m yours for the rest of my life!,” she wrote.
In 2017, Stallone praised Flavin for how their three daughters turned out. "I'm stunned that life has moved by so quickly, and my daughters turned out so wonderfully," he shared. "I have to give Jennifer all the credit."
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- Ms. Bühler joins Valour's asset management team, focused on building upon product capacity in relation to exchange-traded products (ETPs)
TORONTO, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Valour Inc. (the "Company" or "Valour") (NEO: DEFI) (GR: RMJR) (OTCQB: DEFTF), a technology company bridging the gap between traditional capital markets and decentralized finance, announced today that it has appointed Elaine Bühler to the role of Product Manager. With her extensive experience in product and portfolio management with a diverse financial background, including private equity and derivatives, she will be responsible for enhancing Valour's ETP initiatives globally.
Ms. Bühler, previously a product manager for Amun/21Shares, was responsible in orchestrating its crypto ETP launches into the Swiss and European markets. This has imparted her with specialized industry knowledge that intersects both traditional finance and technology.
"The team at Valour is very excited to begin work with Elaine as she will help position the Company to thoughtfully grow its involvement in the digital asset space, particularly as we look to expand our lineup of products as well as its offering of physically-backed cryptocurrency ETPs in Europe," said Russell Starr, CEO of Valour.
Ms. Bühler's hiring marks the third accession to the Company's asset management team within just a few weeks with the recently announced addition of Chief Sales Officer, Marco Infuso and General Counsel Peter Märkl.
Valour offers fully hedged digital asset ETPs with low to zero management fees, with product listings across four European exchanges. Valour's existing product range includes Valour Uniswap (UNI), Cardano (ADA), Polkadot (DOT), Solana (SOL), Avalanche (AVAX), Cosmos (ATOM) and Enjin (ENJ) ETPs, as well as Valour's flagship Bitcoin Zero and Valour Ethereum Zero products, the first fully hedged, passive investment products with Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) as underlyings which are completely fee-free, with competitors charging up to 2.5% in management fees.
Learn more about Valour at https://valour.com/
Valour Inc. is a technology company bridging the gap between traditional capital markets and decentralized finance. Our mission is to expand investor access to industry-leading decentralized technologies which we believe lie at the heart of the future of finance. On behalf of our shareholders and investors, we identify opportunities and areas of innovation and build and invest in new technologies and ventures in order to provide trusted, diversified exposure across the decentralized finance ecosystem. For more information or to subscribe to receive company updates and financial information, visit https://valour.com.
This press release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking information includes, but is not limited to the regulatory environment with respect to the growth and adoption of decentralized finance; the pursuit by Valour and its subsidiaries of business opportunities; and the merits or potential returns of any such opportunities. Forward-looking information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of the Company, as the case may be, to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but is not limited the acceptance of Valour ETPs by exchanges; growth and development of DeFi and cryptocurrency sector; rules and regulations with respect to DeFi and cryptocurrency; general business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking information, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.
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SAN DIEGO, Jan. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Blacksmith Medicines, Inc. (Blacksmith), and Forge Therapeutics (Forge), announce today that the companies have signed a definitive merger agreement to leverage their combined chemistry platforms, creating a leading biopharma dedicated to discovering and developing medicines targeting a large class of proteins called metalloenzymes, with initial focus on oncology and infection.
"We are excited to unveil the merger of Blacksmith and Forge, which we believe will be transformational for both companies. Prospects are very bright for the new Blacksmith, as we are now able to expand our metalloenzyme platform, advance our internal and partnered programs, and create increased value for our shareholders by discovering first-in-class and best-in-class medicines," said Zachary Zimmerman, Ph.D., CEO and co-founder of Blacksmith. "Our target strategy is to focus on metalloenzymes of significant unmet need and high pharma interest, targets with validated biology that have been challenging to drug due to chemistry limitations that we can solve with our platform."
The Blacksmith platform has been validated through multiple pharmaceutical partnerships, including deals with Roche, Eli Lilly, and Basilea, which have the potential to earn over $800M in milestone payments plus royalties. Furthermore, the company currently has earned non-dilutive federal awards of up to $25.3M to fully fund its infectious disease programs to the end of Phase 1. Blacksmith also has emerging precision oncology programs focused on novel synthetic lethality targets involved in the DNA Damage Response. Blacksmith investors include Evotec A.G., MagnaSci Ventures, MP Healthcare Partners, Alexandria Venture Investments, and Eli Lilly.
Metalloenzymes utilize a metal ion cofactor in the enzyme active site to perform essential biological functions. This diverse class of targets has historically been difficult to drug due to small molecule chemistry limitations that have plagued the industry. The Blacksmith metalloenzyme platform has solved this problem by leveraging the following:
- A large proprietary fragment library of metal-binding pharmacophores (MBPs);
- A comprehensive database containing a full characterization of the metalloenzyme genome including functions, metal cofactors, and associations to disease;
- A first-of-its-kind metallo-CRISPR library of custom single guide RNAs;
- An industry-leading metalloenzyme computational toolkit for docking, modeling and structure-based drug design; and
- A robust and blocking intellectual property estate covering bioinorganic, medicinal, and computational chemistry approaches for metalloenzyme-targeted medicines.
At Blacksmith Medicines, we are developing medicines targeting metal-dependent enzymes. Over 30% of known enzymes are metalloenzymes, covering all major enzyme classes: oxidoreductases, transferases, hydrolases, lyases, isomerases, and ligases. Metal ions, including magnesium, zinc, iron, manganese and copper, are the essential ingredient in these metalloenzymes. We recognized a large unmet need for new chemical matter and innovative approaches to drug this important class of enzymes. Our purpose-built platform for metalloenzyme-targeted medicines combines, for the first time in industry, a focused library of metal-binding pharmacophores with proprietary computational modeling approaches to rapidly and rationally design small molecule inhibitors that interact with key metal ions in the enzyme's active site. Our comprehensive knowledge of the metal environment and key active site interactions enables Blacksmith to rapidly build potent and selective inhibitors in a stepwise and predictable manner.
For further information, please visit the company's website at www.BlacksmithMedicines.com and follow us on LinkedIn.
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States aim to boost school safety after Tennessee shooting
By CLAIRE RUSH
Associated Press/Report for America
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — In the wake of a deadly elementary school shooting in Tennessee earlier this week, state lawmakers across the country are moving forward with school safety measures. They range from requiring schools to have panic alert systems to emergency communications systems. The Oregon House, for example, has unanimously passed a bill that would require schools to send electronic notifications to parents as soon as possible after a safety threat. The Missouri House meanwhile has approved $50 million for school safety grants in next year’s budget. Many of the measures have bipartisan support. Lawmakers see them as a way to boost school security while avoiding the hot-button issue of gun control. | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/04/02/states-aim-to-boost-school-safety-after-tennessee-shooting/ | 2023-04-02 13:30:56 | 1 | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/04/02/states-aim-to-boost-school-safety-after-tennessee-shooting/ |
Freedom 4 Miler run in Tampa raises money for Gold Star Families
TAMPA, Fla. - An organization that helps families of fallen soldiers is holding a race that benefits Gold Star Families in Tampa.
Retired Army Veteran Steve Seamen runs for more than just exercise.
"When I'm running I'm going to be thinking about all the fallen troops," he said.
Retired Army Veteran Steve Seamen says he'll be thinking about fallen soldiers and their families.
Steve is taking part in the first ever Freedom 4 Miler run in Tampa. The race was started by the non-profit "Believe With Me" in 2015 in Tequesta, Florida. They offer support to Gold Star Families.
"The ones that have lost. People have served and sacrificed just as much as our troops," said Seamen. "And I think it's important to remember them as well."
READ: One veteran helps another in need through the NeighborHOPE Project
The special run is a tribute to fallen soldiers and their families and racers get to learn about the soldiers they run for.
Over 2,500 families will be served thanks to the run. Courtesy: Believe With Me
"This is a type of race that not only do not have to bring headphones, but when you cross that finish line, you will learn about all four fallen soldiers, and you will be so proud to run for a fallen yourself," Whitney Boland, Representative Freedom 4 Miler Tampa said.
Each mile is named after a fallen hero. There are signs, food, and music along the way.
Freedom 4 Miler was started in Tequesta, Florida.
"Our ghost runners are four soldiers that are either active right now and or retired that are running for their fallen military members," said Boland. "It is extremely emotional. It is completely bringing awareness to what these Gold Star families go through."
The money raised from the event will be used to buy Christmas presents for Gold Star Children.
READ: Local restaurant helping to make veterans dream come true
"We hope to serve over 2,500 Gold Star families and give them gifts during Christmastime this year," Boland said.
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The following marriage license applications were recorded in the Benton County Clerk's Office March 30-April 5.
March 30
Derek Michael Brinker, 32, and Jorja Monteen Johnston, 29, both of Fayetteville
Robert Keith Fish, 59, and Tina Michelle Crose, 48, both of Siloam Springs
Kevin Darrell Smith, 61, and Leanne Beth VanDeKieft, 53, both of Wyandotte, Okla.
Kevin Thomas Tracy, 53, and Michele Leah Fagan, 54, both of Gentry
March 31
Nicholas Joseph Benedict, 27, and Veronica Mia Castaneda, 26, both of Conway
Jamison Louis Brewer, 28, and Kelsey Angelina Richardson, 23, both of Rogers
Yunkai Chen, 26, and Zijun Chen, 26, both of Rogers
Kyle Sterling Davis, 37, and Jenna Catherine Rice, 30, both of Bentonville
Ricky Lee Dover, 50, and Laken Danielle Reynolds, 36, both of Rogers
Michael Edward Gilley, 66, and Donna Gail Qualls, 64, both of Duncan, Okla.
Antonio Gonzalez, 52, and Marisela Gonzalez Torres, 36, both of Bentonville
Waston Tiaon Kanono, 47, and Tereaua Maraiti, 41, both of Decatur
Tomas Aurelio Mejia Marquez, 55, and Blanca Elizabeth Zavala, 58, both of Broken Arrow, Okla.
Prabhat Mishra, 37, Carlisle, and Jennifer Lee Armstrong, 40, Little Rock
Charles Kinsey Moline, 45, and Julie Rebecca Svetz Hutsell, 44, both of Bentonville
Ezequiel Perea, 29, and Yessenia Reyes, 22, both of Rogers
Tyler Joseph Tush, 26, Denton, Texas, and Tara Michelle Warden, 21, Olathe, Kan.
April 3
James Michael Allen, 38, and Heather Michelle Robinson, 31, both of Gateway
Jose Luis Andrade Lazaro, 38, and August Jeanae Shifa Ghunaim, 33, both of Broken Arrow, Okla.
Ross Burnett Brockett, 49, and Luz Meliza Lemus, 30, both of Gentry
Mitchell Stephen Butler, 25, and Taylor Nichole Reese, 24, both of Rogers
Christopher Scott Hardgrove, 47, and Alejandra Maria Montoya Velasquez, 35, both of Bella Vista
Anthony Tyler Martin, 26, and Ashley Dawn Holcomb, 25, both of Bentonville
Adilio Alexander Menendez, 43, and Francisca Hernandez, 48, both of Rogers
Zachary Hunter Russell, 29, and Riky Alexander Vasquez, 24, both of Rogers
Galen Lee Thiele, 65, and Terese Spears Hennessy, 61, both of Bella Vista
April 4
Dale Eric Allen, 71, and Chantal Hilary Jeanne Spurdon, 65, both of Bella Vista
Matthew Joseph Amato, 46, and Akacia Almyra Davison, 30, both of Bentonville
Francis Anthony Cherico, 57, and Ana L Mizelle, 55, both of Rogers
Aaron Joseph Evenson, 53, and Shonna Renee Cravens, 52, both of Rogers
Robert Wayne Harris, 40, and Teya Irene Racine, 34, both of Rogers
Fionan Kieran Shanahan, 41, Bentonville, and Emma Elizabeth Jane McDermid, Helensburgh
April 5
Peyton Christopher Harris, 24, and McKaylee Destiny Campbell, 23, both of Bentonville
Jason Eric Jones, 47, and Shealtiel Blu Kuykendall, 37, both of Rogers
Ike Kipsang Kibet, 24, Shawnee Mission, Kan., and Christine Wanjira Gitumbi, 25, Bentonville
Brooks Helbig Montgomery Jr, 44, and Laura Dee Hatfield, 38, both of Centerton
Dalton Wayne Priest, 24, Springdale, and LynnDee Grace Summers, 32, Fayetteville
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Updated January 31, 2023 at 12:13 PM ET
A major winter storm battering the Southern U.S. has created dangerous travel conditions and disrupted thousands of flights. At least one person died in a car accident in Texas, authorities said.
The ice storm stretching from Texas to Tennessee will continue through at least Thursday morning, with expected ice accumulation affecting travel and possibly spurring scattered power outages, the National Weather Service reported.
Early Tuesday, sleet and freezing rain were falling across north and central Texas, with the NWS predicting that road conditions would become even more "treacherous" as the day wore on.
With icy and snowy conditions on roads across the state Tuesday morning, a number of accidents have already been reported. The Austin Fire Department said it was seeing a spike in multiple-car pile-ups causing significant injuries and that at least one person had died in a collision.
On Monday, Gov. Greg Abbott said he was mobilizing the resources of multiple state agencies to prepare for the storm.
"As we mobilize the resources Texans need to stay safe, I encourage everyone to remain weather-aware, check DriveTexas.org before traveling, and heed the guidance from local officials," Abbott said in a statement.
More than 1,300 U.S. flights were canceled Tuesday morning, and over 1,900 were delayed as of 11:30 a.m. ET, according to the flight tracker FlightAware. Most of the flight disruptions were at airports in Texas: Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport and Dallas Love Field Airport.
Sleet, freezing rain and ice had also moved north into southern Oklahoma and parts of Arkansas, where hazardous road conditions were making driving dangerous and at least one accident was reported. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said she activated winter weather support teams from the Arkansas National Guard.
Additionally, many schools and colleges in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas were planning to shut down or switch to online learning Tuesday, the Associated Press reported.
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LONDON, Oct. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Buildots, which uses artificial intelligence and computer vision to dramatically improve efficiency in the multi-trillion dollar construction industry, has been named "Construction Software of the Year" at the prestigious London Construction Awards.
By collecting data with hardhat-mounted 360° cameras and processing the data with AI, Buildots enables construction teams to make informed decisions based on accurate information, significantly improving resource efficiency, reducing costly errors and saving time. The technology is currently in use across the UK, Europe, the United States, the Middle East and Asia.
In declaring Buildots "Construction Software of the Year", the judges' panel, comprised of industry experts from leading construction firms and contractor associations, noted the "high standards Buildots have in regard to industry practices and technologies".
The award was announced as part of London Build, the UK's leading construction and design show.
Buildots has been named one of LinkedIn's Top 15 Israeli Startups for 2021 and 2022, and was previously deemed the "One to Watch Company" at the Construction Computing Awards. The company recently completed a $60 million Series C funding round, reaching $106 million in total funding.
"In continually striving to enable better building, we're honored to receive this recognition as we lead the way in using technology to finally bring greater efficiency and transparency to the global construction industry," says Roy Danon, Buildots CEO and co-founder.
About Buildots
Buildots is a Tel Aviv and London-based technology provider leveraging the power of AI and computer vision to modernize the construction industry. Buildots uses hardhat-mounted cameras to capture imaging of every detail of an ongoing project. The data is then analyzed using AI models to transform random visual data into highly accurate, actionable insights that are correlated with the project's designs and schedule. The platform is helping transform construction management, enhance resource efficiency, save management time, and avoid costly errors on construction projects worldwide.
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ATLANTA, Oct. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Eagle Merchant Partners has invested in Eskola Roofing & Waterproofing, a commercial roofing contractor with locations in Tennessee and Kentucky.
Founded in 1972 by their father and operated by brothers Jon Eskola and Ben Eskola, Eskola is a leading provider of commercial roofing and waterproofing services with a diversified customer base centered on education, infrastructure and healthcare. Jon Eskola and Ben Eskola will remain in their leadership positions, carrying on the company's rich history while overseeing the continued growth throughout the Southeast.
"Eagle has been researching the roofing industry for several years and looking for the right opportunity," said Brady Sumner, Vice President of Eagle. "We were attracted to Eskola for its strong customer relationships, exceptional growth record and commitment to safety. As we spent additional time with the leadership, we knew this was the team Eagle wanted to partner with to help expand its services throughout Southeast U.S."
"It is humbling to partner with such a trusted and valued partner as Eagle Merchant Partners," said Jon Eskola. "We are excited about the knowledge and expertise Eagle brings to the Eskola team. We look forward to working together to navigate the next steps of executing our growth strategy. Eagle aligns well with our culture and the values that have defined us for several generations. We feel blessed to have them partnering with us."
Ben Eskola added, "Over the previous several months, we have been searching for a partner who will assist us in our growth strategy while staying true to our core values: Safety, Quality and Customer Service. With the Eagle Merchant Partners team and their track record, I believe we will be successful in this endeavor."
As a part of this partnership, Carl Franseen has been named Chief Financial Officer.
"I am honored to team up with my long-time friends at Eskola and excited for the future growth opportunity facilitated by the partnership with Eagle," said Franseen.
Eagle Merchant Partners is an Atlanta-based private equity firm focused on investments in founder-owned companies with unique growth opportunities. The partnership is one of the region's most experienced private equity investors. Eagle Merchant Partners is currently investing out of Fund I. For more information, visit eaglemerchantpartners.com.
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San Angelo man arrested after child, 13, reports sexual abuse
SAN ANGELO — After a child reported a year of sexual abuse, a San Angelo man has been arrested, according to court documents released Monday.
On April 25, 2022, police learned a child, 13, made an outcry of sexual abuse. The child told investigators at one point the man had taken them from a location in Carlsbad and started sexually assaulting them, according to court documents.
In this instance, the man also told the child to keep it a secret and became angry when they tried to make him stop, records state.
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In an interview with the Children's Advocacy Center of Greater West Texas, the child stated the assaults started in March 2021 and continued until April 2022. The child said there were at least seven incidents of sexual abuse.
John Emerson Custer, 45, was arrested Friday on suspicion of continuous sex abuse of a child younger than 14 years old. He remained in Tom Green County Detention Center in lieu of a $500,000 bond as of 10:30 a.m. Monday, according to online jail records.
NOTE: The San Angelo Standard-Times uses the singular they/them when reporting child-related crimes to further protect the child's identity.
Alana Edgin is a journalist covering Crime and Courts in West Texas. Send her a news tip at aedgin@gannett.com. | https://www.gosanangelo.com/story/news/crime/2022/05/02/san-angelo-man-arrested-child-reports-sexual-abuse/9615842002/ | 2022-05-02 20:29:45 | 0 | https://www.gosanangelo.com/story/news/crime/2022/05/02/san-angelo-man-arrested-child-reports-sexual-abuse/9615842002/ |
81-year-old Florida man shot after firing at officers in Clermont, police say
CLERMONT, Fla. - An 81-year-old Florida man was shot after police say he began shooting at firefighters and officers who came to his Clermont home on Friday night.
The Clermont Fire Department and EMS were called to the home on W. Hwy 50 around 8 p.m. by the man's wife. They say when they arrived, the man began shooting at them. They immediately left the area for safety and no one was injured.
When Clermont police arrived to assist with the situation, they say the man began shooting at them too. An officer returned gunfire, hitting the man. Police immediately began giving medical attention to the alleged gunman. He was taken to a local trauma center and is reportedly in stable condition.
No officers were injured during the incident.
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The Clermont Police Department is cooperating with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement who will conduct an investigation. The officer who fired his gun was placed on administrative leave with pay pending the outcome of the investigation.
Clermont Police Chief Charles Broadway says he is thankful that all of the first responders involved are safe and they were able to return home to their families at the end of their shift. | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/81-year-old-florida-man-shot-after-firing-at-officers-in-clermont-police-say | 2022-08-06 14:32:40 | 1 | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/81-year-old-florida-man-shot-after-firing-at-officers-in-clermont-police-say |
There were two kinds of forges that blacksmith Joshua Meyer expected to encounter when he agreed to compete before millions of viewers on the TV series “Forged in Fire.”
The first forge was the type you would expect from a History Channel series that calls blacksmiths to recreate iconic blade weapons from different times and cultures: a blacksmithing forge.
Meyer's familiar with this first kind of forge. The one he has in his home studio is about the size of a large toaster oven. It roars when ignited, throat full of burning propane torched in three separate streams from a 100-pound tank. It glows with a power that scorns its small size.
At full strength, this little blacksmithing forge is roughly one fourth as hot as our sun. It can easily transform almost every earthly metal.
But the second kind of forge was one Meyer expected and hoped would test his personal mettle.
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“It’s not just a bladesmithing show, it's a pressure show,” Meyer of his TV appearance. The combination of cameras, clocks and competition engulfed Meyer and forced him to transform all he had learned about the process of blacksmithing.
“You’ve got to do things quick and fast,” he said. “You've got to cut processes out, you’ve got to make decisions.”
So great was the heat and pressure of this second kind of forge, that when Meyer emerged from beneath it, he exhaled a surge of emotion.
“When I was done with the show, I remember getting in the shower,” Meyer recalled. “I just started crying. It wasn't a cry of sadness, it was exhaustion. I was proud of myself; I did it. I didn't know what the results were going to be, but I did my best and I made good decisions.”
He added: “It was really good for me because I wanted to be pushed. It was everything I asked for.”
Meyer came to blacksmithing obliquely around seven years ago. He had always considered himself an artist, or at least someone who enjoyed working with his hands, but his blacksmithing skill metamorphosed out of a simple desire to grow closer to a brother that had already adopted the trade.
“We never had a falling out,” Meyer said of his brother, but the two lived in different states and drifted in the innocent way close people sometimes do.
“Blacksmithing was something that brought us back together,” he said.
Now, Meyer blacksmiths full time. He offers a range of artistic services and products out of a studio on Flagstaff’s east side. It’s an attractive space with a patio enclosed by blue shipping containers, strawberry bushes in the front and an array of exotic blades in the back.
“I never would have expected that I would have enjoyed making blades as much as I do,” Meyer said. At first, he thought they were too straightforward — artistically limiting and “utilitarian.”
The more he explored the craft, the more that opinion changed.
“There's no limit to what I can do,” Meyer said. “I can get as creative as you want."
Since he has been a blacksmith, opportunities to test limits — like competing on “Forged in Fire” — are something Meyer has looked for in his art. Most frequently, he tests the limits of his materials by subjecting them to cycles of tempering and quenching that invoke what Meyer calls “the alchemy of the steel” and bring forth different properties of strength and pliability.
“Especially on the show,” Meyer said. “You had to know the alchemy of the steel.”
Other times, Meyer looks to test the limits of his creativity by re-imaging form and function. He enjoys making knives out of railroad ties and turning scrap metal into furniture (which can be found at Flagstaff’s Dark Sky Brewing). He’s ruminating on an art project for which he would forge a “really beautiful sword,” tie it into a knot and hang it on a wall.
“Not because I’m anti-sword,” Meyer explained. He just wants to see how such a thing would appear in reality. He’s looking for new faces in familiar objects.
“I'm the kid that used to lay on the grass and look at the clouds and go, ‘It's a bird!’” he said.
The final way that Meyers likes to test limits is by eschewing convenience. He has a high-powered hydraulic press that can flatten hot steel in an instant, but he prefers his anvils and hammers.
They’re harder to use and more time consuming, but Meyer said hammers are to a blacksmith as brushes are to a painter, convenient or not.
According to his website bio, Meyer’s relationship with convenience was influenced by his birth and upbringing on the South Pacific island of Papua New Guinea. There he participated in a place and culture “away from the distractions of the Western world.” His childhood included “countless hours outdoors” amid the people and jungles of his island home.
“I learned about life through the eyes and wisdom of this ancient land,” Meyer wrote in his bio.
When Meyer’s family moved “back” to the United States — from which his parents originated — he found life to be “intriguing and more convenient.”
“But it was harder to remain grounded,” he wrote.
Blacksmithing -- and being creative in general -- is one way Meyer has sought to ground himself.
“It’s not just the end result,” he said. “It’s the process.”
That’s not say that end results don't count for anything. When Meyer regards his finished creations -- whether they be blade or sculpture or coat hook -- he feels an encouragement, a remembrance.
“It makes you remember that you're enough,” he said.
As a teacher, it’s this feeling of remembrance that Meyer’s tries to recreate for his students.
“A lot of us just forget that we can make stuff and think, ‘I'm not artistic,’” Meyer said, dismissing the sentiment. “Everybody’s artistic.”
Whether his students enter the studio as accomplished craftspeople or complete novices, Meyer said, he loves to give people the opportunity to push themselves and try to provide the same opportunities he desires for himself.
He takes joy in being there to help guide people in the navigation of their own creative limits.
“And after a couple of hours, when they finish and they're saying, ‘I made this,’ it's like they walked out of here with some pride,” Meyer said. “Some sense of ‘I can do anything if I did that.’”
In this way, Meyer tries to bring the two forges of metal and mettle together into his everyday blacksmithing practice. The high stress of a timed, competitive TV show environment is only one way to apply pressure onto oneself -- such a test can also be engendered in a stretch of creative imagination or in the pursuit of new skills.
Whatever the test, Meyer said the rewards of applying heat to one’s personal mettle can be symbolized by a step crucial to all blacksmithing: the refreshing moment of rumbling steam that follows when a piece of hot steel is “quenched” in water.
“["Forged in Fire"] quenched my soul,” Meyer said. “It satisfied.”
Meyer appears on Season 9, Episode 23 of “Forged in Fire,” available for streaming on Netflix, The History Channel, and Hulu Plus. The episode will also air live on the History Channel the evening of Wednesday, Oct. 12 — exact time depends on cable provider.
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Michael Nicklaus Joins Advisory Board
ATLANTA, Jan. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ProGro BIO has announced today that Michael Nicklaus will join the company's Board of Advisors. ProGro BIO's Advisory Board was established to draw industry expertise from agricultural and other related sectors to assist the company in its business development, marketing, product development, and strategic planning efforts.
Mr. Nicklaus brings more than 25 years of established business relationships across a wide range of industries. He has successfully managed or owned multiple business ventures throughout the southeast, including a thriving real estate group of 170+ agents based in North Palm Beach, Florida and Charleston, South Carolina. Mr. Nicklaus has invaluable expertise with premium branding that will assist ProGro in its marketing efforts and will assist with future product expansion.
As an advisor for ProGro, Mr. Nicklaus will provide strategic direction and leverage existing relationships in support of ProGro's marketing efforts. His expertise with turf grass has been cultivated by a lifelong connection with the game of golf and golf course design. Michael graduated from Georgia Tech in 1997 with a Bachelor of Civil Engineering and was also a member of the golf team.
"Michael's passion for organic and sustainable farming and his distinguished career experience across numerous business sectors will benefit ProGro in many ways" said Blake Young, ProGro Chairman & Chief Executive Officer. "We are delighted to welcome Michael to ProGro's Advisory Board and look forward to his contributions".
ProGro BIO produces all-natural organic microbial formulations focused on revolutionizing agribusiness by reversing damage to the environment caused by decades of application of chemical fertilizers and toxic solutions. The company's focus on creating a new standard for sustainable agriculture is underpinned by its mission to develop all natural, organically certifiable microbial solutions. The company launched a highly successful pre-seed funding round in early 2022. Learn more at www.progrobio.com.
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PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered armed members of a group monitoring ballot drop boxes in Arizona to stay at least 250 feet away from the locations following complaints that people wearing masks and carrying guns were intimidating voters.
U.S. District Court Judge Michael Liburdi said members of Clean Elections USA, its leader and anyone working with them are also barred from filming or following anyone within 75 feet (23 meters) of a ballot drop box or the entrance to a building that houses one. They also cannot speak to or yell at individuals within that perimeter unless spoken to first.
The temporary restraining order was requested by the League of Women Voters of Arizona after Clean Elections USA, encouraged people to watch 24-hour ballot boxes in Maricopa County, Arizona’s most populous county.
“It is paramount that we balance the rights of the defendant to engage in their constitutionally protected First Amendment activity with the interest in the plaintiffs and in voters casting a vote free of harassment and intimidation,” Liburdi said.
A second set of defendants in rural Yavapai County — groups known as the Lions of Liberty and the Yavapai County Preparedness team, who are associated with the far-right anti-government group Oath Keepers — were dismissed from the case on Monday after they pledged to stand down their operations.
Local and federal law enforcement have been alarmed by reports of people, some armed, watching 24-hour ballot boxes in the two counties as midterm elections near. Some voters have complained alleging voter intimidation after people watching the boxes took photos and videos, and followed voters.
Sheriff’s deputies have been providing security around the two outdoor drop boxes in Maricopa County after a pair of people carrying guns and wearing bulletproof vests showed up at a box in the Phoenix suburb of Mesa. The county’s other 24-hour outdoor drop box is at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center in downtown Phoenix, which is now surrounded by a chain link fence.
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, a Republican, has called on voters to immediately report any intimidation to police and file a complaint with his office. Arizona’s Secretary of State Katie Hobbs last week said her office received six cases of potential voter intimidation to the state attorney general and the U.S. Department of Justice, as well as a threatening email sent to the state elections director.
The U.S. attorney’s office in Arizona has vowed to prosecute any violations of federal law but said local police were at the “front line in efforts to ensure that all qualified voters are able to exercise their right to vote free of intimidation or other election abuses.”
The temporary order issued by Liburdi on Tuesday will be in effect for two weeks and the cooperation from the monitoring group “shall not be construed as an admission they have engaged in any of these activities,” the judge added.
The 250 foot (76 meter) perimeter around drop boxes also applies to group members wearing body armor.
Other stipulations include the groups post on their websites and social media that it is untrue that dropping off multiple ballots is illegal in all cases. Exceptions are allowed for family members, members of the same household and caregivers.
Alexander Kolodin, the lead attorney for the defendants, said the League of Women Voters of Arizona ultimately failed to completely shut down the monitors’ mission. Still, the groups are not happy about the limits, since he said they could prevent them from discouraging ballot box stuffing.
“They’re worried they can’t record what happens within the 75 feet. They may have missed an opportunity to deter unlawful conduct,” Kolodin said. “Today’s order may make drop box voting a little less secure.”
An Associated Press review this summer found no major fraud from the expanded use of ballot drops boxes in the 2020 election.
The League of Women Voters of Arizona encouraged voters to keep using the drop boxes.
“Today’s U.S. District Court decision is a victory for the voters of Arizona who have the right to cast their ballots free from intimidation, threats, or coercion,” Pinny Sheoran, the group’s president, said in a statement.
This lawsuit was folded into another case before Liburdi.
On Friday, the judge said Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans failed to make its argument against Clean Elections USA. Another defendant, Voto Latino, was also removed from the case.
“Defendants have not made any statements threatening to commit acts of unlawful violence to a particular individual or group of individuals,” the judge wrote.
Liburdi concluded that “while this case certainly presents serious questions, the Court cannot craft an injunction without violating the First Amendment.” The judge is a Trump appointee and a member of the Federalist Society, a conservative legal organization.
The Department of Justice on Monday said it would join the case, saying that the actions raised serious concerns about voter intimidation.
Luke Cilano, a Lions of Liberty board member, said the organization had dropped its “Operation Drop Box” initiative last Wednesday “due to being lumped in with people who don’t adhere to the law and our rules of engagement.”
The Lions of Liberty are not associated with Clean Elections USA, he said. They are connected to the Yavapai County Preparedness Team. But he says the team was not involved in ballot box monitoring.
Similar groups around the United States have embraced a film that has been discredited called “2000 Mules” that claims people were paid to travel among drop boxes and stuff them with fraudulent ballots during the 2020 presidential vote.
There’s no evidence for the notion that a network of Democrat-associated ballot “mules” has conspired to collect and deliver ballots to drop boxes, either in the 2020 presidential vote or in the upcoming midterm elections. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/judge-orders-armed-group-to-stay-away-from-arizona-ballot-drop-boxes/ | 2022-11-02 11:05:07 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/judge-orders-armed-group-to-stay-away-from-arizona-ballot-drop-boxes/ |
MIAMI (AP) — Authorities in Venezuela have brought corruption charges against a businessman who is a fugitive in a separate U.S. money laundering case targeting a top ally of the country's president, Nicolás Maduro.
Alvaro Pulido, wearing an orange jumpsuit and handcuffed, was among a group of seven Venezuelan officials and businessmen escorted by a masked security agent on their way to an initial judicial hearing in Caracas in images shared Friday by Venezuela's government.
The men were taken into custody as part of a sprawling investigation into corruption in the state-run oil company PDVSA focused on the payment of massive bribes in exchange for lucrative contracts to move tankers of Venezuelan crude sanctioned by the U.S.
Pulido stands out among the more than 50 alleged schemers already arrested because of his relationship to Alex Saab.
The two Colombians were long-time business partners who made a fortune selling food and other items to Venezuela's socialist government over the past decade. The two were criminally charged together in 2019 by federal prosecutors in Miami for allegedly siphoning off $350 million from state contracts to build low income housing. Saab was arrested on a U.S. warrant a year later while en route to Iran.
Pulido's arrest in Venezuela, which had been rumored for weeks but not confirmed until now, has no direct relationship to the U.S. criminal case.
But it nonetheless could complicate Saab's argument that he is a Venezuelan diplomat entitled to immunity from prosecution in the U.S., said John Feeley, a former U.S. Ambassador to Panama with decades of experience working in Latin America.
“With Pulido's arrest, Saab's defense begins to crumble,” Feeley said. “He will now have a hard time insisting on diplomatic status when his business partner is facing corruption charges in Caracas.”
It was not immediately possible to locate an attorney for Pulido and attorneys for Saab wouldn't comment.
Corruption has long plagued Venezuela. The OPEC nation was the fourth-most corrupt in the world in the latest rankings by Transparency International.
Opportunities for graft have proliferated as a result of U.S. sanctions, which has scared away more established oil companies and opened the door for murky middlemen who purchase the crude at a steep discount and transport their valuable cargo on so-called ghost tankers that hide their locations from satellite tracking systems.
— Follow Goodman on Twitter: @APJoshGoodman | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/venezuela-arrests-u-s-fugitive-as-part-of-oil-17897516.php | 2023-04-14 15:50:30 | 0 | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/venezuela-arrests-u-s-fugitive-as-part-of-oil-17897516.php |
Heavy fog in New Delhi caused the delay of flights and trains, as the Indian capital experiences hazardous levels of pollution. Cars drove with hazard lights on and schools will remain shut.
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Residents in India's New Delhi woke up to a city covered in dense fog and low visibility on Monday morning.
According to a report by broadcaster NDTV, at least 29 trains and 150 domestic flights were delayed.
The Delhi Airport issued an alert that due to the "dense fog" flight operations may be affected throughout the day.
Visibility was down to 200 meters in the early hours of Monday morning. Vehicles were moving slowly with hazard lights on, reported NDTV.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) tweeted an image showing the visibility data across northern India. It also said that power lines in areas of dense fog could trip and cause electricity outages.
Delhi grapples with fog and cold wave
Over the past week, Delhi and other northern states have been grappling with an acute cold wave and increased fog.
On Sunday, the capital recorded a minimum temperature of 3.8 degrees Celsius (38.8 degrees Fahrenheit), which is the second lowest in the last decade. According to the IMD, the figure is 3 degrees below normal for this time of the year.
Earlier in December it was reported that Delhi was experiencing an unusually warm winter.
The Indian Express reported that maximum temperatures in the second week of December touched 39 degrees Celsius, which is four degrees above normal for that time of the year.
The cold wave has forced authorities to defer school reopenings by a week. Many private schools were set to reopen on Monday.
Winter proves to be dangerous and sometimes even fatal for the homeless people in Delhi.
The Hindu newspaper reported that at least 106 people, mostly homeless persons, died in January alone last year due to cold conditions, according to the non-governmental organization Centre for Holistic Development (CHD).
This year, the Delhi government has formed 15 rescue teams to bring homeless people to night shelters under the Winter Action Plan, reported The Outlook.
According to the census collected in 2011, Delhi has over 46,000 homeless people out of the city's over 15 million population. Civil society groups, however, believe the actual number is much higher — likely between 150,000 to 200,000.
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Pollution causing hazardous conditions
During winter, Delhi is known to suffer from extreme levels of pollution. The fog along with the pollution creates a dangerous cloud of smog, which significantly deteriorates air quality.
Last week, the smog in Delhi caused the cancellation of over 100 flights, while several flights were rerouted, reported The Hindustan Times.
On Friday, NDTV reported that Delhi's Air Quality Index (AQI) had dropped to the "severe" level across much of the area.
The concentration of the fine pollutants spiked to emergency levels over the weekend.
The pollution levels are known to cause health issues, particularly respiratory problems.
The AQI is "nearly 100 times the safe limit set by the World Health Organization. Long term exposure to this micro pollutant can even cause lung cancer," said a report by NDTV.
This report was written in part with material from Reuters news agency.
Edited by: Rebecca Staudenmaier
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A local court in the Netherlands ruled on Wednesday that Dutch forces unlawfully bombed a residential complex in Afghanistan in 2007, and ordered the state to pay financial compensation to the victims.
The District Court of The Hague found the late-night attack on a compound that left some 20 civilians dead violated international humanitarian law. The court sided with four survivors of the attack who brought a civil suit against the Dutch state for compensation.
The defense ministry argued that buildings were being used by Taliban fighters when the military hit the walled compound, known as a “quala,” with munitions fired from attack helicopters and F-16s. The Dutch were part the U.S.-led coalition fighting in Afghanistan at the time.
However, some 12 hours had passed from the last time the Taliban used the location as a firing position when the bombing occurred, and judges concluded that the military did not have enough information to designate the compound as a military target.
An estimated 250 Afghans, including between 50 and 80 civilians, were killed during the three days of fighting which became known as the Battle of Chora. In the days leading up to the battle, Taliban fighters had captured a number of police outposts and were advancing on a Dutch military facility.
The group’s lawyer, Liesbeth Zegveld, called the attack “blind violence” in hearings earlier this year. “The distinction between military and civilian targets is a basic principle of the law of war,” she told Dutch public broadcaster NOS.
A spokesperson for the defense ministry said they would consider the ruling. They have three months to file an appeal. The exact amount of compensation will be determined at a later hearing. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Court-rules-Dutch-state-liable-for-2007-Afghan-17606183.php | 2022-11-23 15:27:47 | 0 | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Court-rules-Dutch-state-liable-for-2007-Afghan-17606183.php |
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One of Jesus’ most memorable stories is found in Luke 12:13-21. It’s about the rich fool. In the theater of your mind, let’s backtrack in time to the year A.D. 31 or 32. We see a wealthy farmer sitting in his study looking at blueprints for bigger barns. On the walls were three plaques – Bethlehem farmer of the year (A.D. 30), all Judea farmer of the year (A.D. 31) and all Israel farmer of the year (A.D. 32). A man like that needs bigger barns.
By the dim light on his desk, he looks over the architect’s drawings of magnificent barns. He would tear down barns that caused envy in his neighbors and build still bigger barns.
We sometimes miss, “The grounds of a certain rich man yielded plentifully.” A farmer depends on crops. Crops depend on seeds, which no person has ever made. The seed must take root in dirt, another thing no person has created. Dirt takes millions of years to form. Ask the farmers living in Oklahoma in the Dust Bowl disaster if a person can make dirt.
The life of every person inhabiting this planet depends on dirt. When the thin topsoil blows away, no farmer can grow anything. Dirt is a gift. Every seed that sprouts depends on dirt or something else growing in dirt.
We use the phrase, “Dirt poor.” We would better say, “Dirt rich.” Only God and millions of years can make dirt. The thin layer of that mysterious stuff cannot be made by humans. Humans might try to make a small amount by taking other elements humans cannot make and combining them. Humans can only combine what is already there. We cannot make the primary.
The rich fool never saw beyond himself. There is no parable which is full of the words I, me, my and mine. He never saw beyond this world. All his plans were made on the basis of life in this world. He forgot that the ground yielded plentifully was a sheer gift from God himself.
He could build barns but he could not make seeds. He could plant seeds but he had to have dirt. Trace any human provision or need to its origin, and it reveals something humans cannot make. To breathe, you need air but you cannot make lungs or air. To satisfy thirst, you need water but you cannot make the water you need.
This is why the bragging of the born-loving rural fool hits a snag. No dirt and there is no harvest. He could not make the most basic stuff he needed to fill bigger barns – dirt. This parable is a warning against covetousness, wanting more and more of what you already have enough of. The first line of defense against covetousness is the understanding that everything that sustains our lives is a gift from God.
God is the giver. When you see all of life as a gift rather than an entitlement, it will change your perspective. You will not obsess over more and more of what you already have enough of.
Epilogue: At about 8 p.m., there was a knock on his door. He looked at his Outlook Express and he had no appointments. A presence haunted the room even though the door never opened. “Ten, nine, eight…” “Take my barns. I don’t really have to have them,” the farmer shouted into the air at the unseen somebody. “I have no need of them,” the spectral figure responded. “I have come for you. Seven, six, five, four….” “Take it all, everything. Leave me alone,” the terrified farmer responded. “Three, two, one….”
They found the majestic barn planner cold and dead over his barn blueprints the next morning. The last thing his silent ears had heard began with the word, “Fool.”
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Argentinian low-cost airline leverages TravelX's NFTicket technology on Algorand blockchain, transforming ticket distribution and creating the largest Utility NFT use case in blockchain, with 60+ airlines exploring adoption.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, March 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A leading Argentinian low-cost airline, Flybondi, has begun distributing its tickets as NFTickets using TravelX's innovative technology, built on Algorand, the world's most secure, reliable, and sustainable blockchain. This move positions the airline as the first to fully utilize NFTicket technology, with over 60 airlines worldwide in conversations with TravelX to explore its adoption, and for the first time in this industry, it creates a secondary market for the airline's ticket inventory.
Mauricio Sana, CEO of Flybondi, said, "Flybondi's Ticket 3.0, powered by TravelX's NFTicket technology, demonstrates our commitment to innovation and providing our customers with the best possible experience. We're excited to be at the forefront of this change in the travel industry."
NFTickets, governed by smart contracts, enable secure, flexible, and efficient ticket distribution, reducing customer service costs and increasing revenue for airlines as they collect a percentage of NFTicket sales on the secondary market.
Staci Warden, CEO of Algorand Foundation, commented, "We are thrilled to see our technology being utilized in such a unique way by TravelX. This likely represents the largest use-case of utility NFTs we've seen and something that could only happen with the reliability and scalability of the Algorand blockchain."
Travelers can now enjoy unparalleled flexibility, convenience, and security with NFTickets, as they truly own and manage their tickets according to their needs. This enables customers to easily trade, transfer to another traveler, or resell their NFTickets with full transparency and confidence.
With ticket-related rules and conditions integrated into the smart contract, NFTickets enable seamless peer-to-peer transactions, unlocking new use cases that enhance the ticketing experience. These include advance ticket buying with reselling opportunities, bulk purchases, and innovative payment methods using NFTickets as collateral, all contributing to a more efficient and personalized experience for customers.
Juan Pablo Laffose, CEO of TravelX, said, "Our partnership with Flybondi and the integration of our NFTicket technology on the Algorand blockchain exemplify the enormous potential for innovation within the travel industry. We're eager to continue driving this transformation alongside the other airlines worldwide we are already working with."
The adoption of NFTicket technology represents a significant milestone for the airline industry, with TravelX leading the charge in driving this transformative change.
About Flybondi
Flybondi is the first ultra-low-cost airline in Argentina. It was founded in 2016 and began operating on January 26, 2018. It inaugurated the low-cost segment of the industry and grew thanks to the generation of new passengers who previously did not travel or did so very little.
The main investor in the company is Cartesian Capital Group LLC, followed by Yamasa Co. Limited and Givin Capital, as well as private investors from Argentina and Europe.
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The Algorand Foundation is dedicated to helping fulfill the global promise of the Algorand blockchain by taking responsibility for its sound monetary supply economics, decentralized governance, and healthy and prosperous open-source ecosystem. Designed by MIT professor and Turing Award winning cryptographer Silvio Micali, Algorand is uniquely capable of delivering on the promise of a borderless global economy. It achieves transaction throughputs at the speed of traditional finance, but with immediate finality, near zero transaction costs, and on a 24/7 basis. Its carbon-neutral platform and unique pure proof-of-stake consensus mechanism solves for the "blockchain trilemma" by achieving both security and scalability on a decentralized protocol, and without a second of downtime since it went live in 2019. For more information, please visit https://algorand.foundation.
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POMPTON LAKES, NJ (AP) — A New Jersey house where smoke had been reported exploded with volunteer firefighters inside, injuring five of them and sending two to a hospital for treatment of burns, authorities said.
The Pompton Lakes Volunteer Fire Department in Passaic County said on its Facebook page that crews were dispatched at about 2:15 a.m. Saturday after a police sergeant reported smelling smoke coming from the home.
Officials said members of the department entered the home to try to find the source of the smoke and were using a thermal imaging camera when “the home literally exploded, injuring some members manning the hose line at the back of the home and partially trapping others in the basement.”
All were able to get out on their own. Two were sent to St. Barnabus Hospital where they were treated for burns and released, officials said. Three others were treated for minor injuries at the scene. Police also evacuated the lone resident who told authorities he didn’t know how the blaze started.
“I thought we were going to have six fatalities, I really did,” Pompton Lakes Fire Chief Jason Ekkers told NorthJersey.com. “They managed to climb out of the basement with compromised stairs. They all helped each other out, they came out one at a time and we were at the back door, just feeding them out.”
Officials said the blast caused part of the house to collapse and a significant fire resulted. Fire crews from several departments got the flames under control by 3:30 a.m. Saturday. A state fire marshal and Public Service Electric & Gas are investigating.
Olivia Alvarez, 17, told NorthJersey.com that she was looking out the window from her second-floor bedroom across the street when she saw smoke coming from the rear of the home and “thought it was a car or something.” A short time later, she “just saw it all explode,” she said.
“The whole house lifted off the ground, then hit the ground again. The entire house, in one piece,” she said.
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Novak Djokovic vs. Casper Ruud: Prediction and Match Betting Odds | French Open
Novak Djokovic will meet Casper Ruud in the French Open final on Sunday, June 11.
With -450 odds, Djokovic is favored over Ruud for this tournament final versus the underdog, who is +350.
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Novak Djokovic vs. Casper Ruud Match Information
- Tournament: The French Open
- Round: Finals
- Date: Sunday, June 11
- TV Channel: NBC
- Venue: Stade Roland Garros
- Location: Paris, France
- Court Surface: Clay
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Novak Djokovic vs. Casper Ruud Trends and Insights
- In the semifinals on Friday, Djokovic beat Carlos Alcaraz 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1.
- Ruud came out on top 6-3, 6-4, 6-0 versus Alexander Zverev in the semifinals on Friday.
- Djokovic has played 56 matches over the past year across all court surfaces, and 25.8 games per match (31.8 in best-of-five matches).
- Djokovic has played 14 matches on clay over the past year, and 27.9 games per match (32.2 in best-of-five matches).
- Ruud has averaged 27.0 games per match (39.5 in best-of-five matches) through his 56 matches played in the past year across all court surfaces, while winning 53.5% of the games.
- On clay surfaces, Ruud has played 21 matches and averaged 23.5 games per match and 10.1 games per set.
- Djokovic has posted a 4-0 record against Ruud. Their last match was a 7-5, 6-3 victory for Djokovic in the Nitto ATP Finals finals on November 20, 2022.
- Djokovic and Ruud have faced off in eight total sets, with Djokovic taking eight of them and Ruud zero.
- Djokovic has taken 51 games (62.2% win rate) against Ruud, who has claimed 31 games.
- In four matches between Djokovic and Ruud, they have played 20.5 games and two sets per match on average.
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SILVERSTONE, England (AP) — Lewis Hamilton said Thursday that Formula One should ignore “old voices” and reject racism as it focuses on becoming more inclusive, even as reigning world champion Max Verstappen said his “father-in-law” should not be banned from the F1 paddock.
Hamilton, the seven-time F1 champion and only Black driver, was reacting to comments made last year by three-time F1 champion Nelson Piquet referring to Hamilton by a racial term. The word in question was brought to attention this week. Piquet is the father of Verstappen’s girlfriend, Kelly Piquet.
Former longtime F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone defended Piquet on Thursday, said he was surprised Hamilton hadn’t “brushed it aside,” and expressed support for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
“I don’t know why we are continuing to give these older voices a platform because they’re speaking upon our sport and we’re looking to go somewhere completely different. And it’s not representative, I think, of who we are as a sport now and where we’re planning to go,” Hamilton said, without mentioning either Piquet or Ecclestone by name.
“These old voices, whether subconsciously or consciously, do not agree that people like me, for example, should be in a sport like this, do not agree women should be here,” Hamilton said. “Discrimination is not something we should be projecting or promoting.”
In an apparent response to Ecclestone’s comments, Hamilton added: “No one should have to brush off racism, and it shouldn’t be for me to brush it off.”
Verstappen said that Piquet had been wrong to use a word he described as “very, very offensive” but doesn’t consider him to be racist. He added Piquet’s lifetime paddock access given to former F1 champions should not be revoked.
“Let it be a lesson for the future not to use that word because it’s very, very offensive, and especially nowadays, you know, it gets more and more traction,” he said. “But I spend a lot of time with Nelson, I think, more than the average person in general. And he’s definitely not a racist, and he’s actually a really nice and relaxed guy.
“I’m pretty sure that, also the statement he released, you can see the word in two ways, but I think it’s still better not to use it.”
Verstappen said he had not confronted Piquet. “It’s not up to me to talk to my father-in-law like I think any of you do. We’re not going to call and say, ‘Hey, man, that’s not correct.’ I think he knows that himself.”
Hamilton did not immediately respond to Verstappen’s remarks.
Hamilton said he wanted F1 to do more to widen the diversity and inclusivity of the sport. Hamilton is working with his Mercedes team to fund projects to promote more female participation in auto racing and engineering scholarships for Black students with a focus on auto racing. They announced the first grants Thursday.
Piquet was suspended Thursday from his honorary membership of the British Racing Drivers’ Club, which owns and runs the Silverstone track used for this week’s Grand Prix.
The BRDC said Piquet’s use of “racially offensive language to describe a fellow BRDC member is unacceptable and represents conduct that is wholly inappropriate for an Honorary Member of the BRDC, notwithstanding his subsequent apology.” The BRDC added that its board was expected to cancel Piquet’s membership at a forthcoming meeting.
Piquet on Wednesday apologized to Hamilton but said the term, while “ill thought out”, was not meant to be offensive.
Piquet used the term three times while discussing a crash between Hamilton and Verstappen during last year’s British Grand Prix.
Even without Piquet’s comments, this week’s return to Silverstone would have had a heightened focus on the often-bitter rivalry between Hamilton and Verstappen last year. Verstappen crashed into the wall and was taken to a hospital for observations, while Hamilton went on to win despite a penalty.
Hamilton faced racist abuse on social media following the race; Verstappen complained it was classless for Hamilton to celebrate a win while Verstappen was being evaluated at the hospital.
There has been widespread condemnation of Piquet’s remarks from F1 management, governing body the FIA and from most of the drivers.
Zhou Guanyu of Alfa Romeo said Thursday that he experienced “quite a lot of negativity, racist comments, which never should happen” on social media around the time he signed his contract to become the first driver from China in F1.
“Lewis, in a way, is trying to help the world going forward, and it’s not just for us, it’s for the younger generation, to set a better example for them,” Zhou added.
Verstappen’s Red Bull team issued a statement Tuesday saying “the team do not condone any form of racism.” It made no mention of Piquet and focused on the Red Bull decision to fire Formula Two driver Jüri Vips from a test and reserve driver role for using a racial slur during an online gaming stream. Vips has kept his seat with his F2 team Hitech.
Ecclestone, who has been criticized before by Hamilton for comments on racism and diversity in F1, said Piquet’s closeness with Verstappen might explain his comments and that Piquet would “never go out of his way to say anything bad”.
“Knowing Nelson as I know him, as his daughter is the girlfriend of Max Verstappen, probably after seeing the accident … he probably exploded then and sort of carried that forward,” said Ecclestone in comments on British TV breakfast show “Good Morning Britain.”
Ecclestone, who controlled F1 for decades before stepping aside in 2017, also defended Vladimir Putin over the invasion of Ukraine. The 91-year-old said he would “take a bullet” for the Russian president.
“The comments made by Bernie Ecclestone are his personal views and are in very stark contrast to (the) position of the modern values of our sport,” F1 said in a statement.
Hamilton wondered why Ecclestone was even put on television: “Someone that ultimately believes in the war, the displacement of millions of people and the killing of thousands of people? That’s beyond me, and I can’t believe that’s what I heard today.”
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LAS VEGAS, April 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Allegiant Travel Company (NASDAQ: ALGT) today reported preliminary passenger traffic results for March 2023.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — The gunman who killed 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue targeted them because of their faith and has never once expressed remorse, a federal prosecutor said Monday in asking jurors to impose a death sentence. The defense argued that life in prison is sufficient punishment for the nation's deadliest antisemitic attack.
Opening statements Monday in the sentencing phase of Robert Bowers' federal trial painted dueling portraits of the man who opened fire during religious services in the heart of Pittsburgh's Jewish community: That of an unrepentant killer motivated by his hated of Jews, and of a psychologically damaged loner with a terrible childhood who fell under the influence of online extremists.
Bowers, 50, a truck driver from suburban Baldwin, killed members of three congregations who had gathered at the Tree of Life synagogue on Oct. 27, 2018. He also wounded two worshippers and five police officers.
After returning a conviction on all 63 counts he faced, jurors subsequently determined Bowers' crimes are eligible for capital punishment, moving the trial into its final stretch — a decision on his sentence.
Prosecutors began presenting victim impact testimony to bolster their case for death. Survivor Carol Black, who testified earlier in the trial, returned to the witness stand Monday to tell jurors about her beloved brother, 65-year-old Richard Gottfried, a dentist who was shot and killed.
Gottfried was “warm and loving” and a “good friend," Black recalled. The siblings were close, attending University of Pittsburgh football games together for decades. He was active at the synagogue and would often lead the family in prayer during religious holidays, Black said.
“It’s just such a huge void in our family, for him not to be here,” she said.
Gottfriend's wife, Margaret “Peg” Durachko, testified about how they offered free dental care to those in need, and about how their Jewish and Roman Catholic faith traditions meshed.
The couple had expected to have 30 more years together, she said.
“My whole world was turned upside down" by his killing, she said. “He was my whole family because we never had children. It was wiped out in a second.”
Earlier Monday, during opening statements, prosecutors reminded the jury about Bowers' history of spewing antisemitic hatred online. Since then, the killer has boasted about what he did and told psychologists that he wishes he had killed more, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicole Vasquez Schmitt.
“He hated Jews and wanted to kill as many as he could," she said.
Naming each of the 11 deceased victims as their photos were displayed on a screen, the prosecutor said Bowers had inflicted immeasurable pain and suffering. His decision to target people attending religious services at a place of worship — many of them elderly and disabled — made the attack that much worse, she said.
“These were not victims who could run away or fight back. They were easy prey,” said Vasquez Schmitt, telling jurors they would hear testimony about their lives and how much they are loved and missed.
She asked the jury to hold Bowers accountable, calling the death penalty a "verdict of justice."
The defense, in its opening statement, focused on Bowers' difficult childhood. Bowers' parents divorced when he was a baby, his father took his own life after being charged with rape, and his mother later told Bowers she wished he had never been born, said public defender Elisa Long.
Bowers was “hungry and cold” throughout much of his early life and was “profoundly shaped” by childhood trauma, Long said. Later, as an adult, he was a loner with few friends, she said.
The defense argued that mental illness and brain abnormalities made Bowers more susceptible to being influenced by the extremist content he found online.
“We ask each of you at the end of this process to look deep in your heart and conclude enough is enough,” Long told the jury. “Another death will not make things right.”
Also killed in the attack were Joyce Fienberg, 75; Rose Mallinger, 97; Dr. Jerry Rabinowitz, 66; brothers David Rosenthal, 54, and Cecil Rosenthal, 59; Bernice Simon, 84, and her husband, Sylvan Simon, 86; Dan Stein, 71; Melvin Wax, 87; and Irving Younger, 69.
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STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish police say two people have been wounded in a shooting at a shopping center in the southern city of Malmo.
A suspected was arrested after the shooting Friday afternoon at the Emporia shopping center, which police said appeared to be gang-related.
“Police are on site with big resources to map the incident by interviewing witnesses and going through material from surveillance cameras. The immediate danger to the public appears to be over,” Malmo police said.
Shootings by criminal gangs have become a growing problem in Sweden in recent decades, including in Malmo, the country’s third-biggest city. Gang violence is among the main campaign issues ahead of Sweden’s national election on Sept. 11.
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Rollover crash on SR-51 in Phoenix leaves 1 dead, 1 hospitalized
PHOENIX - One person died in a rollover crash on State Route 51 in Phoenix overnight, according to the Arizona Dept. of Public Safety.
The southbound lanes were shut down at Glendale Avenue for most of the night, but have since reopened.
A vehicle reportedly went over a retaining wall at around 10 p.m. on Jan. 25 and rolled into an embankment.
Two people were inside. One person died at the hospital, and the other is in unknown condition.
It's not clear what caused the driver to lose control.
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Pregnant woman shot to death day before baby shower
HOUSTON (KTRK) - A killer is on the run, responsible for a drive-by shooting that killed a Texas woman who was eight months pregnant.
Jennifer Hernandez, 20, was shot in a drive-by shooting Friday evening in Houston. She was eight months pregnant with a little boy and a baby shower planned for the very next day. Both she and her unborn child died.
“Still having a hard time processing it ‘cause like I said, I wish there was more I could do. But there wasn’t,” said a witness named Rick.
Deputies say Hernandez was in a blue Nissan Sentra with her 17-year-old boyfriend. They had just left a Shell gas station when a white, four-door sedan with tinted windows and paper license plates sped up beside them.
“The next thing we heard is a bunch of gunshots,” Rick said. “It just flew off. It just kept on going, like it didn’t even want to be a part of it, which understandably, they don’t want to be… caught from the ignorance they did.”
Hernandez was in the passenger seat on the phone with her mother. Rick, who ran to help and called 911, says she was shot in the face.
“She was on the phone with her mother, telling her… ‘I’m not going to make it, Mom. I’m not going to make it,’” Rick said.
She was later taken to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Hernandez’s boyfriend was also shot but survived.
“He literally just rolled out of the car… and kept saying, ‘Please help my girlfriend,’” Rick said.
A witness who wanted to stay anonymous said the injured boyfriend was wearing a ski mask. The sheriff’s office says he was wearing the mask for COVID-19 health reasons.
Deputies are now searching for the shooter and a motive. They are asking the public for tips to help them find the killer.
Hernandez’s family wants justice for both the mother-to-be and her unborn child, who was supposed to be the first grandchild in the family. Meanwhile, a family friend created a GoFundMe campaign to help with funeral expenses.
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Turning overseas, there is an extra challenge in getting earthquake aid to hard-hit Syria. It's caused by the strained relations between international donors and a regime still at war with some of its own people. Aid groups are having a tough time navigating the geopolitics to get help to areas controlled by opponents of the regime. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports.
MICHELE KELEMEN, BYLINE: The U.N. has struggled for years to aid Syrians in the midst of the civil war, and the needs are skyrocketing in the wake of a devastating earthquake.
EL-MOSTAFA BENLAMLIH: We need generators. We need to replace and repair water pumps. We need to make sure that there is security.
KELEMEN: That's El-Mostafa Benlamlih, a U.N. official based in Syria's capital, who's trying to get help to areas in the north affected by the earthquake.
BENLAMLIH: Just this morning, even here in Damascus, we had snow. There, they have snow. They have freezing cold weather. And they're living in terrible situation.
KELEMEN: That includes areas controlled by the government and the opposition. The Syrian government has a track record of blocking aid to rebel-controlled areas and has always insisted that the aid comes through Damascus. The U.N. is only allowed to use one aid route from Turkey to reach an opposition-held area. And the U.N.'s regional humanitarian coordinator, Muhannad Hadi, is trying to make do.
MUHANNAD HADI: We are in the business of saving lives, so we ask for what we want, and we do with what we get. If they give us one crossing point, we will do our best to save lives with that. But we would like to have more flexibility to do more.
KELEMEN: The road used by U.N. aid workers from Turkey into northern Syria was damaged by the earthquake, though Hadi says some trucks are now poised to move in Thursday. Millions of Syrians uprooted by the war live just across the border and are dependent on outside aid, says Ammar al-Salmo, a volunteer with the Syrian White Helmets, a rescue group that operates in opposition areas.
AMMAR AL-SALMO: We did not expect help from the regime because the regime was the starving people before. So people did not expect to receive any help from the regime.
KELEMEN: Throughout the 12-year-long civil war in Syria, the government has besieged opposition-held cities, bombarded them and even used chemical weapons, as a recent U.N. report confirmed. Under Secretary of State for Arms Control Bonnie Jenkins addressed a Security Council meeting on that this week.
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BONNIE JENKINS: It is not lost on us that many of the Syrian first responders now pulling civilians from the rubble were just a few years ago helping civilians who had been burned or suffocated by the Assad regime's chemical weapons.
KELEMEN: Syria says it is U.S. sanctions that are hampering aid efforts. And Syria's ambassador to the U.N., Bassem Sabbagh, says his country is ready to aid all parts of the country.
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BASSAM SABBAGH: Any countries who wanted to provide the shelters, the food supply, the medications to the Syrians anywhere in Syria, we can help. We can support. We can work with.
KELEMEN: But he repeatedly brushed off questions about whether Syria would agree to open any other border crossings, calling that a matter of Syrian sovereignty.
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SABBAGH: Anything under our control is ready, and we are going to help on that.
KELEMEN: U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price says the U.S. will continue to work with its partners in Syria, and that does not include the government.
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NED PRICE: These partners who, unlike the Syrian regime, are there to help the people rather than brutalize them.
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2022 midterms live updates: Latest election news from AP
WASHINGTON (AP) — Follow along for real-time, on-the-ground updates on the 2022 U.S. midterm elections from The Associated Press. Live updates — all times Eastern — are produced by Ashraf Khalil, Annie Ma, Aamer Madhani, Chris Megerian, Mallika Sen and AP journalists around the country.
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This is a different breed of cat.”
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VoteCast: Inflation, democracy drive demoralized US voters
WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters have become deeply discouraged about the state of America and its future, AP VoteCast shows, with high inflation and concerns about the fragility of democracy heavily influencing their decisions in Tuesday’s midterm elections.
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The two leading factors reflect a country in distress at a moment when control of Congress — and a choice between sharply contrasting visions of America — hang in the balance.
The detailed portrait of the American electorate is based on preliminary results from VoteCast, an extensive survey of more than 90,000 voters nationwide conducted for The Associated Press by NORC at the University of Chicago.
Half of voters say inflation factored significantly in their vote, as groceries, gasoline, housing, food and other costs have shot up in the past year and given Republicans a vehicle for criticizing President Joe Biden. The economy was an overarching concern with voters, about 8 in 10 of whom said it was in bad shape as high inflation has raised fears of a recession. Not all voters say Biden's policies caused higher prices, even if many saw it as a defining issue for the election.
Slightly fewer voters — 44% — say the future of democracy was their primary consideration. On the campaign trail, Biden has warned that Republicans are posing a threat to democracy. Many GOP leaders continue to cast doubt on the U.S. electoral system, falsely claiming that the 2020 presidential election, which Donald Trump lost, was rigged.
In Maryland, Moore aims to be state's first Black governor
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Democrats Wes Moore and U.S. Rep Anthony Brown aimed to make Maryland history Tuesday, with Moore hoping to become the state’s first Black governor and Brown running to be Maryland’s first Black attorney general.
Moore, 44, is running against Republican Dan Cox, a state legislator endorsed by former President Donald Trump, in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans 2-1. Trump lost to President Joe Biden in 2020 in Maryland after receiving only 32% of the vote.
Moore and Cox are running to replace Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, who is term limited.
Kevin Holmboe, who voted for Moore in Annapolis, Maryland, cited the candidate's resume as a former combat veteran who served in Afghanistan as well as a Rhodes scholar with a business background as qualifications that jumped out at him.
“He just had all the right things to lead me in that direction,” Holmboe, 60, said after voting for Moore.
Powerball ticket sold in California snags record $2.04B win
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Someone who bought a Powerball ticket in Southern California has won a record $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot after more than three months without anyone hitting the top prize.
The winning numbers were selected Tuesday morning, nearly 10 hours after the scheduled Monday night drawing because of problems processing sales data at one of the game's member lotteries. Lottery officials acknowledged the unprecedented delay for such a high-profile drawing but said the game's security process took precedence.
“Protecting the integrity of the draw is of utmost importance, and we were able to do that during this historic drawing with the cooperation of all participating lotteries,” said Drew Svitko, the chairman of the Powerball Product Group and executive director of the Pennsylvania Lottery.
On Tuesday afternoon, the Minnesota Lottery acknowledged their sales verification system caused the lengthy delay.
The winning numbers drawn Tuesday morning at the Florida Lottery draw studio in Tallahassee were: white balls 10, 33, 41, 47 and 56, and the red Powerball was 10.
Zelenskyy open to talks with Russia — on Ukraine's terms
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president has suggested he’s open to peace talks with Russia, softening his refusal to negotiate with Moscow as long as President Vladimir Putin is in power while sticking to Kyiv’s core demands.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy's appeal to the international community to “force Russia into real peace talks” reflected a change in rhetoric. In late September, after Russia illegally annexed four Ukrainian regions, he signed a decree stating “the impossibility of holding talks” with Putin.
But the preconditions the Ukrainian leader listed late Monday appear to be non-starters for Moscow, so it’s hard to see how Zelenskyy’s latest comments would advance any talks.
Zelenskyy reiterated that his conditions for dialogue were the return of all of Ukraine's occupied lands, compensation for war damage and the prosecution of war crimes. He didn't specify how world leaders should coerce Russia into talks.
Western weapons and aid have been key to Ukraine’s ability to fight off Russia’s invasion, which some initially expected would tear through the country with relative ease. That means Kyiv cannot ignore how the war is seen in the U.S. and the European Union, according to political analyst Volodymyr Fesenko.
AP PHOTOS: Total lunar eclipse in North America, East Asia
The second and final total lunar eclipse of the year graced the skies in some parts of the world Tuesday. The next one isn't until 2025.
WHERE IT WAS SEEN: Where skies were clear, the eclipse was visible throughout North America in the predawn hours, with prime viewing in the West, and across parts of East Asia, Australia and the rest of the Pacific after sunset.
HOW LONG IT LASTED: The total phase of the eclipse lasted about 1 1/2 hours. The whole show took about six hours from start to finish.
WHY IT HAPPENS: A total eclipse occurs when the sun, Earth and moon line up perfectly, casting Earth’s shadow on the moon. The reddish-orange color is the result of sunlight scattering off Earth's atmosphere.
NEXT ONE: The next total lunar eclipse is in March 2025 but there will be be plenty of partial eclipses in the meantime.
Takeaways: Bold proposals and 'net zero' criticism at COP27
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Bold proposals to confront climate change were floated—and ignored or rejected. The often bogus “net zero” claims by companies and local governments were called out. And the fate of an activist on a water and hunger strike continued to get attention, though the Egyptian government showed no signs of backing down.
These were some of the top storylines Tuesday at the U.N. climate summit being held in the Red Sea city of Sharm el-Sheikh. Known as COP27, the gathering of world leaders comes at a time of contrasts, competing needs and competition for attention.
Extreme weather events, exacerbated by climate change, are becoming more frequent and destructive. At the same time, the war in Ukraine has upended the green energy policies of many countries. And add to it all competing news events, such as the Midterm elections in the United States. All of these realities were palpable in the arguments leaders made.
TREATY ABOUT FOSSIL FUELS
While the science of climate change is well established, and leaders have been debating how to confront it for decades—this is the 27th summit, after all—greenhouse gas emissions continue to go up. At the same time, many people, from climate scientists to the secretary general of the United Nations, have repeatedly said that the world must not undertake new projects to produce fossil fuels. Instead, the world must move toward cleaner forms of energy, such as wind, solar and nuclear, on a bigger scale.
Tropical Storm Nicole churns toward Bahamas, Florida
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Nicole churned toward the northwestern Bahamas and Florida's Atlantic coastline on Tuesday and was forecast to develop into a hurricane over the next couple of days, forecasters said.
A range of warnings and watches remain in place. Many areas are still reeling from damage caused by Hurricane Ian, which hit Florida’s southwestern Gulf Coast as a Category 4 storm in late September before dumping heavy amounts of rain across much of the central part of the state. Forecasters said heavy rain could fall on areas still recovering from Ian's flooding.
Hurricane warnings were in effect for the Abacos, Berry Islands, Bimini and Grand Bahama Island, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said in an advisory. Other areas of the Bahamas, including Andros Island, New Province and Eleuthera remained under a tropical storm warning.
Residents in at least three Florida counties — Flagler, Palm Beach and Volusia — were ordered to evacuate from barrier islands, low-lying areas and mobile homes. The evacuation orders are set to take effect Wednesday. Officials at Orlando International Airport, the seventh busiest in the U.S., said commercial operations would stop Wednesday afternoon until it was safe to resume flights.
“This incoming storm is a direct threat to both property and life,” said Volusia County Manager George Recktenwald. “Our infrastructure, particularly along the coastline, is very vulnerable because of Hurricane Ian.”
Review: In 'Wakanda Forever,' an empire mourns and rebuilds
Made in the wake of tragedy, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” reverberates with the agony of loss, piercing the usually less consequential superhero realm. Like someone going through the stages of grief, Ryan Coogler’s movie is at turns mournful and rootless, full of rage and blessed with clarity. In the fantastical Marvel Cinematic Universe where mortality is almost always a plaything, wrestling with the genuine article, in the death of T’Challa star Chadwick Boseman, makes for an unusually uncertain, soul-searching kind of blockbuster-scale entertainment.
It’s a fine line, of course, between paying tribute and trading on it. I did cringe a little when the Marvel logo unspooled with images of Boseman within the letters: Eulogy as branding. That “Black Panther,” a cultural phenomenon and a box-office smash, would get a sequel, at all, was momentarily in doubt after Boseman’s unexpected death from colon cancer in 2020. Radically reworked by Coogler and co-writer Joe Robert Cole, “Wakanda Forever” pushed ahead in hopes of honoring both Boseman and the rich Afrocentric world of the landmark original. In its admirably muddled way, it succeeds in both.
Part of the profound appeal of Coogler’s first “Black Panther” resided in its deft channeling of the real world into mythology. It fed centuries of colonialism and exploitation into a big-screen spectacle of identity and resistance. In an invented African nation, Coogler conjured both a fanciful could-have-been history and emotional right-now reality.
“Wakanda Forever,” which opens in theaters Thursday, expands on that, weaving in a Latin American perspective with a similar degree of cultural specificity in the introduction of the Aztec-inspired antagonist Namor (Tenoch Huerta), king of the ancient underwater world of Talokan. At the same time, Boseman’s death is poignantly filtered into the story from the start, beginning with off-screen death throes.
“Time is running out,” we hear whispered while the screen is still black. Shuri (Letitia Wright), T’Challa’s tech-wiz sister, is frantically trying to craft something in her AI lab to save her brother. But in a moment, their mother, Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett), informs her: “Your brother is with the ancestors.” He’s laid to rest in a glorious, celebratory procession, carried through a multi-tiered channel of white-clad, singing-and-dancing Wakandans. It’s as stunning as anything Coogler has shot.
Wall Street rises ahead of election results, inflation data
NEW YORK (AP) — Election Day brought another rise for Wall Street, with stocks climbing Tuesday for a third straight day.
The S&P 500 rose 21.31, or 0.6%, to 3,828.11, though it flipped between an even bigger gain and a modest loss to get there. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 333.83 points, or 1%, to 33,160.83, and the Nasdaq composite gained 51.68, or 0.5%, to 10,616.20.
With Americans heading to the polls across the country amid high inflation and worries about a possible recession, analysts say investors appear to be making bets for Republicans to gain control of at least one house of Congress. That combined with a Democratic White House could lead to little getting done in Washington, which may be bad for society but could also keep the status quo on economic policy. And markets tend to abhor uncertainty.
If Republicans do end up wining control of at least the House of Representatives, the ensuing reaction in financial markets could be modest, according to economists at Goldman Sachs. Stocks have already rallied in anticipation of it, with two straight gains of at least 1% before Election Day. But a surprise win by Democrats could upset the market if it leads investors to expect higher corporate taxes and other policy changes.
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Women in Identity announces appointment of new Board members as growth in membership doubles and identity inclusion takes centre stage around the globe
LONDON, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As the need for inclusion and diversity in the creation of identity solutions has driven demand, Women in Identity (WiD) has more than doubled its membership since its founding in 2019. In recognition of this growth, WiD has expanded its board of directors to include leaders with the skills and experiences to steward WiD through this next phase of growth. The new appointments to the board, which is comprised 100% of women includes, trustees Christine Bassarab, Kay Chopard, Kimberly Sutherland, Louise Maynard-Atem and Melissa Carvalho, alongside Executive Director, Kate Oldham and board liaison, Laura Barrowcliff. Emma Lindley, a co-founder of WiD, will continue to serve as Chair.
More than a billion people have no official proof of identity, according to the World Bank1. Difficulty proving identity and using identity systems disproportionately affects members of specific groups, including women, ethnic minorities, older and younger people, LGBTQ+ communities, people with disabilities and those with low income. Representing 32 countries, WiD's global team, its volunteers and membership are driving the digital identity industry to build inclusive identity solutions that enable civic, social, and economic empowerment around the world. In a study conducted by McKinsey in 2019 it is stated that providing digital IDs at a national level could increase GDP by 3 to 13 percent by 20302.
According to Emma Lindley, co-founder of WiD, the organisation's dramatic growth has led to the creation of the only curated identity jobs board to enable more diversity in the industry. "The jobs board features opportunities for our members by highlighting open positions from establishments that want to have diverse teams."
WiD has also delivered the first part of its ground breaking research into inclusion in identity product development. That research is currently focused on digital identity in financial services, seeking to create a practical and pragmatic guide to the development of more diverse and inclusive digital identity solutions. "Our global team and volunteers have made this happen," said Lindley, who merited an MBE (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in 2022 for her work in broadening diversity and inclusion in the digital identity industry.
"I would like to thank the current Board members Pam Dingle and Colette D'Alessandro for their time and commitment. I am looking forward to working with our newest Board members who are an incredibly talented group of leaders who will take us forward and support our plans for growth. There has never been a more important time to do the work we do in the identity industry," added Lindley.
Women in Identity (WiD) is a non-profit membership organisation that promotes parity with respect to opportunity, reward, recognition, and professional mobility in the identity industry and works toward building digital identity solutions built by everyone for everyone. Registered in the United Kingdom and the United States, WiD is governed by a global executive Board of Directors. The organisation hosts a jobs board and workshops, provides research and best practices for the digital identity industry, and participates in industry-wide events. Run predominantly by a volunteer team, WiD depends on corporate support through sponsorships to fund its activities. Among its corporate sponsors are Onfido, RBC, KPMG, GBG, LexisNexis Risk Solutions, and Microsoft.
1. The World Bank ID4D https://id4d.worldbank.org/global-dataset
2. McKinsey 2019 – Digital identification: A key to inclusive growth
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As an Official Vodka Sponsor of the NFL, CÎROC champions the return of football season with
two limited-edition jackets, available for a pair of lucky fans to win and rep their city in
celebration of the big game
NEW YORK, Sept. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- When it comes to celebrating the return of football season, CÎROC Ultra-Premium Vodka is pulling out all the stops this year. The luxurious vodka brand is actively helping sports fans show off their team spirit in inimitable style, and all while proving that #WinsTasteBetter when you have a can of CÎROC Vodka Spritz in hand. As an Official Vodka Sponsor of the NFL, CÎROC is teaming up with culture's favorite livestream shopping platform NTWRK and cutting-edge fashion designer Ev Bravado to create custom-made CÎROC apparel that lets fans pay tribute to their favorite teams.
To kick off one of the biggest games of the NFL season (New York Giants vs Dallas Cowboys) on September 26th, Bravado has created two jackets with original designs that draw inspiration from the classic iconography of each city. Bravado is known for creating pieces that connect people, so naturally both of his jacket designs play on the idea of hometown pride, featuring patchworks that bridge the gap between the football field, streetwear, and the sleek colors of CÎROC Vodka Spritz.
Yes, the jackets are one-of-a-kind collectables that pay tribute to two fan-favorite teams, but, as with any game, there's a catch: Only two exclusive pieces (one for each city) will be made available to the public via NTWRK*. Starting today, the drawing will be open on September 22 at 12pm PST / 3pm EST and winners will be selected on Thursday, September 29 at 2pm PST / 5pm EST. In other words, game on.
"I was born in Brooklyn, so you can guess which team I'm rooting for, but rest assured I put equal amounts of love into both designs, drawing inspiration from football, my recent runway collections, my love of style, and of course CÎROC," says Bravado. "I'm thrilled to be partnering with NTWRK and CÎROC to create a collaboration that feels like a major win-win for everyone."
This is just the kickoff to CÎROC's ongoing celebration of football season. For anyone eager to ring in game day with the perfect drink on hand, CÎROC Vodka Spritz will quickly prove to be your MVP. The vodka brand's first ready-to-drink cocktail provides fans 21+ with the very best of both worlds: the luxurious crispness of an expertly made vodka cocktail, conveniently served up in a beautifully designed, ready-to-drink can.
"Whether you're tailgating at the stadium or enjoying the game from the comfort of your living room, CÎROC Vodka Spritz offers a convenient way to enjoy the very best that CÎROC has to offer," says James Valdes, CÎROC Senior Brand Manager. "We are honored to partner with Ev Bravado and NTWRK to give New York and Dallas fans a chance to win these unique jackets and show their team pride."
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CÎROC encourages people of legal drinking age to celebrate responsibly. Please visit www.CIROC.com for additional information on CÎROC. Stay up to date with the latest news, cocktails and exciting social content by following the conversation at @CIROC.
*Winners will be refunded 1-2 days after the drop and see the funds reflected on their bank statement within 5-7 business days
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Must be legal U.S. resident (not available to residents in VA), 21 or over with NTWRK account as of 9/29. (NTWRK is free, but requires a compatible mobile device to download NTWRK app & valid credit card.) Sweepstakes ends 9/29 at 2pm PST / 5pm EST. Msg & data rates may apply. A charge of approximately $1 + shipping will be placed on winner's credit card, to be refunded approximately 5-7 days after prize award. Subject to Official Rules at https://thentwrk.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/9307448595092-Ciroc-Ev-Bravado-Drawing-Rules-Regulations. Sponsor: Diageo Americas, Inc., New York, NY
Please drink responsibly. Must be 21+ to enter.
All NFL-related trademarks are trademarks of the National Football League. Sweepstakes not sponsored or offered by the National Football League.
About CÎROC Ultra-Premium Vodka
CÎROC Ultra-Premium Vodka is gluten-free and distilled from fine French grapes; a process inspired by over a century of wine-making expertise and craftsmanship, providing a crisp, clean taste and citrus nose. Launched nationwide in January 2003, DIAGEO – the world's largest spirits and beer company – made spirits history in October 2007 by entering into a strategic alliance with entertainment entrepreneur Sean "Diddy" Combs, in which Mr. Combs and Combs Enterprises assumed the lead on all brand management activities for CÎROC. The flavor portfolio includes CÎROC RED BERRY, CÎROC COCONUT, CÎROC PEACH, CÎROC PINEAPPLE, CÎROC APPLE, CÎROC MANGO, CÎROC SUMMER WATERMELON, CÎROC SUMMER CITRUS and CÎROC PASSION. In June 2018, Sean "Diddy" Combs and the makers of CÎROC entered the brown spirits category with the introduction of CÎROC VS, Fine French Brandy. In April 2022, the brand entered the ready-to-drink market, bringing the spirit of luxury and culture to the category with CÎROC Vodka Spritz. Please drink responsibly. Must be 21+ to enjoy.
About DIAGEO North America
DIAGEO is a global leader in beverage alcohol with an outstanding collection of brands including Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, Bulleit and Buchanan's whiskies, Smirnoff, Cîroc and Ketel One vodkas, Casamigos, DeLeon and Don Julio tequilas, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Tanqueray and Guinness.
DIAGEO is listed on both the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: DEO) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE: DGE) and their products are sold in more than 180 countries around the world. For more information about DIAGEO, their people, brands, and performance, visit www.diageo.com.
Visit DIAGEO'S global responsible drinking resource, www.DRINKiQ.com, for information, initiatives, and ways to share best practice. Follow Twitter and Instagram for news and information about DIAGEO North America: @Diageo_NA.
About NTWRK
Named one of Fast Company's "Brands That Matter" and "Most Innovative Companies" as well as Ad Age's "Hottest Brands," NTWRK is the premier North American livestream shopping platform where "entertainment meets e-commerce" (Forbes). Built on a digitally innovative model of daily product drops, livestream shopping festivals, and exclusive partnerships with world-renowned brands and creators, NTWRK has fostered an organic global community of artists and fans since its launch in 2018. Under the motto "Shop, Watch, Connect" NTWRK provides a curated digital shopping experience that resonates with Gen-Z and millennial consumers.
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More than 5,000 multifamily locations employ Luxer One's smart lockers because of their superior quality, ease of use, and innovative design.
SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Luxer One, the United States' top manufacturer of package management systems and smart contactless lockers, announced today it will sponsor and exhibit its suite of smart lockers designed for multifamily facilities at the National Apartment Association's annual user group and conference, Apartmentalize, in San Diego from June 22 through 24, 2022.
As one of the largest and most significant events for the multifamily sector, Luxer One chose to attend Apartmentalize to join other industry thought leaders, trendsetters, and innovators to share ideas and seek solutions to the industry's most pressing problems.
Luxer One, exhibiting from booth 2425, specializes in developing smart package lockers and access control technology and are used and preferred across industries, including multifamily residential, retail, commercial, and higher education.
While at Apartmentalize, Luxer One is showcasing Luxer Liaison, a newly-developed program that provides effortless package management for high-volume properties. With package volume up nearly 40% from 2020, some properties need extra help to keep packages flowing, Luxer Liaisons facilitates this through a value-added service.
Luxer Liaisons are dedicated onsite package experts, who become an extended part of the property management team. They can help with:
- Proactive system management: Regular audits, room organization, scan undelivered packages.
- Door-to-door delivery: Oversized/overflow packages directly to residents.
- Onsite fast lane support: Issues go to front of Luxer queue
- Carrier training: Improve delivery success rates
In addition to exhibiting at Apartmentalize, Luxer One is providing free locker storage for attendees, who will be able to temporarily store documents, laptops, bags, suitcases, and other personal items throughout the conference.
More than 5,000 multifamily locations in the U.S. currently employ Luxer One lockers for their residents and guests. Luxer One's intelligent locker and package delivery solutions are designed to serve the specific needs of multifamily environments. The lockers add significant value to an apartment that employs them by providing the facility with secure delivery options for residents' packages.
Residents enjoy the lockers because they provide a safe harbor for packages, are convenient to use, and provide an air of luxury to any building in which they are added.
Luxer One lockers are accessible 24/7 and help to reduce staff inefficiencies and interruptions for apartment managers, freeing them up to focus on other tasks, like managing lease agreements and conducting property showings.
Each of Luxer One's smart lockers is designed in California and manufactured in the U.S. and offers a variety of features, including:
- Heavy-duty 12-gauge corrosion-resistant steel
- Field changeable modular doors
- ADA-approved universal access
- 24/7 video cloud-based surveillance for additional safety of those using the lockers
- Continuous live support and US-based customer service
"Luxer One continues to develop effective, secure, and safe package management solutions for multifamily environments so that they can provide the best service and value-added amenities for their residents and guests," said Josh Middlebrooks, president of Luxer One. "Luxer One is the largest provider of smart lockers in the multifamily sector because our solutions are easy-to-use, secure, and can serve as an additional amenity for apartment buildings in an ever-competitor housing market."
To learn more about Luxer One, visit https://www.luxerone.com/.
Luxer One is a technology company specializing in contactless pick-up and drop-off for packages and goods. The company's smart package lockers are used in multifamily residential, retail, commercial, and higher education. Luxer One has performed more locker deliveries through its advanced technology platform than any other smart locker company. More than 200 million U.S. packages have been delivered to Luxer One lockers. To learn more, please visit luxerone.com.
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A 47-year-old was flown to a hospital in Idaho after being gored by a bison in Yellowstone National Park.
Officials said the woman suffered "significant injuries to her chest and abdomen" during the attack on Monday.
The woman was reportedly walking with another person in a field near the north shore of Lake Yellowstone when they saw two bison.
"Upon seeing them, the visitors turned to walk away from the bison," the Park Service said. "One of the bison charged and gored the woman."
The other individual escaped without injuries.
It's unclear how close the visitors were to the the bison before the attack occurred.
SEE MORE: Yellowstone pleads with visitors to leave wildlife alone
It's currently mating season for bison, which officials say can cause them to become agitated more quickly.
"Bison are unpredictable and can run three times faster than humans," the Park Service said.
People are instructed to stay at least 25 yards away from large animals, including bison, elk and moose.
This was the first time a bison has gored a person at Yellowstone this year. The last reported incident occurred on June 28, 2022.
Park officials have been forced to repeatedly remind people this year to leave the wildlife alone.
In May, a man was charged for interfering with wildlife after he pulled a newborn bison from a river. The calf was euthanized after being rejected by its herd and roaming near vehicles.
In a separate incident, park officials said visitors placed an elk calf in their car and dropped it off at a police station for unknown reasons.
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TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus on Tuesday held a state funeral for its foreign minister who died suddenly at age 64, triggering speculation about possible foul play in his death after he leaned toward Western countries.
Belarusian authorities didn’t give the cause of Vladimir Makei’s death on Saturday. He wasn’t known to suffer from any chronic illness.
Some media and observers alleged without offering evidence that Makei could have been poisoned by security agencies of Belarus’ main ally Russia, which has warily watched Makei’s efforts to negotiate a rapprochement with the West.
Makei has been a top associate of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko for more than two decades. Many analysts saw his diplomatic maneuvering as part of Lukashenko’s efforts to improve ties with the West, which were frozen after a brutal crackdown on protests that followed his 2020 re-election that the opposition and the West deemed rigged.
Belarus’ relations with the West were further strained after the country hosted Russian troops that invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24.
Lukashenko attended Makei’s funeral, touching his coffin but making no public statement.
While Makei has remained steadfastly loyal to Lukashenko amid the crackdown on the opposition, he has been seen as more liberal compared to the Belarusian leader and other members of his entourage.
A day before his death, Makei met in Minsk with the Vatican’s envoy, Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Ante Jozic, in what some saw as part of Belarus’ maneuvering to mend ties with the West.
Next month, he was scheduled to travel to Poland to attend a meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, a trans-Atlantic security grouping.
“Makei was holding open the window of opportunity for establishing a dialogue with the West, giving Lukashenko some room for maneuver and bargaining with the Kremlin,” said Artyom Shraibman, an independent political analyst. “Makei has earned a reputation as the main pro-Western voice in the Belarusian government, so it’s not surprising that his death has fueled numerous conspiracy theories.”
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Reno mayor: Jeremy Renner was helping stranded car when hurt
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Actor Jeremy Renner was assisting a stranded motorist when he was injured over the weekend in a snow-plow accident in the mountains on the edge of Reno, according to the city’s mayor.
Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve said the 51-year-old “Avengers” star was trying to help a stranded car outside his home on the side of a snowy mountain on New Year’s Day when he was run over by his own vehicle. The accident left Renner in critical but stable condition with chest and orthopedic injuries.
“He was helping someone stranded in the snow,” Schieve told the Reno Gazette-Journal Monday night. She said she and the actor are friends and that she was called about the accident shortly after it happened Sunday morning near the Mt. Rose Highway that connects Reno to Lake Tahoe.
“He is always helping others,” she told the newspaper.
The Washoe County sheriff’s office said in a statement Sunday that deputies responded to a report of a traumatic injury in the area of the Mt. Rose Highway at about 9 a.m. Sunday before Renner was flown by helicopter to a local hospital. A powerful winter storm dumped more than 2 feet (0.6 meters) of snow on the area Saturday night into Sunday morning.
The sheriff’s office said at the time Renner was the “only involved party in the incident” and that the office’s major accident investigation team was “looking into the circumstances of the incident.”
Sheriff Darin Balaam scheduled a news conference at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday “to clarify details regarding” the sheriff’s office’s response to the accident, the office said in a statement early Tuesday.
A publicist for Renner said in a statement Monday that he suffered blunt chest trauma and orthopedic injuries and remained in critical but stable condition in an intensive care unit following surgery at a Reno hospital.
Renner plays Hawkeye, a sharp-shooting member of the superhero Avengers squad in Marvel’s sprawling movie and television universe.
He is a two-time acting Oscar nominee, scoring back-to-back nods for “The Hurt Locker” and “The Town.” Renner’s portrayal of a bomb disposal specialist in Iraq in 2009′s “The Hurt Locker” helped turn him into a household name.
“The Avengers” in 2012 cemented him as part of Marvel’s grand storytelling ambitions, with his character appearing in several sequels and getting its own Disney+ series, “Hawkeye.”
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