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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kim Kardashian and Ye have reached a settlement in their divorce, averting a trial that had been set for next month, court documents filed Tuesday showed.
The former couple and their attorneys filed documents asking for a judge’s approval of terms they have agreed on, including $200,000 per month child support payments rom Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, to Kardashian.
The two will have joint custody, and neither will pay the other spousal support, according to the documents filed in Los Angeles Superior Court.
The judge declared the two legally single at Kardashian’s request in March, ending their eight-year marriage, but issues of property and custody remained that were to be worked out in a trial starting Dec. 14.
The two have four children whose ages range from 3 to 9 years old.
Kardashian and Ye will equally split the expenses for the kids’ private security and private school, including college, according to the settlement proposal.
They will also each pay their own debts the settlement said. The two had a pre-nuptial agreement and kept their property largely separate.
The couple began dating in 2012 and had their first child in 2013. West proposed later that year using the giant screen at the empty waterfront ballpark of the San Francisco Giants, and the two married May 24, 2014, in a ceremony at a Renaissance fortress in Florence, Italy.
The two appeared to be headed for a cordial split with agreed-upon terms when Kardashian first filed for divorce in February of 2021. Neither discussed the split publicly until early this year, when Ye started lashing out on social media against Kardashian, her family, and then-boyfriend Pete Davidson. Among his complaints were that he was not being allowed to make major parenting decisions and was been excluded from birthday parties and other events for their children.
Ye, who has fired two lawyers since the divorce filing, also raised several technical issues and demands, including seeking the right to question any new husband of Kardashian’s under oath, which Judge Steve Cochran promptly rejected.
The settlement comes soon after several companies have cut ties with Ye ove r offensive and antisemitic remarks that have further eroded an already withering public image.
His latest lawyer, Nicholas Salick, did not immediately reply to a request for comment on the settlement.
It was the third marriage for Kardashian, the reality TV superstar, businesswoman and influencer, and the first marriage for the rap and fashion mogul Ye. Theirs was one of the most closely followed celebrity unions in recent decades.
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(WXIN) — Grammy-winning artist Lizzo has revised the lyrics of her new single after fans pointed out a term considered to be an ableist slur.
The 34-year-old has removed the word “spaz” from the song “Grrrls” from her upcoming “Special” album.
Disability advocates say the term is seen as a slur in the disability community, especially for those with spastic diplegia, according to Variety.
One woman reached out to the “Truth Hurts” singer on Twitter, saying, “Hey @lizzo my disability Cerebral Palsy is literally classified as Spastic Diplegia (where spasticity refers to unending painful tightness in my legs) your new song makes me pretty angry + sad. ‘Spaz’ doesn’t mean freaked out or crazy. It’s an ableist slur. It’s 2022. Do better.”
Lizzo announced the lyric change in a statement on social media.
“It’s been brought to my attention that there is a harmful word in my new song ‘GRRRLS.’ Let me make one thing clear: I never want to promote derogatory language,” Lizzo wrote. “As a fat Black woman in America, I’ve had many hurtful words used against me so I overstand the power words can have (whether intentionally or in my case, unintentionally). I’m proud to say there’s a new version of GRRRLS with a lyric change. This is the result of me listening and taking action. As an influential artist I’m dedicated to being part of the change I’ve been waiting to see in the world.”
The original lyrics were “Do you see this s–t? I’m a spaz.” The new lyrics are “Do you see this s–t? Hold me back.”
“Special” is Lizzo’s fourth studio album. It is set to be released on July 15. | https://www.fox16.com/news/national-news/lizzo-changes-lyrics-to-grrrls-after-criticism-of-ableist-slur/ | 2022-06-14 14:09:11 | 1 | https://www.fox16.com/news/national-news/lizzo-changes-lyrics-to-grrrls-after-criticism-of-ableist-slur/ |
Filing seeks to force National Archives to tap DOJ to recover lost Secret Service, DHS texts around Jan. 6
Lawsuit focuses on Secret Service, DHS text messages from after 2020 election leading up to transition from Trump to Biden administration
A federal lawsuit filed Wednesday is seeking to force the National Archives to employ the assistance of the Department of Justice if necessary to recover text messages from the Secret Service and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) leadership following the 2020 election.
The 12-page filing in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia was made on behalf of Kenneth Klippenstein, an investigative reporter for The Intercept.
It names the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the primary agency responsible for assisting federal agencies in maintaining adequate and proper documentation of policies and transactions of the federal government, and Debra Steidel Wall, in her official capacity as the acting archivist of the United States, as defendants.
The suit cites a provision of the Federal Records Act that implores the archivist to seek action from the U.S. attorney general upon the discovery of actual or impending destruction of federal records.
EX-CAPITOL POLICE OFFICER GETS PROBATION FOR TRYING TO HELP JAN. 6 RIOTER DODGE CHARGES
On Jan. 16, 2021, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the House Committee on Homeland Security, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, and the House Committee on the Judiciary jointly sent a letter to the FBI, the National Counterterrorism Center, DHS and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence instructing them to preserve records related to Jan. 6, the lawsuit says.
On Jan. 27 of that year, the Secret Service commenced a pre-planned Microsoft Intune phone migration program, which would wipe all affected phones.
Also in January 2021, text messages were lost in a "reset" of the government phones used by acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf and acting Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Ken Cuccinelli during the transition to the Biden administration, the lawsuit notes.
JOHNSON, GRASSLEY DEMAND ANSWERS FROM NATIONAL ARCHIVES ON FBI REVIEW OF BIDEN CLASSIFIED DOCS
On Feb. 26, 2021, DHS Inspector General Joseph Cuffari requested electronic communications from the Secret Service related to the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, according to the lawsuit. The "Intune migration" was completed on April 1, 2021. Last July, Cuffari notified members of Congress that the Secret Service had "erased" text messages from Jan. 6, 2021.
In July 2022, Klippenstein sent letters to NARA, asking it to "with the assistance of the United States Attorney General if necessary," both work to recover text messages from Jan. 5-6, 2021, which were allegedly deleted or otherwise destroyed or removed from government control by the Secret Service, as well to investigate the apparent widespread deletion of text messages from phones maintained by various DHS components between November 2020-April 2021.
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The lawsuit notes that the National Archives did ask Secret Service to look into the matter but stopped short of asking Attorney General Merrick Garland to step in.
Fox News Digital sent an emailed request for comment to the National Archives but did not hear back in time for publication. | https://www.foxnews.com/politics/filing-seeks-force-national-archives-tap-doj-recover-lost-secret-service-dhs-texts-jan-6 | 2023-04-19 18:28:44 | 1 | https://www.foxnews.com/politics/filing-seeks-force-national-archives-tap-doj-recover-lost-secret-service-dhs-texts-jan-6 |
SLIDELL, La. (WGNO) — A police chase in St. Tammany Parish left one detained and a domestic dispute resolved. The culprit? An 80-pound emu on the loose!
A Facebook post from the STPSO describes the experience on deputy had with the flightless bird.
Police say Special Operations Deputy Tony Karsolich was assigned to the case. When he arrived, he saw the bird running down the street, but an investigation revealed something more: there were two emus involved!
Mr. and Mrs. Mu belong to a man named Mr. Russell, STPSO reports.
“Apparently, Mr. and Mrs. Mu had a disagreement, and Mr. Mu needed to get away for a little bit to clear his head,” police described. “Little did he know, he would end up in a foot pursuit with the po-po.”
After the chase ensued, Mr. Russell arrived and was able to shepherd the emu back home, but not before a heart-to-heart with Deputy Karsolich.
“Of course following the pursuit, Deputy Karsolich wanted to make sure Mr. Mu understood it wasn’t anything personal, and he was just doing his job.”
As for Mr. and Mrs. Mu’s relationship, police say the two birds are getting along fine now, with Mr. Mu vowing to “just try to work it out with Mrs. Mu next time.” | https://www.cbs42.com/news/animals/video-emu-on-the-loose-leads-to-police-chase-in-louisiana/ | 2022-04-28 22:44:34 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/animals/video-emu-on-the-loose-leads-to-police-chase-in-louisiana/ |
Debt ceiling: McCarthy wins 1st round, Biden eyes long game
By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy surprised Washington when he united the raucous House Republican majority to pass a sweeping debt ceiling package. Next moves are more difficult, and uncertain. McCarthy’s opening bid is awaiting President Joe Biden’s response. So far, the White House is rejecting the Republican proposal for steep spending reductions as a condition for raising the debt limit. It’s the first act in what is expected to be a long summer battle over lifting the nation’s borrowing capacity. Biden and the Republicans need to find common ground or risk defaulting on the nation’s bills. Economic analysts say the money will run out by July. | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/04/27/debt-ceiling-mccarthy-wins-1st-round-biden-eyes-long-game/ | 2023-04-28 02:55:58 | 0 | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/04/27/debt-ceiling-mccarthy-wins-1st-round-biden-eyes-long-game/ |
After daylong shifts spent unloading and sorting boxes at an Amazon warehouse, Eli Zingg doesn’t usually go home.
Most days, they stick around the parking lot, standing just far enough away from the building to keep in line with Amazon’s prohibitions around solicitations at the workplace but close enough to flag down co-workers as they clock in and out.
Zingg, a 23-year old who has worked at two Amazon facilities in Washington, wants to start a union.
“If I don’t try my hardest to make it happen, then the same problems I’ve been experiencing for the past 10 months, the same issues that other people have been dealing with for years, will just continue,” they said.
Almost three months into the union drive, Zingg has yet to recruit any co-workers at the facility, a 600-worker sort center called RNT9. As Zingg hands out flyers and asks co-workers what they think of their working conditions, some say they won’t cross a picket line while others won’t even look up.
Most people are ambivalent. For them, “It’s not necessarily good or bad; it’s just another job,” Zingg said.
Zingg has crafted a rough road map for forming an independent union — which they are calling Amazon Workers’ Union — that they expect will take about two years to accomplish, roughly the same amount of time it took Amazon employees in Staten Island to form a union.
Union leaders at the Staten Island warehouse, who go by the name Amazon Labor Union, are now coaching workers at other Amazon facilities to organize their own workplace while also facing legal challenges from Amazon. The company is asking to overturn the vote, and the two parties are locked in hearings with the National Labor Relations Board.
Amazon says workers have a choice to decide whether to form a union, but it doesn’t think “unions are the best answer.” Amazon Labor Union says it has heard from workers at more than 100 locations who are interested in organizing.
So far, Zingg’s completed the first few steps in their plan: Set up a website, learn the rules around picketing outside the workplace and create a “solid” messaging platform.
Long term, the plan includes connecting with labor lawyers, establishing Amazon Workers’ Union as a nonprofit to start collecting money and, eventually, taking a formal vote to form a union.
But first, “it’s on to the hard part of standing outside,” Zingg said. Most weeks they work four shifts and spend the fifth day outside the warehouse passing out flyers. Some mornings, they arrive at 4 a.m. Some evenings, they stay until sundown.
Zingg hopes to get one or two more people signed up to bring “picketing and messaging across all shifts.” Getting people on board takes time, Zingg said, but “I just can’t sit on my hands anymore.”
‘There’s more of us out there’
Brett Daniels, an organizer with Staten Island’s Amazon Labor Union, also started his union activism alone.
Working at an Amazon warehouse in Arizona, Daniels said he was inspired by colleagues in Staten Island walking off the job in protest. He stood outside his facility, asking co-workers about their working conditions and building relationships. As soon as the word union was mentioned, some would shy away, he said, raising concerns about job security and providing for their family.
Daniels connected with Chris Smalls, the fired Amazon worker from Staten Island who is now one of the faces of the Amazon labor movement and has traveled to New York to protest the company. He took a job at Amazon’s Staten Island warehouse and became a part of a wave of organizers talking with Amazon employees across the world about unionizing.
“It doesn’t matter where you go, whether you’re in Arizona, whether you’re in Alabama, whether you’re in New York, the issues are all pretty much the same,” Daniels said. “It’s not going to be the same one-size-fits-all scenario for everywhere, but the basic techniques of making sure that we’re listening to our co-workers and making sure that their voices are heard.”
The month after Amazon workers at one Staten Island warehouse voted to form a union, workers at a nearby facility voted against it, but Amazon Labor Union estimates workers at more than 100 facilities have contacted the group for help. Some are already part of a coordinated union drive, others have formed an organizing committee at their worksite and some, like Zingg, are individuals looking to spearhead the union effort.
“If you have one person, any one person that has the heart and determination to fight for worker’s liberation, then it doesn’t matter how many because there’s more of us out there,” Daniels said. “It’s just showing that there’s hope and will and determination for it.”
Unionizing in Washington
Zingg didn’t start their professional life as a union supporter. A feeling that management wouldn’t recognize and reward employees who handled tasks outside the job description turned them into one.
Zingg started at Amazon in August, processing packages coming into Amazon’s DuPont fulfillment center. After four days on the job, they moved into a “problem solver” role, looking for and fixing any kinks in the well-oiled Amazon machine. A month after that, they applied for a new role that came with a raise.
In November, they transferred from Amazon’s DuPont center to RNT9 in Fife where they now work on the trucking side of the operation, coordinating with drivers and moving packages off the dock.
In their new role, they’re on the other side of the process for incoming packages. At DuPont, they moved the packages into the warehouse; at Fife, they move the packages off the trucks.
Zingg acknowledged Amazon does offer workers some good reasons for taking and keeping a job at one of its warehouses, mainly a quick way to get access to benefits like health care and a program to fund higher education. Zingg hopes to start studying IT.
They said they’ve also watched colleagues skip lunch breaks to help out without, pay or recognition. Because there’s high turnover among managers, some of the lowest paid workers are running the show behind the scenes, they said.
Paul Flaningan, a spokesperson for Amazon, said Zingg’s allegations that pitching in to take care of tasks outside a defined job description won’t put you on the path to a raise are “not accurate.”
“Leaders encourage employees at all levels to seek additional assignments as a part of career advancement opportunities,” Flaningan said.
Zingg also says the company doesn’t offer a living wage to the majority of its employees at RNT9. Warehouse workers make an average of $18 per hour, but Amazon says hourly pay can be up to $28 per hour in some locations and noted its “front-line” warehouse workers have benefits including health, vision and dental insurance, paid parental leave, a 401(k) and free mental health services.
Near RNT9, in Pierce County, median rent for a one-bedroom is roughly $1,300, according to Apartment List.
In 2021, Amazon promoted more than 30,000 front-line workers internally, a path to a higher wage. At RNT9, which opened in 2021, “already leaders hosted a career fair earlier this year for all employees to learn about additional job opportunities,” Flaningan said.
In Zingg’s opinion, “people shouldn’t have to hustle — [for a managerial position that comes with a raise] — to live.”
Zingg is also hoping a union will provide workers an avenue to express concerns and make changes on their behalf.
At Amazon, workers “will get bogged down every step of the way,” they said. “If you feel like an issue is important enough, you should be able to cascade it with more and more support as you go. With Amazon, it’s the opposite. … It gets harder and harder.”
“Amazon provides a number of ways for employees and managers to communicate directly with each other,” Flaningan said, pointing to an open-door policy, one-on-ones, roundtables with leaders and employee message boards on-site.
Moving at ‘breakneck’ speed
Seth Goldstein, an attorney who works with Amazon Labor Union, expects the union bug will spread beyond the warehouses next to tech workers at Amazon’s Seattle headquarters because people “don’t like the direction that Amazon’s going.”
He pointed to instances of workers speaking out against the company and facing retaliation, including Emily Cunningham and Maren Costa. They publicly pushed the company to reduce its impact on climate change and address warehouse workers’ concerns.
Amazon has said it discharged the employees for repeatedly violating internal policies against commenting publicly on the company’s business without executive approval.
Cheddi Skeete, a former Amazon drone project manager, said in April he was fired for raising concerns about Amazon’s drone delivery program. A spokesperson for the company denied Skeete was fired for speaking up.
So far, there’s no obvious union organizing effort underway among Amazon’s tech and corporate employees, but Goldstein said, “This is not just a fulfillment center issue; people have finally had it.”
Amazon maintains that workers have the choice of whether or not to join a union. But “as a company, we don’t think unions are the best answer for our employees,” Flaningan from Amazon said. “Our focus remains on working directly with our team to continue making Amazon a great place to work.”
In North Carolina, a group of Amazon warehouse workers are starting their own union drive after talking about “how we were treated, how we’re paid and the work that we do,” said Timothy Platt, one of the organizers.
They talked about “how profitable the company is and what part we play in that,” Platt said. “And we just felt like we deserved more.”
Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity and Empowerment, or CAUSE, is gearing up to send union cards to workers at RDU1, a fulfillment center in North Carolina, by the end of the year.
“We feel like it’s been at breakneck speed and it’s only going to get faster,” Platt said.
What’s to come
Zingg is already taking on the role as the unofficial steward of a union that, at present, appears to have only one member. They’re pushing for a hazard pay differential for drivers who have to take vans and trucks over major roads as they move between warehouses and asking Amazon to change scheduling practices to avoid disrupting worker’s lives with last-minute edits.
As Zingg hands flyers to co-workers coming in and out of the warehouse, a lot of people ask if they’ve been fired yet.
Amazon has been accused of firing workers for organizing and violating labor laws at sites where workers are starting union campaigns. The NLRB ordered a second union vote at the warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, after determining Amazon interfered with the first election. The labor board also accused Amazon of illegally threatening and surveilling workers in the lead-up to the union vote in Staten Island.
Amazon is seeking to overturn the vote to unionize in Staten Island, arguing that the NLRB and the union organizers tainted the results. It listed 25 objections against the union drive and accused Amazon Labor Union of intimidating workers to vote in support.
Amazon disputes allegations that it retaliates against workers for organizing.
“Our employees have the choice of whether or not to join a union, and we do not retaliate against employees for exercising their rights,” Flaningan said. “While there are many established ways of ensuring we hear the opinions of our employees inside our business, we also respect the right for some to make their opinions known externally.”
So far, Zingg still has a job and says they haven’t faced any retaliation from Amazon. They talk often with the human resources representative at the site to make sure they’re following company policy, and tell the managers at RNT9 the union can be a resource to improve their working conditions as well.
Higher up, Amazon executives “have no interest in me right now,” Zingg said. But they expect that to change if and when the union cards go out. | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/one-amazon-workers-lonely-effort-to-unionize-a-wa-warehouse/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_business | 2022-07-17 13:19:27 | 1 | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/one-amazon-workers-lonely-effort-to-unionize-a-wa-warehouse/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_business |
NEW YORK (AP)Chris Bassitt had his shortest start in three months, failing to get through the fourth inning as the NL East-leading New York Mets lost to the Chicago Cubs 5-2 Monday night.
New York remained 1 1/2 games ahead of Atlanta, which lost 3-2 in San Francisco.
The Mets had won each of Bassitt’s last eight starts, a span in which he had a 2.24 ERA. But the right-hander gave up five runs in 3 2/3 innings – his quickest exit since he lasted a season-low 3 1/3 innings against San Diego on July 8.
”He’s pitched at such a high level, it really catches your attention (when he doesn’t),” Mets manager Buck Showalter said. ”Chris has been such a rock for us all year and will be again.”
Rafael Ortega homered in the second – the first home run allowed by Bassitt (13-8) since he gave up Manny Machado’s round-tripper July 23, a stretch of 54 1/3 innings. Zach McKinstry hit a two-run shot in the third before Ortega and Alfonso Rivas each had an RBI single in the fourth.
”It’s a bad start,” Bassitt said. ”Obviously, this entire game’s on me. It’s unfortunate. But I’ll work my butt off and go to the next one.”
A quartet of relievers blanked the Cubs on two hits over the final 5 1/3 innings. But the Mets stranded 10 runners – including seven over the first six innings against rookie right-hander Javier Assad (1-1), who allowed five hits in earning the first victory of his career.
Mark Canha struck out with the bases loaded in the first. James McCann delivered a two-out RBI single in the fourth, when Brandon Nimmo whiffed to leave two on. Eduardo Escobar tripled with two outs in the sixth but was left there when Assad struck out Tyler Naquin.
”This is a hostile environment here in New York and they’ve got a really good team,” Cubs manager David Ross said. ”He had some innings there that things could have sped up on him.”
The Mets loaded the bases with none out but didn’t score in the eighth, when Showalter utilized Mychal Givens – who’d pitched the seventh and eighth – as a pinch-runner at first base for designated hitter Daniel Vogelbach. It was the first pinch-running appearance of Givens’ eight-year career.
But Manuel Rodriguez struck out Canha before giving way to Brandon Hughes, who retired Escobar and pinch-hitter Darin Ruf on flyouts.
”Thought our bullpen was really good after the fact, gave us a chance,” Showalter said. ”Just couldn’t cash in a lot of opportunities we had. That was frustrating for us.”
Ruf is hitting .222 with six RBIs in 27 pinch-hit at-bats this season but is in a 1-for-33 slump dating to Aug. 18.
”It’s frustrating but it’s baseball,” Ruf said with a small smile. ”It happens.”
Hughes gave up a two-out homer to Francisco Lindor in the ninth before retiring Jeff McNeil on a groundout for his fifth save.
”The guys played really hard, really well and did a nice job,” Ross said. ”And Hughsie locked it down for us. Nice overall team win.”
Escobar, who also singled in the fourth, extended his hitting streak to 10 games. He’s batting .500 (18 for 36) during the run.
MAYGYVER
Mets right-handed reliever Trevor May was activated from the injured list after missing 10 days with COVID-19. May, wearing a mask in the locker room Monday afternoon, said he stayed loose by throwing baseballs against his couch – set on its side and covered in blankets – in his apartment.
”That works really, really well, so I highly recommend it if you ever had to do that,” May said. ”You don’t need a net, you can just MacGyver. I was able to throw as hard as I could. I would have had to throw 160 (mph) to get through the couch.”
The IL stint was the second of the season for May, who missed three months with a triceps injury. He had a 3.86 ERA with 14 strikeouts in 9 1/3 innings over 10 appearances in between stays on the IL.
”Timing-wise, really, really frustrating,” May said of his COVID-19 battle. ”Not been a lot of things falling my way this year, in general.”
MOMENT OF SILENCE
Before the first pitch, moments of silence were held for former big league pitcher Anthony Varvaro as well as the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Varvaro, a New York City native and St. John’s graduate who pitched for three teams from 2010-15 before retiring to become a Port Authority police officer, was killed in a car crash Sunday morning on his way to the 9/11 remembrance in Manhattan.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Cubs: SS Nico Hoerner (triceps) didn’t play after exiting Sunday’s game in the sixth inning. Ross said Hoerner was a little sore but planned to take swings in the batting cage before the game. . Willson Contreras (left ankle) is eligible to come off the injured list Tuesday, but Ross said the All-Star catcher will likely return after Thursday’s off day.
Mets: In addition to activating May, the Mets activated INF Luis Guillorme (left groin), who missed the previous 26 games. To make room on the roster, New York placed RHP Bryce Montes de Oca (left hamstring) on the injured list and designated for assignment INF Devan Marrero.
UP NEXT
Cubs: RHP Adrian Sampson (1-5, 3.76 ERA) has one win in 14 starts this season despite allowing two runs or fewer nine times, including in each of his last three outings.
Mets: RHP Jacob deGrom (5-1, 1.66 ERA) has retired at least 12 consecutive batters in each of his last six starts, the longest such streak in the last 40 years.
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Second Quarter 2022
- Net income of $202 million, or $1.23 per GAAP diluted share
- Net Sales of $1.65 billion
- Combined adjusted EBITDA of $402.6 million
- Repurchased $48.7 million of stock
IRVING, Texas, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Darling Ingredients Inc. (NYSE: DAR) today reported another record quarter, with net income of $202 million, or $1.23 per diluted share for the second quarter 2022, compared to net income of $196.6 million, or $1.17 per diluted share, for the second quarter 2021. The company also reported net sales of $1.65 billion for the second quarter of 2022, as compared with net sales of $1.2 billion for the same period a year ago.
"Darling Ingredients delivered another record quarter, setting an all-time quarterly high of $402.6 million in combined adjusted EBITDA," said Randall C. Stuewe, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Darling Ingredients Inc. "This quarter's outstanding performance illustrates our diversified platform of specialty ingredients and decarbonization solutions and our ability to adapt to dynamic market conditions."
For the six months ended July 2, 2022, Darling Ingredients reported net sales of $3 billion, compared to net sales of $2.2 billion for the same period in 2021. Net income attributed to Darling Ingredients for the first six months of 2022 was $390 million, or $2.37 per diluted share, as compared to net income of $348.3 million, or $2.08 per diluted share, for the first six months of 2021.
Combined adjusted EBITDA was $402.6 million for the second quarter 2022, compared to $353.7 million for the same period in 2021. On a year-to-date basis, combined adjusted EBITDA totaled $733.2 million for 2022, as compared to $638.5 million for the same period in 2021.
Under Darling Ingredients' share repurchase program, the company repurchased approximately 700,000 shares of common stock during the second quarter for a total of $48.7 million, bringing the total stock repurchased year to date 2022 as of July 2, 2022, to approximately 971,000 shares of common stock for a total of $65.9 million.
As of July 2, 2022, Darling had $146.8 million in cash and cash equivalents, and $1.4 billion available under its committed revolving credit agreement. Total debt outstanding as of July 2, 2022 was $2.9 billion. The leverage ratio as measured by the company's bank covenant was 2.59 as of July 2, 2022. Second quarter capital expenditures totaled approximately $79.9 million.
On May 2, 2022, Darling Ingredients completed the acquisition of Valley Proteins, one of the largest independent rendering companies in the United States. On Aug. 1, 2022, the company completed its acquisition of FASA Group, the largest independent rendering company in Brazil. The company used cash on hand and borrowings under the company's amended credit agreement to fund the acquisitions.
Darling Ingredients reaffirms its previously announced forecast for full year 2022 of $1.55-$1.6 billion combined adjusted EBITDA.
Darling Ingredients Inc. reports Adjusted EBITDA results, which is a Non-GAAP financial measure, as a complement to results provided in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) (for additional information, see "Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures" included later in this media release). The Company believes that Adjusted EBITDA provides additional useful information to investors. Adjusted EBITDA, as the Company uses the term, is calculated below:
Reconciliation of Net Income to (Non-GAAP) Adjusted EBITDA and (Non-GAAP) Pro forma Adjusted EBITDA For the Three-Month and Six-Month Periods Ended July 2, 2022 and July 3, 2021
About Darling
Darling Ingredients Inc. (NYSE: DAR) is the largest publicly traded company turning edible by-products and food waste into sustainable products and a leading producer of renewable energy. Recognized as a sustainability leader, the company operates more than 250 plants in 17 countries and repurposes approximately 15% of the world's meat industry waste streams into value-added products, such as green energy, renewable diesel, collagen, fertilizer, animal proteins and meals and pet food ingredients. To learn more, visit darlingii.com and follow us on LinkedIn.
Darling Ingredients Inc. will host a conference call to discuss the Company's second quarter 2022 financial results at 9 am Eastern Time (8 am Central Time) on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022.
Due to historically high call volume, the company is offering participants the opportunity to register in advance for the conference through the following link: https://dpregister.com/sreg/10169154/f3a6e5cbb6.
Registered participants will receive an email with a calendar reminder and a dial-in number and PIN that will allow them immediate access to the call on Aug. 10, 2022.
To listen to the conference call, participants calling from within North America should dial 1-844-868-8847; international participants should dial 1-412-317-6593. Please asked to be joined to the Darling Ingredients call. Please call approximately ten minutes before the start of the call to ensure that you are connected.
The call will also be available as a live audio webcast that can be accessed on the Company website at http://ir.darlingii.com. Beginning one hour after its completion, a replay of the call can be accessed through Aug. 17, 2022, by dialing 1-877-344-7529 (U.S. callers), 1-855-669-9658 (Canada) and 1-412-317-0088 (international callers). The access code for the replay is 8664057. The conference call will also be archived on the Company's website.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures:
Adjusted EBITDA is not a recognized accounting measurement under GAAP; it should not be considered as an alternative to net income, as a measure of operating results, or as an alternative to cash flow as a measure of liquidity and is not intended to be a presentation in accordance with GAAP. Adjusted EBITDA is presented here not as an alternative to net income, but rather as a measure of the Company's operating performance. Since EBITDA (generally, net income plus interest expense, taxes, depreciation and amortization) is not calculated identically by all companies, this presentation may not be comparable to EBITDA or Adjusted EBITDA presentations disclosed by other companies. Adjusted EBITDA is calculated in this presentation and represents, for any relevant period, net income/(loss) plus depreciation and amortization, goodwill and long-lived asset impairment, interest expense, (income)/loss from discontinued operations, net of tax, income tax provision, other income/(expense) and equity in net loss of unconsolidated subsidiary. Management believes that Adjusted EBITDA is useful in evaluating the Company's operating performance compared to that of other companies in its industry because the calculation of Adjusted EBITDA generally eliminates the effects of financing, income taxes and certain non-cash and other items that may vary for different companies for reasons unrelated to overall operating performance.
Pro forma Adjusted EBITDA to Foreign Currency is not a recognized accounting measurement under GAAP. The Company evaluates the impact of foreign currency on its adjusted EBITDA. DGD Joint Venture Adjusted EBITDA (Darling's share) is not reflected in the Adjusted EBITDA or the Pro forma Adjusted EBITDA to Foreign Currency (Non-GAAP).
As a result, the Company's management uses Adjusted EBITDA as a measure to evaluate performance and for other discretionary purposes. In addition to the foregoing, management also uses or will use Adjusted EBITDA to measure compliance with certain financial covenants under the Company's Senior Secured Credit Facilities, 6% Notes, 5.25% Notes and 3.625% Notes that were outstanding at July 2, 2022. However, the amounts shown in this presentation for Adjusted EBITDA differ from the amounts calculated under similarly titled definitions in the Company's Senior Secured Credit Facilities, 6% Notes, 5.25% Notes and 3.625% Notes, as those definitions permit further adjustments to reflect certain other non-recurring costs, non-cash charges and cash dividends from the DGD Joint Venture. Additionally, the Company evaluates the impact of foreign exchange impact on operating cash flow, which is defined as segment operating income (loss) plus depreciation and amortization.
Information reconciling forward-looking combined adjusted EBITDA to net income is unavailable to the Company without unreasonable effort. The Company is not able to provide reconciliations of combined adjusted EBITDA to net income because certain items required for such reconciliations are outside of the Company's control and/or cannot be reasonably predicted, such as the impact of volatile commodity prices on the Company's operations, impact of foreign currency exchange fluctuations, depreciation and amortization and the provision for income taxes. Preparation of such reconciliations for Darling Ingredients Inc. and the Company's joint venture, Diamond Green Diesel, would require a forward-looking balance sheet, statement of income and statement of cash flow, prepared in accordance with GAAP for each entity, and such forward-looking financial statements are unavailable to the Company without unreasonable effort. The Company provides a range for its combined adjusted EBITDA outlook that it believes will be achieved; however, it cannot accurately predict all the components of the combined adjusted EBITDA calculation.
Cautionary Statements Regarding Forward-Looking Information:
{This media release contains "forward-looking" statements regarding the business operations and prospects of Darling Ingredients Inc. and industry factors affecting it. These statements are identified by words such as "believe," "anticipate," "expect," "estimate," "intend," "could," "may," "will," "should," "planned," "potential," "continue," "momentum," "combined adjusted EBITDA guidance" and other words referring to events that may occur in the future. These statements reflect Darling Ingredient's current view of future events and are based on its assessment of, and are subject to, a variety of risks and uncertainties beyond its control, each of which could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. These factors include, among others, existing and unknown future limitations on the ability of the Company's direct and indirect subsidiaries to make their cash flow available to the Company for payments on the Company's indebtedness or other purposes; global demands for bio-fuels and grain and oilseed commodities, which have exhibited volatility, and can impact the cost of feed for cattle, hogs and poultry, thus affecting available rendering feedstock and selling prices for the Company's products; reductions in raw material volumes available to the Company due to weak margins in the meat production industry as a result of higher feed costs, reduced consumer demand or other factors, reduced volume from food service establishments, or otherwise; reduced demand for animal feed; reduced finished product prices, including a decline in fat and used cooking oil finished product prices; changes to worldwide government policies relating to renewable fuels and greenhouse gas("GHG") emissions that adversely affect programs like the U.S. government's renewable fuel standard, low carbon fuel standards ("LCFS") and tax credits for biofuels both in the United States and abroad; possible product recall resulting from developments relating to the discovery of unauthorized adulterations to food or food additives; the occurrence of 2009 H1N1 flu (initially known as "Swine Flu"), Highly pathogenic strains of avian influenza (collectively known as "Bird Flu"), severe acute respiratory syndrome ("SARS"), bovine spongiform encephalopathy (or "BSE"), porcine epidemic diarrhea ("PED") or other diseases associated with animal origin in the United States or elsewhere, such as the outbreak of African Swine Fever ("ASF") in China and elsewhere; the occurrence of pandemics, epidemics or disease outbreaks, such as the current COVID-19 outbreak; unanticipated costs and/or reductions in raw material volumes related to the Company's compliance with the existing or unforeseen new U.S. or foreign (including, without limitation, China) regulations (including new or modified animal feed, Bird Flu, SARS, PED, BSE, ASF or similar or unanticipated regulations) affecting the industries in which the Company operates or its value added products; risks associated with the DGD Joint Venture, including possible unanticipated operating disruptions and issues relating to the announced expansion project; risks and uncertainties relating to international sales and operations, including imposition of tariffs, quotas, trade barriers and other trade protections imposed by foreign countries; difficulties or a significant disruption in our information systems or failure to implement new systems and software successfully, risks relating to possible third party claims of intellectual property infringement; increased contributions to the Company's pension and benefit plans, including multiemployer and employer-sponsored defined benefit pension plans as required by legislation, regulation or other applicable U.S. or foreign law or resulting from a U.S. mass withdrawal event; bad debt write-offs; loss of or failure to obtain necessary permits and registrations; continued or escalated conflict in the Middle East, North Korea, Ukraine or elsewhere, including the Russia-Ukraine war; uncertainty regarding the exit of the U.K. from the European Union; and/or unfavorable export or import markets. These factors, coupled with volatile prices for natural gas and diesel fuel, climate conditions, currency exchange fluctuations, general performance of the U.S. and global economies, disturbances in world financial, credit, commodities and stock markets, and any decline in consumer confidence and discretionary spending, including the inability of consumers and companies to obtain credit due to lack of liquidity in the financial markets, among others, could cause actual results to vary materially from the forward looking statements included in this release or negatively impact the Company's results of operations. Among other things, future profitability may be affected by the Company's ability to grow its business, which faces competition from companies that may have substantially greater resources than the Company. The Company's announced share repurchase program may be suspended or discontinued at any time and purchases of shares under the program are subject to market conditions and other factors, which are likely to change from time to time. Other risks and uncertainties regarding Darling Ingredients Inc., its business and the industries in which it operates are referenced from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Darling Ingredients Inc. is under no obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such obligation to) update or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.}
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Win 4 Evening" game were:
3-9-7-4
(three, nine, seven, four)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Win 4 Evening" game were:
3-9-7-4
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ST. PETERSBURG Fla. (WFLA) — All eyes are on St. Pete as the city kicks off one of the biggest Pride events in the country, with 300,000 people expected to attend.
“We see the things done and getting setup, it’s like the night before Christmas,” said Dr. Byron Green-Calisch, Vice President of the Board of Directors for St. Pete Pride.
Dr. Calisch believes this year’s event is more important than ever, given a new state law that bans children from seeing live adult performances. On Friday, a federal judge in Orlando temporarily blocked the enforcement of SB-1438, which critics call the “anti-drag law.”
Pride organizers said it’s been a balancing act trying to celebrate the event and follow the legislation.
“It feels like you’re fighting constantly. It’s hard for me and it’s hard to maintain when your battery starts to deplete, right here is the opportunity to recharge,” said Dr. Calisch.
“I think there’s something about strength in numbers,” said Carolyn Fair, who traveled all the way from London to show support for her friend who helps run St. Pete Pride.
The decision didn’t come without some anxiety.
“We had some anxiety coming here. It’s no question. But Tiff has reassured us about how it’s, how people are looked after. But yeah you have to. You are a bit anxious when it’s such a public level of hatred, I think,” said Fair.
“We’ve been working really closely with police to make sure that that enforcement is not aggressive. We are looking to educate people and not fine or cite people,” said Dr. Calisch.
WFLA spoke with the organizers before the judge’s decision on Friday. They said it’s a balancing act, however they didn’t think major changes are needed to be in compliance with new state laws.
“We highly encourage people to express themselves in whatever way makes sense for them. We do have local ordinances here, because we are a beach town, that if you want to wear a bathing suit, wear a bathing suit. We do ask that people be properly covered,” said Dr. Calisch. | https://www.wfla.com/news/pinellas-county/st-pete-pride-organizers-face-balancing-act-celebrating-event-and-following-laws/ | 2023-06-23 22:11:31 | 0 | https://www.wfla.com/news/pinellas-county/st-pete-pride-organizers-face-balancing-act-celebrating-event-and-following-laws/ |
33 New Primary Care Practices Opened in Healthcare Deserts
MIAMI, Dec. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ChenMed, a leading primary care practice long focused on transforming care of the neediest populations, today announced a record 33 new center openings in 2022, representing a 36 percent increase in underserved neighborhoods now being served by Chen, Dedicated and JenCare Senior Medical Centers in just 12 months.
"We have a moral imperative to provide affordable VIP care to even more Medicare-eligible seniors – all of whom truly deserve to have outstanding relationships with primary care doctors, who are resolutely focused on earning trust and doing whatever it takes to help each patient enjoy the maximum number of healthy days," says Christopher Chen, M.D., ChenMed CEO. "Our proven and highly scalable approach to care meets the nation's most vulnerable seniors where they are to transform health, including reducing hospital sick days by 30 to 50 percent."
ChenMed celebrated six primary care center grand openings during the first quarter of 2022, including the first Chen Senior Medical Center in Deerfield Beach, Florida; the first JenCare Senior Medical Center in Westwego, Louisiana; the first JenCare Senior Medical Center in Forest Park, Georgia; the fourth Dedicated Senior Medical Center in Orlando, Florida; the first Chen Senior Medical Center in Tamarac, Florida; and the third Dedicated Senior Medical Center in Tampa.
The drumbeat continued during the second quarter of 2022, with the first Chen center opening in Margate, Florida; and a second Chen center opening in Miami Gardens, Florida.
Fast forward to the third quarter of 2022, and ChenMed energized five more communities with the first Dedicated center in Charlotte, North Carolina; the first Dedicated center in Fort Myers, Florida; the fourth Dedicated center in Jacksonville, Florida; the fourth Dedicated center in Tampa; the second Dedicated center in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Most recently (Q4 2022), ChenMed doctors started seeing patients at 18 new centers, where grand openings will be in 2023:
- 13 new Dedicated centers
- 2 new Chen centers delivering better health to South Florida seniors (Plantation; and Allapattah neighborhood)
- 2 new JenCare centers, one in New Orleans East, plus one in the Hammond Park neighborhood of Atlanta
- 1 new IntuneHealth (ITH) center
With the sprint still on to open two more centers by Christmas Day, ChenMed continues seeing patients in more than 120 primary care centers in 15 states to help the maximum number of seniors benefit from ChenMed's high-touch primary care model. During the next 10 days, ChenMed expects to start seeing patients in a second Columbia (South Carolina) center; and in Greensboro (North Carolina).
"We really listen to patients and do whatever it takes to help them thrive. We love them like members of our own family," explains Alexandria Beranger, M.D., ChenMed National Director of Quality and Patient Experience. "Our doctors and care teams truly give every senior we are blessed to serve extra reasons to be joyful in the holiday season and year-round."
By annually attracting hundreds of mission-focused clinicians, ChenMed provides best-in-class primary care, with unrivaled access to doctors that includes same-day and walk-in appointments, as well as patients having their provider's cell phone number and being frequently encouraged to call or text whenever they have a health concern or need.
ChenMed, headquartered in Miami, is a privately owned medical, management and technology company that delivers the high-touch and personalized primary care Medicare-eligible seniors need to enjoy better health. The company now operates more than 120 senior medical centers in 15 states. Named a Fortune 2020 "Change the World" company, twice named a "Most Loved Workplace" by Newsweek Magazine, and a certified Best Place to Work® by the Best Place to Work Institute, ChenMed brings concierge-style medicine and better health outcomes to the neediest populations. ChenMed brands include Chen Senior Medical Center, Dedicated Senior Medical Center and JenCare Senior Medical Center. Thanks to its leading healthcare technology organization, CurityTM, ChenMed was recently named a "Best Place to Work in IT" by IDG's Insider Pro and ComputerWorld.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Rapper Young Thug was one of 28 people indicted Monday in Georgia on conspiracy to violate the state's RICO act and street gang charges, according to jail records.
The Atlanta rapper, whose name is Jeffrey Lamar Williams, was arrested at his home in Buckhead, an Atlanta neighborhood just north of downtown. He is being held at the Fulton County Jail.
The conspiracy charge dates back to 2013 and the gang charge to 2018, the jail record says.
Young Thug is allegedly one of three founders of the Young Slime Life, “a criminal street gang that started in late 2012” in Atlanta, the indictment says. YSL is affiliated with the national Bloods gang, officials said. Charges include “Preserving, protecting and enhancing the reputation, power and territory of the enterprise through acts of racketeering activity including murder, assault and threats of violence.”
Young Thug's lawyer Brian Steel told local media that, “Mr. Williams committed no crime whatsoever” and that he would “fight till his last drop of blood to clear him.”
He will make his first court appearance on Tuesday at 11:30 a.m.
Also indicted on Monday were Atlanta rapper Gunna, whose real name is Sergio Kitchens, and aspiring rapper Christian Eppinger, who was already in jail, accused of shooting an Atlanta Police officer six times in February. It was not immediately known if Gunna, who is accused of conspiracy to violate the state's RICO act, has been arrested.
In April 2021 Young Thug and Gunna posted bail for 30 low-level inmates who were unable to afford the costs themselves.
Young Thug’s record label has been called YSL Records or Young Stoner Life Records. The label refers to its artists as part of the “Slime Family,” and a compilation album called “Slime Language 2” hit No. 1 on the charts in April 2021. | https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Atlanta-rapper-Young-Thug-arrested-on-RICO-gang-17161068.php | 2022-05-10 06:05:36 | 0 | https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Atlanta-rapper-Young-Thug-arrested-on-RICO-gang-17161068.php |
Kobe Bryant’s widow awarded $16M in trial over crash photos
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kobe Bryant’s widow was awarded $16 million as part of a $31 million jury verdict Wednesday against Los Angeles County for deputies and firefighters sharing grisly photos of the NBA star, his 13-year-old daughter and other victims killed in a 2020 helicopter crash.
The nine jurors unanimously agreed with Vanessa Bryant and her attorneys that the photos invaded her privacy and caused emotional distress. She cried quietly as it was read.
The jury deliberated 4 1/2 hours before reaching the verdict on Kobe Bryant Day, which is celebrated in LA on Aug. 24 because it represents his jersey numbers — 8 and 24 — and is the day after his birthday. Tuesday would have been Bryant’s 44th birthday.
An attorney for the county declined comment on the verdict outside the courtroom.
The pictures were shared mostly between employees of the LA County sheriff’s and fire departments including by some who were playing video games and attending an awards banquet. They were also seen by some of their spouses and in one case by a bartender at a bar where a deputy was drinking.
Vanessa Bryant tearfully testified during the 11-day trial that news of the photos compounded her still-raw grief a month after losing her husband and daughter, and that she still has panic attacks at the thought that they might still be out there.
“I live in fear every day of being on social media and these popping up,” she testified. “I live in fear of my daughters being on social media and these popping up.”
Her co-plaintiff Chris Chester, whose wife and daughter were also among the nine people killed in the crash, was awarded $15 million.
“We’re grateful for a jury and a judge who gave us a fair trial,” said Chester’s lawyer Jerry Jackson.
Vanessa Bryant’s attorneys did not give jurors a dollar amount they thought their client deserved, but Chester’s attorney gave them suggested guidelines that would have meant tens of millions for each plaintiff.
Vanessa Bryant and her attorney declined comment outside court Wednesday. Her face was still streaked with tears as she walked past TV cameras and dozens of reporters and climbed into an SUV.
Vanessa Bryant’s lawyer Luis Li told jurors that the close-up photos had no official or investigative purpose, and were mere “visual gossip” shared out of a gruesome curiosity.
County attorney J. Mira Hashmall argued during the trial that the photos were a necessary tool for assessing the situation.
She acknowledged that they should not have been shared with everyone who saw them. But she emphasized that the photos had never appeared publicly, and had never even been seen by the plaintiffs. She said that meant that Sheriff Alex Villanueva and other officials had taken decisive and effective action when they ordered those who had the photos to delete them.
Kobe Bryant, the former Lakers star, five-time NBA champion and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, was traveling with Gianna and seven others to a youth basketball game when the helicopter they were aboard crashed into hills in Calabasas west of Los Angeles on Jan. 26, 2020.
Federal safety officials blamed pilot error for the crash.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | https://www.kswo.com/2022/08/24/kobe-bryants-widow-awarded-16m-trial-over-crash-photos/ | 2022-08-25 00:41:23 | 1 | https://www.kswo.com/2022/08/24/kobe-bryants-widow-awarded-16m-trial-over-crash-photos/ |
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — The Virginia State Police is asking for the public’s help in finding a Franklin County woman who was reported missing on Tuesday evening.
Veronica Maxwell Jones was last seen on Oct. 25, at 4:20 p.m., on the 3700 block of Colonial Turnpike walking toward Mitchells Inc., State Police said in a statement.
According to police, Jones is described as a 55-year-old Black female who stands 5-feet 9-inches tall and weighs 200 pounds with brown eyes and black hair.
Jones was possibly wearing jeans, a big blue coat and a yellow backpack at the time of her disappearance. Police added that she also had an identification band on her wrist from a recent hospital visit.
Anyone who may have seen Jones or has further information regarding her whereabouts is asked to contact the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office at 540-483-3000 immediately, as State Police say her disappearance poses a credible threat to her health and safety. | https://www.wric.com/news/virginia-news/missing-person-alert-have-you-seen-veronica-maxwell-jones/ | 2022-10-26 02:44:11 | 1 | https://www.wric.com/news/virginia-news/missing-person-alert-have-you-seen-veronica-maxwell-jones/ |
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Europe embargoes Russian diesel to de-fuel war efforts
Europe is cutting more energy ties with Russia to stop feeding the war in Ukraine. Diesel prices have already jumped since the war started on Feb. 24, 2022, and they could rise again. Europe is looking for suppliers in the U.S., the Middle East, and Asia.
| Frankfurt, Germany
Europe is taking another big step toward cutting its energy ties with Russia, banning imports of diesel fuel and other products made from crude oil in Russian refineries.
The European Union ban takes effect on Feb. 5 following its embargo on coal and most oil from Russia. The 27-nation bloc is trying to sever its last uses of Russian energy and stop feeding the Kremlin’s war chest as the anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine nears.
The newest ban has risks: Diesel prices have already jumped since the war started on Feb. 24, and they could rise again for the fuel that is key to the global economy.
“We’re leaving money in the road to provide our services,” said Hans-Dieter Sedelmeier of the family-run German bus and travel company Rast Reisen.
Most things people buy or eat are transported at some point by trucks, which mostly run on diesel. It also powers farm equipment, city buses, and industrial equipment. The higher cost of diesel is built into the price of almost everything, helping push up inflation that has made life harder for people worldwide.
Here are key facts about the upcoming European embargo:
Will the embargo push up diesel prices?
That depends. Diesel, like crude oil, is sold globally, and Europe could look for new sources, such as the United States, India, or countries in the Middle East. If that goes smoothly, the impact on prices might be temporary and modest.
Europe has already cut Russian diesel imports almost in half, from 50% of total imports before the war to 27%. U.S. suppliers have stepped up shipments to record levels, from 34,000 barrels a day at the start of 2022 to 237,000 barrels per day so far in January, according to S&P Global.
The EU’s top energy official, Kadri Simson, says markets have had time to adjust after the ban was announced in June. Europeans also appear to have stocked up on Russian diesel before the deadline, with imports rising last month.
There is a complicating factor: The Group of Seven major democracies is discussing imposing a price cap on Russian diesel heading to other countries, just as they did on Russian crude. As with oil, the idea is to keep Russian diesel flowing to world markets but reduce Moscow’s revenue.
If the cap works as advertised, global diesel flows should reshuffle, with Europe finding new suppliers and Russian diesel finding new customers, without a major loss of supply.
But it’s hard to say how the cap will work without knowing where the price will be set and whether Russia will retaliate by withholding shipments.
“When Russian exports are constrained, for whatever reason, that would of course cause some trouble in this whole reshuffle process,” said Hedi Grati, head of fuels and refining research for Europe at S&P Global Commodity Insights. “Europe would be competing with other big importers, and that would cause upward pressure on pricing.”
If the cap doesn’t block large amounts of Russian diesel, there might be “a short-lived price spike” as the market adjusts. For one, tankers would have a longer journey to Europe from the U.S., Middle East, or India than from Russia’s Baltic Sea ports, stressing shipping capacity.
But massive new refining capacity is launching in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia later this year and in Oman in 2024. That “could further alleviate any pressure points from this divorce from Russia,” Ms. Grati said.
What could a diesel price cap accomplish?
The hope is to reproduce the effect of the oil price cap, which barred Western companies that largely control shipping services from handling Russian crude priced above $60 a barrel.
Russia says it won’t sell oil to countries observing the price ceiling, but the cap and falling demand from a slowing global economy have meant that customers in China, India, and elsewhere can buy Russian oil at steep discounts, cutting into the Kremlin’s revenue.
Boosted by more expensive crude, diesel prices rose to over $1,000 a ton last week from $800 a ton in early December. Diesel costs more than $40 per barrel above the crude used to make it.
One reason for the price hike was a late December storm in the U.S. that disrupted refineries, said Barbara Lambrecht, an analyst at Commerzbank.
What happens if diesel gets more expensive?
Fuel prices have been a major factor behind painful inflation in Europe that has robbed consumers of purchasing power and slowed the economy.
Diesel prices at the pump have swung from 1.66 euros per liter ($6.43 a gallon) to 2.14 euros per liter ($8.29 a gallon) in the course of a year.
“That is a gigantic increase,” said Christopher Schuldes, the third generation of his family to run the German trucking company Schuldes Spedition.
The company has 27 diesel trucks and 50 employees in the small town of Alsbach-Haehnlein between Frankfurt and Heidelberg in southwest Germany. It already has cut fuel costs by equipping trucks with efficient engines, ensuring trucks leave fully loaded, and training employees in fuel-efficient driving.
“We did all that a long time ago, long before Russia invaded Ukraine,” Mr. Schuldes said. “There’s no more room for optimization.”
To ease the extra diesel costs, the company tried negotiating higher prices with customers who have long-term contracts. Some agreed, and some didn’t. Even if a contract allows prices to rise with diesel costs, there’s a two-month lag.
Regarding the embargo, “I am of two minds about it,” Mr. Schuldes said. “I have to see that the company is in good shape and that our purchasing is as economical as possible. On the other hand – on the personal level – I say Russia must not be supported.”
Meanwhile, Rast Reisen, the bus and travel company near Freiburg im Breisgau in southwestern Germany, has seen diesel fuel rise from 12% to 15% of costs to 20% to 25%. Because 15 of its 25 buses are part of the regional public transport network, the company can’t automatically raise fares, and government increases so far are “a droplet on a hot stone,” said Mr. Sedelmeier, managing director for public transport.
Rast Reisen had to add a 10- to 15-euro ($11 to $16) diesel surcharge to trips to popular destinations like northern Germany’s island of Sylt or Croatia’s coast because prices spiked after catalogs were printed. Next year, prices for trips will simply be higher.
What could go wrong?
Energy markets are looking to China and wondering when the world’s second-largest economy will recover after the end of drastic COVID-19 restrictions. With the low demand for fuel at home, the Chinese government let refineries ramp up their exports.
But if travel picks up in China, that diesel may disappear from the world market, raising prices as competition for fuel increases.
This story was reported by The Associated Press. | https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2023/0130/Europe-embargoes-Russian-diesel-to-de-fuel-war-efforts?icid=rss | 2023-01-30 17:50:11 | 0 | https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2023/0130/Europe-embargoes-Russian-diesel-to-de-fuel-war-efforts?icid=rss |
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
5-7-0
(five, seven, zero)
¶ Top Prize $500
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
5-7-0
(five, seven, zero)
¶ Top Prize $500 | https://www.mrt.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Evening-game-17693164.php | 2023-01-04 05:25:38 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Evening-game-17693164.php |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee's final report asserts that Donald Trump criminally engaged in a "multi-part conspiracy" to overturn the lawful results of the 2020 presidential election and failed to act to stop his supporters from attacking the Capitol, concluding an extraordinary 18-month investigation into the former president and the violent insurrection two years ago.
The 814-page report released Thursday comes after the panel interviewed more than 1,000 witnesses, held 10 hearings and obtained millions of pages of documents. The witnesses — ranging from many of Trump's closest aides to law enforcement to some of the rioters themselves — detailed Trump's actions in the weeks ahead of the insurrection and how his wide-ranging pressure campaign to overturn his defeat directly influenced those who brutally pushed past the police and smashed through the windows and doors of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
"The central cause of January 6th was one man, former President Donald Trump, who many others followed," reads the report. "None of the events of January 6th would have happened without him."
The insurrection gravely threatened democracy and "put the lives of American lawmakers at risk," the nine-member panel concluded.
The report's eight chapters of findings tell the story largely as the panel's hearings did this summer — describing the many facets of the remarkable plan that Trump and his advisers devised to try and void President Joe Biden's victory. The lawmakers describe his pressure on states, federal officials, lawmakers and Vice President Mike Pence to game the system or break the law.
Trump's repeated, false claims of widespread voter fraud resonated with his supporters, the committee said, and were amplified on social media, building on the distrust of government he had fostered for his four years in office. And he did little to stop them when they resorted to violence and stormed the Capitol.
The massive, damning report comes as Trump is running again for the presidency and also facing multiple federal investigations, including probes of his role in the insurrection and the presence of classified documents at his Florida estate. This week is particularly fraught for him, as a House committee is expected to release his tax returns after he has fought for years to keep them private. And Trump has been blamed by Republicans for a worse-than-expected showing in the midterm elections, leaving him in his most politically vulnerable state since he won the 2016 election.
It is also a final act for House Democrats who are ceding power to Republicans in less than two weeks, and have spent much of their four years in power investigating Trump. Democrats impeached Trump twice, the second time a week after the insurrection. He was acquitted by the Senate both times. Other Democratic-led probes investigated his finances, his businesses, his foreign ties and his family.
On Monday, the panel of seven Democrats and two Republicans officially passed their investigation to the Justice Department, recommending the department investigate the former president on four crimes, including aiding an insurrection. While the criminal referrals have no legal standing, they are a final statement from the committee after its extensive, year-and-a-half-long probe.
Trump has tried to discredit the report, slamming members of the committee as "thugs and scoundrels" as he has continued to falsely dispute his 2020 loss.
In response to the panel's criminal referrals, Trump said: "These folks don't get it that when they come after me, people who love freedom rally around me. It strengthens me."
The committee has also begun to release hundreds of transcripts of its interviews. On Thursday, the panel released transcripts of two closed-door interviews with former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, who testified in person at one of the televised hearings over the summer and described in vivid detail Trump's efforts to influence the election results and indifference toward the violence as it occurred.
In the two interviews, both conducted after her July appearance at the hearing, she described how many of Trump's allies, including her lawyer, pressured her not to say too much in her committee interviews.
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(The Hill) – Incoming Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino thanked Elon Musk on Saturday for her new role at the social media company and shared her excitement to “build Twitter 2.0.”
“Thank you @elonmusk! I’ve long been inspired by your vision to create a brighter future,” Yaccarino tweeted. “I’m excited to help bring this vision to Twitter and transform this business together!”
“I see I have some new followers,” she added in her thread. “I’m not as prolific as @elonmusk (yet!), but I’m just as committed to the future of this platform.”
“Your feedback is VITAL to that future. I’m here for all of it,” Yaccarino continued. “Let’s keep the conversation going and build Twitter 2.0 together!”
Musk announced on Friday that Yaccarino would take over as CEO, while he would transition into a new role as executive chair and chief technology officer. The billionaire had previously promised in December that he would step down as CEO “as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job.”
“I am excited to welcome Linda Yaccarino as the new CEO of Twitter!” he tweeted on Friday. “@LindaYacc will focus primarily on business operations, while I focus on product design & new technology.”
“Looking forward to working with Linda to transform this platform into X, the everything app,” he added.
Yaccarino previously served as the chair of the company’s global advertising and partnerships at NBCUniversal. She worked for the media company for more than 10 years.
NBCU announced in a release on Friday that Yaccarino was leaving effective immediately.
“It has been an absolute honor to be part of Comcast NBCUniversal and lead the most incredible team. We’ve transformed our company and the entire industry — and I am so proud of what we’ve accomplished together, and grateful to my colleagues and mentors,” she wrote in the release. | https://wgntv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/linda-yaccarino-thanks-musk-for-opportunity-shares-excitement-to-build-twitter-2-0/ | 2023-05-14 16:12:15 | 0 | https://wgntv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/linda-yaccarino-thanks-musk-for-opportunity-shares-excitement-to-build-twitter-2-0/ |
Veteran Employee is Named Company's Outstanding Contributor
NEW YORK, Nov. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Con Edison has earned awards from PA Consulting for providing reliable electric service and for its development of new technology.
The company won the 2022 ReliabilityOne® Award for Outstanding Reliability Performance in the Northeast Metropolitan Service Area and the Outstanding Technology & Innovation Award.
In addition, Thomas Karakatsanis, chief engineer in Con Edison's Engineering and Planning group, earned PA Consulting's Outstanding Contributor to Reliability Award. Karakatsanis, who is known throughout the company as "Tommy K.," has been with Con Edison since 1987.
"Our success in maintaining industry-leading safe and reliable service for our customers would not be possible without the dedication and hard work of our employees," said Shakira Wilson, Con Edison's vice president, Engineering and Planning. "We continue to focus on our Clean Energy Commitment and support our customers in meeting their climate goals with robust energy efficiency programs."
"Grid sustainability continues to be a major issue that the industry must take more seriously," Gregg Edeson and Derek HasBrouck, PA Consulting's ReliabilityOne® co-program directors, said in a statement. "This year we are celebrating utilities that are providing high levels of reliability and resilience while integrating clean energy assets and greater clean resource diversity into their operations. Congratulations to Con Edison for its clean energy efforts."
All utilities operating dense electric delivery networks in North America are eligible for consideration for the ReliabilityOne® Award for stellar service in a metropolitan region. There are eight metropolitan service regional awards, including Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Plains, Mountains, West, Southeast, and Southwest.
The selection of provisional recipients is primarily based on statistics that measure the frequency and duration of customer outages that occur on each company's electric delivery system.
After provisional recipients are selected, each company undergoes a certification process that provides an independent review and confirmation of the policies, processes and systems used to collect, analyze and report a company's reliability results.
Con Edison earned the Outstanding Technology & Innovation Award for developing enhanced supervisory control and data acquisition, also known as SCADA. That technology provides operators with increased visibility into system conditions and allows them to proactively reconfigure the interconnection to efficiently route power when other equipment is out of service.
Con Edison is a subsidiary of Consolidated Edison, Inc. [NYSE: ED], one of the nation's largest investor-owned energy companies, with approximately $14 billion in annual revenues and $66 billion in assets. The utility delivers electricity, natural gas and steam, and serves 3.5 million customers in New York City and Westchester County. Through Consolidated Edison Inc.'s subsidiary, Con Edison Clean Energy Businesses, the company is the second-largest owner of solar electric projects in North America.
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A pregnant Louisiana woman who was denied an abortion — even though her fetus has a rare and fatal condition — demanded on Friday that Gov. John Bel Edwards and the legislature call a special session to clarify the state’s restrictions on the procedure.
Nancy Davis, who is 15 weeks pregnant, said she will travel out of state next week for a “medically necessary” abortion. A state law currently in effect bans all abortions except if there is substantial risk of death or impairment to the woman if she continues her pregnancy and in the case of “medically futile” pregnancies. Davis, 36, and abortion-rights advocates for months have criticized the legislation as vague and confusing.
Their concerns are being echoed in numerous other states that, like Louisiana, passed so-called trigger laws when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision guaranteeing a constitutional right to abortion. Roughly a dozen states currently ban abortions at all stages of pregnancy, with some allowing for narrow exceptions such as in cases of rape, incest or when the pregnant woman’s life is in danger.
“Ms. Davis was among the first women to be caught in the crosshairs of confusion due to Louisiana’s rush to restrict abortion, but she will hardly be the last,” Ben Crump, an attorney for Davis, said during a news conference held on the state’s Capitol steps Friday.
Ten weeks into Davis’ pregnancy, doctors at Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge diagnosed the fetus she is carrying with acrania, a rare and fatal condition in which the baby’s skull fails to form in the womb. Davis was told that if she brought the pregnancy to full term and gave birth, the baby would likely survive for a very short amount of time — anywhere from several minutes to a week. The physicians advised Davis to get an abortion, but said they could not perform the procedure.
“Basically, they said I had to carry my baby to bury my baby,” Davis said. “They seemed confused about the law and afraid of what would happen to them.”
If a doctor performs an illegal abortion in Louisiana, they could face up to 15 years in prison.
In a statement last week to news outlets, spokesperson Caroline Isemann said Woman’s Hospital was not able to comment on a specific patient, but reiterated that it is the hospital’s mission to provide the “best possible care for women” while complying with state laws and policies.
Since then, the law’s author, Sen. Katrina Jackson, and other legislators have said that Davis qualifies for an abortion and that the hospital “grossly misinterpreted” the statute. Yet in a written statement Tuesday signed by Jackson and 35 others, including nine other women, they indicated that many of them share a religious faith that would “compel us to carry this child to term.”
Davis and her attorneys said they don’t blame the doctors, but the vagueness of the law.
“The law is clear as mud,” Crump said. “Every women’s situation is different and subject to interpretation, so of course medical professionals don’t want to risk prison or to have to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars of fines for making the wrong call. Who would just take somebody’s word for it when their liberty is in jeopardy?”
A lawsuit filed by an abortion clinic in Shreveport and others has been in process since the new law took effect. The legislation has by turns been blocked and then enforced as the suit makes its way through the courts. The most recent ruling allowed enforcement of the law. Plaintiffs challenging the ban don’t deny the state can now prohibit abortions; they argue that the law’s provisions are contradictory and unconstitutionally vague.
While Davis has not filed a complaint or lawsuit, she wants Louisiana legislators to hold a special session to clarify the law. Their next regular session is scheduled for April 2023.
“Imagine how many women may be affected before (lawmakers) come back into session,” Crump said. “How many more Nancy Davises will have to endure the mental anguish and mental cruelty before the legislators clear up these vague and ambiguous laws.” | https://phl17.com/health/ap-health/ap-louisiana-woman-denied-abortion-wants-vague-ban-clarified/ | 2022-08-27 18:40:09 | 1 | https://phl17.com/health/ap-health/ap-louisiana-woman-denied-abortion-wants-vague-ban-clarified/ |
9 puppies rescued from collapsed garage during extreme heat
EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO/Gray News) - If dogs really are man’s best friend, a fire department in Ohio just earned nine new pals.
According to the Cuyahoga County Animal Shelter, fire department crews rescued nine puppies Thursday from an abandoned, collapsed garage in East Cleveland during extreme heat.
The shelter said a concerned resident had called to report a dog exploring the potentially-dangerous structure.
When the shelter staff responded, they discovered the mother dog was checking in on her litter of puppies.
With help from the East Cleveland Fire Department, the puppies were all saved and are now safe, WOIO reports.
“It was a lot of teamwork in 90-degree heat, and we couldn’t be more appreciative,” the shelter wrote in a Facebook post.
The shelter said staff is continuing to search for the mother dog.
The puppies are still too young for adoption, but the shelter said fostering options may be available.
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Un Verano Sin Ti is not Bad Bunny's first heartbreak album, but it is his most grounded. On his latest release, Bad Bunny anchors his most in-depth exploration of lost love in the Caribbean, with the sound of its unceasing movement, the gravel of its Spanish, its dembow, its thick rain. And while Un Verano Sin Ti is ostensibly about a person and their absence in Benito's life, its joy and yearning is always rooted in the ground beneath him.
Bad Bunny has always put Puerto Rico front and center in his work since his breakthrough in 2016. His full-length projects have told a distinctly Boricua story in theme and sound, remaining grounded in his personal authenticity, his flow and his community while attempting bigger, more daring experiments. His debut X 100PRE was his first showcase of his genre agility; YHLQMDLG squared in a scholastic reverence to the canon and legends of old-school Puerto Rican reggaeton; El Último Tour del Mundo was the introspective alt album, nu-metal riffs and all. But rather than sell audiences another big, genre-bending experiment, on Un Verano Sin Ti Benito opts for personal intimacy and cultural specificity, which the music cultivates at every turn.
Recorded partly in Puerto Rico and partly in the Dominican Republic, Un Verano Sin Ti's most notable moments come when it infuses Benito's extraordinary flow and pop sensibility with hyperlocal touchpoints. Benito is adept at delivering a surprise and he's constantly one-upping himself on this album. Following "Moscow Mule," the first single and summer hit opener analysts might have forecasted well enough, comes the left-field "Después de la Playa." After Benito warms up the chorus over a few, spacey opening synths, he taps the mic and transforms into a mambero, his "¡Zumba!" detonating a volcanic merengue concocted by Dominican merengue architect Dahian el Apechao. It's a living, breathing track that evokes the intimacy of great live albums past, reverberating with the acoustic warmth of a room and the bodies moving in it.
His production team closes the deal, with Marco "MAG" Borrero's string riffs, Tainy's auteur experimentation and original crewmember La Paciencia creating a cross-genre soundscape that creates room for innovation on even the album's more formulaic tracks. "Tití Me Preguntó," a tongue-in-cheek dembow turn of phrase on the natural law of pestering metida aunts, features a wistful acoustic riff threaded throughout a warped Kiko el Crazy sample and a melancholy synth bridge. His collaborations are meticulously curated, opting this time to center not just reggaeton heavyweights but indie innovators alike. The stunning "Ojitos Lindos" makes the idea of falling in love after heartbreak feel brand new with a duet with Colombia's Bomba Estéreo, whose silvery guitars, bright distant horns and refrains from Li Saumet are an encyclopedic entry in what modern Caribbean music is becoming. And following YHLQMDLG's precedent of featuring reggaeton forefathers, the album spotlights Plan B's Chencho Corleone and Tony Dize in tracks that sound lifted from 2005.
Not all the callbacks to the past have the same effect. "Dos Mil 16," while full of nostalgic references to his beginnings in 2016 — including his original "Bad Bunny baby" tag up top — is more wrapped up in its concept than its execution. The inclusion of "Callaita" as the final track, at this point three years old, is at best a reminder of how reliably Benito can curate the sound of the summer (its ambient seagulls recur throughout the album), but at worst makes an otherwise exacting record feel carelessly overrun at 23 tracks with a familiar, if less daring closer.
Unlike a lot of the Latin pop industry project, Bad Bunny's subjects and musical references are precisely focused. In April, Puerto Rico experienced an island-wide blackout, the latest in a series of outages after its electrical grid was damaged by Hurricane Maria. In 2021, the power grid was privatized, a move met with public protest over soaring costs, continued outages and concerns regarding transparency.
"El Apagón," which references the blackouts, stitches together samples of a song, performance and interview from salsero Ismael "Maelo" Rivera, a chorus sampled from a DJ Joe mixtape, and his girlfriend Gabriela Berlingeri's voice with a sovereign vindication focused on this reality. The song's repetition of "Puerto Rico es bien cabrón" is as urgent as Gabriela's outro pointed at rich, white settlers displacing Puerto Ricans for tax benefits: "Que se vayan ellos / Que se vayan ellos." ("Let them leave / Let them leave.") Like YHLQMDLG's "Safaera" before it, "El Apagón" is in constant conversation with the musical ground laid before it and possesses a breakneck capacity to draw connections between seemingly disparate material and expressions. In reflecting the reality of neglected infrastructure and displacement as a byproduct of continued colonization, the song's celebration is as resolute as its resistance — an integral component in the lineage of Puerto Rican music, from Maelo to Benito, and one older than them both.
Un Verano Sin Ti is as emotionally intimate as it is specific. Its most character-driven track "Andrea" with electronic duo Buscabulla is a meditation on the interior life of a Puerto Rican woman navigating her dreams, desires and anxieties independent of the constraints placed on her by men she disdains, her family's expectations and finances. She doesn't want to leave Puerto Rico for the United States. Ironically, Benito compares her at once to the saint Joan of Arc and the oft-reviled, oft-iconic cabaret vedette Niurka Marcos. But even amid all this character-setting, the song doesn't claim to understand her struggles — she is slightly beyond its full grasp, as she should be.
Un Verano Sin Ti is a vehicle for longing in every sense — full of musical movements that push forward and backwards and a sun-tired feeling that accompanies finding comfort in the present in spite of everything. It's a dialectic familiar to the Caribbean. There's a steadfastness in finding peace amid so much change and yet not enough of it, as Buscabulla's Raquel Berrios sings in the chorus of "Andrea": "Que digan lo que sea / Yo subo y bajo como la marea." ("They can say whatever / I go up and down like the tide.")
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As the PGA Tour’s ball-striking leader a season ago, Will Zalatoris was understandably hesitant about making any changes.
“All of us kind of had some red flags go up,” he said.
But this was out of necessity.
A week after earning his first Tour title, Zalatoris suffered two herniated discs in his back and missed the final four months of the year, an ill-timed setback that cost him not just a boatload of money – he was No. 1 in the FedExCup, in line for a $18 million payday, and ultimately banked $500,000 for finishing 30th – but also a spot on his first U.S. team at the Presidents Cup.
Full-field tee times from the Sentry Tournament of Champions
Forced to sit out for an extended period of time, Zalatoris and his team consulted with Dr. Greg Rose at the Titleist Performance Institute. Their goal was to ensure the wiry 26-year-old could stand up to the rigors of a 20-event schedule for the next dozen or so years.
“We spent a lot of time understanding the pressures on my golf swing and understanding how I push off my right side,” Zalatoris said Wednesday at the Sentry Tournament of Champions, where he will make his first start since the injury. “I do it later than a lot of guys, so what that does for someone with a lot of side bend is that gets my right hip high and my spine is tilted back, and so as Dr. Rose said, ‘Duh, no wonder I had a back issue.’”
Zalatoris said that his issue was a “motor pattern,” not a structural problem, and that his high right hip was easily addressed through a tweak in his setup.
“I basically am trying to be a little bit more centered as opposed to having the ball forward with more spine tilt at address,” he said. “I’m trying to get more centered over it and work more around my right side, so more of a turn as opposed to a lateral shift. When my right hip gets high and the spine tilts back, you’re now all of a sudden creating all that stress on your back.”
Zalatoris said he’s also playing a shorter driver (about an inch and a quarter), which allows him to turn “around the corner a little bit.” He said he hasn’t lost any speed with the equipment change, encouraging news for a player who was 13th on Tour in distance last season (314.7 yards).
Doctors initially gave Zalatoris a 12-week recovery period, and he opted not to push it to return for the Hero World Challenge at the beginning of December. Instead, he was cleared for full golf activity on Dec. 1 and has been full steam ahead with an eye on the 2023 lid-lifter at Kapalua, the first designated event of this new Tour era.
Zalatoris has been forced to withdraw from events each of the past two years because of back pain (he suffered a muscular issue in July 2021), and he has adopted a new post-round regimen to ensure that his body stays in top shape. He said he has no physical restrictions and plans to play a full schedule, which includes five starts in the first seven events to begin the new year.
“I feel really good with everything,” Zalatoris said. “I had a couple really great sessions at home. I’ve learned a lot about my body, probably more than I think I ever wanted to. But the speed’s the same, everything feels really good. So just keep doing what we’re doing and let the next win get in the way.” | https://www.golfchannel.com/news/will-zalatoris-details-injury-setup-tweaks-after-4-month-injury-break | 2023-01-04 17:23:30 | 0 | https://www.golfchannel.com/news/will-zalatoris-details-injury-setup-tweaks-after-4-month-injury-break |
DETROIT, Mich. -Two hated rivals take to the ice on Saturday night in the Motor City, wrapping up another exciting weekend series, as Michigan and Michigan State meet in another edition of The Duel in the ‘D’.
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In their first meeting in East Lansing on Friday night, Michigan jumped out to a 3-0 lead by the end of the first period. Though the Spartans were able to shrink the gap to one by the third period, the Wolverines hung on for a 4-2 win. Gavin Brindley led the Wolverines with two goals and an assist, while Adam Fantilli picked up two points as well.
Dating back to their first meeting in January 1922, the Wolverines and Spartans have met 333 times. Their rivalry has carried to conference championships, and even a pair of outdoor games. Michigan is 173-138-24 against MSU all-time, with the two teams splitting their first series this season back in December.
This will be the 35th time the two programs will play in Detroit, as the Spartans and Wolverines have played at the home of the Detroit Red Wings (both Joe Louis Arena and Little Caesars Arena) since 1991. Michigan is 18-11-5 against Michigan State in Motown.
The Wolverines are trying to pick up where last season left off. Led by one of the top prospects heading into this summer’s NHL Draft in Fantilli, Michigan has been one of the country’s top teams. Coming into the weekend, they have won five-straight games, including a whopping series sweep against Wisconsin where the Wolverines outscored the Badgers 13-6. Their 11-8 record in Big Ten action has them sitting second in the conference, 13 points behind Minnesota.
Michigan State is having a bounce-back season, and is trying to re-establish itself as a contender for the Big Ten title. Following Friday night, the Spartans are tied for third in the conference, 16 points back of the Golden Gophers. Last weekend, MSU earned a sweep over Notre Dame, and came into the weekend having come on top in four of their last six games.
NCAA Men’s Hockey
Who: #15 Michigan State Spartans (15-14-2, 9-10-2 B1G) vs. #5 Michigan Wolverines (19-9-1, 11-8-0 B1G)
When: Saturday, February 11
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Where: Little Caesars Arena (Detroit, Mich.)
Channel: ESPNU
Stream: FuboTV (Free Trial), Sling, DirecTV Stream
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Nuggets vs. Suns Prediction & Picks: Line, Spread, Over/Under - Western Conference Semifinals Game 1
Published: Apr. 29, 2023 at 1:55 PM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
The Denver Nuggets are 3-point favorites heading into Game 1 of the second round of the NBA Playoffs against the Phoenix Suns at Ball Arena on Saturday, starting at 8:30 PM ET on TNT.
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Nuggets vs. Suns Game Info & Odds
- Date: Saturday, April 29, 2023
- Time: 8:30 PM ET
- How to Watch on TV: TNT
- Location: Denver, Colorado
- Venue: Ball Arena
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Nuggets vs. Suns Score Prediction
- Prediction: Nuggets 115 - Suns 111
Spread & Total Prediction for Nuggets vs. Suns
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Under (227)
- The Nuggets (44-36-2 ATS) have covered the spread 53.7% of the time, 3.7% more often than the Suns (41-38-3) this season.
- When the spread is set as 3 or more this season, Denver (29-25-1) covers a higher percentage of those games when it is the favorite (52.7%) than Phoenix (8-10-2) does as the underdog (40%).
- Denver and its opponents have gone over the total 45.1% of the time this season (37 out of 82). That's less often than Phoenix and its opponents have (40 out of 82).
- As a moneyline favorite this year, the Nuggets are 43-18, a better record than the Suns have posted (9-23) as moneyline underdogs.
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Nuggets Performance Insights
- On offense, Denver is posting 115.8 points per game (12th-ranked in league). It is ceding 112.5 points per contest at the other end (eighth-ranked).
- With 28.9 assists per game, the Nuggets rank second-best in the league in the category.
- The Nuggets are draining 11.8 three-pointers per game this year (18th-ranked in NBA), and they sport a 37.9% three-point percentage (fourth-best).
- In terms of shot breakdown, Denver has taken 63.9% two-pointers (accounting for 72.9% of the team's baskets) and 36.1% three-pointers (27.1%).
Suns Performance Insights
- Phoenix is 17th in the league in points scored (113.6 per game) and sixth in points conceded (111.6).
- At 27.3 assists per game, the Suns are third-best in the league.
- In 2022-23, the Suns are 13th in the league in 3-point makes (12.2 per game) and seventh in 3-point percentage (37.4%).
- In 2022-23, Phoenix has taken 63.8% percent of its shots from inside the arc, and 36.2% percent from beyond it. In terms of made shots, 71% of Phoenix's baskets have been 2-pointers, and 29% have been 3-pointers.
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CAUGHT ON CAM: Ohio trooper dives for safety after cruiser was struck by pickup truck
(CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO/Gray News) - A state highway patrol trooper avoided significant injuries after an early-morning hit-and-run incident in northern Ohio.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol hopes the public can help identify the driver of a pickup truck, who struck the side of the trooper’s cruiser and continued driving.
The incident occurred Friday after 1:30 a.m. on I-475 near U.S. Route 23, according to the OSHP.
Dash camera video shows the trooper diving over the interstate guardrail after the cruiser was struck, while parked on the side with its emergency lights activated.
Investigators believe the pickup involved is a dark-colored truck with damage on the left side.
Anyone with information about the incident or vehicle involved can call the Ohio State Highway Patrol post at 419-856-5544.
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Stars vs. Kraken: Betting Trends, Odds, Advanced Stats - NHL Playoffs Second Round Game 3
Published: May. 7, 2023 at 8:46 AM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
Game 3 of the NHL Playoffs Second Round features the Dallas Stars and the Seattle Kraken facing off at 9:30 PM ET on Sunday, May 7 on TBS, SportsNet, and TVAS. The series record is tied at 1-1. The Stars are favored (-140) against the Kraken (+120).
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Stars vs. Kraken Game Info
- When: Sunday, May 7, 2023 at 9:30 PM ET
- TV Channel: TBS, SportsNet, and TVAS
- Where: Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington
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Stars Betting Insights
- The Stars have won 64.1% of their games this season when favored on the moneyline (41-23).
- When playing as a moneyline favorite with odds of -140 or shorter, Dallas has a 30-16 record (winning 65.2% of its games).
- The Stars have a 58.3% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline's implied probability.
Kraken Betting Insights
- This season the Kraken have been an underdog 51 times, and won 23, or 45.1%, of those games.
- This season Seattle has won 18 of its 31 games, or 58.1%, when it's the underdog by at least +120 on the moneyline.
- The oddsmakers' moneyline implies a 45.5% chance of victory for the Kraken.
Stars vs Kraken Additional Info
Stars vs. Kraken Rankings
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Stars Advanced Stats
- Dallas' past 10 games have not gone over once.
- In their last 10 games, the Stars' goals per game average is 0.8 higher than their season-long average.
- The Stars offense's 281 total goals (3.4 per game) are ranked seventh in the league this year.
- On defense, the Stars are one of the best units in league play, conceding 215 goals to rank third.
- The team has the league's fourth-best goal differential at +66 this season.
Kraken Advanced Stats
- Seattle has hit the over once over its last 10 games.
- In their past 10 games, the Kraken and their opponents are scoring 2.8 fewer goals per game than their season-long game scoring average, 9.4.
- The Kraken's 289 total goals (3.5 per game) are the fourth-most in the league.
- The Kraken have given up 3.1 goals per game, 252 total, which ranks 14th among NHL teams.
- Their +37 goal differential is 10th-best in the league.
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TX Norman OK Zone Forecast for Friday, March 3, 2023
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Zone Forecast Product for Oklahoma
National Weather Service Norman OK
221 AM CST Sat Mar 4 2023
TXZ086-041600-
Wichita-
Including the cities of Sheppard AFB and Wichita Falls
221 AM CST Sat Mar 4 2023
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming west this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Northwest winds
around 5 mph, becoming east after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Sunny, breezy with highs around 80. South winds 15 to
25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Breezy with lows in the mid 50s. South winds 15 to 25 mph
with gusts up to 40 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. West winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph, becoming north in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then mostly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A slight
chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 40s. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of thunderstorms.
A chance of showers in the morning, then showers likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the evening,
then showers likely after midnight. Lows in the mid 40s. Chance
of rain 60 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of thunderstorms.
A chance of showers. Highs in the upper 50s. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the upper 30s.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers in the
morning. Highs in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ083-041600-
Hardeman-
Including the city of Quanah
221 AM CST Sat Mar 4 2023
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming north this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 40. Northeast winds around
5 mph, becoming southeast after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 80s. South
winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. West winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming north in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Cooler with highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the lower 40s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening, then showers likely after midnight. Lows in the lower
40s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the mid 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of rain showers in the
morning. Highs in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ084-041600-
Foard-
Including the city of Crowell
221 AM CST Sat Mar 4 2023
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. West winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming north this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Northeast winds
around 5 mph, becoming southeast after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 80s. South
winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 50. South winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. West winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming north in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Cooler with highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...A slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening.
Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in the lower 40s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...A slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning.
Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Highs in the mid 50s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening, then showers likely after midnight. Lows in the lower
40s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the upper 50s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the upper 30s.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of rain showers in the
morning. Highs in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ087-041600-
Knox-
Including the cities of Munday and Knox City
221 AM CST Sat Mar 4 2023
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. West winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming northwest this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Northeast winds
around 5 mph, becoming southeast after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 80s. South
winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. South winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. West winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming northwest in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then mostly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Cooler with highs in
the mid 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers with a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 40s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms, mainly in the morning. Highs in the upper 50s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening, then showers likely after midnight. Lows in the mid 40s.
Chance of rain 60 percent.
.THURSDAY...A slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning.
Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Highs in the upper 50s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the upper 30s.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers in the
morning. Highs in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ085-041600-
Wilbarger-
Including the city of Vernon
221 AM CST Sat Mar 4 2023
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. West winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming northwest this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s. North winds around
5 mph, becoming east after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 35 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. South winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. West winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph, becoming north in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Cooler with highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers with a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 40s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...A slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning.
Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Highs in the mid 50s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening, then showers likely after midnight. Lows in the lower
40s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.THURSDAY...A slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning.
Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Highs in the mid 50s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the upper 30s.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of rain showers in the
morning. Highs in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ088-041600-
Baylor-
Including the city of Seymour
221 AM CST Sat Mar 4 2023
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Southwest winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming northwest this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s. North winds around
5 mph, becoming southeast after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 35 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy and breezy. Lows in the mid 50s.
South winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. West winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming north in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then mostly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers with a
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 40s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers likely with a slight chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s. Chance of
rain 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers with a
slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then showers
likely after midnight. Lows in the mid 40s. Chance of rain
60 percent.
.THURSDAY...A slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning.
Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Highs in the upper 50s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the upper 30s.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers in the
morning. Highs in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ089-041600-
Archer-
Including the cities of Archer City, Holliday, Lakeside City,
and Scotland
221 AM CST Sat Mar 4 2023
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs around 70. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming west 5 to 10 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. North winds around
5 mph, becoming southeast after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 35 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy and breezy. Lows in the mid 50s.
South winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs around 80. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming northwest in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows around 50.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then mostly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 40s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
morning, then showers likely with a slight chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a slight chance of thunderstorms.
A chance of showers in the evening, then showers likely after
midnight. Lows in the mid 40s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of thunderstorms.
Showers likely, mainly in the morning. Highs in the upper 50s.
Chance of rain 60 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
showers. Lows around 40.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers. Highs
in the mid 50s.
$$
TXZ090-041600-
Clay-
Including the city of Henrietta
221 AM CST Sat Mar 4 2023
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming west 5 to 10 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Northwest winds around
5 mph, becoming southeast after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Sunny, breezy with highs in the upper 70s. South winds
15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Breezy with lows in the mid 50s. South winds 15 to 25 mph
with gusts up to 35 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph, becoming northwest in the
afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows around 50.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then mostly cloudy with a
slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 40s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Showers likely. A chance of thunderstorms, mainly in
the morning. Highs in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...A slight chance of thunderstorms. Showers
likely. Lows in the mid 40s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of thunderstorms.
Showers likely, mainly in the morning. Highs in the upper 50s.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
showers. Lows around 40.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers, mainly in the
morning. Highs in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
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NEW YORK (AP) — The special Tony Award that honors educators will go this year to a drama teacher in Florida who has closed the gap between the deaf and hearing worlds by having productions performed in both voice and American Sign Language.
Jason Zembuch-Young, artistic director of the public South Plantation High School, in Plantation, Florida, is being honored for “empowering every student to make and be part of theater.”
“I didn’t start out with a mission of let’s be as inclusive as we possibly can. I’ve always championed the underdog because I kind of relate to that,” he told The Associated Press ahead of the formal Wednesday announcement. “What made sense to me was if there’s somebody that’s standing in front of you and they want to work, well, let’s put them to work and let’s figure out a way to have them be as successful as they possibly can.”
Zembuch-Young runs a theater department with more than 150 students participating, which includes putting on both a full-length musical and a play each year and asking his team to be conversant in ASL. He also operates a six-week summer-stock theater camp for elementary and middle school students, using high school drama students as counselors and mentors.
Zembuch-Young doesn’t just have a signing interpreter perched on the side of the stage — he incorporates deaf culture into the theater piece so his team is “actually doing theater for the deaf rather than simply making theater accessible to the deaf.” He also includes blind students as well as those on the autism spectrum.
“I think that more young deaf people that see deaf actors know that they can actually be deaf actors,” says Zembuch-Young. “More kids that come to a production that are blind and they hear about the fact that somebody on the stage is as blind as they are, it makes it attainable.”
Zembuch-Young was named winner of the Barnes & Noble 2020 Teacher of the Year award and earned an honorable mention for the Excellence in Theatre Education Award at the 2019 Tony Awards.
He is quick to note that he’s not the first to explore theater for the deaf, citing the work of Deaf West Theatre in California and Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. “There are tons of organizations out there that do it and do it right as well,” he says.
He has been at South Plantation High School since 2004. One of the first accessible productions he directed was “Peter Pan,” with a young deaf student playing Tinkerbell. By her senior year, she was Maria in “West Side Story” and had undergone a profound change.
She had once been embarrassed to be seen signing, but by her last year, she was proud of her heritage, her culture and her language. “She found a place in the theater in which people weren’t staring at her. They were watching her in awe,” Zembuch-Young says.
The annual education award bestowed by the Tony Awards and Carnegie Mellon University recognizes U.S. educators from kindergarten to 12th grade who have “demonstrated monumental impact on the lives of students and who embodies the highest standards of the profession.”
A panel of judges comprised of the American Theatre Wing, The Broadway League, Carnegie Mellon and other leaders from the theater industry selects the winner, based on candidates submitted by the public.
“Jason’s exceptional commitment to empowering every student to make and be part of theater has won the hearts and appreciation of his local community and now the Broadway community, as well,” Charlotte St. Martin, president of The Broadway League, and Heather Hitchens, president and CEO of the American Theatre Wing, said in a statement.
Zembuch-Young’s commitment to youth doesn’t end at the stage door. He and his husband, Michael, have fostered more than 35 abused and underprivileged children. He offers free admission to all performances for foster families so that they can experience live theater.
“When kids are acting like kids, they have an excuse: They’re kids,” he says. “Most of the time what they need is exactly what I needed when I was their age and didn’t have, which is somebody to see them for who they are, as opposed to what they are acting like.”
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NEW YORK, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fetcher, a full-service, recruiting automation platform, is happy to announce a $27M Series B investment led by Tola Capital, with participation from their existing investors G20 Ventures, KFund, and Accomplice. This brings the total capital raised by Fetcher to $40M, allowing the company to expand its efforts in creating robust, qualified candidate pipelines for talent acquisition teams, along with providing outreach & diversity analytics, CRM functionality, and global sourcing support.
Recruiting has transformed over the past few years, leaving talent acquisition teams struggling to keep up with all that is required of them.To have more bandwidth to focus on the human side of recruiting, recruiters need to automate the candidate sourcing and outreach processes.
Fetcher's full-service, recruiting automation platform does just that. Rather than using a standard database model, Fetcher's unique combination of machine learning and human intelligence creates curated batches of candidates for every open role. This sourcing model allows recruiters to spend less time in front of a computer searching or filtering for candidates, and more time connecting with candidates and hiring managers.
"The state of recruiting has changed. Remote hiring has made candidate competition global, and the pandemic has forced companies to grow their hiring efforts with smaller recruiting teams. Diversity hiring is also more front and center, as it should be," says Co-Founder and CEO, Andres Blank. "These factors have led to talent acquisition teams needing automation to build diverse talent pipelines and hire faster, ultimately leading to our revenue tripling in the last year and continuing to grow as we update the product and expand internationally."
As Tola Capital Partner, Aaron Fleishman also notes, "the ability to hire and retain top and diverse talent is critical for companies to succeed, and the challenge of building talented teams has been compounded by the fact that the average tenure in jobs has decreased materially. Fetcher's recruiting automation tool solves the candidate pipeline issue and gives recruiters time to engage and build relationships with candidates. We're proud to partner with the Fetcher team to deliver machine learning and human intelligence to change a recruiter's workflow for the better."
Fetcher's recruiting automation platform integrates with dozens of Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), along with Gmail and Outlook to make the sourcing and outreach process seamless. Its one-click Chrome extension allows recruiters to manually source directly on LinkedIn, filtering qualified prospective candidates into automated email outreach sequences for engagement. Its robust analytics allows companies to track top-of-funnel performance metrics at the individual and team levels, as well as at the position and company levels. These metrics not only give teams an understanding of what is needed at each stage in the funnel in order to meet and exceed their hiring goals, but they also help build diverse candidate pipelines with strategic diversity analytics included.
"A lot of companies that have been in our situation, they're on the cusp of growth, they're battling for talent, and they just don't have the tools to automate processes or functions to help them grow," said Nihal Solomon, People Business Partner, Magnite. "Fetcher is helping us grow and adapt as we grow."
With this new investment, Fetcher is excited to continue to grow internationally and build out the most effective sourcing platform for busy talent acquisition teams. It will continue to optimize its platform to ensure recruiters and hiring managers have a steady stream of qualified, interested candidates, while also building out additional ATS integrations, CRM functionalities, and more. The team will expand across the globe, helping to provide sourcing support to talent teams worldwide.
Fetcher works with hundreds of companies, including Behr Paint, Albertson's, Foursquare, and Shutterstock. Customers save time and money, all while growing their candidate pipelines, allowing them to hire diverse, top talent faster than ever.
About Fetcher:
Fetcher is a full-service, recruiting automation platform that automates talent acquisition teams' repetitive, top-of-funnel tasks, so they can focus more on candidate engagement & team collaboration. Ditch the databases for custom, curated batches of diverse, top talent.
About Tola:
Founded in 2010 by ex-software operators, Tola Capital is a venture capital firm that believes in the power of software and data to transform businesses. They provide hands-on engagement to founders who see that future and are building solutions with the potential for long-term, transformational change. Tola Capital exclusively targets software companies with essential products for enterprise customers, led by exceptional and diverse talent. Tola Capital invests globally and across multiple stages to change how the world will work.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press won two Pulitzer Prizes on Monday for its coverage of the war in Ukraine, earning recognition for its breaking news photography of the Russian invasion, as well as the prestigious public service award for its startling — and exclusive — dispatches from the besieged port city of Mariupol.
AP journalists were also finalists in two Pulitzer categories, for breaking news photography of Sri Lanka’s political crisis and for feature photography of the Ukraine war’s impact on older people.
For the public service award, the Pulitzer judges acknowledged AP — which had the only international journalists in Mariupol for nearly three weeks — for capturing notable images of an injured, pregnant woman being rushed to medical help and Russia firing on civilian targets.
AP’s Mariupol team was made up of videojournalist Mstyslav Chernov, photographer Evgeniy Maloletka and video producer Vasilisa Stepanenko on the ground in the besieged city, and reporter Lori Hinnant in Paris.
Other winners of two Pulitzers apiece were AL.com, of Birmingham, Alabama, the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times and The Washington Post.
The Pulitzers honor the best in journalism from 2022 in 15 categories, as well as eight arts categories focused on books, music and theater. The public service winner receives a gold medal. All other winners receive $15,000.
Kyle Whitmire, of AL.com, won a commentary award for “measured and persuasive columns” about Alabama’s Confederate heritage and a legacy of racism.
His Alabama colleagues John Archibald, Ashley Remkus, Ramsey Archibald and Challen Stephens won a local reporting award for a probe into a local police force.
It was a second Pulitzer win for John Archibald, who previously won in 2018 for commentary, and the first for his son, Ramsey Archibald. Remkus and Stephens were also picking up their second Pulitzers, after being part of a team that won in 2021 for national reporting.
“The recognition is tremendous and we’re grateful our work is being honored on the national stage like this,” Kelly Ann Scott, editor in chief and vice president of Alabama Media Group, said in a statement. “This is local journalism at its best – and local journalism is the heartbeat of this country’s journalism in general.”
The New York Times was honored with an international reporting award for its coverage of Russian killings in the Ukrainian town of Bucha. Pulitzers were also given for work surrounding the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning the Roe v. Wade abortion standard, the government’s policy of child separation at the border, and welfare spending in Mississippi.
The Washington Post’s Caroline Kitchener won for “unflinching reporting” on the consequences of the abortion decision, including the story of a Texas teenager who gave birth to twins after new restrictions denied her an abortion. The Post’s Eli Saslow won for feature writing.
The Los Angeles Times won for breaking news for its stories revealing a secretly recorded conversation with city officials making racist comments. The newspaper’s Christina House won for feature photography, for her images of a 22-year-old pregnant woman living on the street.
The AP coverage of Mariupol, according to the Ukrainian city’s deputy mayor, focused the world’s attention on the devastation there and ultimately pressured Russians to open an evacuation route, saving thousands of civilian lives.
“They told the world of the human toll of this war in its earliest days,” AP Executive Editor Julie Pace said during a staff Zoom celebration. “They served as a counterweight against Russian disinformation, and they helped open up a humanitarian corridor out of Mariupol with the power of their work.”
The AP team that won for breaking news photography included Maloletka, who was part of the Mariupol coverage, along with Bernat Armangue, Emilio Morenatti, Felipe Dana, Nariman El-Mofty, Rodrigo Abd and Vadim Ghirda.
AP’s director of photography, David Ake, credited winners in the breaking news photography category for simply staying put in a war zone to bear witness.
“You can’t make the moment that captures the world if you’re not there, and being there is often dirty and difficult and dangerous,” he said.
Pulitzer Prize Board co-chair Neil Brown highlighted the dangers faced by journalists, noting the imprisonment in Russia of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on spying charges, which his family and the newspaper vehemently deny. Brown said the board demands Gershkovich’s immediate release.
The Atlantic won the Pulitzer for explanatory journalism for Caitlin Dickerson’s exhaustive probe of the Trump administration policy of separating parents from children at the U.S. border.
The Wall Street Journal won for its investigation into federal officials holding stock that could have been affected by government action, including dozens who reported trading stock in companies shortly before their own agencies announced enforcement actions against them.
Anna Wolfe, of Mississippi Today, was honored for her reporting on a former Mississippi governor sending federal welfare money to family and friends, including NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre.
Andrew Long Chu, of New York magazine, won a Pulitzer for criticism. Nancy Ancrum, Amy Driscoll, Luisa Yanez, Isadora Rangell and Lauren Constantino, of the Miami Herald, won for editorial writing. Mona Chalabi, a contributor to The New York Times, won for illustrated reporting and commentary. The staff of Gimlet Media won for audio reporting.
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Which push mowers are best?
A push mower is any lawn mower that is not propelled by a motor or engine but instead is pushed by someone on foot. Most push mowers have a power source that turns the blades that do the cutting, but that’s all. Mower blades on push mowers can be powered by an internal combustion engine, electric power or the energy supplied by the person doing the pushing.
If you’re considering a push mower, you first need to decide which qualities are most important to you.
Factors to consider when choosing a push mower
The following is a breakdown of how gas-powered push mowers, battery-powered push mowers, corded electric lawn mowers and human-powered push mowers stack up against each other.
Power
Push mowers require you to supply the power that propels them around your lawn.
- Gas-powered push mowers generally have more power than electric motors, making them less likely to bog down in thick, long grass. The larger the engine displacement, the more powerful the mower.
- Battery-powered push mowers vary in power, based on the volts and amperes of their batteries. Bigger numbers mean more power and higher costs.
- Corded electric lawn mowers all have the same amount of power at the socket.
- Human-powered push mowers have you supplying all the power to propel the mower and turn the blades, too.
Noise
- Gas-powered push mowers make the most noise because internal combustion is a series of thousands of little explosions per minute when a spark detonates the fuel. The mower blades add to the noise.
- Battery-powered push mowers produce noise from the mower blades, but the motor is relatively silent, making them a quieter choice.
- Corded electric lawn mowers make the same amount of noise as battery-powered mowers.
- Human-powered push mowers are the quietest of all, making only a whirring noise as the blades spin around.
Run time
Run time is how long your push mower can operate without stopping to refuel or recharge.
- Gas-powered push mowers keep mowing until you run out of fuel. The fuel tank is almost always large enough that you won’t have to refuel to finish cutting your lawn.
- Battery-powered push mowers have run times that vary by how thick and tall your grass is. If you run out of power before you’re done mowing, you either have to swap in a spare fully-charged battery or wait for your dead battery to recharge.
- Corded electric lawn mowers keep going until you turn them off or pull the plug.
- Human-powered push mowers can mow as long as you have the energy to push them.
Maintenance
All push mowers need to have their cutting blades kept clean and sharp.
- Gas-powered push mowers require fuel, oil, filters and spark plugs that the others don’t. This means you will need to make regular trips to the gas station and must also deal with storing flammable liquids safely. Gas engines require regular ongoing maintenance to keep everything in good running order.
- Battery-powered push mowers need only regular recharging of their batteries. It is always a good idea to have an extra battery on hand, charged and ready to go when you need it.
- Corded electric lawn mowers need to have the power cord rolled up for storage, so it doesn’t turn into a rat’s nest.
- Human-powered push mowers need only to be oiled occasionally.
Best push mowers
Best gas-powered push mowers
Craftsman M105 21-inch 3-in-1 Gas-Powered Push Mower with Bagger
No need to fuss with a choke or priming — just pull the cord to start. This 20-pound mower with a 140-cubic-centimeter engine has six different height settings and can be set for side discharge of the clippings, rear discharge or mulching.
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Black and Decker 21-Inch 2-in-1 Gas-Powered Push Mower
The dual-lever deck height adjustment can be set to six different positions. The durable steel deck extends to the edge of the tires for a clean cut with less need for edging, and you can choose between mulching and side discharge.
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Yard Machine 20-Inch 125 cc Briggs and Stratton Gas Powered Push Mower
This push mower comes fully assembled in the box. All you have to do is unfold and lock the handle, set the cutting height to anywhere from 1.25 to 3.75 inches, put some gas in the tank and start mowing. The single blade is rust-resistant and durable.
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Best electric-power push mowers
Greenworks 24-Volt 13-Inch Brushless Push Lawn Mower and Mulcher
You get up to 40 minutes of run time with this bagging mower with a push-button start. It weighs less than 21 pounds, has five cutting heights and is powered by a 40-ampere battery.
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Sun Joe 14-Inch 28-Volt Push Lawn Mower with Collection Bag
The rechargeable lithium-ion battery cuts up to one-quarter of an acre of continuous mowing per charge. The grass catcher detaches easily for disposing of clippings, and the removable safety key prevents accidental starts.
Sold by Amazon
Lawn Master 11-Amp 15-Inch Corded Electric Lawn Mower
Never have another dead battery with this corded 28-pound electric push mower that changes the cutting height from 1 to 3 inches with one touch of the adjustment lever. The handle has a start/stop safety switch and adjusts to three different lengths to fit whoever does the mowing.
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Best self-powered push mowers
American Lawn Mower Company 14-Inch 4-Blade Push Reel Lawn Mower
You get a light workout while cutting your lawn quietly and without generating pollutants. Your power turns the cutting blades while propelling this 20-pound mower across the lawn. The 14-inch cutting width is great for small yards, and the blade height adjusts from 0.5 to 1.75 inches.
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Earthwise 16-Inch 7-Blade Push Reel Lawn Mower
This 21-pound mower rides on 10-inch composite wheels and has seven alloy steel blades that stay sharper longer. The reel is mounted on smooth ball bearings for stable spinning and a clean cut, so all you need to do is attach the handle and start mowing.
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Fiskar Stay Sharp Max 18-Inch Reel Push Lawn Mower
The inertia drive reel has twice the cutting power of standard reel mowers and is 60% easier to push. The stay-sharp cutting system eliminates the cost and effort of manual blade sharpening, and the one-touch handle height adjustment adjusts to the perfect height for you.
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In response to “This half-empty office tower could help transform downtown San Francisco” (Bay Area, SFChronicle.com, Dec. 28): Why does downtown San Francisco need a “reinvention” now, when it was fine pre-COVID? There is only one thing currently wrong with it, and that is the fact that entitled people have used COVID as an excuse to work remotely forever. Mr. Benioff’s company should lead in pushing back against this self-absorbed mindset, which is permanently damaging surrounding businesses.
Eric Roddie, San Francisco
Trash consultant for hire
Regarding “This is the trash can that finally won San Francisco’s contest for a new receptacle” (San Francisco, SFChronicle.com, Dec. 22): I love it that it does not seem to have occurred to anyone in the San Francisco bureaucracy that the solution to overflowing trash cans is to empty them more frequently.
The trash cans in Alameda’s parks are recycled oil drums, painted green. There are no issues with trash that doesn’t fit into the opening, they are way cheaper than San Francisco’s $3,000 cans, and taggers don’t seem particularly interested in marking anything so low-budget. The cans are emptied regularly and rarely overflow. S.F. can pay me a $1 million consulting fee for this brilliant solution and still come out ahead.
Jill Staten, Alameda
A fourth option
Regarding “No, soft-on-crime liberalism isn’t fueling San Francisco’s drug crisis. Libertarianism is” (Open Forum, SFChronicle.com, Dec. 27): Keith Humphreys neglects a fourth possible future for San Francisco's drug scene, namely that safe consumption and treatment sites be established where addicts can use and obtain their drugs legally off the streets.
Under true libertarianism, the sale of heroin, cocaine and other narcotics would not be criminalized, but available in pharmacies, like they were in the 19th century before the prohibition of addict maintenance created the current illicit drug market. If addicts had safe access to pharmacy-grade narcotics in treatment facilities, many of the evils of our current street drug scene would vanish.
Dale Gieringer, Oakland
A New Year wish
Will another year pass without the former president and his lemmings being incarcerated? My wish for the new year will be that they all will be sporting striped suits, with each having a ball and chain attached to an ankle.
(I am sorry, lemmings. I just insulted you. You are very cute creatures, unlike the old, white men to whom I just compared you.)
Diana DiPietro, Pleasant Hill
Escrow accountability?
What if property owners in San Francisco simply established escrow accounts into which they can deposit their property taxes, holding the funds until the city and its NGO partners are able to get the unhoused population crisis under control, and stop jeopardizing the value of property we work to maintain?
David Wickum, San Francisco | https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/letterstotheeditor/article/Letters-Downtown-S-F-doesn-t-need-17681965.php | 2023-01-01 09:40:46 | 1 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/letterstotheeditor/article/Letters-Downtown-S-F-doesn-t-need-17681965.php |
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates won consecutive games for the first time in more than three weeks when they downed the San Diego Padres 7-1 on Wednesday night at PNC Park.
The Pirates (37-42) have now won two in a row after losing 12 of 13 and it is their first back-to-back since a six-game streak from May 30-June 5.
Carlos Santana put the Pirates ahead with a two-run home run in the first inning off Blake Snell (4-7) and that was enough offense for Mitch Keller (9-3). The right-hander worked six innings and gave up one run and four hits while striking out five and walking one.
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Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt won the Republican primary for U.S. Senate on Tuesday with surprising ease, ending months of worry among GOP leaders that scandal-scarred former Gov. Eric Greitens might win the primary and jeopardize what should be a reliably red seat in November.
In November, Schmitt will be opposed by Anheuser-Busch beer heiress Trudy Busch Valentine, who defeated Marine veteran Lucas Kunce and nine others in the Democratic primary. Both also face a challenge from a well-funded independent, John Wood, who has the financial backing of former Sen. John Danforth.
With nearly 90% of results in, Schmitt had more votes than his nearest two competitors — U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler and Greitens — combined, turning what was expected to be a tight race into a blowout.
"I'm proud of my working-class roots, and I'm going to Washington to fight for working families, defeating socialism, and leading the fight to save America," Schmitt said in his victory speech in suburban St. Louis.
Greitens told a downcast crowd in another St. Louis suburb to "go home with strength and pride."
"God has a plan," Greitens said. "It doesn't always work on our timeline, but it does work on his. Sometimes we have to practice patience."
Greitens resigned four years ago following a sex scandal, two criminal charges that were eventually dropped and a legislative investigation that could have led to impeachment hearings. This year, his ex-wife accused him of abuse.
Republican Sen. Roy Blunt's announcement last year that he would not seek a third term set off a frenzy for his job, with nearly three dozen people in the two major parties filing to run.
Schmitt defeated a field that also included Hartzler, U.S. Rep. Billy Long and Mark McCloskey, who gained notoriety in 2020 when he and his wife pointed guns at racial injustice protesters outside their home.
Voter Darrel Durham, a 63-year-old heavy equipment operator from Columbia, said he thinks Schmitt can bring a new voice to Washington.
"I like all of his positions on draining the swamp," Durham said.
On Monday, former President Donald Trump expressed support for "ERIC," presumably meaning either Schmitt or Greitens, without picking between them. Comedian and Navy veteran Eric McElroy was also on the ballot in the GOP primary.
"I trust the Great People of Missouri, on this one, to make up their own minds, much as they did when they gave me landslide victories in the 2016 and 2020 Elections, and I am therefore proud to announce that ERIC has my Complete and Total Endorsement!" Trump wrote.
Voter Richard Greenup, a 66-year-old computer programmer from Columbia, said he wants "somebody that's going to support Trump" and that he chose Schmitt over Greitens because, "good or bad, Schmitt, I don't think, has that baggage."
Greitens, a former Navy SEAL officer and Rhodes scholar, had been governor for a year when in January 2018 he confirmed a TV report about a 2015 extramarital affair.
He was subsequently charged with felony invasion of privacy for allegedly taking a nude photo of the woman and using it to keep her quiet. That charge was dropped months later amid allegations that the chief investigator and local prosecutor mishandled the investigation.
Greitens, 48, says he was the victim of a political hit.
He faced a second charge accusing him of illegally using a donor list from a charity he founded to raise money for his campaign. That was dropped when he resigned in June 2018 after the Missouri House began an impeachment investigation.
Greitens has denied the abuse allegations from his ex-wife that she made in an affidavit in a child custody case. She cited one instance where he allegedly slapped their then-3-year-old son's face and yanked him by the hair. In another, she accused him of pushing her to the ground.
Greitens also drew criticism for a June campaign video showing him brandishing a shotgun and declaring he's hunting RINOs, or "Republicans in name only."
Schmitt, 47, has gained attention for lawsuits that critics contend are politically motivated. He sued China over the coronavirus; school districts over mask mandates; and the city of St. Louis over its plan to provide $1 million for women to travel out of state for abortions.
"I've always been a fighter and as your attorney general I have fought in court to protect those liberties," Schmitt said in his victory speech, citing mask and vaccine mandates, among other things.
Valentine, 65, is the daughter of August "Gussie" Busch Jr., the longtime chair and CEO of Anheuser-Busch who built the St. Louis-based company into the world's largest beermaker. The brewery was sold to InBev in 2008. Valentine said she entered the race after witnessing the "division in our country and the vitriol in our politics."
"After hundreds of career politicians, it's time for a nurse in the Senate," Valentine said in a victory speech.
Bob Westlake, 67, and his wife, Mary Jo, 69, both voted for Valentine. The Chesterfield couple liked her push for better health care coverage.
"Health care is a big deal to us," Bob Westlake said, adding that they have a daughter with a chronic illness and that he and his wife are on Medicare.
Kunce, 39, lost despite the endorsement of Sen. Bernie Sanders. Kunce served tours of duty in Afghanistan and Iraq. Like Senate candidate John Fetterman in Pennsylvania, Kunce fashioned himself as a populist.
Wood's entry into the race created new drama. Wood, 52, is a lifelong Republican, former U.S. attorney and most recently a top investigator for the U.S. House committee examining the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. Danforth's PAC has pledged to spend up to $20 million in support of Wood's campaign.
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My Point of View: Top 10 reasons to vote Republican on Nov. 8
Published 8:45 pm Tuesday, October 11, 2022
My Point of View by Brad Kramer
1. Republicans back our community’s law enforcement, veterans and emergency responders. Never again can we elect leaders who stand back and allow our neighborhoods to burn or who prosecute small business owners while simultaneously allowing violent criminals to go free. Upstanding citizens deserve to be safe and protected.
2. Republicans know that when we build a strong economy, everyone wins! Are you excited to see the price of your heating bill this winter? Are you tired of Biden’s record inflation? We are ready to send Republicans to office who will bring us back to the most booming economy we had in years, again!
3. Many free-market innovators are pursuing advances that will reduce pollution far more effectively than government regulations. Overly aggressive and unworkable climate change initiatives hurt everyone. When politicians create regulations that interrupt fuels, like policies giving us $4 gas and Walz yoking us to California’s ban on new gasoline/diesel vehicles by 2035, if industry doesn’t fix the problems with electric vehicles and the electric grid by 2035, we’re all in for a rude awakening.
4. We believe in you and want to empower you! We want you to thrive rather than be dependent on the government for basic survival. Rather than focus on identity politics and other superficial points that are used to divide people, we prefer to focus on what deeply unites us. We strive to create opportunity for you, our children, and our communities! The identity politics used by Democrats only causes division and an ever-increasing list of victim statuses.
5. Republicans understand that government exists to serve the people and should be limited. “A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you have” as Barry Goldwater said. Government has gotten so huge that it now seeks to serve itself and typically wastes your hard-earned money.
6. We stand behind the free market capitalism (not crony capitalism!), the system that has built more prosperity and progress for humanity than any other economic system. We didn’t fall for Marxism. Democrats tell you failed socialist or communist countries that killed millions of people weren’t “real” Marxism. Economic systems operate under universal laws which do not bend. Marxism has never, nor will it ever, work in practice.
7. Remember COVID? We remember the seniors who were isolated and forced to live out their final days alone, without the companionship of loved ones. We remember how Governor Walz shut down our economy and decreed it illegal to gather for holidays, funerals and church services while his friend’s businesses and big-box stores remained open. We remember the students who were forced out of school, leading to unprecedented learning loss and developmental delays. We remember doctors and scientists being silenced because they questioned narratives that later proved to be faulty. We remember how early treatment options for COVID were suppressed, resulting in untold numbers of needless deaths. We remember the many workers who were fired for refusing forced vaccination. And we remember the Democrats cheering on these destructive policies. These are things we will never forget.
8. The Republican Party respects religious beliefs and recognizes that the separation of church and state exists to protect us from having a government mandated religion, not to ban people with religious beliefs from participating in government. The increasing hostility from members of the local Democratic Party against those with religious faith, particularly Christians, is alarming and needs to end.
9. Education is about teaching young people skills they need to succeed in life, not indoctrination. Our educational system exists to prepare children to become adults who contribute to society and gain skills to be successful, not become sensitive to trigger words or needing safe spaces to function.
10. We are the party of American values. Republicans believe in your Constitutional rights and acknowledge that with rights comes responsibilities. When you tie together our belief in self-empowerment, education that builds life skills rather than attitudes of entitlement, free market capitalism and the other qualities that define us as conservatives or liberty-minded liberals (yes, many moderate liberals have been joining the Republican Party because the Democratic Party no longer represent moderates!), you see the history of our nation — the most prosperous and free society in the history of the world!
If these ideals sound good to you, we’d love to have you join us! Visit our office at 212 S. Broadway in Albert Lea to learn more about our stellar candidates:
U.S. Rep. Brad Finstad
State Reps. Peggy Bennet and Patricia Mueller
State Sen. Gene Dornink
Gov. and Lt. Gov. Dr. Scott Jensen and Matt Birk
Attorney General Jim Shultz
Secretary of State Kim Crocket
Auditor Ryan Wilson
This team is ready to fight for you!
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Florida Atlantic ends Fairleigh Dickinson's NCAA Tournament run for Sweet 16
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Fairleigh Dickinson came up just a little short this time.
Johnell Davis scored 29 points, Alijah Martin added 14 and Florida Atlantic ended underdog FDU's magical March by outlasting the No. 16 seed 78-70 on Sunday night in the NCAA Tournament.
The ninth-seeded Owls (33-3) needed everything they had to put away the Knights (21-16), the nation's smallest team and a surprise winner Friday night over 7-foot-4 center Zach Edey and top-seeded Purdue in just the second 16-over-1 upset in tournament history.
It will be FAU, not FDU, which will play Tennessee in the East Region semifinals on Thursday at Madison Square Garden in New York.
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"It’s a nice place," Davis said of the world's most famous arena. "But we’ve still got to go in and put the work in as every other gym."
Davis certainly put in the work against FDU, finishing with 12 rebounds, five assists and five steals in 34 minutes.
The Knights couldn't come up with an encore after eliminating Purdue, but not before fighting to the finish.
When their tourney ended, first-year coach Tobin Anderson and FDU's players walked across the floor of Nationwide Arena to thank their fans, most of whom never expected to spend five days in Ohio watching their team make history.
Demetre Roberts scored 20 points and Sean Moore had 14 for FDU, which didn't even win the Northeast Conference tournament before becoming an NCAA team that won't soon be forgotten. The Knights followed up a win in the play-in game at Dayton by ousting the Big Ten champion Boilermakers and taking FAU to the wire.
"We always talk about 6-0 runs, we were one 6-0 run away from the Sweet 16," Anderson said. "We went toe to toe with a top-five team in the country, and this team is a top 25 team in the country. We went toe to toe the last few days with two great teams and didn’t back down, didn’t go away.
"We’re not just happy to be here."
FAU, which edged Memphis on Friday for the school's first NCAA tourney win, finally took control late in the second half of a game that was played at high speeds and at times looked more like a playground pickup game.
FDU was still within 67-64 when Davis fought for a rebound and made a put-back. After Roberts missed a long 3, FAU’s Bryan Greenlee knocked down a 3-pointer and the Owls pushed their lead to 10.
The Knights got within 76-70, and still had a chance when Greenlee missed two free throws. But Roberts, FDU's lightning-quick 5-foot-8 guard, misfired on a layup, and the graduate student who followed Anderson to FDU from Division II St. Thomas Aquinas began to untuck his jersey, knowing his tournament was over.
Anderson, who turned around a program that went 4-22 a year ago, told his players not to foul and let the final seconds run off.
But FAU’s Martin tried and missed a 360-degree dunk, leading to an awkward exchange and tense postgame handshake between Anderson and Owls coach Dusty May.
"I apologized to him for that but also reminded him we’re the adults," May said. "We’ve got to fix that behavior. It’s part of the game. I apologized to him."
FDU came up short in its bid to become the first No. 16 to win twice in the tournament. The same thing happened to UMBC five years ago. After shocking No. 1 overall seed Virginia, the Retrievers lost to Kansas State in the second round.
Strikingly similar in their playing styles on the floor, there was also a commonality between the fan bases as "F-D-U" chants from one side of the court were met with cries of "F-A-U" from the other as the teams traded baskets.
May was proud of his team's composure and ability to perform when it felt like the world was in FDU's corner.
"We never felt like we were a Cinderella team," said May, who got his hoops start as a student manager at Indiana under coach Bob Knight. "We went into an SEC school and won and have been in some very tough environments.
"But obviously when you’re playing FDU and they’re on the run they’re on, they’re easy to root for."
For Anderson and the Knights, the tournament is over. The memories will carry them.
"Last year, we were 4-22," he said, "and we’re right there to go to the Sweet 16. If that’s not one of the most amazing things I’ve seen in my life or anybody else has seen, that’s crazy. So every part of this I’ll remember forever and they will too."
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FAU: The Owls will carry a nine-game winning streak into their matchup against the fourth-seeded Volunteers, who took out Duke on Saturday. FAU does have some experience against SEC schools this season, losing at Ole Miss and winning at Florida.
FDU: The Knights seemingly came out of nowhere to become the tourney’s biggest story. Anderson said he and his assistant coaches have already heard from players interested in joining them in Teaneck, New Jersey. | https://www.fox5ny.com/sports/florida-atlantic-beats-fairleigh-dickinson-ncaa-tourney | 2023-03-20 19:13:43 | 1 | https://www.fox5ny.com/sports/florida-atlantic-beats-fairleigh-dickinson-ncaa-tourney |
Locals showcase their work at Jackson Art Walk
JACKSON, Tenn. — The Jackson Art Walk is back in the Hub City.
Those in the downtown area were able to walk throughout downtown Jackson on Friday and shop for local art.
This month’s First Art Walk event was held with local artists popping up in participating businesses in Jackson’s newly designated Arts District.
We spoke with local artists on how they feel about the opportunity to showcase their work.
“It’s all cool. You get to see other people’s stuff. You get people looking at your stuff. People ask you questions. It’s just good to be out, ya know,” said Neveah Birdine, a local artist.
“Jackson really does have a great art market. It’s been bubbling bellow, but it’s about to explode and I’m really happy to be a part of it,” said Joshua Blankinship, a local artist.
The Art Walk will be held on the first Friday of every month through November.
The walk is hosted by the Jackson Arts Council. You can stay up-to-date with them and future events on Facebook.
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NEW YORK, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LS Power, a leading development, investment and operating company focused on the North American power and energy infrastructure sector, today announced the release of its latest sustainability report covering the year ending 2021.
"Over the past year, our dedicated, passionate people have continued to make the nation's energy system cleaner, more efficient, and more resilient," said LS Power CEO Paul Segal in his letter accompanying the report. "Our 2021 Sustainability Report details our growing Energy Transition Platforms, our decarbonization efforts, our talented team, and the incredible philanthropy work that our people do," Segal said.
The report, entitled "Accelerating the Energy Transition," highlights LS Power's Energy Transition Platforms, which have grown to include nation-leading companies:
- CPower Energy Management (demand response and energy efficiency)
- Endurant Energy (microgrids)
- EVgo (EV charging)
- REV Renewables
- Rise Light & Power (New York City's largest energy provider)
- Waste-to-Renewable Fuel initiatives
REV Renewables is the newest member of the LS Power Energy Transition family. Formed in July 2021 out of LS Power's existing assets, REV consists of the largest non-utility owned portfolio of pumped storage hydro in the country, a sizeable lithium-ion battery portfolio, and a wind and solar portfolio that spans 14 states. "With an operating portfolio of more than 2.6 gigawatts and a substantial development pipeline, we see REV and its business model as critical to accelerating the energy transition," Segal said.
LS Power recognizes that identifying and developing a talented team requires unwavering focus. To support this effort and maintain a competitive advantage, LS Power's "Powering Change" initiative expands recruitment to qualified candidates from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs). Powering Change complements LS Power's ongoing sponsorship programs that encourage women and other underrepresented communities in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields.
In 2021, LS Power's community engagement program contributed nearly $1.7 million to over 250 charities and organizations across 16 states, including food banks, crisis centers, youth and STEM programs, environmental programs, and more.
The report also discusses LS Power's advocacy efforts to support competitive markets and the important role its flexible natural gas generation fleet plays in the energy transition by balancing the grid and avoiding power interruptions when renewable energy resources like wind and solar power are curtailed or offline due to weather conditions. "We recognize a void in the quest toward decarbonization — how to enable it smoothly and responsibly while keeping energy affordable and accessible. With our unique platform of resources, LS Power is driven to help fill that void," Segal said.
As with LS Power's inaugural sustainability report, the new report is informed by the Global Reporting Initiative Standards (GRI) and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), and accounts for LS Power's Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance for the 2021 calendar year.
The LS Power Sustainability Report can be found on LS Power's website at https://www.lspower.com/sustainability.
About LS Power
LS Power is a development, investment and operating company focused on the North American power and energy infrastructure sector. Since its inception in 1990, in addition to its development of more than 660 miles of high voltage transmission, LS Power has developed, constructed, managed or acquired in total more than 45,000 MW of power generation, including utility-scale solar, wind, hydro, natural gas-fired and battery energy storage projects. LS Power actively invests in distributed energy resource platforms, such as CPower Energy Management, Endurant Energy and EVgo, as well as Waste-to-Renewable Generation and Fuel initiatives. Additionally, LS Power invests in renewables and energy storage through REV Renewables. Across its efforts, LS Power has raised in excess of $48 billion in debt and equity financing to support North American infrastructure. For more information, please visit www.LSPower.com.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House Correspondents’ Association dinner — known for its fun albeit ferocious jabs at Washington — took a more solemn tone this year as President Joe Biden acknowledged the several American journalists under siege in authoritarian countries around the world.
“We are here to send a message to the country and, quite frankly, to the world: The free press is a pillar, maybe the pillar, of a free society, not the enemy,” Biden said in his speech.
The president and first lady Jill Biden, upon arriving at the Washington Hilton on Saturday, met privately with the parents of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has been imprisoned in Russia since March. He was charged with spying, despite strong denials from his employer and the U.S. government. Some guests wore buttons with “Free Evan” printed on them.
Also among the 2,600 people attending the gala was Debra Tice, the mother of Austin Tice, who has not been heard from since disappearing at a checkpoint in Syria in 2012. U.S. officials say they operate under the assumption that he is alive and are working to try to bring him home.
“Journalism is not a crime. Evan and Austin should be released immediately along with every other American detained abroad,” Biden said. “I promise you, I am working like hell to get them home.”
The Bidens also made a beeline for Brittney Griner, the WNBA star and Olympic gold medalist who was detained in Russia for nearly 10 months last year before her release in a prisoner swap. Griner attended with her wife, Cherelle, as guests of CBS News.
“This time last year we were praying for you, Brittney,” Biden said to the basketball star.
The annual black-tie dinner drew a wide array of celebrities and media moguls to Washington, with parties being held across the capital. Among those in attendance were actor Liev Schreiber, singer John Legend and his wife, Chrissy Teigen, the model and television personality.
Actor and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger opened the dinner with a pre-taped video about the importance of a free and independent press, calling reporters an “ally of the people.” Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were seated on the stage along with comedian Roy Wood Jr., a correspondent for “The Daily Show,” who was the featured entertainer.
While Biden spent the majority of his speech focused on the issue of press freedom, he took time to take jabs at some of his most vocal political critics. The occasion is a familiar and comfortable one for Biden, who attended several of the dinners as vice president to Barack Obama. The Washington event returned last year after being sidelined by the pandemic in 2020 and 2021. Biden was the first president in six years to accept the invitation after Donald Trump shunned the event while in office.
But this year, he came not only as the commander in chief but as a presidential contender.
He started his punchlines with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, taking direct aim at a recent bill Republicans passed that would lift the debt ceiling in exchange for a series of budget cuts, including some of Biden’s key legislative achievements.
“The last time Republicans voted for something that hapless it took 15 tries,” Biden said, referring to the gruesome fight McCarthy endured to become speaker in January.
And he didn’t stop there, going after Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch about his age. “And you call me old?” he told the crowd.
Biden even made a couple of self-deprecating jokes, mostly surrounding criticism of his age as he mounts a second bid for reelection. “I believe in the First Amendment and not just because my good friend Jimmy Madison wrote it,” he said to a roaring crowd.
Wood, who took the stage after Biden, also zeroed in on the president’s age.
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BOCA RATON, Fla., Oct. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AE Industrial Partners, LP ("AEI"), a private equity firm specializing in aerospace, defense & government services, space, power & utility services, and specialty industrial markets, announced today that Chris Emerson, an accomplished executive with decades of aerospace expertise, has joined the firm as an Operating Partner, effective immediately.
"Chris is a proven leader who will be an outstanding addition to our distinguished team of operating partners," said David Rowe, Managing Partner of AEI. "His extensive background and longstanding relationships in aerospace, aviation and defense, including his many years at Airbus, will be instrumental in helping us identify opportunities to create value across our portfolio."
Mr. Emerson brings over 25 years of aerospace experience in space, commercial aviation, U.S. defense, and rotorcraft. He is the former Chairman & CEO of Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, Inc., where he developed and executed a strategy to grow Airbus' U.S. space business. Previously, he served as President of Airbus Helicopters, Inc., and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Airbus. Mr. Emerson started his career with the Daimler - Mercedes Benz team which later formed Airbus. Mr. Emerson currently serves on the Board of Directors of AE Industrial portfolio companies Belcan, Firefly Aerospace and The Atlas Group. He holds a BS from the University of Alabama.
"AEI has built a strong and strategic portfolio of companies on the cutting edge in space and defense," said Mr. Emerson. "I'm excited to contribute my expertise to support the innovative efforts of the AEI team and its portfolio companies as we work together to enhance performance and build value."
AE Industrial Partners is a private equity firm specializing in aerospace, defense & government services, space, power & utility services, and specialty industrial markets. AE Industrial Partners invests in market-leading companies that can benefit from our deep industry knowledge, operating experience, and relationships throughout our target markets. AE Industrial Partners is a signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment and the ILPA Diversity in Action initiative. Learn more at www.aeroequity.com.
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LONDON and OSLO, Norway, Feb. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Xynteo, a strategic advisory firm exclusively dedicated to providing sustainability and energy transition services to some of the world's largest companies has announced a majority investment by funds advised by Leon Capital LLP (Leon Capital). The family of the founder Osvald Bjelland remains a minority shareholder. The agreement includes the creation of an employee partnership model, with senior employees now becoming owners of the business.
Over the last two decades, Xynteo has helped some of the world's leading businesses and their leaders to achieve planet positive and inclusive growth, tackle complex systemic challenges, and incubate green supply chains. They provide a range of world class professional services in strategy and innovation, leadership and culture and systems collaboration, including cross sector and value chain-based coalition models. The company operates globally, with offices in the UK, Norway, and India, and serves many of the world's leading businesses such as ABB, BP, Hindalco, HUL, JLL, Mastercard, SAP, Shell, Tata, Unilever, Verizon, and Visa.
"This partnership brings renewed impetus and ambition to Xynteo. We are incredibly excited to work with the Leon Capital team, who bring deep operational capabilities and resources, and an extensive network of industry relationships," said Jonah Grunsell, Managing Partner of Xynteo.
"The time has come to build on what we have and improve all we do – to invest in our long-term client relationships, our team, technologies and services and handover to a fantastic new partnership. In short, I commend the partnership with Leon Capital and the leadership´s commitment to now take forward our mission in service of people and planet as far as we can." remarked the founder Osvald Bjelland.
Christos Lavidas, Co-founder, and Managing Partner at Leon Capital, said, "We are proud to invest in Xynteo and its mission to help the world's leading organisations succeed through planet-positive and people-inclusive growth: doing well by doing good. Our strategy at Leon Capital centres around partnering with exceptional services businesses, where we see a clear active ownership plan to create sustainable impact for all stakeholders. That's exactly what we found in Xynteo."
"We have been impressed by the exceptional business and longstanding customer relationships built by the team, and are thrilled to partner with the Bjelland family and the management. We are grateful for their trust, and this only confirms Leon Capital as a partner of choice for family-owned and founder-led businesses," said Jean-Christophe Napoléon Bonaparte, Co-founder and Managing Partner at Leon Capital.
"We are excited to partner with Xynteo, and its exceptional team members, to scale their coalitions to new geographies and value chains, to grow the Xynteo team itself, and to ensure clients see the best of all Xynteo's capabilities, every single time," commented Michael Youtsos, Partner at Leon Capital
Xynteo's partners also expressed their excitement about the transaction. Peter Voser, Chairman of ABB, and former CEO of Shell, said, "As Chairman of the Europe Delivers coalition, I am excited to work with all of Xynteo's stakeholders to scale our impact for Europe, through good growth."
Sanjiv Mehta, CEO & Managing Director of Hindustan Unilever, said, "A few years back some MNC's and local groups came together to solve some intractable problems facing the country relating to people and planet. As chairman of the Vikaasa coalition, I fully support the Xynteo partners coming in as shareholders and am excited to work on the big challenges that India faces."
Henrik Madsen, former CEO of DNV, will remain Chairman of Xynteo, and Thorhild Widvey, former Minister of Petroleum and Energy, and Minister of Culture in Norway, will remain on the board of directors.
The transaction is backed by the Leon Capital partners, Yana Investment Partners and several prominent family offices among others.
About Xynteo
Xynteo is a purpose-driven strategic advisory firm that helps global organisations, and their leaders, find new ways to grow forward as they tackle the societal and environmental challenges that are too big, too expensive, and too complex to solve alone. We believe that business is a force for good when leaders think long term, work with, not against nature, and use their influence and resources for the many, not the few. For us, this is good growth.
For more information, please visit www.xynteo.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/xynt-o/
Contact: hello@xynteo.com
About Leon Capital
Leon Capital LLP is a private equity firm, based in London, and investing in leading mid-market European tech-enabled services companies. We partner with ambitious teams to enable transformational change and build regional or international champions. We have a long-term view, a family partnership mindset, and an active management model to deliver sustainable impact for all stakeholders. The Leon Capital team has successfully completed or been involved in over 45 transactions, representing €6 billion in equity invested, and direct operational experience across 20 portfolio companies.
For more information, please visit www.leon-capital.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/leon-capital/
Contact info@leon-capital.com
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Disease Groups Serve as a Clearinghouse for Sub-Specialization Content
NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- OneOncology, the platform for independent community oncology practices, announced the formation of five OneOncology Disease Groups. Each Disease Group offers sub-specialized expertise and disease-specific educational initiatives to all physicians on the platform.
"With science evolving at such an incredibly rapid pace, every physician cannot become an expert across all settings, but all our patients deserve and expect expert advice," said Davey Daniel, MD, Chief Medical Officer, OneOncology. "We've developed OneOncology Disease Groups to account for sub-specialization across our platform. By tapping into the expertise of leaders across our practices, the Disease Groups equip every provider on our platform with the latest scientific information to help them provide the best care possible for their patients."
As part of the Disease Group portfolio, each group guides and approves OneOncology pathways that are consistent with many evidenced-based national guidelines, which are frequently updated based on the newest data. OneOncology pathways serve as a foundation to assist every provider with the best possible treatment options for each patient's unique case. OneOncology has already developed disease-specific pathways for many cancer types including non-small cell lung cancer, renal cell and prostate cancer. After the initial pathway development, each Disease Group continuously updates the pathways as new therapies are developed and oncology care standards change. Pathways can then be utilized through clinical decision support tools and software.
Additionally, the Disease Groups also provide OneR direction on clinical trials to pursue, offer the Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee expertise on newly approved therapies, oversee medical education topics and deliver strategic direction regarding innovative care models.
The Disease Groups and chairs are:
- Lung: Melissa Johnson, MD, Tennessee Oncology
- Breast: Gregory Vidal, MD, PhD, West Cancer Center & Research Institute
- Genitourinary: Jahan Aghalar, MD, New York Cancer & Blood Specialists
- Gastrointestinal: Henry Xiong, MD, PhD, The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders
- Hematologic Malignancies: Jonathan Abbas, MD, Tennessee Oncology
"Each Disease Group chair is a well-regarded expert in their sub-specialization and are leaders who other physicians turn to when they have a confounding clinical case and need advice," said Jeff Patton, MD, CEO, OneOncology. "Each of these physicians also has a propensity for leadership and zest for inspiring other physicians. I know each will be an incredible partner willing to share their expertise with physicians throughout our platform."
OneOncology was founded by community oncologists, for community oncologists, with the mission of improving the lives of everyone living with cancer. Our goal is to enable community oncology practices to remain independent and to improve patient access to care in their communities, all at a lower cost than in the hospital setting. OneOncology supports our platform of community oncology practices through group purchasing, operational optimization, practice growth, and clinical innovation. Our 700 cancer care providers care for 280,000 patients at 181 sites of care nationwide. To learn more, visit oneoncology.com or LinkedIn.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Jim Costa wins reelection to U.S. House in California's 21st Congressional District.
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Healright Metabolic Health Program Expands Nationwide With Additional Kroger Stores
WINDERMERE, Fla., June 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced Micronutrition, a KEEN Growth Capital portfolio company dedicated to evidence-based nutrition, announced expansion of Kroger partnership with increased Healright distribution in 1,200 Kroger and Kroger Family of Stores.
"We are excited to expand the Healright Metabolic Health program with Kroger to provide consumers with increased access to a self-directed health solution with demonstrated performance," said Jonathan Smiga, co-founder and CEO of Advanced Micronutrition. "With increasing demand for nonpharmaceutical interventions to address the root causes of metabolic health issues, Kroger is a key partner as they serve as a healthcare destination."
Developed by world renowned nutritional scientists with 15 years of research, Healright fills in the nutrient gaps to support metabolic health without additional diet or lifestyle changes, or the serious side effects of medications.
When eaten daily for 8 weeks clinical studies showed improvements in health markers for:
- Cholesterol & Triglycerides
- Insulin Resistance
- Chronic Inflammation
- Weight Management
In Kroger stores in the pharmacy area for the price of a coffee drink, consumers will have access to Healright Daily Micronutrient Bars in four delicious flavors including Caramel Apple Fig, Chocolate Cherry Pomegranate, Lemon Blueberry and Peanut Butter Banana for a metabolic reset using food, not just medications. For more information, visit healright.com
About Healright
Healright is evidence-based nutrition that bridges the gap between dietary supplements and medications with clinically proven outcomes, no serious side effects and 95% compliance. This unique blend of micronutrients and fiber was developed by a group of esteemed scientists at Children's Hospital & Research Center at Oakland (CHRCO/CHORI) in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Healright is owned and distributed by Advanced Micronutrition. Learn more at healright.com.
About Advanced Micronutrition
Advanced Micronutrition is a KEEN Growth Capital portfolio company dedicated to evidence-based nutrition that supports solutions for acute and chronic ailment management by bridging the gap between prescription medications and traditional supplements. Advanced Micronutrition serves as a platform to unite food as medicine companies backed by science. Learn more at foodmed.health.
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DENVER, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Antero Resources Corporation (NYSE: AR) ("Antero Resources", "Antero", or the "Company") today announced its second quarter 2022 financial and operating results. The relevant consolidated financial statements are included in Antero Resources' Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2022.
Second Quarter 2022 Highlights Include:
- Net production averaged 3.2 Bcfe/d, including 166 MBbl/d of liquids
- Realized pre-hedge natural gas equivalent price of $8.00 per Mcfe, an $0.83 per Mcfe premium to NYMEX pricing
- Net income was $765 million, Adjusted Net Income was $563 million (Non-GAAP)
- Adjusted EBITDAX was $953 million (Non-GAAP); net cash provided by operating activities was $923 million
- Free Cash Flow was $664 million before Changes in Working Capital (Non-GAAP)
- Reduced total debt by $383 million during the quarter
- Purchased $247 million of shares during the quarter
- Net Debt at quarter end was $1.58 billion (Non-GAAP)
- Net Debt to trailing last twelve month Adjusted EBITDAX declined to 0.6x (Non-GAAP)
Paul Rady, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Antero Resources commented, "Antero's second quarter results benefited from outstanding operations that included higher premiums to benchmark pricing and excellent well performance. Strong demand for natural gas along the LNG fairway has led to as much as a $0.25 per MMBtu increase in positive basis pricing on the Gulf Coast since the beginning of 2022. As additional LNG facilities are placed in service we anticipate the premium in basis pricing relative to NYMEX Henry Hub to increase further. We are uniquely positioned to directly benefit from increasing NYMEX prices with 75% of our natural gas being sold at these premium priced hubs in the LNG corridor."
Mr. Rady continued, "Our strong well performance led to second quarter volumes above prior forecasts. Looking ahead, our five year development program remains focused on this liquids-rich regime. Our liquids-rich development plan, consistent well results and coordinated midstream buildout with Antero Midstream provide us with confidence that we will continue to execute on our maintenance capital plan. This allows us to deliver on our production targets and generate attractive Free Cash Flow for years to come."
Michael Kennedy, Chief Financial Officer of Antero Resources said, "During the second quarter, we accelerated our return of capital program by purchasing approximately $250 million of shares. At the same time, we reduced debt by nearly $400 million resulting in leverage of just 0.6x. As previously communicated, we intend to increase our return of capital during the second half of 2022 to greater than 50% of Free Cash Flow. Based on today's commodity prices, we anticipate full-year 2022 shareholder returns to be at the high end of our previously announced target of 25% to 50% of 2022 Free Cash Flow. We expect in excess of $2.5 billion of Free Cash Flow in 2022 and over $10 billion of Free Cash Flow through 2026, based on current backwardated commodity prices. Today's balance sheet strength and a strong Free Cash Flow outlook will allow us to deliver increasing capital returns to our shareholders."
For a discussion of the non-GAAP financial measures including Adjusted Net Income, Adjusted EBITDAX, Free Cash Flow and Net Debt please see "Non-GAAP Financial Measures."
Debt Reduction
As of June 30, 2022, Antero's total debt was $1.58 billion. Net Debt to trailing twelve month Adjusted EBITDAX was 0.6x. During the second quarter, Antero reduced total debt by $383 million, including a $317 million reduction in borrowings under the credit facility. During the quarter, Antero also repurchased $62 million aggregate principle amount of senior notes in the open market and reduced its convertible debt outstanding by $4 million.
Share Repurchase Program
During the second quarter of 2022, Antero purchased 6.7 million shares at an average weighted price of $36.66 per share for $247 million. For the first six months of 2022, Antero purchased 11 million shares at a weighted average price of $32.44 per share for $358 million. These purchases includes repurchases of $100 million in the first quarter of 2022 and $193 million in the second quarter of 2022 under the share repurchase program and results in $707 million remaining under the Board of Directors authorized share repurchase program. Based on current strip prices and market conditions, Antero anticipates repurchasing this remaining amount of $707 million under the plan in 2022.
Free Cash Flow
During the second quarter, Antero generated $664 million of Free Cash Flow before Changes in Working Capital. Free Cash Flow after Changes in Working Capital was $631 million.
Guidance Update
Antero is increasing guidance for its realized natural gas price for full-year 2022 to a premium to NYMEX of $0.30 to $0.40 per Mcf from a previous range of $0.15 to $0.25 per Mcf, reflecting a 75% increase at the midpoint. The increase was driven primarily by higher premiums to NYMEX being realized at the Gulf Coast hubs where Antero sells a significant portion of its natural gas, as well as a greater BTU uplift on the Company's natural gas sales which average 1100 Btu gas in the sales stream.
Antero is revising its cash production expense guidance by 7% to a range of $2.40 to $2.50 per Mcfe reflecting higher fuel and ad valorem costs due to the increase in commodity prices.
Antero is also increasing its drilling and completion capital expenditure guidance by 7% reflecting incremental inflationary pressure primarily related to higher diesel and steel costs and development optimization through the retention of preferred crews through 2022.
Land capital guidance is increasing to a range of $100 to $110 million due to the successful organic leasing program that has allowed Antero to increase its premium drilling locations in its liquids-rich fairway. During the second quarter, Antero added approximately 6,000 net acres which hold approximately 25 incremental drilling locations at an average cost of under $1.0 million per location. Since 2019, through Antero's organic leasing efforts, the Company has added approximately 100 drilling locations in the liquids-rich fairway of Tyler and Wetzel Counties. This equates to approximately one and a half years of drilling inventory at an average of 65 wells per year under Antero's maintenance capital plan.
Second Quarter 2022 Operating Update
Marcellus - Antero placed 11 horizontal Marcellus wells to sales during the second quarter with an average lateral length of 13,714 feet. Well performance continues to be strong with several notable pads placed to sales during the first half of the year that helped drive second quarter volumes above prior forecasts. The payout periods at these three pads are projected to be four months from the turn in line date. These include:
- A six well pad with an average 60-day rate per well of 32.1 MMcfe/d, including approximately 1,631 Bbl/d of liquids per well assuming 25% ethane recovery
- A five well pad with an average 60-day rate per well of 30.1 MMcfe/d, including approximately 1,341 Bbl/d of liquids per well assuming 25% ethane recovery
- A nine well pad with an average 60-day rate per well of 26.0 MMcfe/d, including approximately 1,387 Bbl/d of liquids per well assuming 25% ethane recovery
Utica - Antero placed six horizontal Utica wells to sales during the second quarter with an average lateral length of 15,272 feet. All six of these wells have been on line for at least 60 days and the average 60-day rate per well was 28.7 MMcfe/d, including an Antero record of approximately 1,749 Bbl/d of liquids per well assuming 0% ethane recovery. The payout period at this pad is projected to be five months from the turn in line date.
Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results
Net daily natural gas equivalent production in the second quarter averaged over 3.2 Bcfe/d, including 166 MBbl/d of liquids, as detailed in the table below. During the first half of 2022 production averaged approximately 3.2 Bcfe/d, at the high end of the guidance range of 3.1 to 3.2 Bcfe/d. Due to a later start up of the Shell Cracker than previously forecast, Antero anticipates third quarter production volumes will be 3.2 to 3.3 Bcfe/d and fourth quarter 2022 production volumes to be 3.3 to 3.4 Bcfe/d. Full year 2022 production guidance remains unchanged at a range of 3.2 to 3.3 Bcfe/d.
Antero's average realized natural gas price before hedging was $8.00 per Mcf, representing a 112% increase compared to the prior year period. Antero realized a $0.50 per Mcf premium to the average NYMEX Henry Hub. The realized natural gas price benefited from higher premiums to NYMEX at the price hubs where Antero sells its natural gas in the LNG fairway of the Gulf Coast. Antero sells approximately 75% of its natural gas into these premium priced NYMEX-related hubs.
The following table details average net production and average realized prices for the three months ended June 30, 2022:
Antero's average realized C3+ NGL price was $60.28 per barrel, a 50% increase versus the prior year period. Antero shipped 58% of its total C3+ NGL net production on Mariner East 2 for export and realized a $0.09 per gallon premium to Mont Belvieu pricing on these volumes at Marcus Hook, PA. Antero sold the remaining 42% of C3+ NGL net production at a $0.08 per gallon discount to Mont Belvieu pricing at Hopedale, OH. The resulting blended price on 111,603 Bbl/d of net C3+ NGL production was a $0.02 per gallon premium to Mont Belvieu pricing.
All-in cash expense, which includes lease operating, gathering, compression, processing and transportation, production and ad valorem taxes was $2.61 per Mcfe in the second quarter, a 13% increase compared to $2.30 per Mcfe average during the second quarter of 2021. The increase was due primarily to higher natural gas and diesel fuel costs that impacted gathering, processing and transportation costs and an increase in production taxes as a result of higher commodity prices during the quarter.
Net marketing expense was $0.09 per Mcfe in the second quarter, a decrease from $0.11 per Mcfe during the second quarter of 2021 due to higher gas marketing margins from the year ago period.
Second Quarter 2022 Capital Investment
Antero's accrued drilling and completion capital expenditures for the three months ended June 30, 2022, were $217 million. For a reconciliation of accrued capital expenditures to cash capital expenditures, see the table in the Non-GAAP Financial Measures section.
In addition to capital invested in drilling and completion costs, the Company invested $49 million in land during the second quarter. A portion of the land capital was used to acquire approximately 6,000 net acres which hold approximately 25 incremental drilling locations at an average cost of under $1.0 million per location. In addition to the incremental locations added, Antero also acquired minerals in its Marcellus area of development to increase its net revenue interest in future drilling locations.
Commodity Derivative Positions
Antero did not enter into any new natural gas, NGL or oil hedges during the second quarter of 2022.
Please see Antero's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2022, for more information on all commodity derivative positions. For detail on current commodity positions, please see the Hedge Profile presentations at www.anteroresources.com.
Conference Call
A conference call is scheduled on Thursday, July 28, 2022 at 9:00 am MT to discuss the financial and operational results. A brief Q&A session for security analysts will immediately follow the discussion of the results. To participate in the call, dial in at 877-407-9079 (U.S.), or 201-493-6746 (International) and reference "Antero Resources." A telephone replay of the call will be available until Thursday, August 4, 2022 at 9:00 am MT at 877-660-6853 (U.S.) or 201-612-7415 (International) using the conference ID: 13726239. To access the live webcast and view the related earnings conference call presentation, visit Antero's website at www.anteroresources.com. The webcast will be archived for replay until Thursday, August 4, 2022 at 9:00 am MT.
Presentation
An updated presentation will be posted to the Company's website before the conference call. The presentation can be found at www.anteroresources.com on the homepage. Information on the Company's website does not constitute a portion of, and is not incorporated by reference into this press release.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Adjusted Net Income
Adjusted Net Income as set forth in this release represents net income (loss), adjusted for certain items. Antero believes that Adjusted Net Income is useful to investors in evaluating operational trends of the Company and its performance relative to other oil and gas producing companies. Adjusted Net Income is not a measure of financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for net income as an indicator of financial performance. The GAAP measure most directly comparable to Adjusted Net Income is net income (loss). The following table reconciles net income (loss) to Adjusted Net Income (in thousands):
Net Debt
Net Debt is calculated as total debt less cash and cash equivalents. Management uses Net Debt to evaluate the Company's financial position, including its ability to service its debt obligations.
The following table reconciles consolidated total long-term debt to Net Debt as used in this release (in thousands):
Free Cash Flow
Free Cash Flow is a measure of financial performance not calculated under GAAP and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for cash flow from operating, investing, or financing activities, as an indicator of cash flow or as a measure of liquidity. The Company defines Free Cash Flow as net cash provided by operating activities, less net cash used in investing activities, which includes drilling and completion capital and leasehold capital, less proceeds from asset sales and less distributions to non-controlling interests in Martica.
The Company has not provided projected net cash provided by operating activities or a reconciliation of Free Cash Flow to projected net cash provided by operating activities, the most comparable financial measure calculated in accordance with GAAP. The Company is unable to project net cash provided by operating activities for any future period because this metric includes the impact of changes in operating assets and liabilities related to the timing of cash receipts and disbursements that may not relate to the period in which the operating activities occurred. The Company is unable to project these timing differences with any reasonable degree of accuracy without unreasonable efforts.
Free Cash Flow is a useful indicator of the Company's ability to internally fund its activities, service or incur additional debt and estimate return of capital. There are significant limitations to using Free Cash Flow as a measure of performance, including the inability to analyze the effect of certain recurring and non-recurring items that materially affect the Company's net income, the lack of comparability of results of operations of different companies and the different methods of calculating Free Cash Flow reported by different companies. Free Cash Flow does not represent funds available for discretionary use because those funds may be required for debt service, land acquisitions and lease renewals, other capital expenditures, working capital, income taxes, exploration expenses, and other commitments and obligations.
Adjusted EBITDAX
Adjusted EBITDAX is a non-GAAP financial measure that we define as net income (loss), adjusted for certain items detailed below.
Adjusted EBITDAX as used and defined by us, may not be comparable to similarly titled measures employed by other companies and is not a measure of performance calculated in accordance with GAAP. Adjusted EBITDAX should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for operating income or loss, net income or loss, cash flows provided by operating, investing, and financing activities, or other income or cash flow statement data prepared in accordance with GAAP. Adjusted EBITDAX provides no information regarding our capital structure, borrowings, interest costs, capital expenditures, working capital movement, or tax position. Adjusted EBITDAX does not represent funds available for discretionary use because those funds may be required for debt service, capital expenditures, working capital, income taxes, exploration expenses, and other commitments and obligations. However, our management team believes Adjusted EBITDAX is useful to an investor in evaluating our financial performance because this measure:
- is widely used by investors in the oil and natural gas industry to measure operating performance without regard to items excluded from the calculation of such term, which may vary substantially from company to company depending upon accounting methods and the book value of assets, capital structure and the method by which assets were acquired, among other factors;
- helps investors to more meaningfully evaluate and compare the results of our operations from period to period by removing the effect of our capital and legal structure from our operating structure;
- is used by our management team for various purposes, including as a measure of our operating performance, in presentations to our Board of Directors, and as a basis for strategic planning and forecasting: and
- is used by our Board of Directors as a performance measure in determining executive compensation.
There are significant limitations to using Adjusted EBITDAX as a measure of performance, including the inability to analyze the effects of certain recurring and non-recurring items that materially affect our net income or loss, the lack of comparability of results of operations of different companies, and the different methods of calculating Adjusted EBITDAX reported by different companies.
The GAAP measures most directly comparable to Adjusted EBITDAX are net income (loss) and net cash provided by operating activities. The following table represents a reconciliation of Antero's net income (loss), including noncontrolling interest, to Adjusted EBITDAX and a reconciliation of Antero's Adjusted EBITDAX to net cash provided by operating activities per our consolidated statements of cash flows, in each case, for the three months and years ended June 30, 2021 and 2022. Adjusted EBITDAX also excludes the noncontrolling interests in Martica and these adjustments are disclosed in the table below as Martica related adjustments.
Drilling and Completion Capital Expenditures
For a reconciliation between cash paid for drilling and completion capital expenditures and drilling and completion accrued capital expenditures during the period, please see the capital expenditures section below (in thousands):
Notwithstanding their use for comparative purposes, the Company's non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures employed by other companies.
Antero Resources is an independent natural gas and natural gas liquids company engaged in the acquisition, development and production of unconventional properties located in the Appalachian Basin in West Virginia and Ohio. In conjunction with its affiliate, Antero Midstream (NYSE: AM), Antero is one of the most integrated natural gas producers in the U.S. The Company's website is located at www.anteroresources.com.
This release includes "forward-looking statements." Such forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are not under Antero Resources' control. All statements, except for statements of historical fact, made in this release regarding activities, events or developments Antero Resources expects, believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future, such as those regarding our return of capital, expected results, future commodity prices, future production targets, realizing potential future fee rebates or reductions, including those related to certain levels of production, future earnings, leverage targets and debt repayment, future capital spending plans, improved and/or increasing capital efficiency, estimated realized natural gas, NGL and oil prices, expected drilling and development plans, projected well costs and cost savings initiatives, future financial position, the participation level of our drilling partner and the financial and production results to be achieved as a result of that drilling partnership, the other key assumptions underlying our projections, and future marketing opportunities, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this release. Although Antero Resources believes that the plans, intentions and expectations reflected in or suggested by the forward-looking statements are reasonable, there is no assurance that these plans, intentions or expectations will be achieved. Therefore, actual outcomes and results could materially differ from what is expressed, implied or forecast in such statements. Except as required by law, Antero Resources expressly disclaims any obligation to and does not intend to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements.
Antero Resources cautions you that these forward-looking statements are subject to all of the risks and uncertainties, incident to the exploration for and development, production, gathering and sale of natural gas, NGLs and oil most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the Antero Resources' control. These risks include, but are not limited to, commodity price volatility, inflation, lack of availability of drilling and production equipment and services, environmental risks, drilling and other operating risks, regulatory changes, the uncertainty inherent in estimating natural gas and oil reserves and in projecting future rates of production, cash flow and access to capital, the timing of development expenditures, impacts of world health event, including the COVID-19 pandemic, cybersecurity risks, our ability to achieve our greenhouse gas reduction targets and the costs associated therewith, the state of markets for and availability of verified quality carbon offsets and the other risks described under the heading "Item 1A. Risk Factors" in Antero Resources' Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2022.
The following table set forth unaudited selected financial data for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022:
The following table set forth selected operating data for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2022:
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NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS – SOURCES OF DISTRIBUTION UNDER SECTION 19(a)
BOSTON, July 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund (NYSE: HTD) (the "Fund"), a closed-end fund managed by John Hancock Investment Management LLC and subadvised by Manulife Investment Management (US) LLC, announced today sources of its monthly distribution of $0.1380 per share paid to all shareholders of record as of July 13, 2023, pursuant to the Fund's managed distribution plan. This press release is issued as required by an exemptive order granted to the Fund by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
This notice provides shareholders of the John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund (NYSE: HTD) with important information concerning the distribution declared on July 3, 2023, and payable on July 31, 2023. No action is required on your part.
The following table sets forth the estimated sources of the current distribution, payable July 31, 2023, and the cumulative distributions paid this fiscal year to date from the following sources: net investment income; net realized short term capital gains; net realized long term capital gains; and return of capital or other capital source. All amounts are expressed on a per common share basis and as a percentage of the distribution amount.
You should not draw any conclusions about the Fund's investment performance from the amount of this distribution or from the terms of the Fund's managed distribution plan.
The Fund estimates that it has distributed more than its income and net realized capital gains; therefore, a portion of your distribution may be a return of capital. A return of capital may occur, for example, when some or all of the money that you invested in the Fund is paid back to you. A return of capital distribution does not necessarily reflect the Fund's investment performance and should not be confused with "yield" or "income."
The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this Notice are only estimates and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Fund's investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The Fund will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell you how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.
The Fund has declared the July 2023 distribution pursuant to the Fund's managed distribution plan (the "Plan"). Under the Plan, the Fund makes fixed monthly distributions in the amount of $0.1380 per share, which will continue to be paid monthly until further notice.
If you have questions or need additional information, please contact your financial professional or call the John Hancock Investment Management Closed-End Fund Information Line at 1-800-843-0090, Monday through Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., Eastern Time.
Statements in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements as defined by the United States securities laws. You should exercise caution in interpreting and relying on forward-looking statements because they are subject to uncertainties and other factors which are, in some cases, beyond the Fund's control and could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements.
An investor should consider a Fund's investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing.
About John Hancock Investment Management
A company of Manulife Investment Management, we serve investors through a unique multimanager approach, complementing our extensive in-house capabilities with an unrivaled network of specialized asset managers, backed by some of the most rigorous investment oversight in the industry. The result is a diverse lineup of time-tested investments from a premier asset manager with a heritage of financial stewardship.
About Manulife Investment Management
Manulife Investment Management is the global brand for the global wealth and asset management segment of Manulife Financial Corporation. We draw on more than a century of financial stewardship and the full resources of our parent company to serve individuals, institutions, and retirement plan members worldwide. Headquartered in Toronto, our leading capabilities in public and private markets are strengthened by an investment footprint that spans 18 geographies. We complement these capabilities by providing access to a network of unaffiliated asset managers from around the world. We're committed to investing responsibly across our businesses. We develop innovative global frameworks for sustainable investing, collaboratively engage with companies in our securities portfolios, and maintain a high standard of stewardship where we own and operate assets, and we believe in supporting financial well-being through our workplace retirement plans. Today, plan sponsors around the world rely on our retirement plan administration and investment expertise to help their employees plan for, save for, and live a better retirement. Not all offerings are available in all jurisdictions. For additional information, please visit manulife.com.
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Atria's Cadaret Grant Welcomes 360° Wealth Management Group, Reflecting Robust Recruiting from Large Wall Street Firms
NEW YORK, Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Atria Wealth Solutions, Inc. ("Atria"), a wealth management solutions company, announced the recruitment of a fast-growing team of UBS financial professionals, led by Anthony Mona and Joseph Mansoor. The seasoned wirehouse breakaways bring over $600 million in client assets as they join forces with Michigan-based OSJ Spartan Wealth Management, now a $1.2 billion in assets under administration (AUA) practice affiliated with Atria's subsidiary Cadaret Grant & Co., Inc.
"The onboarding and launch of Anthony Mona and Joseph Mansoor's independent wealth management business from UBS truly reflects where our industry is going and why we founded Atria," said Atria's CEO and Founding Partner Doug Ketterer.
Mr. Ketterer, who before co-founding Atria, previously led Morgan Stanley's entire US financial professional and branch office network as Head of Field Management and its ultra-high-net-worth focused Private Wealth Management business, added, "Our executive team has decades of experience working extensively in the wirehouse segment, so we know how to meet the needs of these financial professionals when transitioning to independence and the ongoing support they demand for themselves and their clients."
Mona said, "Having spent decades as an advisor at leading wirehouse firms, it became clear that independence was a better path for our business and our clients. The technology, service and support structure, and management team at Atria made Cadaret Grant the clear choice for us as we searched for a premium wealth management experience. Our clients' expectations continue to rise. As a firm built by former wirehouse leaders, Atria was clearly the best choice for our firm to partner with in order to meet and exceed those expectations."
Mona, who has been named to the Forbes/SHOOK list of Best-In-State Wealth Advisors in Michigan each year since 2019, Mansoor and Wagner, now have complete access to the full suite of modern tools available through Atria's broker-dealer subsidiaries, including Unio, Atria's award-winning technology platform for financial professionals. Beyond its extensive capabilities, Unio integrates with Contour, a comprehensive fee-based advisory platform, and Clear1, an intuitive client-facing portal and mobile app.
"Like so many other wirehouse advisors, Anthony and Joseph realize that their real value lies in their client relationships — and that the advantages of independence will result in a brighter future for their practices and their clients," said Kevin Beard, Atria's Chief Growth Officer and Founding Partner. "We are thrilled to partner with Anthony and Joseph in helping them achieve their ambitious growth objectives."
Atria Wealth Solutions, Inc. (Atria), headquartered in New York City, is a wealth management solutions holding company focused on delivering a clear path to the future of financial advice for financial professionals, financial institutions and their clients. Atria's broker-dealer subsidiaries, located throughout the U.S., empower financial institutions and independent financial professionals with a sophisticated set of tools, services and capabilities that deepen client relationships and maximize efficiencies in their practices.
Atria has six broker-dealer subsidiaries: Cadaret Grant & Co., Inc., NEXT Financial Group, Inc., Western International Securities, Inc., SCF Securities, Inc., CUSO Financial Services, L.P., and Sorrento Pacific Financial, LLC. Atria's subsidiaries together support nearly 2,500 financial professionals and over $100 billion of assets under administration. For more information, please visit atriawealth.com.
Established in 1985, Cadaret Grant & Co, Inc. is an independent wealth management firm serving over 700 independent financial professionals nationwide from its headquarters in Syracuse, New York.
Founded in 2018 by Brian Mosallam, Steve Nofar, Esq., and Alexander Wagner, Spartan Wealth Management delivers financial planning, investment, wealth management and insurance solutions to high-net-worth individuals. The firm is based in Birmingham, Michigan, and its financial professionals are associated with Cadaret Grant. For more information, visit spartanwealth.com.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hilco Redevelopment Partners (HRP) announced today the approval of its Coordinated Development District (CDD) plan and related zoning amendments presented at the City Council Special Public Hearing on Tuesday (July 5, 2022). HRP thanks the Alexandria City Council and the Old Town North community for their support and the many productive discussions over the past 16 months, which led to the approval this week.
HRP wholeheartedly agrees with the sentiment shared by Mayor Justin Wilson during the hearing that "This is a really big deal today and this is a long time coming." The CDD plan sensitively reintegrates the site into the surrounding neighborhood, opens up views and physical access to the waterfront, and creates meaningful open space for all to enjoy. As we work to reinvigorate this shut-down coal-fired power plant site, HRP remains committed to transparent and regular community engagement.
HRP's EVP of Mixed-Use Development, Melissa Schrock is leading this project and is passionate about delivering a product that best serves the Old Town North community. "We are proud of the public benefits the project will deliver including 8-16% affordable housing, over 14 acres of new or improved public open space, environmental remediation of the site, and aggressive sustainability targets, including 25% energy savings, 10% reduction of embodied carbon and 3% on-site renewable energy. We intend to deliver a project that will benefit the Old Town North community and fulfill our shared vision of transforming this blight on the Potomac into a vibrant model of sustainable and inclusive development."
About Hilco Redevelopment Partners (HRP):
HRP (www.hilcoredev.com) is a vertically integrated real estate investment and redevelopment company that re-imagines, remediates, and redevelops obsolete industrial sites across the United States with a uniquely holistic approach to development that prioritizes economic, community and environmental sustainability. HRP's redevelopment expertise ranges from modern logistics and distribution facilities to urban, mixed-use projects, and life science ecosystems. HRP strives to transform not only properties, but also the communities surrounding them through a comprehensive approach to community engagement, environmental sustainability, and economic development. Hilco Redevelopment Partners is a unit of Northbrook, Illinois-based Hilco Global ( www.hilcoglobal.com ).
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BROOMFIELD, Colo. (AP) — Two people were killed in a small plane crash in a neighborhood north of Denver.
Police say the single-engine plane went down in the Anthem Ranch neighborhood in Broomfield on Sunday afternoon. No bystanders were injured, and no homes were damaged, according to the North Metro Fire Rescue District.
No other information has been released.
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Brand-new animated series inspires children to go outside and enjoy nature, have fun with it and appreciate its beauty
Link to trailer HERE
MIAMI, March 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Discovery Family Channel (DFC) announced today "Hanni and the Wild Woods" will officially bloom onto television screens on Saturday, April 1. The first four episodes will premiere back-to-back starting at 7:30 a.m. on Discovery Family Channel. They will premiere in Spanish on Discovery Familia on Sunday, April 2, beginning at 10 a.m. The premiere episode, called "First Flowers!," ushers in spring, and while there's plenty to celebrate, Hanni and the Forest Friends find a mischievous duo that turn their day into an adventure.
From Korean creator Minah Eom and TOBEIT Global Corp., the mission of "Hanni and the Wild Woods" is to give preschoolers a greater appreciation and understanding of the importance of nature. They'll follow along as "The Forest Friends" motivate them to enjoy nature while teaching young viewers to care for and preserve the world around them.
"As a mother who is constantly inspired by my two daughters, it was important for me to create a show that inspires children to go outside and enjoy nature," said Minah Eom, Creator, "Hanni and the Wild Woods." "By showing them its inherent beauty, I hope to plant within them at a young age a desire and a sense of duty to protect our planet."
"We are excited to bring our viewers on a journey along with Hanni and the Forest Friends through the wonderful world we live in," said Corenna Smith, Director of Content and Marketing, Discovery Family Channel. "Introducing younger audiences and their parents to Hanni provides them with a way to share their love and respect for Mother Nature through these thoughtfully and beautifully produced stories."
Following premiere weekend, new episodes will debut on Saturdays at 8:00 a.m. on DFC and at 10:00 a.m. on Discovery Familia.
About Discovery Family Channel
Discovery Family is a leader in co-viewed kid's networks among kids 2-11 watching with an adult 18-49 in Total Day and Prime in the United States and is available in more than 33 million U.S. homes. Discovery Family is a leading entertainment destination for the entire family to enjoy together with an inspirational mix of the highest quality animated content for preschool and elementary aged children during the day and family-friendly baking and lifestyle content in prime. For more information, visit us on Facebook and Instagram.
About Discovery Familia
Discovery Familia is a Spanish-language network dedicated to Hispanic women and the things that matter in their lives. During the day, the Discovery Kids block offers entertaining programming for children, and in the evening, it celebrates the differences in how we live while focusing on the things that unite us with programming genres that include modern families, relationships, health and entrepreneurship. Discovery Familia also reaches audiences across screens on the Discovery Familia GO app (Android, iOS; Roku and Fire TV). For more information, please follow Facebook @discoveryfamilia and Instagram @discovery.familia.
About TOBEIT Global Corp.
TOBEIT Global Corp. is a U.S. company led by Minah Eom and Young Hwa Kim. With more than 20 years of experience creating high-quality children edutainment content. With a strong focus on originality, high educational values, and entertainment.
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(NEXSTAR) — The Houston Astros World Series win was a great accomplishment for the team and the city, but for Houston furniture store owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale, it was especially rewarding.
According to Forbes, McIngvale put down $10 million in bets on the Astros to win the World Series. Not long after, the Astros won the series, and McIngvale won $75 million.
With the Astros winning their second World Series, McIngvale took to Twitter to show off the suitcase of money he made on the gamble. He also took time to thank the city of Houston, the Astros, his wife Linda, and everyone else for supporting the team through the series.
“This last week has been especially… beyond words,” McIngvale said in a tweet. “An incident that was just me trying to defend my city, and our team galvanized the city. It’s beyond words my gratitude for all of you always having my back. What can I say?”
He also had the honor of throwing out the first pitch before Game 6 started, which he also tweeted out.
The bet included $30 million from Caesars Sportsbook alone, which was the biggest payout in U.S. sports betting history, according to the company. | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/furniture-store-owner-takes-home-75-million-on-world-series-bets/ | 2022-11-07 00:50:10 | 1 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/furniture-store-owner-takes-home-75-million-on-world-series-bets/ |
Alexander Zverev 2023 Nordea Open Odds
The Nordea Open is nearing the end in Båstad, Sweden, as Alexander Zverev competes in a quarterfinal against Andrey Rublev. Zverev has +350 odds (second-best) to take home the trophy from Bastad Tennis Stadium.
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Zverev at the 2023 Nordea Open
- Next Round: Quarterfinals
- Tournament Dates: July 15-23
- Venue: Bastad Tennis Stadium
- Location: Båstad, Sweden
- Court Surface: Clay
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Zverev's Next Match
Zverev will meet Rublev in the quarterfinals on Friday, July 21 at 7:40 AM ET, after beating Thiago Monteiro in the previous round 6-1, 6-0.
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Alexander Zverev Grand Slam Odds
- US Open odds to win: +1400
- Nordea Open odds to win: +350
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Zverev Stats
- Zverev defeated Monteiro 6-1, 6-0 on Thursday in the Round of 16.
- In 14 tournaments over the past 12 months, Zverev has gone 25-14 and has yet to win a title.
- Zverev has a match record of 13-6 on clay over the last 12 months.
- Zverev has played 26.4 games per match in his 39 matches over the past year across all court types.
- Over the past 12 months, Zverev has played 19 matches on clay, and 24.7 games per match.
- When it comes to serve/return winning percentages over the past year, Zverev has won 81.9% of his games on serve, and 24.6% on return.
- Zverev has been victorious in 78.1% of his service games on clay over the past 12 months and 32.1% of his return games.
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Another batch of vaccination appointments to protect against monkeypox are expected to open to New Yorkers on Sunday, days after the city opened its first clinic and met high demand in the lead-up to Pride weekend.
According to the city's Friday update, at least 39 people have tested positive for the virus in the city since early May, almost all of them men who have sex with men. The number of cases has risen 30% since the health department's report on day earlier.
The city began offering vaccination against monkeypox Thursday to at-risk groups but demand was so high, within hours of launching the program the city had to cut off walk-in appointments. Scheduled appointments have already been booked through early next week.
As opposed to the early days of COVID, when there was no effective treatment, there are already multiple vaccines that work against the orthopoxvirus that causes the ailment. Supply, however, is the question.
In total, New York City represents more than 20% of all cases diagnosed nationwide.
The Health Department on Thursday announced the opening of a temporary clinic to administer the two-dose JYNNEOS vaccine to eligible people who may have had recent exposure to monkeypox, the city announced. NYC Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan said anxiety, particularly among sexually actively gay and bisexual men, prompted the city’s decision to make vaccines available.
The vaccines will be administered at the Chelsea Sexual Health Clinic (303 Ninth Avenue in Manhattan). The clinic will be open on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. moving forward.
But as of 2 p.m. Thursday, just three hours after opening its doors, the city said no more walk-ins would be accommodated and that all appointments were filled through Monday. News 4 counted more than 100 people lined up outside the clinic at the time.
One person in line to get vaccinated said that many appointments were gone about 10 minutes after they became available online.
The health department advised people to check back on Sunday for more appointments next week. Walk-ins are no longer allowed due to demand.
"We are in talks with the CDC to obtain more doses and are looking into how we can boost our capacity citywide," the health department said.
Mark Levine, the Manhattan borough president, tweeted that the city had only been allocated about 1,000 doses of the vaccine from the national stockpile.
How Do You Catch Monkeypox?
The CDC issued new monkeypox guidance last week as the number of suspected cases nationwide boomed, marking America's largest-ever outbreak of monkeypox, which typically has been confined to other continents.
While the CDC says the risk to the general public remains low, people are urged to avoid close contact with those who are sick, including those with skin or genital lesions, as well as sick or dead animals. Anyone displaying symptoms, like unexplained skin rash or lesions, should reach out to their healthcare providers for guidance.
It is also advised to avoid eating meat that comes from wild game or using products (such as creams, powders or lotions) that come from wild animals from Africa.
What Is Monkeypox?
Monkeypox was first discovered in 1958, when outbreaks occurred in colonies of monkeys kept for research -- resulting in its name. (What you need to know about monkeypox.)
The first case in a human was reported in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which still has the majority of infections. Other African countries where it has been found: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Liberia, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo and Sierra Leone.
Human symptoms of monkeypox are similar to but milder than the symptoms of smallpox, the CDC says. It presents itself as a flu-like illness accompanied by lymph-node swelling and rash on the face and body.
Monkeypox starts off with fever, headache, muscle aches, and exhaustion. Monkeypox also causes lymph nodes to swell, something that smallpox does not. The incubation period is usually 7−14 days but can range from 5−21 days.
The CDC is urging healthcare providers in the U.S. to be alert for patients who have rashes consistent with monkeypox, regardless of whether they have traveled or have specific risks for monkeypox. See more information from the travel notice here. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/more-nyc-monkeypox-vaccine-appointments-expected-to-open-sunday/3749713/ | 2022-06-25 23:57:04 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/more-nyc-monkeypox-vaccine-appointments-expected-to-open-sunday/3749713/ |
Texas convict who killed man while on bond for aggravated assault sentenced to 50 years
Justin Broadnax, 28, had a 'long history of violence and threats,' the D.A. said
A Texas convict who killed a man two years ago while out on bond for an aggravated assault has been sentenced to 50 years in prison, the Collin County District Attorney announced Thursday.
"This murderer had a long history of violence and threats with firearms that had yet to catch up with him," D.A. Greg Willis said in a statement of Justin Broadnax, 28. "Now he’s been held accountable for murdering an unsuspecting and innocent victim."
On August, 21, 2021, Broadnax entered a Frisco, Texas, home uninvited, looking for his girlfriend. His girlfriend finally convinced him to leave, but he then started a fight with the victim and some of his friends and Broadnax shot the victim in the chest, killing him.
The Frisco Police Department arrested Broadnax three days later with help of U.S. Marshals after he fled to Houston, changed his appearance and disposed of the murder weapon, the D.A.’s office said.
HOUSTON MAN WHO KILLED MAN WHILE OUT ON BOND FOR MURDER OF FRIEND SENTENCED TO 49 YEARS
PHOENIX POLICE ARREST SUSPECT IN LAUREN HEIKE MURDER
Broadnax, who had a violent history that included threats involving a firefighter and domestic violence, was on bond out of Dallas seven months before the murder on an aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charge.
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He was also prohibited from carrying a gun at the time of the murder because of a protective order in Denton County, Texas. | https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-convict-killed-man-bond-aggravated-assault-sentenced-50-years | 2023-05-06 00:47:26 | 0 | https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-convict-killed-man-bond-aggravated-assault-sentenced-50-years |
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Here & Now’s Jane Clayson speaks with former Watergate prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks about what might be going on inside the Justice Department right now, and her reaction to the Jan. 6 hearings.
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WILKES-BARRE TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— The 45th President of the United States announced he will be holding a rally at the Mohegan Sun Arena in the upcoming weeks.
According to a representative from Donald Trump’s team, the former president plans to go to the Mohegan Sun Arena on Saturday, September 3 at 7 pm to deliver remarks in support of Doug Mastriano, Dr. Mehmet Oz, and the entire Pennsylvania Trump ticket.
Officials said the doors will open at 2 p.m. and special guest remarks will begin at 4 p.m.
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Man kills wife before walking in front of semi to take his own life, police say
MADISON, Wis. (WISC) – Police said a man who took his own life by stepping in front of a tractor-trailer in Wisconsin Sunday was a suspect in his wife’s slaying earlier that day.
Chief Shon Barnes with the Madison Police Department said officers were called to a home where they found that the victim had been “violently, physically attacked.”
The attack had ended with one woman dead, but that was far from the end of the case.
Barnes on Monday laid out a wild and tragic series of events that ended with another death.
The events began around 3:15 p.m. Sunday when police received a call reporting someone was dead in a home. Police said the caller wasn’t on the scene.
The responding officers found a woman in her 40s dead inside the home.
As police tried to find the woman’s husband, another call came in just before 3:30 p.m. reporting that a man had left his car and gotten hit by another car.
Police said the man was able to get back into his own car and drive off.
The third and final call came just before 3:50 p.m. This time, the caller reported the same man had again gotten out of his vehicle before running into traffic, where he was hit and killed by a tractor-trailer.
Barnes said the man was identified as the husband of the dead woman. He also said officers had not been called to the home before.
Police still view what happened inside the home as something that should be addressed.
“Domestic violence continues to be an issue that plagues our community, even though it remains sometimes hidden,” Aureille Smith, director of policy planning and evacuation, said.
The couple’s identities have not yet been released. The incident is being investigated as a murder-suicide.
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. – A crowd of 7,042, under the Friday night lights of Parkview Field, saw the TinCaps beat the West Michigan Whitecaps (Detroit Tigers affiliate), 5-2. Jackson Wolf and Keegan Colett teamed up on the mound for the win, while Fort Wayne’s offense produced 12 hits, and the defense was flawless.
Wolf, the No. 15 Padres prospect, pitched 6 1/3 innings of quality, two-run ball with six strikeouts. For the season, the 6-foot-7 left-hander has the lowest batting average against in the Midwest League, among statistical qualifiers, at .209. He also ranks second in both strikeouts (134) and innings pitched (119.0).
Though the Whitecaps (35-23, 66-58) took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second, and a 2-1 lead in the fifth, on both occasions, the TinCaps (21-36, 48-75) answered to tie the game.
For Fort Wayne, it was left fielder Albert Fabian who hit an RBI single in the second. Then it was designated hitter Brandon Valenzuela who did the deed in the fifth.
The TinCaps took a 3-2 lead in the sixth as Fabian followed an Agustín Ruiz double with one of his own. Ruiz, the right fielder, had a game-high three hits.
Fort Wayne added insurance with a pair in the seventh thanks to RBI singles by third baseman Carlos Luis and shortstop Jarryd Dale.
Meanwhile, Collett followed Wolf with 2 2/3 perfect innings of relief to earn his first save at the High-A level. The righty struck out four.
West Michigan trails Lake County by three games in the East Division race with eight games left in the regular season.
Next Game: Saturday, Sept. 3 vs. West Michigan Whitecaps (6:35 p.m.) – TinCaps Probable Starter: RHP Jose Espada– Whitecaps Probable Starter: RHP Jackson Jobe (No. 1 Tigers prospect)Watch: Comcast Network 81| MiLB.TV
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WFO LOS ANGELES Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, August 3, 2022
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BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT
Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
656 PM PDT Sun Jul 31 2022
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and breaking waves due to elevated
surf of 3 to 6 feet developing tonight through Wednesday.
* WHERE...Malibu Coast and Los Angeles County Beaches.
* WHEN...Through Wednesday afternoon.
* IMPACTS...The threat of lightning may prompt beach closures.
There is an increased risk of ocean drowning. Rip currents can
pull swimmers and surfers out to sea. Waves can wash people
off beaches and rocks, and capsize small boats nearshore.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Remain out of the water due to hazardous swimming conditions, or
stay near occupied lifeguard towers. Rock jetties can be deadly
in such conditions, stay off the rocks.
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...
The lightning risk for the beaches has ended.
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TORONTO, Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Odd Burger Corporation ("Odd Burger" or the "Company") (TSX: ODD) (OTCQB: ODDAF) (FSE: IA9) is pleased to announce it has achieved record revenue of $787,585 for the third quarter, a 205% increase over the third quarter from the previous year and an increase of 23% from the previous quarter of this year. In addition, the Company improved its net loss by 73% from the third quarter from the previous year and improved its net loss 6% this quarter compared to the previous quarter of this year. Financial results for its third quarter, ended June 30, 2022, have been posted with Canadian Securities Regulatory Authorities at www.sedar.com.
"I could not be more proud of our record breaking financial results this quarter," says James McInnes, co-founder and CEO. "Not only was our revenue the highest in our company's history for a single quarter, but our net loss was the lowest since our public listing. Our operations are becoming more efficient as we scale our business, which is a key metric as we drive toward profitability. We are also seeing incredibly strong support from our customers despite the current economic uncertainties and rising inflation, which indicates that our restaurants offer our customers incredible value. Odd Burger is seeing tremendous growth in our franchising operations, with 4 new Franchise Agreements signed in the past month alone - bringing our total number of locations operational or in active development up to 18. Our growth has been primarily accelerated by our strategy to utilize Area Representative Agreements that have locked in over 76 new locations over the next 8 years in Canada. We will continue to execute similar agreements to drive our growth in Canada, the U.S., and internationally, which will position Odd Burger as one of the world leaders in vegan fast food."
SUMMARY OF QUARTERLY RESULTS
The following table sets forth unaudited selected financial information for each of the last eight quarters.
On September 7th at 12:00pm ET, James McInnes, CEO, will be discussing the third quarter financial results and sharing the most recent Investor Presentation via webinar followed by live Q&A. Investors and other interested parties are invited to join and learn more about Odd Burger's recent achievements and events, along with upcoming milestones.
We invite all investors and other interested parties to register for the webinar at the link below.
Date: Wednesday, September 7, 2022
Time: 12:00pm ET
Register: Webinar Registration
HAVE QUESTIONS? Management will be available to answer your questions following the presentation on the webinar platform. You may submit your question(s) during the live webinar via chat or beforehand in the registration form or by email at: oddburger@rbmilestone.com.
Odd Burger Corporation is a chain of company-owned and franchised vegan fast-food restaurants as well as a food technology company that manufactures and distributes a proprietary line of plant-based protein and dairy alternatives to its locations. Odd Burger restaurants operate as smart kitchens, which use state-of-the art cooking technology and automation solutions to deliver a delicious food experience to customers craving healthier and more sustainable fast food. With small store footprints optimized for delivery and takeout, advanced cooking technology, competitive pricing, a vertically integrated supply chain along with healthier ingredients, Odd Burger is revolutionizing the fast-food industry by creating guilt-free fast food. Odd Burger Corporation is traded on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol ODD and on the OTCQB under the symbol ODDAF. For more information visit https://www.oddburger.com.
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The manager of a Virginia Walmart who killed six people and himself in a Tuesday night massacre has been identified as 31-year-old Andre Bing, the city of Chesapeake tweeted.
"He was armed with one handgun and had multiple magazines on his person," the statement from the city said.
Bing was an overnight "team lead" for the Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia, the source familiar with the matter told CNN.
Fellow employees described how a calm shift at the Walmart Supercenter turned into a night of horror, bloodshed and tragedy.
The deadly rampage started around 10:12 p.m., less than an hour before the Walmart Supercenter was set to close.
Employee Kevin Harper said he had just left the room when a colleague came in and started shooting.
"I just left out the breakroom ... (the gunman) starts cappin' people up in there," Harper said in a Facebook Live video. The video is no longer on his Facebook page, but it has been re-shared on social media.
"He came in there and just started spraying," Harper said. "I'm sorry for the victims."
The motive behind the attack remains a mystery.
Four people injured in the shooting remained hospitalized Wednesday morning, Chesapeake Police Chief Mark Solesky said. At least two were in critical condition, said Dr. Michael Hooper, vice president and chief medical officer at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.
Investigators swept the store overnight into Wednesday, searching for victims or people who may have been hiding, Chesapeake Police spokesperson Leo Kosinski said.
"Three individuals, including the shooter, were located deceased in the break room of the store," the city of Chesapeake tweeted. "One victim was located deceased toward the front of the store. Three other victims were transported to local hospitals for further treatment, but succumbed to their injuries."
The Thanksgiving week massacre marks yet another mass shooting in a place traditionally seen as safe -- from schools to hospitals to stores.
Just 170 miles west of Chesapeake, a 22-year-old student at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville allegedly opened fire on fellow students this month, killing three of them on a bus returning to campus from a field trip to Washington, DC.
Last weekend, a 22-year-old shot and killed five people at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and 19 others were injured, authorities said.
The US has suffered more than 600 mass shootings so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive. Both the non-profit and CNN define mass shootings as those in which four or more people are shot, not including the assailant.
Mother in shock after surviving shooting
Joetta Jeffery told CNN her mother, Betsy Umphlett, sent her texts from inside the store during the shooting, alerting her that someone had opened fire.
"I'm crying, I'm shaking," Jeffery told CNN. "I had just talked to her about buying turkeys for Thanksgiving, then this text came in."
Jeffery said her mother is uninjured but in shock, and they've been reunited.
Chesapeake city officials have asked people to stay away from the store during the investigation.
"Our first responders are well-trained and prepared to respond; please give them space to do so," the city tweeted.
A reunification center was set up at the Chesapeake Conference Center, city officials said. They asked that only immediate family and emergency contacts for people who were in the store go to the center.
In a statement, Walmart said it's shocked at the tragedy that unfolded in one of its stores.
"We're praying for those impacted, the community and our associates. We're working closely with law enforcement, and we are focused on supporting our associates," the company said in the statement.
The Washington, DC, field office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives is assisting local police in the investigation, the bureau said on Twitter.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A U.S. Coast Guard ship sailed through the Taiwan Strait a day after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken completed a trip to Beijing during which he met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, in a move that Chinese authorities called “public hype.”
The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Stratton conducted a “routine Taiwan Strait transit” on June 20 through waters where “high-seas freedoms of navigation and overflight apply in accordance with international law,” the U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet said in a statement Thursday.
“The ship transited through a corridor in the Strait that is beyond the territorial sea of any coastal State,” it added.
China often maintains that the strait, which separates Taiwan and mainland China, is part of its exclusive economic zone, while the U.S. and its allies regularly sail through and fly over the passage to emphasize their contention that the waters are international.
“Stratton’s transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the United States’ commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. The United States military flies, sails and operates anywhere international law allows,” the Navy’s statement said.
Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense said the ship sailed through the strait from south to north and that the military had monitored the surrounding waters and airspace and concluded that the situation was “normal.”
China’s coast guard described the Stratton’s transit through the Taiwan Strait as “public hype” and said Chinese coast guard ships tailed the ship the entire way.
“The Chinese coast guard will strengthen patrol law enforcement in waters under China’s jurisdiction, and resolutely safeguard national sovereignty, security and maritime rights and interests,” a Chinese coast guard statement said.
China has stepped up its military activities around Taiwan in recent months amid deteriorating U.S.-China ties, with Taiwan reporting Chinese military activities in the strait almost daily.
China claims Taiwan as its own territory to be brought under its control by force if necessary and regularly sends ships and warplanes into airspace and waters near the island.
Earlier this month, the U.S. military released video of what it called an “unsafe” Chinese maneuver in the Taiwan Strait, in which a Chinese navy ship cut sharply across the path of an American destroyer conducting a “freedom of navigation” transit, forcing the U.S. vessel to slow to avoid a collision. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/international/us-coast-guard-ship-sailed-through-taiwan-strait-a-day-after-blinkens-china-visit/ | 2023-06-22 13:56:50 | 0 | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/international/us-coast-guard-ship-sailed-through-taiwan-strait-a-day-after-blinkens-china-visit/ |
KENNEWICK, Wash., July 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Senske Services, a trusted industry leader in recurring residential lawn care, pest control, and home services, is thrilled to announce its latest milestone with the successful acquisition of National Turf Service. Established in 1970 and headquartered in Springfield, Virginia, National Turf has built an outstanding reputation for delivering exceptional lawn care solutions to customers throughout Northern Virginia.
After more than 50 years of family-owned and operated excellence under Clinton Quinn's guidance, National Turf embarked on a search for a trusted partner who could seamlessly continue their legacy of exceptional customer care and employee satisfaction. Senske Services emerged as the ideal fit, sharing the same core values that have propelled National Turf's success.
According to Clinton Quinn, the former owner of National Turf, "When the time came for me to retire, I sought a partner who could provide the utmost care for my loyal customers and dedicated employees. Senske was the obvious choice. They possess the values and commitment that have defined National Turf."
Casey Taylor, Senske CEO had this to say "We are pleased to welcome the new employees to our team." He went on to convey his excitement about the opportunity to provide customers with an enhanced range of services, including tree care and pest control.
As part of the seamless transition, National Turf Service will be rebranded to Blades of Green, a distinguished division of Senske Services. The Springfield office of National Turf will operate as Blades of Green's second branch location, reinforcing their commitment to excellence in the region. Taking charge of both operations will be Brad Leahy, President of Blades of Green. "We are proud of the strong, dedicated team we have built at Blades of Green, and we are excited to welcome our new colleagues to the company," said Leahy. "We look forward to continuing to grow and expand in the coming years."
About Senske Services: The acquisition of National Turf Service marks Senske's fifth successful acquisition in 2023 and seventh overall since the company received investment from esteemed private equity firms GTCR. Senske Services is continuing its nationwide expansion by actively seeking partnerships with accomplished lawn care companies.
More on Senske's M&A process can be found at www.senske.com/why-senske/mergers-and-acquisitions/ or by reaching out directly to our M&A team.
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Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner Group, remains under investigation for mutiny, Russian state media reported on Monday.
"The criminal case against Prigozhin has not been closed. The investigation is continuing," someone from the Russian Prosecutor General's Office told TASS, a state-operated outlet.
The report comes days after Prigozhin reportedly turned back his army which he said was nearly 200 kilometers from Moscow.
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko separately claimed to have brokered a deal in which Wagner forces would withdraw and Russian forces would not attack their positions, according to a statement from aBelarusian official press agency.
The deal reportedly would have allowed Prigozhin and members of his rebellion to move to Belarus, a close ally of Russia and the Kremlin, without facing prosecution. This report, however, has not been confirmed by Scripps News.
Putin called the uprising "a stab in the back," as it was the biggest threat to his leadership in over two decades in power.
According to Prigozhin, the reason behind the retaliation was because Russian military forces, acting under the orders of Russia's chief of general staff, Gen. Valery Gerasimov, launched attacks on Wagner convoys and field camps located in Ukraine.
SEE MORE: Blinken says 'we haven't seen the last act' on Russia's Wagner revolt
Right after Prigozhin’s announcement, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Twitter this whole situation is "complete chaos."
"Today, the world saw that the bosses of Russia do not control anything. Nothing at all. Complete chaos. Complete absence of any predictability," Zelenskyy said. "The longer your troops stay on Ukrainian land, the more devastation they will bring to Russia. The longer this person is in the Kremlin, the more disasters there will be."
According to the White House, President Joe Biden discussed the situation with Zelenskyy on Sunday. The White House said the U.S. would continue its support for Ukraine amid the uncertainty of what's next in the region.
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U.S. Division
Eastern Conference
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Central Division
Note: Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.
Tuesday's results
Moose Jaw 8 Victoria 3
Regina 6 Kelowna 5 (OT)
Wednesday's results
Saskatoon 5 Edmonton 1
Moose Jaw 5 Vancouver 4 (OT)
Seattle 3 Portland 1
Kamloops 9 Regina 3
Friday's games
Prince Albert at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Swift Current at Winnipeg, 7:05 p.m.
Saskatoon at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Calgary, 7 p.m.
Regina at Prince George, 7 p.m.
Victoria at Portland, 7 p.m.
Vancouver at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Lethbridge at Tri-City, 7:05 p.m.
Kelowna at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.
Saturday's games
Swift Current at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Prince Albert at Winnipeg, 7:05 p.m.
Moose Jaw at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Saskatoon at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Victoria at Seattle, 6:05 p.m.
Portland at Everett, 6:05 p.m.
Kelowna at Tri-City, 6:05 p.m.
Kamloops at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
Lethbridge at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.
Sunday's games
Moose Jaw at Calgary, 2 p.m.
Regina at Edmonton, 4 p.m.
Prince George at Vancouver, 4 p.m.
Kelowna at Everett, 4:05 p.m.
Tuesday's games
Brandon at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Swift Current at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Edmonton, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.
Kamloops at Victoria, 7:05 p.m.
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BETHESDA, Md., May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DMI, a global digital transformation services company, announces that it has been recognized as a Leader in 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Managed Mobility Services, Global. This is the seventh year DMI has been recognized as a Leader in this report.
The Gartner Magic Quadrant for Managed Mobility Services, Global is a culmination of research that not only provides a wide-angle overview of the key players in the MMS market but also provides valuable insights into the industry.
According to Gartner, "Leaders must prove that they have developed and invested in systems and resources to address the growing needs of this market. They start with device-specific forward and reverse logistics and the management of customer-owned EMM instances, grow to mobile application development and then integrate mobility into the business process when required. Leaders must consistently update their existing service products to address rapidly changing use cases, so they can be relied on for enterprise-class delivery and service management. Leaders have proven technical competence and the ability to meet broad and deep user requirements."
"DMI doesn't take the cookie cutter approach when determining mobile solutions for our clients," said DMI President, Managed Services, DJ Oreb. "We are customer-obsessed and believe in always providing flexibility and transparency in our relationships to deliver unmatched service, security and user experience and that is evident by being recognized in the Leaders quadrant for seven years."
For the 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Managed Mobility Services, Global report, the focus was on five categories for core MMS deliverables, which include sourcing and logistics management, managed unified endpoint management (UEM), security management, financial management and program management.
With more than 200 customers in 60 countries, we believe DMI is one of the leading providers in the industry that provides a fully integrated set of mobility services and digital transformation solutions including: Mobile Strategy, Cloud, App Development, IoT and Connected Vehicle, Cybersecurity, Digital Commerce, Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence, CX and Digital Marketing. With over four million devices, (smartphones, tablets, ruggedized devices and field devices) under management, DMI is a one-stop shop for all things mobile – staying up to date on the latest technology, research, and next-gen innovations to enhance their solutions and continue to bring value to customers today and tomorrow.
For more information on DMI's MMS solutions and the Gartner report, please visit here.
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DMI is a global professional services company that specializes in digital strategy, design, transformation, and support. Consultants at the core, DMI brings a collaborative, human-centric approach combined with deep industry and technology expertise to help clients navigate their unique digital journey and shape what's next. Born digital, DMI has been delivering mission-critical, enterprise grade solutions since 2002 for more than a hundred Fortune 1,000 enterprises, various state and local government agencies and all fifteen U.S. federal departments. DMI has grown to 2,100+ employees globally and has been continually recognized by top industry analysts as market leader as well as a Top Workplace in the USA and Remote. www.DMInc.com
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL)—The Johnson City Planning Commission voted to send the Keebler annexation project forward to the city commission Tuesday.
Commissioners also unanimously approved two changes to the city’s zoning code, which were proposed after city staff opted to abandon a planned overhaul of the town’s zoning categories.
Planning Commission Chair Chris Dagenhart said taking time on the development was the right change.
“It takes time and energy to work together to find the best solutions for our community going forward,” Dagenhart told News Channel 11.
Rather than redesigning the neighborhood categories as they had initially planned, the town opted to make modifications to the existing zoning codes in two areas—lot size and open space requirements.
Flexibility and constraints
City staff said adding open space requirements will address a variety of the city’s goals.
“We wanted some environmental protections and we wanted to provide some gathering places to build community in Johnson City,” said city planner Peyton Voirin when presenting to the commission.
If passed by the city commission, single-family developments of 25 homes or more, 10 acres or more or that require new roads must use 15% of their total area for open space. Of that 15%, half of the land must include improvements like picnic tables, playgrounds or walking trails that allow residents to access them for recreation.
“There’s more to living in a community than just having your home,” Dagenhart said. “You need to have access to your neighbors and have places to breathe and places to relax and places to enjoy your family and each other.”
In addition to requiring open space, the city is also moving forward with an option to allow developers to vary lot sizes within a development as long as all lots fall within 80% and 120% of the mandated lot minimum and the average of all lot areas is at or above the required minimum.
City planners said this provision would allow developers to better build within existing landscapes.
According to a report produced by city staff predicts, “developments that rely on (the measure) would fit more naturally into surrounding landscapes, and would require less grading and vegetation removal, as compared to traditional strict minimum lot sizing requirements, without negatively affecting surrounding residential character.”
It could help developers build in curb appeal as well, said Dagenhart.
“We want to move away from communities that look laid out in blocks, that don’t look inviting, that don’t feel like home,” Dagenhart said. “So we’re trying to create some options that developers can choose to use if they want to, they will allow for more aesthetically pleasing communities to be built.”
Taking time to listen
Despite the many delays since developers first approached the city about annexation in the summer, developer Danny Karst said he thinks the project is shaping up well.
“Overall, (the city has) really got to a great place,” Karst said. “I think there’s enough latitude and freedom the way they use the passive space and so forth.”
He added that he hopes the process helped address concerns residents expressed about the project.
“We just hope that the general public, when they see what we’re hoping to accomplish, they will feel that it’s been real, a real process, and not just something that didn’t mean anything to them that live there,” said Karst.
All three measures—open space requirements, lot averaging and the initial zoning request for the Keebler annexation—will go before the city commission for three votes before adoption.
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH (AP) — African nations want to increase how much money they receive from schemes that offset greenhouse gas emissions and are looking for ways to address the issue at U.N. climate talks currently underway in Egypt.
Carbon offsets, where polluters can effectively cancel out their emissions by paying into initiatives such as tree-planting, are currently cheaper to purchase in Africa than in many other parts of the world where schemes are more strictly regulated. African nations are looking to the climate talks to get a better price on the ‘carbon market’ to help achieve their own emissions reductions targets and move toward clean energy. The schemes have come under scrutiny by environmental groups who are concerned they are a free pass to keep polluting.
“We should look at carbon trading as an income tool for our developmental agenda,” Zambian environment minister Collins Nzovu told The Associated Press. “If we hurry into this market, we may lose our national heritage and give away at a low price that we will regret in future.”
In carbon trading, one credit issued equals one ton of carbon dioxide or another greenhouse gas equivalent removed from the atmosphere. The voluntary carbon market, which remains dominant in Africa, has been plagued by integrity and transparency concerns. Africa’s market currently sees the continent earning less than $10 per ton of carbon. Other regions can secure over $100 for the same amount in some instances.
Still, carbon credit schemes have recorded relative successes in Kenya, Tanzania and Congo.
The Ntakata Mountains Project in Tanzania, for example, has seen local communities now have more money to put in schools, community clinics and infrastructure. Similar success has been reported in Kenya’s Mikoko Pamoja project, as well as others dotted around the continent.
But efforts remain to make the industry more regulated, particularly in Africa.
“High-integrity carbon registries, which sustain a supply of high-quality and trustworthy credits that are tradable in the global exchange markets, are critical and will allow African countries to succeed in those processes,” said Antonio Pedro, the executive secretary of the U.N. Economic Commission for Africa.
Pedro added that significant support from developed countries, where the demand for such high-quality carbon credits will be required, is essential to regulating markets. But for the market to not push emissions up even further, there would need to be limitations on how companies can use carbon credits.
On Wednesday, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry announced a controversial plan to encourage big businesses to tap into carbon markets, sparking concerns from environmental groups that it would give companies a license to keep emitting at higher rates. Kerry insisted that the credits would be “highly regulated” and there were multiple “guardrails against abuse,” including the types of firms able to buy them and how they can be used.
A study released at the U.N. summit on Saturday by the Africa Climate Policy Centre found that the continent stands a chance of limiting global warming to temperatures set in the Paris agreement if the price of a carbon credit is pegged at $120 per ton of carbon. That would rake in about $82 billion a year, the report found.
Experts say that for carbon markets to be effective at limiting warming, they have to have credibility.
“Carbon markets need to be cushioned in integrity as they bring benefits to both the investor and the communities. There have been bad experiences in the past. Integrity in carbon markets is key,” Pedro said.
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PITTSBURGH, Nov. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --..."I was pressure washing and was worried about the electrical cord getting wet and posing a serious safety concern," said an inventor, from Dodge, Texas, "so I invented the TRI-POD EXTENTION CORD ADAPTER. My design ensures that the cord remains elevated to reduce the risk of electrical problems and safety hazards."
The patent-pending invention provides an effective way to elevate electrical connections when working in wet conditions. In doing so, it helps to prevent an electrical short, tripped breaker, etc. It also increases safety and it provides added protection and peace of mind. The invention features a lightweight design that is easy to use so it is ideal for homeowners, construction workers, etc. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Houston sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-HOF-251, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. (AP) _ American Public Education Inc. (APEI) on Tuesday reported a second-quarter loss of $110 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.
On a per-share basis, the Charles Town, West Virginia-based company said it had a loss of $5.82. Losses, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 6 cents per share.
The results missed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 6 cents per share.
The for-profit education company posted revenue of $149.6 million in the period, also missing Street forecasts. Four analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $152.1 million.
For the current quarter ending in October, American Public Education expects its results to range from a loss of 31 cents per share to a loss of 24 cents per share.
The company said it expects revenue in the range of $145.1 million to $148.1 million for the fiscal third quarter.
American Public Education shares have dropped 30% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Tuesday, shares hit $15.66, a drop of 46% in the last 12 months.
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The New Brunswick Museum's scheduled departure from Market Square was underway Wednesday afternoon as crews loaded what appeared to be fossils onto pallets and trucks. The Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture announced last Friday that the museum would be closing its doors at Market Square within the next two weeks. The museum’s exhibition centre at Market Square has been closed to the public for two years due in part to the pandemic, but its boutique has remained open. In an email, the Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture said an interim collections and research facility is being prepared to house the New Brunswick Museum's materials, and it’s expected to be open to the public by appointment in 2023. A permanent exhibition and collections facility is expected to be constructed in the Saint John area.
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How Turkey's election is viewed in the earthquake zone
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In February, an earthquake jolted large parts of Turkey. Incumbent or opposition — how will people in those regions vote in the presidential election? A look at two cities with widely differing views.
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On February 6, a powerful earthquake shook large regions in southern Turkey and northern Syria. More than 50,000 people lost their lives in Turkey alone, according to official figures. About three months after the disaster, many people still don't have a place to stay. Water supply networks as well as electricity have not yet been restored everywhere, either. All the same, the locals are called on to vote.
Kahramanmaras: "Erdogan always leads the way!"
The southeastern Turkish city of Kahramanmaras, which was at the epicenter of February's earthquake, is considered a key AKP stronghold. In the 2018 presidential election, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won 74% of the vote there. It is unlikely the incumbent will see support wane on May 14 because of the earthquake.
"Our leader Erdogan always leads the way," said Fatma Topaktas, a flower seller, adding she sees nothing at all to be dissatisfied with. She had to sleep in her car for four days after the quake but never lacked food or medicine, and said Erdogan took immediate action after the earthquake. "He helped everyone. Who sent all this food? Thanks to our president, we are where we are today," said Topaktas.
The earthquake won't hurt Erdogan's chances of victory, said an elderly man who is retired and asked to remain anonymous. To the contrary, he said he is certain Erdogan will win again in Kahramanmaras. "The earthquake has made him stronger because our ministers, our deputies, our very Erdogan took care of us, they work around the clock to help us, they mobilized everything they had to that end," said the Kahramanmaras retiree.
Wary of cooperation with the Kurds
Across Turkey, the opposition is on the rise — but not in Kahramanmaras. Erdogan's biggest rival, CHP chairman Kemal Kilicdaroglu, has entered into a strategic cooperation with Kurdish parties, a move people particularly don't agree with. Many Kurdish voters support the joint opposition candidate of six political parties. Even Selahattin Demirtas, a leading Kurdish politician who has been in prison for years, urged Kurds to vote for the CHP chairman.
"People voiced some criticism of Erdogan before the earthquake, but the fact that Kilicdaroglu's CHP is joining forces with the Kurdish party broke our people's hearts," said Osman Bertiz, who runs a nut shop in the center of town. That is the reason many are in favor of Erdogan's AKP once again, he said. People also don't like Kilicdaroglu's plans, should he win the presidency, to make sure that political prisoners are released.
Aid: Too little, too late
Slowly, life in Kahramanmaras seems to be returning to normal. Stores are open and the city center is bustling. "We could use more hygiene products, but the situation has improved a bit," said Serap Acikgoz. Medical care is still erratic because the hospital collapsed in the earthquake and has not been rebuilt, the Kahramanmaras resident added.
In the areas hit hardest by the earthquake, many people said there was too little aid, and it arrived too late. It seems that was not the case in Kahramanmaras. "Believe me, great aid arrived here after the earthquake," said a local who did not want to give his name. "Some say people despaired because of the government's failures, but that's simply not true."
Hatay: Disappointment, anger, frustration
The situation is very different in Hatay, a city near the Syrian border. There, many people were critical of the government, saying some cities — not including Hatay — were given priority when it came to aid deliveries.
The city center feels deserted: the streets have been cleared, but the demolition of many badly damaged buildings has not yet begun. Construction vehicles on the streets were few and far between. Many state-owned construction machines are employed elsewhere.
Hatay has 1.62 million registered voters, but apart from a few election posters scattered across town, the upcoming election does not appear to play a role. About 700,000 people left Hatay after the quake, said Hikmet Cincin, president of the local Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Many want to return to vote, however, he added. Many of the schools that usually would have been used as polling stations were damaged, so ballot boxes will be set up in schoolyards.
'We don't want to hear about the election'
Few people in Hatay even mention the election, because they are focused on their struggle with difficult living conditions. Many in Hatay still lack clean water, clothing and hygiene articles.
Gulcan Durur, a nurse who barely survived the earthquake, could hardly hide her anger and despair. "It's hard to breathe here. Our home is gone, our life is gone, our standard of living is gone," Durur told DW, adding she has no hopes that much will be done to help Hatay after the vote.
Who knows whether the Hatay locals will vote at all, said Gulcan's husband, Mehmet Durur. "We have lost everything — our homes, our families, streets, memories and neighbors," said Durur, a teacher. "Along come the election promises... But we don't want to hear about the election. While we suffer, everyone else is thinking only of their own interests," he argues. The earthquake changed his mind on who to vote for, he said, but he did not elaborate.
"We were discriminated against after the earthquake. They just let us die," said Edip Dal, who has lived in a tent since the earthquake. "I will not forgive those in power for that."
Neslihan Oduncu and her two children have huddled under a tarp since the earthquake three months ago. "We haven't had water for three days. We have no electricity, no toilets. There are showers now, but we can't use them yet," the housewife said. "We also have a right to live! For the children in particular, this is a disaster — they can't go to school, they are increasingly falling behind."
Frustrated, many will cast their vote on Sunday — but under the current circumstances the elections are not a priority for the people of Hatay, said Oduncu. | https://www.dw.com/en/how-turkeys-election-is-playing-out-in-the-earthquake-zone/a-65577411?maca=en-rss-en-world-4025-rdf | 2023-05-10 16:39:14 | 0 | https://www.dw.com/en/how-turkeys-election-is-playing-out-in-the-earthquake-zone/a-65577411?maca=en-rss-en-world-4025-rdf |
LONDON, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hilco Global is excited to report that Cath Kidston has announced new funding from Hilco Capital ("Hilco"), an operating company of Hilco Global, to support the dynamic next phase of the company's growth. The investment from Hilco will also see funds affiliated with Baring Private Equity Asia ("BPEA") exit its stake in the business.
Marty Wikstrom, Non-Executive Chair at Cath Kidston, said: "Brexit, followed by the COVID pandemic, created a number of challenges for the consumer industry. Thankfully, we have been able to successfully navigate those challenges and, with the help of BPEA, reposition the company for growth. The company's flagship store in Piccadilly is growing rapidly and performing close to pre-pandemic levels, and orders from our International and UK Franchisees and Wholesale Partners grew 40% for the fiscal year ending March 2022.
"I am pleased that the Hilco team will commit the resources to enable Cath Kidston to accelerate its growth. Hilco's large and experienced UK team has considerable expertise in branded fashion and consumer businesses. We expect to invest further in ecommerce, and thanks to Holly Marler, who joined the company in 2021 as Creative Director, our new product ranges are perfectly placed to appeal to both existing and new customers."
Hilco Capital confirmed: "We have long admired the Cath Kidston brand and are extremely pleased to have been chosen to take the company on the next stage of its journey."
Terms of the transaction were not announced.
About Hilco Capital:
Headquartered in London, Hilco Capital (www.hilcocapital.com) is a multidimensional financial services company providing a range of restructuring services to businesses and insolvency practitioners, as well as investing in stressed situations throughout the UK, Europe, Canada, and Australia. Hilco Capital has significant capabilities in the stressed and distressed retail, manufacturing, wholesale, and distribution sectors. Hilco Capital is part of US based Hilco Global (www.hilcoglobal.com), the world's leading authority on maximizing the value of business assets by delivering valuation, monetization, advisory and capital investment solutions to an international marketplace. Hilco Global operates more than twenty specialized business units offering services that include asset valuation and appraisal, retail and industrial inventory acquisition and disposition, real estate, and strategic capital equity investments.
About Cath Kidston
Cath Kidston is a British lifestyle brand, founded in 1993 by the eponymous Cath Kidston. The brand taps into a playful, nostalgic feeling through its distinctive print narrative and meaningful products. A celebration of craft and heritage, the designs are imagined and painted in London and the products, including bags, accessories, homewares, fashion and kids, are distributed globally. The brand's mission is to inspire customers with everyday joy.
About Baring Private Equity Asia
Baring Private Equity Asia (BPEA) is one of Asia's largest private alternative investment firms, with USD 21 billion of FPAUM. BPEA manages a private equity investment program, sponsoring buyouts and providing growth capital to companies for expansion or acquisitions with a particular focus on the Asia Pacific region, as well as dedicated funds focused on private real estate and private credit. The firm has a 25-year history and over 220 employees located across 10 offices in Beijing, Delhi, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Mumbai, Singapore, Shanghai, Sydney, and Tokyo.
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GLAZED DONUT CHROME NAILS ARE BOTH SUBTLE AND SOPHISTICATED
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With their shimmery, metallic-like finish that grabs attention, chrome nails are all the rage these days. One of the most popular twists on this eye-catching look is the glazed donut chrome nail trend. Although there are many variations, the look that resembles the beloved pastry typically features a sheer or neutral color topped with a polish or powder that creates the iridescent finish.
This nail look began trending when Hailey Bieber wore it at the Met Gala in 2022. It has continued to grow in popularity and is a top nail trend for 2023. But you don’t have to spend $30 or more at a salon to get the look. With a few key nail products, you can create gorgeous glazed donut chrome nails at home.
GLAZED DONUT CHROME NAIL TREND 101
Before you indulge in a glazed donut, the first thing you notice is the glistening glaze that gives it a tempting appearance. The first impression of this classic donut is the inspiration behind the glazed donut chrome nail trend. The traditional method of creating these alluring fingertips is a base color nail lacquer that’s sheer or white. Once topped off with a shimmering finish, the look resembles the glossy iridescent look of the namesake treat.
Giving glazed donut nails the chrome effect can be accomplished by topping off the base coat with an iridescent or shimmery polish. The look can also be created by applying chrome nail powder or shimmery eyeshadow over the base coat then sealing it with a glossy top coat polish.
This on-trend nail design is also versatile. In addition to white polish for the base color, the look pairs nicely with other neutral shades, from pale pinks to gorgeous browns (think strawberry or chocolate glazed donuts). Neon shades can also be used to create a dramatic effect.
HOW TO CREATE THE GLAZED DONUT CHROME NAIL TREND
Although a professional created Hailey Bieber’s glazed donut manicure, you can get this look at home by using quality products that are readily available. What’s more, you’ll save money by using the nail products for numerous beautiful nail looks.
- Prepare your nails. The glazed donut chrome nail look won’t be perfect if your nails aren’t in top shape. Get them ready by filing rough edges, pushing back or removing cuticles and removing old nail polish with nail polish remover. You can also apply artificial nails for a dramatic look.
- Apply a base coat. This step is optional, but it’s a good idea to condition and strengthen your nails by applying a base coat before you swipe on nail lacquer.
- Apply nail color. This step is key for this unique nail trend. Apply a coat of white, sheer or neutral nail color. If you prefer an alternative twist to the classic glaze donut look, you can’t go wrong with bright hues, neon shades and chocolatey browns.
- Illuminate your nails. The next layer of polish should have a shimmery, sheer metallic or pearlescent finish to create the glazed-like appearance. A chrome nail powder or shimmery eyeshadow can also be used to create the look.
- Apply a top coat. A top coat locks in your look and helps it last longer. If you use a powder or shadow, it will secure it to your nails.
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Good cheese, by which we mean, craft (not to be confused with Kraft,) artisanal cheese -- that which you may more readily find at a specialty cheese retailer, a farmer's market or at least the fancy part of the grocery store -- of course has a higher price tag than what you'll come across in shrink-wrapped blocks and bagged shreds in the dairy aisle. "A lot of it is scalability economics," says Zach Berg, cheesemonger and owner of Detroit's Mongers' Provisions. "If you're talking about a farmstead operation, you have to talk about the cost of raising and feeding the animals, before you even get to the cost of making the cheese in a very different way than a large industrial operation is doing."
Buying small-scale artisanal cheese then doesn't just taste better, but feels better, knowing that your extra dollars are supporting smaller or more local operations. This doesn't mean, however, that all artisanal cheese is the same when it comes to price and that there isn't great value to be had in the world of fancy cheese, or that you can't score good cheese for (relatively) cheap. To that end, Berg talks us through some pro strategies for how to save some cheddah on your cheddar…and gruyere, and camembert, etc.
Read more: How to Store Your Cheese so It Lasts Longer
Talk to a cheesemonger
"Finding a person who you can talk to is step one," says Berg. "I would think of it as finding an ally." Like sommeliers, cheesemongers are equipped to help you get the most bang for your buck, wherever your buck stops. If you know you're planning a cheese plate for a certain number of people, and you want to have a certain number of cheeses, the pros are best equipped to help you get the most and best cheese for your budget.
"Going to places where there's someone to talk to is always so important for maximizing your dollar," says Berg. "While Trader Joe's is amazing, it's harder to get the most for your money, even though their prices are low."
In my own experience, all cheese professionals have a (metaphorical) pocketful of cheeses they know customers will love, and that consistently over-deliver for their price. All you have to do is ask. A few that Berg likes include Milton Creamery's Prairie Breeze, an American cheddar/gouda hybrid, Piave, an Italian, Alpine-style melter, and Fromager d'Affinois: "it's what people think of when they think brie," says Berg. The latter qualifies as more of an industrial cheese than an artisanal one, but that's all the more reason to talk to the pros. "You can still use some larger players that have some of those economies of scale without, you know, selling your soul to the devil or eating bad cheese," says Berg, who also cites Mitica/Forever Cheese and Hook's as larger scale dairy operations that can offer lower prices but that still have high-quality products.
Ask about discounts, sales and promotions
Fancy cheese goes on sale too, sometimes. "We offer discounts when we overbuy, to be perfectly transparent," says Berg, another reason to befriend a cheesemonger today so they can point you toward the stuff that's on sale.
"All cheese has a lifespan," (Note: it's probably longer than you think though), "and I would much rather you take something home and me not lose all my money than it go into the trash," says Berg. "Often there's something that needs a home this weekend, and we'll offer it at 20% to 50% off, and honestly, it's a fun way for our customers, especially the adventurous ones, to meet new cheeses, because it feels like it's less of a risk."
If there's nothing on sale that day that interests you, ask about future cheese sales, deals and promotions that might be on the horizon.
Ask for good cheese, bad cuts
Speaking of less financial risk, "we have a 'good cheese, bad cuts' bin that we always try to maintain," says Berg. "It's always really good cheese," he says, that may have just gotten weirdly sliced, or is from a small, leftover bit at the end of a larger wheel. These pieces aren't the elegant wedges you may want to put on an Instagram-worthy cheese board, but in terms of trying out new cheeses for yourself, or putting together an awesome blend of shreds for grilled cheese, mac and cheese, or fondue, those weird little pieces can be a tremendous value.
Even larger retail operations such as Whole Foods, or the Murray's counters within Kroger stores, frequently maintain selections of smaller or awkward cuts. You can also look out for, or ask about, a discount basket of small pieces at your local grocery store.
Understand cheese metrics
"I think most consumers don't usually think in weights and measures when it comes to cheese," says Berg, especially when they are used to buying industrial cheese by the package rather than the pound. At artisanal cheese counters, prices are often given in pounds (or fractions thereof), which can result in sticker shock if you're not accustomed to thinking about how much of that $30-per-pound cheese you might actually buy. (I have seen a few retailers combat this by showing their prices by the quarter-pound, however.)
Industrial blocks of cheese -- the shrink-wrapped cheddars and colby jacks in your dairy aisle -- typically come in 8-ounce portions, or half a pound, so unless you're planning on a cheese bender over a single weekend or making a cheese plate for an especially large gathering, a normal cut of artisanal cheese for most households is between one-quarter and one-half a pound. So when you look at those per-pound prices, start dividing and save yourself the coronary.
On the other hand, because cheese is already in a suspended state of controlled decay, it has staying power, so if discounts are offered by buying more at one time, know that there's little reason to expect you'd have to throw any of it away for spoilage reasons if stored correctly.
Store loyalty and subscription programs
Many cheese retailers offer loyalty or subscription programs, or both, which are also ways to save some money on your fancy cheese needs. If you sign up with Mongers' Provisions, for instance, you get 2% back for in-store purchases. "It's a way for us to stay more connected with our customers," says Berg, "and to let them know that it really means something that anybody spends their dollars with us."
Cheese subscription boxes from your local stores or creameries may seem like a luxury, but those can also amount to savings, not only of money but also of time. "For people who are farther away from the store, or don't love to go into a shop every time, our subscription boxes can include discounts, and the more you buy, the cheaper the items become."
Buy local cheese
No matter what you're spending on artisanal cheese, and even if you're not purchasing directly from a cheesemaker or cheesemonger, shopping locally by getting to know the local brands in your area can deliver value, if not necessarily savings. "Buying local brands delivers great value," says Berg, "because you're getting wonderful food, your money is staying in your local economy, and having larger repercussions there."
On a related note, the little crunchies you often find in aged cheeses are called tyrosine crystals, which aren't so far off chemically from dopamine. This is to say, when you buy local, artisanal cheese, cheese can feel good for more than one reason.
Looking for more helpful tips and ways to save money this year? We found the cheapest place to buy groceries online and calculated how much you'll save buying store-brand products. | https://www.cnet.com/home/kitchen-and-household/cheese-expert-on-how-to-find-great-cheese-for-cheap/ | 2023-01-31 15:59:11 | 1 | https://www.cnet.com/home/kitchen-and-household/cheese-expert-on-how-to-find-great-cheese-for-cheap/ |
Delphi teen girl killings: Newly unsealed affidavit reveals clues that led to suspect
A .40 caliber unspent round that was found near the bodies of two teen Indiana girls was tied to suspect Richard Allen, who was arrested last month in connection with the killings, according to a probable cause affidavit.
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The affidavit, unsealed by a judge on Tuesday, helps shed light on how investigators narrowed in on Allen and arrested him more than five years since the February 2017 slayings of Abigail Williams, 13, and Liberty German, 14. Allen is charged with two counts of murder and has pleaded not guilty.
The two girls went for a hike along Delphi Historic Trails in February of that year but never showed up at a previously arranged time to meet Libby's dad, police previously said. Their bodies were found the next day in a wooded area near the trail, about a half mile from the Monon High Bridge where they'd been dropped off, according to authorities.
A grainy video of a man walking and a garbled voice recording were among the scant clues authorities publicized over the years.
Investigators believe the evidence they gathered shows that Allen is the man seen on a video from Liberty's phone who forced the girls down a hill and that he led them to the location they were killed, according to the affidavit.
Among that evidence are interviews with witnesses who were at the area the teens set out to hike in during a day off from school on Feb. 13, 2017, as well as the video from Libby's phone. The video shows a man in a dark jacket and jeans walking behind the girls and then telling them, "Guys, down the hill," according to the affidavit.
The two girls were dropped off in the area just before 1:50 p.m. that day, the affidavit says. The video shows they encountered the man at the Monon High Bridge at 2:13 p.m.
A witness told investigators she had seen a man heading away from that bridge later "wearing a blue colored jacket and blue jeans and was muddy and bloody," and appeared to have gotten in a fight, the affidavit says. The man was traveling on a road adjacent to the crime scene, and investigators were able to determine that took place shortly before 4 p.m.
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Another witness told investigators she noticed an oddly parked vehicle at an old Child Protective Services building. A tip that came into investigators had also referenced a vehicle parked at that building that "appeared as though it was backed in as to conceal the license plate." Investigators believe the description of that vehicle matched one of two vehicles that Allen owned in 2017, the affidavit says.
When Allen spoke with an officer in 2017, he admitted he was on the trail for roughly two hours, the affidavit says. In a subsequent interview in October 2022, Allen told authorities he had gone out there to "watch fish," that he was wearing jeans and a black or blue jacket and also said he owns firearms which were at his home, according to the affidavit.
"On October 13th, 2022, Investigators executed a search warrant of Richard Allen 's residence," the affidavit says. "Among other items, officers located jackets, boots, knives and firearms, including a Sig Sauer, Model P226, .40 caliber pistol with serial number U 625 627."
According to the document, investigators found a .40 caliber unspent round less than two feet away from one of the bodies, and between the two victims.
Lab results confirmed the unspent round had been cycled through Allen's Sig Sauer, the affidavit says. When Allen was questioned about that result, he denied knowing their victims or having any involvement in their killings, according to the affidavit.
The affidavit does not make any reference to any other participants in the girls' killings, despite Carroll County Prosecutor Nick McLeland recently saying in court that he had "good reason to believe that Richard Allen is not the only actor in this heinous crime." | https://www.wesh.com/article/delphi-teen-girl-killings-newly-unsealed-affidavit/42109680 | 2022-11-30 16:55:18 | 1 | https://www.wesh.com/article/delphi-teen-girl-killings-newly-unsealed-affidavit/42109680 |
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Thursday setting the path to sanction individuals involved in the recent violence in Sudan that’s left hundreds dead and thrown the African nation into chaos.
The Democratic president said the violence taking place in Sudan is “a tragedy — and it is a betrayal of the Sudanese people’s clear demand for civilian government and a transition to democracy.”
“I join the peace-loving people of Sudan and leaders around the world in calling for a durable ceasefire between the belligerent parties,” Biden said.
Sudan’s fighting broke out April 15 between two commanders who just 18 months earlier jointly orchestrated a military coup to derail the nation’s transition to democracy.
The power struggle between the armed forces chief, Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, and the head of the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group, Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, has millions of Sudanese cowering inside their homes and has already displaced hundreds of thousands.
Several countries have been racing to evacuate their citizens from the troubled nation though millions remain there amid a fragile ceasefire.
The United Nations warned on Wednesday that the country’s people are “facing a humanitarian catastrophe.”
The conflict has killed at least 550 people, including civilians, and wounded more than 4,900. At least 334,000 people have been displaced inside Sudan and tens of thousands more to neighboring countries Egypt, Chad, South Sudan, the Central African Republic and Ethiopia, according to U.N. agencies.
Thousands of U.N. workers were evacuated a week into the fighting, and some U.N. agencies paused their services. The World Food Program suspended operations after three of its workers were killed in fighting in southern Sudan, but the agency has since said it will resume its work.
The fighting has included unprecedented urban warfare in the capital, Khartoum. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/04/biden-executive-order-sanctions-sudan/9a81cafa-ea8f-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html | 2023-05-04 17:02:35 | 0 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/04/biden-executive-order-sanctions-sudan/9a81cafa-ea8f-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html |
The Zachary High Broncos' baseball team (13-11) came into the March 30 game against district 4-5A opponent Scotlandville (10-5) in need of a win to improve its power ranking in hopes of securing a first-round home game in the LHSAA 5A non-select playoffs.
The previous week was hard on the Broncos as the team struggled with District 8-4A Lakeshore, District 6-5A Mandeville and District 5-5A Dutchtown. A weekend series where the Broncos would win the last two games of a three-game series with Glenbrook and a 15-3 win over District 4-5A District opponent Woodlawn on March 29 put the Broncos on the upswing.
Prior to the opening pitch eight seniors — Matthew Keller, Caden Detre, Dylan Marionneaux, Hunter Trotti, Reece Pierre, Gauge McVea and twins Bryson and Brady Sanchez — were recognized with their parents at the pitcher’s mound.
Keller will be continuing his baseball career next year as a Raider at Northwest Florida State Junior College and Marionneaux will be playing baseball for the Demons at Northwestern State in Natchitoches. Almost all of the seniors identified their favorite moment at Zachary High School as the time when they were freshmen and were thrown around, with head coach Jacob Fisher, trying to put the tarp down during a storm where they were completely soaked.
After the ceremony, the Broncos got down to business on the base paths completing 12 steals. Two steals were recorded by Bryson Sanchez, Marionneaux, Keller and Fischer Romero.
You could say the Broncos ran wild on the base paths picking up two runs in the first, four runs in the second, three runs in the fifth and one run in the sixth to pull out a 10-0 victory at Chief John Herty Field.
The bats may not have put the ball in play as the Broncos recorded only three hits, but once on base with those three hits and/or walks the Broncos made the most of scoring opportunities.
Keller led the Broncos offensively with a double, scored run and recorded an RBI to go with his two steals. Romero also recorded a double, scored a run and drove in a run. Defensively, the Broncos gave up two hits to the Hornets behind the pitching of Detre, who went the first three innings and struck out six. Fisher threw side-armer Brady Sanchez to close out the Hornets with three scoreless innings, no hits and four strikeouts. Both pitchers showed great control recording more strikes than balls on the night.
The Broncos hopes to extend their four-game win streak on April 4 against District 2-5A Pineville (11-7 and third in the 5A select power rankings) at home, and will close out their District 4-5A district schedule with home games against Central (15-6 and 10th in the 5A non-select power rankings) on April 7 and Catholic High (21-2 and top rated in the 5A select power ranking) on April 13 and 15 with the non-select playoffs shortly thereafter. Last year the Broncos finished in the quarterfinals.
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Former Bronco Collier Cranford is starting to make his mark at University of Kansas. On March 25, he had two hits and three putouts versus TCU and on March 29 he recorded a double and a stolen base against Creighton.
ZHS former pitcher Tanner Hall is 5-3 in the early portion of his junior season at University of Southern Mississippi. He has struck out 34 and has an ERA of 2.45 in 33 innings pitched. Hall struck out 10 in his last outing on March 24 against Georgia Southern. | https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/communities/zachary/broncos-baseball-steals-a-win-on-senior-day/article_27fb787e-cffe-11ed-9487-ebcd55e8658a.html | 2023-04-04 00:09:13 | 0 | https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/communities/zachary/broncos-baseball-steals-a-win-on-senior-day/article_27fb787e-cffe-11ed-9487-ebcd55e8658a.html |
Looking cool is just the tip of the iceberg for Mikaela Shiffrin, Travis Ganong and the rest of the U.S. ski team when they debut new race suits at the world championships.
Even more, they want everyone thinking about climate change.
The team’s predominantly blue-and-white suits depict an image of ice chunks floating in the ocean. It’s a concept based on a satellite photo of icebergs breaking due to high temperatures. The suit was designed in collaboration with Kappa, the team’s technical apparel sponsor, and the nonprofit organization Protect Our Winters (POW).
The Americans will wear the suits throughout the world championships in Courchevel and Meribel, France, which start Monday with a women’s Alpine combined race and end Feb. 19.
“Although a race suit is not solving climate change, it is a move to continue the conversation and show that U.S Ski & Snowboard and its athletes are committed to being a part of the future,” said Sophie Goldschmidt, the president and CEO of U.S. Ski & Snowboard.
Global warming has become a cold, hard reality in ski racing, with mild temperatures and a lack of snow leading to the postponement of several World Cup events this winter.
“I’m just worried about a future where there’s no more snow. And without snow, there’s no more skiing,” said Ganong, who grew up skiing at Lake Tahoe in California. “So this is very near and dear to me.”
What alarms Ganong is seeing the stark year-to-year changes to some of the World Cup circuit’s most storied venues.
“I mean, it’s just kind of scary, looking at how on the limit (these events) are even to being possible anymore,” said Ganong, who’s been on the U.S. team since 2006. “Places like Kitzbuehel (Austria), there’s so much history and there’s so much money involved with that event that they do whatever they can to host the event.
“But that brings up a whole other question about sustainability as well: Is that what we should be doing? … What kind of message do we need show to the public, to the world, about how our sport is adapting to this new world we live in?”
The suits feature a POW patch on the neck and the organization’s snowflake logo on the leg.
“By coming together, we can educate and mobilize our snowsports community to push for the clean energy technologies and policies that will most swiftly reduce emissions and protect the places we live and the lifestyles we love,” according to a statement from executive director Mario Molina, whose organization includes athletes, business leaders and scientists who are trying to protect places from climate change.
Ganong said a group of ski racers are releasing a letter to the International Ski Federation (FIS), with the hope the governing body will take a stronger stance on sustainability and climate change.
“They should be at the forefront of trying to adapt to this new world, and try to make it better, too,” Ganong said.
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The Washington Commanders have bought land in Woodbridge, Virginia, for what could be a potential site of the NFL team’s next stadium, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.
The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Monday because the team had not announced the acquisition. The Commanders paid approximately $100 million for 200 acres of land in Prince William County and are still considering other locations in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, the person said.
This site is just over 20 miles outside D.C., about a 45-minute drive from RFK Stadium, which was the team’s home from 1961-1996. The Commanders’ current lease at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland, expires in 2027.
ESPN, which first reported the sale, added that the site is the team’s preferred choice for a 60,000-seat domed stadium that would be available for use year-round and include a practice facility and amphitheater. Building a stadium that could host a Super Bowl has long been considered one of the organization’s goals.
Owner Dan Snyder and Co. have been looking at several possible sites in D.C., Maryland and Virginia, though the specter of investigations into the team's finances clouded how those jurisdictions might handle helping him finance a stadium.
The Maryland House last month approved a $400 million plan to develop the area around FedEx Field that did not include money for a new stadium. Virginia lawmakers failed to pass legislation that would make it favorable for the Commanders to build their next stadium there.
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DEAR ABBY by Abigail Van Buren
WIDOW FEELS UTTERLY ISOLATED FOLLOWING HUSBAND'S PASSING
DEAR ABBY: My husband passed away four months ago, after battling cancer for years. He declined in a month, and we chose hospice at home. (I did not find them particularly caring or helpful.) This was even more depressing because it happened during COVID.
After my husband's death, all the emotional support stopped -- no family visits and no phone calls. If I don't text, I have no contact with anyone. After a marriage of 55 years, I am now totally isolated and alone. I have meltdowns at times over nothing. Sleep escapes me. Grief counseling is shut down except for Zoom, and I don't have a computer.
I know it takes years to adjust to a new way of life, but my mobility issues aren't helping. I was always independent; now I feel like a burden. It takes me forever to get around. Abby, I'm not sure how to proceed from here. Any suggestions for moving forward? -- TOO MUCH CHANGE IN FLORIDA
DEAR TOO MUCH CHANGE: Yes, I do! Place a call to your physician and tell them what's going on. Because you have no computer, peer-to-peer grief counseling by phone may be an option. There might be help for your sleep problems as well. As to your meltdowns, in time they will lessen. But you must accept that grieving is a process that takes time.
When you feel isolated, do you pick up the phone and call others, or do you expect them to do the calling? A step toward healthy independence would be to make yourself reach out and communicate with others. You might also consider adopting a dog, which would not only force you to get out of the house -- which is healthy -- but also give you an opportunity to meet others.
I know it's sometimes an effort to just get out of bed. But if you start doing these things, they are all steps in the right direction and will help you to reclaim your life.
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DEAR ABBY: When I texted my faraway sibling, "Pat," to thank them for a thoughtful gift I really liked, they said, "Oh no, the mailing labels for the boxes mailed to you and our other sibling must have been mixed up." Then Pat insisted I immediately trade gifts with our sibling. Pat immediately contacted our mutual sibling's spouse to inform them of the mix-up rather than trust me to handle the situation.
Am I wrong to feel that Pat should have left well enough alone, since I had expressed appreciation for the gift, and sent a similarly thoughtful gift to its intended sibling to rectify things? I have never been in a situation like this before, but it seems to me that I am getting the short end of the stick. -- MIXED-UP OVER THE MIXUP
DEAR MIXED-UP: Not knowing the discrepancy between the gift you received and the one your sibling received, I can't judge whether you got "the short end of the stick." But Pat should have replaced the gift received by the sibling rather than insist you relinquish the one you received. I don't blame you for being offended. The way Pat handled the situation was beyond rude.
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RA'ANANA, Israel, July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Inspira™ Technologies OXY B.H.N. Ltd. (Nasdaq: IINN, IINNW) (the "Company" or "Inspira Technologies") introduces today the "Liby™" System, an advanced form of life support better known by the medical industry as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), used to treat patients with life-threatening heart and lung failure. The Liby™ System is intended to target the $531million global ECMO market. The Inspira Technologies Liby™ system currently under development, is expected to be submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approval, during the first half of 2023.
The Inspira Technologies Liby™ system is designed to be a new generation ECMO system, with potential advantages that may improve usability and patient care. The Liby™ system is also expected to be the first system designed for integration with the Company's recently revealed non-invasive HYLA™ blood sensor technology. The addition of the HYLA to patients treated with the Liby™ system, would potentially allow for the real-time and continuous monitoring of patient condition to alert physicians of immediate signs of changes in a patient's clinical condition
The Liby™ system includes several Inspira Technologies developed features and capabilities as well as a new approach to medical device designs, including a large touchscreen and novel colorful graphical representation that increases the visibility, scope and functionality of data displayed to the medical staff. With its small footprint and lightweight characteristics, the Liby™ system is being designed with a rapid style aerospace-grade aluminum structure to be both lightweight and highly durable, and will be equipped with long battery life, a contributing factor to making the Liby™ system suitable for patient mobility within hospitals and for transportation of patients to hospitals in ambulances.
Product Launch
The Liby™ system is expected to be submitted to the FDA for approval during the first half of 2023. Subject to FDA approval, the Liby™ system's expected regulatory pathway is intended to be designated as a Class II 510 (K), meaning it may not require human trials.
Business Model – Recurring Revenue
Similar to the Company's flagship ART™ system, the Liby™ system is being designed to generate recurring revenues based upon consumable sales of its single-use disposable kit, which is an important part of the system's unique design, aimed at reducing setup time and associated medical-care costs.
Dagi Ben-Noon, Inspira™ Technologies' Chief Executive Officer, stated:
"The Liby™ system is intended to target one of three market segments within Inspira Technologies product scope. The Liby™ system is expected to introduce the next generation of ECMO within Intensive Care Units (ICUs), due to its practical advantages, designed to improve durability, patient mobility both within the hospital or via ambulance, and ease of use. I believe that these are important advantages for medical teams within over-crowded ICUs, targeting to improve patient outcomes."
About ECMO Technology
ECMO systems are designed to directly oxygenate and remove carbon dioxide from a patient's blood, replacing the entire lung function by circulating all of the patient's blood (5-7 liters) every minute. As a last resort procedure, it requires the patient to be confined to ICUs and is associated with a high level of medical risks.
Inspira Technologies OXY B.H.N. Ltd.
Inspira Technologies is an innovative medical technology Company in the respiratory treatment arena. The Company has developed a breakthrough Augmented Respiration Technology (ART), designed to rebalance patient oxygen saturation levels. The Company's ART™ technology potentially allows patients to remain awake during treatment while minimizing the need for highly invasive, risky, and costly mechanical ventilation systems that require intubation and medically induced coma. The Company's products have not yet been tested or used in humans and has not been approved by any regulatory entity.
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This press release contains express or implied forward-looking statements pursuant to U.S. Federal securities laws. These forward-looking statements and their implications are based on the current expectations of the management of the Company only and are subject to a number of factors and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. For example, the Company is using forward-looking statements when it discusses the potential benefits to be derived from the use of the Liby™ system, once developed, the expected timing of FDA submission for approval, that the Liby™ system is expected to be designated as a Class II 510(K), meaning it may not require human trials, and that the Liby™ system is being designed to generate recurring revenues based upon consumable sales of its single use disposable kit. These forward-looking statements and their implications are based solely on the current expectations of the Company's management and are subject to a number of factors and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. Except as otherwise required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. More detailed information about the risks and uncertainties affecting the Company is contained under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), which is available on the SEC's website, www.sec.gov
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NEW YORK (AP) — R&B star R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday for using his superstardom to subject young fans — some just children — to systematic sexual abuse.
The singer and songwriter, 55, was convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking last year at a trial that gave voice to accusers who had once wondered if their stories were being ignored because they were Black women.
U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly imposed the sentence after hearing from several survivors who attested to how Kelly’s exploitation reverberated across their lives.
“You made me do things that broke my spirit. I literally wished I would die because of how low you made me feel,” said one unnamed survivor, directly addressing a Kelly who kept his hands folded and his eyes downcast. “Do you remember that?”
Kelly did not address the court.
The sentence caps a slow-motion fall for Kelly, who was adored by legions of fans and sold millions of albums even after allegations about his abuse of young girls began circulating publicly in the 1990s.
Widespread outrage over Kelly’s sexual misconduct didn’t come until the #MeToo reckoning, reaching a crescendo after the release of the docuseries “Surviving R. Kelly.”
Kelly’s lawyers had argued he should get no more than 10 years in prison because he had a traumatic childhood “involving severe, prolonged childhood sexual abuse, poverty, and violence.”
As an adult with “literacy deficiencies,” the star was “repeatedly defrauded and financially abused, often by the people he paid to protect him,” his lawyers said.
The hitmaker is known for work including the 1996 hit “I Believe I Can Fly” and the cult classic “Trapped in the Closet,” a multi-part tale of sexual betrayal and intrigue.
Allegations that Kelly abused young girls began circulating publicly in the 1990s. He was sued in 1997 by a woman who alleged sexual battery and sexual harassment while she was a minor, and he later faced criminal child pornography charges related to a different girl in Chicago. A jury there acquitted him in 2008, and he settled the lawsuit.
All the while, Kelly continued to sell millions of albums.
The Brooklyn federal court jury convicted him after hearing that he used his entourage of managers and aides to meet girls and keep them obedient, an operation that prosecutors said amounted to a criminal enterprise.
Kelly, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, used his “fame, money and popularity” to systematically “prey upon children and young women for his own sexual gratification,” prosecutors wrote in a court filing earlier this month.
Several accusers testified that Kelly subjected them to perverse and sadistic whims when they were underage.
The accusers alleged they were ordered to sign nondisclosure forms and were subjected to threats and punishments such as violent spankings if they broke what one referred to as “Rob’s rules.”
Some said they believed the videotapes he shot of them having sex would be used against them if they exposed what was happening.
According to testimony, Kelly gave several accusers herpes without disclosing he had an STD, coerced a teenage boy to join him for sex with a naked girl who emerged from underneath a boxing ring in his garage, and shot a shaming video that showed one victim smearing feces on her face as punishment for breaking his rules.
Kelly has denied any wrongdoing. He didn’t testify at his trial, but his then-lawyers portrayed his accusers as girlfriends and groupies who weren’t forced to do anything against their will and stayed with him because they enjoyed the perks of his lifestyle.
Evidence also was presented about a fraudulent marriage scheme hatched to protect Kelly after he feared he had impregnated R&B phenom Aaliyah in 1994 when she was just 15. Witnesses said they were married in matching jogging suits using a license falsely listing her age as 18; he was 27 at the time.
Aaliyah worked with Kelly, who wrote and produced her 1994 debut album, “Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number.” She died in a plane crash in 2001 at age 22.
An earlier defense memo suggested prosecutors’ arguments for a higher sentence overreached by falsely claiming Kelly participated in the paying of a bribe to a government official in order to facilitate the illegal marriage.
The Associated Press does not name people who say they have been sexually assaulted or abused, unless they come forward publicly. The women who spoke at Kelly’s sentencing were identified only by first names or pseudonyms.
Kelly has been jailed without bail since in 2019. He’s still facing child pornography and obstruction of justice charges in Chicago, where a trial is scheduled to begin Aug. 15. | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/r-kelly-sentenced-to-30-years-in-sex-trafficking-case/ | 2022-06-29 20:08:19 | 0 | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/r-kelly-sentenced-to-30-years-in-sex-trafficking-case/ |
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Deputies found the bodies of four people inside a central Florida home early Friday after a woman who was shot there went to a neighbor's house seeking help, authorities said.
The neighbor called 911 and the woman was taken to a hospital for treatment. Once deputies arrived at the home that the woman had fled, they found the bodies of the four people. No further details were released by the Orange County Sheriff's Office about the ages, sex or relationships of the individuals.
The Orange County Sheriff's Office said in a statement that detectives believed “everyone was accounted for" and that there was no threat to the neighborhood. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Deputies-find-4-bodies-after-wounded-woman-flees-17558241.php | 2022-11-04 13:55:17 | 1 | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Deputies-find-4-bodies-after-wounded-woman-flees-17558241.php |
NASA captures first-ever direct image of planet outside our solar system
(CNN) – NASA’s newest telescope has captured its first image of a planet outside our solar system.
These are known as exoplanets, and the one pictured is called HIP 65426B.
The planet is known as a gas giant and has six to 12 times the mass of Jupiter. It’s also an interstellar baby at only 15 to 20 million years old.
In comparison, Earth has been around for 4.5 billion years.
The James Webb Space Telescope captured four images, representing how the planet appears in four different bands of infrared light.
Scientists have known about the exoplanet, which is some 385 light years away, since 2017.
The new observation provides details like a water signature and evidence of carbon dioxide in its atmosphere.
The Hubble telescope was the first device to capture direct images of exoplanets.
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NORMAL — When 160 Bloomington High School students walk onto the Hancock Stadium football field on Saturday, Nolan White said they're going to put on a show.
They’ll be keeping a different kind of score than Illinois State University Redbirds football, though. The trombone section lead for the Marching Raiders will be joining 41 other bands vying for a top spot that day in the Illinois State Marching Band Championships.
Other competing bands in The Pantagraph’s coverage area include the Normal Marching Band, Eureka High School, Tri-Valley High School, Metamora High School, Morton High School, Prairie Central High School and University High School.
The Pantagraph reported last year that over 3,000 performers from 42 bands played in the competition before an audience of almost 7,000.
Leading off
White is part of a high school class that had music programs disrupted by the pandemic. The junior said they didn’t have much time to perform during COVID, and that they’ve progressed a lot as a band over the years since.
“I think we sound great,” said White during a Thursday evening rehearsal at BHS.
Lexi Hartweg, a BHS senior and clarinet lead, was also in high spirits for the competition.
“I know for a fact we are going to rock it,” she said, adding they have a good chance to make finals.
Hartweg said she relies on all of the clarinets in her section to reach their highest points. The influence of fellow band members — including drum majors who act as role models — has motivated her more than she ever thought possible.
She also said it’s fascinating to realize how influential one person’s actions can be on a team.
Part of Marching Raiders tradition is to do “show-and-tell” run-throughs, where certain sections or classes sit out and watch the rest perform from the stands. Zaven Dadekian, another BHS trombone lead, said that's cool because they don’t otherwise get to hear and see themselves from off the field.
They also get to cheer on their classmates, the senior said.
“I think it’s really helpful preparing for ISU,” he added. Dadekian said the band’s show is really good, and everyone has great motivation and determination.
“We’re going for it on Saturday,” he said.
The Normal Marching Band's 153 students also rehearsed Thursday at Kingsley Junior High School. Bloomington’s Jonas Techmanski is their drumline section lead, and said the band pushes you as a human — and that’s a challenge you don’t get practicing by yourself.
“It’s really hard not to grow when you sign up for marching band,” he said. When you sign up for the band, he said, you know how much time you’ll be investing, and that’s time you might not dedicate to your instrument if you didn’t join.
“It’s hard to push yourself without setting that initial goal,” the snare drummer said, adding there’s a lot of virtue in learning how to practice and work with others.
Directing chords
Paul Carter co-directs the Normal Marching Band with Ryan Budzinski. He said they have a very young band this year, and “one of the biggest rookie classes we’ve ever had.”
Carter said the new students make the experience more exciting, but that almost means they have a lot more to catch them up on — such as learning how to march. He said about one-third of the band is new, and the whole group has grown tremendously since they began rehearsing in June.
He also said they attended a regional competition Oct. 14 in St. Louis. The band handled it well, he said, demonstrating their improvement made from the summer.
This year’s theme for NMB is “Beyond the Sea,” and includes the movement “Of Sailors and Whales” by W. Francis McBeth. Carter said instrument players dress as sailors, and color guard members are costumed as sea creatures.
Carter said the story entails a sailor falling in love with a sea creature, and two sides facing off before reconciling. In a broad sense, he said it’s about two worlds colliding, which also symbolizes students from Normal Community High School and Normal Community West High School joining together in one band.
The director said students have really gravitated toward the theme’s premise of working together.
“It’s helped the band learn to accept people who are different and learn that those differences make us unique and special,” said Carter.
BHS marching band director Max Chernick said this year’s theme is “Re-focus.” He said the third movement will shift emphasis from looking far away to getting “right up close and seeing the kids' faces and expressions personally.”
Ten giant telescope props will be maneuvered by the band on the field. Chernick said they represent searching far away into the cosmos, and trying to discover more about ourselves.
“The more we search far away, the more we realize our understanding of ourselves is coming from within and coming from each other,” he said.
That self-reflection allows them to zero in on becoming their best selves, he continued.
They’ll also mix in a pop song arrangement of “Focus” by Ariana Grande, which Chernick said the kids get a kick out of.
Chernick also said the band had a total reset last year, since they didn’t have a band in 2020 because of COVID. He estimated about 60% of the band was new in 2021, when they themed their show as “Next Step.” Now they’re changing up the focus and taking it to the next level.
“The kids have really embraced that challenge and really pushed themselves and each other to be outstanding performers,” he said.
Winding up
Another young part of the Normal Marching Band is the color guard unit, said Carter. Spinning rifles and flags for NMB is Kevin Nguyen, of Bloomington, who said he was nervous and unsure of his abilities one year ago.
This year, Nguyen said he’s feeling good, and his confidence has grown a lot in his third marching band season.
“My security in how I can manipulate my equipment has grown a lot and it's felt very good,” he continued.
Nguyen said it’s gratifying being a part of the guard, and working with odd equipment in a rare context is another challenge.
“It gives you a feeling of power and confidence in yourself when you succeed at something,” he said, “especially because our marching band practices are longer than any school athletics.”
Practices run at least four and a half hours at a minimum, Nguyen said. He added other schools' color guards may have had a middle school program to get started in, but his unit came in fresh at the high school level.
“We’ve been trending upward at a good rate,” he said.
A major role
Braden Pool and Shelby Hailey serve as NMB drum majors. Pool, who plays trombone, said their responsibilities can be stressful, but it’s a gifted experience.
“It allows me to develop these leadership skills before I'm even out of high school,” he said, adding it feels great to help people out all the time.
Hailey noted it’s a limited experience, since the band only has four drum majors each year, and they’ll sometimes serve more than one year. She said she and Pool have been at it for two years.
She said their experience will be good to take into college because it's taught them how to talk to other people.
Pool said the band has come a long way in learning how to march and play music at the same time.
Hailey, a trumpeter, said the third of the band who are freshmen didn’t have the same middle school band experiences she had. To watch them develop was interesting, she continued.
“They're not really middle schoolers anymore. They're high schoolers,” she said.
Jaron Zehr, a drum major for BHS, said it’s an exciting time to be with the Marching Raiders. He said he feels best about his social interactions by talking to many different people with a variety of skill sets and backgrounds.
“Just seeing how people can contribute is really exciting,” he said.
He said they’re producing a product they can be proud of and hopes many will come to see it. He said the band used to be known for its strong musical scores, but has progressed tremendously on visuals, too.
“With this new wave of underclassmen, we're seeing a lot of people with strong, strong marching technique,” said Zehr. He added people are passionate about bringing in a variety of skill sets, from acrobatics and kinesthetics to prop building.
The junior said he’s excited to join in on the energy Saturday. But there’s one thing he said he’s nervous about: “Nailing my salute.”
Zehr said: “When you're surrounded by that audience, that adrenaline really gets to you.” | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/education/bloomington-normal-marching-bands-stepping-up-for-state-competition-at-isu/article_b9b0450a-5165-11ed-85b1-0ba25d3ebb8c.html | 2022-10-21 22:11:01 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/education/bloomington-normal-marching-bands-stepping-up-for-state-competition-at-isu/article_b9b0450a-5165-11ed-85b1-0ba25d3ebb8c.html |
FORT WORTH, Texas, Nov. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Yesway, one of the country's fastest growing convenience store chains, today celebrates the achievement of a major growth milestone, marked by the opening of its newest Allsup's stores in Fort Stockton, Hawley, and Millsap, Texas. The Yesway portfolio now stands at 425 stores strong, with the company having opened 39 new-to-industry and relocated stores to date in 2022.
This comes on the heels of a flurry of activity over the past 12 months for the company including the acquisition of the Tres Amigos chain of stores in September, the August launch of the new Allsup's Express concept store adjacent to the campus of Texas Tech University, in Lubbock, Texas, and earlier announced openings of new Allsup's stores in Breckenridge, Canyon, Colorado City, Claude, Mineral Wells, Pampa, Rankin, Robert Lee, San Angelo, and Sweetwater, Texas, Altus, Oklahoma, and Alamogordo, Artesia and Carlsbad, New Mexico.
Located at 510 E Access Road, Hawley, Texas; 2576 North Front Street, Fort Stockton, Texas; and 112 FM 113, Millsap, Texas, these new to industry and renovated Allsup's stores each have 5,630 square feet of merchandising space, 24 fueling positions, and high-speed diesel fueling lanes as well.
These are the latest of the new large-format stores Yesway has developed and is rapidly bringing to market, with still more expected to be completed by year's end. The stores are open 24 hours per day and have customers' favorite Allsup's world-famous burritos available for purchase, along with a full selection of Yesway and Allsup's private label snacks; a new trucker/automotive section; high-quality fresh Allsup's bread, milk, and eggs; and a beer cave; as well as amenities including Western Union service, ATM availability, and Coin Cloud digital currency machines offering 30+ digital currencies.
"Reaching this significant milestone in only six short years, and at such a sustained swift pace, is truly a testament to the dedication and hard work of our extremely talented team," said Tom Trkla, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Yesway.
He continued, "I would also like to thank personally all of our customers - in Fort Stockton, Hawley, and Millsap, and also across our entire portfolio. Your loyalty motivates and inspires us and helps us to grow. We look forward to serving you and supporting your communities."
As another indication of how exciting 2022 has been for the company, Grand Opening celebrations have also been hosted by Yesway at Allsup's locations in Abilene, Azle, Bangs, Breckenridge, Canyon, Decatur, Friona, Hereford, Lubbock, Merkel, Mineral Wells, Rankin, San Angelo, Sudan, Tuscola, and Wall, Texas; Artesia, Roswell, and Tinnie, New Mexico, and Guymon, Oklahoma, and Spearfish, South Dakota, with even more slated to take place through year's end.
To find the Yesway or Allsup's store closest to you, please visit www.Yesway.com/locations or www.Allsups.com/allsups-locations/.
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About Yesway – Yesway is one of the fastest-growing convenience store operators in the United States. Established in 2015, Yesway is a multi-branded platform that acquires, transforms, and enhances portfolios of convenience stores by leveraging expertise in real estate and technology, and by implementing data-driven decision-making. Yesway was named the "2021 Convenience Store Chain of the Year" by CStore Decisions and is currently ranked #21 on the "2022 CSP Top 202 Chains" list by total portfolio size. Yesway ranked #2 in year-over-year relative store growth on the Convenience Store News "2020 Top 20 Growth Chains" list and its CEO has been named a "CSP 2020 Power 20 Deal Maker." Yesway's portfolio currently consists of 425 stores located in Texas, New Mexico, South Dakota, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Wyoming, Oklahoma, and Nebraska, including the Allsup's Convenience Store chain. www.yesway.com
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By PAUL WISEMAN
AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Month after month, the nation’s job market has stood its ground against howling headwinds — rising interest rates, chronic inflation, major bank failures and economic uncertainties across the world.
Hiring has gradually slowed, along with pay growth and job openings. Yet by historical standards, the labor market has remained surprisingly strong, with an unemployment rate still hovering near half-century lows.
When the Labor Department issues the April jobs report Friday morning, it’s expected to show that the trend has continued: Forecasters surveyed by the data firm FactSet predict that employers added 182,000 jobs last month. Though that would be well off the whopping 472,000 jobs that were added in January, the 326,000 in February and the 236,000 in March, it would still be a respectable gain that would show that many employers still need to fill jobs.
The unemployment rate is thought to have edged up to 3.6%, only slightly above a 54-year low of 3.4% set in January.
The job market has so far withstood the Federal Reserve’s aggressive drive to stamp out high inflation, which last year hit a four-decade high and is still well above the Fed’s 2% target. On Wednesday, the Fed raised its benchmark rate for a 10th time since March 2022, a move that will likely further drive up borrowing costs for businesses and consumers.
Yet employers keep hiring.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell himself sounded somewhat mystified this week by the job market’s durability.
“We’ve raised rates by 5 percentage points in 14 months” — from a range of 0%-0.25% to a range of 5%-5.25%, Powell said at a news conference Wednesday. “And unemployment is 3 1/2 percent — pretty much where it was, even lower than where it was, when we started.’’
The Fed has expressed concern that a robust job market exerts upward pressure on wages — and prices. It hopes to achieve a so-called soft landing – cooling the economy and the labor market just enough to tame inflation yet not so much as to trigger a recession.
One way to do that, Powell has said, is for employers to post fewer job openings. So far, so good: The government reported this week that job openings fell in March to 9.6 million — a still-high figure but down from a peak of 12 million in March 2022 and the fewest in nearly two years.
“It wasn’t supposed to be possible for job openings to decline by as much as they’ve declined without unemployment going up,’’ Powell said. “It’s possible that we can continue to have a cooling in the labor market without having the big increases in unemployment’’ that usually occur.
The Fed chair said he was optimistic that the nation could avoid a recession. Yet many economists are skeptical and have said they expect a downturn to begin sometime this year.
Another encouraging sign for the Fed is that more Americans are looking for work. The labor force — defined as the number of adults who either have a job or are looking for one — has grown by 1.8 million this year. The more workers who are available to employers, the less pressure employers face to raise pay.
Still, steadily rising borrowing costs have inflicted some damage. Pounded by higher mortgage rates, sales of existing homes were down a sharp 22% in March from a year earlier. Investment in housing has cratered over the past year.
America’s factories are slumping. An index produced by the Institute for Supply Management, an organization of purchasing managers, has signaled a contraction in manufacturing for six straight months.
Even consumers, who drive about 70% of economic activity and who have been spending healthily since the pandemic recession ended three years ago, are showing signs of exhaustion: Retail sales fell in February and March after having begun the year with a bang.
The Fed’s rate hikes are hardly the economy’s only serious threat. Congressional Republicans are threatening to let the federal government default on its debt, by refusing to raise the limit on what it can borrow, if Democrats don’t accept sharp cuts in federal spending. A first-ever default on the federal debt would shatter the market for U.S. Treasurys — the world’s biggest — and possibly cause an international financial crisis.
The global backdrop already looks gloomier. The International Monetary Fund last month downgraded its forecast for worldwide growth, citing rising interest rates around the world, financial uncertainty and chronic inflation.
Since March, America’s financial system has been rattled by three of the four biggest bank failures in U.S. history. Worried that jittery depositors will withdraw their money, banks are likely to reduce lending to conserve cash. Multiplied across the banking industry, that trend could cause a credit crunch that would hobble the economy.
So was April the month when the job market finally started to crumble? Economists are betting probably not.
This week, the payroll processor ADP reported that private employers added a lofty 296,000 jobs in April. And Goldman Sachs’ economic team offered a rosy forecast: It predicted that employers added 250,000 jobs in April, well above the consensus estimate.
At the staffing firm Robert half, executive director Ryan Sutton still sees “pent-up demand’’ for workers.
Applicants, not employers, still enjoy the advantage, he said: To attract and keep workers, he said, businesses — especially small ones — must offer flexible hours and the chance to work from home when possible.
“Giving a little bit of schedule flexibility so that somebody might finish their work late or early so that they can take care of children and family and elderly parents — these are the things that the modern employee needs,’’ Sutton said. “To not offer those and to try to still have a 2019 business model of five days a week in an office — that’s going to put you at a disadvantage” in finding and retaining talent.
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Letter sent more than 100 years ago finally gets delivered
Published: Feb. 17, 2023 at 1:58 PM MST|Updated: 33 minutes ago
(CNN) – It took more than a century, but a letter addressed to a south London flat finally reached its destination.
The current occupant, Finlay Glen, saw the year “16″ on the envelope and assumed it meant 2016 until he noticed the stamp featured King George the Fifth instead of Queen Elizabeth the Second.
The letter was written by the daughter of a sea merchant and was addressed to the wife of a local stamp magnate, with the salutation “My Dear Katie.”
She wrote about a family holiday in Bath and said she was suffering from “a very heavy cold.”
A local magazine is putting together an article about the discovery, but what happened to the letter is still a mystery.
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Mobile teams are deployed across the country to deliver fast-track respirator fit testing solutions for 1.3 million OSHA-regulated employers.
NEW YORK, Feb. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- OSHA-standard respirator fit testing has been delivered the same way for decades. Mobile Health developed an expedited solution for the 1.3 million U.S. employers affected by this standard, innovating the old standard with new – and faster – compliance. The company brings mobile respiratory solutions to the doorstep of employers, revolutionizing how businesses tackle respiratory compliance and occupational health.
OSHA COMPLIANCE TRAILBLAZING
Mobile Health provides mobile solutions for both qualitative fit testing (standard for half-face masks) and quantitative fit testing (standard for full-face masks). These on-site programs increase operational efficiency for employers, save thousands in potential OSHA fines, and offer a one-stop program through one provider. When employees can be fit tested without leaving the workplace, the time saved for both employees and employee health departments quickly adds up to millions. Healthcare companies across the nation now turn to Mobile Health to streamline their OSHA respiratory compliance.
CREATING COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTIONS FOR EMPLOYERS
Every on-site exam Mobile Health performs prevents a $15,625 minimum fine for healthcare, mining, construction, agriculture, and more major industries. Mobile Health's services cover every exam element of OSHA's respiratory protection standard ─ qualitative and quantitative fit testing paired with online medical evaluations. Employers no longer have to worry about their staff missing an appointment because the clinic is now at the workplace. Mobile Health's respiratory protection consultants also help employers cover the written elements of the standard, ensuring every document is in order for an OSHA audit.
Mobile Health's teams are deployed across the country, working with multi-location facilities and thousands of employers to meet their OSHA-compliance needs. The company can test any mask, anywhere, for any industry. To learn more about sending the Mobile Health Team to your facility, click here.
About Mobile Health
Mobile Health is a trusted employee screening and occupational health provider with 39 years of clinical excellence. Their 6,500+ nationwide clinics and on-site teams offer every medical exam employers need for hiring and compliance. Mobile Health enables businesses to consolidate to one provider for OSHA/DOH compliance and for building a safer, healthier workforce. Their expert teams design programs to reduce employer bottlenecks, increase throughput, and make occupational health easier than ever before. For more information, visit MobileHealth.com.
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LONDON (AP) — Artificial intelligence has been used to extract John Lennon’s voice from an old demo to create “the last Beatles record,” decades after the band broke up, Paul McCartney said Tuesday.
McCartney, 80, told the BBC that the technology was used to separate the Beatles’ voices from background sounds during the making of director Peter Jackson’s 2021 documentary series, “The Beatles: Get Back.” The “new” song is set to be released later this year, he said.
Jackson was “able to extricate John’s voice from a ropey little bit of cassette and a piano,” McCartney told BBC radio. “He could separate them with AI, he’d tell the machine ‘That’s a voice, this is a guitar, lose the guitar’.”
“So when we came to make what will be the last Beatles record, it was a demo that John had that we worked on,” he added. “We were able to take John’s voice and get it pure through this AI so then we could mix the record as you would do. It gives you some sort of leeway.”
McCartney didn’t identify the name of the demo, but the BBC and others said it was likely to be an unfinished 1978 love song by Lennon called “Now and Then.” The demo was included on a cassette labeled “For Paul” that McCartney had received from Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono, the BBC reported.
McCartney described AI technology as “kind of scary but exciting,” adding: “We will just have to see where that leads.”
The same technology enabled McCartney to “duet” virtually with Lennon, who was murdered in 1980, on “I’ve Got a Feeling” last year at Glastonbury Festival.
The singer-songwriter is set to open an exhibition later this month at the National Portrait Gallery in London featuring previously unseen photographs that he took during the early days of the Beatles at the start of “Beatlemania,” when the band rose to worldwide fame.
The exhibition, titled “Eyes of the Storm,” showcases more than 250 photos McCartney took on his camera between 1963 and 1964 — including portraits of Ringo Starr, George Harrison and Lennon, as well as Beatles manager Brian Epstein.
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This story has been corrected to show that the title of McCartney’s photo exhibition is “Eyes of the Storm,” not “Eye of the Storm.” | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/science-and-technology/ai-helped-create-last-beatles-record-paul-mccartney-says/ | 2023-06-13 14:32:01 | 0 | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/science-and-technology/ai-helped-create-last-beatles-record-paul-mccartney-says/ |
Dog spends 730 days at animal shelter waiting for loving home
NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF/Gray News) – A dog at a South Carolina humane society has hit a milestone that many four-legged friends don’t want to hit.
The Humane Society of North Myrtle Beach said Fireball has reached her two-year anniversary at the shelter, which means she has spent 730 days waiting for a home.
The humane society said the love that Fireball has for humans burns endlessly.
“Fireball explodes with excitement and love every time she meets someone, and it saddens us no one has chosen her,” the Humane Society of North Myrtle Beach posted on its Facebook page.
They added that she is smart, listens very well and she’s loyal.
The staff at the shelter said that Fireball is strong and doesn’t realize her strength sometimes, so a home with older children would be a better fit for her. They added that she’s very selective about other pets, and after two years of being in a shelter environment, she may be better as the only pet in the home.
“This girl is long overdue to be back in a loving home! It only takes a matter of minutes to fall madly in love with Fireball, and we hope you can help us give her a fairytale ending,” the shelter posted.
If you’re interested in meeting Fireball, you can call 843-249-4948 or submit an application.
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MECOSTA COUNTY, MI — A woman has been arrested after crashing into a large rock in Mecosta County.
The crash took place at 11:19 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 7, on Hoover Road and 200th Avenue, north of Big Rapids. When Mecosta County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrived on scene, they found one vehicle driven by a woman had gone off the roadway, crashing into a large rock. The vehicle was no longer drivable.
After further investigation, deputies arrested the driver, who was lodged in jail for allegedly having no insurance, driving under the influence of alcohol and having open container intoxicants in the vehicle.
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