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India builds more hospitals to accommodate growing population, but doctors remain in short supply
Hundreds of patients are queuing in line outside India’s hospitals
Mithilesh Chaudhary, 21, coughs weakly as he struggles to his feet after spending the night outside the state-run All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi.
"We have been sleeping on the footpath for two nights," said his grandfather Bhim Lal, as the two waited in a line of about 100 people outside the hospital's main gate, seeking an appointment.
"He suffers from chest congestion, and no one has been able to tell us what exactly is the issue. We have been to many hospitals around our district and finally, a doctor at a private hospital asked us to visit the AIIMS in Delhi."
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Chaudhary, who lives 750 miles away in Bihar state, doesn't have an appointment and was not given the name of a doctor. His only recourse is to stand in the queue until he can get one of the few slots that open up every morning for those waiting outside.
His plight and that of others who queue every day starting at dawn highlights the shortage of specialist doctors and health workers in India's countryside, where more than two-thirds of its 1.43 billion people live.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has built more than a dozen similar medical institutes for specialised treatment since he took office in 2014. The government has plans to build at least one major hospital in each of India's 761 districts.
The problem is a lack of doctors, a shortage that is reaching crucial levels as India becomes the world's most populous nation.
India's doctor-to-patient ratio hit a record high of 1.2 doctors per 1,000 patients in 1991, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), but as its population surged, the ratio dropped to about 0.7 in 2020.
The WHO recommended level is 1 and China, with a comparable population to India, is at 2.4.
Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya told parliament in March that India in fact had a ratio of 1 doctor per 834 patients, well above the WHO level, but the number included doctors practising traditional forms of medicine such as Ayurveda, Homoeopathy, and Naturopathy.
The WHO and doctors groups such as the Indian Medical Association do not include traditional medicine practitioners in their calculations.
Inaugurating the first specialised medical institute in northeast India last month, Modi said his government had sought to increase the number of doctors by setting up more medical colleges.
"This deficiency was a major barrier to quality health services in India," he said. "Therefore, our government has worked on a large scale to increase medical infrastructure and medical professionals in the last nine years."
The number of public hospitals, excluding specialised institutes, has risen some 9% in Modi’s time at the top, government data shows.
Rural Gaps
INDIA SET TO OVERTAKE CHINA AS WORLD'S MOST POPULOUS COUNTRY IN NEXT 3 MONTHS: UN REPORT
The government has nearly doubled the number of undergraduate medical seats in private and public colleges to 101,043 as of March from 51,348 before 2014, according to health ministry data.
More than 1.76 million students appeared in tests for those seats last year.
Still, there were more than 3,000 doctor vacancies at 31 large federal government hospitals, including more than a dozen specialised institutes, according to a parliament reply by the health ministry in February. Vacancies of nurses and support staff were more than 21,000.
At the Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College, an 800-bed hospital in the largely rural Bhagalpur district in Bihar, a senior doctor said the medicine department - the first point of contact for patients - for example, had only half the number of required doctors in the past five years.
"We have to provide proper patient care no matter what... but with an inadequate staff, the workload increases and becomes very difficult to manage, especially since we have to teach undergraduates too," said the doctor, declining to be named.
Outside the big cities, the lack of specialised care is especially acute. The government says there was a near 80% shortage of surgeons, physicians, gynaecologists and paediatricians at community health centres in rural India as of March 2022.
There were 4,485 specialists in position at these small hospitals against a requirement of 21,920, according to the government data.
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Specialist doctors tend to go overseas or join the private sector in metropolitan and other large cities, said Dr K. Srinath Reddy, at the Public Health Foundation of India non-profit.
"They have been trained in tertiary-care environments and may not be suitably skilled or emotionally aligned to rural conditions in low-resource settings," Reddy said.
Dr Vandana Prasad, a technical adviser at the non-profit Public Health Resource Network, said people in rural areas tended to go to the cities for treatment.
"There's a certain trust in the hospitals that exist in larger metropolitan cities and there’s a kind of an environment which suggests to people that they should seek more and more expensive or more specialised care," she said.
That was the main reason for the large number of cases and the crowds outside the hospital, said Dr Syed Ahmed, a resident doctor at the AIIMS in Delhi.
"A lot of the cases can be dealt with at primary care level," he said. | https://www.foxnews.com/world/india-builds-more-hospitals-accommodate-growing-population-but-doctors-remain-short-supply | 2023-05-11 18:34:13 | 1 | https://www.foxnews.com/world/india-builds-more-hospitals-accommodate-growing-population-but-doctors-remain-short-supply |
WASHINGTON (AP) — As U.S. intelligence agencies ramp up their efforts against China, top officials acknowledge they may also end up collecting more phone calls and emails from Chinese Americans, raising new concerns about spying affecting civil liberties.
A new report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence makes several recommendations, including expanding unconscious bias training and reiterating internally that federal law bans targeting someone solely due to their ethnicity.
U.S. intelligence agencies are under constant pressure to better understand China’s decision-making on issues including nuclear weapons,geopolitics and the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic — and have responded with new centers and programs focusing on Beijing. While there’s bipartisan support for a tougher U.S. approach to China, civil rights groups and advocates are concerned about the disparate effect of enhanced surveillance on people of Chinese descent.
As one example, people who speak to relatives or contacts in China could be more likely to have their communications swept up, though intelligence agencies can’t quantify how often due in part to civil liberties concerns.
There’s a long history of U.S. government discrimination against groups of citizens in the name of national security. Japanese Americans were forced into internment camps during World War II, Black leaders were spied upon during the civil rights movement of the 1960s, and mosques were surveilled after the Sept. 11 attacks. Chinese Americans have faced discrimination going back to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, the first law to explicitly ban immigration from a specific ethnic community.
Aryani Ong, co-founder of the advocacy group Asian American Federal Employees for Non-Discrimination, noted that people of Asian descent are sometimes “not fully trusted as loyal Americans.” She said the report, published May 31, would be useful to conversations about what she described as the conflation of civil rights and national defense.
Ong and other advocates pointed to the Justice Department’s “China Initiative,” created to target economic espionage and hacking operations by Beijing. The department dropped the name of the program after it had come to be associated with faltering prosecutions of Asian American professors at U.S. college campuses.
“Often we hear responses that we cannot weaken our national security, as if protecting constitutional rights of Asian Americans (is) contrary to our defense,” said Ong, who is Indonesian and Chinese American.
But in trying to produce demographic data on the impact of surveillance, the intelligence agencies say there’s a paradox: Examining the backgrounds of U.S. citizens whose data is collected requires more intrusion into those people’s lives.
“To try to find out that type of information would require additional collection that would absolutely not be authorized because it isn’t for the foreign intelligence purpose for which the intelligence community gets its authorities,” Ben Huebner, the chief civil liberties officer for Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, said in an interview.
But, Huebner added, “I think the fact that we can’t analytically get to those types of metrics doesn’t mean that we get to sort of drop the ball on this.”
One potential disparity highlighted by the report is what’s known as “incidental collection.”
In surveilling a foreign target, intelligence agencies can obtain the target’s communications with a U.S. citizen who isn’t under investigation. The agencies also collect phone calls or emails of U.S. citizens as they sweep for foreign communications.
The National Security Agency has vast powers to surveil domestic and foreign communications, as revealed in part by documents leaked by Edward Snowden. Under NSA rules, two people have to sign off on putting any new foreign target under surveillance. The NSA masks the identities of U.S. citizens under federal law and intelligence guidelines and turns over potential domestic leads to the FBI.
The FBI can access some of the NSA’s collection without a warrant. Civil rights advocates have long argued that searches under what’s known as Section 702 disproportionately target minority communities.
The ODNI report notes that Chinese Americans “may be an increased risk of such incidental collection,” as are Americans not of Chinese ancestry who have business or personal ties to China. The report recommends a review of artificial intelligence programs to ensure they “avoid perpetuating historical biases and discrimination.” It also suggests agencies across the intelligence community expand unconscious bias training for people who handle information from incidental collection.
ODNI is also studying delays in granting security clearances and whether people of Chinese or Asian descent face longer or more invasive background investigations. While there is no publicly available data on clearances, some applicants from minority communities have questioned whether they undergo extra scrutiny due to their race or ethnicity. According to the report, U.S. intelligence assesses that “neither race nor ethnicity is the primary criterion utilized by the PRC’s intelligence services in their recruitment of intelligence assets.”
Sen. Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, said in a statement that he welcomed the recommendations “to increase awareness of existing non-discrimination prohibitions and improve transparency around the security clearance process.”
But Sen. Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican who is the committee’s vice chairman, said requiring new training on unconscious bias and cultural competency was a distraction.
“The Chinese Communist Party likes nothing more than when we are distracted by divisive, internal politics,” Rubio said in a statement.
The ODNI report highlights FBI training on race and ethnicity as a “best practice” in the intelligence community. In a statement, the FBI said that there was “no place for bias and prejudice in our communities” and that law enforcement “must work to eliminate these flawed beliefs in our agencies to best serve those we are sworn to protect. The FBI said its agents are trained in “obedience to the Constitution” and in “treating everyone with dignity, empathy and respect.”
A senior NSA official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive intelligence matters, said the agency currently requires unconscious bias training for managers and hiring officials, but not all employees. The NSA does train intelligence analysts on rules that prohibit the collection of intelligence for suppressing dissent or disadvantaging people based on their race, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation, and is reviewing ODNI’s recommendations.
The CIA late last year issued new instructions to officers discouraging the use of the word “Chinese” to describe China’s government. The guidance suggests referring to the leadership as “China,” “the People’s Republic of China” or “PRC,” or “Beijing,” while using “Chinese” to refer to the people, language or culture.
“It’s important to be clear that our concern is about the threat posed by the People’s Republic of China, the PRC — not about the people of China, let alone fellow Americans of Chinese or Asian descent,” CIA Director William Burns said in a recent speech at the Georgia Institute of Technology. “It is a profound mistake to conflate the two.” | https://cbs4indy.com/news/politics/ap-politics/spy-agencies-focus-on-china-could-snare-chinese-americans/ | 2022-06-16 01:50:28 | 1 | https://cbs4indy.com/news/politics/ap-politics/spy-agencies-focus-on-china-could-snare-chinese-americans/ |
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STOCKHOLM, Dec. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- At the request of Philip Morris Holland Holdings B.V., corporate registration number 20028955 ("Philip Morris"), which after completion of the public takeover offer to the shareholders of Swedish Match AB (publ), corporate registration number 556015-0756 ("Swedish Match" or the "Company") holds more than 90 percent of all the shares and votes in Swedish Match, the shareholders of the Company are hereby convened to an Extraordinary General Meeting to be held on Monday, January 16, 2023 at 11.00 CET at Sveavägen 44, Stockholm.
Proposed agenda
- Opening of the General Meeting and election of the Chairman of the General Meeting.
- Preparation and approval of the voting list.
- Election of one or two persons to verify the minutes.
- Determination of whether the General Meeting has been duly convened.
- Approval of the Agenda.
- Resolution regarding amendment of the Articles of Association.
- Resolution regarding the number of members of the Board of Directors to be elected by the General Meeting.
- Election of members of the Board of Directors and dismissal of members of the Board of Directors.
- Resolution regarding remuneration to the members of the Board of Directors.
- Resolution regarding abolishment of the instruction for the Nomination Committee adopted by the Annual General Meeting 2019.
- Resolution regarding amendment or abolishment of the principles for remuneration to members of the executive management adopted by the Annual General Meeting 2020.
Proposed resolutions
Item 1: The Board of Directors proposes Björn Kristiansson, attorney at law, KANTER Advokatbyrå, as the Chairman of the General Meeting.
Item 6: Philip Morris proposes that the General Meeting resolves to amend paragraph 6 of the Articles of Association of the Company regarding the number of Board members in accordance with the following.
The resolution of the General Meeting with regard to the proposal under item 6 requires the support of shareholders representing at least two thirds of both the votes cast and the shares represented at the General Meeting.
Item 7: Philip Morris proposes that the Board of Directors shall consist of five Board members with no deputies (not including the union representatives and their deputies).
Item 8: Philip Morris proposes that Stefano Volpetti, Charles Bendotti and Lars Dahlgren are elected as new members of the Board of Directors together with existing members of the Board of Directors Conny Karlsson and Charles A. Blixt, with Conny Karlsson as continued Chairman of the Board. It is further proposed that the other current members of the Board of Directors, Jacqueline Hoogerbrugge, Alexander Lacik, Pauline Lindwall, Sanna Suvanto-Harsaae and Joakim Westh, are dismissed.
Item 9: Philip Morris proposes that no remuneration shall be paid to the new members of the Board of Directors Stefano Volpetti, Charles Bendotti and Lars Dahlgren, and that the remuneration to the dismissed members of the Board of Directors Jacqueline Hoogerbrugge, Alexander Lacik, Pauline Lindwall, Sanna Suvanto-Harsaae and Joakim Westh shall be paid as resolved by the Annual General Meeting in the Company held on April 27, 2022, with one-twelfth for each commenced month between April 27, 2022, and date of this General Meeting.
Item 10: As a result of the new ownership in the Company, Swedish Match applied for delisting of the Company's shares from Nasdaq Stockholm on December 5, 2022, with last day of trading as soon as possible. Philip Morris therefore proposes that the instruction for the Company's nomination committee adopted by the Annual General Meeting in the Company held on April 2, 2019, is abolished with effect from the date of the delisting from Nasdaq Stockholm.
Item 11: Philip Morris proposes that the guidelines for remuneration to senior executives, adopted by the Annual General Meeting in the Company held on April 9, 2020, are abolished with effect from the date of the delisting from Nasdaq Stockholm.
Right to participate in the General Meeting
In order to participate in the General Meeting, you need to be registered as a shareholder in the share register kept by Euroclear Sweden AB on Thursday, January 5, 2023. In addition, you need to notify Swedish Match of your intention to participate in the General Meeting no later than Tuesday, January 10, 2023, at which time the notification shall have been received by Swedish Match. Shareholders who wish to be accompanied by one or two assistants at the General Meeting shall also inform Swedish Match thereof within the appointed period of time.
Notice of participation
Notice of participation may be submitted in writing to Swedish Match AB (publ), "extra bolagsstämman", c/o Euroclear Sweden AB, P.O 191,101 23 Stockholm, Sweden, by telephone at +46 (0)8 402 90 42 (09.00 – 16.00 CET), or via the Internet at www.swedishmatch.com/agm. Upon giving notice of participation, the shareholder shall state his or her name/company name, civic ID/corporate registration number, address, telephone number (daytime) and the name(s) of assistant(s), if any.
Proxy
Shareholders who are represented by proxy shall issue a power of attorney for the proxy. If the power of attorney is issued by a legal entity, a copy of the corporate registration certificate for such legal entity shall be enclosed (or if no such document is available, an equivalent authorization document). The proxy is valid for one year from the date of issuance or the longer period of validity stated in the proxy, however not longer than five years from the date of issuance. To facilitate entry at the General Meeting, the power of attorney in original as well as the corporate registration certificate and other authorization documents, if any, should be provided to the Company at the address stated above no later than on Tuesday, January 10, 2023.
Proxy form
Proxy forms are available upon request to the address stated above and on the Company's website www.swedishmatch.com.
Voting right registration
Shareholders whose shares are nominee registered and who wish to participate in the General Meeting must have their shares re-registered in their own name so that the shareholder is entered in the share register on Thursday, January 5, 2023. Such re-registration may be temporary (i.e. voting right registration) and shall be requested from the nominee in sufficient time. Voting right registrations made no later than Tuesday, January 10, 2023, are taken into account when preparing the share register kept by Euroclear Sweden AB.
Documents
Documents which according to the Swedish Companies Act (2005:551) must be available at the General Meeting will be made available at Swedish Match headquarters (Legal Department) at Sveavägen 44, in Stockholm, Sweden, no later than Monday, December 26, 2022. The documents will be sent to shareholders upon request, provided that such shareholder states its address. All the above documents will be available on the Company's website, www.swedishmatch.com and be presented at the General Meeting.
Number of shares and votes in the Company
The total number of shares and votes in Swedish Match AB (publ) as the time of notice to the General Meeting amounts to 1,525,000,000 of which 4,285,810 shares are repurchased own shares which may not be represented at the General Meeting.
Information at the General Meeting
The Board of Directors and the CEO shall, if any shareholder so requests and the Board of Directors considers that it may be done without significant harm to the Company, in accordance with Chapter 7 § 32 of the Swedish Companies Act (2005:551) provide information regarding circumstances that may affect the assessment of an item on the Agenda, and circumstances that may affect the assessment of the Company's or its subsidiaries' financial position and the Company's relation to other companies within the Group.
Process of personal data
The data received will be computerized and used solely for the purpose of the General Meeting. For information on how your personal data is processed, please refer to https://www.euroclear.com/dam/ESw/Legal/Privacy-notice-bolagsstammor-engelska.pdf.
The entrance to the venue for the General Meeting will open at 10.30 CET.
Stockholm, December 2022
SWEDISH MATCH AB (publ)
The Board of Directors
CONTACT:
Contact:
Johan Levén, Vice President Investor Relations
Phone +46 70 207 2116
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PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Democratic Party is looking to force new political party No Labels to disclose its donors or lose its status as a political party, an escalation of Democrats’ efforts to block a group they worry will boost Donald Trump’s chances of returning to the White House.
Arizona Democrats filed a complaint Thursday with Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, a Democrat who angered some in his party earlier this year when he formally recognized No Labels as a political party in the state. The complaint asks Fontes to suspend the nascent party until it discloses its donors.
No Labels says it is seeking ballot access in many states and will run a bipartisan “unity ticket” for president “if the two parties select unreasonably divisive presidential nominees.” The party has also secured ballot access in Alaska, Colorado and Oregon.
Democrats and anti-Trump Republicans worry a No Labels candidate couldn’t win but would tip the scales in favor of Trump or a Trump-like Republican. Arizona is a crucial battleground state, where Democrat Joe Biden beat Trump in 2020 by less than half of a percentage point. Biden won two other states by less than one percentage point.
The group plans to release an agenda for a potential 2024 presidential ticket next week in New Hampshire with Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, a Republican. The duo, who’ve both carved out centrist positions within their parties, is a potential White House ticket for the party.
No Labels officials say their own research suggests they pull support equally from the two major parties, and they won’t field a ticket unless they believe it has a viable path to victory.
“No Labels has followed every law, but the Arizona Democratic party continues its hypocritical crusade to suppress competition and voter choice,” No Labels National Co-Chair Benjamin Chavis Jr. said in a statement. “As an American, and a lifelong Democrat, I am outraged.”
A spokesperson for Fontes declined to comment.
Roy Herrera, a lawyer for the Arizona Democratic Party, argues in the complaint that No Labels should have registered with the secretary of state as a political action committee but did not during the nearly yearlong process of organizing a political party. He also argues the new party should be required to disclose the donors who paid for the signature gathering to secure ballot access, or at least the expenses incurred since being recognized as a party.
“Nobody should be exempt from the law, especially not an out of state dark money group,” Morgan Dick, executive director of the Arizona Democratic Party, said in a statement. “Arizonans deserve better and voters deserve to know who is behind this shadowy organization and what potentially nefarious agenda they are pushing.”
The Arizona Democratic Party has also filed a lawsuit seeking to block the recognition of No Labels, arguing there were deficiencies in the paperwork the group filed. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Katherine Cooper sounded skeptical of the Democratic arguments during a hearing on Tuesday but did not say which way she would rule.
David Rosenbaum, a lawyer for No Labels, argued in court that the party is not required to disclose its donors to the state unless it nominates candidates for state offices, which it has no plans to do. In a letter to the secretary of state’s office last month, he argued that No Labels is subject only to federal campaign finance regulations and has not done anything to trigger state reporting or registration requirements.
Herrera countered that No Labels can’t avoid state-level campaign finance reporting by declaring it will only run candidates for president and vice president.
“Even if it will have no state candidates, No Labels is not entitled to special treatment under the law,” he wrote in his complaint.
About 7,000 voters in the state’s two largest counties, which comprise 75% of all voters in the state, have registered with the No Labels Party since it was recognized in March. Statewide figures are compiled quarterly and were not yet available.
No Labels is one of four recognized political parties in Arizona, joining the Democratic, Republican and Libertarian parties. The state stopped recognizing the Green Party after the 2018 election, when it failed to get at least 5% of the vote in the election for governor and didn’t collect enough signatures to maintain its status. | https://fox59.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-arizona-democrats-file-complaint-against-no-labels-over-donor-secrecy/ | 2023-07-14 15:32:22 | 0 | https://fox59.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-arizona-democrats-file-complaint-against-no-labels-over-donor-secrecy/ |
BOSTON (AP) — BOSTON (AP) — Brightcove Inc. (BCOV) on Wednesday reported a loss of $11.7 million in its first quarter.
The Boston-based company said it had a loss of 28 cents per share. Losses, adjusted for stock option expense and amortization costs, came to 15 cents per share.
The internet video streaming service company posted revenue of $49.1 million in the period.
For the current quarter ending in June, Brightcove expects its results to range from a loss of 4 cents per share to a loss of 1 cent per share.
The company said it expects revenue in the range of $50 million to $51 million for the fiscal second quarter.
Brightcove expects full-year earnings in the range of 3 cents to 10 cents per share, with revenue ranging from $204 million to $209 million.
In the final minutes of trading on Wednesday, the company's shares hit $3.99. A year ago, they were trading at $7.04.
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Hong Kong (CNN) — David Bellis first visited Hong Kong as a tourist in 1989. He certainly didn’t expect to find himself living there more than three decades later.
“I was supposed to be going to Australia on a working holiday with a friend back home – (but he) fell in love so he didn’t want to go anymore,” says Bellis.
Rather than let his pal’s romantic life derail his plans, the 24-year-old Wales native decided to carry on with the trip, but with a quick stopover in Hong Kong.
He ended up staying in the city for eight months.
Bellis can’t pinpoint the exact moment he fell in love with Hong Kong, but says he enjoyed it so much that he decided to learn Cantonese while he was in Sydney.
“It’s so vibrant, with so much going on,” he tells CNN.
After his one-year working vacation in Australia, he returned home to Wales and worked to save up enough money to make his way back to Hong Kong in 1992 – and he’s called the city home ever since.
More than 60 years earlier, Barbara Anslow was experiencing her own introduction to Hong Kong. Her reaction was very different from that of Bellis.
At nine years old, in the summer of 1927, Anslow boarded a steamer to make the long journey from England to Hong Kong with her family. Her father, an electrical engineer for the Naval Dockyard, had been relocated to the city, which was under British rule at the time.
In honor of the occasion, she wrote a poem in her diary. Judging by this excerpt, it wasn’t love at first sight.
“If I stay much longer I shall be in tears.”
Thankfully, Anslow eventually came around.
Her family left Hong Kong in 1929 but returned in 1938 when Anslow was 19 years old.
“As a teenager, she enjoyed going to weekly whist drives (a social gathering centered around cards) with her older sister and mother, as well as bingo, tennis and launch picnics run by the Naval Dockyard,” Anslow’s daughter, Kerry Maddison, tells CNN Travel.
Anslow’s 20s would prove to be a tumultuous time. She witnessed the Japanese invasion and the Battle and Fall of Hong Kong in 1941. She spent more than three years in an internment camp in Stanley, now a tourist-friendly seaside area of Hong Kong.
The dedicated diarist documented her daily life in the camp.
“Mum would tell us how (life at the camp) was ‘a bit boring really’ and how she put on plays for the young children and wrote her stories on any paper she could get her hands on to pass the time,” shares Maureen Rossi, Anslow’s other daughter.
After the war, Anslow vowed to never return to Hong Kong again. It didn’t last. She moved back to the city to start a job as a stenographer and, in 1948, married a fellow Stanley internee. The couple had five children – all born in Hong Kong.
The family eventually moved back to the United Kingdom in 1959 – for good this time.
Anslow’s former home became a distant memory for her. But little did she know, her wartime diary would lead to an unlikely friendship with another Hong Kong resident – Bellis.
David Bellis returns to Hong Kong
When Bellis made a permanent move to Hong Kong in 1992, he was thrust into a sales job instead of working in programming – his true passion. But it was at that job that he met his wife, Grace, a local Hong Konger.
“She was a client before she became my co-worker,” says Bellis.
“When we started dating, I asked her which flowers she likes and she told me ‘turnip’ (she meant ‘tulip’). I bought her a turnip (loh baak) that she took home. Her mum had been a vegetable hawker for many years and approved that I knew how to pick a good loh baak, not knowing it was the last one for sale on the market stall.”
Bellis says he’s always loved wandering off the traditional tourist trail, giving him greater opportunities to meet locals and learn about the city’s history.
In 2002, he decided to start a blog with his friend Ross to document their lives in Hong Kong.
“But it turned out that Hong Kong’s history was a lot more interesting than my experiences,” says Bellis.
When he wrote about the fascinating historic sites he saw, readers would respond by sending him their own old photos to share on the blog. Eventually, he decided to shift gears and, in 2009, founded Gwulo, which means “old” in Cantonese.
Today, the website has a huge cult following made up of Hong Kong travelers and history buffs who share fun facts, stories and photos of the city. There are more than 50,000 pages of content and around 30,000 of photos – one of the biggest crowd-sourced digital photo archives of old Hong Kong.
“I thought it’d make me rich but that didn’t happen either,” Bellis laughs.
Donations have kept the site alive but it’s mainly fueled by his passion for the city. Bellis also sells prints and has written six books about the old Hong Kong photos and tales he gathered over the years.
The Wartime Diaries project
It was Gwulo that led Bellis to Anslow.
“I’d been following a Yahoo group forum for people who had been to the Stanley camp. Some of them were posting diaries. One of them was Barbara Anslow,” he says.
Bellis had an idea. He decided he would ask if he could use her entries in a daily newsletter for Gwulo’s readers, with each diary entry corresponding to the day’s date.
“I was a bit cautious about reaching out to Barbara because – why would I be bothering an elderly lady? Then she posted this lovely message one day about how valuable the group was,” Bellis recalls. “She said she’d do all her chores with the promise that when she finished, she could sit down, have a cup of tea and a biscuit, turn on the computer and see what new messages had come today.”
He says she agreed to his proposal right away, telling him “No problem. You go ahead with that.”
For years afterwards, he would “pester” Anslow daily.
“Every time I posted a new entry, I’d have questions. ‘You talked about this. Can you explain?’ Each time, she’d come back and say, ‘Oh yes, I remember that,’” says Bellis.
“She had a lovely and sharp memory, so we were able to fill out the gaps in the entries. She was a modest and generous lady. She was such a role model.”
He called the project “Wartime Diaries” and today counts it among one of his proudest Gwulo endeavors.
Bellis and Anslow remained pen pals for years.
“I subscribe to the Wartime Diaries myself, so I’d still come up with questions when I get the diary (entry) of the day. She would always answer. Sometimes she’d write to me and say, ‘Oh, I thought of something extra you might be interested to know,’” says Bellis.
He even visited Anslow a few times whenever he made trips to the UK.
“I remember David coming when she had moved in with us and he was so thrilled to speak to her and struck by her astounding memory and attention to detail,” says her daughter, Rossi.
“David was a very good friend of mum’s, he was so interested in her stories and all her memories it was like meeting a kindred spirit. Mum was so unassuming and thought people may be a bit bored with all the details but he was never bored and always full of questions, which she answered in full.”
Over the years, Bellis even hosted Q&A sessions with Anslow, in which she’d answer questions from Gwulo readers.
two“You would not guess she was almost 100 years old. She was so full of energy,” he says. “We’d had lunch one time and her daughter said, ‘David, there’s the next train for you at about two o’clock…’ I thought Barbara was probably getting tired and needed a nap. Then, she continued to say, ‘…cause mum has to be off for her card games.’”
Anslow’s diary isn’t the only one featured on Gwulo.
Those who sign up for the newsletter receive snippets of entries from multiple diaries from the same date during the war years – starting from the beginning of the war in 1941 to the end – three years and eight months later.
It offers a glimpse of what daily live was like for different people at the camp – from exchanging exciting news about a runaway tiger, to the sounds of bombing or the day’s meager food supplies.
Connecting people on Gwulo
Bellis visited Anslow for the last time in 2019, with his whole family.
“She died later that year at the age of 100, still with a perfect recall of her life until the very end,” says daughter Maddison.
“All through our childhood she would recount endless stories of her time in Hong Kong, particularly in Stanley camp during the war. As children we were not very interested, but as adults we were fascinated by her diaries.
“We are all so proud of our mother. She had a great sense of humor, and was always completely straight forward and honest. Because of her experiences in the war, nothing ever fazed her.”
Anslow didn’t slow down in her later years.
In 2015, she was asked to read a poem at a commemoration ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII in Asia. She was also invited to visit various places, including Buckingham Palace, to share her stories.
In 2018, Anslow’s diaries were published in a book, “Tin Hats and Rice: A Diary of Life as a Hong Kong Prisoner of War,” by Hong Kong publisher Blacksmith Books. The followup to “The Young Colonials,” which she published in 1997 about her life in Hong Kong, it also includes remarks and notes from Bellis and Anslow’s exchanges.
“I always remember she said in her diary she’d like to be a teacher or an author,” says Bellis. “Then, the war years came along and got in the way of all that. But in her 90s, you know, she was still teaching us about old Hong Kong and she had (another) book published. So, there you go – never too late.”
Bellis’ Gwulo posts have helped others reconnect with friends and loved ones, too. These include old class photos, or random family travel photos that he found on eBay.
He calls it a “happy side-effect” of his work.
“I have no great plans for my website – but that’s what I love about it,” says Bellis.
“You may post a photo of your younger sister but someone else would be looking at the model of the tram in the background. Everyone may look at the same information but will get different stories out of it.”
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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE) – Honesty is the best policy. A South Valley elementary student followed that simple approach when he made a valuable discovery.
“My parents showed me how to be nice and not to grab things that aren’t mine,” said Diego Yanez Sandoval, Garden Elementary School Student.
A simple rule Diego follows each day at school in Tulare. But when this school year began for the third grader at Garden Elementary School, he discovered something very valuable to someone he had never met
“It was the third day of class, and we were walking to PE and then I found a bracelet on the sidewalk. And I just picked up and gave it to my teacher,” Yanez Sandoval recalled.
His teacher turned it into the school’s office, and they thought nothing of it. But to district employee Michelle Hulsey, that diamond bracelet was everything.
She lost it a few days earlier when walking around campus. Hulsey works as a District Coordinator for Tulare City School District visiting several schools a week
She retraced her steps, made phone calls, and sent e-mails asking if anyone found it.
“When you raise your kids you hope that they do the right thing. You teach it, you model it. But you never know what once they go to school what happens. And so, she was just excited that he continued that,” said Hulsey.
The secretary at Garden Elementary School told her a student found it. Hulsey soon asked to meet and thank Diego and his mother.
She explained to them that the bracelet was a wedding anniversary gift from her husband. Hulsey met him at Garden Elementary School where one of the gopher’s mottos is to do the right thing.
Diego’s teacher uses him as an example of just that.
“Making those choices when nobody is around. And Diego didn’t do that, Diego didn’t pick up that bracelet because he thought he was going to get something out of it. He did it because it was the right thing to do,” said Brian Borowicz, Garden Elementary School Teacher. | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/your-character-matters/student-follows-simple-approach-to-make-valuable-discovery/ | 2023-01-18 03:34:12 | 1 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/your-character-matters/student-follows-simple-approach-to-make-valuable-discovery/ |
Chimney Rock Trail offers Red cliffs, wildlife and panoramic views of Oregon's high desert
When a western Oregonian travels to the dry side of the Cascade Range, it has a similar effect to a time portal, or a starship, or maybe something in between. It’s a three-hour trip to a whole new world in a galaxy far, far away. It’s a journey that replaces our moss, thick foliage and fir forests with lichen-covered basalt cliffs, sagebrush and ponderosa pine.
If you’ve gone to the east side, you know exactly what I mean. And it’s something some Willamette Valley residents crave. With snow less of an issue on the mountain passes, and summer on its ways in Central Oregon, now is an ideal time to make the trip.
The 2.6-mile out-and-back Chimney Rock Trail, 18 miles south of Prineville, is the perfect way to experience the unique beauty of spring in Central Oregon.
Located in the Crooked River area along Highway 27, this trail offers a gradual climb through forested canyons and cliffs up to a cylinder-shaped vista. Its namesake summit towers over the stunning Crooked River canyon with panoramic views of the Cascades that make it the ideal sunset hike for long, warm May days.
A map of the trail, as well as additional information on the area, can be found at on.doi.gov/3AWRqKs.
The trail is open year-round but is best enjoyed in the spring and fall when moisture tampers the dusty desert ground and air. The trail is located along the lower Crooked River just below the Bowman Dam. This prized section of public land offers several campgrounds, including the Chimney Rock Campground. Other common attractions in the area include fly fishing, kayaking and birding.
Rattlesnakes and desert views
You begin the hike by parking at a day use area, which is across Highway 27 from the Chimney Rock Campground. The trail, which is the only one available from the parking area, can be found directly left of the map and information plaques.
The trail is gradually sloped and easily visible throughout. It is rocky and dusty with plenty of loose gravel and stones, so wear comfortable hiking boots with decent ankle support.
This moderately challenging route features a 623-foot elevation gain before plateauing near the namesake monument. In the first 0.75 miles, you’ll hike through a forested canyon surrounded by juniper and ponderosa pine trees. If you look carefully through the sagebrush understory, you’ll spot lizards, snakes and animal tracks.
Searching for a slightly enhanced view of the canyon, my hiking partner and I edged our way through a slim gap in the sagebrush where some mule deer had clearly traversed before. About 10 feet off the trail, I heard two noises: several high-volume expletives from my friend, and a sound no hiker wants to hear loud and clear.
Rattle, rattle, rattle
My friend saw the rattlesnake. I did not. The snake let us know it was there and got out of sight. But here's the point: it's the desert. There are going to be snakes. As long as you keep that in mind while on the trail, and listen for their very fair and often loud warnings, there's nothing you need to worry about.
After turning the switchback at around the 0.8-mile mark, you’ll find yourself walking along a cliff’s edge for the remainder of the ascent to the Chimney Rock lookout. This section offers stellar views of the canyon, river and Cascade Range but minimal tree cover, so be sure to wear sunscreen.
The final half mile of the hike features a gentle incline with numerous stopping points. Be sure to bring your binoculars, as this section is perfect for birding and wildlife viewing. The last stretch of the trail plateaus along the cliff before winding down 60 feet to the base of the Chimney Rock. The basalt rock structure is highly vertical and brittle, so no access to its pinnacle is available and climbing is discouraged.
The base of the Chimney Rock marks the end of the trail, where you can enjoy a break, a drink of water and take in the stark desert scenery before heading back down the way you came. The way down will be mellow, but tread with caution as loose rocks can be especially problematic when traveling downhill.
If you’re seeking a hands-on tour of the geology, wildlife and breathtaking scenery of Oregon's high desert, check out the Chimney Rock Trail along the Crooked River scenic corridor. You won’t regret it.
Chimney Rock Trail
In a nutshell: A prominent desert viewpoint accessible by day hike.
Trip: 2.6 miles out-and-back.
Location: 18 miles south of Prineville on Highway 27.
Trailhead: Chimney Rock Trailhead, Highway 27.
Weather: Chimney Rock is in the desert and can be intensely hot and dry, so bring ample water, dress comfortably and wear sunscreen on sunny days. Start early to avoid peak heat if hiking in the late spring and summer.
When to go: This trail is moderately trafficked, but if you want the place to yourself, go on a weekday.
Fee: No fee.
Map: on.doi.gov/3AWRqKs
Directions: Follow Highway 126 from Sisters for 37 miles. Turn right on Second Street in Prineville and in a half mile, take a right on Highway 27. Follow the road for 18 miles south before reaching the destination on your left.
Charles Gearing is an outdoors journalism intern for the Statesman Journal. He can be reached at cgearing@gannett.com. | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/travel/outdoors/2023/05/05/central-oregon-best-desert-hikes-chimney-rock-trail-hiking-camping/70172769007/ | 2023-05-06 00:06:35 | 1 | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/travel/outdoors/2023/05/05/central-oregon-best-desert-hikes-chimney-rock-trail-hiking-camping/70172769007/ |
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Jan. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ZielBio, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company discovering new treatments for cancer through its innovative drug discovery platform, has appointed Alan S. Bash as the company's new Chief Executive Officer and member of the company's Board of Directors.
The appointment of Mr. Bash comes as ZielBio reaches the completion of enrollment in the Phase 1, dose escalation, open-label study of lead asset ZB131 (proposed international nonproprietary name Ibentatug), a cancer specific plectin (CSP)-targeting functional antibody, in tumors likely to express CSP. The company plans to open Phase 2 expansion cohorts with ZB131 as monotherapy and in combination with a standard of care therapeutic in the first quarter of 2023.
"I am excited to work with Alan, continuing ZielBio's mission to bring innovative therapeutics to patients," said Dr. Kimberly Kelly, who will continue to serve ZielBio as President, Chief Operating Officer and member of the Board of Directors. "I am encouraged by the preliminary safety data from our clinical trial. With an expanding clinical program in several cancers with high unmet need on the horizon, Alan arrives at a pivotal time for our company."
Dieter Weinand, Chairman of the Board of ZielBio said, "We are very pleased to welcome Alan to lead ZielBio through its next phase of growth. Alan's demonstrated ability to develop and commercialize innovative treatments for cancer patients, combined with his experience in both large pharmaceutical and smaller biotechnology settings, will provide the strategic and operational expertise needed to help ZielBio reach its full potential."
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Mr. Bash most recently served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Checkmate Pharmaceuticals, a publicly traded clinical-stage oncology biotechnology company that was acquired by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals in May 2022. He joined Checkmate after a 22-year career at Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS), where he served as Senior Vice President, Commercial Model Innovation, and prior to that, Senior Vice President for Immunology and Fibrosis, partnering with Research & Development to advance early and late-stage assets in the integrated BMS and Celgene portfolios. During his years leading teams in oncology at BMS, he led the U.S. launch of the PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor, Opdivo®, and the first FDA-approved checkpoint combination. He also served as Worldwide Vice President for BMS's lung cancer franchise and led the product team for a targeted antibody for head and neck cancer and colorectal cancer. He earned his BA from Georgetown University and his MBA from Columbia Business School.
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Viewers in the U.S., Canada who post #JustHeardAnytime on Twitter or Instagram any time "anytime" is mentioned on air during the broadcast will qualify for grand prize trip or year-long Anytime Fitness memberships
WOODBURY, Minn., Feb. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Anytime Fitness®, the world's largest fitness club brand and fastest-growing fitness franchise, is giving Big Game viewers in the U.S. and Canada the chance to win a trip valued up to $20,000 to anywhere in the world there's an Anytime Fitness or one of 50 free year-long Anytime Fitness memberships. With over 5,100 locations across all seven continents, the grand prize winner will be able to travel just about anywhere, even including Antarctica!
During the Big Game broadcast on February 12, viewers are invited to post #JustHeardAnytime on Twitter or Instagram whenever the word "anytime" is said on-air during the broadcast - this can be a mention of "anytime" from the Big Game broadcasters, lyrics in a halftime show song or even during a commercial. Viewers who post #JustHeardAnytime following mention of the word "anytime" will be entered into a sweepstakes and become eligible to win the grand prize trip to anywhere in the world where there is an Anytime Fitness location. Those who don't win the trip still have a chance to win one of 50 free year-long Anytime Fitness memberships. The sweepstakes will begin February 12 at 6:00 p.m. ET and winners will be notified via social media direct message and will be required to complete an online winner verification.
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CHICAGO, July 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Opportunity International announced today that Greg Nelson has joined the organization as the organization's next Chief Technology Officer.
"Greg's addition to our ranks at Opportunity marks an important next step in our strategy to end extreme poverty," said Atul Tandon, Opportunity's CEO. "The vast majority of people living on less than $2.15 a day have subsistence level livelihoods with little to no access to resources, skills and even the time to help build sustainable incomes. Greg's expertise and leadership will build technology solutions that can break down these barriers and provide our clients with what they need to build incomes and beat back poverty."
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Since 2021, Greg has served on Opportunity's board of directors as an active member of the Stewardship & Impact Committee, where is has led insight trips to Sub-Saharan Africa and helped develop the institution's first impact report.
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Opportunity International is a global non-profit that has been empowering people to work their way out of poverty for 52 years. Opportunity provides 18.7 million people with innovative financial resources, training, and support to grow their small businesses and send their children to school. Opportunity International released more than $2.6 billion in capital across 30 countries in 2022.
The organization's Digital Financial Services program focuses on human-centered design processes to best serve individuals experiencing extreme poverty. In 2022, the DFS program supported over 3.2 million digital transactions to our clients.
Discover more at opportunity.org or join the conversation on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Twitter.
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NYC Broadway Week is back, making its return Tuesday for the first time since 2019 with a splash of 2-for-1 deals to some of the Great White Way's biggest shows.
The popular biannual program, now in its 11th year, runs from Sept. 6 through Sept. 25 and 21 Broadway shows are participating. Blackout dates may apply. Some shows are newcomers. Learn more and see tickets available for purchase now right here.
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Even with inflation and most retailers now closed on Thanksgiving itself, the upcoming holiday weekend is expected to garner more shoppers than before the pandemic.
According to the National Retail Federation, 166.3 million consumers are expected to shop this weekend, breaking 2019’s record of 165.3 million shoppers.
Black Friday remains the overwhelming top day for shopping, drawing 114.9 million consumers. Thanksgiving itself is expected only to have 32.9 million.
In 2019, when many retailers opened on Thanksgiving in the evening for shoppers, Thanksgiving garnered 39.6 million customers that year.
Cyber Monday is also not expected to be the draw it once was. In 2019, Cyber Monday drew 68.7 million customers. This year, it’s expected to garner 63.9 million.
There are also signs more Americans are starting their holiday shopping early. The National Retail Federation reports that 60% of U.S. consumers began their holiday shopping by the first week of November this year. That number has gradually increased, from 56% in 2019 and 48% in 2009.
“While there is much speculation about inflation’s impact on consumer behavior, our data tells us that this Thanksgiving holiday weekend will see robust store traffic with a record number of shoppers taking advantage of value pricing,” NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay said. “We are optimistic that retail sales will remain strong in the weeks ahead, and retailers are ready to meet consumers however they want to shop with great products at prices they want to pay.”
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NEW YORK CITY -- A new Disney animated movie features an all-star cast lending their voices to characters who go on an incredible journey. "Strange World" lives up to its title and the family film arrives just in time for the long Thanksgiving weekend.
With a movie that seems so perfect for kids, Eyewitness News Entertainment Reporter Sandy Kenyon enlisted the help of 9-year-old movie buff Floyd Horan who said the animated adventure was cool: "fun, exciting, exotic, and amazing."
Entering a "Strange World," audiences share a sense of wonder with a farmer, his wife and son who have traveled from their homeland to try and repair the source of its power.
Their journey takes them down a sinkhole where Searcher meets his father, a famous explorer who went missing years before.
Dennis Quaid lends his voice to Jaeger Clade, while Jake Gyllenhaal gives life to the son of the patriarch. Gabrielle Union plays Searcher's wife.
Their characters are the parents of a gay son Ethan, voiced by Jaboukie Young-White.
"It's three generations learning to be OK with everyone charting their own course," Young-White said. "I love that."
Ethan's sense of amazement is shared by Horan who watched the movie too.
"My pupils like expanded a lot," Horan said. He was wide-eyed with wonder at the sights and sounds.
It's "never boring," says the third grader, who's urging all his friends to see "Strange World."
"I've watched a lot of movies in my life and that was one of the best," Horan said.
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KITZBÜHEL, Austria (AP) — Third-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut cruised past wild card Filip Misolic 6-2, 6-2 in the final of the Generali Open on Saturday to claim his 11th ATP title.
Bautista Agut lifted his second trophy this year after Doha in his 21st career final. It was only his second on clay after Stuttgart in 2014.
“It was a very long time since I won a title on clay,” the Spaniard said. “It’s very special for me, because I’ve done a lot of good work on this surface.”
Bautista Agut was dominant, breaking Misolic twice in each set.
“I enjoyed the final, I managed the pressure very well,” Bautista Agut said. “I knew I was a little bit the favorite today, but he had so many good wins this tournament. I played a very good match.”
Earlier Saturday, Misolic had to complete his semifinal against Germany’s Yannick Hanfmann that was suspended a day earlier due to rain. Misolic led Hanfmann 1-0 in their third-set tiebreaker.
The 20-year-old Austrian prevailed to advance to the final in his first ATP tournament.
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Georgia defensive tackle Jalen Carter returned to the NFL scouting combine on Thursday after turning himself in to Athens police Wednesday night and posting a combined bond of $4,000 on charges of reckless driving and racing in relation to a fatal crash that killed a teammate and team staffer.
Carter, originally projected as one of the top players in next month’s NFL draft, could lose millions of dollars if he drops from the top of the first round because of his alleged connection to the Jan. 15 crash that killed teammate Devin Willock and a recruiting staffer, 24-year-old Chandler LeCroy.
Police allege in an arrest warrant that Carter was racing his 2021 Jeep Trackhawk against the 2021 Ford Expedition driven by LeCroy at the time of the crash. Willock was a passenger in the SUV LeCroy was driving.
Carter turned himself in at 11:33 p.m. and was released at 11:49 p.m., according to Athens-Clarke County jail records. He posted bond of $2,500 on the racing charge and $1,500 on the reckless driving charge.
Carter issued a statement on Twitter after the warrant was made public Wednesday, saying he expects to be “fully exonerated.”
He said he intends “to make certain that the complete and accurate truth is presented. There is no question in my mind that when all of the facts are known that I will be fully exonerated of any criminal wrongdoing.”
The combine in Indianapolis has been abuzz with talk of Carter’s charges.
“All I can do is pray for him,” Georgia defensive back Christopher Smith said.
And NFL teams will be seeking more information.
“We’ll track that, obviously,” said Washington Commanders general manager Martin Mayhew on Wednesday.
“We have a company we work with on background investigations. We’ll work with that company. We have very thorough analysis of these guys’ background, especially criminal activity or criminal behavior or things like that. I don’t know what happened with him. I’m not saying he did anything wrong. But we’ll know what happened with him. We’ll find out.”
Carter has been projected to be drafted as high as No. 1. In 2022, Georgia defensive end Travon Walker earned a $41.65 million contract from Jacksonville as the No. 1 overall pick. The No. 10 pick, Ohio State wide receiver Garrett Wilson, earned a $22.6 million deal with the New York Jets. The No. 20 pick, Pittsburgh quarterback Kenny Pickett, landed a $15.3 million contract from the Steelers.
“I think the character is really important but I think you have to go into it with the understanding these are typically teenage kids,” Mayhew said. “If they made a mistake as a teenager and we condemn every single guy that did that, that’s on us. You’ve got to weigh everything and evaluate everything in the whole person and that’s the way I look at it.
“I don’t know all the details of it. It certainly is a challenge for him and something that needs to be explained, thoroughly explained and something that needs to be investigated in terms of is this the first time it has happened.”
As much as the situation could impact Carter’s professional future, the loss of life in the crash overshadows it all, Baltimore Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta said.
“First of all, that was a horrible tragedy,” DeCosta said. “Let me say that. Secondly, I don’t know a whole lot about the situation. … I wouldn’t want to comment on the specifics about how that would affect somebody’s draft status, because there’s a lot more information and I’m not privy to that. I might be by the time the draft rolls around. It was a horrible thing that happened down there and I feel horrible for the families, the parents involved. I have children and it’s a horrible thing. That’s what I’d say about that.”
The crash occurred just hours after the Bulldogs celebrated their second straight national championship with a parade and ceremony.
According to the arrest warrant, LeCroy and Carter were operating their vehicles “in a manner consistent with racing” after leaving downtown Athens at about 2:30 a.m.
The warrant says evidence shows the vehicles switched lanes, drove in the center turn lane, drove in opposite lanes, overtook other motorists and drove at high rates of speed “in an apparent attempt to outdistance each other.”
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Republicans have set Feb. 24 as the date of their 2024 presidential primary, a move that, if approved, the party says will give GOP White House hopefuls more time to campaign in the first-in-the-South state.
The state GOP executive committee voted unanimously to approve the measure on Saturday, party executive director Hope Walker told The Associated Press. The selection still needs approval from the Republican National Committee to be official, and Walker said that a formal submission will be sent ahead of an October deadline.
The move comes as both major parties make moves to solidify their voting calendars ahead of the 2024 nominating process.
The RNC voted last year to maintain its voting order, with Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada going ahead of other states. By setting South Carolina’s vote on Feb. 24, Walker told AP that candidates would have more time after Nevada votes on Feb. 6 to focus their attention on the state, where support is pivotal for Republicans competing for their party's nomination.
“This is a great opportunity for South Carolina Republicans and for our candidates and the voters in South Carolina to get to interact one on one, not just in large masses," Walker said.
Democrats continue to struggle with President Joe Biden’s plan to overhaul his party’s 2024 presidential primary schedule. On Friday, a Democratic National Committee rules panel gave New Hampshire until Sept. 1 to comply with new rules that leaders there fiercely oppose. But the committee opted not to immediately offer such an extension to another battleground state, Georgia, which hasn’t set its date for next year’s primary.
At issue is Biden’s plan to strip Iowa’s caucus of its traditional post leading off primary voting and replace it with South Carolina, which would vote on Feb. 3, 2024. New Hampshire has long held the nation’s first primary after Iowa’s caucus. But under the new calendar, it would vote next, together with Nevada, on Feb. 6 — a change New Hampshire officials have decried.
Republican candidates must file with the South Carolina GOP by Oct. 31 under the approved measure. The Republican party’s first debate is scheduled for Aug. 23.
The executive committee also set candidate filing fees for the presidential primary at $50,000, a figure Walker said tracks with inflation increases since 2016, when the party charged candidates $40,000. State law requires parties to pay $20,000 per candidate to the South Carolina Election Commission, which runs the state's primaries.
In 2015, then-South Carolina GOP Chairman Matt Moore released a study showing that the 2012 primary had boosted South Carolina's economy by nearly $20 million. Of that, campaigns and super PACs had spent more than $11 million in ads alone, on top of overall expenditures for staffing, supplies, hotel rooms and food.
“South Carolina voters are an important part of this process, and it will also help not just with the process but with the economic boom it’ll bring to our state," Walker said.
During Saturday's meeting, South Carolina GOP members also approved the selection of former President Donald Trump as the speaker at the Aug. 5 Silver Elephant Gala, the party’s signature fundraiser.
Drew McKissick, South Carolina's GOP chairman, was recently reelected to a fourth term in office. He also currently serves as national co-chairman of the RNC.
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AJ Foyt Racing's stars-and-stripes-clad "500" car races to third-place finish in fundraising collaboration
BELOIT, Wis., June 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ABC Supply Co., Inc. announced that over $3 million has been donated to Homes For Our Troops (HFOT) as part of a fundraiser held by the company in conjunction with the 107th Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge.
Among millions of viewers tuning in for Sunday's race, several HFOT Veterans were invited to experience the whirlwind weekend. The Veterans got a garage tour of the No. 14 AJ Foyt Racing Chevrolet driven by Santino Ferrucci, walked the fabled Yard of Bricks and got a front-row seat to the patriotic, stars-and-stripes-clad HFOT Indy car racing to a thrilling third-place finish.
"This past weekend's events at the Indy 500 were an incredible experience for our Veterans, including one-on-one interactions with the AJ Foyt Racing team as well as celebrating driver Santino Ferrucci's third-place finish. We are so grateful to ABC Supply for not only hosting HFOT at the event but for raising national awareness of our mission of 'Building Homes and Rebuilding Lives' through both the car's patriotic design and by matching donations throughout the month of May. Our Veterans had the experience of a lifetime, and the exposure we gained ensures we can build and donate specially adapted custom homes to many more of our nation's most severely injured post-9/11 Veterans," says HFOT President/CEO Brigadier General, USA (Ret) Tom Landwermeyer.
ABC Supply has been a passionate supporter of HFOT since 2020 and donated the design of the Indy car to create more awareness for the organization, which builds and donates specially adapted custom homes across the United States for severely injured post-9/11 Veterans, enabling them to rebuild their lives. HFOT has built 355 specially adapted homes since its inception in 2004.
"We were excited to host this monthlong donation match campaign, and now, we're simply humbled by the overwhelming support that has poured in for HFOT," says Mike Jost, chief operating officer at ABC Supply. "Our relationship with HFOT means a great deal to us, and we're so thankful to the team at AJ Foyt Racing for helping us bring light to the incredible work the organization does for our nation's Veterans."
"The entire AJ Foyt Racing team has been honored to represent such a wonderful organization," said Team President Larry Foyt. "From meeting some courageous heroes who attended the race to carrying the beautiful red, white and blue livery on Memorial Day weekend, this program has been special to our team and fans alike. We're thrilled that we could have a fantastic finish and hopefully raise a great deal of awareness about Homes For Our Troops."
Those who missed the donation matching window but would still like to support HFOT are encouraged to do so. Donations can be made by visiting https://www.hfotusa.org/.
About ABC Supply
ABC Supply Co., Inc. is the largest wholesale distributor of roofing and other select exterior and interior building products in North America. Since its founding in 1982, ABC Supply's sole focus has been serving professional contractors and "making it easy" for them to do their jobs by offering the products, support and services they need — including myABCsupply, which allows them to place material orders and manage their account details from anywhere.
ABC Supply is a 17-time Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award winner and a two-time recipient of Glassdoor's Employees' Choice Award for Best Places to Work and is committed to hiring military veterans.
Headquartered in Beloit, Wisconsin, ABC Supply has over 900 locations across the U.S. and Canada. More information is available at www.abcsupply.com. Contractors can find resources for growing and improving their businesses on ABC Supply's blog and the company's LinkedIn page.
About AJ Foyt Racing
AJ Foyt Racing, headquartered northwest of Houston, has been competing at the top levels of motorsports since December 1965, nearly 60 years. With A. J. Foyt driving, his team won two Indianapolis 500s and three national INDYCAR championships. Since Foyt's retirement from driving in 1993, the team has continued to win, claiming two more national titles and the 1999 Indianapolis 500 with driver Kenny Brack.
About Homes For Our Troops (HFOT)
Homes For Our Troops (HFOT) is a publicly funded 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization that builds and donates specially adapted custom homes nationwide to severely injured post-9/11 Veterans, to enable them to rebuild their lives. Most of these Veterans have sustained life-altering injuries including multiple limb amputations, partial or full paralysis, and/or severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). These homes restore some of the freedom and independence our Veterans sacrificed while defending our country, and enable them to focus on their family, recovery, and rebuilding their lives. HFOT builds these homes where the Veteran chooses to live, and continues its relationship with the Veterans after home delivery to assist them with rebuilding their lives. Since its inception in 2004, nearly 90 cents of every dollar spent has gone directly to our program services supporting Veterans. For more information, visit www.hfotusa.org.
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HANGZHOU, China, July 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The China National Silk Museum held the Award Ceremony for the 2nd Silk Road Online Curating Competition on the evening of July 12, 2023. Launched in May this year, the competition is co-organized by Shanghai University with support from Manycore Tech Inc. Contrasting with the inaugural competition in 2022, this year has a Maritime Silk Road theme and museums with related collections including Guangzhou Maritime Museum, Quanzhou Maritime Museum, Zhangzhou Museum, China Port Museum in Ningbo, and Wenzhou Museum were all invited to contribute resources from their online collections.
The competition attracted participants from over 51 universities including Tsinghua University, Renmin University of China, Nanjing University, University of Bologna, University College London, among many others, as well as nine museums and numerous designers. Participants were divided into two groups, namely, Museum Group and Design Group, who produced 98 online exhibitions.
Among the 98 exhibitions, it was noteworthy that more diverse themes related to the Maritime Silk Road were chosen by contestants this year, including themes such as the protection and conservation of Maritime Silk Road artifacts, music culture communication, maritime city cultures, porcelain, trade and economic exchange, maritime animals, and maritime cuisine. One example was an exhibition telling the story of Xu Fu, a Chinese alchemist and explorer who was sent on two occasions by the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty between 300-200 BC to voyage the eastern seas in search for the elixir of life.
The competitions are powered by the Silk Road Online Museum (SROM) platform, a platform with main concepts focusing on digital collaboration and 3D online curating. Since its launch in 2021 until June 2023, the SROM platform received a total of 70,000 registered users and 30,000 participants, while presenting 281 digital exhibitions and attracting 670,000 visitors. Moreover, the number of digital artifacts on the platform has increased from 2,000 pieces to 5,800 pieces, hailing from over 55 museums worldwide.
During the Award Ceremony, competition winners also enjoyed performances and lectures themed on the keywords of 2023 Silk Road Week, Dunhuang and Hungary. Traditional Chinese folk music performances and modern dancing were also presented. The night on SROM has already established itself as a must-attend annual feast for museum curating students and lovers globally.
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Students from eight schools participate in a simulated agency experience, providing insight into a potential insurance career
BRANCHVILLE, N.J., Feb. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- February is Insurance Careers Month. To help kick off this annual celebration, Selective Insurance launched its fourth annual College Competition, a program to support and foster the talent and skill of insurance-minded college students.
With 77% of prior participants entering the insurance industry in various professional capacities over the last three years, the competition has demonstrated success in promoting careers in insurance and nurturing the industry's talent pipeline. This year eight teams from across the country will compete by operating simulated insurance agencies, requiring the students to leverage their education and experiences while leaning on independent insurance agent mentors (Agency Mentors) to guide them and provide insights into the insurance business.
"The future of the insurance industry lies in the hands of students who bring a new enthusiasm to the work, and I'm always struck by the passion, curiosity, and appetite for learning that these young professionals bring to the competition each year," said Robert Redden, Vice President, Distribution Strategy and Insurance Learning Services, Selective Insurance. "At Selective, we're delighted to offer students mentorship and real-world, hands-on insight into the limitless potential of a career in insurance."
Teams of students from the following schools will participate in this year's competition: Appalachian State University, Gallaudet University, Illinois State University, Indiana State University, Le Moyne College, Middle Tennessee State University, Temple University, and the University of North Carolina – Charlotte. The teams will work with Agency Mentors from Barnes-Bollinger Agency, ECM Solutions, Gibson, Granite Insurance, Hardenbergh Insurance Group, The Horton Group, NBT Insurance Agency, and Palmer & Wallace.
"This competition allows participants to see the wide variety of career opportunities in insurance and how the industry works from the inside," said Carrie Martinelli, Vice President, Talent, Selective Insurance. "By working alongside agents with deep expertise in the insurance space, students can better understand insurance career options and use that understanding to plan their unique paths."
About Selective's College Competition
Selective's College Competition assembles teams of students that compete and obtain valuable insurance career-building experience and networking opportunities mentored by industry experts from Selective and independent insurance agencies. The competition takes place in February, during Insurance Careers Month, which celebrates and highlights the fulfilling and diverse careers available in insurance. During the competition, each team operates a simulated insurance agency. The students leverage their education and experiences to make informed business decisions about building market share, developing products and services, growing profit, promoting their firm, and contending with competitors.
About Selective Insurance
Selective Insurance Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SIGI) is a holding company for 10 property and casualty insurance companies rated "A+" (Superior) by AM Best. Through independent agents, the insurance companies offer standard and specialty insurance for commercial and personal risks and flood insurance through the National Flood Insurance Program's Write Your Own Program. Selective has been honored and awarded for its unique position as a leading insurance group and employer of choice, including listing in the Fortune 1000 and three consecutive years as a certified Great Place to Work®. For more information about Selective, visit www.Selective.com.
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Biden as oldest US president at age 80: Nation deserves a 'full neurological assessment' of him
President's health status at age 80 raises questions, comments from medical professionals
President Joe Biden turned 80 on Nov. 20, 2022 — and debate is ongoing, from a health perspective, about his advanced age and the capacity of individuals of that age to serve in the highest office in the land.
Biden has surpassed former President Reagan as the oldest president to serve in the White House — and the milestone has people wondering: Is there an age that is too old for someone to be president?
"I think it’s a legitimate thing to be concerned about anyone’s age, including mine," Biden himself told MSNBC in October.
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He added, "But I think the best way to make the judgment is to watch me."
When the Founding Fathers, who were mostly in their early 40s, were deciding the age of the president in 1787, they were more concerned with someone appearing "too youthful" than too old, according to History.com.
Article II of the U.S. Constitution specifies a minimum age — 35 — for someone to be president of the United States without setting a maximum age limit, the website added.
"I'm concerned about age-related dementia, which the job can accelerate given the pressure of the office," Gary J. Schmitt, resident scholar in strategic studies at the American Enterprise Institute, told History.
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"But I'm also concerned about the higher percentage of the chance of death while in office, meaning [the American people] will be voting for one candidate but getting someone else who we have not vetted as seriously."
Past medical history
President Biden has a past medical history significant for non-valvular atrial fibrillation, gastroesophageal reflux, seasonal allergies and mild sensory peripheral neuropathy of his feet, according to his November 2021 health summary.
Wat is atrial fibrillation, exactly? The heart is composed of two upper chambers, called the atria, that pumps blood into its two lower chambers, known as ventricles, per the American Heart Association.
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It normally contracts and relaxes to a regular beat. But in atrial fibrillation — or aFib — the atria beat irregularly so that blood does not flow into the ventricles efficiently, the association added.
This can lead to blood clots.
Some patients are placed on blood thinners to prevent this complication, including Biden, who is on the blood thinner called Eliquis as of November 2021.
"If a clot breaks off, enters the bloodstream and lodges in an artery leading to the brain, a stroke results," the cardiology association noted on its website.
Depending on their risk factors, including advanced age, some patients are placed on blood thinners to prevent this complication — including Biden, who is on the blood thinner called Eliquis as of November 2021.
‘Stiffened gait,’ throat clearing
The medical report also noted a stiffened gait that was largely attributed to arthritis changes in his spine, although it was noted "to be perceptibly stiffer and less fluid than it has been in the past."
The report attributed his persistent coughing and throat-clearing to his acid reflux.
A comprehensive neurologic exam did not reveal any neurological disorder, the report noted, but it did confirm mild peripheral neuropathy in his feet.
The doctor attributed his subtle gait changes in part to "limp and compensation" changes after he suffered a fracture in his right midfoot the year before.
"President Biden remains a healthy, vigorous, 78-year-old male, who is fit to successfully execute the duties of the presidency, to include those as chief executive, head of state and commander in chief," wrote Dr. Kevin C. O’Connor, physician to the president.
Oldest presidents in office
Former President Ronald Reagan, the nation’s 40th president, was almost 78 years old at the end of his second term in January 1989, according to the History.com website.
While in office, he survived an assassination attempt as well as surgery to remove a cancerous polyp in the colon — proving resilience is a quality not reserved for only the youth, History added.
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Reagan famously deflected attention from his age with humor during the 1984 debate with Democratic opponent Walter Mondale, joking, "I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent’s youth and inexperience."
Biden’s predecessor, former President Donald J. Trump, was 74 years and 200 days old when he left office, according to History.
In an exclusive interview with Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel in July 2020, Trump said he could successfully recall a sequence of five words on a cognitive screening test.
James Buchanan left office after only one term, at 69 years and 315 days old.
Dwight Eisenhower was 70 years and 98 days old when he left office in January 1961.
He survived a massive heart attack scare the year before he won reelection, per History's website.
But James Buchanan, our nation’s 15th president, had his health deteriorate while in office because of the stress of the job. He left office after only one term, at 69 years and 315 days old, the same source noted.
Is history on Biden's side?
A 2011 study on aging of U.S. presidents found that the men in the White House tended to live longer once inaugurated compared to men of the same age — "even if they hypothetically aged at twice the normal rate while in office."
"All living presidents have either already exceeded the estimated life span of all U.S. men at their age of inauguration or are likely to do so," the study noted in 2011.
Not all experts, however, agree that the medical report in November 2021 was adequate to assess Biden’s functional and mental status.
‘Most troubling’ of all
"Most troubling was the report his gait had stiffened significantly over the prior year," Dr. Siegel, professor of medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center, recently wrote in the New York Post.
Biden's health report did not mention an MRI of the brain or a cognitive test, Siegel added.
A "stiffening gait can be associated with multiple conditions (including white matter damage or normal pressure hydrocephalus) that cause cognitive decline."
Siegel reminded readers that Biden had two brain aneurysms surgically clipped in 1988 and had a bleed in the head.
Both conditions can lead to long-term risks of cognitive decline in certain patients, according to the medical literature, Siegel added.
The "ongoing assessment should include a full neurological evaluation."
As another presidential annual physical is due, he advocates for Biden to have a comprehensive cognitive neuropsychiatric test — as Trump did with the Montreal Cognitive Assessment while in office — and to release it publicly, as his predecessor did.
"Of course, there’s substantial precedent for ill presidents hiding their ailments from the public, from Woodrow Wilson’s severe case of Spanish flu (which arguably affected the Treaty of Versailles) and subsequent stroke to Franklin Roosevelt’s heart failure to the extent of Dwight Eisenhower’s heart disease to John Kennedy’s Addison’s disease, all while still in office," Siegel wrote.
‘Factors beyond chronological age’
Other experts suggest Biden will continue to function well despite being in his golden years.
"The older people become the less like each other they become," Dr. John W. Rowe, professor of health policy and aging at Columbia University in New York, told Fox News Digital.
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"Factors beyond chronological age, such as race, gender, educational attainment, marital status (being alone is risky, especially for men), access to good health care and financial status, in addition, obviously, to general health status, have very important impacts," he added.
"By these criteria, President Biden is in a privileged group and is likely to continue to function very well for several years."
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But Siegel requests full transparency because Biden’s "erratic" public behavior has called his mental fitness in question.
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Police: Southern Arizona football and cheer league cleaned out by treasurer
Willcox Football and Cheer League will need help to pay for uniforms for the upcoming season
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - A football and cheer league in southern Arizona is nearly broke, thanks to its treasurer, police allege.
Authorities said Katrina Brewer admitted to embezzling almost $26,000 from the Willcox Football and Cheer League.
“It is unfortunate the local football youth and cheer league and the players must deal with this because a member of their board betrayed their trust,” said Willcox Police Chief Dale Hadfield.
Hadfield said the Cochise County Attorney’s Office will decide whether to charge Brewer.
The 34-year-old Brewer allegedly transferred money to a Venmo account rather than the league’s credit union account. She also allegedly made personal purchases with the league’s debit card.
Brewer spent all the money in only three weeks, according to the league.
League leaders said the season will continue despite the theft, but it will have to come up with funds to pay for uniforms.
“(We) have already ordered uniforms and will find a way to pay for them,” the league said in a news release. “Parents were allowed to postpone payments until uniforms arrived and many chose this option.”
A GoFundMe account has been set up to help pay for the uniforms and keep the league going. You can donate by going HERE. As of 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2, more than $5,000 had been raised.
“We have been collecting these funds for many seasons enabling us to pay for our yearly expenses, including purchasing new equipment and offering scholarships and reduced pricing to our players and cheerleaders for registration and uniform costs,” said coach James Allen.
You can also donate through the Cochise Credit Union, the league said.
Anyone who gave money to Brewer or has any information about the theft is asked to call officer E. Sudhoff or Sgt. J. Valle at 520-384-4673.
The league said parents may be able to pursue separate civil and criminal charges against the Brewer. For criminal charges, contact the Willcox PD at 520-384-4673. For civil charges, contact an attorney.
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Crucial targetable mutations tracked using Mission Bio's Tapestri® Platform for single-cell DNA sequencing
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mission Bio, the pioneer in high-throughput single-cell DNA and multi-omics analysis, today announced new findings from researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and colleagues in Nature Genetics, using Mission Bio's Tapestri® Platform to help understand how mutations at the single-cell level drive cancer relapse in pediatric acute lymphoblastic cancer (ALL). This level of granularity is crucial to help understand how the cancer develops and to determine the best possible interventions for individual patients.
ALL is the most common type of cancer found in children, a type of cancer of the blood and bone marrow that affects white blood cells. If left untreated, too many immature white blood cells arise in the bone marrow and crowd out normal white blood cells, making it much harder for the body to fight infections.
In the paper, teams led by St. Jude's Jinghui Zhang and Charles Mullighan and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Stephen Hunger sequenced DNA from more than 2700 patients and transcriptomes from almost 1900 patients, identifying several previously uncharacterized pathways and genes targeted by recurrent genomic alterations. Through greater understanding of the patterns of mutation associated with disease subtypes, the origin and development of mutations (mutational ontogeny), the role of different mutational processes, and the nature of clonal evolution, the researchers showed that many mutations commonly targeted in ALL may occur in different clones – findings that may help shape more personalized approaches to treatment. The data also suggest tracking patient mutations at the single-cell level during treatment could help monitor disease recurrence.
The study is the latest demonstration of how Mission Bio's Tapestri® Platform allows researchers to probe the fine details of cancer biology at a single-cell resolution not possible with bulk sequencing. Single-cell sequencing was used to examine the co-occurrence and possible exclusiveness of mutations, details that could not be resolved by non-single-cell sequencing approaches. This type of analysis is increasingly required by top-tier publications not only to provide insights into the presence of mutations but also to map the clonal evolution of cancer cells in disease. In turn, this is key to designing precision therapeutics for interventions and determining drivers of treatment relapse in patients.
"This type of analysis provides unique insight into clonal evolution and shows that kinase-related mutations, for example, are often secondary events and most frequently mutually exclusive," said Dr. Mullighan, who is Deputy Director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center at St. Jude's and co-leads the hematological malignancies program. "Simultaneous targeted single cell DNA sequencing and cell-surface protein expression analysis reveal a correlation between immunophenotype and genotype within the same cell. This type of information is not only clinically relevant but potentially actionable and helps to fine-tune the expansive genomic landscape of pediatric ALL."
Todd Druley, Chief Medical Officer at Mission Bio, remarked: "This is a great example of how the Tapestri® Platform can be used to provide an unprecedented level of single cell information to oncologists, information that can help guide patient-specific treatments. The ability to identify and track targetable mutations in single cells offers a new dimension and specificity to the work of clinicians looking to identify the presence of residual or recurring cancer."
To learn more about Mission Bio and the Tapestri® Platform, please visit www.missionbio.com.
Mission Bio is a life sciences company that accelerates discoveries and cures for a wide range of diseases by equipping researchers with the tools they need to better measure and predict our resistance and response to new therapies. Mission Bio's multi-omics approach improves time-to-market for new therapeutics, including innovative cell and gene therapies that provide new pathways to health. Founded in 2014, Mission Bio has secured investment from Novo Growth, Cota Capital, Agilent Technologies, Mayfield Fund, and others.
The company's Tapestri® Platform gives researchers around the globe the power to interrogate every molecule in a cell together, providing a comprehensive understanding of activity from a single sample. Tapestri® is the only commercialized multi-omics platform capable of analyzing DNA and protein simultaneously from the same sample at single-cell resolution. The Tapestri® Platform is being utilized by customers at leading research centers, as well as pharmaceutical and diagnostics companies worldwide to develop treatments and eventually cures for cancer.
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READING, Pa. - Reading City Council members say they're feeling frustrated after hearing more concerns about trash and noise at Riverfront Park and on parts of Skyline Drive.
"I'm not going to call it 'Penske Beach' anymore because it makes it appear as if this is a beach area and it's not," said councilmember Marcia Goodman-Hinnershitz at Monday's meeting.
"This really goes beyond education, because there's no conceivable way that someone would think that was okay to leave part of our natural area in such disrepair," councilman Chris Daubert chimed in.
At Reading City Council's Committee of the Whole meeting Monday, members discussed ongoing quality of life issues.
City council members say they have received a number of complaints regarding both trash and noise along the riverfront and Skyline Drive.
Council President Donna Reed says every Monday crews are down at Riverfront Park cleaning up trash.
"I just feel very bad that people feel that they don't have to be a part of civilization and act civil," said Reed.
The area is owned by the Reading Redevelopment Authority and council members say they need to be part of discussions to find solutions.
Councilman Wesley Butler offered a fresh suggestion.
"Start charging parking, maybe have some food vendors there," said Butler. "Start making money off of it instead of always just complaining and not doing anything."
Reed says council hopes to schedule a meeting to discuss the riverfront problems.
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These industries provide the most jobs in every state
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These industries provide the most jobs in every state
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By almost any measure, the U.S. economy has rapidly recovered jobs since roughly 8 million Americans were laid off in the spring of 2020.
Jobs bounced back throughout 2021 and much of 2022 in nearly all sectors, spurred by consumer demand for furniture, homes, appliances, and vehicles.
But in the latter half of 2022, consumers began shifting to spending more on services—the travel and live entertainment they had to forgo due to COVID-19. Hotels and others in the hospitality industry added more jobs in November than any other industry. Still, employers face an uphill battle finding talent willing to work for advertised jobs—and the hospitality industry continues to have more job openings than any other.
Swyft Filings used Bureau of Labor Statistics data to find the industries employing the most people in each state. Data available is preliminary for January 2023, excludes farm payrolls, and is seasonally adjusted.
The analysis also provides the percentage of total state employees within that industry sector and the percent change in employment from January 2022. States are listed in alphabetical order. Government employees only include the civilian labor force, excluding the military.
Keep reading to discover which industries provide the most jobs in every state.
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The trade, transportation, and utilities industry leads in US employment
A map showing the top industry employer in each state.
The trade, transportation, and utilities sector are the dominant source of income for workers in most states. These are businesses like Target, Amazon, and other consumer goods-related companies operating in the retail or retail logistics and warehousing space. It also includes workers for utility companies like your local electricity provider.
All states saw employers expand headcounts between January 2022 and 2023 as the U.S. jobs recovery posted another gain of millions of jobs.
Among them is Nevada, the only state in the U.S. where leisure and hospitality workers represent the most significant workforce share. Nearly 1 in 4 workers in the state did so for a hospitality-related business in January. Hospitality was the hardest-hit industry in the pandemic as it suffered from consumers’ choice to switch spending to goods over experiences in the face of a global public health crisis.
Similarly, in Washington D.C., employment is concentrated in the government sector, which employs 30% of residents.
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Alabama
Train tracks in Courtland, Alabama.
– Top industry: Trade, transportation, and utilities
– January 2023 employment: 407,900
— Percent of total employment: 19%
— Annual percent change in employment: +1%
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Alaska
The state capitol building in Alaska.
– Top industry: Government
– January 2023 employment: 77,200
— Percent of total employment: 24%
— Annual percent change in employment: -1%
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Arizona
Store fronts in Old Town Scottsdale, the historic part of town.
– Top industry: Trade, transportation, and utilities
– January 2023 employment: 603,900
— Percent of total employment: 19%
— Annual percent change in employment: +1%
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Arkansas
The last working steam locomotive 4014 “Big Boy” as it came through Conway on November 15, 2019, with crowds standing around the train taking pictures.
– Top industry: Trade, transportation, and utilities
– January 2023 employment: 276,000
— Percent of total employment: 20%
— Annual percent change in employment: +4%
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California
Power lines over a street.
– Top industry: Trade, transportation, and utilities
– January 2023 employment: 3,143,800
— Percent of total employment: 17%
— Annual percent change in employment: +1%
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Colorado
Store fronts in Fort Collins.
– Top industry: Trade, transportation, and utilities
– January 2023 employment: 501,300
— Percent of total employment: 17%
— Annual percent change in employment: +1%
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Connecticut
Campus banner on a lamp post at the University of Connecticut.
– Top industry: Education and health services
– January 2023 employment: 349,900
— Percent of total employment: 21%
— Annual percent change in employment: +4%
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Delaware
A steam locomotive in Wilmington.
– Top industry: Trade, transportation, and utilities
– January 2023 employment: 90,800
— Percent of total employment: 19%
— Annual percent change in employment: +4%
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Florida
An electric service work truck in Pompano Beach.
– Top industry: Trade, transportation, and utilities
– January 2023 employment: 1,960,500
— Percent of total employment: 20%
— Annual percent change in employment: +4%
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Georgia
Ferry to the Historic District and waterfront of Savannah.
– Top industry: Trade, transportation, and utilities
– January 2023 employment: 1,020,800
— Percent of total employment: 21%
— Annual percent change in employment: +1%
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Hawaii
The Bronze Seal of State of Hawaii hanging from ceiling above entrance to State Capitol in Honolulu.
– Top industry: Leisure and hospitality
– January 2023 employment: 119,800
— Percent of total employment: 19%
— Annual percent change in employment: +12%
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Idaho
An electric car charging at a preferred parking charging station outside the Bown Crossing Library in Boise, Idaho.
– Top industry: Trade, transportation, and utilities
– January 2023 employment: 161,700
— Percent of total employment: 19%
— Annual percent change in employment: +1
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Illinois
A train on elevated tracks in Chicago.
– Top industry: Trade, transportation, and utilities
– January 2023 employment: 1,222,200
— Percent of total employment: 20%
— Annual percent change in employment: +2%
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Indiana
The water tower located at the Tippecanoe County Fair Grounds in Lafayette.
– Top industry: Trade, transportation, and utilities
– January 2023 employment: 637,700
— Percent of total employment: 20%
— Annual percent change in employment: +2%
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Iowa
The store front of Coneflower Creamery in Des Moines.
– Top industry: Trade, transportation, and utilities
– January 2023 employment: 312,400
— Percent of total employment: 20%
— Annual percent change in employment: +1%
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Kansas
An industrial building along the railroad tracks in Coffeyville.
– Top industry: Trade, transportation, and utilities
– January 2023 employment: 274,100
— Percent of total employment: 19%
— Annual percent change in employment: +1%
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Kentucky
Technicians working on restoring service at a high tension power line feeding southern Louisville.
– Top industry: Trade, transportation, and utilities
– January 2023 employment: 432,100
— Percent of total employment: 22%
— Annual percent change in employment: +3%
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Louisiana
The Outlet Collection Riverwalk in New Orleans.
– Top industry: Trade, transportation, and utilities
– January 2023 employment: 371,500
— Percent of total employment: 19%
— Annual percent change in employment: 0%
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Maine
A building at the University of Maine.
– Top industry: Education and health services
– January 2023 employment: 127,700
— Percent of total employment: 20%
— Annual percent change in employment: +3%
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Maryland
The Maryland State House.
– Top industry: Government
– January 2023 employment: 519,400
— Percent of total employment: 19%
— Annual percent change in employment: +3%
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Massachusetts
An entrance sign to Boston Children’s Hospital.
– Top industry: Education and health services
– January 2023 employment: 820,000
— Percent of total employment: 22%
— Annual percent change in employment: +2%
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Michigan
Electric towers in Wixom.
– Top industry: Trade, transportation, and utilities
– January 2023 employment: 807,200
— Percent of total employment: 18%
— Annual percent change in employment: +1%
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Minnesota
An entrance sign and Wulling Hall on the campus of the University of Minnesota.
– Top industry: Education and health services
– January 2023 employment: 559,700
— Percent of total employment: 19%
— Annual percent change in employment: +3%
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Mississippi
Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport in Jackson.
– Top industry: Trade, transportation, and utilities- Top industry: Trade, transportation, and utilities
– January 2023 employment: 246,500
— Percent of total employment: 21%
— Annual percent change in employment: +2%
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Missouri
East Hills Mall in St. Joseph.
– Top industry: Trade, transportation, and utilities
– January 2023 employment: 556,700
— Percent of total employment: 19%
— Annual percent change in employment: +1%
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Montana
A plane at the Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport.
– Top industry: Trade, transportation, and utilities
– January 2023 employment: 99,900
— Percent of total employment: 19%
— Annual percent change in employment: +2%
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Nebraska
Power lines over a country road.
– Top industry: Trade, transportation, and utilities
– January 2023 employment: 197,400
— Percent of total employment: 19%
— Annual percent change in employment: +1%
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Nevada
Hotels and casinos in Las Vegas at night.
– Top industry: Leisure and hospitality
– January 2023 employment: 354,900
— Percent of total employment: 23%
— Annual percent change in employment: +9%
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New Hampshire
Railroad tracks and distant mountains as seen in White Mountain National Forest.
– Top industry: Trade, transportation, and utilities
– January 2023 employment: 139,600
— Percent of total employment: 20%
— Annual percent change in employment: +2%
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New Jersey
The Washington Street Mall, a pedestrian shopping area in downtown Cape May.
– Top industry: Trade, transportation, and utilities
– January 2023 employment: 923,700
— Percent of total employment: 21%
— Annual percent change in employment: +3%
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New Mexico
The New Mexico State Capitol.
– Top industry: Government
– January 2023 employment: 182,800
— Percent of total employment: 21%
— Annual percent change in employment: +2%
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New York
Mount Sinai St. Luke’s, a large hospital located near Columbia University in the north end of Manhattan.
– Top industry: Education and health services
– January 2023 employment: 2,194,600
— Percent of total employment: 23%
— Annual percent change in employment: +5%
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North Carolina
The Fayetteville water tower in front of a light blue sky.
– Top industry: Trade, transportation, and utilities
– January 2023 employment: 922,800
— Percent of total employment: 19%
— Annual percent change in employment: +2%
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North Dakota
A bridge over the valley in Valley City.
– Top industry: Trade, transportation, and utilities
– January 2023 employment: 91,200
— Percent of total employment: 21%
— Annual percent change in employment: +1%
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Ohio
A natural gas oil well in Harrison County.
– Top industry: Trade, transportation, and utilities
– January 2023 employment: 1,051,100
— Percent of total employment: 19%
— Annual percent change in employment: 0%
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Oklahoma
The Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City.
– Top industry: Government
– January 2023 employment: 351,600
— Percent of total employment: 20%
— Annual percent change in employment: +1%
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Oregon
A bike shop in Portland.
– Top industry: Trade, transportation, and utilities
– January 2023 employment: 369,100
— Percent of total employment: 19%
— Annual percent change in employment: +1%
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Pennsylvania
School buses in Mohnton.
– Top industry: Education and health services
– January 2023 employment: 1,296,300
— Percent of total employment: 21%
— Annual percent change in employment: +5%
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Rhode Island
The exterior of Kent Hospital in Warwick.
– Top industry: Education and health services
– January 2023 employment: 105,000
— Percent of total employment: 21%
— Annual percent change in employment: +1%
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South Carolina
A Grand Strand Water and Sewer Authority vehicle in Myrtle Beach.
– Top industry: Trade, transportation, and utilities
– January 2023 employment: 439,500
— Percent of total employment: 19%
— Annual percent change in employment: +3%
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South Dakota
Keystone’s main street, which is lined with various shops.
– Top industry: Trade, transportation, and utilities
– January 2023 employment: 90,900
— Percent of total employment: 20%
— Annual percent change in employment: +3%
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Tennessee
The Main Street Trolley passes by Central Station in Memphis.
– Top industry: Trade, transportation, and utilities
– January 2023 employment: 688,100
— Percent of total employment: 21%
— Annual percent change in employment: +3%
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Texas
An airport in San Antonio.
– Top industry: Trade, transportation, and utilities
– January 2023 employment: 2,753,700
— Percent of total employment: 20%
— Annual percent change in employment: +4%
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Utah
Power lines along Highway 68 near Utah Lake.
– Top industry: Trade, transportation, and utilities
– January 2023 employment: 315,800
— Percent of total employment: 19%
— Annual percent change in employment: +2%
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Vermont
South Burlington High School.
– Top industry: Education and health services
– January 2023 employment: 62,100
— Percent of total employment: 20%
— Annual percent change in employment: +2%
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Virginia
Office towers in downtown Arlington.
– Top industry: Professional and business services
– January 2023 employment: 816,500
— Percent of total employment: 20%
— Annual percent change in employment: +3%
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Washington
A BNSF intermodal freight train as darkness falls in Skykomish.
– Top industry: Trade, transportation, and utilities
– January 2023 employment: 618,900
— Percent of total employment: 17%
— Annual percent change in employment: +3%
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Washington DC
The Capitol Building in Washington D.C.
– Top industry: Government
– January 2023 employment: 233,800
— Percent of total employment: 30%
— Annual percent change in employment: -3%
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West Virginia
The Capitol Building in West Virginia.
– Top industry: Government
– January 2023 employment: 148,700
— Percent of total employment: 21%
— Annual percent change in employment: +0%
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Wisconsin
A smiley face water tower in Eagle.
– Top industry: Trade, transportation, and utilities
– January 2023 employment: 551,200
— Percent of total employment: 18%
— Annual percent change in employment: +2%
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Wyoming
The Wyoming Capitol Building.
– Top industry: Trade, transportation, and utilities
– January 2023 employment: 551,200
— Percent of total employment: 18%
— Annual percent change in employment: +2%
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Elton John’s audacious 1970 U.S. debut at a local nightclub moved a critic to declare that the slight young Englishman would become one of rock’s most important stars. It didn’t take long.
Within five years, his reputation cemented by a string of hits including “Rocket Man” and “Daniel,” fans packed L.A.’s Dodger Stadium for two rousing, sequin-bedecked concerts. This weekend, John will close out the North American leg of his last tour at the ballpark.
He calls it the right choice.
“I started off in Los Angeles at the Troubadour (club), and I want it to end here because it’s been a magical place for me,” John said in an Associated Press interview. The three-night stand is Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 17, 19 and 20.
The final L.A. concert will be streamed live on Disney+ starting at 11 p.m. EST Sunday. The three-hour event will open with “Countdown to Elton Live,” which includes an interview with John and celebrity shout-outs.
John promised more bell and whistles than at the tour’s other concerts — but hopefully without “any elephants or giraffes coming on stage,” he said, a wry reference to “The Lion King.” The Tony-winning hit musical with songs by John and Tim Rice marks its 25th anniversary on Broadway this month.
The stadium stage is “enormous and fantastic. The videos are wonderful. I like to be surprised, so I will be surprised,” John said.
His influence “spans generations, making this last North American stop on his farewell tour one for the record books,” said Ayo Davis, president of Disney Branded Television.
The rock ‘n’ roll giant’s enduring body of work includes “Your Song,” “Tiny Dancer” and “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.” He’s earned six Grammy Awards, including a Legend Award, and is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame. His record sales worldwide have surpassed 300 million.
John is reaching new audiences through hit-making collaborations with younger artists, including Britney Spears ( “Hold Me Closer,” an update of “Tiny Dancer”) and Dua Lipa (“Cold Heart”).
Lipa, Kiki Dee and Brandi Carlile will join him on stage Sunday, and it’s no coincidence that all are women. He’s had rewarding creative relationships with female artists, he said, and the three are “very important singers in my life.”
He and Dee had a 1976 hit with the bouncy “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” and she was with him at his first L.A. stadium show. John is close to Carlile, who joined him for “Simple Things” on his 2021 “The Lockdown Sessions” album, and their families vacation together. It’s a big week for Carlile, who earned seven Grammy nods Tuesday.
As for Lipa, “I love her dearly,” John said. He credits their “Cold Heart” single with giving his career a boost and “launching me into a different stratosphere as far as streaming goes and connecting with young people.”
“I feel modern. I feel elated with working. When you work with a different artist, you always learn something from them, and that’s the whole point,” he said. His collaboration with Spears, which was suggested by his husband, David Furnish, yielded that and something more.
“It was a brilliant idea because having watched the documentaries and all the news footage about her horrible time with her family and conservatorship, I wanted her to feel appreciated by music fans again,” John said. “To see that (single) become a success makes me feel so happy, that she’s hopefully feeling the love from those people.”
The Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour began in September 2018 in Pennsylvania with the first of the 300-plus dates scheduled worldwide. It was suspended in 2020 because of the COVID pandemic and resumed in 2021 in New Orleans.
In January, John heads to Australia and New Zealand, then moves on to Britain and Europe. The tour is set to conclude in Sweden next July.
The schedule would be demanding for any artist, but a genial, healthy-looking Elton showed no sign of strain in an interview last week, a few hours before a San Diego concert. Reviews have noted his vitality: “His unmistakable baritone sounds as mighty and resonant as ever, and his energy at the ivories remains positively infectious,” Billboard magazine said of his New Jersey stadium show last July.
“I’m not tired,” John told AP. “The audiences are absolutely amazing. They dress up, it’s like a big party. And so rather than seeing it as a chore … I’m going on stage every night thinking, ‘What are they going to be wearing tonight? What’s going to be the reaction tonight?’ At the stage of my career, it’s just an astonishingly rewarding thing to happen.”
He was a tender 23 when Robert Hilburn, the then-Los Angeles Times music critic, predicted John’s stardom after the Troubadour appearance in West Hollywood. Hilburn said John’s performance that August night “was, in almost every way, magnificent” and called his songs (written with lyricist Bernie Taupin) “staggeringly original.”
Success followed success. While John describes the 1975 stadium concerts as the pinnacle of his career at that time, he wasn’t in the “happiest place.” He recalled a dark period of instability (dramatized in the 2019 biopic “Rocketman”) that included a pill overdose three days ahead of the shows.
Such turmoil is far removed from his life now, which includes his two sons with Furnish.
“I’m happy, I’m contented,” said John, who’s in his third decade of sobriety. “I have a wonderful husband, a great family, I have great friends, a wonderful career. I’ve everything that any person could ever want in their life. I’ve never been as happy personally than I am now, at 75 years of age.”
“If I hadn’t got sober, I wouldn’t be here and I wouldn’t have had the wonderful things that have happened to me since,” he said.
A prominent activist, he’s shared his name and good fortune. He created the Elton John AIDS Foundation, which reports raising more than $500 million. In 2019, President Emmanuel Macron gave France’s highest award to John for his contributions to the arts and efforts to fight HIV/AIDS around the world.
Is the Yellow Brick Road tour really goodbye? “It is definitely the farewell tour,” he said, although a short-term residency, such as Kate Bush’s three weeks at London’s Hammersmith Apollo in 2014, has its appeal.
“But to be honest with you, when I come off stage in Stockholm next July 8, I’ll be looking forward to having a holiday, I’ll be looking forward to taking a breather,” he said. Then it’s back to work on projects already in progress, including “The Devil Wears Prada: The Musical.”
That’s for starters.
“I’ll be recording with other people, and I’ll be hopefully writing an album for myself. So it’s not as if I’m stopping doing anything,” John said. “But I’m not traveling. Traveling takes me away from my family.” | https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/elton-johns-final-tour-revisits-la-glory-with-lipa-carlile/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | 2022-11-16 01:09:58 | 1 | https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/elton-johns-final-tour-revisits-la-glory-with-lipa-carlile/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
Average daily flows
Snake River at Jackson 280 cfs
Snake River at Palisades 8,875 cfs
Snake River at Heise 12,086 cfs
Snake River at Blackfoot 8,836 cfs
Snake River at American Falls 7,696 cfs
Snake River at Milner 0 cfs
Little Wood River near Carey 883 cfs
Jackson Lake is 38% full.
Palisades Reservoir is 60% full.
American Falls Reservoir is 85% full.
Upper Snake River system is at 68% of capacity.
As of May 17 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/average-daily-streamflows/article_04c151ce-f4f9-11ed-9f99-afe2bf281c39.html | 2023-05-18 14:11:34 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/average-daily-streamflows/article_04c151ce-f4f9-11ed-9f99-afe2bf281c39.html |
MADRID (AP) — The two parties making up Spain’s leftist coalition government on Friday presented a proposal to reform the centuries-old crime of sedition, which was one of the main charges against pro-independence Catalan activists and politicians convicted for their roles in a 2017 secession push.
Under the proposal, sedition will be replaced with the crime of aggravated public disorder and will carry lower sentences.
With the support of smaller regional parties almost guaranteed, the bill is likely to be approved by parliament over the coming months although it might undergo some minor changes.
The crime of sedition, on the books since 1822, was one of the main charges against nine of 12 pro-independence Catalan activists and politicians that were convicted for their roles in a unilateral declaration of independence from Spain issued on Oct. 27, 2017 following an illegal secession referendum earlier that month.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez issued partial pardons of the nine high-profile separatists last year, releasing them from prison after they had spent three years behind bars serving sentences that ranged between nine and 15 years. They are, however, still banned from holding public office.
Announcing the reform late Thursday, Sánchez said it would bring Spain in line with other European democracies.
But Sánchez said the reform wouldn’t exempt former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont and his associates that fled the country in 2017 from eventually standing trial if they return, albeit for a crime with a lower sentence.
Spain has been seeking the extradition of Puigdemont from Belgium, where he now resides and serves on the European Parliament. Previous attempts to extradite those who fled Spain like Puigdemont have been frustrated by the difference between Spain’s crime of sedition and that of other European countries.
The proposal comes as the government continues talks with the separatist party that runs Catalonia’s regional government to reduce tensions stemming from what was one of modern Spain’s biggest political crises ever.
Sánchez’s minority government often relies on the support of that same Catalan party in Spain’s national parliament, and needs it to pass the 2023 budget.
The reform would eliminate the crime of sedition, which is punishable by 10 to 15 years in prison and replace it with the crime of aggravated public disorder, with punishments of three to five years behind bars. It also reduces the time span for bans from holding public office.
The move could pave the way for a revision of the sentences handed down to the secession promoters.
Catalan regional president Pere Aragonès described the move as “a step forward in path to resolving the political conflict,” while he still presses forward his demand of an authorized referendum on independence.
Spain’s main right-wing opposition Popular Party slammed the move, accusing Sánchez of pleasing the Catalan secessionists just to stay in office. Sánchez denies the idea is a concession to the Catalan secessionists, but agrees it will help ease tensions with the northeastern region.
Polls and election results show that Catalans are roughly split equally between those in favor and against independence for the wealthy corner of northeast Spain.
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Certification recognizes full-team approach to cardiac care
DANVILLE, Pa., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Geisinger Medical Center (GMC) is the country's first hospital to receive The Joint Commission/American Heart Association (AHA) Comprehensive Heart Attack Center Certification.
Already recognized by the organizations as a Mission Lifeline® Heart Attack Receiving Center for its ability to quickly restore blood flow to the heart in patients with the most severe type of heart attack, GMC has now set the national standard for care coordination among hospital leadership, interventional cardiology, cardiac surgery, heart failure, advanced practice, nursing, life support, emergency medicine, emergency medical services (EMS), care management, pharmacy, and cardiac rehab teams.
Every second is critical when trying to preserve heart muscle and function in patients having cardiac episodes, and this degree of full-team support means patients will receive the highest level of care as quickly as it can be delivered.
Geisinger engaged the certification process to bring the best possible cardiac care close to home for patients and members in central and northeastern Pennsylvania – another step forward in the system's vision of making better health easier for the communities it serves.
"GMC staff has shown they're ready to treat a broad spectrum of chest-pain patients including those who go to the emergency room (ER) with chest pain, go into cardiac arrest outside the hospital, have heart attacks, and need blood flow restored quickly, need open-heart procedures, or need advanced therapies like extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for life support or left ventricle assist device (LVAD) procedures for heart failure," said interventional cardiologist Thomas Scott, D.O, director of the cardiac catheterization lab and co-medical director of the Comprehensive Heart Attack Center Certification program at the medical center.
Geisinger partnered with The Joint Commission on the pilot program for this new certification in November, and a multi-disciplinary team was ready when the commission returned at the end of July for a rigorous onsite review.
Reviewers with a nursing background evaluated records for patients who were currently admitted or had been cared for at GMC since the beginning of the year and pushed staff on quality measures including leadership engagement, collaboration with EMS, medical decision making, systemwide approach to quality improvement, performance improvement projects and engagement with pharmacy at the bedside.
"Taking care of these patients is a team sport," said Cinde Bower-Stout, R.N., M.H.A., cardiovascular quality manager and program director of the Comprehensive Heart Attack Center Certification program at the medical center. "Our front-line staff are just as critical as our specialists as they assess lab results for potential issues, administer pain-management treatment, educate patients on what to expect when they get home and receive ongoing care, round with our multi-disciplinary teams and help patients regain their strength with in-hospital therapies in preparation for discharge."
Geisinger was also noted for its ability to offer cardiac rehab in both in-person and virtual formats to help patients recover after cardiac events.
"Comprehensive Heart Attack Center Certification recognizes health care organizations committed to fostering continuous quality improvement in patient safety and quality of care," said Mark Pelletier, R.N., M.S., chief operating officer, Accreditation and Certification Operations, and chief nursing executive, The Joint Commission. "We commend GMC for reducing variation in its clinical processes and strengthening its program structure and management framework for cardiac patients."
Geisinger is committed to making better health easier for the more than 1 million people it serves. Founded more than 100 years ago by Abigail Geisinger, the system now includes 10 hospital campuses, a health plan with more than half a million members, a Research Institute and the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. With nearly 24,000 employees and nearly 1,700 employed physicians, Geisinger boosts its hometown economies in Pennsylvania by billions of dollars annually. Learn more at geisinger.org or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.
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BEIJING, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Seraphim Energy Group Co., Ltd. (Seraphim), a leading global solar product manufacturer, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Resolar, a Luxembourg-based energy company in early July, with an aim to deepen cooperation in the EU solar market.
Under the MoU, Seraphim will supply up to 1GW of PV modules to Resolar in 2023, which will be used in the latter's projects to be built in 2023.
The MoU came under the European Union (EU)'s new REPowerEU plan, which was unveiled on March 8 to accelerate clean energy transition.
In the first quarter of this year, the EU imported 16.7 GW of PV modules from China, up 145 percent year on year, according to official data.
"Resolar regards Seraphim as a long-term partner," said Luis López Martínez, CEO of Resolar, adding that he looks forward to further global collaboration with Seraphim.
Polaris Li, president of Seraphim, said that with the goal of carbon neutrality in place, European countries are pushing forward energy transition, whose urgency has been stressed by new REPowerEU plan.
Li added that Seraphim has always attached great importance to the EU market, hoping to contribute to the global green transition with the company's advanced PV technology and quality PV products.
Seraphim has long been specialized in research, development, production, innovation and sales of PV products since its foundation in 2011. To date, more than 14GW Seraphim's products have been installed in over 40 countries worldwide.
Resolar is an investor, developer and also EPC of renewable projects globally. It was created from the collaboration at the international level with more than 21 years' experience in solar energy.
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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A suspect led police on a chase crashing into multiple vehicles Tuesday morning, according to the Fresno Police Department.
The short chase began in the area of First St and Gettysburg Avenue in Fresno around 8 a.m. at the Sinclair gas station.
The suspect, 43-year-old Anthony Jeff, was previously under surveillance for violent crimes when undercover officers observed him in a stolen vehicle.
According to officials, when officers moved in to make an arrest, Jeff jumped into the vehicle and sped away.
During the pursuit, Jeff struck multiple police vehicles including several civilian vehicles.
The chase came to an end in the area of Michigan Avenue and Bond St when Jeff struck another vehicle. The suspect’s female passenger in her 30’s was found outside the vehicle.
Both were transported to the Community Regional Medical Center with serious injuries.
Jeff has been arrested on suspicion of felony evading, assault on an officer with a vehicle and probation violation.
No other injuries were reported. | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/crime/suspects-crashes-into-vehicles-while-on-chase-police-say/ | 2022-11-22 19:58:24 | 1 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/crime/suspects-crashes-into-vehicles-while-on-chase-police-say/ |
By JOE McDONALD
AP Business Writer
BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government on Thursday called on Washington to repeal its technology export curbs after chip designer Nvidia Corp. said a new product might be delayed and some work might be moved out of China.
The latest controls add to mounting U.S.-Chinese tension over technology and security. American officials say they need to limit the spread of technology that can be used to make weapons.
Nvidia said it was told Friday it needs a U.S. government license to export any product with performance equal to its A100 graphics processing chips or better to China, Hong Kong or Russia. It said buyers of the A100 and development of the newer H100 might be affected.
China’s Commerce Ministry accused Washington of abusing export controls to limit semiconductor sales to China. It said trade curbs would disrupt supply chains and global economic recovery.
“China firmly opposes this,” said a ministry spokesperson, Shu Jueting. “The U.S. side should immediately stop its erroneous practices, treat companies from all countries equally, including from China, and do more to contribute to world economic stability.”
U.S. officials increasingly worry about Chinese technology development as both a strategic threat and a potential challenge to American industrial leadership.
Washington has tightened controls and lobbied allies to limit Chinese access to the most advanced chips and tools to develop its own. China is spending heavily to develop its fledgling producers but cannot make high-end chips used in the most advanced smartphones and other devices.
Nvidia said it may be required to “transition certain operations out of China.” The company said it was asking the U.S. government for exemptions for its development and support activities.
It said it would try to meet Chinese customer needs with products that aren’t subject to license requirements. It said the company may seek a license for customers that need them but “has no assurance” the U.S. government will agree.
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PLEASANTON, Calif., June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SpringML, Inc. ("SpringML"), is proud to announce their participation at Snowflake Summit 2022'The World of Data Collaboration,' which is being held live in Las Vegas, Nevada, June 13-16, 2022 by Snowflake, the Data Cloud company.
"As SpringML participates at the Snowflake Summit, we look forward to engaging, collaborating and learning. SpringML delivers data-driven digital transformation projects and enterprises trust us as their agents of change for AI adoption. It is fundamental to manage process data at scale to make informed decisions. We are excited to work with Snowflake to help enterprises in their digital transformation journey." said Girish Reddy, Chief Technology Officer at SpringML.
"The SpringML and Snowflake teams know their stuff," said the Project Team at UnitedHealthcare Group "We worry sometimes about the investment of our time to onboard new vendors to get them familiar with our highly customized org…but they got us and our objectives extremely fast and were providing value almost instantly!"
SpringML experts will be present at the event and online to help customers decide which Snowflake offerings work best for businesses and how to get more value from data. SpringML has teamed with organizations at every stage of the process to drive customer success. Live demos of some the recent use cases that will be available at the booth include:
- Retail Price Optimization
- Data Applications with Streamlit
- Teradata to Snowflake Migration
"SpringML's participation at Snowflake Summit exemplifies its commitment to Snowflake as a trusted partner. Its broad experience helping organizations navigate a data-driven transformation journey and their expertise in analytics and machine- learning are what make SpringML a natural fit for our joint customers. We are excited about continuing the momentum we've built while developing these trusted relationships," said Katie Ecklund, Senior Director of Partner Sales - America, at Snowflake.
About SpringML Inc.
SpringML delivers data-driven digital transformation outcomes with an experimentation and design thinking mindset. We provide consulting, implementation services, and industry-specific analytics solutions that deliver high-impact business value from data. SpringML is a Snowflake partner with capabilities to plan, assess, deploy, and manage data-driven engagements. Applications powered by Snowflake can accelerate time to market, deliver a better customer experience, and improve operational efficiency by leveraging the speed, scale, and performance of Snowflake's platform. For more information on SpringML, visit https://www.springml.com/.
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (KTVX) – Sione Veikoso, a football player for BYU, has died in a tragic accident at a construction site in Hawaii, according to the school’s football program. He was 22.
Veikoso was reportedly visiting his home in Kailua when the accident took place Friday.
ESPN reported that six men were at the site when a 15-foot retaining rock wall behind a home partially collapsed and trapped three of them, according to the Honolulu Fire Department.
Veikoso was reportedly pronounced dead on the scene after emergency personnel cleared the rubble. The two other trapped men were taken to the hospital in serious but stable condition, while a third injured man declined to be taken to a hospital.
The Honolulu Fire Department (HFD) said it did not know what was happening at the wall, or if any work was being done on it when the accident occurred, Nexstar’s KHON reported.
A construction company had been on the scene, KHON reported. The acting fire chief for the HFD also said “heavy blue gravel and a lot of red dirt” were among the debris that needed to be removed by rescue teams.
The 22-year-old, a 6’7″, 305-pound offensive lineman, played in one game last season as a redshirt freshman after transferring from Arizona State over the summer.
He prepped at Kailua High School in Hawaii, and later served a full-time mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Manaus, Brazil, from 2018 to 2020.
BYU head coach Kalani Sitake offered his condolences on Twitter Friday evening after speaking to Sione’s family:
“We are extremely saddened to learn of the tragic death of one of our brothers, Sione Veikoso. His passing is heartbreaking to all of us. We offer our deepest condolences and prayers to his family as we share in their grief. Our love for you is forever, Sione!”
The BYU football program also released a statement:
“On behalf of the entire BYU Football family, our thoughts and prayers are with Sione’s family and friends during this extremely difficult time. Rest in Love Sione. God be with you till we meet again.” | https://www.qcnews.com/nexstar-media-wire/byu-football-player-22-dies-in-tragic-accident/ | 2022-12-31 22:12:37 | 1 | https://www.qcnews.com/nexstar-media-wire/byu-football-player-22-dies-in-tragic-accident/ |
(WGHP) — A Houston Texans running back has been charged with a felony, according to the NFL.
BleacherReport says that running back Darius Anderson, 24, was charged Friday with burglary with intent to rape, a first-degree felony.
“We are aware of the report involving Darius Anderson,” the Texans said in a statement given to Aaron Wilson of Pro Football Network. “We are gathering information and have no further comment at this time.”
According to the report, court records indicate that Anderson broke into a woman’s home and pursued her into the bathroom, leaving when she called the police. Anderson has bonded out and, as part of his bail agreement, cannot possess a firearm or return to the woman’s home.
Anderson was on the Texans’ practice squad last season and signed a futures deal with them. He has not played in an NFL game so far. He was signed as a free agent by Dallas, but was waived. He was signed by the Colts and never played.
He played for Texas Christian University from 2016-2019.
His arraignment will be Wednesday. | https://www.wfla.com/nextstar-news-wire/houston-texans-running-back-charged-with-burglary-with-intent-to-rape/ | 2022-07-19 19:51:25 | 1 | https://www.wfla.com/nextstar-news-wire/houston-texans-running-back-charged-with-burglary-with-intent-to-rape/ |
ANTAKYA, Turkey — Yusuf Kocaoglu, a professional guide, leads us on a tour he never wanted to give.
The site of ancient Antioch — a crossroads of civilizations and a modern tourist and religious pilgrimage destination in southern Turkey — is one of the cities left most devastated by the Feb. 6 earthquake that killed tens of thousands in Turkey and Syria.
For 10 years, Kocaoglu, a native of the city, led tours of its historical core, guiding visitors from around the world. It has now suffered near-total destruction. The bazaar, the breakfast place he'd take tourists, the local hangouts — all are decimated.
"There is no place now I can take you because all of them are destroyed," he says. "Most of the people left the city."
Built around 300 BCE, the city, now called Antakya, has survived several previous calamitous earthquakes. Now, Turkish military vehicles, on patrol to keep the peace, roll past entire streets reduced to rubble. Bodies are still believed to be rotting under the debris.
The Feb. 6 earthquake and aftershocks wiped out monuments of world heritage and religion in the city, an early cradle of Christianity and significant in the Roman Empire. Historical sites throughout the region suffered.
"The earthquakes damaged structures spanning centuries and cultures, from Roman forts to historic mosques to churches holy to a number of Christian denominations," Bénédicte de Montlaur, president and CEO of the World Monuments Fund, tells NPR. "We have no doubt that the heritage lost in these tragic events will take years to repair and that we will need a large international mobilization to support the local efforts."
The city's centuries-old kaleidoscope of peoples — Alawites, Alevis, Armenians, Christians, Jews, and in recent years Syrian war refugees — has now scattered. There were more than 200,000 people living in the city before the quake, but now survivors who have remained in the surrounding district are living in tents, Kocaoglu included.
"Antakya and the surrounding region has a deep, diverse history and has long been home to people speaking different languages and practicing different religions," says Jennifer Stager, a researcher of ancient Antioch at Johns Hopkins University. "It is vital that our focus remain on the living people in need, while recognizing that these monuments are a significant part of the region's history and contemporary life."
Mosques decimated
The mosque that Turkey claims is the oldest in the Anatolia region has caved in. Habib-i Najjar Mosque was built as a church in 638 CE and converted back and forth over the centuries from a church to a mosque. It was destroyed in an 1853 earthquake and rebuilt during the Ottoman period, but its 17th century minaret remained. After this month's earthquake, the minaret and the mosque's domed roof are gone.
The Sermaye Mosque, built in the early 1700s, was unique in mosque architecture for its entrance built through the minaret. Now the minaret is a stump. Other mosques in Antakya are complete piles of rubble, like the Ottoman-era New Mosque, known as Yeni Camii.
The Ulu Mosque, built in the 18th century, used to broadcast the call to prayer five times a day in the center of the city. Now it is completely gone. Loudspeakers attached to street poles now carry the prayer call — a symbol, Kocaoglu says, that life in Antakya clings on.
Churches in ruin
The Apostle Peter brought Christianity to ancient Antioch in the first few decades after Jesus' death. The New Testament says this city is where Christians were first called Christian.
The Orthodox Church in Antakya, the headquarters of the Greek Orthodox patriarchate until the 14th century, was decimated in the quake — its façade now a jumble of iron and cement debris.
A newer Protestant church, housed in a building built in 1860 and previously the site of a French consulate, was also crushed. Run by a Korean Methodist group, its South Korean pastor, Yakup Chang, led Sunday worship services in the street outside the church. One of his congregants was missing in the quake.
"It's very hard," the pastor sighs. "Can I do something? No. We just lean on each other. Stick together. That's what I should do."
A Jewish community grieves
Ancient Antioch was also a major hub of Judaism outside the Holy Land. The Jewish community remained in the city for 2,300 years. By the time of February's earthquake, it numbered only a dozen or so members.
The Antakya synagogue is still standing, having sustained minor damage. Its ancient Torah scroll, written on antelope vellum, was taken out of the city for safekeeping after the earthquake.
After the quake, the community's surviving members moved to Istanbul. Antakya's Jewish community president, Saul Cenudioglu, and his wife Fortuna, were killed when their apartment building collapsed.
"He was really hospitable," says Kocaoglu, our guide. "He used to like helping people."
It's unclear if the city's few surviving Jews will return to live there after the earthquake.
Beer among the ruins
The Lonely Planet guide to Turkey summarizes Antakya's charm in a sentence: "Atmospheric old-town fragments cling on amid the modern hubbub." Today, a narrow street of bars and restaurants lies in waste.
For the first time on the tour, Kocaoglu turns away to cry.
"This is the heart of Antakya," he says. "We had lots of memories here with my friends, with my guests from different countries. I remember them."
A bulldozer has paved a hilly path through the wreckage. Amid rubble stands one of his favorite old haunts, the Pasha Restaurant, sliced down the middle. Owner Orhan Uyanik, salvaging crates of beer from the ruins, wonders about the fate of a couple who got engaged here recently.
Despite the cataclysmic loss, Kocaoglu, and all those we meet along the way, cling to the Turkish government's promise to rebuild Antakya and its historic sites - and take solace in how the city has rebounded through the ages.
The city "was ruined by the earthquakes six or seven times. Maybe this is the eighth. It doesn't matter," says Kocaoglu. "We will try to do something for our city again and again."
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Scott Simon speaks with Jessica Petalas, director of Humane Indiana, about an increase of owners surrendering their pets at animal shelters in her region.
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Scott Simon speaks with Jessica Petalas, director of Humane Indiana, about an increase of owners surrendering their pets at animal shelters in her region.
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Bloomington, Ellettsville road conditions, weather, closures
Tuesday announcements
City of Bloomington plans to continue operations as normal
The city of Bloomington issued the following advisory Tuesday. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Warning for the Bloomington area beginning at 1 a.m. Wednesday. The latest weather forecasts show snow accumulation in Bloomington is expected to be in excess of 3-7 inches, with winds gusting as high as 35 mph. Higher totals are possible.
City crews will monitor conditions throughout the evening and overnight. Plowing will continue until the snow has stopped and the roadways have been cleared for safe travel.
Ice and snow make for hazardous travel conditions. Residents are advised to stay off the roads if possible. If you must travel, please drive safely. This includes driving slowly, maintaining a safe distance from the car in front of you, and accelerating and decelerating slowly.
At this time, city services and offices are expected to be operating on Wednesday, and there is no delay in sanitation pickup expected.
Lighthouse Christian Academy closed
Lighthouse Christian Academy schools will be closed Wednesday.
WonderLab opening late
WonderLab, at 308 W. Fourth St., will open 1-5 p.m. Wednesday.
National Weather Service Indianapolis: Latest weather predictions
The Bloomington area can expect 1 to 5 inches of snow, while some areas north of Interstate 70 may see more than 10 inches, according to a Tuesday afternoon briefing from the National Weather Service in Indianapolis.
David Beachler, science operations officer for the National Weather Service in Indianapolis, said people should avoid travel and stay off roads if they can because the heavy snowias expected to make travel treacherous.
Between 6 a.m. and 3 p.m., snow will fall primarily north of I-70, while southern Indiana likely will see a mix of rain and snow, he said.
If people cannot avoid driving during this time, Beachler said they should allow for extra time and avoid risky driving behavior.
He also warned the weight of the snow also poses some danger for people who want to shovel their driveway and sidewalk. Shoveling heavy snow can put a big strain on your heart. Beachler said people should stay hydrated, take frequent breaks and shovel only small amounts with each shovel pass.
'Avoid travel if you can':Wintry mix to make for difficult commute
"Try to pace yourself," he said. "The weight of the snow ... can really get you exhausted quick."
While the weight of the snow may strain some power lines and tree branches, Beachler said the weather service was not forecasting strong winds. That likely means the risk of power outages related to downed lines or the risk of damage/injuries from falling trees was low — though smaller limbs may still break off trees.
MCCSC is on eLearning
Monroe County Community School Corp. announced all schools would be on eLearning Wednesday.
Classes begin online at the regular time. Families may receive additional eLearning information from your school and/or teacher. All in-person programs, which include the Early Learning Center, Hoosier Hills Child Care, preschools and extended day will be closed Wednesday.
Monroe County Courthouse, other offices closed Wednesday
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PHOENIX, JUNE 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Trust®, a premier network for women entrepreneurs who generate $1M+ annually, has announced that the Special Guest Advisor for its Official Fall Meeting will be Paige Adams-Geller, founder and creative director of PAIGE.
Twice per year, The Trust hosts exclusive member meetings featuring advisors who are female founders of ultra-successful ventures and iconic brands. Adams-Geller will be sharing her business insights with the members of The Trust – all entrepreneurs generating revenues within the 7-8 figure range.
Her journey began in LA, where her entrepreneurial spirit took her from working as one of the top fit models in the industry to launching her namesake premium denim collection in 2004. The move made her the first female founder in the denim industry. With the help of her leadership and vision, the brand quickly expanded to men's and lifestyle and now is sold in over 80 countries worldwide.
"Paige's true passion in life is inspiring and empowering others," said Ali Brown, founder + CEO of The Trust. "The first pair of premium denim jeans I ever bought were from PAIGE, back in 2006. As I've gotten to know her and her story over the last several years, I knew she would make an impactful guest for our members — not only for the savvy business moves she's made in growing PAIGE, but for the impactful leader she's become."
Adams-Geller shared: "Empowering women and lifting up others are the most important things to me, which is why I'm excited to speak for members of The Trust. I've learned so much since I started PAIGE, from how to build and manage my dream team, to honing in on the mission and vision of the brand, to international business and retail expansion. I'm honored to have the opportunity to share my story with such a strong community of women."
The Official Fall Member Meeting of The Trust will be held in Phoenix, AZ on October 4+5, 2022.
Founded by award-winning entrepreneur mentor Ali Brown, The Trust is the modern, premier network for women generating revenues in the 7-8+ figures. Via both online and in-person programming, members are connected with a community of vetted peers as well as high-level guest advisors — typically female founders of $100M+ ventures. Visit www.JoinTheTrust.org.
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(NEXSTAR) – The rock band Foo Fighters, which canceled its tour earlier this year after the sudden death of drummer Taylor Hawkins, is vowing to see its fans again “soon,” according to a New Year’s Eve message posted to the group’s social media channels.
The band had been on tour in South America when Hawkins died at the age of 50 in Bogota, Colombia, on March 25. All remaining tour dates were subsequently canceled.
Foo Fighters performed together twice in the months since, at tribute concerts for Hawkins in London and Los Angeles.
On Saturday, the band posted a message on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter addressing the loss of Hawkins while hinting at the announcement of upcoming performances.
“Without Taylor, we never would have become the band that we were — and without Taylor, we know we’re going to be a different band going forward,” the statement read, in part.
“We also know that you, the fans, meant as much to Taylor as he meant to you. And we know that when we see you again — and we will soon — he’ll be there in spirit with all of us every night,” the message concluded.
No official cause of Hawkins’ death has been given. A toxicology report from the Colombia Attorney General’s Office indicated that 10 substances had been detected in his urine, including “[marijuana], tricyclic antidepressants, benzodiazepines and opioids, among others.”
“The National Institute of Forensic Medicine continues to conduct the necessary medical studies to ascertain the cause of death,” the AG’s office wrote at the time.
A statement from the Bogota Ministry of Health also indicated Hawkins was experiencing chest pains before he died.
Hawkins had joined Foo Fighters in 1997. In addition to drums, he also performed lead vocals for several songs included on the band’s albums over the years. | https://www.fox16.com/news/national-news/foo-fighters-confirms-band-will-be-different-after-taylor-hawkins-death-but-vows-to-see-fans-soon/ | 2022-12-31 21:03:00 | 1 | https://www.fox16.com/news/national-news/foo-fighters-confirms-band-will-be-different-after-taylor-hawkins-death-but-vows-to-see-fans-soon/ |
WASHINGTON, June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA's Minority University Education and Research Program (MUREP) Innovation and Tech Transfer Idea Competition (MITTIC), a Shark Tank-style competition for students at minority-serving institutions, is officially included in the 2022 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU) Scholar Recognition Program. The program is part of a White House initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity.
MITTIC is a customized, condensed version of NASA's MUREP idea competition, which began with a 2021 scholar cohort. The competition, referred to as Mini MITTIC, challenges teams of HBCU scholars to develop selected NASA ideas for potential uses in the commercial space industry.
"Mini MITTIC offers an amazing opportunity for students to gain real-life work experiences," said Misti Moore, MUREP lead and MITTIC activity manager at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. "By formalizing this NASA offering for HBCU scholars, we are able to help individuals from underrepresented communities explore their entrepreneurial interests using NASA's technology portfolio while working toward a common goal of discovering commercialization opportunities."
NASA has participated in the White House initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity since inception of student programming in 2014. However, Mini MITTIC establishes a formal program that includes NASA in the offerings provided to scholars.
By incorporating Mini MITTIC into the HBCU Scholar Recognition Program, NASA can better reach and encourage students at minority-serving institutions to participate in NASA missions, as well as research and development activities, while also diversifying the American STEM workforce pipeline.
NASA's MITTIC team and subject matter experts will work over the summer to introduce 86 scholars representing 56 HBCUs to NASA's entrepreneurial opportunities so they can develop business proposals. The university teams will pitch their final product in a forum to the MITTIC team. The top three teams will be selected to present their ideas in September during the National HBCU Week Conference in Washington.
MUREP is administered through NASA's Office of STEM Engagement. MUREP investments enhance the research, academic, and technology capabilities of minority-serving institutions through multiyear cooperative agreements. In addition, awards provide NASA-specific knowledge and skills to learners who have historically been underrepresented and underserved in science, technology, engineering, and math.
NASA's Technology Transfer Program, managed by the agency's Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD), ensures that the innovations developed for exploration and discovery are broadly available to the public, maximizing the benefit to the nation.
For more information about MUREP and NASA's Office of STEM Engagement visit:
https://www.nasa.gov/stem/murep/home/index.html
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AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — Three people are facing a slew of charges following an alleged burglary that resulted in a chase that ended with a crash on Monday in Amherst, according to police.
Police say they responded to a burglary in process in the area of Runsom Road around 7:45 p.m. Police say they observed the suspect vehicle, a 2005 Honda Pilot, leaving the area. They further allege that after a brief pursuit, the vehicle crashed into a parked car.
Three people were arrested and charged following the incident. They are charged with the following:
28-year-old Carlos David Chaparro James of Colombia, South America:
- 2nd degree burglary
- 4th degree grand larceny
- 4th degree conspiracy
- resisting arrest
- 2nd degree obstructing governmental administration
- 3rd degree criminal trespass
33-year-old Christian Camilo Garcia Guzman of Colombia, South America:
- 2nd degree burglary
- 4th degree grand larceny
- 4th degree conspiracy
- resisting arrest
- 2nd degree obstructing governmental administration
- 3rd degree criminal trespass
35-year-old Johanna Parra-Morales of Colombia, South America:
- 2nd degree burglary
- 4th degree grand larceny
- 4th degree conspiracy
- resisting arrest
- 2nd degree obstructing governmental administration
- 2nd degree criminal impersonation
- 3rd degree unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle
- possession of burglar’s tools
- 7th degree criminal possession of a controlled substance
- several vehicle and traffic law violations
Parra-Morales was transported to ECMC for minor injuries she suffered during the crash, while Chaparro James and Garcia Guzman were arraigned and transported to the Erie County Holding Center.
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DALLAS (AP) — Brittney Griner and her Phoenix Mercury teammates were confronted by a “provocateur” at a Dallas airport on Saturday.
The WNBA said in a statement it was looking into the team’s run-in with a “social media figure” whose “actions were inappropriate and unfortunate.”
“The safety of Brittney Griner and all WNBA players is our top priority,” the league said, without specifying what exactly happened.
Before the season started, the league had discussed with Griner’s representatives and the Mercury security concerns when the All-Star center traveled for road games after she returned from detainment in Russia. The thought was that the highly publicized case compromised her and others’ safety. The league granted Griner permission to book her own charter flights.
The WNBA added charter flights for the playoffs this season, but only a handful of back-to-back regular-season games were scheduled for such flights.
WNBA teams have flown commercially during the regular season since the league’s inception in 1997. The league typically doesn’t allow teams to charter because it could create a competitive advantage for teams who can afford to pay for them.
“Prior to the season, the WNBA worked together with the Phoenix Mercury and BG’s team to ensure her safety during her travel, which included charter flights for WNBA games and assigned security personnel with her at all times,” the league’s statement reads. “We remain steadfastly committed to the highest standards of security for players.”
Mercury player Brianna Turner said in a tweet people at the airport followed the team with cameras “saying wild remarks.”
“Excessive harassment,” Turner tweeted. “Our team nervously huddled in a corner unsure how to move about. We demand better.”
A Twitter user posted a video that appears to show a part of the confrontation where the individual asks questions of Griner about “why she hates America?”
The Bring Our Families Home Campaign, an advocacy group that works to bring home Americans who are held hostage or detained in foreign countries, issued a statement condemning the incident.
“Accosting a recently returned hostage like this is unacceptable, and we urge social media companies to prohibit the monetization of any resulting content. Our Campaign stands with Brittney, her teammates, and the Phoenix Mercury,” the organization said.
Griner has been warmly received by crowds at home in Phoenix and on the road. This past week, she played two games in her home state of Texas and the team was headed to Indianapolis to face the Fever on Sunday.
Still, Saturday’s incident left many calling for change in flights for the Mercury and teams around the league.
Griner’s agent, Lindsay Kagawa Colas, said on social media, after the incident, that she feels that all teams need to charter flights.
“Brittney Griner and the WNBA players are leaders who inspire hope for a better, more inclusive and less divided America,” Kagawa Colas said. “They are celebrated for the ways their activism inspires positive change. In doing that, they also become targets for hate, threats and violence. And today’s incident is a clear reminder of that. We cannot celebrate these women and their leadership without also protecting them. It’s past time for charters and enhanced security measures for all players.”
The WNBA players’ union issued a statement Saturday, saying the situation at the airport makes it “quite clear that the matter of charter travel is NOT a ‘competitive advantage’ issue.”
“What BG and all of her PHX teammates experienced today was a calculated confrontation that left them feeling very unsafe,” the WNBPA statement reads. “Everyone who was paying attention knew this would happen.”
The Mercury released a statement saying the team will be working with the league on next steps.
“We are committed to our support of BG and advocating for all American hostages abroad,” the team statement reads. “We will continue our support of marginalized communities and fighting the kind of hate that targeted us today. No one, regardless of identity, should ever fear for their safety.” | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/brittney-griner-confronted-at-airport-by-provocateur-wnba-says/ | 2023-06-11 21:31:14 | 1 | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/brittney-griner-confronted-at-airport-by-provocateur-wnba-says/ |
S. Dakota GOP leader: Senator accused of harassment
By AMANCAI BIRABEN
Associated Press
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s Senate Republican leader says that a committee will investigate a suspended senator for allegedly harassing a legislative aide during an exchange over childhood vaccines and breastfeeding. Sen. Casey Crabtree, the Senate GOP leader, had declined to provide details of the allegations against fellow Republican Sen. Julie Frye-Mueller on Thursday. The Senate voted to suspend her legislative powers. Crabtree says in a statement that Senate Republicans this week had received a “detailed report” from a staff member of the Legislative Research Council accusing Frye-Mueller of “inappropriate behavior and harassment related to private maternal matters, including childhood vaccines and breastfeeding.” | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/01/27/s-dakota-gop-leader-senator-accused-of-harassment/ | 2023-01-28 12:14:39 | 0 | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/01/27/s-dakota-gop-leader-senator-accused-of-harassment/ |
Our love of smoked salmon knows no boundaries: We pile it onto toast for breakfast, flake it into mayonnaise for a sandwich and enjoy it for dinner with a side of asparagus and potatoes.
In cooler weather, we often simmer smoked salmon oh so briefly in a milky broth with leeks and potatoes for a warm, comforting supper. With spring on the horizon, a touch of fresh dill and a scoop of tender green peas help this chowder transition the seasons.
We regularly mail-order tinned ocean-caught sockeye salmon, smoked over Alaskan alder wood, from Captain Jim’s www.captainjimssalmon.com. This delicious, smoky, firm fish flakes nicely and brings back memories of our Alaskan trip during the height of salmon season.
Softer, hot-smoked salmon, such as the sustainably raised Atlantic salmon from the Honey Smoked Fish Company out of Denver, lends a lovely hickory flavor to the chowder. Look for packaged filets in the refrigerator section of large supermarkets. Note, that chowder is not the place for nova lox or thin sliced Scottish smoked salmon; save these for eating on open-face sandwiches.
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Of course, fresh salmon, cooked on a smoky grill, or under the heat of a broiler, works well here too. When using fresh salmon, add a couple of pinches of smoked paprika to the chowder.
To keep things from getting too fishy, use a combination of chicken broth and seafood broth (or bottled clam juice). Low-sodium broths are a good idea as smoked salmon can lend a salty flavor to the soup.
Serve the chowder in warmed bowls. Pass a vinegary hot red pepper sauce — the vinegar cuts the richness and perks up the vegetables. Crusty garlic bread or thick slices of sourdough bread will help soak up every drop.
Smoked Salmon and Veggie Chowder
Makes 6 servings
Note: Make this extra smoky by using bacon drippings for the vegetable sauteing.
2 small leeks, halved lengthwise, well rinsed or 1 medium-size onion
3 medium-sized red potatoes, 12 ounces, scrubbed and diced
4 thin carrots, trimmed, peeled
1 small yellow or golden bell pepper, cored, seeded
2 tablespoons butter or bacon drippings
1 rib celery, diced
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
3 cups low-sodium chicken broth
2 cups seafood broth or clam broth
1 tablespoon arrowroot or cornstarch dissolved in 1/4 cup water
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream or crème fraiche or a combination
Salt, freshly ground black pepper
1 cup fresh or thawed frozen peas or baby lima beans
8 to 12 ounces smoked salmon, skin removed, checked for bones
1 or 2 tablespoons minced fresh dill
Red pepper hot sauce, for serving
1. Use a very sharp knife to slice leeks crosswise into -1/4-inch-wide pieces. Slice only the white and pale green portions (reserve the dark green portion for another use). If using onion, cut into a small dice. Cut potatoes into 1/2-inch dice. Slice carrots into 1/4-inch thick coins. Cut bell pepper into small dice.
2. Melt butter in a large saucepan or medium-size Dutch oven over medium heat. Add leeks or onion; cook and stir until softened, about 8 minutes. Stir in potatoes, carrots, bell pepper, celery and garlic; cook 3 minutes.
3. Stir in broths. Heat to a simmer; reduce heat to low. Cook, stirring occasionally, until carrots are fork-tender, about 15 minutes. (This base can be made several days in advance and refrigerated.)
4. Shortly before serving, heat soup base to simmer. Stir in dissolved arrowroot and heat to a boil while stirring continuously. Mixture should thicken slightly. Stir cream into soup base and season with salt and pepper Add peas and cook 1 minute. Break smoked salmon into large attractive bite-sized flakes. Add salmon to soup and heat through.
5. Serve garnished with fresh dill. Pass the hot sauce.
Broiled Salmon
Makes 4 servings
1 pound center cut fresh or thawed salmon fillet
Extra-virgin olive oil
Coarse (kosher) salt
Freshly ground black pepper
1. Position broiler rack so salmon will be 6 inches from heat source. Heat broiler.
2. Place salmon on a broiler pan or on a baking sheet. Coat all sides with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Position salmon so it is skin side down.
3. Broil, 6 inches from heat source, rotating pan once or twice, until fish nearly flakes easily at the thickest portion, about 8 minutes. Serve hot or at room temperature. Refrigerate leftovers for a couple of days.
(JeanMarie Brownson is a James Beard Award-winning author and the recipient of the IACP Cookbook Award for her latest cookbook, “Dinner at Home.” JeanMarie, a chef and authority on home cooking, Mexican cooking and specialty food, is one of the founding partners of Frontera Foods. She co-authored three cookbooks with chef Rick Bayless, including “Mexico: One Plate at a Time.” JeanMarie has enjoyed developing recipes and writing about food, travel and dining for more than four decades.) | https://wcfcourier.com/lifestyles/food-and-cooking/jeanmarie-brownson-smoked-salmon-in-a-cozy-chowder-is-perfect-on-cool-rainy-days/article_9cd66bc5-bd92-51d3-b945-0e2f12e8dd0c.html | 2023-03-21 18:39:38 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/lifestyles/food-and-cooking/jeanmarie-brownson-smoked-salmon-in-a-cozy-chowder-is-perfect-on-cool-rainy-days/article_9cd66bc5-bd92-51d3-b945-0e2f12e8dd0c.html |
WFO SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, August 4, 2022
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537 PM PDT Thu Aug 4 2022
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR
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Flood waters have receded. The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no
longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed remaining
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A variety of IGT systems modules and the IGT ADVANTAGE™ CMS to power iconic Las Vegas casino beginning in Q4 2023
LONDON, June 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- International Game Technology PLC (IGT) (NYSE: IGT) announced today that the Company reached an agreement with Dreamscape Companies to provide its award-winning IGT ADVANTAGE casino management system to the Rio Hotel & Casino starting Q4 of this year. In addition to deploying the IGT ADVANTAGE system, Rio Hotel & Casino will leverage IGT's M5 content delivery solution to run Random Riches™ and Lucky Coin™ bonuses, IGT's Mobile Host and Mobile Responder employee convenience apps will elevate customer service, while the Taxable Accrual solution will help optimize player self-service jackpot processing.
"IGT ADVANTAGE with the M5 solution and various bonusing and service apps will play integral roles in Rio Hotel & Casino's capacity to deliver remarkable player experiences and advance our gaming floor and loyalty program," said Kevin Sweet, Rio Hotel & Casino Chief Gaming Officer. "The scalable and modular nature of IGT ADVANTAGE is ideal for our property revitalization efforts and positions us to adapt and evolve our gaming floor and loyalty program over time."
"In deploying IGT ADVANTAGE, Rio Hotel & Casino will have the resources to offer personalized promotions, real-time rewards and engaging bonuses that will quickly differentiate the casino and build patron loyalty," said Ryan Reddy, IGT Global PM Systems, VLT, Video Poker and Payments. "As the gaming industry's most trusted CMS, IGT ADVANTAGE has proven to elevate operations and drive results, especially when paired with leading modules such as M5, Random Riches, Lucky Coin, Mobile Host and Mobile Responder."
For more information, visit IGT.com, follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter, or watch IGT videos on YouTube.
About IGT
IGT (NYSE: IGT) is a global leader in gaming. We deliver entertaining and responsible gaming experiences for players across all channels and regulated segments, from Lotteries and Gaming Machines to Sports Betting and Digital. Leveraging a wealth of compelling content, substantial investment in innovation, player insights, operational expertise, and leading-edge technology, our solutions deliver unrivaled gaming experiences that engage players and drive growth. We have a well-established local presence and relationships with governments and regulators in more than 100 jurisdictions around the world, and create value by adhering to the highest standards of service, integrity, and responsibility. IGT has approximately 10,500 employees. For more information, please visit www.igt.com.
About the Rio Hotel & Casino Las Vegas
Located one block off the famed Las Vegas Strip on Flamingo Blvd., Rio Hotel & Casino Las Vegas features over 2,500 580 Sq. Ft. all-suite guest rooms, 220,000/sf of convention and meeting space, a 5-acre pool area, and a 150,000/sf casino with 60+ tables and 1000+ slot machines. Dreamscape's plan for the resort's future includes a property refresh, from dynamic new dining offerings to a variety of entertainment options. Dreamscape's intent is to preserve the property's bones and honor its legacy. The property will remain open throughout the renovations, with the company slated to officially take over and manage operations at the resort in fall of 2023.
About Dreamscape
Dreamscape's talented team of real estate professionals has collectively deployed in excess of $35 billion across residential, retail, hospitality, entertainment and gaming properties and has decades of experience in these verticals. Eric Birnbaum and his team have assets in New York, Miami, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Nashville, New Orleans, Charleston and Philadelphia. The team has worked on a diverse portfolio of significant properties, including critically acclaimed endeavors such as Henry Hall in New York's Hudson Yards, The Pod Hotel in New York's Times Square, The Goodtime Hotel in South Beach, Miami, Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, and 5420 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, Los Angeles.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Karen Ruth Bass, a former physician assistant who shattered glass ceilings with her rise to a leadership post in the California legislature and later a prominent spot in Congress, took a ceremonial oath of office Sunday as mayor of Los Angeles.
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A progressive Democrat, Bass becomes the first woman and second Black person to hold the city's top job and will formally assume her duties Monday amid multiple crises in the nation's second most populous city.
She was sworn in ceremonially by Vice President Kamala Harris, a longtime friend and former California attorney general. The formal oath was administered privately by the city clerk.
Bass will be tasked with easing rising crime rates, restoring trust in a City Hall shaken by racism and corruption scandals and addressing the issue of over 40,000 people living in trash-strewn encampments or rusty RVs that have spread into virtually every neighborhood.
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Striking a tone of unity, Bass said the many, disparate arms of government must come together to confront homelessness.
To move in a new direction “we must have a single strategy” that brings together government, the private sector and other stakeholders,” Bass said, speaking in a downtown theater near City Hall.
She said if people link arms rather than point fingers, lives will be saved. She called that “my mission” as mayor.
She also urged residents to become involved in city government, echoing John F. Kennedy's presidential inaugural address in which he said, "Ask not what your country can do for you –- ask what you can do for your country.”
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“I call on the people of our city to not just dream of the L.A. we want, but to participate in making the dream come true,” Bass said.
Bass — who was on President-elect Joe Biden’s short list for vice president — claimed the post last month after overcoming more than $100 million in spending by rival Rick Caruso, a billionaire developer and Republican-turned-Democrat who campaigned as a centrist and promised a strong emphasis on public safety.
Caruso would have represented a turn to the political right for the heavily Democratic city. Bass swayed voters by arguing she would be a coalition builder to help heal a troubled city of nearly 4 million.
“We are going to build a new Los Angeles,” Bass had promised at an election night rally.
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A marquee outside the theater featured a photo of a beaming Bass with the slogan “A new day for Los Angeles.” The backdrop for the stage, topped by U.S flags, was an oversized shot of the steps and columns of City Hall.
In a surprise appearance, Stevie Wonder got the crowd dancing, playing “Living for the City.” He and Bass shared a hug.
Bass, 69, ran as the consensus pick of the Democratic establishment and was endorsed by Biden, former President Barack Obama and former first lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Despite her close ties with the Democratic political community, she has described herself as a change agent who plans to declare a state of emergency on her first day in office to deal with homelessness. She has signaled she will seek to marshal “all of the resources, all of the skills, the knowledge, the talent of the city” to get homeless people into housing.
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Details on the emergency order have yet to emerge, though she has said she intends to get over 17,000 homeless people into housing in her first year through a mix of interim and permanent facilities.
She also will contend with entrenched urban problems that include a housing shortage, crumbling streets and some of the nation's worst traffic.
“The mayor’s first priority and likely the main one for some time to come is homelessness,” said Raphael Sonenshein, executive director of the Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs at California State University, Los Angeles.
“The voters don’t expect a miracle but will be looking for a clear and credible path toward measurable and visible improvement,” Sonenshein said. “It’s an opportunity for an energetic reset on a crisis that has seemed stuck, and also a chance to restore confidence in local government in Los Angeles.”
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She replaces beleaguered Democrat Eric Garcetti, who ends two bumpy terms with his nomination to become U.S. ambassador to India stalled in the Senate, apparently over sexual misconduct allegations against a former top Garcetti adviser.
Bass takes office as the City Council contends with a racism scandal that led to the resignation of its former president and a powerful labor leader, while one councilman snared in the scandal has resisted calls to resign. Meanwhile, three current or former council members have been indicted or have pleaded guilty to corruption charges.
Bass made history in the state Assembly by becoming the first Black woman to serve as speaker of any state legislature. She also served as chair of the Congressional Black Caucus in 2019 and 2020. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Democrat-Bass-takes-charge-as-LA-mayor-amid-17647044.php | 2022-12-12 01:15:38 | 0 | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Democrat-Bass-takes-charge-as-LA-mayor-amid-17647044.php |
Gerber crowns winner of 2023 Photo Search – meet 10-month-old Maddie Mendoza
(Gray News) – There’s a new Gerber Baby!
Gerber announced the winner of its 2023 Photo Search on Wednesday. The winner is 10-month-old Madison “Maddie” Mendoza from Colorado.
Gerber said they chose Maddie because of her standout submission with a story full of love and resilience.
According to Maddie’s mom Crystal Mendoza, Maddie is a rainbow baby – a child born after a previous miscarriage – and has brought “immeasurable joy with every milestone, snuggle and moment spent with her enriching our lives.”
Maddie’s parents have been together for 22 years, starting as high school sweethearts and even enduring a long-distance relationship for nine years.
Maddie’s dad Jun Mendoza is a physician in the Air Force, where he has been serving for 16 years. Maddie’s mom is a dentist.
Both parents are from first-generation families from the Philippines, with both of Maddie’s grandfathers having served in the U.S. Navy and “coming to America with very little,” Gerber said.
In this year’s photo contest, Gerber asked parents to also send in their own baby photos along with their child’s photos. In side-by-side photos sent in by the Mendozas, Maddie is the spitting image of her mom.
“Gerber has always believed in the magic of babies, and Maddie’s story, filled with love, resilience, and adventure, embodies the spirit of generations of Gerber babies,” said Tarun Malkani, Gerber president and CEO. “The throwback submission of Maddie and her mom brought a smile to the judges’ faces and perfectly captured the spirit of this year’s program.”
Maddie’s parents said she enjoys her baby music classes, thrives in her swim lessons, loves hiking with her parents and fearlessly explores new foods. Together as a family, the Mendozas love the outdoors, photography, trying new restaurants and interacting with animals.
As part of winning the contest, Maddie will serve as the 2023 Gerber Baby and be featured in the brand’s marketing campaigns throughout the year. The family also won a $25,000 cash prize along with free Gerber products for a year.
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SINGAPORE, June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BitKan, the largest cryptocurrency brokerage exchange globally, announces a strategic partnership with major exchange MEXC Global (abbreviated as "MEXC"). This will pave the way for BitKan to have the largest amount of crypto tokens offered by a centralized trading platform globally.
MEXC will be added into BitKan Smart Trade' s trading depth along with 8 other established exchanges (Binance, OKX, Huobi, FTX, Bit.com, Gate.io, Bitfinex and Poloniex). Combining all partner exchanges' liquidity and order books, users will be able to trade cryptocurrencies listed across these 9 exchanges on BitKan with a single account at even better prices.
Currently, BitKan provides over 1200 tradeable cryptocurrencies. After the full onboarding of MEXC, BitKan will list more cryptocurrencies daily and is set to be the centralized crypto trading platform with most tokens globally.
CEO of BitKan, Leon Liu, said: "Since 2012, BitKan has always strived to provide more functions and coin varieties to our users. We continuously look for quality partners and are honored to have MEXC onboard to further strengthen our advantages. It will also open a new ground for us to reach more users and crypto communities. We welcome global users to trade their favorite coins on BitKan and discover more crypto gems."
MEXC has been growing rapidly since 2018, with key licenses and passing jurisdictions in Australia, Estonia and the United States. John Chen, CEO of MEXC, said: "Our operation in Asia is now expanding faster than ever, and we're happy to have BitKan helping us connect with more cryptocurrency traders and offer seamless user experience in the local market. This integration will allow BitKan users to take advantage of differences in funding rates across MEXC and more top-tier exchanges and execute arbitrage strategies."
Based in Singapore, BitKan is backed by IDG Capital which is also a shareholder of Coinbase. To date, BitKan has served over 5 million users in 170 countries. Moving forward, BitKan will continue looking to work with other leading partners like MEXC for more top cryptocurrencies listings at better prices. BitKan users can also look forward to a greater range of services in collaboration with our partners in future.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Daily Three-Evening" game were:
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TX Norman OK Zone Forecast for Friday, December 9, 2022
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Zone Forecast Product for Oklahoma
National Weather Service Norman OK
221 AM CST Sat Dec 10 2022
TXZ086-101600-
Wichita-
Including the cities of Sheppard AFB and Wichita Falls
221 AM CST Sat Dec 10 2022
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Cloudy with a chance of
showers. A chance of thunderstorms, mainly this morning. Highs in
the upper 50s. North winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the evening.
Lows in the mid 40s. North winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. North winds around 5 mph, becoming
south in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 60s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up
to 30 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers with a slight
chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then showers likely with
a chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows around 50. Chance
of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers in the
morning. Highs in the lower 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid
30s. Highs around 50.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s.
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TXZ083-101600-
Hardeman-
Including the city of Quanah
221 AM CST Sat Dec 10 2022
.TODAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms this
morning, then a slight chance of showers this afternoon. Highs in
the mid 50s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming northeast this
afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. North winds
around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. North winds around 5 mph, becoming
south in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Near steady temperature around 50. South winds
5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY 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.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear, cold with lows in the lower 30s.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the
upper 40s. Lows in the upper 20s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s.
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TXZ084-101600-
Foard-
Including the city of Crowell
221 AM CST Sat Dec 10 2022
.TODAY...Cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms, mainly this morning. Highs in the mid 50s. North
winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. North winds around
5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Northwest winds around 5 mph,
becoming south in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then partly sunny with a
slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s.
South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 40s. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s. Highs
in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
30s. Highs in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the mid 20s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s.
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TXZ087-101600-
Knox-
Including the cities of Munday and Knox City
221 AM CST Sat Dec 10 2022
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Cloudy with a chance of
showers. A chance of thunderstorms, mainly this morning. Highs in
the upper 50s. North winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of showers with a slight chance of
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 40s. North winds
around 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. North winds around 5 mph, becoming
south in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts
up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 40s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
30s. Highs in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s.
$$
TXZ085-101600-
Wilbarger-
Including the city of Vernon
221 AM CST Sat Dec 10 2022
.TODAY...Cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms, mainly this morning. Highs in the mid 50s. North
winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the evening.
Lows in the mid 40s. North winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. North winds around 5 mph, becoming
south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers with a slight
chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then showers likely with
a chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 40s.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 60.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
30s. Highs around 50.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the mid 20s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s.
$$
TXZ088-101600-
Baylor-
Including the city of Seymour
221 AM CST Sat Dec 10 2022
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Cloudy with a chance of
showers. A chance of thunderstorms, mainly this morning. Highs in
the upper 50s. North winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of showers with a slight chance of
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 40s. North winds
around 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s. North winds
around 5 mph, becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then partly sunny with a
slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s.
South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then showers likely with a chance
of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 40s. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers in the
morning. Highs in the lower 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower
30s. Highs in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
$$
TXZ089-101600-
Archer-
Including the cities of Archer City, Holliday, Lakeside City,
and Scotland
221 AM CST Sat Dec 10 2022
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 50s. North winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of showers with a slight chance of
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 40s. North winds
5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. North winds around 5 mph, becoming
west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers with a slight
chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then showers likely with
a chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 50s.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers in the
morning. Highs in the lower 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid
30s. Highs around 50.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
$$
TXZ090-101600-
Clay-
Including the city of Henrietta
221 AM CST Sat Dec 10 2022
.TODAY...Patchy fog this morning. Cloudy with a chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 50s. North winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers with a slight
chance of thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 40s.
North winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. North winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 60s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up
to 30 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers with a slight
chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then showers with a
chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Near steady temperature
in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers with a slight
chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then sunny in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid
30s. Highs around 50.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s.
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Beyoncé took over Chicago this weekend, with two sold-out shows at Soldier Field.
The shows, part of a world tour touting the singer's 2022 album "Renaissance," featured multiple costume changes and more than 30 songs each night. But the audience during Sunday's show was treated to something a little extra special: an appearance by Beyoncé's daughter, Blue Ivy.
About halfway through the concert, fans on social media captured Blue Ivy, 11, floating up onto the Soldier Field stage in a camouflaged green and sequin jacket with matching cargo pants.
Blue Ivy then joined backup dancers to perform alongside her mom during "My Power" and "Black Parade," and dozens of videos and photos posted to social media document the crowd showing their support for the surprise guest.
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After the performance, the show paused as the crowd gave the duo a standing ovation.
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TORONTO, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - SoftwareReviews, a leading source for insights on the software provider landscape, has published its 2022 Enterprise Resource Planning Data Quadrant. Nine providers in the Enterprise and Midmarket spaces have been identified as Gold Medalists.
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is a suite of software applications supporting process areas such as finance, operations, HR, manufacturing, distribution, logistics, and supply chain. Successful ERP implementation results in greater enterprise efficiency and effectiveness. Targeting one or two critical areas of value, such as improved inventory turns, lower distribution and logistics costs, or more streamlined quote to cash, helps IT teams deliver early results.
The best enterprise resource planning software providers for 2022 have been identified based on verified survey data collected from end users. These providers have received high scores on SoftwareReviews' Data Quadrant.
Providers are ranked by a composite satisfaction score, called a Composite Score (CS), which averages four different areas of evaluation: Net Emotional Footprint, Vendor Capabilities, Product Features, and Likeliness to Recommend.
The 2022 Enterprise – Enterprise Resource Planning Software Gold Medalists are as follows:
- Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, 8.5 CS, for quality of features.
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 ERP, 7.9 CS, for accounting and financial management.
- Workday Enterprise Mgmt Cloud, 7.9 CS, for human capital management.
The 2022 Midmarket – Enterprise Resource Planning Software Gold Medalists are as follows:
- SAP Business Once, 8.6 CS, for supply chain management.
- Sage Intacct, 8.6 CS, for industry-specific capabilities.
- Acumatica Cloud ERP, 8.6 CS, for procurement management.
- FinancialForce ERP Cloud, 8.0 CS, for governance risk and compliance.
- Oracle NetSuite ERP, 8.0 CS, for service management.
- Sage X3, 7.8 CS, for job and project management.
SoftwareReviews' comprehensive software reviews provide the most accurate and detailed view of a complicated and ever-changing market. The data comes from real end users who use the software day in and day out and IT professionals who have worked with it intimately through procurement, implementation, and maintenance.
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(Motor Authority) — It was in 2002 that Volkswagen first launched the Golf R32 based on the fourth generation of the Golf hatchback, and now 20 years on VW is celebrating the milestone with a special Golf R packing extra power and a few additional unique tweaks.
The current Golf R launched for the 2022 model year is the spiritual successor to the original V-6-powered Golf R32, and the special anniversary version, known as the Golf R 20 Years, is confirmed to reach North America this summer, albeit with a unique specification.
The original Golf R32 was powered by a 3.2-liter V-6 good for 237 hp. It was the most powerful Golf that VW had built up to that point, and as a result was given an all-wheel-drive system to help put the power down.
The Golf R 20 Years is powered by a 2.0-liter turbocharged inline-4 good for 329 hp or enough for 0-62 mph acceleration in 4.6 seconds. The stock Golf R has 315 hp and needs 4.7 seconds to hit 62 mph. The Golf R 20 Years will also reach a top speed of 167 mph, though in standard form the top speed is capped at 155 mph. All-wheel drive is standard but drivers can choose between a 6-speed manual or a 7-speed dual-clutch automatic. A special touch is an Emotion Start feature which revs the engine to 2,500 rpm upon startup for a bit of theater.
The Golf R 20 Years comes standard with the Golf R’s R Performance package which includes torque vectoring and the Vehicle Dynamics Manager with additional Special and Drift modes. Special badging, both inside and out, further sets apart the special car from the stock version.
Local pricing hasn’t been announced but in VW’s home market of Germany, the Golf R 20 Years starts at 59,995 euros (approximately $64,125). Production of all VW Golf models is handled at a Volkswagen Group plant in Wolfsburg, Germany, and production of the Golf R 20 Years will run for a single year only. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/automotive/vw-celebrates-20-years-of-golf-r-with-329-hp-special-edition/ | 2022-08-05 13:40:40 | 0 | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/automotive/vw-celebrates-20-years-of-golf-r-with-329-hp-special-edition/ |
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President Biden's lawyer have found additional classified documents at his Wilmington, Del., residence, according to his counsel Richard Sauber, who said "all but one" of the new documents were found in storage in Biden's garage, and one document was in stored materials in "an adjacent room."
The news fueled calls by House Republicans to conduct their own probes into the matter.
Biden's lawyers immediately notified the Justice Department of the new discovery, Sauber said. He added that they were cooperating with the National Archives and the Department of Justice "in a process to ensure that any Obama-Biden Administration records are appropriately in possession of the Archives."
At an event Thursday morning after the statement came out, Biden acknowledged the discovery, telling reporters: "I'm going to get a chance to speak on all this, God willing, soon."
Asked by a reporter why he would leave documents next to a vintage Corvette that Biden is known to have – Biden said: "By the way my Corvette's in a locked garage, OK?" – implying that the documents were secure.
Biden owns a 1967 Corvette, which was a wedding gift from his father, who ran a car dealership. He keeps it in a garage — though it's not clear it's the same garage where the documents were found.
The discovery comes after recent news that some classified documents were found in November at the Penn Biden Center, a think tank office in Washington, D.C., that Biden used for about three years.
"Following the discovery of government documents at the Penn Biden Center in November 2022, and coordinating closely with the Department of Justice, the President's lawyers have searched the President's Wilmington and Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, residences — the other locations where files from his Vice-Presidential office might have been shipped in the course of the 2017 transition. The lawyers completed that review last night," Sauber's statement said.
During that review, the lawyers discovered among personal and political papers "a small number" of additional Obama-Biden Administration records with classified markings, he said.
Earlier this week, Biden said he was "surprised" to learn documents had been found at the think tank office, which he used from mid-2017 until the beginning of his 2020 campaign. Those documents were found in a box in a locked closet and were turned over to the National Archives as soon as they were discovered by his personal attorneys.
In revealing the discovery of those documents — which were first reported by CBS News — earlier this week, Sauber noted that they "were not the subject of any previous request or inquiry by the Archives." The distinction sets the situation apart from classified documents discovered at Mar-a-Lago, former President Donald Trump's Florida home. In that case, the Justice Department says Trump's team did not turn over all of the documents despite multiple attempts.
Former DOJ integrity chief Jack Smith is investigating the potential mishandling of classified documents by Trump. Those documents were seized from Trump's Florida home last August. Smith is also looking into aspects of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Attorney General Merrick Garland has announced the appointment of a special counsel to investigate how the classified documents came to be located in Delaware and at the Penn Biden Center.
House Republicans says Congress should investigate
The new discovery has also fueled calls from the Republican-led House to initiate their own probe into the findings.
"Not once but now we're finding in two different locations, classified information just out there in the open," House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told reporters on Thursday morning. He later added, "I think Congress needs to investigate this."
McCarthy stopped short of detailing which committee should take the lead.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer has already said his panel would dig into classified document concerns, and said he expects to hold related hearings.
Before Garland's announcement, Comer raised concerns about a special counsel appointment. He said it could impede his panel's probe into the matter, and argued his panel would be "a lot more effective and quicker" to investigate.
"I don't see how they cannot appoint a special counsel with respect to Biden," Comer told reporters before the Garland plans were shared. "Two things: I don't have confidence in who Merrick Garland would appoint. And second, when that special counsel is appointed, it limits our ability to do some of the oversight investigations that we want to do with respect to this."
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PITTSBURGH, Jan. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a shower fixture that would offer consistent water delivery for two people at one time within a shower enclosure," said an inventor, from Elizabeth, N.J., "so I invented the INFINITE RAIN SHOWER. My design would provide an improved means for couples who love showering together."
The patent-pending invention provides a bathroom shower water delivery fixture to accommodate two persons. In doing so, it offers a continuous shower experience for both people. As a result, it eliminates the need to switch places to access the water flow and it enhances comfort and safety. The invention features an adjustable design that is easy to install and use so it is ideal for households, hotels, etc. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the New Jersey sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-NJD-2480, 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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Aside from a handful of bridges, no Oregon highways currently charge drivers a toll. That could change in the coming years as ODOT is exploring tolls as a way to manage congestion on Portland area expressways.
To prepare for the potential advent of toll roads, the agency is examining its current tolling policies and proposing some tweaks. The goal is to better define toll-related terms and make the objectives of tolling more clear.
The decision about whether to actually implement tolls hasn’t been made yet. Right now, the state is taking comments on what a tolling policy would look like, should tolls be put in place.
“This is not just a policy for the Portland metro area, even though that’s the only location currently that we’re really exploring these,” said Erik Havig, the statewide policy and planning manager for ODOT. “The policy is being set up in case there may be other locations across the state in the future where we may want to consider this.”
ODOT has scheduled a virtual public hearing on the tolling policy for Wednesday, July 20. Written comments are being accepted through Aug. 1.
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The family of an Arlington man who died after investigators say he was intentionally set on fire by his girlfriend is sharing his story as they fight for justice.
Ricky Doyle, 25, died this week after a two-week fight in the hospital.
Doyle’s little sister, Mikayla, said on July 18, Doyle and his girlfriend 24-year-old Breana Johnson were arguing outside the family’s Arlington home.
“She [Johnson] just started beating on his chest. She took his phone. She threw his phone. Then she came back and she picked his phone up, threw it at him, and then started beating his chest,” Mikayla recalled. “We knew she was abusive to him, but we didn’t see this. We didn’t know this was going to come.”
While she was on the phone with police, Mikayla said Johnson took off in her Jeep with Doyle still inside. According to an arrest warrant, Johnson and Doyle eventually stopped at a nearby gas station on Mayfield Road in Arlington where she purchased 50 cents' worth of gasoline and pumped it into the backseat of the car where Doyle was sitting and intentionally ignited it.
“Officers spoke with another witness who stated the suspect was smiling as she fled the scene,” the arrest warrant states.
This week, Arlington police announced the aggravated assault charge for Johnson will soon be upgraded to murder.
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Doyle’s family said he was first taken to Medical City Arlington before being transferred to a hospital in Plano, where he was being treated for burns covering more than 90% of his body. Family said the top of his head, groin and buttocks areas, along with the bottoms of his feet were spared.
“I was so scared to touch another part because I didn’t know. I didn’t want to damage another part. I said, 'would it be OK if I touch his foot?' He [the doctor] said, 'yes go ahead,'” Doyle’s mother Lisa said. “That’s the only part of his body I could touch. That’s all that was left.”
Lisa said her son always dreamed of becoming an author.
“And the times I went and saw him in the hospital, I told him, 'you didn’t know what kind of story you wanted to tell. But this is a big one. This is a big story for you to write,'” she said. “If you hurt someone that you care about, it’s not love. It’s not love.”
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HOLLIDAY (KFDX/KJTL) — Sports, an inclusive activity which involves everybody!
“I like it doing it as a little kid, all the time!” Olympian Regina Hickman said.
Bocce is the name of the game for Special Olympic Athletes in Holliday as the season kicks off!
“It’s a wonderful opportunity for our special Olympians to come out and compete,” Holliday ISD Superintendent Cody Carroll said.
Regina Hickman has been competing for more than 10 years. She says she’s excited for the new season and being able to compete in upcoming games.
“I play basketball, track, bowling, play flag football,” Hickman said.
Carroll is excited the district is able to host an event like this, and being able to create an environment of inclusion.
“A lot of these athletes go to school here in Holliday, and so it just creates the opportunity to share in an event create better relationships and opportunities to help them be successful in other areas,” Carroll said.
Carroll says more than 30 of his students volunteered and the community support shows why Special Olympics is important.
“That’s kind of what Holliday is about. I mean, we want to include everybody. We want everybody to be successful. And so, an event like this helps us to promote that vision and cause that we all stand for,” Carroll said.
Bringing everyone together, one sport at a time.
Next up for the Olympians is flag football!
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BROOKLYN, N.Y., March 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Qunnect, an industry leader in quantum-secure networking technology designed for scalable deployment on existing telecom fiber infrastructure, debuted their QU-APC instrument with an interactive demo on the exhibit floor of the 2023 OFC Conference in San Diego. The 2023 Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC) is the premier conference and exhibition for optical communications and networking professionals.
Qunnect's QU-APC (Auto Polarization Compensator) is a real-time calibration and compensation solution to maintain high-fidelity transmission of quantum information over telecom fiber. Commercial fiber is typically deployed as aerial cables or buried in conduit near roadways. These cables are subject to numerous environmental perturbations such as wind, temperature, and vibration, which can damage the quantum information being transmitted through them. The QU-APC alternates between test and transmission modes, utilizing rapid measurement and analysis to maintain >95% quantum transmission uptime. With insertion loss of only 1.2dB, the QU-APC is an industry leader in quantum-enabling technologies.
"The QU-APC is a game-changer for addressing the challenges of real-world quantum networking," notes Qunnect CEO Noel Goddard, "We are very pleased to announce the commercial launch of this product as a qubit-agnostic solution for both Distributed Entanglement and QKD protocols."
On the exhibit floor of OFC, the Qunnect team invited visitors to jump on a floor mat covering a spool of fiber. Participants observe the disturbance in the fiber's transmission fidelity on a nearby screen, and then see the QU-APC correct for the disturbance in real time, restoring the fidelity. While this is an extreme example of real-world perturbations, it demonstrates the power and speed of the QU-APC to compensate for these issues.
To learn more about Qunnect's metropolitan grade product suite, please visit: qunnect.inc.
About Qunnect
Qunnect innovates and commercializes the core technologies needed for scalable quantum-safe communication. In 2021, the company commercialized the world's first quantum memory. The memory serves as the cornerstone to Qunnect's product suite, offering integrated solutions for Metropolitan-Scale and Long-Distance distribution of entanglement across existing telecommunications infrastructure. The company is headquartered in the Brooklyn Navy Yard where it operates GothamQ, a quantum network spanning across New York City. Qunnect recently announced its Series A financing in a round led by Airbus Ventures and is grateful for research support from the US Department of Energy, the US Air Force and the National Science Foundation.
About OFC
The 2023 Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC) is the premier conference and exhibition for optical communications and networking professionals. For more than 45 years, OFC has drawn attendees from all corners of the globe to meet and greet, teach and learn, make connections and move business forward.
OFC includes dynamic business programming, an exhibition of global companies and high impact peer-reviewed research that, combined, showcase the trends that are shaping the entire optical networking and communications industry. OFC is co-sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society (IEEE/ComSoc) and the IEEE Photonics Society and Optica (formerly OSA). OFC in 2023 will be presented in a hybrid format with in-person and virtual components and will take place 05-09 March 2023 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California, USA. Follow @OFCConference on Twitter, learn more at OFC Community LinkedIn, and watch highlights on OFC YouTube.
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The midterm elections are neither a Republican landslide nor a Democratic surprise, but there is still a long way to go before we have winners in several key races, and control of the Senate isn’t likely to be known for a while.
Still, there are some clear lessons emerging from the night’s results.
Bad candidates cost the Republicans badly. Several Trump-backed extremists, including New Hampshire Senate candidate Don Bolduc and Pennsylvania gubernatorial contender Doug Mastriano, lost their races. Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker was running well behind more mainstream Republican candidates in the same state because voters split their tickets.
The Spin, Part I: If the Republican margin turns out to be smaller than the GOP had hoped, a scenario that looks increasingly likely, expect some in the party to make baseless accusations of voter fraud. We saw it happen in 2020, and we can expect some losing candidates or their supporters to extend the “stolen election” mantra into the midterm results.
The Spin, Part II: Once upon a time, in the 1980s and 1990s, both parties would play down their chances going into the election, sometimes comically so, to leave their candidates room to beat artificially low expectations. Republican operative Karl Rove changed all that in 2000; he thought that spinning the other way could generate momentum for his candidates on Election Day, which would matter a lot more than post-election spin. Many Republicans have emulated Rove, while Democrats by and large haven’t. The result Tuesday night: Republicans may fall short of Rove-style high expectations and suffer in post-election punditry.
Still, expectations matter: Republicans appear to be falling short of a different type of expectation based on what political scientists regard as election “fundamentals,” such as which party is in the White House and how popular the president is. Those core factors, and especially President Joe Biden’s popularity rating, which is hovering below 42 percent, suggested a tough night for Democrats.
Issues matter, too: Liberal ballot measures are off to a good start: Marijuana legalization won in Maryland, Medicaid expansion is winning in Republican South Dakota, and abortion rights supporters have won in Vermont and are ahead in several other states, including Republican Kentucky. It’s going to be some time before we know why Republicans failed to capitalize on what appeared to be a strong year for them, but it’s likely that these popular policy positions helped Democrats quite a bit.
Florida, red state: Republicans did extremely well in Florida, a development with long-term implications. One potential outcome: If the state is perceived to be solidly Republican, Democratic presidents including the current one might not feel as inclined to push for policies that benefit the state’s voters.
Tough comparisons: As I write this, Republicans haven’t yet clinched a House majority. They will probably get there, but only by a narrow margin. If that’s what happens, people will wind up having a bit more appreciation in the coming months for how Speaker Nancy Pelosi held together a tiny majority over the past two years. Make that: A lot more appreciation.
Milestones: With many races still undecided, a couple of results stand out. Maryland Democrat Wes Moore becomes the first Black person elected governor in the state’s history and only the third Black governor elected in U.S. history. Massachusetts Democrat Maura Healey is one of the country’s first LGBTQ women elected governor. Another LGBTQ candidate, Oregon Democrat Tina Kotek, is still in a close race. | https://www.bangordailynews.com/2022/11/09/opinion/opinion-contributor/8-takeaways-from-the-midterms/ | 2022-11-09 17:58:19 | 0 | https://www.bangordailynews.com/2022/11/09/opinion/opinion-contributor/8-takeaways-from-the-midterms/ |
Buffalo Bills vs. Kansas City Chiefs odds: NFL Week 6 point spread, moneyline, over/under
The Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs play on Sunday in a game on the NFL Week 6 schedule.
The Bills are a 2.5-point favorite, according to Tipico Sportsbook.
The Bills are -130 on the moneyline in the game, which will be played at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City.
The Chiefs are +110.
The over/under for the game is set at 53.5 points.
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The Bills are coming off a 38-3 win against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The Chiefs are scheduled to conclude Week 5 of the NFL season hosting the Las Vegas Raiders.
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The Chiefs beat the Bills in the divisional round of the playoffs last season, 42-36, in overtime. The Bills beat the Chiefs in Week 5, 38-20.
The NFL Week 6 game is scheduled to kick off at 1:25 p.m. MST Sunday and can be seen on CBS.
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Party and protest mix as LGBTQ+ pride parades kick off from New York to San Francisco
NEW YORK (AP) - Some of the world’s biggest celebrations of LGBTQ+ pride are set to kick off Sunday, with thousands expected to march in New York, San Francisco and other North American cities in parades that will be part party, part protest.
Entertainers and activists, drag performers and transgender advocates are among the grand marshals in parades embracing a unity message this year, as new laws targeting the LGBTQ+ community take effect in several U.S. states.
The parades and marches are among a range of events the roughly 400 Pride organizations across the U.S. are holding this year, with many offering programs focused specifically on the rights of transgender people.
“The platform will be elevated, and we’ll see communities across the country show their unity and solidarity through these events,” said Ron deHarte, co-president for the U.S. Association of Prides.
Chicago, Minneapolis, Denver and Seattle are scheduled to hold their annual pride parades on Sunday. At the parade in Toronto, Canada, more than 100 groups are expected to march. In New York City, seven-time Grammy winner Christina Aguilera will headline a post-march concert in Brooklyn.
New York’s march is held the last Sunday in June to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall uprising in New York City, where a police raid on a gay bar triggered days of protests.
Over the years, the annual observations have spread to other cities and grown to include bisexual, transgender and queer people, as well as other groups.
About a decade ago, when her 13-year-old child first wanted to be called a boy, Roz Gould Keith sought help but could find little to assist her family navigate their child’s transition. They attended a Pride parade in the Detroit area but saw little transgender representation.
This year, she is heartened by the increased visibility of transgender people at marches and celebrations that have been held across the country this month.
“Ten years ago, when my son asked to go to Motor City Pride, there was nothing for the trans community,” said Keith, the founder and executive director of Stand with Trans, a group formed to support and empower young transgender people and their families.
This year, she said, the event was “jam-packed” with representation of transgender people.
One of the grand marshals of New York City’s parade this year is nonbinary activist AC Dumlao, chief of staff for Athlete Ally, a group that advocates on behalf of LGBTQ+ athletes.
“Uplifting the trans community has always been at the core of our events and programming,” said Dan Dimant, a spokesperson for NYC Pride.
Many of this year’s parades served as calls to action for LGBTQ+ communities to unite against dozens, if not hundreds, of legislative bills now under consideration in statehouses across the country.
Lawmakers in 20 states have moved to ban gender-affirming care for children and at least seven more are considering doing the same, adding increased urgency to coalesce around the transgender community, its advocates say.
“We are under threat. Prides are under threat,” Pride event organizers in New York, San Francisco and San Diego said in a statement joined by about 50 other pride organizations nationwide. “The diverse dangers we are facing as an LGBTQ community and Pride organizers, while differing in nature and intensity, share a common trait: they seek to undermine our love, our identity, our freedom, our safety, and our lives.”
Some parades, including the event in Chicago, are planning to beef up security amid the upheaval.
The Anti-Defamation League and GLAAD, a national LGBTQ+ organization, found 101 anti-LGBTQ+ incidents just in the first three weeks of this month, about twice as many as in the full month of June last year.
Sarah Moore, who analyzes extremism for the two civil rights groups, said many of the June incidents coincide with Pride events.
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AP writers Geoff Mulvihill in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and Susan Haigh in Hartford, Connecticut, contributed to this report.
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WFO HOUSTON/GALVESTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, January 8, 2023
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FLOOD WARNING
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
153 AM CST Sun Jan 8 2023
...The National Weather Service in Houston/Galveston TX has issued a
Flood Warning for the following rivers in Texas...
Little Cypress Creek NEAR Becker Road affecting Harris County.
For the Little Cypress Creek...including Cypress-Rosehill Road,
Kluge Road, Becker Road...Minor flooding is forecast.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.
The next statement will be issued later this morning.
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS MORNING UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...
* WHAT...Runoff from earlier heavy rainfall will cause Little
Cypress Creek at Becker Road to rise over banks.
* WHERE...Little Cypress Creek NEAR Becker Road.
* WHEN...From early this morning until further notice.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 1:40 AM CST Sunday the stage was 194.9 feet.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 1:40 AM CST Sunday was 194.9 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to 195.6 feet this
morning. Additional rises are possible thereafter.
- Flood stage is 194.6 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
195.5 feet on 05/27/2015.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Fld Observed Forecasts (12 am CST)
Location Stg Stg Day/Time Mon Tue Wed
Little Cypress Creek
Becker Road 194.6 194.9 Sun 1 am CST 194.0 MSG MSG
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JOB OPENING: News Anchor (Morning)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - WBAY-TV in Green Bay is looking for an experienced, dynamic anchor and storyteller to join our morning news team. You will join a very strong team that loves morning news and has great chemistry.
Apply online at Gray.TV/careers
Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Strong on-camera delivery with energy and the ability to ad-lib
- Positive attitude, supportive, hardworking, and a great team player is a must.
- Strong social media skills, including an active presence on Twitter and Facebook and a keen eye toward what’s trending locally and nationally.
- Develop original content through independent sources and social listening
- Demonstrated ability to work under pressure
- You will be expected to take a leadership role in the broadcasts, assisting with the show’s execution and writing.
- Community and promotional appearances will also be a part of your job duties.
Qualifications/Requirements:
- Minimum 5-7 years of news anchor/reporter experience
- Wisconsin/Upper Midwest knowledge is a plus
- A reel with examples of strong breaking, general, and feature news anchoring and reporting
Apply online at Gray.TV/careers. Click the “Apply Now” button in the upper right corner to upload your resume, cover letter and references.
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Maine shelters will reportedly begin to welcome dozens of beagles as part of national placement efforts of approximately 4,000 beagles removed from a facility in Virginia.
Nine animal welfare organizations across the state have collaborated with the Humane Society of the United States to receive dozens of beagles to Maine as part of the historic removal of beagles from a mass-breeding facility in Virginia, The P.A.W.S. Animal Adoption Center in Camden said.
The flight to Maine will mark the final transfer of the remaining beagles from the facility to animal shelter partners for adoption.
Organizations participating in this partnership include Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland in Westbrook, Animal Welfare Society in Kennebunk, Franklin County Humane Society in Farmington, Greater Androscoggin Humane Society in Lewiston, Kennebec Valley Humane Society in Augusta, PAWS Animal Adoption Center in Camden, Pope Memorial Humane Society in Thomaston, Responsible Pet Care of Oxford Hills in South Paris and Tall Tails Beagle Rescue in Mechanic Falls. | https://www.bangordailynews.com/2022/09/02/news/maine-shelter-beagles/ | 2022-09-03 14:27:46 | 0 | https://www.bangordailynews.com/2022/09/02/news/maine-shelter-beagles/ |
UEC Pro Forma Ownership Changes to 85.7% Compared to Previously Disclosed at 85.8% on Basic Share Basis
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas and SASKATOON, SK, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Uranium Energy Corp. (NYSE American: UEC) (the "Company" or "UEC") and UEX Corporation (TSX: UEX) ("UEX") are pleased to announce that they have entered into a further amending agreement (the "Amending Agreement") to the previously announced arrangement agreement dated June 13, 2022, as amended June 23, 2022 and August 5, 2022, among UEX, UEC and UEC 2022 Acquisition Corp., pursuant to which UEC will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of UEX ("UEX Shares") by way of a statutory plan of arrangement (the "Arrangement") under the Canada Business Corporations Act (the "Transaction").
Under the terms of the Amending Agreement, holders of UEX Shares ("UEX Shareholders") will now receive 0.090 of one common share of UEC (a "UEC Share") for each UEX Share held, implying consideration of approximately C$0.497 per UEX Share based on the closing price of UEX Shares and UEC Shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the NYSE American Exchange, respectively, and the spot exchange rate as of August 12, 2022. The Amending Agreement also increases the termination fee (to be paid by UEX to UEC if the Transaction is terminated in certain specified circumstances) to U.S.$9 million. In addition, under the terms of the Amending Agreement, UEX has agreed that UEX will accept proxies for the special meeting of UEX Securityholders to approve the Transaction (the "Meeting"), which will be held at 10:00 a.m. (Vancouver time) today, up to the time of the commencement of the Meeting. Other than the foregoing, the terms of the Transaction remain unamended.
The terms of the Amending Agreement were agreed following receipt by UEX of a competing acquisition proposal on August 8, 2022 for all of the issued and outstanding UEX Shares.
The Amending Agreement has been unanimously approved by the Board of Directors of UEX who continue to recommend that UEX Shareholders and holders of options and restricted share units of UEX (collectively, the "UEX Securityholders") vote in favour of the Transaction. The Amending Agreement has also been unanimously approved by the Board of Directors of UEC.
Full details of the Transaction are included in the management information circular of UEX dated July 8, 2022 (the "Circular"). The Transaction will be subject to the approval of at least (i) 66 2/3% of the votes cast by UEX Shareholders, and (ii) 66 2/3% of the votes cast by UEX Securityholders, voting together as a single class, at the Meeting, which will continue to be held on Monday, August 15, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. (Vancouver time) at the Metropolitan Hotel, 645 Howe Street, Vancouver, British Columbia.
If the UEX Securityholders approve the Arrangement at the Meeting, it is currently anticipated that the Arrangement will be completed in by the end of August, subject to obtaining court approval, stock exchange approval and certain required regulatory approvals, as well as the satisfaction or waiver of other conditions contained in the Arrangement Agreement.
On completion of the Arrangement, former UEX Shareholders are expected to hold approximately 14.3% (instead of 14.2% as previously disclosed) of the outstanding UEC Shares (on a pro forma ownership basis based on the issued and outstanding UEC Shares as of the date hereof).
None of the securities to be issued pursuant to the Transaction have been or will be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act"), or any state securities laws, and any securities issuable in the Transaction are anticipated to be issued in reliance upon available exemptions from such registration requirements pursuant to Section 3(a)(10) of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable exemptions under state securities laws. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities.
UEX Securityholders who have questions regarding the Transaction should contact Laurel Hill Advisory Group by telephone at 1-877-452-7184 (North American Toll Free) or 1-416-304-0211 (Outside North America), or by email at assistance@laurelhill.com.
Uranium Energy Corp is America's leading, fastest growing, uranium mining company listed on the NYSE American. UEC is a pure play uranium company and is advancing the next generation of low-cost, environmentally friendly In-Situ Recovery (ISR) mining uranium projects. The Company has two production ready ISR hub and spoke platforms in South Texas and Wyoming, anchored by fully licensed and operational processing capacity at the Hobson and Irigaray plants. UEC also has seven U.S. ISR uranium projects with all of their major permits in place. Additionally, the Company has other diversified holdings of uranium assets, including: (1) one of the largest physical uranium portfolios of U.S. warehoused U3O8; (2) a major equity stake in the only royalty company in the sector, Uranium Royalty Corp.; and (3) a pipeline of resource-stage uranium projects in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Paraguay. The Company's operations are managed by professionals with a recognized profile for excellence in their industry, a profile based on many decades of hands-on experience in the key facets of uranium exploration, development and mining.
UEX is a Canadian uranium and cobalt exploration and development company involved in an exceptional portfolio of uranium projects. UEX's directly-owned portfolio of projects is located in the eastern, western and northern perimeters of the Athabasca Basin, the world's richest uranium region which in 2020 accounted for approximately 8.1% of the global primary uranium production. In addition to advancing its uranium development projects through its ownership interest in JCU, UEX is currently advancing several other uranium deposits in the Athabasca Basin which include the Paul Bay, Ken Pen and Ōrora deposits at the Christie Lake Project , the Kianna, Anne, Colette and 58B deposits at its currently 49.1%-owned Shea Creek Project, the Horseshoe and Raven deposits located on its 100%-owned Horseshoe-Raven Project and the West Bear Uranium Deposit located at its 100%-owned West Bear Project.
Full details of the amendment are set out in the Amending Agreement, which will be filed by UEX under its profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and UEC under its profiles on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and EDGAR at www.sec.gov. In addition, further information regarding the Arrangement has been shared in the Circular prepared in connection with the Meeting and filed on UEX's profile on www.sedar.com. All UEX Securityholders are urged to read the Amending Agreement and the Circular, as they will contain additional important information concerning the Arrangement.
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Except for the statements of historical fact contained herein, the information presented in this news release constitutes "forward-looking statements" as such term is used in applicable United States and Canadian laws. These statements relate to analyses and other information that are based on forecasts of future results, estimates of amounts not yet determinable and assumptions of management. Any other statements that express or involve discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance (often, but not always, using words or phrases such as "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", "plans, "estimates" or "intends", or stating that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved) are not statements of historical fact and should be viewed as "forward-looking statements". Such forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks and other factors include, among others, market and other conditions, the actual results of exploration activities, variations in the underlying assumptions associated with the estimation or realization of mineral resources, the availability of capital to fund programs and the resulting dilution caused by the raising of capital through the sale of shares, accidents, labor disputes and other risks of the mining industry including, without limitation, those associated with the environment, delays in obtaining governmental approvals, permits or financing or in the completion of development or construction activities, title disputes or claims limitations on insurance coverage. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements contained in this news release and in any document referred to in this news release. Certain matters discussed in this news release and oral statements made from time to time by representatives of the Company may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and the Federal securities laws. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be achieved. Forward-looking information is subject to certain risks, trends and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Many of these factors are beyond the Company's ability to control or predict. Important factors that may cause actual results to differ materially and that could impact the Company and the statements contained in this news release can be found in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. For forward-looking statements in this news release, the Company claims the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company assumes no obligation to update or supplement any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities.
This news release includes certain "Forward‐Looking Statements" within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and "forward‐looking information" under applicable Canadian securities laws. These forward‐looking statements or information relate to, among other things: the ability of UEC and UEX to satisfy the other conditions to, and to complete the Arrangement; and the anticipated timing of closing of the Arrangement.
These statements reflect the parties' respective current views with respect to future events and are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties and contingencies. Such factors include, the synergies expected from the Arrangement not being realized; business integration risks; fluctuations in general macro‐economic conditions; fluctuations in securities markets and the market price of UEC Shares; fluctuations in the spot and forward price of uranium or certain other commodities (such as natural gas, fuel oil and electricity); fluctuations in the currency markets (such as the Canadian dollar and the U.S. dollar); changes in national and local government, legislation, taxation, controls, regulations and political or economic developments in Canada and the United States; operating or technical difficulties in connection with mining or development activities; risks and hazards associated with the business of mineral exploration, development and mining (including environmental hazards and industrial accidents); risks relating to the credit worthiness or financial condition of suppliers, refiners and other parties with whom the parties do business; inability to obtain adequate insurance to cover risks and hazards; and the presence of laws and regulations that may impose restrictions on mining, availability and increasing costs associated with mining inputs and labour; the speculative nature of mineral exploration and development, including the risks of obtaining necessary licenses, permits and approvals from government authorities; title to properties; and the factors identified under the caption "Risk Factors" in UEC's Form 10K and under the caption "Risk Factors" in UEX's Annual Information Form.
In addition, the failure of UEX to comply with the terms of the Amending Agreement may result in UEX being required to pay a termination fee to UEC, the result of which could have a material adverse effect on UEX's financial position and results of operations and its ability to fund growth prospects and current operations. Although the UEX has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, there may be other factors that cause results not to be anticipated, estimated or intended. The parties do not intend, and do not assume any obligation, to update these forward‐looking statements or information to reflect changes in assumptions or changes in circumstances or any other events affecting such statements or information, other than as required by applicable law.
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP ("GPM") announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against Unilever PLC ("Unilever" or the "Company") (NYSE: UL).
Class Period: September 2, 2020 – July 21, 2021
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: August 15, 2022
If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff of the Unilever lawsuit, you can submit your contact information at www.glancylaw.com/cases/unilever-plc/. You can also contact Charles H. Linehan, of GPM at 310-201-9150, Toll-Free at 888-773-9224, or via email at shareholders@glancylaw.com to learn more about your rights.
The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors: (1) that, in July 2020, Ben & Jerry's board passed a resolution to end sales of its ice cream in "Occupied Palestinian Territory"; (2) the risks attendant to the Ben & Jerry's board's decision; (3) the foregoing risked adverse governmental actions for violations of laws, executive orders, or resolutions aimed at discouraging boycotts, divestment, and sanctions of Israel adopted by 35 U.S. states; and (4) as a result, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
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To be a member of the class action you need not take any action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent member of the class action. If you wish to learn more about this class action, or if you have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to the pending class action lawsuit, please contact Charles Linehan, Esquire, of GPM, 1925 Century Park East, Suite 2100, Los Angeles, California 90067 at 310-201-9150, Toll-Free at 888-773-9224, by email to shareholders@glancylaw.com, or visit our website at www.glancylaw.com. If you inquire by email please include your mailing address, telephone number and number of shares purchased.
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Ex-Cardinal McCarrick charged in Wisconsin with sexual abuse
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The defrocked Roman Catholic cardinal who became the face of the church’s clergy sex abuse crisis has been charged in Wisconsin with sexually assaulting an 18-year-old man more than 45 years ago, court records show.
A criminal complaint filed Friday alleges that Theodore McCarrick, who was removed from the priesthood in 2019 after a Vatican investigation found he had sexually molested adults and children, fondled a man in 1977 while staying at a cabin on Geneva Lake in southeastern Wisconsin.
The alleged victim, who is not named, told investigators that McCarrick had repeatedly sexually assaulted him since he was 11 and even brought him to parties where other adult men sexually assaulted him, according to the complaint.
McCarrick became the highest-ranking Roman Catholic official in the U.S. to face criminal charges for sexual abuse when he was accused in 2021 of sexually assaulting a teenage boy in Massachusetts at a wedding reception in 1974. His attorneys asked the judge in that case earlier this year to dismiss the charges, saying that McCarrick, now 92 and suffering from dementia, is not competent to stand trial.
The once-powerful priest was ordained in 1958 and became archbishop in Newark, New Jersey, in 1986 and then archbishop of Washington, D.C., in 2000. He rose to power despite church officials’ knowledge of accusations against him. A two-year Vatican investigation into McCarrick’s tenure found credible reports of his problematic behavior dating back to 1999, including an inquiry confirming that McCarrick had slept with seminarians.
The church has confirmed it made financial settlements with adults who accused McCarrick of sexual misconduct. McCarrick retired in 2006 but continued to be active in political circles until he was defrocked by Pope Francis in 2019.
Wisconsin prosecutors learned of the alleged 1977 assault through a program dedicated to prosecuting instances of abuse by faith leaders, according to a news release. Officials were able to charge McCarrick because the statute of limitations does not apply to people who are not residents of the state. A similar law allowed Massachusetts prosecutors to bring their case against McCarrick more than 40 years later.
McCarrick’s attorney in Massachusetts, William Fick, did not immediately return a phone call or email sent Monday. An attorney for McCarrick has not yet been listed in the Wisconsin case.
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Going forward, if you want some alone time on a flight, Australian airline Qantas might offer it to you — for a price. The “Neighbour Free” seating option is a trial program now running across six domestic routes over a six-week period.
Neighbour Free allows passengers in Economy seating to reserve the seat next to them for a lower price so that no one will be seated there for the entire flight. This feature will cost between $30-$65 in Australian dollars ($20.28 to $33.80 in U.S. dollars).
Of course, not every seat will be available. You also cannot select the Neighbour Free option very far in advance. It will only be offered to passengers on flights that are not fully booked a couple of days before departure.
There’s also no guarantee that the seat will remain empty. However, you will receive a refund if the seat is filled before departure.
Passengers who are eligible to participate will receive an email from the airline 48 hours before their scheduled flight departure with an invitation to reserve Neighbour Free. You will have until one hour before the flight to purchase the seat.
Each invitation will only apply to a particular segment of your flight. So, for example, if you are flying round-trip or have to change plans during your travels, you would have to receive an invitation and purchase the Neighbour Free reservation for each segment.
The Neighbour Free option only allows you to have an empty seat beside you. It cannot be used as a place to store carry-on items or as infant seating. Plus, you can only buy one seat. You won’t receive points or status credits for buying the extra seat, and you can’t use flight credits or a Qantas TravelPass to buy the space.
Currently, passengers can reserve Neighbour Free seats on flights from the Gold Coast to Sydney, Adelaide to Sydney, Darwin to Melbourne, Darwin to Sydney, Perth to Brisbane and Adelaide to Brisbane.
Depending on the success of this program, Qantas will consider rolling it out to other domestic flights later this year.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A draft opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a Politico report released Monday.
A decision to overrule Roe would lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states and could have huge ramifications for this year’s elections. But it’s unclear if the draft represents the court’s final word on the matter — opinions often change in ways big and small in the drafting process.
Whatever the outcome, the Politico report represents an extremely rare breach of the court’s secretive deliberation process, and on a case of surpassing importance.
“Roe was egregiously wrong from the start,” the draft opinion states. It was signed by Justice Samuel Alito, a member of the court’s 6-3 conservative majority who was appointed by former President George W. Bush.
The document was labeled a “1st Draft” of the “Opinion of the Court” in a case challenging Mississippi’s ban on abortion after 15 weeks, a case known as Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
The court is expected to rule on the case before its term ends in late June or early July.
The draft opinion in effect states there is no constitutional right to abortion services and would allow individual states to more heavily regulate or outright ban the procedure.
“We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,” it states, referencing the 1992 case Planned Parenthood v. Casey that affirmed Roe’s finding of a constitutional right to abortion services but allowed states to place some constraints on the practice. “It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.”
A Supreme Court spokeswoman said the court had no comment and The Associated Press could not immediately confirm the authenticity of the draft Politico posted, which dates from February.
Politico said only that it received “a copy of the draft opinion from a person familiar with the court’s proceedings in the Mississippi case along with other details supporting the authenticity of the document.”
The draft opinion strongly suggests that when the justices met in private shortly after arguments in the case on Dec. 1, at least five voted to overrule Roe and Casey, and Alito was assigned the task of writing the court’s majority opinion.
Votes and opinions in a case aren’t final until a decision is announced or, in a change wrought by the coronavirus pandemic, posted on the court’s website.
The report comes amid a legislative push to restrict abortion in several Republican-led states — Oklahoma being the most recent — even before the court issues its decision. Critics of those measures have said low-income women will disproportionately bear the burden of the new restrictions.
The leak jumpstarted the intense political reverberations that the high court’s ultimate decision was expected to have in the midterm election year. Already, politicians on both sides of the aisle were seizing on the report to fundraise and energize their supporters on either side of the hot-button issue.
An AP-NORC poll in December found that Democrats increasingly see protecting abortion rights as a high priority for the government.
Other polling shows relatively few Americans want to see Roe overturned. In 2020, AP VoteCast found that 69% of voters in the presidential election said the Supreme Court should leave the Roe v. Wade decision as is; just 29% said the court should overturn the decision. In general, AP-NORC polling finds a majority of the public favors abortion being legal in most or all cases.
Still, when asked about abortion policy generally, Americans have nuanced attitudes on the issue, and many don’t think that abortion should be possible after the first trimester or that women should be able to obtain a legal abortion for any reason.
Alito, in the draft, said the court can’t predict how the public might react and shouldn’t try. “We cannot allow our decisions to be affected by any extraneous influences such as concern about the public’s reaction to our work,” Alito wrote in the draft opinion, according to Politico.
People on both sides of the issue quickly gathered outside the Supreme Court waving signs and chanting on a balmy spring night, following the release of the Politico report.
Reaction was swift from elected officials in Congress and across the country.
In a joint statement from Congress’ top two Democrats, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said, “If the report is accurate, the Supreme Court is poised to inflict the greatest restriction of rights in the past fifty years — not just on women but on all Americans.”
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, also a Democrat, said people seeking abortions could head to New York. “For anyone who needs access to care, our state will welcome you with open arms. Abortion will always be safe & accessible in New York,” Hochul said in a tweet.
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch said in a statement, “We will let the Supreme Court speak for itself and wait for the Court’s official opinion.” But local officials were praising the draft.
“This puts the decision making back into the hands of the states, which is where it should have always been,” said Mississippi state Rep. Becky Currie.
Congress could act, too, though a bill that would write Roe’s protections into federal law stalled in the Senate after passing the House last year with only Democratic votes.
At Supreme Court arguments in December, all six conservative justices signaled that they would uphold the Mississippi law, and five asked questions that suggested that overruling Roe and Casey was a possibility.
Only Chief Justice John Roberts seemed prepared to take the smaller step of upholding the 15-week ban, though that too would be a significant weakening of abortion rights.
Until now, the court has allowed states to regulate but not ban abortion before the point of viability, around 24 weeks.
The court’s three liberal justices seemed likely to be in dissent.
It’s impossible to know what efforts are taking place behind the scenes to influence any justice’s vote. If Roberts is inclined to allow Roe to survive, he need only pick off one other conservative vote to deprive the court of a majority to overrule the abortion landmark.
Twenty-six states are certain or likely to ban abortion if Roe v. Wade is overturned, according to the pro-abortion rights think tank the Guttmacher Institute. Of those, 22 states already have total or near-total bans on the books that are currently blocked by Roe, aside from Texas. The state’s law banning it after six weeks has already been allowed to go into effect by the Supreme Court due to its unusual civil enforcement structure. Four more states are considered likely to quickly pass bans if Roe is overturned.
Sixteen states and the District of Columbia, meanwhile, have protected access to abortion in state law.
This year, anticipating a decision overturning or gutting Roe, eight conservative states have already moved to restrict abortion rights. Oklahoma, for example, passed several bills in recent weeks, including one that goes into effect this summer making it a felony to perform an abortion. Like many anti-abortion bills passed in GOP-led states this year, it does not have exceptions for rape or incest, only to save the life of the mother.
Eight Democratic-leaning states protected or expanded access to the procedure, including California, which has passed legislation making the procedure less expensive and is considering other bills to make itself an “abortion sanctuary” if Roe is overturned.
The draft looked legitimate to some followers of the court. Veteran Supreme Court lawyer Neal Katyal, who worked as a clerk to Justice Stephen Breyer and therefore has been in a position to see drafts, wrote on Twitter: “There are lots of signals the opinion is legit. The length and depth of analysis, would be very hard to fake. It says it is written by Alito and definitely sounds like him.”
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The deadline to file a claim in the bankruptcy is July 7, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. (prevailing Eastern Time).
The deadline to object to Endo's sale is July 7, 2023, at 4:00 p.m. (prevailing Eastern Time).
NEW YORK, April 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The following is being issued by Kroll Restructuring Administration LLC.
WHAT IS THIS ABOUT?
On August 16, 2022, Endo International plc and certain of its affiliates filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Certain Endo affiliates manufactured and/or sold, among other things, branded opioid medications (including but not limited to OPANA® (oxymorphone hydrochloride), OPANA® ER (oxymorphone hydrochloride extended release), and PERCOCET® (oxycodone and acetaminophen tablets)), generic opioid medications, generic ranitidine medications, and transvaginal mesh. This notice is intended to inform you of your rights in this bankruptcy regarding the bar date and proof of claim process and Endo's proposed sale of substantially all of its assets.
WHAT IS A CLAIM?
A "claim" means a right to seek payment or other compensation. If you, a child in your care, or another loved one were harmed by Endo or a related company, including Par or American Medical Systems (AMS), or their products, including opioids, ranitidine, or transvaginal mesh, you may have a claim against one or more of these entities. To make a claim, you will need to submit a proof of claim in the bankruptcy case. You may file a claim on behalf of yourself, a child in your care (including a child exposed to opioids in the womb), or a deceased or disabled relative. Examples of claims that may be filed in the Endo bankruptcy include but are not limited to:
- Opioid Claims: Claims for death, addiction or dependence, lost wages, loss of consortium, or neonatal abstinence syndrome (sometimes referred to as "NAS"), among others.
- Ranitidine claims: Claims for cancer, including bladder, esophageal, pancreatic, stomach, and liver cancer, among others.
- Transvaginal mesh claims: Claims for pelvic pain, infection, bleeding, among others.
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE BAR DATE AND PROOF OF CLAIM PROCESS?
The deadline to submit your proof of claim is called a bar date. The bar date, or the deadline to submit your proof of claim, is July 7, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. (prevailing Eastern Time). If you do not submit a proof of claim by the deadline, you will lose any rights you may have had to seek payment or compensation. You must file a proof of claim form so that it is actually received by the bar date. A proof of claim form can be filed by you, a legal guardian, survivors, or relatives of people who have died or are disabled. You do not need an attorney to file a proof of claim for you.
For a more complete list of relevant companies and products manufactured and/or sold by Endo and its related companies, including full prescribing information and BOXED WARNINGS for OPANA® (oxymorphone hydrochloride), OPANA® ER (oxymorphone hydrochloride extended release), and PERCOCET® (oxycodone and acetaminophen tablets), and for more complete details about the bar date and instructions on how to file a confidential personal injury claim, visit EndoClaims.com or call 877.542.1878 (Toll-Free) or 929.284.1688 (International).
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE SALE?
Endo intends to sell substantially all of its assets in an auction and sale process in the bankruptcy case and subject to approval by the bankruptcy court. Endo is seeking relief that the sale will be free and clear of all claims, liens, and encumbrances.
If you disagree with the proposed sale, you must object to the sale in writing, so that your objection is received on or before July 7, 2023, at 4:00 p.m. (prevailing Eastern Time). Any party in interest who fails to properly file and serve its objection by the objection deadline may lose its claim against Endo's assets if the sale is approved. Objections not filed and served properly may not be considered by the bankruptcy court.
Complete details about the proposed sale, including any auction for Endo's assets, the date of the hearing to consider the sale, and instructions on how to file an objection, are available at EndoClaims.com or by calling 877.542.1878 (Toll-Free) or 929.284.1688 (International).
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LONDON (AP) — Thousands of people in Britain who contracted HIV or hepatitis from transfusions of tainted blood in the 1970s and 1980s will receive 100,000 pounds ($120,000) in compensation, the U.K. government said Wednesday.
Survivors welcomed the payment, which came after years of campaigning, but said it should be expanded to include more people whose lives were blighted by the scandal.
The payment will be made by October to survivors and bereaved partners of the dead but not to other family members, such as parents or children. A decision on compensation for them is not expected until a public inquiry concludes next year.
“The parents feel so disheartened and despondent that they can’t get recognition,” said Rosemary Calder, whose 25-year-old son Nicky received an infected blood product and died in 1999 with HIV. Calder said the approved payments were “a step in the right direction, but there’s a long way to go.”
Thousands of hemophiliacs and other hospital patients in Britain were infected with HIV or Hepatitis C through tainted blood products, largely imported from the United States. Some 2,400 people have died as a result of the scandal, which has been called the worst treatment disaster in the history of Britain’s health care system.
The contaminated blood was linked to supplies of a clotting agent called Factor VIII, which British health services bought from the U.S. Some of the plasma used to make the blood products was traced to high-risk donors, including prison inmates, who were paid to give blood samples.
After years of pushing from victims, an inquiry began in 2019. The inquiry’s chairman, retired judge Brian Langstaff, said earlier this month that survivors should not have to wait any longer for compensation because of the “profound physical and mental suffering” caused by the tragedy.
Mark Fox, who contracted Hepatitis C after being treated with a contaminated blood product for hemophilia as a child, said he welcomed the announcement as an acknowledgement of wrongdoing by the authorities.
“It’s not about compensation, it’s about someone saying sorry,” he said. “It’s that they tried to hide it, and so many people tried to brush it under the carpet.
“Fortunately I’m not dead yet — I don’t know how long I’ve got, but some kids have lost their mams and dads, so I am pleased there is this recognition,” Fox said. | https://www.localsyr.com/health/victims-of-uk-tainted-blood-scandal-to-get-government-payout/ | 2022-08-18 05:15:48 | 1 | https://www.localsyr.com/health/victims-of-uk-tainted-blood-scandal-to-get-government-payout/ |
NEW YORK, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This press release provides shareholders of Cohen & Steers REIT and Preferred and Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE: RNP) (the "Fund") with information regarding the sources of the distribution to be paid on June 30, 2022 and cumulative distributions paid fiscal year-to-date.
In December 2017, the Fund implemented a managed distribution policy in accordance with exemptive relief issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The managed distribution policy seeks to deliver the Fund's long-term total return potential through regular monthly distributions declared at a fixed rate per common share. The policy gives the Fund greater flexibility to realize long-term capital gains throughout the year and to distribute those gains on a regular monthly basis to shareholders. The Board of Directors of the Fund may amend, terminate or suspend the managed distribution policy at any time, which could have an adverse effect on the market price of the Fund's shares.
The Fund's monthly distributions may include long-term capital gains, short-term capital gains, net investment income and/or return of capital for federal income tax purposes. Return of capital includes distributions paid by the Fund in excess of its net investment income and net realized capital gains and such excess is distributed from the Fund's assets. A return of capital is not taxable; rather, it reduces a shareholder's tax basis in his or her shares of the Fund. In addition, distributions from the Fund's investments in real estate investment trusts (REITs) may later be characterized as capital gains and/or a return of capital, depending on the character of the dividends reported to the Fund after year-end by REITs held by the Fund. The amount of monthly distributions may vary depending on a number of factors, including changes in portfolio and market conditions.
At the time of each monthly distribution, information will be posted to cohenandsteers.com and mailed to shareholders in a concurrent notice. However, this information may change at the end of the year because the final tax characteristics of the Fund's distributions cannot be determined with certainty until after the end of the calendar year. Final tax characteristics of all of the Fund's distributions will be provided on Form 1099-DIV, which is mailed after the close of the calendar year.
The following table sets forth the estimated amounts of the current distribution and the cumulative distributions paid this fiscal year-to-date from the sources indicated. All amounts are expressed per common share.
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 policy. The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this Notice are only estimates, are likely to change over time, and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for accounting and 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 amounts and sources of distributions year-to-date may be subject to additional adjustments.
*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's Year-to-date Cumulative Total Return for fiscal year 2022 (January 1, 2022 through May 31, 2022) is set forth below. Shareholders should take note of the relationship between the Year-to-date Cumulative Total Return with the Fund's Cumulative Distribution Rate for 2022. In addition, the Fund's Average Annual Total Return for the five-year period ending May 31, 2022 is set forth below. Shareholders should note the relationship between the Average Annual Total Return with the Fund's Current Annualized Distribution Rate for 2022. The performance and distribution rate information disclosed in the table is based on the Fund's net asset value per share (NAV). The Fund's NAV is calculated as the total market value of all the securities and other assets held by the Fund minus the total liabilities, divided by the total number of shares outstanding. While NAV performance may be indicative of the Fund's investment performance, it does not measure the value of a shareholder's individual investment in the Fund. The value of a shareholder's investment in the Fund is determined by the Fund's market price, which is based on the supply and demand for the Fund's shares in the open market.
Fund Performance and Distribution Rate Information:
Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expense of the Fund carefully before investing. You can obtain the Fund's most recent periodic reports, when available, and other regulatory filings by contacting your financial advisor or visiting cohenandsteers.com. These reports and other filings can be found on the Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR Database. You should read these reports and other filings carefully before investing.
Shareholders should not use the information provided here in preparing their tax returns. Shareholders will receive a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year indicating how to report Fund distributions for federal income tax purposes.
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About Cohen & Steers. Cohen & Steers is a leading global investment manager specializing in real assets and alternative income, including real estate, preferred securities, infrastructure, resource equities, commodities, as well as multi-strategy solutions. Founded in 1986, the firm is headquartered in New York City, with offices in London, Dublin, Hong Kong, and Tokyo.
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This press release and other statements that Cohen & Steers may make may contain 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, which reflect the company's current views with respect to, among other things, its operations and financial performance. You can identify these forward-looking statements by the use of words such as "outlook," "believes," "expects," "potential," "continues," "may," "will," "should," "seeks," "approximately," "predicts," "intends," "plans," "estimates," "anticipates," or the negative versions of these words or other comparable words. Such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties.
Accordingly, there are or will be important factors that could cause actual outcomes or results to differ materially from those indicated in these statements. The company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or review any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Fantasy 5 Double Play" game were:
06-07-24-36-39
(six, seven, twenty-four, thirty-six, thirty-nine)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Fantasy 5 Double Play" game were:
06-07-24-36-39
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Del Norte high point guard Shane Douma Sanchez recently returned from the Pangos Showcase 80 event in Long Beach, California. Like the prior two years, he had a strong showing at the invitation-only event.
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills and Sabres co-owner Kim Pegula is receiving medical care for what her family described Tuesday as “some unexpected health issues.”
The statement from the Pegula family said they are grateful for the progress she has made over the past few days, adding she has “an exceptional team of medical experts at her side.”
But the statement didn’t specify the type of medical issues and asked to respect the family’s need for privacy. It’s also unclear where she is being treated, because the Pegulas have homes in Buffalo and south Florida.
Pegula celebrated her 53rd birthday last week, and is the wife of Terry Pegula, who turned his natural gas fortune into a Buffalo sports empire. The family also asked people to keep Kim and the Pegula family in their prayers.
The Pegulas first purchased the Sabres in February 2011, a year after Terry Pegula sold his natural gas drilling rights to Royal Dutch Shell for $4.7 billion. The Pegulas then purchased the Bills from the estate of owner and founder Ralph Wilson in 2014 for what was a then-record price of $1.4 billion.
Kim Pegula is president of both teams and is on various NFL and NHL committees.
Orphaned after being born in South Korea, Kim was adopted by Ralph and Marilyn Kerr in 1974, and grew up in Fairport, New York. She is Terry Pegula’s second wife.
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Multi-industry experts led the conversation and panel
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) and National Industrial Hemp Council of America (NIHC) co-hosted a well-timed webinar, "Hemp as a Feed Ingredient: A National Discussion," for pet food, animal feed, and hemp industries, and regulatory officials, discussing peer-to-peer questions, challenges, solutions, and best practices. Held on Aug. 9, the webinar featured 18 topic-specific, industry experts and almost 600 virtual attendees discussing answers to the complex question, Why isn't hemp in animal feed?
"The webinar was not a debate; rather, it was a national discussion on overcoming challenges and gaining approval for hemp seed and hempseed by-products as ingredients in animal feed. The purpose was to connect with industry peers and share meaningful dialogue around moving forward together," said Hollis Glenn, member of AAFCO's Board of Directors and Deputy Commissioner of Operations for the Colorado Department of Agriculture. "This topic has been on everyone's radar for years. More than ever, it was the right time to stimulate an important industry conversation that brings us all closer to reaching a common goal -- and to collaborate on safe solutions."
Interest in the use of hemp in commercial animal feed has accelerated since the passage of the 2018 Agricultural Improvement Act ("Farm Bill"). While the Farm Bill expanded the legal production of hemp in the United States, the use of hemp in animal feed remains under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and state regulatory programs for commercial animal feed.
In early 2022, AAFCO and 17 industry and regulatory organizations issued a joint open letter to state agriculture leadership, calling on them to support greater education and scientific research to ensure the safety of hemp in feed. NIHC subsequently issued a letter inviting AAFCO and industry professionals to collaborate together to achieve safe solutions.
"By co-collaborating with AAFCO, we were able to address a path forward for the hemp and animal-feed industries -- working together to identify ways to decrease barriers and speed up approvals. The webinar provided the clarification we all have been craving," said Hunter Buffington, member of NIHC's Government Affairs Committee and Vice President of Policy & Advocacy for element Dynamics. "With a shared goal, we will soon achieve the regulatory oversight and approval of new feed ingredients for the agriculture, livestock, and hemp industries. And that's good news for all of us."
The hemp-in-feed webinar was divided into three parts to address priority topics: 1) Scientific Research and Data; 2) Ingredient Review and Approval, and 3) General Interest and Concerns. Each portion included six, multi-industry panelists leading a dialog around his or her particular topic. Panelists were part of a spirited conversation, which also included answering questions that were submitted by virtual attendees.
Some highlights from the "Hemp as a Feed Ingredient: A National Discussion" webinar included the following top-10 takeaways:
- Clarification: The panel focused on hemp as a feed ingredient rather than its potential as a supplement or medicated feed. Hemp used for human and animal nutrition comes from the oil seed and its by-products. The FDA has recognized hempseed: oil, hearts and protein powder as Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) for human consumption, which provided the basis for the panel's conversation.
- Collaboration: Multi-industry leaders, from hemp and animal feed producers to researchers, government regulators, and policymakers, agree that it is important to collaborate and coordinate on safe solutions and best practices – all from the same position.
- Discussion: National discussions, forums, and multi-industry collaboration will help move the approval process forward with new ideas, procedures, and solutions. Finding out what other people are doing and needing across industries – and then collaborating – will help all industries understand the challenges and opportunities.
- Research: It is imperative that, in order to meet regulations, the nutritional profile of hemp and its effects on the nutrition of animal by-products (e.g., eggs, beef) be well-researched and precise. The regulatory process can be long, but it is critical to work through the research.
- Data: Safety data is the number-one concern across every industry, and understanding the data will establish specification for hemp as an ingredient and analytical methods that are accurate and validated.
- Safety: People and animals consume and metabolize foods differently; so hemp for humans is different than it is for livestock and pets. It's important to establish safety and utility in target animals and pets first, then to ensure the safety of meat, milk, and eggs that are marketed for human consumption.
- State Support: State feed programs can encourage research; address consumer concerns; support land grants, and engage with their farmers.
- Opportunities: Biggest opportunities with hemp seed as an ingredient: alternative crop for farmers and industry; good nutrient source for animal feed; and additional raw materials as our populations grow.
- Challenges: The acceptance and availability of peer-reviewed safety and utility data for animal feed for different species of animals; the lack of universally accepted standard testing methods for hemp ingredients for inclusion in feed; and a need for additional information about the long-term effects on animal welfare and the safety of the human food supply.
- Utility: Unified standards that align with the regulatory laboratories charged with feed safety will help our animals and our industry; ensure animal and human safety by validated methods to test hemp grain for contamination.
A full recording of the webinar can be found here.
The Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) has been guiding state, federal and international feed regulators with ingredient definitions, label standards and laboratory standards for more than 110 years, while supporting the health and safety of people and animals. Its members are charged by their state or federal laws to regulate the manufacture, sale and distribution of animal feeds and animal drug remedies. Learn more at aafco.org.
The National Industrial Hemp Council of America (NIHC) promotes the production and use of hemp both in North America and around the world. Backed by the U.S. Government, the organization is comprised of international, federal, state, private industry, and government professionals from across the agriculture and business sectors. Learn more at nihcoa.com.
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This acquisition will lead the Company's business to the next stage of growth in the vocational education industry
BEIJING, July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- China Liberal Education Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: CLEU) ("China Liberal," the "Company," or "we"), a China-based company that provides smart campus solutions and other educational services, today announced that it closed the transactions contemplated by the Stock Purchase Agreement entered into on June 9, 2022 by and among the Company, China Liberal (Beijing) Education Technology Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, Oriental Wisdom Cultural Development Co., Ltd., the acquired company ("Oriental Wisdom"), and Beijing Cloud Class Technology Co., Ltd., the seller of the acquired company, and completed its acquisition of Oriental Wisdom, an integrated education services provider focusing on operating jointly-managed academic programs in the vocational higher education industry in China. This acquisition represents the implementation of the Company's business strategy to drive business growth in the vocational education industry through integrating enterprises and developing vocational education across various industries.
The acquisition reflects the Company's vision to generate synergy in the vocational education industry, enhance the collaboration between educational institutions and companies, and improve the Company's management capabilities. The Company believes that this acquisition also allows it to develop curriculum systems with trusted teacher resources and integrate professional skills and knowledge into liberal arts education, overcoming the obstacles many higher education institutions encounter in professional studies and reformations. Besides, the Company expects to expand its services to a larger number of students, including internship referrals, project outsourcing, and multi-level cooperation with leading companies for talent recruitment and training as the goal is to provide premium employment opportunities to students.
Ms. Ngai Ngai Lam, Chairperson and CEO of China Liberal, commented, "The completion of the acquisition is another milestone for China Liberal to move closer toward the Company's long-term strategic vision of contributing to the rapid development of vocational education, given the current situation of favorable policies and increasing government budget in the industry in China. We will continue to use our advanced technologies and research and development (R&D) capabilities to fulfill the demand of universities and colleges in the software systems campus planning, and integrated teaching solutions. Look forward, we remain dedicated to improving the teaching quality of educational institutions in the vocational education industry and contributing to benefiting more students.
About Beijing Oriental Wisdom Cultural Development Co., Ltd.
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China Liberal, headquartered in Beijing, is an educational service provider in China. It provides a wide range of services, including those under sino-foreign jointly managed academic programs; overseas study consulting services; technological consulting services for Chinese universities to improve their campus information and data management system and to optimize their teaching, operating and management environment, creating a "smart campus"; and tailored job readiness training to graduating students. For more information, please visit the Company's website at ir.chinaliberal.com.
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Vermont-based nonprofit awards school, library in Nashua grant for literacy programs
Children's Literacy Foundation awards grant to Nashua Public Library, Dr. Norman W. Crisp Elementary School
Vermont-based nonprofit awards school, library in Nashua grant for literacy programs
Children's Literacy Foundation awards grant to Nashua Public Library, Dr. Norman W. Crisp Elementary School
THAT ADDS UP TO NEARLY 700 PAIRS PER YEAR. THERE ARE DOZENS OF NEW BOOKS FOR KIDS IN NASHUA, THANKS TO THE CHILDREN’S LITERACY FOUNDATION, ALSO KNOWN AS CLIFF. THEY AWARDED THE DR. NORMAN W, CHRIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE NASHUA PUBLIC LIBRARY A YEAR OF THE BOOK. GRANT. IN ADDITION TO MONEY FOR NEW BOOKS, THERE WILL ALSO BE AUTHOR VISITS AND OTHER SPECIAL PROGRA
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In January, we profiled Ibrahim Songne. As a kid, newly arrived in Italy from Burkina Faso with his family, he took his first bite of pizza. His verdict: "Gross and completely tasteless." But he had a change of taste buds and as an adult started his own pizzeria in Trento. He ran into anti-immigrant prejudices but his pizza prevailed and this year, IBRIS, his eatery, was named one of the world's top 50 pizza places by the website 50TopPizza.it. We caught up with Songne this summer to see how he's been faring.
The media response to Goats and Soda's January article about pizza maestro Ibrahim Songne was so strong that ultimately he was forced to call a moratorium on interviews.
"The requests got to be overwhelming. I am just a pizza maker," Ibrahim states. "I continue to personally prepare every slice of pizza we serve and so already almost every hour of my day is spoken for. My girlfriend kind of put her foot down. And she is the one who has had to do all of the translations into English."
Nonetheless, his appreciation for NPR's coverage was so heartfelt that he created a "Goats and Soda" pizza in our honor.
It's composed of goat cheese, dried figs, Trentingrana cheese shavings, rocket salad, pine nuts and spicy oil — quite a radical recipe by local standards. He couldn't quite bring himself to actually put soda on the pizza, though. So the pie is paired with soda instead and was an instant sensation as a rotating special.
The NPR story also gave a boost to his practice of asking clients to pay for a second pizza, which he donates to a hungry person. "I didn't realize what a huge thing NPR was until I started getting donations from around the world," he says. "I've had people calling-in to contribute from Canada, Ireland ... all over."
His pizza charity was inspired by the Neapolitan tradition of caffè sospeso ("suspended coffee") — cafe clientele pay for an additional coffee that bartenders later give anonymously to those in need. Like some other pizzeria operators, Ibrahim expanded the custom to pizza at the start of COVID lockdowns.
And even though the pandemic put some local pizza joints out of business, the demand for Ibrahim's pizza is so great that he has secured a lease and started work on a second location that is more spacious and provides seating. It is due to open by year's end.
Meanwhile, his passion for baking continues. In perpetual pursuit of "perfection," he's refined his dough recipe with a longer rise and is also close to developing a pizza crust for the gluten intolerant.
Having just celebrated the fourth anniversary of his IBRIS pizzeria, Ibrahim has become a community fixture in his hometown of Trento. A local theater company has plans to stage a play about his life — detailing his story of immigrating from Burkina Faso at age 12 without knowing a word of Italian, overcoming a stutter and then becoming a self-taught pizza chef who has garnered international acclaim.
His achievements have impressed some Italians with African roots to make a pilgrimage to the pizzeria.
Francesco, age 9, from the Piemonte region recently visited with his family, who emigrated from the Democratic Republic of Congo. They drove close to 6 hours east to visit IBRIS. The boy seemed shy but lit up when it came time to pose for a photo with Ibrahim.
"I've never seen a Black pizza maker before," he said. "I didn't even know it was possible. And this is the best pizza I've ever tasted."
Anna-Maria, age 5 and like Francesco a second generation Italian of African descent, traveled with her mother on a 3-hour train ride from the Emilia-Romagna region to sample Ibrahim's slices.
She declared, "Now that I've met Mr. Ibrahim, I know exactly what I want to be when I get older: a pizza maker .... but also a doctor, too."
Ian Brennan is Grammy-winning music producer (Zomba Prison Project, Tinariwen, The Good Ones [Rwanda], Witch Camp [Ghana]) who in the past decade has recorded in the field forty records by international artists across five continents (Africa, Europe, North America, South America, Asia). He is the author of seven books and his latest, Muse-$ick: a music manifesto in fifty-nine notes, was published last fall by Oakland's PM Press.
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Flannery's closing after 25 years in Milwaukee's Cathedral Square
Flannery's Bar and Restaurant in Cathedral Square is closing after 25 years of business.
The Irish Pub at 425 E Wells St. announced on Facebook that its last day of business is Jan. 29, and it plans a happy hour thank you party from 3 to 7 p.m. Jan. 25.
The Facebook post said that the building had been purchased by the owners of Taylors cocktail lounge, 795 N. Jefferson St., which is next-door.
"I would like to thank our many friends, family, employees, customers and suppliers who have been a part of Flans over the past 25 years. Special thanks to Missy, our General Manager for most of those years. Her dedication, loyalty and leadership will always be appreciated," the post said.
Owners of Flannery's and Taylors did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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On church calendars, parents and grandparents circle this December event with red ink.
The problem for clergy is simple: When do they schedule that special Christmas service, or that concert full of Christmas classics?
“Evangelicals, and especially Baptists, tend to be rather pragmatic about these decisions: We want the most bang for our bucks and we want as many people as possible” in the pews, said Joshua Waggener, professor of church music and worship at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas.
One thing is certain: “You have to have those little kids up there singing ‘Little Drummer Boy.’ It’s pragmatic. For most people, I don’t think theology has anything to do with” the timing.
This reality affects when churches schedule special events, especially in December — when their members wrestle with school calendars, travel, office parties, family traditions and, yes, worship services. Meanwhile, civic groups, shopping malls and mass media offer “The Holidays,” a cultural tsunami that begins weeks before Thanksgiving.
In churches with centuries of liturgical traditions, the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ is Dec. 25, following the quiet season of Advent (Latin for “toward the coming”). This year, Christmas falls on a Sunday and, for Catholics, Anglicans and others, the Christmas Eve Midnight Mass is one of the year’s most popular rites. This opens a festive season that continues through Jan. 6, the Feast of the Epiphany. Many Eastern Orthodox Christians follow the ancient Julian calendar and celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7, after Nativity Lent.
In the United States, some kind of Christmas Eve service remains the big draw, according to almost half (48%) of Protestant pastors contacted in a new study by Lifeway Research. The frequency of high-attendance church events builds until Christmas Eve, then declines sharply.
In this survey, mainline Protestant clergy (60%) were more likely than evangelicals (44%) to say Christmas Eve rites drew the most people, with Lutherans (84%) being the most likely to worship on Christmas Eve. In general, evangelical pastors (30%) said their high-attendance events came during the third week of December (30%).
Some churches fared better than others with events earlier in December. Lifeway found that Pentecostals (18%) and Baptists (15%) were more likely than Methodist (3%), Restorationist (Church of Christ) Movement (2%) and Lutheran (1%) leaders to say their highest attendance marks were in the second week. Pentecostals (45%) and Restorationist (37%) pastors were, along with Baptists and other evangelicals, most likely to see big crowds in the third week.
Meanwhile, clergy in the South (39%) were least likely to pinpoint Christmas Eve as their main service. Churches with fewer than 50 attending (19%) were the least likely to stress mid-December events.
Waggener said he has watched these patterns evolve throughout his life — as a child, a parent and while teaching at seminaries. While growing up Southern Baptist in northwest Louisiana, the Christmas Eve service was the big event, with his mother always singing “Sweet Little Jesus Boy,” a classic gospel song.
“We sang ‘Silent Night’ with our candles lit at the end of the service — as the last thing before we went home. That meant it was Christmas,” he said in a telephone conversation. “You cherished that time at Christmas with family. That was part of us all being together. ... I continue to seize every chance that I have to worship with my parents on Christmas Eve.”
However, church members traveling to be with family elsewhere is, of course, one reason ministers struggle to know when to schedule Christmas cantatas, children’s concerts, live Nativity scenes and other festivities and services. Waggener noted: “You have to put things like that before everyone hits the road and lots of your people are too worn out to take part.”
At Southwestern’s seminary, Waggener said he has started to see another trend — especially among students from home-schooling families and those who attended Christian classical schools, which emphasize classic literature and ancient languages. Even “die-hard Baptists and evangelicals” are expressing interest in traditional services rooted in scripture and prayers, he said.
“Many of our students are yearning for ways to avoid the rush that surrounds Christmas these days,” said Waggener. For example, when he discusses rites linked to the Advent season, “students welcome it. They’re asking, ‘What traditions can we use? What are our options for our families and our churches?’”
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North Market Parking Lot Closes; Short North's Goody Boy Shutters
Restaurant openings, closings and more Central Ohio food and drink news
Openings & Announcements
Big changes are coming soon to the historic North Market (59 Spruce St.), with one of the most noticeable changes beginning today. The North Market’s surface lot is set to close permanently starting today (Thursday, Jan. 19). Instead, North Market guests are instructed to park in the Vine Street Garage at 45 Vine St., located across from the surface lot, and market validation rates will still apply. According to an announcement from the North Market, market vendors will provide customers with parking validation slips for the garage. “Upon exiting the parking garage, guests will scan their original ticket followed by the validation slip," the announcement reads. The surface lot closure will make way for the Merchant Building, a 32-story development that will include residences, a hotel, retail space, office space, 350-space parking garage and an 18,000-square-foot expansion of the market.
This week, the ice cream and paletas shop Dulce Vida Ice Cream Factory announced that a new location is coming soon to 461 W. Main St. in Plain City. The new storefront is now hiring. It will be the fifth Central Ohio location for the Mexican desserts shop, which also sells snacks like tamales, Dorilocos, elote and much more.
Three Bites Bakery (999 Mount Vernon Ave.) recently expanded its menu and added delivery via the ChowNow app. The independently owned bakery now offers two small pizzas (featuring housemade dough) and three sandwiches (a chorizo sandwich and a prosciutto, brie and arugula sandwich—both on housemade baguette—and a vegan polenta and mushroom sandwich on white bread). See the menu here.
Temporary Closings
The restaurant side of Bangkok Grocery & Restaurant has closed for vacation and will reopen Feb. 21. Meanwhile, Bangkok Grocery remains open. According to a post on social media, the long-running Thai restaurant, which switched to carryout at the start of the pandemic, currently has no plans to reopen the dining room for dine-in.
Black Box Fix announced on social media that its Easton Town Center location (4037 Fenlon St.) will be “closed for the foreseeable future” after a kitchen fire. “This event is very unfortunate, but we are thankful that none of our staff was hurt,” the post reads. Chef Eric Rogers’ Cleveland-based sandwich shop opened at Easton in spring 2021.
Closings
Goody Boy, a Short North diner that changed hands multiple times over its 75-year run, has now closed at 1144 N. High St. The diner’s last iteration was Goody Boy Burger Club, owned by One Hospitality (the same owners as Forno, Standard Hall and Short North Pint House). According to The Columbus Dispatch, One Hospitality is planning to replace Goody Boy with a new concept. Originally named Michael's Goody Boy Drive-In, the diner first opened in 1947.
Events
The Columbus Beerfest returns this weekend to the Greater Columbus Convention Center (400 N. High St.). The event, featuring samples from more than 150 craft breweries, takes place over two sessions on Saturday, Jan. 21. Tickets are available at columbusbeerfest.com. | https://www.columbusmonthly.com/story/lifestyle/food/2023/01/19/north-market-parking-lot-closes-short-norths-goody-boy-shutters/69822289007/ | 2023-01-20 02:30:45 | 0 | https://www.columbusmonthly.com/story/lifestyle/food/2023/01/19/north-market-parking-lot-closes-short-norths-goody-boy-shutters/69822289007/ |
PHILADELPHIA — Jimmy Butler hit an acrobatic reverse layup in the final minutes, and his 23 points led five Miami players in double figures as the Heat edged the Philadelphia 76ers 101-99 on Monday night.
Butler was an assist shy of a triple-double, adding 11 rebounds and nine assists. His spinning move and finishing layup while driving between the Sixers’ Joel Embiid and P.J. Tucker gave the Heat a 100-99 lead with 1:28 to play after Philadelphia rallied from an 11-point deficit in the fourth quarter. He added a free throw with 8.1 seconds left.
James Harden had a chance to win the game for the 76ers, but his 3-point try at the buzzer bounced off the back of the rim.
Gabe Vincent scored 14 points and Bam Adebayo added 13 as the Heat snapped a four-game losing streak.
Embiid led all scorers with 27 points and 12 rebounds. Harden finished with 20 points and 12 assists.
Max Struss hit a pair of free throws with 7:10 to play in the fourth quarter, giving the Heat an 11-point lead. But the 76ers mounted a furious rally, erasing the deficit and taking the lead on a pair of Harden free throws.
The Sixers rally was keyed by Tyrese Maxey, who scored 19 of his 23 points in the second half before fouling out with 3:21 to play.
The Heat did a nice job on Philadelphia defensively, forcing 18 turnovers. However, the 76ers also missed several layups, especially in the second half.
Miami also got help from the bench as Struss scored 13 points and Victor Oladipo added 11.
The 76ers have lost back-to-back games. Philadelphia hasn’t lost three-in-a-row since the first week of December. They look to avoid the skid in a rematch with the Heat on Wednesday in Miami.
TIP-INS
Heat: There was a thought that G Kyle Lowry would return to the lineup Monday after he was upgraded on the injury report to questionable on Sunday. However, the Heat downgraded Lowry just as quickly on Monday and he missed his ninth straight game with knee soreness. Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said there’s no timetable for his return, but that he was making progress. … G Tyler was also listed as questionable Sunday with a rib contusion, but he was in the starting lineup.
76ers: Philadelphia played its final home game before heading out on a five-game trip. More than that, it is facing an incredibly daunting March schedule. The 76ers will play 17 games in 31 days and 12 of the first 15 will be on the road. If that weren’t enough, the Sixers will play four sets of games on consecutive nights, with all eight contests on the road in eight different cities.
HAMLIN CELEBRATED
Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin was in attendancne, sitting with 76ers owner Joshua Harris and Fanatics owner Michael Rubin. He was wearing a No. 3 Sixers jersey and received a nice ovation from the sellout crowd when introduced during a second quarter timeout.
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BEACHWOOD, Ohio, Oct. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ARC Health, a Thurston Group portfolio company, has announced the acquisition of The Ross Center, a world-class mental health group serving patients in Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia and New York City. Formed in 2021, ARC Health is a mental health specialty services organization supporting psychiatry, psychology, and therapy practice owners in multiple locations throughout the country.
The Ross Center is a premier mental health practice, delivering a full spectrum of sophisticated psychiatric and psychological services that result in meaningful changes for clients and their families. Founded 30 years ago with a mission to serve those with disabling anxiety, the practice has expanded to include treatment for patients suffering from OCD, panic attacks, insomnia, PTSD and a variety of other mental health conditions.
Co-partner and Medical Director Mary E. (Beth) Salcedo, MD, said Ross Center's 60 psychiatrists, psychologists, and therapists "combine evidence-based clinical treatment with exceptional personal service to help people overcome anxiety, depression, and a wide variety of mental health challenges as quickly and easily as possible."
"We use the latest research-proven treatment methods and medication to help our clients feel better, faster. Our therapists are extensively trained in cognitive behavioral therapy and exposure therapy – action-oriented treatments that improve symptoms quickly," said Dr. Salcedo. A national leader in the mental health field, Dr. Salcedo has been president of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA), a distinguished fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, chief resident of the George Washington University school of Medicine, and featured on the Today Show, the Wall Street Journal New York magazine, and other media outlets.
The Ross Center co-partner and Clinical Director Greta Hirsch, PhD, PMH-C, explained they are looking forward to the partnership with ARC Health. "Our interests align with ARC Health because of their focus on quality in every aspect of the partnership. We see this as a huge opportunity for us to access a wealth of clinical resources from across the country with other national partnerships whose interests, culture and values align with ours, said Dr. Hirsch, who has been featured in stories published in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and New York magazine.
The Ross Center expands ARC Health's footprint into the New York and DC metropolitan areas – key geographies for the fast-growing Mental Health Services Organization, noted Vincent Morra, ARC Health CEO. Earlier this year, ARC Health acquired practices in Connecticut, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Minnesota, building on their base of practices in Ohio.
"Ross Center emphasizes compassionate care and state-of-the-art treatment, which makes it an ideal fit for our group. We look forward to working with Drs. Salcedo and Hirsch and their excellent team of professionals," Morra said.
Physician Growth Partners acted as the exclusive advisor to The Ross Center in the transaction.
ARC Health is a premier group of mental healthcare practices who have come together as partners while maintaining their individual identities. Their forward-thinking and supportive partnership of mental healthcare providers is geared toward increasing success via a collaborative network. The ARC Health business model is pioneering the space with a unified, provider-centric approach that reinforces clinical autonomy while also joining together as equity-owning partners.
Thurston Group is a private equity firm that focuses on building industry-leading companies in the healthcare and related business services sectors. Thurston has an extensive track record of partnering with physicians and building fast-growing healthcare businesses, including ARC Health, Smile Doctors, US Endo Partners, US Oral Surgery Management, South Georgia Dental Management, Gen4 Dental Partners, Options Medical Weight Loss and U.S. Orthopedic Partners. Over its 35-year history, Thurston Group has returned more than $4B of invested capital.
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The CEO of the Republican Jewish Coalition blasted an “offensive” tweet from the Michigan State Republican Party on Wednesday that used a photo from the Holocaust to criticize gun safety efforts.
“This tweet by @MIGOP is absolutely inappropriate and offensive and should be taken down immediately,” Republican Jewish Coalition CEO Matt Brooks wrote on Twitter.
The Michigan Republican Party’s official Twitter account posted a photo Wednesday morning with the text “before they collected all these wedding rings… they collected all the guns.” The image in the post is a photo from 1945 of wedding rings removed from victims of the Holocaust, according to the National Archives.
“#History has shown us that the first thing a government does when it wants total control over its people is to disarm them. President Reagan once stated, “if we lose #freedom here, there is nowhere else to escape to. This is the last stand on Earth.” #2A #GOP” the tweet reads.
The Michigan Republican Party posted the same photo on its official Facebook page with a longer caption, which warned of having a “disarmed population” and mentioned “a corrupt and tyrannical government.” It zeroed in on extreme risk protection orders — commonly referred to as red flag laws — which the state Senate approved last week as part of a gun safety package.
“History has shown us that the first thing a government does when it wants total control over its people is to disarm them. No good can come from a disarmed population, and our constitutional rights to defend ourselves against a corrupt and tyrannical government are now being violated by unconstitutional red flag laws,” the post reads.
“The second amendment is one of the main safeguards we have to keep the government from becoming weaponized against us. We must always stand for the second amendment and never forget what President Reagan once stated, ‘if we lose freedom here, there is nowhere else to escape to. This is the last stand on Earth,’” it added.
Congressional lawmakers denounced the Michigan GOP’s Twitter post on Wednesday, calling it “hateful” and “dangerous.”
“Comparing gun safety measures to the mass extermination of 6 million people is hateful & ignorant, and it comes from party leaders who are out of ideas & catering to the fringe of the fringe. Delete it, apologize, and figure out what kind of party you want to be,” Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), who is running for Senate, wrote on Twitter.
“This ignorance is dangerous,” Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.), who is Jewish, wrote on Twitter. “@MIGOP needs to take this down, apologize to the Jewish community – and read some of our history.”
Some Republicans also joined Brooks in condemning the post.
“Take this down, apologize immediately, fire the person/people who created and approved of this, then never do this again,” tweeted GOP strategist Doug Heye. Former Rep. David Trott (R-Mich.) told The Detroit News that the post was “disturbing.”
“The child running the @migop Twitter account should pull this tweet down. It trivializes the Holocaust to advance a political issue. It is offensive and idiotic,” said Ron Nehring, who previously served as chair of the California GOP and spokesman for Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-Texas) presidential campaign.
The Jewish Democratic Council of America called the Michigan GOP’s post “deeply offensive,” arguing that it “is another example of how the Republican Party is normalizing Holocaust distortion for political gain.”
“Their irresponsible rhetoric proves that they are not fit to govern and cannot be counted on to ensure our safety,” the group added on Twitter.
Michigan GOP Chairwoman Kristina Karamo defended the post Wednesday afternoon, writing that the party “stands by our statement.”
“Government abuse of citizens has not only happened in world history, but American history,” she wrote in a statement on Twitter. “We will not be silent as the Democratic Party, the party who fought to enslave Black Americans, and currently fights to murder unborn children, attempt to disarm us.”
“Our 2nd Amendment was put in place to protect us from aspiring tyrants,” she added.
In a separate statement, the Michigan GOP’s official Twitter account said its post was a “legitimate comparison to the troubling history of governments that have disarmed their citizens.”
Karamo, a controversial election denier, was elected to lead Michigan’s Republican Party last month after she lost a race to serve as Michigan secretary of state in 2022 — a defeat she refused to concede.
Michigan state Sen. Jeremy Moss (D) slammed Karamo when denouncing the Michigan GOP’s post.
“There is no depth to the pit from which Kristina Karamo operates @MIGOP,” Moss wrote on Twitter. “Haven’t the victims of the Holocaust suffered enough than to be shamefully exploited in death by this vile post? Anti-semitism thrives when these grotesque distortions of history diminish it.”
The controversial Twitter post came days after the Michigan state Senate passed a package of 11 gun-related measures that seeks to, in part, expand background check requirements, allow red flag laws and implement safe storage laws for firearms that can be accessed by a minor.
Senate passage came roughly one month after a gunman opened fire at Michigan State University, killing three students. | https://www.wdtn.com/hill-politics/republican-jewish-coalition-leader-blasts-offensive-state-party-tweet-image/ | 2023-03-22 23:37:28 | 1 | https://www.wdtn.com/hill-politics/republican-jewish-coalition-leader-blasts-offensive-state-party-tweet-image/ |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday he wants state regulators to decide whether to impose the nation's first penalty on oil companies for price gouging, pivoting after months of negotiations with legislative leaders failed to reach an agreement on a bill aimed at reining in the state's notoriously high gas prices.
Gas prices in California are always more expensive than the rest of the country because the state has higher taxes and fees than other states and requires a special blend of gasoline that is better for the environment but more expensive to make.
But last summer, the average price for a gallon of gas in California was more than $2.60 higher than the national average — a difference state regulators said could not be explained simply by taxes and fees. Meanwhile, oil companies recorded supersized profits.
Newsom, a Democrat, responded by asking state lawmakers to pass a law that would impose hefty fines on oil companies if their profits surpassed a certain threshold — with all of the money generated from the fines going back to drivers. The bill was so important to Newsom that he took the rare step of calling lawmakers into a special session to pass it, a maneuver that allows them to focus on just one issue instead of being distracted by hundreds of other bills in a regular session.
But the proposal never got traction in the Democratic-controlled Legislature, where the oil industry is one of the top contributors to lawmakers' campaign accounts.
Wednesday, the governor announced he was changing course and instead will ask lawmakers to empower the California Energy Commission to decide whether such a penalty is necessary and, if it is, how much it would be. The commission would be aided by a new, independent agency made up of experts, economists and lawyers that would have subpoena power to monitor the gasoline market and make recommendations.
If the commission imposed any fines, the money would not be returned to drivers.
“What we’re asking for is simple: transparency and accountability to drive the oil industry out of the shadows,” Newsom said. “Now it’s time to choose whether to stand with California families or with Big Oil in our fight to make them play by the rules.”
The modified proposal means it's possible California wouldn't penalize oil companies at all. But it would give Newsom more control over what happens because he appoints all five members of the California Energy Commission, who must also be confirmed by the Democratic-controlled state Senate.
That did not win over the oil industry, which has been battling Newsom over this proposal and a host of other environmental proposals aimed at transitioning the nation's most populous state away from fossil fuels.
“It sounds like the governor wants to create a new state agency and empower unelected bureaucrats to impose more taxes and increase costs,” said Kevin Slagle, spokesperson for the Western States Petroleum Association, a nonprofit trade association that represents the industry. “At the end of the day, this proposal does not solve Californians' gasoline supply problem and will likely lead to the very same unintended consequences legislators have reiterated to the Governor: less investment, less supply, and higher costs for Californians.”
State legislative leaders have not yet agreed to Newsom's proposal. But the governor's office expects lawmakers to hold public hearings on it soon, ideally before the summer months when gas prices usually increase. The Newsom administration did not view the new proposal as a concession, saying the governor made the changes after consulting with experts.
“We feel like this is stronger from where we started," said Dana Williamson, Newsom's chief of staff. “It is the only one of its kind in the country. And it’s really going to set up a watchdog entity that is going to watch the industry every single day. And then the (Energy Commission) will be able to then act upon the findings.”
Top legislative leaders, Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, did not comment on the new proposal Wednesday night. Republicans, who don't control enough seats to influence votes in the Legislature, decried the proposal as a tax that would inevitably be passed on to drivers.
“If Democrats give unelected bureaucrats the authority to impose this new tax, they will be responsible for the shortages, rationing, gas lines and price spikes that come with it,” Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher said. | https://www.mrt.com/news/politics/article/california-regulators-could-decide-oil-profits-17842207.php | 2023-03-16 02:31:20 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/politics/article/california-regulators-could-decide-oil-profits-17842207.php |
The 2023 Masters at Augusta is one of the biggest golf tournaments in the world. Far beyond Augusta, Kenya's best golfer Mutahi Kibugu is grinding his way up the rankings. His dream is to play at the prestigious event.
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While the 2023 Masters includes a compelling clash between players on the PGA Tour and those who have joined the new, disruptive LIV circuit, there is no denying that the best golf players in the world are competing together once again.
Eight thousand miles away from the emerald greens and white sand of perhaps the most famous golf competition in the world, Kenya's best golfer watches on, learning and dreaming at the same time.
"I have to play the Masters one day," Mutahi Kibugu tells DW. "It's my favorite event. It's a special week. There is just something about it."
"I'm always looking at things I can learn," Kibugu said. "Obviously these guys are talented, but I think they just do the basics a lot better. So I just look at the small things they do, like if they're walking to the next tee and they've just made a birdie they're not walking quickly they're pacing themselves, they're getting their heart rate down, regaining their composure."
Kibugu started playing golf aged six in Kampala, Uganda before moving back to Kenya in 2011. The lack of competitions for juniors made it hard for Kibugu to get practice, but once he found a group he didn't look back and turned pro in 2021.
At 22, he is already the best golfer in Kenya.
"It means a lot," Kibugu said of the tag. "It also helps when I'm outside of the country. It gives me a confidence boost to know that I can now feel like I can play anywhere. It feels amazing."
That confidence is translating onto the course too. Just last month, Kibugu finished a very respectable 65th in a field of 156 pros at the Magical Kenya Open. His birdie on the 18th secured a weekend spot, and went viral on social media as the local hero delighted the crowd.
"It was insane, especially that putt [in the tweet above]. My adrenaline was really pumping. I couldn't hear anything for like two minutes," he said with a big smile.
His performance was very encouraging, but it was also a reminder of just how much is on the line for the hundreds of pro golfers few have heard of. Kibugu is Kenya's best golfer but in the world rankings that translates to 2256th. Making the cut at tournaments is a must if he is to secure sponsorship and to stay afloat as a professional.
More than a game
For context, the winner of the aforementioned Magical Kenya Open was Jorge Campillo from Spain and he won €320,000 ($352,000) for his efforts, Kibugu just under €4,000. In the 2023 Masters, the winner alone will earn €2.5m. For those competing on greens often surrounded by little more than bird song, the grind is real.
After the Kenya Open, the plan was to spend a month playing events in South Africa. Kibugu was aware that in order to do so not only did he need to play well enough to be invited, but he also needed to secure enough money to make the next month's plans possible.
"It's a bit of added pressure," he said. "Playing a DP World Tour [European Tour] event is expensive. I definitely spent $1,500 before I teed it up but I wasn't really thinking about the money at that time. I only started thinking about the money when I made the cut," he said with a smile.
Thanks to his finish at the Magical Kenya Open, Kibugu was able to secure two more years of sponsorship. That means his tournament and accommodation costs are covered, which is a huge boost and weight off his mind.
Indeed, this is just a small peak into the hurdles many golfers in Africa face when trying to either become professional or climb the rankings.
"There's no world ranking tour other than Sunshine, unless you go to Asia. And a lot of people don't have the money to travel. It's expensive, it's tough."
Green jacket goals
Now, with a strong performance to start the season and sponsorship secured, Kibugu has his sights set on breaking into the top 1000 in the world by the end of this year.
The 22-year-old doesn't have the luxury of picking and choosing his tournaments, trying to strategically climb up the rankings. "I have to play everything I can."
That's not easy for a player who already knows what he can and can't do.
"I'm like DJ [Dustin Johnson]. When I see a course that is long and requires right to left, I hate them," said Kibugu.
Before worrying about that though, Kibugu is enjoying the Masters and whoever is handed the green jacket on April 9 will be met with a smile from the Kenyan.
"I'll just be saying, that's going to be me very soon." | https://www.dw.com/en/kenyas-best-golfer-dreams-of-masters-glory/a-65258920 | 2023-04-08 14:45:20 | 0 | https://www.dw.com/en/kenyas-best-golfer-dreams-of-masters-glory/a-65258920 |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week and remains historically low even as the U.S. economy slows in the midst of decades-high inflation.
Jobless claims for the week ending Oct. 15 declined by 12,000 to 214,000 from 226,000 last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday.
The four-week moving average rose by 1,250 to 212,250.
Considered a proxy for layoffs, applications for jobless aid have remained historically low since the initial purge of more than 20 million jobs at the start of the coronavirus pandemic in the spring of 2020.
Some recent employment data suggests the job market may be cooling slightly, but overall, it remains the healthiest part of an economy that’s been shaky all year due to high inflation and Russia's war in Ukraine.
The government reported last week that inflation in the United States accelerated in September, with the cost of housing and other necessities intensifying pressure on families and businesses.
Four-decade high inflation has prompted the Federal Reserve to keep raising its key interest rate, which is currently in a range of 3% to 3.25%. A little more than six months ago, that rate was near zero. The sharp rate hikes have pushed mortgage rates up to 15-year highs, and made other borrowing costlier. The Fed hopes that higher interest rates will slow borrowing and spending and push inflation closer to its traditional 2% target.
Fed officials have warned that the unemployment rate will likely have to rise as part of their fight against rising prices, and the most recent government jobs report likely snuffed out any hope that the Fed would pause rate increases when it meets in early November.
American employers slowed their hiring in September but still added 263,000 jobs and the unemployment rate dropped from 3.7% to 3.5%, matching a half-century low.
The Fed is hoping that a slower pace of hiring would eventually mean less pressure on employers to raise pay and pass those costs on to their customers through price increases — a recipe for high inflation. But September’s job growth was likely too solid to sway the central bank’s inflation watchdogs.
The total number of Americans collecting unemployment aid rose by 21,000 to 1.39 million for the week ending Oct. 8.
Another government report earlier this month showed that the number of available jobs in the U.S. plummeted in August compared with July as businesses grow less desperate for workers, briefly encouraging investors and economists.
The U.S. economy has contracted in each of the past two quarters, but that has done little to cool the job market, part of the Fed’s aim in its fight against inflation. | https://www.expressnews.com/business/article/Fewer-Americans-apply-for-jobless-benefits-last-17521850.php | 2022-10-20 13:46:17 | 0 | https://www.expressnews.com/business/article/Fewer-Americans-apply-for-jobless-benefits-last-17521850.php |
AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the United States Mint dominates the global platinum coin market, but it didn't strike its first platinum coin until 1997. This week on U.S. Money Reserve's "In Conversation," 35th Director of the U.S. Mint (1994–2000) and U.S. Money Reserve President Philip N. Diehl and 38th Director of the U.S. Mint (2006–2011) and U.S. Money Reserve Senior IRA Strategist Edmund C. Moy discuss the story of how the Platinum Eagle coin was launched.
When the U.S. Mint first looked into producing platinum coins, the markets were primarily in Canada and Japan. Winning over both markets would be necessary to establish the U.S. Mint as the lead producer of platinum coins, so Mint Director Diehl developed a plan to win over the Japanese market. Knowing that displays of respect are important in Japanese culture, Diehl traveled to Japan to meet the patriarch of a family that controlled the Japanese coin distribution market and discuss the design plans for the coin the Mint had decided on.
Using the Statue of Liberty as a symbol of American values, the American Platinum Eagle features a closeup of Lady Liberty's face, with the motto "In God We Trust" on the obverse and a classic eagle design on the coin's reverse.
Director Diehl's visit was a success, and the Platinum Eagle became popular in both Japan and around the world. Not long after the coin was launched, it took over 70% of the platinum coin market. The success of the program paved the way for further projects by the Mint, such as the 50 Statehood Quarters program and the Ultra-High Relief Double Eagle championed by Director Moy.
Learn more insights from these former Mint Directors on U.S. Money Reserve's website: https://www.usmoneyreserve.com/news/executive-insights/
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Founded in 2001, U.S. Money Reserve has grown into one of the world's largest private distributors of U.S. and foreign government–issued gold, silver, platinum, and palladium legal-tender products, as well as precious metals IRAs. Hundreds of thousands of clients across the country rely on U.S. Money Reserve to diversify their assets with physical precious metals, primarily in the form of U.S. gold and silver coins.
U.S. Money Reserve's uniquely trained team includes coin research and numismatic professionals equipped with the expert market knowledge to find products that offer the highest profit potential for precious metals buyers at every level. U.S. Money Reserve goes above the industry standard to provide superior customer service, with the goal of establishing a long-term relationship with each and every one of its customers. U.S. Money Reserve is based in Austin, Texas.
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